by ben | Aug 19, 2020 | DAIRY
Since we started breeding Jersey cattle 30 years ago, several genetic traits have emerged as desirable for the type of grass-fed dairy we operate. Since we sell raw milk as well as cream, butter and cheese, the components of the milk are important to the value,...
by ben | Apr 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Recently, Holt Creek Jerseys owner Ben Gotschall appeared on an episode of the Working Cows podcast: For those of you that have never heard of the Working Cows podcast*, it is a great resource for grazers and ranch business owners. A variety of topics and speakers...
by ben | Dec 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
NOTE: This article originally appeared in the July 2012 issue of the Stockman Grass Farmer. At that time, Holt Creek Jerseys had been breeding for A2 Beta Casein milk for several years, and we were actively marketing A2A2 bulls and semen. Also at that time, A2 Beta...
by ben | Nov 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
Recently, Holt Creek Jerseys conducted a survey* that included several questions about what customers are looking for in choosing grazing genetics for their grazing dairy, and the results are in: Most customers want to use semen from A2A2, Grass-fed bulls with high...
by ben | Aug 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
You will notice that the same animals appear more than once on the pedigrees of many of our bulls. You may have been told that this is “inbreeding,” a practice to be avoided. However, we have been linebreeding Jersey genetics at Holt Creek Jerseys for many years,...
