Thank you to All the Bar 5 Staff!! Andreas Buschbeck Linda Lupton Joanne Nolan McEnery Chris Oliver Curtis Hutchinson
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GUEST PRODUCERS Agro Zurita Buschbeck Farms Buschbeck Angus DJ Farms Donovandale Farms
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THE BAR 5 STORY Bar 5 Simmental was incorporated in January of 1969 in Douglas, MB and became a life member of the Canadian Simmental Association on August 26, 1969. Bar5 began to investigate the importation of Simmental cattle from Europe with the first trip being made in June of 1969 resulting in the purchase of 3 cows and 1 bull that arrived at the ranch in January 1970. This was one of about 12 buying trips Bar 5 would make in bringing in 143 cows and six bulls directly from Europe. The first calf to be registered with the Canadian Simmental Association was CO 20C, a bull calf out of our first import cow Baron. This calf was born on June 7, 1971 and sold in February 1972 for $18,500 to Ben Burnside. In order to offer more genetics to the cattle industry Bar 5 started a semen division called Circle 3 Simmental Genetic Pool in the spring of 1994. It is now called Circle 3 Certified Genetics. Many interesting people, too many to mention here, have worked for Bar 5 or have been involved in its ownership. The name Bar 5 is derived from the five groups that started the operation, Don Mitchell, Ross Mitchell, Ross Thomas, the Draper brothers, and the Gordon brothers, were the original group in 1969. In 1973, the Gordon brothers sold their shares to Wilf Davis, who had become the General Manager on July 1, 1970. In December 1977, Wild Davis left the ranch, sold his shares back to the ownership group. In December 1980, Elson McDougald purchased the entire ranch from the shareholders, and he brought in Wilf Davis as General Manager. In June 1985, Emil Stange purchased the ranch from Elson. In July 1990, Ron Nolan and Irving Langill purchased Bar 5. Bar 5 purchased the Harkaway Simmental operation and cowherd from the Nolan family and the Farnham Simmental herd from the Langill’s and set up Bar 5 Markdale, Ontario. In 1995, Ron and Carla Nolan purchased Bar 5. They continued to operate the two farms in Markdale and Brandon until 2001, when they held the complete dispersal of Manitoba’s Bar 5 herd. In 1999 Ron initiated the Bar 5 SA operation in South Africa and stared breeding Fleckvieh Simmental by purchasing 5 cows. Bar 5 began importing embryos from South Africa and transplanting in Markdale. In April, each year, Bar 5 hosts the Spring Spectacular, Bull and Female Production Sale. In October, the Extravaganza Fall Production Sale. 2 - Spring Spectacular 40th Sale