OFFICERS

President
Deb Stanfield
Fort Loramie

Vice-President
Neal Diley
Canal Winchester

Secretary/Treasurer
Jim Bolen
Fremont

Recording Secretary/Treasurer
Julia Stevens
Urbana

 DIRECTORS

District 2
Jim Bolen

District 3
Jason Nuhfer

District 4
Owen Unkefer

District 5
Donna Greiwe

District 7
Paul Schirm

District 9
Mark Hoewischer

District 10
Eddie Lou Meimer

District 12
Dale Anderson

District 13
Kay Bohl

District 15
Kevin Williams

DIRECTORS AT LARGE

Dale Kauffman
Deb Stanfield
Neal Diley
Ted Smart
Chuck Myers
Robert W. Brown
Richard Soldner
Don McKay

CONTACT

Julia Stevens
Urbana

WELCOME

Welcome to the web site of the Ohio Jersey Breeder's Association (OJBA). We are a membership organization of more than 250 Ohioans who have an interest in the high-component Jersey dairy cow.

Our members come from small family farms, as well as large commercial dairies. They own some of the country's finest Jerseys, whether they be judged in the show ring, sorted on genetic merit or ranked for what they put in the milk pail.

At the 2009 All American Open and Junior Jersey Shows, Ohio breeders exhibited two All Americans and seven Reserve All Americans and captured the top prize for state herd in the junior show.

Ohio Jerseys Do Well in National Show Arenas . . .
Mar-Mi-Chris Vindication Dahli 2009 Junior All American Milking Senior Yearling Exhibited by Brittany Ashcraft, Orient	Rock Ella Gillers Crystalyn 2009 Junior All American Junior Three-Year-Old Cow Exhibited by Erin Williams, McConnelsville

Eleven of the 56 National Jersey Jug Futurity winners hail from the state - an amount greater than any other state.

During the Jug festivities in 2005, two previous winners with ties to Ohio were honored in the Jersey Journal's People's Choice Winner of the National Jersey Jug Futurity. Winning the contest was C Tops Impressive (1996), owned and exhibited by Kevin and Darlene Williams, McConnelsville. Reserve Winner was Ettas Master Babe (1970), bred by Mykrantz Brothers, Wooster.

With the latest genetic evaluations in April 2010, the state's high cow and the nation's #36 cow for Jersey Performance Index, High Lawn Action Hymn, resides at the farm owned by David and Beth Ertl, in Edison. The state's top herd for JPI is owned by Cooperrider and Sons of Croton, with an average JPI of +60 and Predicted Transmitting Abilities of +411M, +18F and +15P on 125 cows. The Cooperrider herd, Buttercrest Jerseys, is also ranked 10th in the nation for JPI.

During 2009, the Buckeye State ranked fifth in the nation for Jersey registrations, with 5,777 animals registered with the American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA).

The Ohio Jersey News, the official publication of the OJBA, is published five times each year and sent to nearly 1,100 subscribers in 35 states. The magazine provides reports, breeder advertising and news of interest on Ohio Jersey cattle.

For more information or to subscribe to the Ohio Jersey News, contact Susan Mykrantz by email at OhioJerseyNewsEditorial@yahoo.com or phone at 330/749-0049.

We encourage you to check the rest of our site to get a better feel for who we are and what we do.