Celebrating 60 Years part 2

Here is a continuation of our 60 year celebration on our facebook page. Make sure to like us and follow along if you haven’t already! Also make sure to check out the first of these posts so you don’t miss any of our farm’s history!

#17 The next purchase that still has a
foothold in our herd today came with Peps Acres M Mandy. She was bought
in 1965 from the Poepping Bros.

 #18 There have been 108 descendents of Peps
Acres M Mandy, 14 generations strong. 25 of these are in the herd today,
with only one, the youngest, being an ET. And she is the only ET from
our herd found on any of our family trees! Abiqua Acres Aarons Marna-ET
is pictured here with her surrogate Mama Shadow. See the cute story of how she got her name!

 #19 This “M” family has been put on the map of
the Guernsey world because of Abiqua Acres Goliaths Mari-EX90. Born on
6th of January 1998 Mari produced 174,216M, 8,137F and 6,127P in her
lifetime. She had two daughters and still has 3 direct
female descendants in the herd, but she might sound familiar because
she is the Bull mother of Abiqua Acres Banger Martini (pictured) and
Abiqua Acres C Marksman-14GU315. While Martini was not promoted to the
active list, we are excited about the impact that Marksman could have.
Available through Accelerated Genetics he is starting to have daughters freshen across the country.

#20 Another fun little tidbit about this “M”
family. In 2010 we had 4 generations in the milking herd at the same
time: Abiqua Acres Hotshot Miracle, her daughter Lorry’s Missy, her
daughter Maxies Midnight and her daughter Glacier Midori!

#21 The most influential purchase to affect
our herd came with one of Alan’s first purchases in 1967 from Frances
Hertel – a calf named Vanher Banker Snooks. This family has by far been
one of the favorites, I am finishing up some of the numbers to show the
scope of this families impact. I will bring you more on the “S” family
tomorrow!

#22 1968 The first stall shed is constructed and concrete slabs poured.

 

#24 Our largest calving years on record are tied with 44  heifer calves in 1980, 1984 and 1994.

#30 The Mann’s youngest daughter Dena was crowned as the Oregon Guernsey Queen in 1974. She represented the Oregon Guernsey Breeders Association
during the 1975 National Convention that was held in Oregon. During
this year Dena also served as the Marion County Dairy Princess,
representing her local farmers at fairs and festivals.

#31 Dena ended 1975 with a bang as she claimed
Grand Champion Showmanship at the Oregon State Fair. It was a heated
class, but her showmanship cow Abiqua Acres Prince Palma was able to
help her to victory.

#32 Raised with a love for dairy farming and
the Guernsey cow, Alan Mann was the 1976 recipient of the National
Outstanding Guernsey Youth Award from the American Guernsey Association.
At the age of 21 he was already fully involved in the family farm and
in fact had spent most of high school doing chores before and after
school while his parents were away on trips.

#33 May 20, 1977 Additions and remodels to the
milking parlor are finished, with double the milking stalls and a new
milk tank! Lorna is the first cow to be milked on the new side. This
double 3 side opener is the same parlor we still milk in today.