Stud Jersey Cattle
At Glenarron Farms we use 100% AI on the milking herd and pasture bulls with the heifers. We have had a great run with ASTOUND and have a number of cows we love, all with phenomenal temperament. We have been using semen from SPECIAL FORCES, TBONE, PARADE, ALTAFUTURITY, JESULTAN and AVERY ACTION this year and look forward to the progeny in 2009.
Next year we anticipate a few GBCONNECTIONS, BWCOUNTRY, JEAUGUSTUS and some of Maloney’s CSCABDUL hitting the shed and can’t wait to see how they settle in. APOWER is another bull that brought some good heifers in last year and we are keen to check out the next run of those.
In classification we aim to have a herd averaging 86 points. This year we achieved 9 VHC’s and an ASTOUND with a 92 point Superior. Herd of 300 cows are cruising along nicely on 6,000 Litres at the moment and with minimal pasture the cows are into the crop silage and a bit of lucerne hay and are holding condition very well. The herd is up 18% in production this year.
