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12 to 14 April 2021Plymouth International Hotel Take a look at some of the photos taken at the JerseyNZ 2021 Annual Conference 2021 in New Plymouth

Article Contributed by Monique Radford – Published in the March 2020 Jersey Focus magazine This years team was kindly supported by Lewis Road Creamery This year the Jersey NZ youth team travelling to Australia consisted of a mixture of experienced and new people. Returning competitors included Hannah Nicholson, Ella Pirie, Danika Beardsall and myself. The other team members consisted of Brad Seager, Jay Seebeck, Jacoba Gread,…

Published in the 2020 March Jersey Focus magazineWritten by Roger Ellison – Convenor, Industry Affairs Committee What Does The Literature Say? In Jersey circles, a lot is spoken about how efficient the Jersey cow is at converting food into profit and how easy she is on the environment compared with the other breeds and crosses. However, when advocating for the breed, often in the presence of…

Effective immediately, the Jersey NZ team will all be working from home due to the Covid-19 pandemic until further notice. As we are situated within the LIC Campus, we must abide with their decision to restrict access to essential personnel only. This means that the way we work is going to change quite dramatically. The important message for members is that for the most part our…

Local dairy farmers will be cheering this morning after taking out top awards at the Central Plateau Dairy Industry Awards. First-time entrants David Noble and Katy Jones, who sharemilk at a property in Horohoro, took out the 2020 Central Plateau Share Farmer of the Year award at last night’s annual awards ceremony at the Energy Events Centre in Rotorua. The couple 50/50 sharemilk 275 cows on…

Accolades for the Waikato’s most eligible bovine bachelors. Two of the Waikato’s most eligible bovine bachelors have been recognised for their services after fathering more than 43,000 daughters between them across the country.  Jersey bull Degree and Friesian bull Macca have been inducted into CRV Ambreed’s Hall of Fame for their services to the New Zealand dairy industry. The accolade comes as part of the breeding…

Jersey NZ would like to congratulate those selected to be part of the IDW Youth Challenge team 2020. The standard of applicants was high, and a number of people missed out this year. The team is a mixture of those with experience from 2019 IDW and new. The team is: Hannah Nicholson – Team Co-ordinator Robyn Gordon Monique RadfordAngel SommervilleBrad SeagerElla PirieThomas JeyesDanika BeardsallIzzy RadfordJacoba GreadJay…

Jersey NZ  is pleased to announce that Alison Gibb of Zenith Jerseys, Orini, has been re-elected for a further term as President of Jersey NZ.  Alison was recently returned to the Board as an elected Director, having previously been an appointed Director.  Barry Montgomery of Rivermere Jerseys, Dargaville, has been elected as Vice President.  Tony Landers was returned as an appointed Director for a one year…

Youth Challenge and Study TourTatura, Victoria, Australia January 16 – 22nd 2020 What a thrill winning the International Dairy Week Youth Challenge 2019!But it doesn’t end there, as we have been invited back to defend our title for 2020. JerseyNZ has again offered to support us – and planning is well underway. We now invite expressions of interests for the 2020 team.See the attached form below.These…

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