06/14/2025
I am often asked "what is Briar up to?" so figure it is time for an update.
Long story short, Briar is pregnant, dry, roughing it on pasture and as you can see in the picture, hanging out wherever it is the muddiest.
Our plan was to flush her extensively, sell a bunch of embryos and make alot of daughters. My thinking was, it would be nice to get her EX but given the choice, I would prefer more daughters over calving her again and getting her EX. Unfortunately Briar's flush results were quite ordinary so the only embryos sold were 3 Ambrose exported to Tomas Lindquist in Australia, fortunately he ended up 3 live heifer calves! We also were unable to get as many pregnancies as hoped. However in the next couple weeks our first calves will start arriving from her flushes last lactation, sired by Leyser PP, Johnboy, Oli and Lambda. Briar herself caught first sevice and is due late September to sexed Anahita.
Her oldest daughters are now fresh 2nd lactation...
LAMBDA BEYONCE is fresh at Butlerview and by the accounts I hear she looks tremendous! I am looking forward to seeing her out again this Fall!
RANGER BRAVA fresh a few months in her 2nd lactation has developed into a silky open ribbed, dairy machine with exceptional udder quality. She is a cow that I call "a cow of the future" as I believe the best modern cows can milk high volumes for much longer lactations than is current practice, and Brava will be given the opportunity to do this. I am keen to see what kind of kg milk she can produce over this lactation.
RANGER BRANDY is very close to drying off after her long first lactation where she will end up just short of 20,000 kg milk. "Robot ready" is a term thrown around alot these days and in our barn Brandy is as good it gets for a "robot cow" and it all comes down to one thing... "she loves the robot and the robot loves her."
SIDEKICK BRITTA is fresh just over a month in her 2nd lactation. In my opinion she is an impressive Jr 3 yr old and our best type cow currently in the barn. She is a special one to us as she combines Briar and Summer into 1 package!
LAMBDA BRIGHT is at Progenesis, I am not exactly sure at what stage she is at in her first lactation, but I know she is pregnant. Horacio Larrea or Carl Barclay can you update where she is at?
Briar and her daughters have been a real blessing to us! Briar's exceptional, one of a kind temperament has been passed on to her daughters and they make farming fun.