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What's New. . .
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Iowa Spring
Sale
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Mark your calendar
for March 27 and make plans to attend the Iowa Spring Extravaganza
Sale at the Fayette County Fairgrounds in West Union.
Contact David Koss for
more information by calling 563/543-0440 (cell) or 563/876-5569
(home) or emailing
skipalayr@aol.com.
Click here for details from our
recent ad in the February issue of the Jersey Journal. |
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Production
Achievements |
Several Iowa
Jersey herds rank among the best in the nation for milk, fat and
protein production based on AJCA lactation averages for 2009.
Congratulations is extended to the following:
Lyon Jerseys, Toledo:
seventh for
milk and fat among herds with 300 or more cows with 21,226M,
1,006F and 745P on 306 cows.
Summit Farm Inc.,
Lester: ninth
for milk among herds with 150-299 cows with 20,588M, 928F and 695P
on 233 cows.
John and Edwin
Maxwell, Donahue:
fifth for protein and
seventh for milk among herd with 40-79 cows with 21,636M, 1,027F
and 796P on 56 cows. |
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Gadget Jade of
Edgebrook
BBDN Furor Eureka-ET
Lyon Duke Dutchy |
Iowa
Jersey breeders earned distinctions at the recent All American
Jersey Show in Louisville, KY.
Gadget Jade of Edgebrook,
exhibited by
Patty Dilly of
Montour,
was Reserve All
American Junior Three-Year-Old and Reserve Intermediate Champion.
Gibbs Militia Journey,
shown by
Dwight Gibbs of Epworth and Norman Nabholz of West Union,
was Reserve All American Milking Senior Yearling and BBDN
Furor Eureka-ET, owned by Nabholz, was Reserve All American
Intermediate Heifer Calf.
In the junior show,
Iowa-bred Lyon Duke Dutchy was named Grand Champion. "Dutchy"
was bred by
Lyon Jerseys of Toledo
and is now owned by
Ben Sauder of Tremont, IL. |
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Iowa
Jersey Today |
The
October 2009 issue of the Iowa Jersey Today was recently
published.
CLICK HERE to view more. |
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National
Dairy Awards |
Congratulations
Brian and Heidi Latzky of Hawkeye
for being named
2009 Progressive Dairy Producers (herds under 300 cows) by the
National Dairy Shrine.
CLICK HERE for an article about
the couple published in the September issue of the Jersey
Journal.
A hearty congratulations is also extended to Iowa native,
Maurice
Core,
for being named 2009 World Dairy Expo Industry Person of the Year.
CLICK HERE for a report carried
in the same issue of the Jersey Journal. |
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Iowa
Juniors |
Congratulations to a pair of Iowa siblings who placed in contests
sponsored by the American Jersey Cattle Association.
Amy Maxwell
of Donahue
placed third in Division II of the 2008 National Jersey
Youth Production Contest with her entry, Cinnamon Ridge Artis
Praise. Her sister,
Kara Alice Maxwell,
placed ninth in the same contest with Paramount Sue.
Amy and Kara also
earned kudos in the 2009 Pot O'Gold Production Contest, placing
sixth and 10th, respectively. |
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