Keightley & Core Jerseys

Keightley & Core Jerseys KCJF has been focused on breeding quality Jerseys since 1955.

In that time, we have bred a National Grand Champion, Reserve Grand Champion, All American Junior Show Grand Champion, and two Jersey Jug Winners.

This week's pick belongs to Jeff.Or at least one of Jeff's picks. Asking him to narrow it down to one favorite cow was...
06/18/2026

This week's pick belongs to Jeff.

Or at least one of Jeff's picks. Asking him to narrow it down to one favorite cow was never going to happen, so don't be surprised if he shows up again next week.

This week's selection is KCJF Regency Treasure.

The accomplishments are hard to ignore. Treasure was a five-time All American, Reserve National Grand Champion in 2008, scored EX-97, and produced more than 163,000 pounds of milk in her lifetime. What made her especially unique was that she was completely homebred, by a homebred sire and from a homebred cow family.

She also left her mark on the herd. Of her 14 registered offspring, eight sons were used as herd sires at KCJF, including KCJF Whistlers Tracer, sire of KCJF Tracer Ritzy.

But the reason Jeff picked her has a lot less to do with records and banners.

Treasure was just easy. Easy at shows. Easy in the barn. Easy to work with. She never seemed to make anything harder than it needed to be.

06/14/2026

Tyler Childers said it best -

“You remind me of a Sunday back home in old Kentucky.”

Hard to beat a Kentucky Sunday morning.

We’re moving some dry cows up to the close up pen today as they get closer to calving. A new group, a different ration, and a little more attention before they welcome their next calf and head back into the milking herd.

And for those asking about the bright green field in the background, that’s our BMR forage sorghum, one of the crops we’ll harvest to help feed the herd.

Not a bad way to spend a Sunday morning.

The Dairy Alliance

The best spot on the farm today.When it’s hot outside, the cows make a beeline for the sprinklers in the holding pen whi...
06/13/2026

The best spot on the farm today.

When it’s hot outside, the cows make a beeline for the sprinklers in the holding pen while they wait to be milked. Can’t say we blame them.

The Dairy Alliance

06/10/2026

When people think about a family farm, they often picture one or two people doing all the work.

The reality is that it takes a whole team.

From caring for cows and crops to milking, fieldwork, IVF, marketing, grant writing, fixing things that break, keeping everyone fed, and somehow getting us all to the right place at the right time, every person plays an important role.

As part of June Dairy Month, we're introducing the family behind KCJF. This farm exists because generations of people have been willing to work together, each bringing different talents and strengths to the table.

Meet the team behind the cows.

Loaded up a small string and headed to the district youth show this weekend. Schulte Bros Hidalgo Faye - 1st Summer Year...
06/07/2026

Loaded up a small string and headed to the district youth show this weekend.

Schulte Bros Hidalgo Faye -
1st Summer Yearling, Junior Champion, and Supreme Champion of the show.

Liddleridge Thriller - 1st Senior Calf and Reserve Junior Champion, not bad for a heifer that's only been home five days since the Triple T Sale.

KCJF/Lucky Lady Day Dream - 1st Place Junior Yearling. Owned with Frank and Diane Borba.

KCJF McDreamy First Choice was 1st Aged Cow, Grand Champion Cow, and Supreme Champion Cow.

A good weekend for these four and a lot of fun seeing Jackson’s work in the barn all spring pay off.

PC: Brilee Tucker

This week’s pick is Brooke’s.BPF Fashion Pat of O-Ma-Braggin EX-93, or "Georgia" as she was known around the farm, sin...
06/04/2026

This week’s pick is Brooke’s.

BPF Fashion Pat of O-Ma-Braggin EX-93, or "Georgia" as she was known around the farm, since that is where she was from.

Brooke got Georgia after Brady picked Lacy. Georgia was Reserve National Champion of the Junior Show in both 2000 and 2001, and both times she finished behind Lacy. So maybe Brooke's pick should come with an "always a bridesmaid, never a bride" disclaimer.

Ironically, Brooke was Reserve National Champion of the Junior Show four different times. Twice with Georgia, once with Treasure, and once with KCJF Sambo Katey.

Georgia only left one daughter for Brooke to show, and unfortunately, that family is no longer on the farm today. But more than 25 years later, Georgia still gets Brooke's vote.

June Dairy Month seems like the perfect time to answer one of the questions we get asked most often:"Why Jerseys?"The sh...
06/02/2026

June Dairy Month seems like the perfect time to answer one of the questions we get asked most often:

"Why Jerseys?"

The short answer is because we love them.

The longer answer is that for generations, we've believed Jersey cattle combine everything we value. They are efficient, productive, long-lived, and full of personality. They produce milk with higher butterfat and protein, which is why Jersey milk is especially valued for products like cheese, butter, and ice cream.

But if we're being honest, it goes beyond the numbers.

These cows have helped build our farm, introduced us to lifelong friends, taken us around the world, and created opportunities for generations of our family.

Throughout June, we're going to take you behind the scenes of life on a Jersey dairy farm. From calves and crops to genetics, IVF, and the people who make it all happen, we'll share a little more about what happens here at KCJF.

We hope you'll follow along this month as we pull back the curtain on life at KCJF and share the stories behind the cows, the family, and the farm.

This weekend was spent cleaning, building, moving gates, and turning an old barn into a show heifer barn for Jackson.Wit...
06/01/2026

This weekend was spent cleaning, building, moving gates, and turning an old barn into a show heifer barn for Jackson.

With high school graduation this week, we decided to give him something he's been wanting for a long time: a space dedicated to his show heifers.

Jackson is the fourth generation on this farm and part of our family's fifth generation in the dairy business. He's been a huge help over the last year, and anyone who knows him knows how serious he is about showing.

The barn still isn't finished, but it's far enough along that he can start getting heifers moved in and making it his own. We're excited to see what he does with it and what is to come for him after graduation.

05/24/2026

Come along with us as we take three generations of Dream to the IVF clinic.

Here's a behind-the-scenes look at how technologies like IVF are used on today’s dairy farms. Much like IVF in humans, this process allows us to collect oocytes (eggs) from valuable cows, fertilize them, and implant embryos into surrogate cows.

For cows like Dream, a 2 time National Champion, IVF helps preserve genetics and continue cow families for future generations. Today was extra special because we had Dream, her daughter, and her granddaughter all along for the ride.

Do you see an All-American in the making in those oocytes? 👀

This week’s pick is Brady’s, and it’s none other than KCJF Tracers Ritzy.There’s a lot more to this one than banners a...
05/21/2026

This week’s pick is Brady’s, and it’s none other than KCJF Tracers Ritzy.

There’s a lot more to this one than banners and show results.

When Jeff had his farm accident in 2008, Brady was still in college and basically had to put his life on pause to come home and help Mom keep the farm going. We honestly would not have made it through had he not.

As a thank you, Brady got to pick one calf on the farm to call his own. He picked Ritzy. He already loved her dam, KCJF Centurion Ritz, and with Tracer being a Treasure son, the pedigree was pretty special on both sides. But that black and white tail sealed the deal, and the rest is history.

Ritzy went on to be an All-American Junior 2-Year-Old in 2011 and win the Jersey Jug in 2012. Not bad for a calf picked out because of a black and white tail....and five generations later, that tail is still showing up in the Ritzy family.

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