Chico Explosive 8x has been purchased from John and Jan Lee of Chico Ranches in Airdrie, Alberta. He is a SAV Pioneer x Millcreek Diversity two year old. His EPD's are BW 3.6 WW 49 YW 95 MILK 20
Posted by Tim Dixon on Thursday, January 12, 2012,
Red Angus results from 2012 National Western Stock Show in Denver. Colorado.
CANADIAN CATTLE Excel IN DENVER What a great day at the National Western in Denver for Canadian cattle in the Red Angus Show held on Jan. 9. Grand Champion bull went to Red Lazy MC Eye Spy 65Y exhibited by Clint & Angela Morasch, Lazy MC Angus of Bassano, AB. Six Mile Red Angus of Fir Mountain, SK won both Grand Champion Female with Six Mile Countess 105Y and Reserve Grand Champion Bull with Six Mile Smokin Gun 133Y ...
Posted by Tim Dixon on Thursday, December 29, 2011,
With the new tear approaching new calves will be hitting the ground soon. The first calves will be AI sired by Old Post, Breakaway, Thunder, Kodiak, Eye Candy and Mercedes Benz. This heifer is due January 9th to SooLine Kodiak 9195 but I don't think she will make it!!
Posted by Tim Dixon on Thursday, December 8, 2011,
TThe bulls on test at the Maritime Beef Testing Society started their test period last week. We have one bull there, TXE 1Y, a Red SVR Gangster son. Check out the data on all the bulls here and the pedigree and photos of 1Yhere. Continue reading ...
Congratulations to Hamilton farms and Double F Ranch for having HF Hemi 176W chosen to the top 10 in the RBC Supreme Challenge held at Agribition in Regina last night. 176W is a paternal brother to our herdsire HF Torque 171W. Continue reading ...
Posted by Tim Dixon on Saturday, November 19, 2011,
After a very wet October the harvest got under way just before Halloween. Given the poor growing season, yields were very a respectable one tonne/acre. We grew 2 varieties DeKalb 26-10 and Coop variety Etna.
Posted by Tim Dixon on Saturday, November 19, 2011,
I just finished completing the Canadian Angus Association survey. All members should have received one in the mail or you can fill it out online. The Canadian directors want to hear from the membership on which direction the association should take in the future so please take the time to fill it out. You don't have the right to complain if you don't take part!!
On November 12 there will be a Canadian Angus Rancher Endorsed Feeder Sale held in conjunction with the regular sale. If you have angus feeders and want to consign to this contact Sean Firth at the sale barn at 902 670 5999.
Posted by Tim Dixon on Saturday, October 29, 2011,
Our 2011 bull calves officially started their winter test period on Thursday. Check out their stats on the "Bulls for Sale" page. We have 4 of our own bulls as well as one for Colby MacQuarrie of Winsloe, PEI on home test here at the farm and one bull going on test at the Maritime Beef Testing Station in Nappan, NS.
Posted by Tim Dixon on Saturday, October 29, 2011,
The 13th annual Angus in Action Sale was another success. Many thanks to the organizers and consignors as well as the buyers. Our purebred heifer, Worth-a-Bit Blackcap 13X was purchased by Weldon Estabrooks of Sackville, NB and our commercial heifer is going to Richard Feeney in Harvey Station, NB.
If you have any angus feeders for sale, contact Sean Firth at atlanticstockyards.com to consign them to the first Canadian Angus Endorsed feerder sale in Truro, NS on November 12.
Posted by Tim Dixon on Wednesday, October 19, 2011,
Here is a couple of new pictures of Lot 7, our purebred entry in the Angus in Action sale this Saturday in Nappan, NS.She is Worth-a-Bit Blackcap 13x safe to a Red Lazy MC Smash son 6 months. Catalogue can be found at PEI Angus Blog.
HF Hemi 176W was recently named reserve champion Angus bull at the Olds Fall Classic in Olds, Alberta. He and our herdsire HF Torque 171W are both sired by HF Hemi 151T. We have some great heifer calves in the pasture now by Torque and are really looking forward to his 2012 calves.
WORTH-A-BIT BLACKCAP 13X is one of our top replacement females. Every one of her EPDs is well above the breed average, with her birth weight EPD in the top 7% of the breed and yearling weight in the top 20%. Her sire, WORTH-A-BIT IN FOCUS 12U, is currently owned by Ivan Boswall of Dunstaffnage PEI. He sired the Grand Champion Bull at the 2010 St. Mary's Fair and the Reserve Champion in 2011. Her dam, WORTH-A-BIT BLACKCAP 9U, was the pick of our yearlings in 2009 by John Donaldson, former Cana... Continue reading ...
October 11th will be your last chance to get fresh Angus beef until Christmas. Contact us if you would like to try it for the first time or if you are one of our many loyal customers! Frozen product is available here at the farm anytime.
As summer turns to fall, this week marks the end to another CSA (community supported agriculture) season. Thanks to Jen and Derek Campbell of Jen and Derek's Farm for allowing us to partner with them in their vegetable subscription plan. Many thanks as well to Jeremy Pennings, Ernest Schleinkorn, JB and Sarah Rainsberger and Megan Mullally/Penny Solomon for their subscriptions to East Coast Angus Beef.
Posted by Tim Dixon on Monday, September 26, 2011,
Congratulations to the organizers of this year's event as well as all the winners of the various breed shows and the junior show. We here at Worth-a-Bit Angus were proud to sponsor the Champion Showman which was won by Taylor Welch of Garvie, New Brunswick.
Highlights of our showing were 2nd place angus heifer calf and 3rd place mature cow. Worth-a-Bit Annie K 4Y placed 6th in the multi breed Miss Beef Expo class.
Posted by Tim Dixon on Tuesday, September 13, 2011,
Friday night I attended the "Beef n" Blues" event which was part of the month long PEI Fall Flavors festival here on Prince Edward Island. It was a sold out event held in Summerside and was a tremendous success.
Local chefs such as Ross Munroe of Sims Steakhouse and celebrity chefs such as Mark MacEwan from Top Chef Canada prepared their favorite beef dishes at various stations throughout the room using product from Atlantic Beef Products. Meanwhile we were entertained with great blues music ... Continue reading ...
After one of the coldest and wettest July's on record, the weather finally turned in August and we were able to catch up here on the farm. First cut was finally finished the second week of the month (latest ever) and we have a little second cut to complete this week. The organic spelt destined for Speerville flour mill was harvested on the 19th and we started the barley and straw on the 27th only to have Hurricane Irene arrive today with her heavy rain and wind putting a halt to combining for... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tim Dixon on Wednesday, August 10, 2011,
Mark November 12, 2011 and February 16, 2012 for the Canadian Angus Rancher Endorsed Feeder Sales to be held at Atlantic Stockyards in Truro, Nova Scotia. Angus feeders have been bringing premium prices across Canada. Buyers from Ontario east will be in attendance looking for top quality Angus feeders. For details on how to get the Canadian Angus green tags contact the Canadian Angus Eastern Fieldman Wayne Gallop at 819 826 3026 or Maritime Angus President Trevor Welch at 506 246 6000 trevo... Continue reading ...
Our senior herdsire Worth-a-Bit New Frontier 1U will be available Sept. 1. He is out of our best producing cow (Brooks Traveler daughter) and after three breeding seasons it is getting hard to keep him away from his maternal siblings. He is extremely gentle and easy calving with birth weights averaging 78 lbs. epd's bw -.2 ww 43 yw 81 milk 15. He is eligible for the PEI bonus. Continue reading ...
I just came back from dropping off an hamburger and asparagus order at the Lobster Barn in Victoria. We appreciate the local businesses that support us and I encourage you to visit them for a meal this summer.
Here is a great article from the good food revolution blog highlighting the great taste of PEI beef. We have had the pleasure of giving numerous tours to clients of Atlantic Beef Products over the last couple of years. It is a terrific opportunity to tell our story of environmentally friendly and low stress production to a consumer who is looking for more information about the food we produce and they consume.
Yesterday we planted some asparagus crowns. Since we have a small acreage we do it all by hand. With the help of some neighbors (Alex and Tessa Craig) we had planted 1000 plants in under two hours. For those of you who are not familiar with asparagus, the material you plant are called crowns, a root mass that resembles spiders, for lack of a better term. It will be 2013 before these plants will be ready for harvest. Asparagus is a perennial crop and must be allowed to get established and build... Continue reading ...
Good luck to all the junior exhibitors at the Maritime Angus Field Day and Junior show tomorrow in Port Elgin, NB. It is being hosted by the Booth and Oulton families and many thanks to them. There are many sponsors that help to make this event an annual success. All the semen that is sold after the show has been graciously donated from across the country and all proceeds go to the juniors.
May seemed to go by so fast. It must have been all the time I spent looking out the window at all the rain! Last week the sun came out, the ground dried and I finally took off my touque. Barley and oats were put in last week and the soybeans will go in the ground this week.
The breeding season went well with AI sires used being Mercedes Benz and Eye Candy for club calves and Eastondale Breakaway, Old Post, Connealy Thunder, Soo Line Kodiak 9095 and Red Six Mile Sakic for the purebred Angus her... Continue reading ...
Judge Jay Hiltz congratulates Nancy Locke Callendar on her win at the Border Classic Steer Show in Nappan, N.S. today. This hereford sired steer was purchased from us last fall. Thank you and congratulations to the Locke family of Pointe de Bute, N.B. This 1340 lb steer sold in the ballroom of the Wandlyn Hotel Saturday evening for $5.75 /lb.
Thanks also goes to the Siddal family of Southhampton, N.S. for their purchases that placed well in the show as well as Mark Oulton of Sackville, N.B. f... Continue reading ...
Here are a few new pictures of some of our 2011 calves This is an Eye Candy out of a purebred angus cow. Eye Candy heifer out of a Limo x cow Eye Candy steer by an angus x cow
Red SVR Gangster heifer calf out of a Bush's Grand Design cow. For some reason the purebred calves won't stand for pictures but I'll get them eventually!!
Help Celebrate PEI Beef by checking out www.peiburgerlove.ca and taking in a great meal at participating restaurants. Thanks to the PEI Cattleman's Association for this great promotion. Proud PEI beef producer Jan Holmes of Kingston models her PEI Burger Love T-shirt at the 60th Annual PEI Easter Beef Show.
Congratulations to all exhibitors at the 60th annual PEI Easter Beef Show and Sale and thank you to all the purchasers of steers in today's sale. Special congratulations to Ian and Austin Drake of Vernon Bridge for placing 1st in the Angus class with a steer sired by Worth-a-Bit Alliance and then taking reserve champion Angus overall.
AI breeding is in full swing now. So far cows have been bred to the club calf bulls Eye Candy and Mercedes Benz and angus bulls Old Post and Eastondale Breakaway. Heifers have been bred to Mercedes Benz and angus bulls Soo line Kodiak 9194 and Connealy Thunder.
The bulls were weighed, examined by the vet and Igenity test sampled today. The new weights are posted on the "bulls for sale" page and they are for sale anytime.
Calving is winding down here with a 100% calving rate so far. Only a few more to come in the next month or so. We started breeding for next year today with 3 cows bred AI.
Posted by Tim Dixon on Saturday, February 26, 2011,
Here is a steer calf out of one of our 2 year olds. The dam is a BC Lookout x shorthorn and the sire is red angus (a lazy MC Smash son). Continue reading ...
Posted by Tim Dixon on Saturday, February 26, 2011,
All we do these days is move snow. It is piling up everywhere and soon there will be no where to put it. As I write this another storm is blowing, fortunately it has turned to rain but more white stuff is scheduled tomorrow. What a difference a few months make!
Posted by Tim Dixon on Thursday, February 10, 2011,
The red angus bred heifer purchased last fall calved on Sunday in the middle of a snow storm but all is well and she and her heifer calf are doing fine , Continue reading ...
Posted by Tim Dixon on Saturday, February 5, 2011,
The bulls that are for sale on this site were weighed today and the updated weights have been posted. Their ration is high in forage for proper growth and development. You won't see any huge ADG numbers, but you also won't see your bull melt away during breeding season. These two red angus and 3 black angus bulls are for sale anytime and can be viewed here at the farm.
The Haughton Ranch auctioned off one of its angus steers in the lobby of the Kamloops Plaza to promote its beef which will be featured in the hotel for the month of February. Read the article here.
I stated in a previous post that I would take some pictures of the year's arrivals. It was a beautiful sunny day here and the calves were feeling good so standing for a picture was a low priority for them but I managed to snap a few. The first four are eye candy calves and the next two are purebreds by SVR Gangster who sired the Grand Champion bull at 2011 National Western in Denver. Continue reading ...
The first calf has arrived from our new herdsire HF Torque 171W. A 94 lb bull calf out of a second calver arrived yesaterday. we are looking forward to many more from this bull who stood 3rd in class at the World Angus Form in 2009. Thanks to Glenn Campbell of Graham's Road and Davidson Fall of Crapaud for renting Torque this winter.
Posted by Tim Dixon on Thursday, January 27, 2011,
This ad from New Zealand is pretty funny to most of us who are in the agricultural business but it also should make you realize that the average consumer probably understands our industry as much as Julian does. Do your part and go the extra mile to help your neighbors learn about agriculture! Continue reading ...
Posted by Tim Dixon on Wednesday, January 19, 2011,
My Cousin Greg's wife Stacey MacKean Hardy had her kids up for a visit to see the cows the other day as they were going through "cow withdrawal". She snapped some pictures as they were looking and I wanted to share her photography skills.
The comments in this catalogue are certainly unique. They make for a good read. I would say marketing genius as most people would be waiting by their mailbox for next year's! For those of you who are not involved in the cattle business, this is a cattle sale catalogue and the owner uses uncommon and "colorful" words to describe them.
Calving is progressing at a snails pace. We only have 11 calves so far. I don't know what everyone else is finding but here this year the cows are going 6-10 days over with heavy birthweights (all unassisted). Usually this means more bull calves but we are heavy on heifers. To date we have 6 eye candy calves with 4 heifers and 2 bulls. There are 4 purebred angus calves with 2 of each. It has been hard to get pictures but I will post some when I get them.
Posted by Tim Dixon on Thursday, January 13, 2011,
I have been using Google Analytics to track visitors to our site for eleven months. It is amazing to see where people come from and how they get here.
Visitors have come from 31 countries with the top 5 being Canada,United States, Ireland, United Kingdom and Russia
- 38% of visitors came from search engines (Google, Bing, etc.) - 35% of visitors came from referring sites ( sites where our website is linked to) - 25% of visitors came direct (typed in our web address)
I just came back from checking the cows. I usually do it at 10:00 pm but tonight I went at 9:00, well one had just calved and she had the afterbirth off the hind end but not the front, I didn't see any breathing so i jumped the gate and tore the membrane off the head and low and behold there was a big shiny eye staring at me and a tounge sticking out and wiggling! The cow didn't want me there so i jumped back out and when I looked back he had his head in the air. Its amazing how things work o... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tim Dixon on Wednesday, January 5, 2011,
The bulls we have on test here at the farm were weighed today and the new weights posted on the "bulls for sale" page. This pen is being fed a high forage/low grain ration for moderate gains and building muscle not depositing fat.
Check out our listing on the Canadian Angus Marketplace. This is a database set up by the Canadian Angus Association for easy searching of the membership with detailed information on each operation.
We wish all the best to all our friends and customers past and the new ones we will meet in 2011.
Calving season is upon us and we have two new arrivals so far. One purebred, a 70 lb Gangster bull calf and pictured above, the first ever Eye Candy (crossbred club calf bull) calf to be born on PEI. She is a hefty 103 lb unassisted heifer out of a purebred cow. 56 more to go and they should start coming fast now.
Check out this link to make your holiday entertaining easy. East Coast Angus Beef produced by Dixon Farms is the perfect choice for Christmas or New Year's celebrations. Roasts, steaks, hamburger, sausages, jerky and pepperoni are available as well as gift certificates. http://www.beefinfo.org/?ID=17&ArticleID=37&SecID=6
On my recent trip to Alberta I was searching for red angus genetics to add to our herd. We feel there is a market for the red cattle and will be better able to serve our customers with this wider selection.
A heifer calf and bred heifer were selected from the JD Lann Dispersal. Thanks to the Fisher family for putting together a great herd and for their hospitality. The cattle should arrive next week.
I haven't blogged in a while as I took a trip to Alberta to take in Farmfair International in Edmonton. Ronnie Ford and myself left on Nov 11 and returned on the 18th. We took in the Angus show and multibreed sale as well as the supreme show over two days and then travelled to Vermilion to take in the Koran Stock Farm Dispersal sale and visited with other angus breeders Waveny Angus and Everblack Angus. Tuesday it was off to the JD Lann Dispersal sale in Olds and Wednesday visited Alta Geneti... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tim Dixon on Wednesday, November 3, 2010,
We have a nice group of 12 open red and black angus cross heifers available. They would average 1000 lbs. If you would prefer them bred, we can accomodate this as well. Please contact Tim at 902 432 4771 or dixonfarms1@live.com.
You might have noticed new pages added to the site.
The "Bulls for Sale" page has information on the bulls we have on test this winter. There are 2 red angus from Isaac Smith of Mabou NS and one black angus from Ken Lisson of Apoquoi, NB as well as our own two.
The "Wish List Sale" page is a sneak peek of what is to come later this fall.We have just what you need for that hard to buy for farmer this Christmas!!
Posted by Tim Dixon on Thursday, October 21, 2010,
We are half done the soybeans for this year and the yields have been impressive. Our best yields have been 1.5 and 1.7 tonnes/ac. The average for this part of the country is 1-1.1 tonnes/ac.
Here are some cool pictures of Angus cattle being loaded on a plane for shipment to Russia. I have never seen this before and found it pretty interesting.
We were sorry to hear this week that Thomas, the eight year old son of Kirk (Canadian Angus Association President) and Jill Wildman of Towaw Red Angus has been diagnosed with leukemia and is undergoing chemotherapy. Best wishes and all the best to the Wildman family from the Dixon's.
Posted by Tim Dixon on Tuesday, September 28, 2010,
It has been a busy month here. We have been catching up on odd jobs and repairs the last couple of weeks as well as training calves. I went to the New Brunswick Beef Expo on the weekend and had a successful and great time. I arrived with 6 head and came home with 3! Many thanks to Mark Oulton for all his help and the Expo crew, especially Gale and Linda Lackie for all their hard work.
We are consigning 4 bred heifers to the Angus in Action Sale in Nappan, N. S. on October 16th. Two purebred he... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tim Dixon on Thursday, September 2, 2010,
I can never remember having the oats combined in August and the straw done the 2nd day of September. Usually we are struggling to get finished by the third week of September. The weather has been fantastic, almost to good as this week has been incredibly hot with humidex's up to 40 C. I know that other parts of the country are knee deep in water but we might be joining them this weekend as Hurricane Earl is on his way.
Congratulation to Nicole Booth and her family on winning Grand Champion Fe... Continue reading ...
You know fall is just around the corner when we start to wean calves to get them ready for the fall shows. Five calves made the cut and after a few days to adjust the training will begin.
Another sign of changing seasons is harvest time. We combined our organic spelt yesterday and are quite happy with the yield. This crop was not underseeded but the clover is unreal! Soybeans are planned to be put in this field so at least it will be a nice plowdown.
As usual trying to do dry hay here is torture like no other! Very rarely do you seem to get three good days in a row. We have managed to get it down to just 15 acres remaining so all in all not too bad. The summer has been warm and we have had rather cool summers for the last couple of years so we won't complain. The soybeans have really taken off and so has the price. The navy beans are cultivated and are close to filling in the rows.
The show season has started (at least for some people) We ... Continue reading ...
I have gotten a little behind in my posts this month. Life sometimes gets in the road!
Congratulations to all the exhibitors at the Maritime Angus Field Day in Pictou the weekend of June 10. A record number of exhibitors were in attendance. The future is bright for the Angus breed!
The following week we were pleased to have visitors from Alberta tour our herd before they took in the Canadian Angus Assoc annual meetings in Halifax. Hats off to Betty-Lou Scott for organizing a great conference.
You should never complain about the weather. We were actually very dry for the first time in years and now we are getting an inch a day it seems for the last week. Only have a half day of planting left so this is a real nuisance. Spraying and cultivating is at a standstill.
This weekend is the Maritime Angus Field Day and Junior show to be held at the Pictou, NS fairgrounds. There are 30 heifers entered and Kirk Wildman, President of the Canadian Angus Assoc. will be the judge. The following w... Continue reading ...
Picked the first asparagus on May 12. This is about a week earlier than normal. Put the cows out on May 18 and this is about a week earlier as well. We could hardly get the trailer door closed as they put their heads down and started eating as soon as they came off.
I used some of my air miles and ordered a kodak pocket video camera. I will practice using it before I post videos of the calves we will have for sale this fall.
I once said that I would never use face book because it was just a p... Continue reading ...
I just changed the look of the site. I thought the burlap background had more of a "farm" feel. What do you think?
It's been while since I updated as the spring work is in full out mode. The fencing is 3/4 done, wormed the cows today and vaccinating and castrating to be done tomorrow. We like to do this about a week before we put them on grass so we can keep a better eye on them in case of any complications.
Field work is well underway and will start sewing on Thursday. This year we are growing... Continue reading ...
Jen and Derek Campbell have successfully started a CSA. That stands for community supported agriculture. They have allowed us to partner with them to supply beef for this venture this year. To learn more about CSA's click on this link, www.peistuffonline.com/jdcfarm/
I took a little road trip earlier this week. I delivered organic spelt and milling wheat to the Speerville Flour Mill just outside of Woodstock, NB. I then attended the Carleton County Steer Show held in Florenceville, N.B. It was a great show with the top 5 steers being top notch. The Parkinson family took both Grand and Reserve on the day.
Speervillle Flour Mill Tracy MacIntosh showing her steer at the Carleton County Steer show.
Monday started off with shipping cattle to Atlantic Beef Products in Albany and the bulls we were boadring for the winter left as well. Thanks to Lindale Angus, Dale and Linda Lackie and Jim MacFarlane for their business. This allowed us to move cattle around in the barn so we could make a pen for our replacement heifers and put a bull in with them to start breeding.
Monday must have been "the official day for visiting the Dixon's" as we had 8 visitors plus the contractor who was putting new w... Continue reading ...
HF Torque 171W arrived on PEI yesterday. There were about 15 on the truck that started in Alberta with pickups in Sask and Ont. along the way. We are very pleased with Torque. He is square hipped, strong topped, long spined and walks extremely well. Pictures will follow soon.
I delivered our navy beans to Maurice Girouard of St. Paul, NB a couple of weeks ago. It has been a learning experience over the last couple of years as growing these white beans organically has been a challenge. Keeping the beans from staining during harvest and battling molds and mildew due to our wet summers has been a full time job! Finally we are seeing a final product. Thanks Maurice.
Our new herdsire, HF Torque 171W arrives on Friday, will post pics when he is rested up.
Received these pictures today from the Booth's of Jolicure, NB. They purchased Worth-a-Bit Annie K 5U from us last fall and she had a bull calf in late January. Always great to have satisfied and (hopefully) repeat customers!! Continue reading ...
Went to the Easter Beef show on Thursday. Cattle were good and the judges, Lee and Dawn Wilson did an excellent job, especially with the 4-H show as they took the time to give positive comments and criticism to all exhibitors. Congratulations to Justin Ford for showing "Blue", a steer purchased from us to 2nd place and champion Intermediate showman!
Last Sunday Dad and I went to look at a steer we sold that is going to the PEI Easter Beef Show and Sale. He certainly changed a lot. Will update on how he does. These guys had some awesome I Am Ledgend and Orange Crush calves as well.
It has been about 50 years since there have been dairy cows on this farm but there's one here now. After a crazy heifer nearly killed her calf and another cow went down, we have two calves to feed. I called around and found a great cow that took to both calves r... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tim Dixon on Saturday, February 13, 2010,
Kirk Stierwalt, one of the most well known clippers in North America will be taking questions during a live chat on Steerplanet, starting at 10:00 pm atlantic on February 24. Here is the link for more information.http://www.steerplanet.com/bb/index.php?topic=16256.0 Continue reading ...
We have had fantastic weather this week. Sunshine and temps in the single digits. The only snow is along the hedgerows. Today, however is a different story. Have about a foot and a half of snow and its going to get cold and blow.
Calving wasn't the best this week. We had one born dead yesterday and one laid on last night. Here's a story you won't believe... We had a heifer calve last week and she lost the calf but she wasn't done, she had another a week later! The vet says this is extremely rar... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tim Dixon on Saturday, January 23, 2010,
While I think we lead a pretty typical life here on the farm, I thought you might like to hear about some of the day to day happenings that take place here. Everything from newborn calves to expensive repair bills! Check back periodically or subscribe and receive updates as they happen.
Dam of Lot 7
HF Hemi 176W was recently named reserve champion Angus bull at the Olds Fall Classic in Olds, Alberta. He and our herdsire HF Torque 171W are both sired by HF Hemi 151T. We have some great heifer calves in the pasture now by Torque and are really looking forward to his 2012 calves.
Yesterday we planted some asparagus crowns. Since we have a small acreage we do it all by hand. With the help of some neighbors (Alex and Tessa Craig) we had planted 1000 plants in under two hours.
For those of you who are not familiar with asparagus, the material you plant are called crowns, a root mass that resembles spiders, for lack of a better term.
It will be 2013 before these plants will be ready for harvest. Asparagus is a perennial crop and must be allowed to get established and build... 
We wish all the best to all our friends and customers past and the new ones we will meet in 2011. 
