One lucky and deserving Jersey breeder from New York will be among those attending the 18th annual International Conference of the World Jersey Cattle Bureau. Robin Denniston-Keller, from Bryon, New York is among one of the recipients of the 2008 International Young Jersey Breeders Educational Travel Award (JETA) which sponsors five young farmers to attend the conference in May 2008.
The five JETA winners will each present a paper at the 18th International Conference of the World Jersey Cattle Bureau on their ‘Jerseys at home’, visiting herds in the Island of Jersey, making new friends in the international Jersey world.
Robin, with her husband Kip, have developed Den-Kel Jerseys milking 80 cows averaging 20,440 pounds of milk (9,271 litres) and have 20 home-bred bulls on test with A.I. organizations. Robin is President of the New York Jersey Cattle Club and Vice President of the Genesee County of the New York Farm Bureau.
Other region winners are:
Ruben Dario Galvis Goez, from the Antioquia, Colombia in the Latin American region, Henrik Dalgaard Christensen, from Denmark in the European region, Wikus van der Merwe, from the Republic of South Africa in the African region, Lyna Beehre, from Northland, New Zealand in the Oceania region.