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"The Chosen
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SALE RESULTS NOW ONLINE! CLICK HERE TO VIEW 2008
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The History of Janssen Farms
Brady Christopher Janssen, son of Chris and Dawn Janssen is the sixth
generation of the Janssen family who have enjoyed the pleasures and faced
the challenges of breeding purebred seed stock on the rich Iowa black soil.
Brady’s great, great grandfather John Janssen, started the rich tradition of
breeding Polled Hereford cattle in the early 1930s, taking over from his
father who was a prominent area Horned Hereford breeder. John’s foresight in
switching from Horned to Polled is well documented as he and his son,
Harold, Brady’s great grandfather, grew the operation to around 100
Registered Polled Hereford cows by the 1960s. The Janssen Polled Herefords
were bred with the same disciplined principals as the Simmental of today.
They were performance tested and only the best stayed on
The Janssen bulls were sold in many states including North
Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas and were highly
revered by commercial cattlemen seeking performance animals in a time that
was dominated by only "phenotype." One of the Polled Hereford sires that
helped propel the 1970’s Janssen success was Banner 382J, a WSF Banner son
who proved to be one of the best maternal bulls of his era in the breed. In the mid-1970s David made the decision to add a second breed to offer his commercial bull customers some genetic diversity and heterosis. The "Exotic Boom" was resounding across the country and David teamed up with neighboring Simmental breeder, Golden Acres, to purchase several foundation Simmental herd sires. In 1986 the decision was made to privately disperse the 150-cow Polled Hereford herd and move in a different direction with the Simmental operation, black!
Chris, David and their partner, Dr. David Duitscher, also run a large scale embryo transfer business named Dutchland Embryo Services. The embryo company office and service is headquartered in the same barn as the sale will be held on November 24th.
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For more information on Janssen Farms Cattle, contact:
Janssen
Farms
David & Kathy Janssen
56706 300th Ave. •
Gilmore City, Iowa 50541
Phone: (712) 359-2220
Chris & Dawn Janssen |
Jon & Maradith Janssen |
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