INFORMATION FOR JERSEY HERD OWNERS
 

Your continuing source of Jersey-specific research and review articles on herd management, genetic improvement and milk marketing is the monthly magazine, Jersey Journal.

The following reference articles are provided as PDF documents (Acrobat Reader required). To request permission for reprints, click here

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Net Returns Per Cow, Jersey Costs Lower, Returns Higher--Again  (CDFA production cost information analyzed)
Management Facility Design for Large Jersey Dairies  (click here for related publication, "Relocation and Expansion Planning for Dairy Producers")
Environmental Issues Facing Dairy Farmers
Reducing Nitrogen Losses Through Nutrition  (click here for Excel spreadsheet with Holstein and Jersey data, USDA)
Reducing Phosphorus Losses Through Nutrition
Recommended Heights and Weights for Jersey Heifers
Transition Cow Management (One Producer's Program)
Mycoplasma Mastitis: Facts Every Producer Should Know
Heifer Mastitis: Why Prepartum Udder Health Matters
1% Calf Mortality: The Finely Tuned Calf Program at D&E Jerseys
Jersey vs. Holstein: Thoughts on Nutrition
Paths to Profitability Many, If Open to New Ideas (Improving the Bottom Line 3)
Healthy Rumen Key to Higher Components (click here for Spanish translation)
Herd Health Johne's Disease: Veterinarian Roundtable Part 1, Part 2
Progress with Johne's Disease (includes "Ten Stupid Things We Have Done")
Do Your Cows Have Sore Feet? Tips for Hoof Health
Bovine Viral Diarrhea: Is Your Herd Protected?
Practical Tips on Vaccination
Genetics Using Mating Programs to Control Inbreeding
Genetic Abnormalities in Jersey Cattle
Why Commercial Producers Are Crossbreeding to Jerseys
Across-Breed Matings: How They Work
Type Traits and Culling: Profile of a Low-Risk Jersey Cow 
      (click here for Spanish translation)
International Jerseys in the Warm Climate Zone (McDowell, Makuza & Wilk, 1995)
Milk
Marketing
True Protein vs. Total Protein
Frequently Asked Questions About True Protein
Some Often-Asked Questions About the New Federal Orders
Milk Marketing Outlook for Jersey Producers (September, 1999)
Producer Experiences With Managing Milk Price Risk
History Articles in the series, The American Jersey Cattle Association at 130, were published in Jersey Journal, from December, 1998 through December, 1999. All rights reserved. Reprints in part or whole only with written permission of the American Jersey Cattle Association.
Prologue: Omnis Pecuniae Pecus Fundamentum