Farming veteran against semen ban
Thursday 24th April 2008, 12:00AM BST.
A FORMER cattle breeder who is the oldest member of the RJAHS is backing moves to lift the bull semen importation ban.
John Rondel (95) is an honorary lifetime member of the Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society and has added his support to the upcoming States proposition about a 220-year-old law.
‘At one point we used to export the best Jersey cows in the world but it’s time to bring them back to the Island,’ he said.
Mr Rondel was an agent in the 60s for Paul Spann, an American trader who purchased Island cows for farms in the US.
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