Our most recent posting-just a few minutes ago!!-noted that registry activity levels at Jersey Canada are in very good form for the first nine months of 2009.
On the Genetic Improvement front some more great news arrived this week too!
At an October 5 Genetic Improvement Committee meeting it was reported that a new breed record for young sires entered on test per year would be set in 2009! What makes this news truly significant is that new record totals have been set in the preceding four years!
The owners of young sires for whom CDN fees (for timely releases of official proofs) have been paid reported that we could see upwards of 20 young sires entered for sampling this year!
This is terrific news for breed progress and what makes it even better is that in many cases the new tool of genomics has been used to help increase accuracy of selection!
This kind of growth in sampling activity is a prime target of Jersey Canada's Strategic Plan Jersey Rising. We have more progress to make to reach the overall target of at least 25 high quality young
sires sampled per year but are we ever heading in the right direction!
Thanks to all who are part of this energizing work toward finding future genetic stars and making the Jersey breed even better suited to modern dairying! On we go and grow!
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