The summer is over and we have therefore brought the first animals home from the meadow.
We have brought home three cows and four calves. Some of the animals are enclosed on ryegrass, while others have entered the barn. We always turn cow and calf apart by separating them indoors. In a week, the cows will be closed to grass again.
Immediately after the calves came to the barn, Kristina started to cut them. A good and productive day at Bloksdal Charolais.

This weekend we got the mold out of the barn and plowed it into the ground. Even though there has been some water lately, the ground is still almost dry. Thanks for helping Gregers Jensen, Oppelstrup.

The Kimbrerskuet has just officially canceled the planne show on 2 – 4 October 2020 in Aars.

The board of directors behind the Kimbrerskuet justifies the cancellation with the ongoing outbreak of infection with new cases of Corona virus.
It is a cancellation that we at Bloksdal Charolais support 100%, even though we had been looking forward to showing our animals and spending some days with friends and colleagues.

We should have shown two heifers and one bull calf at the show. It is the first time in several decades that Bloksdal Charolais goes through an entire calendar year without having to go to an animal show.

Today we have brought the last straw home. This year it was some really fine and dry straw. We have made 150 Morten Korch bales (small bales) and made 253 big bales for feed and bedding.
Thanks for the help with this year’s pressing of the different types of bales for Ole Sand and Egehøj Agro by Mogens Nielsen.

Today we have started harvesting our own grain. This afternoon and evening, a good 8 ha of wheat and a little barley have been harvested. This for the wheat with a satisfactory result. This year, wheat yielded just over 9 tonnes per hectare. ha. and it is harvested with just under 15% water. The result for the barley is unknown at the time of writing.

When you are five days old and already have to come with your mother out in this lovely weather (Iris de Bat with her calf Bloksdal Riis)

We have got this fine calf this afternoon. It is Kristina’s cow Iris de Bat who has given birth to a calf. The calf, which is a bull calf of 57 kg was born without help and is after our previous fold bull, Bloksdal Linux -ET V.B. (Bourgogne x Une Fleur). The calf gets no. 394 and will be named Riis.

Today’s cow is Bloksdal Jæmatit -ET (324). She is from 21 September 2014 and has given birth to four calves. She is now pregnant with our fold bull Bloksdal Matador -ET V.B. (Vaillant x Anabelle).
On the father’s side she is after the French top bull Bourgogne (Pacha x Noblesse), while on the mother’s side she is after Bloksdal Hæmatit (Utrillo-BP x Bloksdal Diamond -ET).
She is not the most significant cow we have, but a cow we not want to live without. She is a cow with lots of milk and delivers the best calf every year. Previously, she has also proved her worth, as she have received an honorary prices and 24p at the National Show in 2016.
Like her mother and grandmother have previously won honorary prices at various shows around the country.

Bloksdal Jelana (319) is today’s cow. She has turned 6 years old this year (April 6, 2014). She has given birth to four calves and is expecting a Cristal-DK calf this autumn. On the father’s side, she is after the French top bull Utrillo-BP (Major x Fatcha). Utrillo’s father, Major, is the bull who, over time, has delivered the most winners at various animal shows in Denmark.
On the mother side she is also after a winning cow Bloksdal Elana -ET (Turbo CE71 x Bloksdal Bailey). Elana has won an honorary award at The National Show, Kimbrerskuet, Hjørring and Hobro animal show. Like Elana’s mother Bailey has won honorary awards at several shows.

Today’s cow is Iris de Bat, which Kristina bought from Sussi and Karsten Kjærgaard, Viborg, back in 2013. Iris turned 7 years old in January and is currently expecting her calf number 6. She has run with our former stockbull Bloksdal Linux -ET V.B. (Bourgogne x Une Fleur). On the father side is Iris after Ecrin de Bat (Turbo CE71 x Star de Bat).
On the mother side, she is after Celeste de Bat (Pallas Tonic -ET x Unna de Bat). Iris is one of our largest and most significant cows, which breeds fantastically. Several of he calf have been sold on to breeding herds.