Jersey Cattle - The whole history

In 1964, there was the first importation from Jersey Island : a male and two females. From that year on, the diversification is a reality, to consolidate the investments, in l969, another importation from the Island , the bull Vedas, one of the great responsible animals for the qualification of the herd. It did not take long and the fruit sprouted with the First Great Championship of Breeding, in the I Expointer, in 1972. The investment did not stop, in l974; Butia bought one more bull and three females from England and in l979, the first importation from Canada , in l986, from the USA and in l992, from New Zealand. In l986, the first Jerseys of embryo transference were born.

In 1987, Ronald Bertagnolli says, in Palermo, that Jersey is important in the whole world considering efficiency, contents of fat and the high concentration of the milk. Today there is an accentuated tendency and it will be even more emphasized with the new implantation of the Normative Act 51, from the Agricultural Ministry of Brazil, which in the first of July 2005, for the first time in our country, demands that the minimal protein, fat and total concentration of milk characteristics, in which Jersey has no comparison.

Some of Butia cows won big prizes; Rita was "Balde de ouro" "Gold Bucket", Goldie, National Championship of Milk Production, Harmony, National Championship of Fat Production among all breeders, Star, unbeatable in the displays, Two times champion of Expointer, Two times Champion and national record price in that time, US$70,000.00.