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2009 All Americans
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2009 Junior All Americans
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Feature Articles:
The January issue is the much-anticipated report on All American festivities.

Ratliff Price Alicia was named Grand Champion of the All American Jersey Show for the second consecutive time and then the first dairy Supreme Champion of the NAILE in 2009. She is owned by Christy and Ron Ratliff of Garnett, KS.

Hillacres Be A Star was named the Supreme Champion of the NAILE Junior Show in 2009. She is owned by Steven Pozzi of Valley Ford, CA.

Tower Vue Tobago-ET capped of an undefeated year when she was named winner of the 2009 National Jersey Jug Futurity. She is owned by Scott M. Walton, Carlisle, PA.

Stephanie L. Casper, Owatonna, MN, center, was crowned as the 2009 National Jersey Queen. Brittany Core, Salvisa, KY, right, is the first alternate and Karessa Mann, Turlock, CA, left, is the second alternate. Escorts (left to right) were Jonathan Holewinski, Shawano, WI, Tyler Boyd, Parrotsville, TN, and Wade Kessenich, DeForest, WI.

Coming soon to your mailbox - the January Jersey Journal. Take a peek at what is inside!

All American Open and Junior Jersey Shows - Discover which Registered Jerseys wrapped up the year's tanbark trail with wins on the granddaddy Jersey show of them all - the All American Jersey Show.
National Jersey Jug Futurity - Read more about the cows that competed in this year's glamorous event.
All American Jersey Sale and the Pot O'Gold Sale - Learn how Jerseys sold at the Jersey breed's premier consignment sale.
Fall Dairy Judging Results - Discover how juniors fared in youth and collegiate dairy judging contests across the country this fall.
Jersey Jargon - Learn more about the Premier Performance designation at the All American Jersey Show and the All American Junior Jersey Show and the cows that have previously won the award.

Milk-N-More Sultan Brynn-ET was the Premier Performance Cow of both the open and junior show. She was owned by Abby and India Tauchen, Lloyd Heinz, Ron and Nicolle Wussow and Budjon, Shawano, WI.

Ben Sauder, Tremont, IL, exhibited the Grand Champion of the All American Junior Jersey Show, Lyon Duke Dutchy. Taking Reserve Grand Champion honors was Katie Gibson, Eminence, KY, with Gillers Georgina.

Most Requested Features

2008 All American and Reserve All American Winners
2008 Junior All American and Reserve Junior All American Winners
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Jersey Jug Show (June 2005)
2005 Sales Analysis - Part 1
2005 Sales Analysis - Part 2
2004 Sales Analysis
2003 Sales Analysis
Martin Dairy, Tillamook, Ore. (Jersey Expansion)

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Editorial:

January 2010 Editorial

Broken Records

In their year-end wrap-ups, business analysts and pundits of all stripes struggled to find much (anything?) positive to say about 2009 and the first decade of the 21st century, mirroring the attitude of Americans who rated it as the “worst decade in 50 years” in a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center.

While this period has been resoundingly difficult for members of the Jersey community, we have also experienced an amazing, golden period of Jersey breed growth. The book on the decade began with implementation of Federal Order multiple component pricing on January 1, 2000 and closed December 31, 2009 with all-time records for Jersey registrations, herd service enrollments, and investments in Jersey milk marketing. The results of 2009 and the ‘00 decade came from decisions dating 20, 30, 40 and more years ago and sustained by vigorous efforts ever since. More about that later. This is how your organizations performed in 2009.

Jersey Calendar:

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DEADLINES

FEB. 1—Applications due for Fred Stout Experience Internship.

MAR. 1—Entries due for the Leading Living Lifetime Production Contest. Cows alive as of December 31, 2009, are eligible. Minimum DHIR production levels for nominating are 200,000 lbs. milk, 9,500 lbs. fat, and 7,500 lbs. protein.

MAR. 1—National Jersey Youth Achievement contest applications are due.

MAR. 1—National Jersey Youth Production Contest entries due. Forms available from the USJersey website: see http://www.usjersey.com/forms/YProductionContest.pdf.

Meetings and Expositions

JAN. 23—OHIO JERSEY BREEDERS MEETING, Der Dutchman Restaurant, Plain City, Ohio; 9:30 a.m.

JAN. 27-30—CATTLE INDUSTRY ANNUAL CONVENTION AND NCBA TRADE SHOW, San Antonio, Texas, for more information visit http://www.beefusa.org/convcattleindustryannual conventionandncbatradeshow.aspx.

JAN. 26-28—VERMONT FARM SHOW, Barre, Vt.

JAN. 30—INDIANA JERSEY BREEDERS MEETING, Indiana Soybean Alliance Office, Indianapolis, Ind.; 12:00 noon.

FEB. 3-4—PENNSYLVANIA DAIRY SUMMIT, Lancaster Host Resort, Lancaster, Pa.; for more information visit http://www.padairysummit.org.

FEB. 9-11—WORLD AG EXPO, International AgriCenter, Tulare, Calif.; for more information visit http://www.worldagexp.com.

FEB. 11-13—GREAT LAKES REGIONAL DAIRY CONFERENCE, Bavarian Inn Lodge and Conference Center, Frankenmuth, Mich.

FEB. 13—MICHIGAN JERSEY CATTLE CLUB ANNUAL MEETING, Bavarian Inn Lodge and Conference Center, Frankenmuth, Mich.

SALES

MAR. 19—SPRING VALLEY 8^TH EDITION SALE, Frederick County Fairgrounds, Frederick, Md.; Michael Heath, sale mgr; http://springvalley.usjersey.com

MAR. 19—ELITE 8 SALE, Frederick County Fairgrounds, Frederick, Md.; held in conjunction with the Spring Valley 8^th Edition Sale; Michael Heath, sale mgr.

MAR. 26—BUCKEYE CLASSIC JERSEY SHOW, Ohio Expo Center, Columbus, Ohio; 6:30 p.m.; Buckeye Dairy Club, sale mgr.

MAR. 27—MICHIGAN JERSEYS SPRING SALE, East Lansing, Mich., Michigan Jersey Breeders Association, sale mgr.

MAR. 27—MASSACHUSETTS ALL-BREEDS BLUE RIBBON CALF SALE, Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield, Mass.; 12:00 p.m.; for more information contact Joanna Samuelson, 603/540-5464 or visit http://www.blueribboncalfsale.com

SHOWS

JAN. 18—SOUTHWESTERN EXPOSITION AND LIVESTOCK JERSEY SHOW, Fort Worth, Texas; 12:00 p.m.

JAN. 19—SOUTHWESTERN EXPOSITION AND LIVESTOCK JUNIOR JERSEY SHOW, Fort Worth, Texas; 8:00 a.m.

FEB. 6—DIXIE NATIONAL JERSEY SHOW, Jackson, Miss.; 8:30 a.m.

FEB. 12—FLORIDA STATE FAIR OPEN JERSEY SHOW, Tampa, Fla.; 8:30 a.m.

FEB. 14—FLORIDA STATE FAIR JUNIOR JERSEY SHOW, (heifer classes); Tampa, Fla.; 3:00 p.m.

FEB. 15—FLORIDA STATE FAIR JUNIOR JERSEY SHOW, (cow classes); Tampa, Fla.; 8:30 a.m.

Sale Reports:

In the January issue

All American Jersey Sale
Amity Hills Dispersal
Pot O'Gold Sale

Show Reports:

In the January issue

All American Jersey Show
All American Junior Jersey Show
National Jersey Jug Futurity

Meetings:

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