CANADIAN JERSEY GENETICS SCORE REPEATED VICTORIES IN AUSTRALIA!

Both the Semex Alliance, with global headquarters in Guelph, Ontario and other genetics from Canada enjoyed unprecedented success at the 2010 rendition of International Dairy Week in Victoria, Australia!! Semex was the company behind a lion share of the broad ribbon winners in the Jersey show. It was also an unquestionable tour-de-force for Canadian Jersey genetics.

In the open show under Canadian judge Brent Walker of Walkerbrae Farms, Guelph, Ontario, Semex-sired animals won seven classes and five of the nine championships. The sires involved were: Bridon Remake Comerica, Pine Haven Senior, Sunset Canyon RP Militia, SHF Centurion Sultan and Fleurieu Augustus, Meadow Lawn J Imperial, Valleystream Julian, Bridon Excitation, and Select-Scott Minister. It started with a clean sweep in the junior titles, with Semex-sired exhibits winning junior, reserve junior and honourable mention junior champion. Those exponents included the exciting junior champion, owned by Bushlea Farms, at Leongatha, Victoria, Bushlea Kenedy 80. She is sired by Pine Haven Senior. Kenedy is the product of embryos imported by Bushlea from Avonlea Renaissance Kenedy EX-95-3E, the very successful show veteran owned by Lorne Ella, Greg Mortson and Ty Wingert. The reserve champion, Brunchilli Julian Vita (sired by Valley Stream Julian) is owned by Brunchilli Jerseys at Finley, New South Wales.

In the intermediate show, Semex sired animals claimed the double again, winning intermediate and reserve intermediate champion. This time the titles were won by Riverside Sultans Anthem (sired by SHF Centurion Sultan), who is owned by Corey and Karin Couch at Nirranda, Victoria, and Bushlea August Iris (sired by Fleurieu Augustus), who is owned by Bushlea Farms. Bushlea Jerseys was named Premier Exhibitor of the 2010 IDW Jersey Show, while Brunchilli Jerseys were named Premier Breeder.

The Grand Champion cow on the day was Riverside Renaissance Ivy 2, sired by the world-renowned Canadian sire Hollylane Renaissance and owned by Corey and Karin Couch of Victoria.

Other Canadian-bred sires with high-placing progeny included: Shamrock Duaiseoir, marketed by Alta Genetics; Piedmont Nadine Extreme E ET and Rock Ella Remake, marketed by ABS Global; Rock Ella Paramount from Select Sires; and Giprat Belle’s Connection, Rapid Bay Ressurection, Bonnyburn Ali Whistler and Giprat Belles Jade, marketed by Rapid Bay Sires.

IDW Showcase Sale

The IDW Jersey Showcase Sale was a spectacular success from many angles! Brian Leslie, the super-keen, super-talented sales manager of Dairy Livestock Services, reported that the overall sale averaged a terrific $4529! 11 lots by Canadian sires sold for an average price of $5,232 - 15% higher than the already high sale average! The high seller of the entire sale was Brunchilli RBR Priscilla, a February 2009 daughter of Canadian-bred sire Rapid Bay Ressurection from Rapid Bay Sires. Priscilla was consigned by the Boyd family of the world-renowned Brunchilli herd. Her EX-91 dam is a 9300 kilogram cow with a long list of show credentials. This cow is sired by Canadian sire Enniskillen Vision from Enniskillen Jerseys. The heifer sold for $9500.

Third high seller at $7,000 was Topshelf Jade Veronica ET, a very young October 2009 born calf sired by Giprat Belles Jade from Rapid Bay Sires. Lauren Norman, an enthusiastic young world traveler, was the consignor. This calf’s dam is a Lester Sambo daughter of the world-famous Huronia Centurion Veronica, EX-97% bred by the Armstrongs and Mellows of Huronia and Kenkare Jerseys in Ontario. This heifer is now owned by the Nicholson family of Jugiong Jerseys, one of the world’s great Jersey herds!

Embryo lots from famous cow families at Rapid Bay Jerseys in Quebec attracted a frenzy of bidding and eventual top prices! A package of six embryos by Rapid Bay Reagan-ET from Rapid Bay Jade Glitter, a Giprat Belle’s Jade daughter of the EX-97 Supreme Champion Vandenberg Amadeo Gorgeous, fetched a total of $10,800 - $1800 per embryo! Next up among the Rapid Bay Royal Packages of embryos were five Forest Glen Avery Action embryos from Rapid Bay Jace Carla, an Excellent-91 daughter of Windy Willow Montana Jace from a Sooner Centurion daughter of the legendary Duncan Belle. These embryos attracted a final bid of $1500 each from the Carsons of Western Victoria. The Wilsons of New South Wales invested $1300 each for six Forest Glen Avery Action embryos from Rapid Bay Connect Roxanna-ET, an VG-88-2yr Giprat Belles Connection daughter of well known Rapid Bay Whistlers Rumour, Ex-95-5E.

The world can’t get enough of Jersey genetics from Canada and Canadian cow families!

Released by Jersey Canada with files from Crazy Cow and Dairy Livestock Services.

Photo is of Grand Champion cow Riverside Renaissance Ivy 2. From left to right: Judge Brent Walker, Harley Nicholson of Semex Alliance, Matt Templeton, and Corey and Karin Couch.