New for 2011...

April 2011: Built a new drive shed and wash bay.

Case IH 435 Steiger with Quad Manure Tanks

September 2010: Time for corn silage! Planning on starting after Labour Day weekend!

August 2010: Third cut of alfalfa is off!

July 2010: Second cut of alfalfa is off!

Landscaping in process, lots to do!

June 2010: Corn is growing and now first cut of alfalfa is almost off!

Doing finishing touches on the new construction, to make it all look and work perfect!!! Yep, that is the Hogendoorn way!

May 2010: It's that time of year again....

Field Work has started!!!

Planting Alfalfa and hauling some manure and it is going well, thanks to the nice weather!

Boys and their Toys!

Kees Sr. & Jr. are excited to pick-up their new Puma 225 CVT Case tractor, along with a 12 row Corn Planter, both bought at Stoltz Sales & Service!!! Pictures will be coming soon!

Currently at Hogendoorn Dairy

Milking around 500 cows.

 

80 dry cows, 70 calves, 200 heifers.

 

All cattle is raised at the home farm

 

Own a total of 525 acres. We rent a total of 900 acres. All field work is done by Kees Sr. & Jr. along with 2-3 part-time employees.

 

We own a complete line of machinery, including a Harvester & Sprayer.

 

We also grow our own Corn for Silage & Cob Meal, along with Alfalfa & Wheat.

 

CURRENT EVENTS @ HOGENDOORN DAIRY

Norwell Dairy, DeLaval & SAE Afikim hosted a South Western Ontario Afimilk Study Seminar to give farmers in the area a chance to come and learn more about the management program that they are using on their farm, which was held at the Hogendoorn Dairy farm.

We had a great turn out with about 60 people coming out!

The Training included:

Parlor Monitoring

Afimilk Deviation Reports and Parameters

Future Products

Question and Answer Period

Was held on:
March 8th & 9th, 2010 from 9:00 am until 3:00 pm

Lots of thanks to Udi Golin from Israel for coming!

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We had the experience on Monday November 16th to have a choir sing in our holding area. Something that is very unusual, but pretty neat.

The Mully Children's Family Orphanage is a group of children that have been adopted by a man & his wife, Charles & Esther Mulli out of Kena. Right now, they have took in over 2000 needy children. He has a very amazing story in the response to the desperate needs of street children, abandoned children, and HIV or AIDS orphans since 1989. To read his story go to www.mullychildrensfamily.org.