Jersey Canada Activity Levels - Top Notch!

A couple of quite astounding things happened as of the end of July and we’d like to share them with y’all briefly!

- A new record for electronic registration submissions in July: 66%!! We are now at 52.3% for the year to date. 55% is quite likely for the entire year…maybe 60%?

- New herd prefixes now at 112 for the year! Total for all of 2007 was 134. We are 65% ahead of 2007 YTD!! We’re now at 622 new herd prefixes since January 2004!

- Registrations up 5.7% YTD, Transfers up 14.2% YTD, Memberships are up 2.9%, and exports are at 595 to August 11.

It is possible that we could have the best two years for registrations since 1991/ 1992. We will very likely be as good as 1998/1999.

We must ensure that the right infrastructure is in place to support this kind of growth! One good cause for careful rejoicing is that 2007 was a very good year! Bottom line: Jersey business in Canada is booming!

2008 JERSEY ATLANTIC FUNDRAISING RAFFLE!

Tickets are now available for the 2008 Fundraising Raffle, with proceeds going to fund Jersey Atlantic programs.

There are four prizes available, including:

1st Prize: $400 Gift Certificate from Pioneer Seed Dealers of Prince Edward Island, towards Pioneer products in Atlantic Canada, or cash value

2nd Prize: 5 doses of Lencrest Blackstone semen, donated by Nova Scotia Animal Breeders (NSAB)

3rd Prize: $150 semen voucher from Select Sires Canada, donated by Shawn Moffat, NB

4th Prize: One night stay at the Holiday Inn Select in downtown Halifax.

Tickets available until September 28th, 2008, with draw to take place in Middle Musquodoboit on September 30th. To book your tickets, please contact any of the Jersey Atlantic directors.