NEED A TOP YOUNG JERSEY BULL?

LOCATE HIM ON GREEN BOOK WEBSITE  

Reynoldsburg, Ohio, April 10, 2008—Dairy producers seeking young Registered Jersey™ bulls of exceptional genetic merit for A.I. and/or natural service can locate them in two lists just released by the American Jersey Cattle Association on its website for genetic evaluations, GreenBook.USJersey.com.  

The first report lists the unsummarized Registered Jersey™ bulls that have been assigned an NAAB stud code. It currently includes 307 bulls and is published in PDF and Excel formats.  

The other report, also provided in PDF and Excel formats, lists 325 AJCA-registered bull calves born within the past year with a Jersey Performance Index™ of 171 or greater. The current list is of bulls born after March 31, 2007.  

Both lists provide a summary of each bull’s Parent Averages for milk, fat, protein, USDA Net Merit dollars (NM$), somatic cell score (SCS), Productive Life (PL), and Daughter Pregnancy Rate (DPR). The two-generation sire stack and Expected Future Inbreeding (EFI) estimate are also given.  

Access the reports by directing your web browser to http://greenbook.usjersey.com. Then select the Bulls tab, and scroll down to the section titled “Young Sires.”  

Ownership of bulls with NAAB stud codes is easily determined by entering the code into the search engine provided by the National Association of Animal Breeders at http://search-naab.isgnoc.net/naab/MainDB.htm.  

Information about bulls that do not have an NAAB stud code can be found by entering the AJCA registration number in the association’s Herd Services website, infoJersey.com. Users must set up an account with the AJCA, then obtain a user name and password for the infoJersey system.  

Lists are updated after each release of the USDA-AJCA genetic evaluations. To receive notification of updates, visit http://lists.usjersey.com, enter your email address, then select the box next to “jerseybulls@usjersey.com.” Bulls that enter A.I. sampling programs between each USDA genetic summary are listed in Jersey Journal, available by subscription.  

The American Jersey Cattle Association, organized in 1868, maintains identification and performance records for dairy herd owners and provides services that support genetic improvement and greater profitability through increasing the value of and demand for Registered Jersey™ cattle and genetics, and Jersey milk and milk products.  

For more information about the young sire development programs of the American Jersey Cattle Association, contact Cari W. Wolfe, Director of Research and Genetic Program Development, at 614/861-3636, extension 318, or email cwolfe@usjersey.com with “Young Sires” in the subject line.

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