This week we have transferred the first of four new embryos into a broodmare cow at Jørgen Elkjær. The embryos were purchased from Elevage Sallé Charolais in France, from whom we have also had great success in purchasing embryos in the past. The first embryo transferred is from Vaillant x Sylvette, and we are therefore now waiting anxiously to see if we will get a pregnancy from this.

We now have had the last calf of the year. It was Bloksdal Superb (Bloksdal Matador -ET V.B. x Bloksdal Mercedes P) that had a calf. She gave birth to the calf herself, which weighed 56 kg at birth. It also means that all calvings this season have happened easily and without help.

The calf is by Onedream P (Luther P x Honorable) and we therefore expect it to be a polled heifer calf. She will be called Bloksdal Volvo B18 P and will be numbered 439.

Bloksdal Pippi (Bloksdal Linux -ET V.B. x Bloksdal Holly V.B.) yesterday gave birth to a set of fresh bull calves herself. The calves are by Utrillo-BP (Major x Fatcha).

Pippi has now given birth to five calves (all bulls), and they were all born between October 2 and 10. Her calf from last year has just been slaughtered, just over 11 months old, with a slaughter weight of 349 kg.

The new calves will be called Valmet and Valtra and weighed 45 and 46 kg respectively.

Bloksdal Miva (Bloksdal Juvel x Bloksdal Diva) has once again given birth to a calf easily and without assistance. It was a heifer calf of 46 kg, by the French polled bull Onedream P (Luther P x Honorable). It is the second calf in Denmark after him.
Her name will be Valeriane P and number 436.
Miva gave birth to her at night in the field.
Her calving interval is only 322 days. This testifies to a strong cow, which works perfectly and only 1 insemination per cow has been used. pregnancy – which generally applies to all her calves.
Four out of the seven calves have been sold for breeding. All calves are born unaided and with great 200 and 365 day weights.

Back in June we had a visit from France. Back then it was the Sallé family who were visiting us. This time we were also visited by an “old” friends. We have had a visit from Valériane Hervais, who was last in Denmark 10 years ago in connection with her education. At that time she lived, among other things, for a period with us and helped out at a couple of shows.
Now she is in Denmark again. After a holiday in Iceland, she wants to visit her Danish friends before she goes back home to France. Nice to be able to reciprocate a little, of the enormous kindness we always meet in the Charolais homeland.

We have just received a press release, which unfortunately cancels the Kimbrerskuet 2024 in Aars. It is canceled due to the current situation with bluetongue.
We had otherwise registered two heifers and two older cows with calves, which we had been looking forward to exhibiting.

We can now report that the harvest 2024 is over for us. The yield was super good for the rapeseed, the wheat yielded well and the spring barley was below average. We also have the straw for brushing and wrap for feeding that we need. Thanks to Gregers Jensen and Holger Jensen for harvesting and Mogens Nielsen for pressing straw and John Quist for making wrap.

About a week ago we came out to Bloksdal Mirabelle -ET (Vaillant x Anabelle) in the morning. She went out into the enclosure around the farm, as she was due to have a calf soon. It turned out to be closer than expected, as she had given birth to a calf herself in the morning. Mirabelle and her new heifer calf of 55 kg were then transported to the barn, where the calf had its first sip of milk.
It was Mirabelle’s fourth heifer calf in five calvings and her calving interval is 373 days.
The new calf is by the French bull Heracles (Royal Excelent x Demoiselle). The calf will be numbered 435 and will be called VeryBelle.

We have today sold Bloksdal Uman (Bloksdal Matador -ET V.B. x Bloksdal MiLady). He is a full brother to Bloksdal Special Lady, who we have exhibited several times at shows and who, among other things, got 24 points for the local show in Hjørring, Landsskuet (the national show) and Kimbrerskuet in 2022.

He has been sold to Hanne and Ole Hansen from Hovedgaard. They have previously bought a bull from us (Bloksdal Isbjørn II ed.), which they were so happy with, that he is immortalized in a large shoulder tattoo.

We hope that Uman will be at least as good a match, wish you luck and say thank you for the deal.

We have a new calf. Our cow, Bloksdal Opal (Cristal-DK x Bloksdal Hæmatit), who at the Kimbrerskuet 2023 got 23p, won her group and became the show’s fifth best Charolais animal, has given birth to a heifer calf. It was behind her when we came down to the meadow to bring her home. Opal is the mother of Bloksdal Unika, who is by Bloksdal Matador -ET V.B. (Vaillant x Anabelle), and which at the just concluded Landsskue 24 won the predicate Denmark’s best Charolais heifer and second best Charolais animal. We therefore think it is a very exciting calf we have received.

The sire of the calf is Bloksdal TurBeau (Neptune JC x Bloksdal Mirabelle -ET). The calf weighed 50 kg, got no. 434 and will be called Bloksdal Violet Flame Opal.