Spring Greetings to our Devon friends and all Devon enthusiasts. First of all, we apologize; It’s been too long since you’ve heard from us. Maggie and I purchased property in Florida for a dairy farm just a year ago. After clearing land, digging wells, starting grasses (of course it is a grazing dairy) and buying cows, we are shipping milk from our initial 450 cows.
Now we are spending time back at RoffeyCattle Company in the gorgeous Blue Ridge Mountains of SW Virginia, enjoying the view and anxiously awaiting spring calving.
Roffey Top Cat
(Lakota x Udell)
As you can see, the farm has been well guarded in our absence by Top Cat. He is back at home after being named Reserve Champion Male at the 2010 “Great Event.” He and his maternal sister, Roffey Roto Girl Q6 (“Chunk,” for those of you who follow our website) received first place honors in the Produce of Dam Class.
Top Cat is one of the reasons we are so excited to see this year”s calves. His progeny continue to be the right kind with balance, width and depth. In addition, he is a calving ease sire. His daughters and sons are always favorites of Devon visitors to our farm. Currently, we have over 30 sons and daughters of Top Cat and we appreciate the interest this family generates in public and private sales.
*** Top Cat enhanced semen is available for $25/straw plus shipping, ***
*** regular semen is $15/straw plus shipping ***
K913 & Q11
Spring 2011
We will have 50-60 calves born in April, May and June. Many are ET offspring from our best brood cows. After several years of breeding Devons we’ve pretty much settled on what works for our situation. Our predominat sires in use are Top Cat, his maternal brother Roffey Dude Q14 (Red Dude - herd sire at Guille Yearwood’s Ellett Valley Farm), Bayou Boy, Rotokawa 688 and Rotokawa 93, and Noyl Boy M78. I look forward to deciding where to use the semen Maggie gave me for Christmas 2010 – six ampules of Potheridge President!
On the female side, the Udel line including Chunk (Q6) and her full sisters Q11 (pictured above) and Q4, the Bayou Girl family, Julie’s Favorite, K913 (front cow in picture above) (Lakota H48 daughter) are highlights here at Roffey Cattle Company. Other promising families will be featured in future updates.
We will soon be getting more photos of our heifers and this year’s new arrivals to show you. As always, if your travels bring you to southwest Virginia, NE Tennessee, or NW North Carolina, be sure to stop by. We always have cattle for sale. If you’re not buying, we love to “Talk Devon”.
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September 2010
November 2008
March 2009
April 2010