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Some of our calves at Oakbar Ranch this year

I'm possibly looking for some Little Cedar Aviator semen to use for IVF.  Do any of my Shorthorn friends know of any that's available?

I know Iowann has many friends on SP so I thought many of you would like to keep her in your prayers as her husband Arlen(Arne) passed away over the weekend.    Arne was my classmate in high school so I've known him my whole life.  He and Ann were avid cattle breeders and sold and showed many...

My good friends John and Joni Burkel and their family will  be presenting two turkeys to Pres. Obama on Wed.  John and Joni are turkey growers from Badger, MN(about as far north as you can get without being Canadian) and they are great ambassadors for agriculture and the rural lifestyle.  John...

The Ellsworth CC Purple & Gold sale will be held in Iowa Falls, IA tomorrow at 1:00p.m.  We'll be selling an Ace of Diamonds steer and a Bellringer heifer.  45 top quality calves in all!

North Iowa Area Community College is hosting a Beef Clinic on Saturday,April 14th.  It is intended for junior cattle enthusiasts and will include segments on clipping and fitting (instructors from Stock Show U), show calf nutrition,  showmanship, FSQA certification for those wanting to show at...

Do any of you Shorthorn historians remember breeders from north Iowa back in the 60's named Lester Luckason or Bob Sherrard?  My understanding is that both these gentlemen were involved in raising Shorthorns in our county around that time.  We're interested in finding out more about the...

I talked with Abbie Johnson today at North Iowa Area Community College.  They have opened up their sale to a few select calves from area breeders as well as selling the top end of the calves from their herd.  They will be selling a full sib heifer to the MN Champion heifer from 2009 as well as...

We'll be attending the Club Calf Paradise sale late Sunday and early Monday so I hope we'll see some of our SP friends there.  Juli and Brad are doing a great job with the calves and they have a real top notch set this year.  I know that Brauns have some really good ones there(check out their...

This heifer was Reserve Champion Shorthorn Feeder calf at the Iowa State Fair.  Full sib was Grand Champion Female of the Open Shorthorn Show and Res. Champ Shorthorn heifer in the 4-H show at the Iowa State Fair.

I'll be spending a lot of time at the Iowa State Fair in the next 10 days or so.  I'm looking forward to seeing many of my friends from SP. Good luck to anyone showing there this year!

I took a few pasture pics last night while doing the chores.  Not great quality but I thought some of you might enjoy them.

We clipped up our Bloodstone X Dream Lady 420 heifer for the first time today.  A little tough getting a good picture as she wouldn't relax out on the grass by herself.

We have our first six calves on the ground--3 heifers, 3 bulls--4 of them are ET calves.    We have two Bloodstone X Dream Lady 420 calves(one  bull  and a really good heifer.  We also have an Ali heifer out of our Ace of Diamonds/MAV Felecia heifer, a Gus heifer out of Myrtle Bo, a Red Vision...

The last couple of years have been pretty harsh here in north Iowa and as a result we have had an extreme amount of damage to trees, shrubs, etc due to the whitetails that live in our area.  We have had an almost permanent population of "livestock" in the small hay field between our house and...

Because we have a bank of embryos from her, we have decided to offer either a partial breeding interest or a full breeding interest with one retained flush on CVF Homedale Myrtle Bo.  She is a proven donor with offspring that include SS Breathless Bo and Oakbar Myrtle Bo VT.  She is currently...

We have updated our website(including the "For Sale" section).  Tell me what you think about the quality of the site and the offerings we have recently decided to add. 

My least favorite of weather conditions today (fog, cold, wind) so I thought I'd finally start working on a different website.  If you'd like to see the progress this old, tech ignorant Iowegian made today take a look atwww.oakbarranch.com

Many of you have probably heard of (or even seen) the 40 horse hitch that was popular several years ago.  I'm sorry to report that Dick Sparrow (the man who recreated the 40 horse hitch) has passed.    Dick was from Zearing, IA and was a very interesting gentleman.  I last saw Dick at the...

We have some very graceful looking visitors at Oakbar.    They must be resting and feeding before they head further south.  We watched them all day yesterday and were surprised to see them on the pond again this morning.