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23/04/2025

April 23, 2025

The official opening today of South West TAFE’s Colac Trade Training Centre marks the start of a new era of Vocational Education and Training (VET) for the region.

The centre which delivers automotive and carpentry courses to about 120 students is being opened by Minister for Minister for Skills & TAFE, Gayle Tierney.

CEO Mark Fidge said that South West TAFE was proud to continue VET at the Trade Training Centre with the opportunity to expand offerings in the future.

South West TAFE is investigating options for more courses based at the facility.

Last year the Victorian Government announced that South West TAFE would become the preferred provider for VET in the Colac region from 2025.

The Gordon Institute of TAFE had been providing education at the Trade Training Centre facility based at Colac Secondary College for more than 10 years.

Mr Fidge said the decision to have one dedicated TAFE servicing the region would eliminate any confusion and result in a more localised and specialist delivery to service the region’s major industries, schools and community.

“The new arrangement opens opportunities to expand existing offerings, establish more permanent and fit-for-purpose facilities; and broaden student support services,” he said.

South West TAFE has started an industry engagement consultation process to understand what training needs are required for the Colac-Otway region.

The Gordon’s students transitioned to South West TAFE for the start of the 2025 school year after a collaborative decision, guided by Mr Fidge and The Gordon CEO Joe Ormeno.

Colac regional manager Naomi Harris said South West TAFE had been delivering training at the Trade Training Centre since February and had received a positive response from students and employers.

“The students say they are feeling really well supported and we’re also getting positive feedback from employers,” Ms Harris said. “Having it all under the TAFE banner makes it easier for people to know who to go to for training and they know that it can be delivered locally.”

While the 2025 Trade Training Centre’s year has started with carpentry and automotive, rolling on from what was offered by The Gordon, Ms Harris said South West TAFE would like to expand the local offering.

“We’re looking at potentially delivering other options to support local construction and manufacturing industries, such as forklift and scissor lift operations,” she said. “It is great for Colac to have this resource to support our trades industries.”

SWTAFE first established a presence in Colac in 2017 while The Gordon provided education in Colac Otway Shire for more than 10 years at its Trade Training Centre.

In addition to the Trade Training Centre, South West TAFE will maintain its current campus and office in Bromfield. It has a longer-term goal to establish a more central facility.

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22/04/2025

Dairy farmers from around the world will be spreading the word about the quality of Australian Jersey cows after a successful World Conference tour.
Visitors from United States, Canada, New Zealand, Germany, France, England, Jersey Island, South Africa and Colombia took part in the tour across Victoria and New South Wales.

It was the first time since 2011 that the conference was based in Australia.

Jersey Australia general manager Glen Barrett said the conference, which started in Melbourne on April 6 and ended on April 21 at the Royal Sydney Show, had lived up to expectations.

“It has been a very successful world conference,” Mr Barrett said. “The guests have been very impressed with the cattle they’ve seen and we’ve had some great engagement with industry facilities and researchers.”

Mr Barrett said positive feedback about the quality of cattle had already generated international sales interest for genetics export companies.

“People were impressed with the quality of the cows and the world-leading support of the dairy industry and we are confident this will lead to more sales of Australian Jersey genetics around the world,” he said.

Mr Barrett said he was aware of a 5500-straw order and more sales were expected to be confirmed in response to the tour.

New Zealand visitors were particularly impressed with the quality of the Australian cows and the way the dairy industry functions.

“People have seen that Australia has high-quality cows and they will take the message home that they should be using more Australian Jersey genetics,” Mr Barrett said.

Jersey Australia president Geoff Akers said he was proud to recommend Australian Jerseys to breeders across the world.

“Over the past 30 years, Australian breeders sourced the best genetics from around the world and today we are very proud the Australian Jersey that is absolutely world-class,” he said.
Genetics Australia was premium sponsor for the tour and export manager Rob Derksen said the conference was a real success.

“As premium sponsor, it was a great opportunity to showcase Australian Jerseys to visitors from around the world,” Mr Derksen said.

“In my view, Australian breeders, through the use of the world’s best Jersey bloodlines and cow families, now have the best population of Jerseys available,” he said.

“As the need for sustainability puts pressure on current farming practices worldwide, the efficient Jersey breed will play an important role in feeding the world in future.”

Genetics Australia hosted several international visitors for the tour, including Edgar and Lynda Brotherton from Just Milk and Roy Dixon from CRV Xeed in South Africa. “It was beneficial for them to see Australian Jersey herds, bull mothers, cow families, farming systems and the bulls,” Mr Derksen said.

Jean Macky from STNZ as well as several New Zealand Jersey farmers also attended and said the Australian Jersey had a real role to play in NZ. “Jean was confident that as more farmers see the results of Australian Jerseys in NZ sales will grow,” Mr Derksen said.

Several of the NZ visitors ordered semen while in Australia.

22/04/2025

SHELTER PROVIDES ROOMS WITH A VIEW

Kent and Annette Anderson’s cows enjoy then ultimate room with a view as they give birth under shelter on the rolling hills overlooking Stanley in northern Tasmania.

But it’s not the scenic attraction of The Nut in the background that appeals to Kent and Annette, it’s the health and welfare benefits that come from birthing in a Dairy Shelters Australia structure.

Kent and Annette moved to Vegasoul’s Spring Farm in 2023 after share farming for three years at the owner’s sister farm, Nutview, where they were introduced to the benefits of calving under shelter.

After supervising calving in the paddocks for more than 20 years in the dairy industry, they weren’t about to go back.

“We had a calving barn on the other farm and when we calved here last year without it, we said we’d never calve without a shelter ever again,” Kent said.

The farms are owned by a Hong Kong investor and overseen by New Zealand consultant Hamish Edge. Kent and Annette are sharefarmers on a milk solids basis. With support from two full-time staff and two backpackers, they milk 720 Holstein-Jersey cross-bred cows on about 340 hectares.

The farm had a Holstein herd under the previous owner but changed to the cross-bred system to increase milk solids and to lessen the impact of the cows on the land.

“We get a lot of rain,” Kent says. “We don’t talk inches; we talk metres.”

Kent and Annette enjoy a close relationship with the farm management and were keen to discuss the best shelter options, not only to create a better environment for the cows but to protect the land.

And that’s where the Dairy Shelters Australia structure became an essential part of the farm’s infrastructure – with more likely to come.

“We put the calving shelter in this year and it’s bloody brilliant,” Kent said. “All we had before was an open calving pad and it always got boggy and muddy.”

The Nutview farm had a traditional enclosed barn and while that was helpful, Kent and Annette discussed the option of the clear roof, deep litter Dairy Shelters Australia shelter with Hamish and their former vet, Neil Leighton, who has now joined the Dairy Shelters Australia team.

“For an enclosed shed this size you’re looking at $350-$400,000 but the Dairy Shelters Australia option was considerably cheaper and we think it’s even better with the sunlight and warmth they let in,” Kent said.
“We found out some more information about Dairy Shelters Australia and then met them at AgFest and it all happened very quickly.”

The decision to build two side-by-side shelters was made in May last year but with calving due to start on August 5, the pressure was on.

With no builders available locally, a team from Victoria flew down to do the work.

“We were worried about the weather so they organised a team to come across from the mainland,” Annette said. “They got here in June and had it up in 13 days. They were great. It was bloody cold but they were here at half past five in the morning and worked till it was dark.”

The shelters were ready in time and the 2024 calving period finished with great success.

“There are so many benefits,” Annette said. “Your cows are warm and dry and right there beside the dairy. The clear roof brings in the sunshine and warmth so it’s better for the cows and people.”

“You don’t have health issues like you do out in the paddocks and you don’t trash your paddocks when they’re in the shelter,” Kent added.

The existing calf shed was at maximum capacity so part of the new shelter was partitioned off to house some older calves.

The success has prompted Kent and Annette to start planning more clear-roof shelters for raising calves and housing cows during the harsh Tasmanian winters.

“We’ve got 1000 square metres with the current calving shelter but if we bumped it out to 6000 square metres, on a bad day the cows could go into the paddock and eat for two hours and then come back to the shelter,” Kent said.

“It would be much better than being in the water and the mud. They could lay down in the warmth and they wouldn’t be trashing the paddocks and we wouldn’t have the cost of repairing pastures all the time.

“There are multiple health benefits for the cows and you reduce the risk of many calving-related diseases if they are warmer and sheltered. You always get one of two stillborn calves but you don’t lose any due to the elements. This time of year, can be pretty tough here.

Kent and Annette say the Dairy Shelters Australia shelters are good for the reputation of the industry.

“There are a lot of people who don’t understand what farmers have to do at calving time,” Kent said. “You might see a dead cow but it’s not the fault of the farmer; it’s what sometimes happens in dairying. But with these, you reduce the risk of things going wrong because they’re in a better environment and they’re in a safer spot where we can check on them.

“By having the shelter, we alleviate a lot of that risk so it’s got to be good for the industry.”

There has been a lot of interest in the structures. “We’ve had so many neighbours call in to have a look and they’re all impressed,” Annette said. “This is the way that things are going to go.”
While they have no plans to go a total barn system, Kent and Annette say having multiple clear-roof shelters would bring great management flexibility.

“From October to May it lends itself to get the cows outside here,” Kent said, “We’d like the capacity to house them all over the winter months and just give them a few hours out in the paddock to eat and then they can come back here out of the elements.,

“It’s better for the cows, the paddocks and the farmers.”

Dairy Shelters Australia will be at AgFest on May 1-3 in the Dairy TAS pavilion.

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22/04/2025

Aussie Jerseys back on NZ agenda
Australian Jersey genetics could soon be back on the agenda for New Zealand farmers.
ST Genetics breeding consultant Jean Macky is sending a strong message to farmers in New Zealand – it’s time to look at Aussie Jerseys.
ST Genetics distributes Genetics Australia (GA) semen in New Zealand and Ms Macky joined her GA colleagues and several Kiwi farmers on the recent World Jersey Conference tour in Australia.
“I love the capacious style of the Australian cow and I need to convince more New Zealanders about them,” she says.
“There is a misconception that cows are treated differently in Australia and there is a different style of farming, but in reality, it’s very similar.
“Generally, the New Zealand Jersey has become too small, in my opinion, and I think they lack a bit of the depth and strength of Australian Jerseys,” she said. “They seem to be getting smaller and winters are very tough in New Zealand but we can learn a lot from Australia.”
“A lot of farmers have gone into KiwiCross but if they could see this modern style of Jersey cow, they probably wouldn’t have gone into the crossbreed. They wanted to get away from the smaller and bigger cows so they’ve created this mid-sized cow – but that’s what the Jersey is in Australia.”
Ms Macky said she was pleased to see so many New Zealand farmers joining the Australian tour. While Jersey numbers are growing in most countries, they have been declining in New Zealand.
“Hopefully after this trip, demand will really grow because we’ve seen so many good cows and I will be trying to spread that word,” she said.
Jersey New Zealand president Julie Pirie also joined the tour to Australia and said she wants to reverse a trend that has seen the breed in decline over the past two decades.
“The future for Jerseys in New Zealand should be bright; the issue is the mindset of farmers who need to understand that milking modern-day Jerseys is different to milking Jerseys from 20 years ago,” Mrs Pirie said.
“We’ve got a stronger animal that can withstand a lot tougher conditions than 20 years ago.”
“Jersey cows are better able to withstand the effects of increased temperature, convert feed into milk far more efficiently than other breeds and because they have a smaller frame, they are better for our soils and environment.
“It’s a matter of convincing farmers to move away from KiwiCross.”
Jersey Australia, Genetics Australia and Agri-Gene will have a site at Mystery Creek Field Days in June to promote the breed.

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17/04/2025

South African farmers look to Australia to boost herd quality

With 17,000 dairy cows across 15 farms under their Just Milk banner, South African farmers Edgar and Lynda Brotherton are looking to Australia to boost the quality of their herd.
With one of the largest herds in South Africa, Mr Brotherton wants to stabilise numbers but increase milk production through genomic testing and selective breeding.
Mr Brotherton was hosted by Genetics Australia to join the World Jersey Conference tour presented by Jersey Australia from April 6-21, and addressed a sponsors’ breakfast in Warrnambool. He was joined by Roy Dixon from CRV Xseed Genetics, the exclusive distributor of Genetics Australia’s Jersey semen in South Africa.
“The main purpose of our visit to Australia is to visit breeders of the bulls we’ve used,” he said. “It is our intention to use more Australian genetics and it has been fantastic to meet the breeders and put faces and names to the bulls we use.”
Just Milk is a management company based in the Eastern Cape that manages dairies. The milking herd comprises 17,000 cows and the total herd size including calves is 25,500. Just Milk also has cheese processing facilities, partnerships with piggeries and runs a small beef operation.
Just Milk is a unifying brand, not a single corporate entity. It operates on farms with various land ownership and profit-sharing structures. “We personally own some of the properties, 50 per cent share in some and 25 per cent share farmers in others,” Mr Brotherton said. “This model allowed land investors an opportunity to gain exposure to dairy farming.”
Very few animals have been brought into the herds from outside, resulting in selective breeding and an optimal animal suited to the Eastern Cape conditions.
Mr Brotherton says his interest in Australian genetics stems from the similarities between the two countries’ farming conditions.
“We’ve got low rainfall areas with irrigation that can have temperatures up to 40 degrees for 5-6 days in a row, and we’ve got coastal farms like Gippsland with rolling hills and dryland farming.
During their growth phase, Just Milk reared about 1000 surplus heifers every year to be on standby for new projects.
“At that stage due to growth, we weren’t able to be too selective with the heifers we put into the system,” Mr Brotherton said. “That’s changing now because we’ve decided we’ve reached our cap.
“Although I enjoy building new dairies, at my age I don’t think we will do any more and will probably cap numbers and look to process more of the milk we produce.
“We’re looking at the option of genomic testing our heifers and being more selective. The aim will be to get more milk out of the same number of cows, rather than add more and more cows.”
The Just Milk cow originated from a black and white herd crossed to Jersey after Mr Brotherton toured New Zealand in 1995.
“We started using New Zealand bred Jersey bulls like Manhattan, Maunga, Murmer, Presley, Nucleus and Kingpin, especially Manhattan,” he said.
“One of the reasons we chose the New Zealand bulls was that the black and whites we had been milking were too big. We figured the smaller New Zealand Jersey would bring them down quickly and they certainly did that and they bred us a very good cow.”
They then moved to Genetics Australia through supplier CRV. “Some of the older bulls that worked very well for us included Badger, Tahbilk, Aussiegold and more recently Stark, Ventura, Goldband, Bedford and other genomic bulls.
“It has been very nice here in Australia to see some of the mothers and daughters of the bulls we’re using and we were very impressed with what we’ve seen.”
They have also used some USA genetics, Valentino, Matt, Lemonhead, Oliver P, Stoney, and Starlord, to get more milk into the cows and they have served that purpose.
“Now we will settle into more Australian genetics,” Mr Brotherton said. “What we’ve found is that the Australian system is about as close to our system as we can get. It is largely grass-based with supplement and concentrate in times of shortages.”
The Just Milk farms have a 12-week calving period in spring, eight weeks in autumn. Heifers calve down at 24 months, mostly using sexed semen.
They sell some heifers because of a lack of space and also lease surplus heifers for a monthly rental.
The South African dairy industry has changed significantly since Mr Brotherton began farming in 1986. In 1997 there were 7000 dairy farmers, that has been reduced to 882, though farms are bigger and production has increased.
The total herd population is 30 per cent Holstein, 27 per cent Jersey, combined herds running both Holstein and Jersey 23 per cent, cross-breds 16 per cent and Ayrshire 4 per cent.
Most of the 3.65 million litres of milk – 86.1 per cent – is produced around coastal regions and long-life UHT milk and cheese are the main markets, with the fresh milk market decreasing.
Genetics Australia was the premium sponsor of the World Jersey Conference.

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15/04/2025

Two new Master Breeders and first Emerging Breeder announced

Farmers from Gippsland and north-east Victoria have been added to the Jersey Australia Master Breeder honour board, while the breed’s first Emerging Breeder has been announced.

Darryn Hourigan’s Darrynvale Jerseys from Milawa in North East Victoria and Trevor Saunders and Anthea Day’s Araluen Park Jerseys from Shady Creek in Gippsland were announced as Jersey Australia’s new Master Breeders at a dinner on Sunday night in Melbourne.

Jersey Australia also revealed Rodney and Stephanie Goode from Boronia Ridge Jerseys at Poowong North in Gippsland as the inaugural Emerging Breeders.

The Master Breeder awards were introduced in 2023 to recognise breeding excellence over the past 20 years and the commitment of farmers to the breed. The award requires breeders to have been a member of Jersey Australia for at least 20 years and to register 25 animals a year on average across those 20 years along while producing elite brood, type and production cows and elite bulls.

The Emerging Breeder award introduced this year is based on 10 years’ continuous membership, registering at least 100 animals a year under the breeder prefix, breeding two or more cows scoring 90 or more in classification, breeding at least two cows that produce more than 3000 kg/Ms, and the breeder must have started genomic testing.

Jersey Australia board member and chair of promotions, Jane Sykes, said the Emerging Breeder award aimed at encouraging and recognising younger farmers advancing the breed.

“The greatness of a Master Breeder does not happen overnight; it takes time and patience,” she said.

Mrs Goode said she developed a love of Jerseys from her parents and bought them into Rodney’s herd. “We will keep on trying and hopefully continue to get better and better,” she said

Darrynvale Jerseys was established in 1970 and is owned and operated by Darryn Hourigan, his partner Rochelle and Darryn’s son Bailey and daughter Ellie are also involved in running the farm. It has registered 2888 cows and has had 351 classified as Excellent.

Darrynvale is a platinum production herd and regularly achieves more than 7,000 litres average, with some cows producing up to 11,000 litres.

In the early 1980s, Darryn’s father Keith invested in Big Hollow and Merriland genetics in New Zealand, including the world-renowned Daisy family which has had an enormous influence in the herd. Darryn continues to breed award winning cows with deep pedigrees.

Trevor Saunders and Anthea Day, both fourth generation farmers, purchased their farm at Shady Creek in 2004 and combined the best from their separate herds to move forward as Araluen Park. They also incorporated the Stony Run stud prefix into their herd.

Araluen has registered 2757 cows and produced 366 Excellent cows. It has multi-Australian generationally-bred cow families from America, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.

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15/04/2025

An Otway Ranges farmer will show Heytesbury District Landcare Network’s (HDLN) AGM how farmers can dedicate almost 20 per cent of their land to tree cover and still maintain production.
Andrew Stewart, along with his wife, Jill, runs the grazing property Yan Yan Gurt West Farm in the eastern foothills of the Otway Ranges. Mr Stewart is a fourth-generation farmer on the family’s 575-acre property, producing prime lambs and wool with integrated agroforestry whilst running an educational farm tour business and native flower and tree foliage enterprise.
He will share his insights at the HDLN annual general meeting at the Timboon Senior Citizens Club on Tuesday April 29, covering how working towards carbon-neutral farming practices doesn’t have to be to the detriment of production.
More than 55,000 trees and shrubs have been established on the farm, covering 18 per cent of the property. This has formed a diverse biological infrastructure that supports and enhances traditional agricultural production, whilst providing new opportunities emerging from the agroforestry system.
Mr Stewart coordinates the Otway Agroforestry Network and is a founding member of the Australian Agroforestry Foundation. He has been a member of a team delivering many Master TreeGrower Programs, including one in Uganda, served on The Australian Landcare Council and has been involved in landcare farming and agroforestry education for many years.
Mr Stewart co-authored a book with Rowan Reid: Agroforestry: productive trees for shelter and land protection in the Otways and in 2021 won the National Bob Hawke Landcare Award.
Landcare Facilitator Michelle Leech said HDLN was looking forward to welcoming the community to the AGM to acknowledge the great work in local Landcare in the past year.
Ms Leech said Mr Andrew Stewart was well-known to many in the community through his work with the Otway Agroforestry Network. “His farm is a demonstration of what’s possible for local farmers interested in working towards carbon-neutral farming practices while maintaining production and creating an exceptionally liveable environment for the family and staff,” she said.
The AGM starts at 7pm and people can RSVP for catering purposes to 5598 3755 or email [email protected]

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14/04/2025

Terang farmers Bryan and Jo Dickson have scored a rare double feat with both their Holstein and Jersey studs topping the latest Australian Breeding Values (ABV) lists.

The April 2025 ABV release from DataGene shows Emu Banks Holsteins continued their run at the top with an average BPI of 376. For the first time, Spring Banks Jerseys took top spot on the breed’s ranking with an average BPI of 279.

This is the first time since the formation of DataGene that one farmer has topped both major breed indexes.

It fulfills a long-held ambition for Mr Dickson. “It’s pretty cool; it’s something I have wanted to do for a long time,” he said.

Daryl Hoey had a similar achievement about 12 years ago, topping the Holstein, Jersey and Aussie Red ABVs under the former Australian Dairy Herd Improvement Scheme, the predecessor to DataGene.

“Daryl is the only person that I know of who has done it before,” Bryan said.

The Emu Banks herd consists of about 50 Jerseys and 30-40 Brown Swiss but the bulk is Holstein, with about 900 cows.

Jerseys were reintroduced to the herd about five years ago because of strong interest in the breed shown by Bryan and Jo’s daughter Anna.

Emu Banks first topped the Holstein list in 2015 and returned to the top around 2020 and has maintained its edge since then. Spring Banks has been a regular in second spot on the Jersey list but previous leader Con and Michelle Glennen’s White Star Jerseys, from Noorat, just 10 km from the Dicksons, slipped to second spot.

“I’ve got it once – how long I can keep it I’m not sure because Con has a great herd, but it’s an honour to top both rankings,” Bryan said.

When reintroducing Jerseys, the Dicksons concentrated on quality. “We only bought and kept the best Jerseys we could find and culled the tail,” Bryan said.

They have the same philosophy with Holsteins. “Weeding is just as important as breeding. We breed for type and production and we always feed them well to achieve good production, but we also w**d out the lesser cows.”

In Holsteins, Bryan and Jo bred the second and third ranked BPI heifers. Emu Banks
Rizboy Tiffany 15111, with a BPI pf 573, was second and was recently sold for $17,000 to Agri-Gene and will contribute to their bull breeding program. In third position is Emu Banks Rizboy Louanna 14977 with a BPI of 568. Three of the top five genomic heifers are owned by the Dicksons.

Emu Banks was the highest herd for the Sustainability Index at 652 and number one for the Health Weighted Index (HWI) at 361.

Bryan says he relies on facts and figures when breeding and adds that genomics and sexed semen have helped to create a top ABV herd.
The family has been farming west of Terang since 1989 and own 485ha and lease a further 200ha.

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14/04/2025

NSW Jersey herds to host international tour

Prominent New South Wales Jersey breeders will open their herds to international visitors in April as part of a world tour.

Aaron and Emma Salway’s Wilgo Jerseys at Cobargo, David Boyd and Stewart Menzies’ Rivendell/Brunchilli Jerseys at Nowra and Robert and Ashley Wilson’s Jamber Jerseys at Jamberoo
will be visited as part of the 2025 World Jersey Conference on April 18-19.

The tour will culminate at the Royal Sydney Show for the Jersey judging day on April 21.

Aaron Salway is the sixth generation to run Wilgo Jerseys. Aaron and Emma have always had a love for dairy cattle, with their breeding journey in Jerseys and Illawarras starting at a young age. They started milking only 40 cows in 2009, and now milk between 200 and 240 year-round on the 187ha farm. In August 2014 they purchased the Wilgo Farm from Aaron’s parents Robert and Janelle.

Wilgo has had many successes over the years both in the show ring and in On Farm Challenges. Aaron and Emma aim to breed cows that are deep bodied, wide from their muzzle right through to their rump, with great udders that have the capacity to produce a lot of milk.

Riverlane Dairy is home to both Rivendell and Brunchilli Jersey studs, bringing together some of the best cow families in the country.
Riverlane was formed in 2021, combining generations of cow-breeding excellence, with business partners Stew, a fourth-generation farmer, and David the third generation in the industry.

They now peak at 800-850 milkers on the home 196-ha milking platform, producing more than five million litres of milk annually. It was a platinum production herd in 2023 and they sell Jersey branded milk directly into Sydney.

Jamber farms operates two farms, milking a combined total of 480 cows across about 136 hectares. The Jersey herd consists of the Jamber stud founded by Robert Wilson and the Burnside stud founded by his parents Mark and Marion Wilson.

Robert says their goal is to breed profitable, functionable cows that can also excel within the showring. “Milk comes first but we also like functional, type animals that seem to have greater longevity,” he says.

They are excelling in all fields at the moment, including Jamber Colton Veronica EX93 Max owned with the Gavenlock family at Cherrylock Cattle Co being crowned grand champion at International Dairy Week and champion cow at Sydney Royal in 2024.
At the 2023 Sydney Royal show their cow Burnside Victorious Honey EX92 was crowned champion cow.

Jersey Australia is hosting the World Jersey Conference for the first time since 2011 and the three-week event is attracting visitors from United States, Canada, New Zealand, Germany, Jersey Islands, South Africa and Colombia.

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