One of the annual reports that is available within the Canadian dairy industry speaks to the number of herds and cows covered by DHI/milk recording services across the land. For some reason or other these reports cover the period from October 1 to September 30.
The latest version of this report was created by Canadian Dairy Network early this month and covered the period up to September 30, 2010. What a bread-basket full of great news this report supplies for those of us involved with the Jersey breed in Canada!
Overall the number of Canadian milk-recorded dairy herds that contain Jerseys has grown from 607 in late 2001 to an impressive 1188 in late 2010! That is an increase of...wait for it......96%!!!!!!!
To put these numbers in even clearer perspective the 607 herds in 2001 would have equated to between 5 and 6% of all milk recorded herds in Canada. In 2010 there were 9535 individual milk-recorded herds in Canada. Therefore a much larger 12.5% of herds would have contained Jerseys in late 2010!!!!
We fully appreciate the fact that the number of Jerseys in many of these herds may be small-less than 5. However; those herds did not contain any Jersey presence in late 2001!!! Now that spells potential! We find that the success rate for those investing in Jerseys is very high. Your association is doing everything in its power to ensure that the success rate remains high!
The great news continues at cow-side! The number of Jerseys involved in milk recording in Canada has grown by 19.6% since September 2001! This kind of growth is every bit as important as the amazing migration of Jerseys into barns where other breeds are milked over the last nine years!
The number of herds where Jerseys are present has grown every single year since 2001 and the number of Jerseys in milk recorded herds has grown every year for the most recent five years! Jersey's growth based on these two measures can only be described as beyond robust and shines among breeds!
The target for tomorrow and the tomorrows after that remains keeping these numbers on an upswing!
Go Jersey breed, GROW!!
The latest version of this report was created by Canadian Dairy Network early this month and covered the period up to September 30, 2010. What a bread-basket full of great news this report supplies for those of us involved with the Jersey breed in Canada!
Overall the number of Canadian milk-recorded dairy herds that contain Jerseys has grown from 607 in late 2001 to an impressive 1188 in late 2010! That is an increase of...wait for it......96%!!!!!!!
To put these numbers in even clearer perspective the 607 herds in 2001 would have equated to between 5 and 6% of all milk recorded herds in Canada. In 2010 there were 9535 individual milk-recorded herds in Canada. Therefore a much larger 12.5% of herds would have contained Jerseys in late 2010!!!!
We fully appreciate the fact that the number of Jerseys in many of these herds may be small-less than 5. However; those herds did not contain any Jersey presence in late 2001!!! Now that spells potential! We find that the success rate for those investing in Jerseys is very high. Your association is doing everything in its power to ensure that the success rate remains high!
The great news continues at cow-side! The number of Jerseys involved in milk recording in Canada has grown by 19.6% since September 2001! This kind of growth is every bit as important as the amazing migration of Jerseys into barns where other breeds are milked over the last nine years!
The number of herds where Jerseys are present has grown every single year since 2001 and the number of Jerseys in milk recorded herds has grown every year for the most recent five years! Jersey's growth based on these two measures can only be described as beyond robust and shines among breeds!
The target for tomorrow and the tomorrows after that remains keeping these numbers on an upswing!
Go Jersey breed, GROW!!
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