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| Jess and the Shoalhaven High Team |
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| Chloe and Jess sharing a laugh Jess Monteith is our allocated Young Farming Champion for the Archibull Prize this year. Jess has her own stud that she has started called Curramore Park with Holstein and Illawarra dairy cows. Her Holstein cow Eve is 6 years old, has had 4 calves and is currently producing 52 litres of milk a day. Clarie is a 4 year old Illawarra that has had 3 calves and is currently producing 39 litres of milk a day. Together her two cows feed 320 people, their daily calcium needs everyday!! Jess is excited because she has just had her first heifer calf after a long run of bull calves. Dairy cows eat an incredible 40 kg of food each day. This is made up of 10 kg of grain, 25 kg of grass, 5 kg dry hay or silage, which is washed down with 150 litres of water. That would be the same as eating 200 sandwiches and drinking 250, 600mL bottles of water!!!!! Jess has also worked with the charity Hands Across NSW, to deliver fodder and clothing to farmers out west doing it tough in the drought. She was recognised as the Young Shoalhaven Citizen of the Year in 2012 for her amazing effort. She has also been awarded Berry Showgirl for 2013 and came 3rd at the Royal Easter Show. Jess loves dairy cows and enjoys the opportunity to work with young people to educate them about the importance of Australian farmers and agriculture and how lucky we are to be able to have all the food and fibre choices available for us to consume. We had a lot of laughs with her and we were amazed at how many people her two cows were able to fed every day. WATCH OUR VIDEO OF OUR VISIT AND INTERVIEWS WITH JESS at the link below http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OEQOUZ1MaQ&feature=em-share_video_user |
Deborah and Jess
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