New - Updated until July 2008

Welcome another great Herd Sire GU Roberto.
Talk about some of the best proven genetics of our time. He is a Robert Lee son which is out of the famous Willabar Bouncer bull. On the dam side you will find animals like GU Julia 2F, Starline Francis 644U, Swiss Tradition Ricco and Starline Jason. He as already proven himself as you can see below is an example of one of his progeny. GU Roberto has bred the females I purchased from Don and Sandra Conway and we are looking forward to seeing more of his progeny next year.

Fieldstone Braunvieh purchased the remaining females from Don and Sandra Conway of Kamloops British Columbia. Don has worked hard at producing some of the top Braunvieh animals in the breed and has exported many great Sires and Dams the world over. I want to thank Don and Sandra for their contributions and look forward to working the females we purchased from them. Some of their bloodlines include Meiko ( sire of Shaka Beukes ) , Hari,Starline Jason, Willabar Bouncer,Robert Lee,GU Leonardo,Kerholm Robbi Normann, and Quinto. These females have all been bred to GU Roberto and we are looking forward to next year’s calf crop.

Welcome to GU Mr. International. We are looking forward to his progeny as he comes from a long line of great Sires and dams such as GU Leonardo, Maranatha Arthur 4Y, Starline Jason, Aron , Willabar Bouncer, Kerholm Robi Norman, Starline Neru on the Sire’s side and Starline Francis 644U, Starline Miss Florence, Fink, Silverwood Phoenix 5F, Lidia on the Dam’s side. He has already proven himself and we look forward to his progeny in 2009 to a group of Ivan and Shaka Beukes daughters.

On March 27th, 2008 the Government of Canada Reaches agreement with Mexico and the U.S. for Livestock Exports . Breeding Stock. Canada , the U.S. and Mexico have reached an agreement harmonizing North America to the World Organization for Animal Health’s (OIE) standards for trade in bovine breeding stock that will also allow Canadian cattle to be shipped through the U.S. to Mexico

Border fully opens for export of cattle to United States. This will be the first time the border opens to Breeding Stock since May 2003

Welcome to Starline Powel. Powel is a strong bull with a unique pedigree, lots of depth, great confirmation and good feet and legs. We look forward to seeing his first set of calves next spring. We are confident that he will produce the best as we are currently using him on many proven females.

Below is a picture of Ivan’s first calf crop of heifers and an example of his bull progeny born in the spring of 2006. We are really impressed with the females and males from Swiss Tradition Ivan. His progeny are moderate framed, with great confirmation. His incredible temperament will continue to produce quite , manageable offspring just the way we like them

Welcome aboard Ivan- Ivan comes from a Unique Bloodline with both Grand Dam and Grand Sire directly from Switzerland. He is the gentlest, temperament bull we have ever had on the Ranch. His progeny are growthy with great confirmation. He has strong feet and legs and carries himself like a true champion. We are very pleased with Ivan and are looking forward to seeing his heifers become good brood cows

Fieldstone Braunvieh purchased Ranch land in the Drumheller, Alberta area. This parcel of Native Grassland is ideal ranching country providing a great summer home for our Braunvieh cattle. We welcome you to visit our Ranch and our Cattle.

The proof was on the plate as those bulls sired Shaka were marketed locally to consumers looking for Braunvieh Beef. All reports were favourable as the feedback resulted in comments about the tenderness, flavour, lack of excess fat and ample marbling.

This group of young bulls also gained on average, 4.01 pounds per day while on feed. During the last 42 days before slaughter, they averaged 4.82 pounds per day. All of the bulls graded " AA" marbling with a 64% yield grade. We were very happy with the results of this group.

Shaka is at it again. Setting himself up to produce another great calf crop. Contact us for more information on progeny for sale by Shaka and our other sires.

For more information please contact calvin@fieldstonebraunvieh.com

Embryos:
Custom Flush to Shaka Beukes
We are currently offering you the opportunity to purchase embryos sired by our new Herd sire Shaka Beukes ET, Shaka has a unique pedigree going back to Switzerland through South Africa. We are expecting his first calf crop in the spring of 2002. This outcross bull will add frame, milk and fertility into your herd,
Females to mate with Shaka are sired by Vernon, Imperial and other Proven Canadian bloodlines or you can choose from females sired by Swiss bulls such as Medor,Victor,Benni and Ural.

Embryos for sale

We have a good selection of embryos by such Swiss Sires as Medor,Ural,Benni, Victor,Aron and Miro
We also have a good selection of embryos by Canadian Sires such as Ricco, Vernon, Arthur, Imperial, Swiss Way Chinook and Aron (egg)

Live Cattle for sale

* Fieldstone Forerunner FSB 41F - Winner of the 1996 Canadian Bull Test.

* Fieldstone Justice FSB 3J - Sired by Swiss bull Medor and FSB 10F
He is an outcross that will add frame, milk and beef

* A select group of females bred to calve in March 2002 to Shaka Beukes
* A select group of females sired by Fieldstone Justice and Fieldstone Forerunner

For more information please contact calvin@fieldstonebraunvieh.com

This years spring calf crop was sired by Fieldstone Forerunner (sired by Ricco) and Fieldstone Justice (sired By the Swiss Bull Medor). The heifer calves ended up weighing over 700 lbs despite the driest conditions we have ever experienced at the farm.  Fieldstone Forerunner has already proven himself and did not disappoint us again this year.
We were excited to see Fieldstone Justices calves and his results. He has added frame, growth and style to this year's calf crop.
Below is an example of progeny from Fieldstone Justice.

Congratulations to Zorros4 Ranches for their recent successes at the National Show for Braunvieh in Zacatecas.
Listed below are the achievements reported by Zorr4 Ranches:

Grand Champion Imported Young Bull
Fieldstone Jet Setter ET FSB 31J
Sired by- Northstar Vernon
Dam-Euro Kara EG06C

Grand Champion Imported Female
Fieldstone Essence ET FSB 7E
Sired by-Starline Imperial
Dam- Gas Kerry 5C
Fieldstone FSB7E is a full sister to Fieldstone Esquire

Reserve Grand Champion Imported Females
Fieldstone Gala FSB74G
Sired by- XC Bar 57E
Dam- Fieldstone Emmy FSB 08E

Champion Junior Heifer
And Reserve Junior Heifer-
Two flush mates out of the Swiss bull Victor and out of Grand Champion Imported female (Fieldstone FSB7E) won Champion and Reserve Champion Junior Heifer

Best Imported Dry Cow-
Fieldstone Essence ET FSB 7E

Best Imported Udder Cow-
Fieldstone Gracias FSB 68G

The calves are healthy and all look promising- Fieldstone Hercules is sired by Swiss Tradition Ricco and is out Fieldstone FSB 23F. Many of these calves are out of Swiss sired females by Medor, Victor, Ural and Benni.

Congratulations to Trevor and Joan Onley of Australia for their success at the Melbourne Royal Show. Ulysses, [Sired by Fieldstone Full Tilt and out of Euro Kara Et 06C] won Supreme Grand Champion Braunvieh and Reserve Champion Interbreed male at the Melbourne Royal Show.

Congratulations to Zorro4 Ranches in Mexico for their purchase of a select group of Bulls and Females

Click for more details on our New Herd Sire January 2001.  (coming soon)

Fieldstone would like to announce a recent addition to our herd.

Shaka Beukes ET was born in February 1997 as a result of embryos imported from South Africa. He has grown into a Great Herd Sire that is now owned by Fieldstone Braunvieh. Shaka Beukes is sired by Meiko (son of Meik) and out of one of the great producing cows in South Africa, Glattbrugg Finkli 92. We are looking forward to using this unique bloodline of Original Braunvieh genetics from Switzerland via South Africa. We will be picturing Shaka Beukes in the coming months and provide you with a picture, pedigree and more pertinent information as soon as we can. Embryos sired by Shaka Beukes will become available in soon. For more information please contact Calvin at info@fieldstonebraunvieh.com

(Email from Joan and Trevor Onley to Fieldstone Braunvieh on the success of Tee-Jay Warragai Ulysses sired by Fieldstone Full Tilt )

Calvin Thank-you for introducing us to your web site we found it most interesting. We have a 15 month old calf sired by Fieldstone Full Tilt and his dam was Euro Imperial Kara (et) At the Royal Melbourne Show here in Australia in September he weighed 626kg Eye Muscle 98cm Fat Score 6/5 He won 1st in his class of 6 and went on to win Reserve Champion up against 3 &4 year old bulls. Also the bull calf (Ulysses) that we have is doing well around the local shows and only yesterday we were at a show in Gippsland and Ulysses won the Braunvieh champion and was second in the Junior Interbreed and the other Senior Braunvieh Bull won the interbreed against Herefords, Limousins, South Devons, Simmentals and Maine-Anjou's.

We are very impressed with this calf and he created a lot of interest.

We will keep you informed with his development

- Kind regards Joan & Trevor Onley

• The Launch of Fieldstone Braunvieh's Web page

(email for more information or feedback) info@fieldstonebraunvieh.com