Welcome to the website of the Wisconsin Jersey Breeders Association. Our organization is a group of people who have a common interest in Registered Jersey cattle.

Our members are a part of the state's leading agriculture industry, with dairy accounting for $20.6 billion of the state's $51.1 billion annual receipts from agriculture.

Wisconsin is the cheese capital of the nation. In 2012, it produced more cheese than any other state, with a whopping 25% of domestic cheese production. As well, cheese makers from America's Dairyland produce more varieties, types and styles of cheeses (600 in all) than any other state. Our members help with this effort as the rich, high-protein milk from their Jersey cows produces 20-25% more cheese than average milk.

Members of the Wisconsin Jersey Breeders Association hail from diverse operations, raising cattle on small farms that milk a handful of cows to large dairies with thousands of them. Facilities are also diverse, ranging from operations that house cattle in freestall barns and milk them in parlors to those that milk and house their cattle in tie-stall barns and graze during the summer months.

Prominent Cows
Norse Star Hallmark Bootie Excellent-90% 3-0 365 3x 39,239 7.2% 2,827 3.8% 1,500 Owner: Jeana Marie Fremstad, Westby "Bootie" became World Fat Champion in 2007. Click here for an article carried in the August 2007 issue of the Jersey Journal.	Ambition Hercules Jordan Excellent-94% 7-1 305 3x 28,080 5.0% 1,410 3.5% 992 Owner: Derek Orth, Lancaster "Jordan" was named Wisconsin Cow of the Year in 2013. Click here for more information.
D&E Paramount Violet Excellent-90% 5-2 305 3x 27,600 4.2% 1,167 3.5% 953 Owner: David Allen, Reedsburg "Violet's" descendents rank among the breed's top genetic females and males.	Ahlem B John Princess 3183-ET Excellent-91% 275,835M, 12,403F and 9,160P in 2,956 days Owner: Gerald Laufenberg, Mount Horeb "Princess" placed third for milk, sixth for fat and fourth for protein in the 2013 AJCA Leading Living Lifetime Production Contest.
Meadowridge Mac Spring Reserve Intermediate Champion All American Jersey Show, 2014 Owner: Michael Riebe, Cumberland	Glenview Tequila Fawn Very Good-89% Reserve Intermediate Champion International Jersey Show, 2014 Milksource Genetics, Kaukauna

In 2013, Wisconsin Jersey breeders registered 8,893 cattle with the American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA), a number that ranks the state third in the nation for registrations behind California and Texas. Registered Jerseys are a growing commodity for the state as registrations have increased more than 60% over the past decade.

There are nearly 150 herds enrolled on performance programs administered by the AJCA, including 124 on REAP, the organization's core performance program. The average size of the herds that participate in these programs is 80 cows.

National Recognition
Sydney Endres of Lodi, center, was crowned as the 2013 National Jersey Queen at National Jersey Jug Festivities. Jacob Leum of Viroqua, third left, served as her escort.	Cassy Krull won the 2012 National Jersey Youth Achievement Contest. For winning the contest, she was featured on the cover of the September 2013 Jersey Journal.
Wisconsin junior Kaitlyn Riley, right, was named first alternate in the 2012 National Jersey Queen contest.	David Allen, third right, consigned the high selling female, All Lynns Renegade Viona-ET, at the All American Jersey Sale in 2012. She was purchased for $23,500 by River Valley Farm.
George M. Barlass of Janesville, second right, received the Max Gordon Recognition Award during National Jersey Jug festivities in 2011.	Wisconsin junior Cassy Krull, center, was crowned as the 2011 National Jersey Queen.
Wayne and Lisa Artac, Greenwood, center, were honored as an AJCA Young Jersey Breeder at the AJCA-NAJ Annual Meetings in 2011. Click here to learn more about the operations of all the AJCA Young Jersey Breeders.	Christopher Kemper, Dane, center, was also named a Young Jersey Breeder in 2011 and honored at the Young Jersey Breeders Banquet.

The Wisconsin Jersey Breeders Association hosted the annual meetings of the AJCA and National All-Jersey in 1977, 1987, 2001 and 2011. Click here for details from the 2011 meetings held at the Kalahari Resort in the Wisconsin Dells.

Membership is available to all Jersey enthusiasts for $15 annually. Junior memberships are available to youth under 21 years of age for $2.50 a year. For more information and an application, contact Secretary Joyce Owens at 715/653-2637 or owens.joyce78@gmail.com.

The Wisconsin Jersey Breeders Association also publishes the Wisconsin Jersey Booster in March, September and December.

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