ABOUT BAR 5

Bar 5 Stock Farms Ltd. – Global Head Office; Markdale, Ontario, Canada
Bar 5 SA Simmentaler Stoet - Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa
Bar 5 Stock Farms Ltd. – Red Angus Markdale, Ontario
Bar 5 Operations
Bar 5 Selection Methods & Certified Genetics Program
Bar 5 Invitational Multi-Breed Bull Test Station
Circle 3 Genetics – Semen Distribution; Markdale, Ontario, Canada
Bar 5 Stock Farms Ltd. – Photo Gallery

Bar 5 Stock Farms Ltd. , Markdale , Ontario , Canada - -- Head Office
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Bar 5 Stock Farms Ltd. is one of Canada 's oldest Beef Livestock Purebred & cross breeding operations.

ORIGINS >> Established in 1969, by a group of 5 Manitoba ranchers of Shorthorn & Hereford cattle, Bar 5 imported more than 100 Simmental breeding females from Europe during the 1970's, and developed a cross breeding program to upgrade from British based cows to 7/8 or more Simmental Breeding stock. In 1978, Bar 5 sold off most of the percentage cattle and focused on the Fullblood Simmental herd until 2002. In 2002, Bar 5 moved to introduce a Designed Maternal Crossbreeding system to offer our customers 5 different bull options; 1 Elite Fleckvieh - SA and Polled 2 Elite Red Angus 3 Elite Angus 4 Hybrid bulls - two breed cross bulls from these breeds of half to 7/8 percentages 5 Stabilizer Bulls -- three breed or more crosses of these breeds, including some Gelbvieh blood .. To assist our clients to drive their commercial production or Elite production the desired level of performance. We developed and implemented a three prong selection policy and committed ourselves to a dicsilined program of;

1. Genetic Ancestory - sire line and cow families
2. Physical assessment -- phenotyope, actual measuremernts and ratios & indeces
3. Genetic Evaluations - BIO multi breed ABC comparative EPDs, Breed Association EPDs, and DNA markers

LOCATION >> Originally located 40 miles south of Brandon, Manitoba , Bar 5 moved to Douglas , Manitoba in 1974, just 20 miles east of Brandon . In the fall of 2001, Bar 5 moved to Markdale , Ontario ; 2,000 kms to the east.

SALES >>  Bar 5 has a long history of Spring bull sales, holding a Spring Production Sale every year since 1974, called Spring Spectacular, and holds this Annual Bull & Female Production Sale, the SECOND Saturday of April in the Bar 5 Sale Barn in Markdale , ON. Click here for the Auction Sale Catalogues/results page showing the sales of April 2002, 2003 & 2004. High sellers have been Bar 5 SA Mr Optimal 447L (lot 1 in 2002), at $52,000, Bar 5 SA Evan 440L for $20,750 (lot 5 in 2002), and Bar 5 SA Lady Siska 804L for $22,000 (lot 40 in 2003), and Bar 5 SA Lady Siska 442L for $32,000 (lot 32 2002). 2004 – Haped X Elsa daughters sold for $54,000, $49,000 for a female average of over $20,000 CAD. Our Genetic line method of breeding is “production designed” for superior results.
Bar 5 initiated Fall sales on 1986, and have held Fall Sales, since that time at various times. In November 2005, Bar 5 started the Extravaganza Sales series, focusing on “Maternal Dam Lines” & “ Cow Families”
Bar 5 Stock Farms Ltd.

CSA #765 ASA #51139 So. Africa Society #544252

International Tatoo: CO
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Bar 5 SA Simmentaler Stoet - Colesberg , Northern Cape , Republic of South Africa -- Donor Farm
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Bar 5 Stock Farms Ltd. – Angus & Red Angus

Bar 5 has initiated a Red Angus & Angus program to develop a pool of Maternal Performance oriented Registered cattle to produce ½ Simm replacement cows for our commercial herd, and we have decided on Angus & Red Angus as the other 1/2. We run 325 commercial cows and we have initiated the production of 1/2 bloods of our own.
Canadian Angus Member #5250351
American Red Angus Member #74007
Angus Tatoo: COAR
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Circle 3 Genetics – SA Simmentaler, Fleckvieh, Original Simmental, Angus & Red Angus

Circle 3 Genetics is the semen selling Company of Bar 5. Contacts and bulls listed circle3/index.htm Initiated on January 1, 1994 to market bulls for Bar 5 customers & rare bulls Bar 5 does not keep exclusive.
Cirlce 3 has the ability to promote, market & deliver semen in over 40 countries world wide. Please review the Circle 3 Genetics Semen Sire Information Brochure & Contact list.
Bar 5 Cattle & Genetics     http://www.bar5.com/cattleinfo.htm  
Our mission is to deliver Superior breeding Genetics !!!

Overview of Bar 5 Operations

Bar 5 has a herd of Fullblood Simmental Cows, some Purebred Simmental cows, Red Angus cows and Black Angus on the Markdale property, and 325 commercial cows which produce the ET calves and the crossbred SimmAngus www.simmangus.com. Yes, even our commercial cattle are genetically driven, and get their own werbsite.
Our herdbulls are SA, SR, SB & AR for the Breeding herds, and Maternal Crossbreeding system. The Bar 5 SA bulls that we have are a result of Bar 5 reserving the right to select one bull born each calendar year for exclusive Bar 5 use.

Designed Maternal Crossbreeding System

Bar 5 Designed Maternal Crossbreeding Systems
Bar 5 Name System & Breed Designations

Rule 1 – ELITE for PURE genes !!!  Hybrids for Production of Beef !!!!     We believe in the production of half blood bulls, for the production of HYBRID & STABILIZED breeding bulls for THE PRODUCTION OF END GOAL BREEDING STOCK; they are not for the Production of Seedstock Bulls or in anyway meant to replace Elite Genetics;

Rule 2 – F- 1 >> our half blood bulls ( hybrid ) are by fullblooded parents ..  pure hybrid vigour.

Rule 3 – ONLY THE BEST !!!Superior Animals to enter the Hybrid Program:  Although many half blood bulls are an excuse for breeders with bad cattle to try a new twist to cover up poor cattle which is usually an indication to run from the guys with bad straight cattle ..   ….but from superior animals ..      The hybrid vigour factor only is 10 per cent kick above the average of the parents..  Below avg parents will still produce below avg “half blood hybrid vigour kicked up” below avg progeny ..

Rule 4 – IT AIN'T EASY !!!    Hybrid is a 2 breed cross, and a Stabilizer is 3 or more ...  It is harder to breed a bull that will attain only the best qualities of both sides .. One must have a deep understanding of two or more breeds .. When most barely understand one breed, so automatically most folks doing this are really challenged.. Very few can master this game .. ..  We are using volume as a help !!  More to choose from !!   But we are using the best fleck, red angus and angus to build our hybrids and add in some great Gelbvieh for the stabilizer mix ...

Rule 5 – KEEP THE EYE ON THE PURE GENES !!!    Our parents or grand parents are to be fullbloods ...  After that it is based upon sheer quality and progeny proofs ...  It is becoming a universal standard that hybrids are from two fullblooded parents .. And stabilizers are from 4 diff breed fullblooded grandparents ... ..  Our FleckAngus hybrids and FleckGelbAngus Stabilizers have fullblooded parents or at the very least fullblooded grandparents ...  to keep the percentage calculations simple in complex “ CrossBreeding “ schemes, pure parents are needed !!!    

Bar 5 Selection Methods & Certified Genetics Program

Bar 5 Production Selection Methods & Targets Program 
1. Genetics - Sire & Maternal Lines 
2. Physical Assessment – EOT 
3. Genetic Evaluations – EPDs 

The Bar 5 Selection & Genetics Program is about discipline. Our simple 1-2-3 Selection & Certified Genetics Program has been developed by years of study and knowledge of pedigrees, physical measurement and EPD tools.

1. Genetics – Sire & Maternal Lines
2. Physical Assessment – EOT
3. Genetic Evaluations – EPDs

We use a system to make Breeding Decisions, by applying Breeding Aims & Targets to the "Process of Genetic Advancement" with three factors.

Click here for the “Production Selection Methods & Targets Program” PDF doc.

Bar 5 Invitational Multi-Breed Bull Test Station

Bar 5 Invitational Multi-Breed Bull Test Station delivery date receives the Fall Test Group on October 10, 2006. The test will start and will run the 112 day test with a Start of test (SOT) from November 7, 2006 to End of Test ( EOT ) of Feb. 27, 2007 when they will scanned, weighed, testes measured and frame scored by an independent veterinarian from BIO – Beef Improvement Services Inc. www.biobeef.com   
The Test group consists of the Maternal Breeds ( Fleckvieh, Red Angus, Angus, & Simmental ) and Hybrids and Composites of these breeds; FleckAngus, SimmAngus and some GelbAngus.

Fall Test groups from 2006
The Spring Sale – April 14, 2007
The Test Group of 71 that entered on Oct. 10, 2006 will sell !!!    We will try to sort the Bulls after to EOT and the top 50 will sell on April 14, 2007 in the Bar 5 Spring Spectacular 34 Spring Production Sale !!!!

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Bar 5 Sale Barn	Sale Barn
Bull Barn
Calving Barn	New Calving Barn construction, October 2003

Ron Nolan

Greg Nolan with sons Ronnie & Mikey

Andreas Buschebeck with son, Matt.

Head Office & New Calving Barn April 18, 2005 - The boys after a hard vaccinating the cowherd.

Sunset in early on the Bar 5 Ranch in Canada.