Bohnsack Big Oak Farm

New arrivals

bohnsack — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 04:01:03 +0000

New babies have been arriving pretty regularly this month. So far we have better than 100% calving rate with one set if twins. The weather has been perfect for calving (and any other outdoor activity).

Happy Holidays from Big Oak Farm

bohnsack — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:32:53 +0000

Happy Holidays from Big Oak Farm

Badger Kick Off Classic 2011

bohnsack — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:44:35 +0000

Midwest Jr. Hereford Preview Show

bohnsack — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 02:26:46 +0000

First place summer heifer Bred & Owned and Owned Show. Photo Courtesy Jill Johnson, American Hereford Association.

Hereford Cattle for Sale

bohnsack — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 19:11:29 +0000

We have a select group of show heifers, a bull and a bred cow for sale:

Polled Bull for Sale

Polled Hereford Bull:

Buddy – $1700

5 year old proven (past show) polled bull. Extremely docile, low birthweight, good maternal calving ease. Does a great job on hereford cattle or black cattle (add an average of $50 to your market animals)!

Bred Cow

708 – $1400

Due in April. Bred to Cotton Club (Reload x CRR Cotton) and out of a very good DelHawk horned cow.

Open Show Heifers:

1006 (P606 x Maxine) et dob 3/3/10 – $2500

Embryo heifer out of our best cow.

1007 (Cotton Club x Jodee) dob 3/6/10 – $2500

http://www.herfnet.com/online/cgi-bin/i4.dll?1=232B21&2=2420&3=56&5=2B3C2B3C3A&6=5A5D5B5B2125582E2F&9=5C5F5E

Full sister to heifer entered in Illinois Beef Expo

This heifer is entered into the Illinois Beef Expo Sale in February

1013 (Cotton Club x 603) dob 4/12/10 – $1200

http://www.herfnet.com/online/cgi-bin/i4.dll?1=232B21&2=2420&3=56&5=2B3C2B3C3A&6=5A5D5B5B2125582E2D&9=5C5F5E

Cotton Club is out of 2 national champions (sire and dam), cow was a class winner at the Badger Kick Off Classic in Wisconsin. She will grow to be a real good cow.

1015 (Cotton Club x Vanity) dob 5/23/10 (twin) – $1100

Vanity has only had a couple of heifers, the last one was 2nd high point winner in Missouri.

1019 (Buddy x Penny) dob 8/15/10 – $1000

Our of our herd bull Buddy (Channing sone) and a solid cow from Rustic Oak Farm

1021 (Buddy x Luvy) dob 8/22/10 – $1000

Herd bull by a cow that was purchased from Randy Owens, Tennessee River Music Co.

All these heifers have a solid foundation and good EPD numbers

Happy Holidays!

bohnsack — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:20:30 +0000

Happy Holidays from Big Oak Farm!

Become a friend on facebook (just click the facebook icon on the left) , I hope to update it a little more than I do the blog. Maybe a new years resolution will be to post more often (and a little better content).

Have a safe and happy fall

bohnsack — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:04:31 +0000

Have a safe and happy fall from Bohnsack Big Oak Farm. Hope to see all of our farmers market customers next spring. If you would like to purchase beef, pork or lamb this winter, please contact us.

Show Heifers for Sale

bohnsack — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:46:30 +0000

We have a very nice set of show heifers that we are offering for sale this year at reasonable prices. Pictured below is Jo Club 913, we have a full sib to her that we are offering. Jo Club was our lead heifer last year. She is a natural calf out of our top Hawk Heifer Tonic Jodee (class winner at the Illinois State Fair) and our bull Purple Cotton Club (Reload X CRR Cotton – 2 National Champions). You can see her excellent EPDS here.

Check back soon for more pictures as we are just weaning calves this weekend. Look for consignments in future sales: Land of Lincoln Internet Sale, Rock Island Breeders Sale and the ILPHA Illini Classic.

Call the cell or e-mail for more information or to set up a visit.

BOF Jo Club-we are offering a full sib for sale.

Planting Mums 2.0

bohnsack — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:25:39 +0000

This is a short photo collage of the 2010 mum planting experience at Big Oar Farm. It was truly a family event with everyone pitching in. We were able to plant approximately 3150 mums in 2 days. The process involves filling the 10″ pots with the soil/mixture that we made in the spring, transporting the pots to the mum field (approximately 120 at a time), unloading the pots in the proximity of where they are to be placed, planting the mum seedlings, placing the tags in the pots and then aligning the pots and plants to the drip lines.

Illinois Beef Expo 2010

bohnsack — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:50:14 +0000

We just got back from the Illinois Beef Expo. Jake exhibited two heifers. Pictures of the show is below. We still have some quality show heifers and steers for sale starting at $1200 for the heifers and $900 for steers. We have a very exciting calf crop consisting of heifers and steers out of Purple Cotton Club 33T ET (National Champion CRR D03 Cotton x National Champion LaGrand Reload).

I also have 1 bull for sale LF 3H L36K CHANNING 510 (Buddy). This 5 year old herd bull has been very successful in assisting with a balancing EPD’s in our herd. I am happy to say that I have never pulled a calf sired by Buddy. At the Illini Classic Embryo auction, Steve Lorenzen sold 6 eggs maternally related to Buddy (including 3 full sibs). Give Jay a call at 309.778.0811.

We can deliver cattle from coast to coast for approximately $300.

Also, thank you Frank Baliff, Earlysville VA for purchasing Gold Load!