Posted by Tim Dixon on Wednesday, January 14, 2015,
The bulls we have on test and that will be for sale in the spring were weighed on January 12th and the new information has been posted on the "Bulls for Sale" page. Click here to see the results. Continue reading ...
Posted by Tim Dixon on Wednesday, January 14, 2015,
We have 15 calves so far. All the artificially bred cows have calved with some great calves sired by Monopoly Money, Comfort Zone, Eye Candy, Connealy Thunder and Six Mile Sakic.
We will have 5 bull calves of our own and one for Miltonvale Angus on home test this winter. Check out the "Bulls for sale" page for all the info. Continue reading ...
Posted by Tim Dixon on Wednesday, October 29, 2014,
Today we weaned the majority of the calves. Bull calves and show and sale animals have been weaned earlier and there are still some April calves to wean later on. Of the 20 calves today only 2 were under 700 lbs. The heaviest was 850.
The Vandesande family of Antigonish, NS took part in their very first show recently. Congratulations to the kids as the calves looked well prepared. 5 open heifers and a bull were purchased from us in 2013 and these calves are some of the first offspring. Continue reading ...
Our Beef CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program has begun for another season. This year one of our members, Sarah Sparks, will be posting recipies on her blog to get the most out of all the cuts. The first one looks fantastic. Please check it out at her website http://benourishedbyfood.wordpress.com/blog/
Congratulations to Tayler Welch and Patrick Holland on Champion and reserve heifers athe the Maritime Angus Association junior show this past weekend. Thank you to Mark Oulton and Beverly Booth on successfully showing their Worth-a-Bit Angus Genetics.
We were very happy to show Darren Ippolito and Kylie McRae of Moose Creek Red Angus, Saskatchewan the farm and cattle on Saturday and then enjoyed a visit and supper with CAA president Corinne Gibson, CAA junior ambassador Chad Lorenz and CAA CEO... Continue reading ...
Please join our maritime members in Port Elgin, NB Friday and Saturday for the annual Field Day and Junior Show. Itinery and fundraising auction list follow.
All Field Day activities will take place at the Port Elgin Fair grounds. Friday evening activities will take place there as well. Other events planned are a social evening, ‘Fun Auction”. Saturday events will take place at the Port Elgin Fair grounds. Activities include breakfast, lunch, Junior Show, Showmanship, and MJAA Annual me...
Albert and John Ready York 6 crossbred open Angus heifers Luke Rennie Alberton 3 crossbred bred Angus heifers Ian Nantes Kelly's Cross 1 bull Marc Allain Bouctouche 1 bull Dale and Linda Lackie Sussex 1 bull Wendall MacKinnon Selkirk 1 bull Raymond Hudson St Mary's 1 bull
Congratulations to everyone involved with the Carlton Carleton County Spring Show & Sale. It was a great show in a great facility and nice to put some faces to names and meet up with old acquaintances.
Champion was shown by Caitlin Brake and Reserve by Dallas Hunter. J and J McAfee exhibited three steers (including reserve champion charolais) sired by a Worth-a-Bit Angus bull.
Good Luck to all exhibitors at this years event. Stay safe in the raging blizzard! 5 of the 50+ entries carry our breeding so stay tuned for how they did. This is the 2013 Champion 4-H steer who was bred by us.
With three cows left to calve, we are at 68% heifers in the crossbreds and 56% in the purebreds for an overall average of 62%. Guess it is a good time to expand the herd!
Posted by Tim Dixon on Thursday, January 30, 2014,
Sandbrook Farm, the Vandesande's of Antigonish, NS purchased 5 heifers and a bull from us last spring. I received an email from them last night with pictures of the first calf born. An 82 lb heifer calf. Congratulations and the cattle look great!
Posted by Tim Dixon on Saturday, January 18, 2014,
With record prices in the beef industry, it's nice going to the mailbox these days. Beef was $2.21/lb this week and we received $2200 for two cull cows! It was not long ago we were getting half of these prices.
Posted by Tim Dixon on Wednesday, January 1, 2014,
We hope everyone had a great Christmas and are hoping for a prosperous 2014.
2013 ended with some terrible weather conditions here. We averaged a storm every 2.5 days and have more snow than we had all last winter, in fact this was the first white Christmas in 10 years. There is a lot of snow on the rooves, some buildings have been lost. We are now in a cold snap with -34 wind chill tonight so we just can't seem to get a break.
Trevor Welch, Mack Dixon, Jim and Hilda Colodey and myself recently traveled to Calgary, Alberta to take in the grand opening of the Canadian Angus Association new building. It is a beautiful facility that all members should be proud of.
First calf of the season arrived on the 26th and was soon followed by another on the 27th. Two very nice heifer calves sired by Thriller. Continue reading ...
Posted by Tim Dixon on Thursday, November 21, 2013,
Calving time is fast approaching. We have a few club calves due before the new year starting on Nov. 30th and the purebreds will start in January.
Club Calf sires are: Thriller Boomer Walkie Talkie Purebred calves will be sired by our herdsires Chico Xplosive and HF Torque (see their pics and pedigrees here) and ai calves by:
TC Vance Musgrave Boulder Double AA Old Post Bandolier Connealy Thunder
Posted by Tim Dixon on Wednesday, October 30, 2013,
Red Wilbar Tinsel 837Z has found her way home since being on the show road all summer. Thank you Allison, nicole and Beverly Booth of Dusty Breeze Farm for dragging her along. She is bred to Red Lazy MC Honky Tonk for a January calf.
Posted by Tim Dixon on Wednesday, October 30, 2013,
Our 2013 bull calves were weighed on test yesterday. They will be fed a high forage ration throughout the winter ending in March and are available for sale anytime. Check out their progress here.
Posted by Tim Dixon on Wednesday, October 30, 2013,
It was a beautiful day and a great sale on Saturday. Our cow calf pair sold to Harold Oulton for $2450, our crossbred calf to Myron MacQuarrie for $1500 and bred heifer to Maple Meadows for $1600. All are repeat customers! Thanks to all the buyers, bidders, sellers and volunteers who make it happen.
Posted by Tim Dixon on Saturday, September 28, 2013,
Amanda Miller from the PEI Cattle Producers was here for an hour and a half one evening this week to train me on the VBP (Verified Beef Production) course. This nationwide program provides guidelines and proper procedures for cattlemen to follow for safe, humane and healthy beef production.
Posted by Tim Dixon on Sunday, September 22, 2013,
Ian Nantes, Kelly's Cross, PEI has a 6 year old bull for sale. Great feet and legs, very solid and quiet. His calves are excellent. Contact myself 902 432 4771 or dixonfarms1@live.com or Ian @ 902 658 2841. Continue reading ...
Posted by Tim Dixon on Sunday, September 22, 2013,
I had the opportunity to be one of four beef producers representing the industry at the Beef and Blues event in Summerside PEI Friday night. Over 350 people filled Eastlink Arena and sampled over a dozen dishes featuring PEI Certified Beef and listened to great blues music.
Posted by Tim Dixon on Sunday, September 22, 2013,
Harvest has been a challenge this year. It started in early August with the barley but breakdowns lengthened that process. Just as we got the oats started, rain fell for two weeks! All in all the yields were good with barley testing at 46 lbs/bu and 1.2 tonnes/acre. Oats was 37lbs/bu and 1.5 tonnes/ac.
This heifer just keeps getting better every day and we have decided to enter her in the Angus in Action Sale on October 26th as well. She is sired by the well known club calf bull Eye Candy and out of a very powerful Angus cow (pictured below) TC Freedom x Royal Head Right Time Updated picture of the three year old Morgan's Direction cow entered in the sale. She is halter broke. Pictured below is her calf also in the sale sired by our herdsire Chico Xplosive 8X (Pioneer)
Chico Xplosive 8x (Pioneer) x In Focus son Chico Xplosive x Three Trees Everready son HF Torque calf Eye Candy x Royal Head Right Time Yearling heifer purchased from Northern View Angus, Neudorf, Sask
We weaned our bull calves and some steers this week using these nose flaps called "Quiet Wean". The procedure is you put the rings in, leave with the cows for 3-5 days then take the calves away. Stress is greatly reduced as the bond between the pair has time to break. Bawling is almost completely reduced and so far we are satisfied with the results. Below is the information on the bull calves.
Hope you all can attend this sale on October 26th in Nappan, Nova Scotia. Here are our entries. click here for pedigree TXE 25A Worth-a-Bit Queedy 25A Chico Xplosive 8X x Morgans Direction April 23/13 Click here for pedigree Worth-a-Bit Queedy 23X Morgan's Direction x Royal Head Right Time 27E NH free bred to Chico Xplosive 8X 3/4 angus 1/4 simmental commercial heifer bred to Parkwood Lewis 99Z
Nicole, Allison and Beverly Booth from Jolicure, NB had a fantastic day Friday at the Kent County Exhibition with Worth-a-Bit Genetics!
Grand Champion Female - Worth-a-Bit Queedy 7Z Senior Champion Female - Worth-a-Bit Licorice 7X Grand Champion Male - Dusty Breeze Allsorts 3A ( son of Ch. female and sired by a Worth-a-Bit bred bull)
Keep up the good work and thank you for the business!
His sire SAV Lewis is a full brother to SAV Heavy Hitter and SAV Payroll and is also a brother to SAV Mandan, Predominant, Density and Net Worth. Link to picture of Lewis
$2700 or will consider trade for cows, bred heifers or feeders
This new program uses the natural beauty of our province and the premium quality beef produced here to inform the public of the fantastic product we have. Here is the link.
The first delivery of the 2013 beef CSA (community Supported Agriculture) was today. Thanks to Jen and Derek's Organic Farm for allowing me to partner with her in this venture! Subscribers to the share will receive a box of beef every month.
Thanks for the visit today Canadian Angus Association President Kevin Blair, CAA CEO Rob Smith and CAA Junior Angus Ambassador Stacey Domoleski. We hope you enjoyed your trip through the Maritimes.
The
Maritime Angus Association Field Day and Junior Show will be held
Friday evening and Saturday in Truro, Nova Scotia. Everyone is welcome
to stop by. Good Luck to Allison Booth, Breanna Curry and Jake Matheson who are showing Worth-a-Bit Angus bred and/or owned heifers and to the rest of the juniors Details and schedule can be found at www.maritimeangus.blogspot.com
Chico Xplosive 8x heifer calf and dam Red Six Mile Sakic bull calf and dam Soo line Kodiak 9194 bull calf and dam Predator (Club calf) heifer calf and dam Northern View Lucy, bred heifer purchased this spring from the Frick family, Saskatchewan.
All the crops are in the ground and spraying has begun. We have approx 200 ac of grain and soybeans in the ground and the weather has been very good with excellent growth so far.
Hope to see a good crowd in Truro for the Maritime Angus Field Day and junior Show Friday and Saturday. Good Luck to all the exhibitors and especially Jake Matheson and Breanna Curry who are exhibiting Worth-a-Bit bred heifers and Allison Booth showing Red Wilbar Tinsel who we purchased this spring. Click here for the full itinerary.
Barbara from myislandbistrokitchen.com came for a visit on Sunday to learn about asparagus and to do a story for her food blog. Check out her site for stories on local producers, products and recipies.
It has been one of the driest springs I can remember. We received 3/4 " rain yesterday and that was the largest rainfall since the snow melted. Cropping is progressing with the barley in and oats will soon follow. More pictures to come. GREEN GRASS, BLACK COWS AND RED SOIL
MARITIME ANGUS ASSOCIATION JUNIOR SHOW AND FIELD
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2013 Maritime Angus Junior show and Field day is scheduled for June 14-15,
2013. The event is being hosted by the Nova Scotia Angus Association and will
take place in Truro and Bible Hill, Nova Scotia.
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entered in the Junior Show will be housed in the 4-H Barn on the Nova Scotia
Provincial Exhibition grounds in Bible Hill.The show on Saturday afternoon will take place in the MacMillan Show
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Congratulations to the Trenholm and Trueman families on exhibiting the Champion and Reserve steers yesterday. Thank-you to the Fishers for purchasing this Shorthorn steer from us last fall. He paced 5th in class.
Good luck to Steven, James, Andre and the rest of the VandeSande of Antigonish, Nova Scotia with the 5 heifers and bull they purchased from us this month. Thanks for the business and hope you enjoy the beef business!
If you are in the market for a great car head over to Straitway Kia and ask Steven for a deal!
Angus bulls sold very well yesterday at the Maritime Beef Test Sale in Nappan, NS. Black Angus had the high average of the breeds at $3600 and the reds were next at $3500. Worth-a-Bit Thunder 4Z sold to New Brunswick for $3600. Thanks to all the bidders and buyers.
All our bulls are sold. Thanks to all our customers! It has been a tremendous spring for sales of bulls and females. A complete list of buyers will be posted later.
One yearling bull is being used to breed heifers for 6 weeks and he will be available for sale at that time.
Congratulations to Corey Ford and Emily McKenna
for exhibiting Champion and reserve and thank-you to the
MacQuarrie/Ford families for purchasing these calves from us last fall.
The 13 bulls we have on test here at the farm were weighed off test today and are now available for sale. Check out their final stats on the "Bulls for Sale" page and email, call or text Tim @ 902 432 4771.
Congratulations to the Jay family and Mutch family on Champion and reserve steers today.
Congratulations to Corey Ford on Champion 4-H steer and reserve champion Angus with Eye Candy sired steer. Congratulations to Emily McKenna on reserve champion 4-H steer and Champion Limousin with Eye Candy sired steer. Congratulations to Ian and Austin Drake on reserve champion Maine Anjou steer with Mercedes Benz sired steer.
Thanks for your purchases, 3 steers sold, 3 champions!
We have been breeding for nearly two weeks now. We AI to some club calf sires for December calves and we are also putting in a few embryos. So far we have bred to Thriller, Boomer, Man Amongst Boys and Walkie Talkie (pictured in order below)
Good Luck to all the exhibitors tomorrow and Friday at the Easter Beef Show and Sale. There are three calves raised by us in the show. All the best to Ian and Austin Drake, Colby MacQuarrie and Corey Ford!
Posted by Tim Dixon on Thursday, February 28, 2013,
The highly successful PEI Burger Love Campaign is coming back for a third year. The best Island restaurants will showcase gourmet PEI beef burgers with their own unique garnishes and twist. Get out and try as many as you can then vote for your favorite! Check out the website here.
Maritime Junior Angus member Patrick Holland has been selected for the Canadian Angus Association World Angus Form Junior Team which will be traveling to New Zealand in the fall to compete against teams from all over the world. What a great opportunity! Have a fantastic trip Patrick.
Posted by Tim Dixon on Wednesday, February 13, 2013,
Garvie Mountain Angus owner and Maritime Angus Association President Trevor Welch has become the first farm in New Brunswick to be Verified Beef Certified. Good job Trevor!
With 32ncalves on the ground we are just over half done for the season. Last week was extremely cold here (-30 degrees celcius windchill) so the poor little guys had a rude awakening to the world. Lots of straw and momma's love keep the newborns warm but when the temperature dips this low a little extra protection is needed for the ears. It looks like it is going to be a bull year, of the 32 calves so far, 22 are male! 14 of the calves are purebred angus and 10 of those are male! Eye Candy x ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tim Dixon on Thursday, January 17, 2013,
We had the opportunity to visit Atlantic Beef Products today and tour the coolers. We had shipped beef to the plant on Monday so it was interesting to see our carcasses hanging and graded. Thank-you to the management for giving us the tour! Continue reading ...
Posted by Tim Dixon on Wednesday, January 9, 2013,
With AI calving near complete, our natural bred matings are starting to arrive. This In Focus granddaughter had the first purebred calf from our new herdsire Chico Xplosive 8X. A very nice heifer calf came at 1:30 today.
10 calves on the ground so far, with 8 bulls and 2 heifers. There are Eye Candy, Mercedes Benz, and Stocker sired crossbred calves and a Soo Line Kodiak 9194 purebred bull calf and a Red Six Mile Sakic purebred red bull calf. We have also had the first calf out of our latest herdsire Chico Xplosive 8x.
Our 2012 bull calves have now started on their winter test period. 5 black and 1 red bulls along with 8 other bulls from O'Falean Farms and Miltonvale Angus will be for sale throughout the winter and their test will end in mid March. Follow their progress on the "Bulls for Sale" page.
We have recently purchased 4 cow/calf pairs from Model Farm Angus, Robert and Debbie Higgins of Quispamsis, New Brunswick. The four purebred cows with three purebred heifer calves and one bull will add fresh "no nonsense" genetics to our herd. Thank you Bob and Debbie! Continue reading ...
Posted by Tim Dixon on Thursday, November 15, 2012,
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The soybean crop has been completed and delivered. The forecast is calling for a week of rain so it feels good to be done. Yields varied from field to field but yields were very good considering the very dry summer. Average was 1.2 tonnes/ac.
The sale was a great success with the purebreds averaging $2300 and the commercials $1635. Thanks to all the bidders, buyers and sale organizers.
Jeff Matheson selected Pride 1Z from our three heifer calves. Our crossbred cow was purchased by Dwight Emberley for $1500 and our crossbred heifers sold for $1600 and $1200 to Maple Meadows and Dustin McCabe respectively.
We have decided to spice up our purebred entry in the Angus in Action Sale Saturday October 20th. Our original consignment TXE 7Z will now be offered along with two other heifer calves as choice with only one selling and the other two coming back home.
1Z Worth-a-Bit Pride 1Z Double AA Old Post x DD Elevation 127 9440 pedigree here Jan 1/12
This has been a great calf from day 1. Her dam was purchased in this sale in 2009 and her MVF VRD Dateline daughter who was in dam at time of purcha... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tim Dixon on Thursday, September 27, 2012,
The sale catalogue will be available soon and posted to www.peiangus.blogspot.com . We are consigning four entries to the sale which will be held October 20 at 12:30 in Nappan, Nova Scotia in conjunction with the Atlantic Bonus Hereford Sale and the Shorthorn Classic Sale. Worth-a-Bit Queedy 7Z pedigree here red angus cross heifers offered as choice with both selling. Red Lazy MC Smash granddaughters. Simmental x Angus 4 yr old cow bred to HF Torque 171W (pictured below) pedigree here ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tim Dixon on Sunday, September 16, 2012,
Our farm participated in the PEI Open Farm Day today. 26 farms across the Island opened their doors to the public in order meet each other and learn about their food and agriculture. We met many new people as over 100 visitors from PEI, New Brunswick , Ontario and the Magdeline Islands enjoyed the tour. It was very rewarding to hear many of them say they had learned so much.
Posted by Tim Dixon on Saturday, September 1, 2012,
Thanks to Maritime Angus President Trevor Welch (Garvie Mountain Angus) for spearheading this project. There are now over 30 signs in show displays, on barn doors and other places throughout the Maritimes. To get yours contact Trevor at maritmeangus@hotmail.com
Posted by Tim Dixon on Saturday, September 1, 2012,
This year's edition of the Angus in Action Sale will be held October 20th in Nappan, NS. We will be consigning so check back here for pictures of our entries soon.
It has been the driest summer since 1964. This is a water hole in one of our pastures. This field was cut 5 weeks ago. Normally there would be close to 2 feet of regrowth.
We started feeding hay on Monday. The pastures are toast here as we have had very little rain here since May. It is raining as I type this but the 10 mm they are forecasting won't make a dent in what we need.
For the past three years we have partnered with Jen and Derek Campbell in their CSA (community Supported Agriculture) subscription program. Interested families sign up for several months of vegetable and/or beef boxes delivered to them and in return they are informed of the progress of the crop and animals thru the growing season and know they are getting excellent quality local and healthy food for their families. Yesterday was the second day of beef deliveries and here are some pictures of ... Continue reading ...
We have two cows for sale. An Angus x Simmental 3 year old who calved June 9th (calf born dead) and rebred to HF Torque 171W on July 15th. $1400. HF Torque 171W Angus cross 4 yr old cow calved June 28th with Charolais sired bull calf at foot (calf in front of cow). Has not rebred yet but is running with Torque 171W. $2000. ... Continue reading ...
Here is an April 2012 bull calf sired by our herdsire HF Torque 171W and out of an excellent Lamb's Overdrive cow. He is as stout as they come and look forward to his development.
In this part of the world, getting dry hay put up in June is almost unheard of. We have had the driest spring on record here and after years of wet summers, this excellent quality feed is welcome.
After an early start to the season and a week of single digit temperatures it came to an end on Monday. Thanks to all the neighbors who stopped by for a pound or two as well as the Maplethorpe Inn and Cafe and owner/chef Dianna Linder
This April 2011 bull has been breeding our heifers this spring and will be available the end of June. He is sired by Worth-a-Bit New Frontier 1U and is out of a Lamb's Overdrive cow. Very quiet and weighs approx. 1200 lbs.
Free delivery to central points in the maritimes and a free bag of rfid tags with purchase. $2500.
Contact Tim @ dixonfarms1@live.ca or 902 432 4771
26Y has been sold to Corey and Kent MacNeill of Rustico.
The Canadian Angus Association has hired summer interns to help promote Angus and the agricultural industry as a whole. Check out their blog post on the CAA website.
It was a great weekend for the Maritime Angus Field Day hosted by Bannockburn Valley Angus Farm at the Crapaud Exhibition Grounds. Congratulations to all the junior exhibitors on a job well done!
As many people have stated, Bill Pryor was a true gentleman. After a long fight with ALS he passed last week. He was a passionate cattleman and agricultural leader in New Brunswick and the Maritimes. Here is a link to his obituary.
Now that the crop is in and the cows are out to pasture, I have had a little time to take a few pictures before silage starts. It's always a challenge to get the calves to stand "just right" so check back here throughout the summer for different calf pictures or updated ones of some that will be posted today. Cattle are for sale at all times so if you are interested in anything you see contact us. Mercedes Benz x Mytty In Focus (Angus) steer calf Tag #4S Eye Candy x Kruggerrand 410H (Angus) st... Continue reading ...
We here at Worth-a-Bit Angus are proud to support our association and the juniors by donating a $100 gift certificate towards the purchase of any of our 2012 calves. The auction will be held Friday night June 9th at the Crapaud Exhibition Grounds. You can check out the schedule for the weekend on the PEI Angus blog.
Congratulations to Allison Booth of Jolicure, NB for placing 1st in junior showmanship and 3rd in the Angus class at the Cumberland County 4-H Beef Clinic showing Worth-a-Bit Annie K 4Y.
Thanks to Dianna Linder, owner of Historic Maplethorpe Inn and Cafe for featuring our asparagus on their menu in June. Stop by Bedeque, PEI for a great local meal.
Details of this event can be found on the PEI Angus website. Plan to come for the weekend. We are located 5 miles from the Crapaud Exhibition fairgrounds so feel free to stop by and tour the herd.
Good luck to all exhibitors at the Border Classic Steer show and sale in Nappan, Nova Scotia this Saturday. Best of luck to the Fillmores of Sackville, New Brunswick who will be showing a steer purchased from us. The 2011 Champion steer was bred and raised here at Dixon Farms and shown by the Locke Family of Pointe de Bute, New Brunswick.
We have a roan shorthorn steer available that would make an excellent summer or fall show animal. He is very tame and weighs approx. 800 lbs. Check back for pictures.
We are currently sold out of bulls. We will have one yearling available in June after our own heifers are bred. If you are interested in this animal, he is TXE 26Y and listed on the "Bulls for Sale" page.
We have a variety of black, red, purebred and crossbred open yearling heifers available for purchase. Contact Tim @ 902 432 4771 or dixonfarms1@live.com
The very popular PEI Burger Love promotion will launch for the second year tomorrow at the AGM of the PEI Cattle Producers. This Island wide event celebrates our terrific local beef and its producers. Check out the website and then plan to sample some of the unique burger creations at the participating restaurants.
Worth-a-Bit Gangster 1Y(click for pedigree) has been selected for the Maritime Beef Test Bull Sale. This is the only black red carrier to sell in the sale. He ranks in the top 1% in the breed for marbling, 7% for calving ease, 10% for birthweight and 15% for stayablity. 1Y is sired by the very popular Red SVR Gangster who also sired the champion bull Red Northline Fat Tony. His dam is from the top of our herd and is a never miss cow that also produced a previous herdsire for us, Worth-a-Bit F... Continue reading ...
Congratulations to Corey Ford and Colby MacQuarrie for receiving Champion Limousin at the PEI Easter Beef Show on March 15th. They also placed 3rd in the AOB class. Both were Eye Candy sired calves purchased from us last fall.
for purchasing our 1390 lb steer for $2.00/lb at the 2012 PEI Easter Beef Show and Sale. Please support these local businesses who give back to their communities. Continue reading ...
Our five yearling bulls are doing well on test and after vet examinations in late March will be available. They are priced at $2500 each and to help out with marketing of your calves we are supplying a gift certificate for the value of a bag of Angus rfid tags with each bull! Email or call Tim @ 902 432 4771.
A maternal sister to bull 12y now owned by Nicole Booth of Jolicure, New Brunswick.
Posted by Tim Dixon on Saturday, February 25, 2012,
The yearling bulls we have on test were weighed on Friday and the new weights posted on the "Bulls for Sale" page. They are doing well and can be viewed anytime. Vet exams will be done in March.
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.
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Thriller
Boomer
Walkie Talkie
TC Vance
Musgrave Boulder
Double AA Old Post Bandolier
Connealy Thunder
Xplosive(Pioneer) x In Focus
Xplosive (pioneer) x Three Trees everready granddaughter
TC Freedom x Royal Head Right Time
Chico Xplosive 8x (Pioneer) x In Focus son
HF Torque calf
Yearling heifer purchased from Northern View Angus, Neudorf, Sask
$2700 or will consider trade for cows, bred heifers or feeders
Chico Xplosive 8x heifer calf and dam
Red Six Mile Sakic bull calf and dam
Soo line Kodiak 9194 bull calf and dam
Predator (Club calf) heifer calf and dam
Eye Candy steer
Eye Candy steer
Eye Candy steer
Soo Line Kodiak 9194 bull calf
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Eye Candy x ... 
Predator
Our farm participated in the PEI Open Farm Day today. 26 farms across the Island opened their doors to the public in order meet each other and learn about their food and agriculture. We met many new people as over 100 visitors from PEI, New Brunswick , Ontario and the Magdeline Islands enjoyed the tour. It was very rewarding to hear many of them say they had learned so much.
TXE 14Z HF Torque 171W heifer calf
TXE 17Z Worth-a-Bit New Frontier 1U heifer calf
TXE 27Z Torque bull calf
TXE 7Z 1U heifer calf
This is a water hole in one of our pastures.
Mercedes Benz x Mytty In Focus (Angus) steer calf
Tag #4S Eye Candy x Kruggerrand 410H (Angus) st... 
Congratulations to Corey Ford and Colby MacQuarrie for receiving Champion Limousin at the PEI Easter Beef Show on March 15th. They also placed 3rd in the AOB class. Both were Eye Candy sired calves purchased from us last fall.
A maternal sister to bull 12y now owned by Nicole Booth of Jolicure, New Brunswick.
TXE 26y
SAV Wall Street, sire of TXE 13Y
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. 
