DO YOU HAVE JERSEY-SIRED CROSSBREDS TO REGISTER?

Many commercial dairymen across Canada have been experimenting with crossbreeding, particularly with Jersey crosses. Jersey-cross animals are extremely popular in New Zealand, and are becoming more commonplace in the United States. If you have crossbred progeny, these can still be recorded. In the future, animal movement will be highly dependant upon unique indentification and verifiable birthdates, so it is prudent to have papers on all dairy animals whether they are purebred or not. Also, requirements for official milk recording require 80% of first lactation animals to be indentified to maintain publishable status for the herd.

Therefore, if you have progeny of a known Jersey sire, or a grade Jersey with breed characteristics, Jersey Canada can record that animal and issue a paper for her for only $8. This recordation program extends also to progeny of Semex’s Repromax program which exhibit Jersey characteristics.

For more information on crossbred recordation and Jersey Canada’s Grade-Up Program, contact Jersey Canada Registrar Jill Dann at (519) 821-1020 ext. 22 or at jill@jerseycanada.com.