Welcome to Jersey Australia
Our mission statement is to Promote and Develop the Jersey breed
The purposes for which the incorporated association is established are:-
• To develop the genetic pool of Jersey cattle within Australia.
• To expand the influence of the breed in Australia and in any overseas territory not serviced by a Jersey Society.
• To collect, verify, and publish information relating to the commercial benefits of Jersey cattle.
• To maintain a register of Jersey cattle to be held at the Jersey Australia office.
• To promote in any way not mentioned above the interests of breeders of Jersey cattle and members of Jersey Australia.
Contact Jersey Australia
Head Office
Suite 1, RD2, Park Dr,
La Trobe University,
VIC 3086
Ph: +61 3 9370 9105
Fax: +61 3 9018 4391
Email: jersey@jersey.com.au
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Ginfo is Australia’s national reference herd for genetic information. It is a large-scale genotyping project to provide genetic and performance information to increase the reliability of Australian Breeding Values (ABVs) and indices.
Ginfo includes detailed information on more than 50,000 cows from over 100 herds across Australia including their genotypes, classification scores and performance data from herd testing and has been responsible for significant increases in the reliabilities of genomic breeding values.
DataGene this week as announced an expansion of the Ginfo Project to 150 herds during the 2018/19 year and is calling for expression's of interest from farmers wishing to join the project.
Herds are selected on the basis of the quality and quantity of data you record. Check out the attached fact sheet to understand more on the data requirements
https://datagene.com.au/sites/default/files/Upload%20Files/Fact%20sheet%204%20Herd%20records%20checklist_0.pdf
Contact Ginfo Project Manager Erika Oakes on eoakes@datagene.com.au for more information or to lodge your expression of interest.
There will be a memorial service to be held at the Presbyterian church Brooke St Camperdown at 1pm on Friday 17th August for the late Peter Heath Senior, life member of Jersey Australia and the Western District Jersey Club.
Congratulations to Rob and Kerrie Anderson with the top (g) cow with Kings Ville SCD Belle 78 with a BPI(g) of 353 on the August ABV's out today
Trevor Saunders and Anthea Day scored the top non-milk heifer with Stonyrun Aus David Kava who has a BPI(g) of 301.
Geoff and Natalie Akers hold the #1 cow on conventional ABV's with Loxleigh Elton Babas 4 who has a BPI of 364.
Top cow, top (g) cows/heifers and top herds can be found on the DataGene website on the following link https://datagene.com.au/node/695
Congratulations to all breeders
Our State Secretaries
Please Note: For General Queries Please Contact the Jersey Australia Office on +61 3 9370 9105.
Victoria
State Secretary – Andrew Younger
162 Zeerust Church Rd, Zeerust VIC 3634
T| 03 5829 8352
M| 0409 572 484
E| motor5@bigpond.com
New South Wales
State Secretary – Milton Johnston
T| 02 6552 5915
F| 02 6552 5915
E| johnston_jersey@yahoo.com.au
Queensland
State Secretary – Diane Reeves
T| 07 5484 4585
W| 07 3221 3182
F| 07 5485 4575
E| ajbsqld@bigpond.com
South Australia
State Secretary – Amy McDonald
PO Box 13, Greenock SA 5360
T| 08 89562 8113
F| 08 8562 8520
E| carcoolajersey@bigpond.com
Western Australia
State Secretary – Susan Lutey
Feast Rd, Serpentine WA 6125
T| 08 9525 2407
E| hope1@iinet.net.au
Tasmania
State Secretary – Max McCormack
PO Box 1258, Devonport TAS 7310
T| 03 6424 1250
M| 0409 252 232
E| pegandmax@bigpond.com
Our mission statement is to Promote and Develop the Jersey breed.
