CC&7's dam was a feature donor cow on display at the pre-conference tour at Sydenstricker Genetics.

The pre-conference tour also included a stop at the Budweiser Clydesdale Breeding Farm.

Leading animal geneticist Dr. Dick Quaas was the honoree at the 2010 BIF Conference. His work and teaching in animal breeding lead to many beef cattle advancements and paved the way for many more.

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Farmer Song Fest is a musical celebration embarking upon its 4th year.

For more info visit farmersongfest.com

Joy along with long-time Angus friend Nellie Meinders and her grandson
Clayton Hester after graduation of very successful high school career.

Two Hoover Dam heifer calves enjoying the sun!

Hoover Dam's little brother

This guy doesn't belong in the cow pasture!

Getting the chute ready for ET day, Jessi shows off his muscles while tamping down lime.

Black cows, green grass, blue sky. . . what more can we ask for?

A full brother to Hoover Home Run.

Hoover Angus Farm is seeking a full or part-time employee effective immediately. Applicants must have farm experience, preferably with cattle and crops. Person must be dependable, hard-working, and honest. Job requires physical work. For more information, or to apply, please contact Landi at 641-344-7684. Serious inquiries only.

Pasture turn-out means spring vaccinations for baby calves.
These two January CC&7 bull calves decided to go in the chute at the same time!

Cows turned out on grass.

H&K Friction G290 gets turned out to green grass with a pasture of first and second calf heifers.

Fall born calves 48 hours after wean.

Hoover Dam's little brother is about 30 seconds old here!

Hoover Dam's baby brother at 6 hours old.

JAR Total Package 903 was John's $13,000 selection from the 2010 Jallo Angus sale in North Dakota. Weaning at 976 lbs, WR 126, and having a 1520 lb. yearling weight, this 7 frame bull is sure to add pounds. He boasts a +79 WW EPD and scanned 5.18 IMF, ratio 150 and a 17.9" ribeye, ratio 119. This bull's name was derived from his pedigree - a "Package" son out of a "Total" daughter. His $Beef comes in way above the top 1% of the breed.

The $17,000 Triple Stack son purchased in the March 2010 Musgrave Angus sale. This bull will add frame size along with a knockout phenotype. MCATL Triple Stack 889-495 weaned at 870 lbs. to ratio 120 and went on to ratio 118 with a YW of 1593 lbs. Gaining 4.52 pounds per day and scanning a 4.79 IMF and a 17.0" ribeye, this bull covers all the bases. A heifer calf produced by this bull's cow family sold for $13,000 in the Musgrave sale. Semen is available through the owners.

Looking at momma cow.

Nice baby!

Tagging time.

Watching Chase & Lacey tag calves.

Ready to drive the tractor and feedwagon?

The 2010 Pathfinder Report has arrived, and Hoover Angus/Landi McFarland are home to 52 Pathfinder cows and 4 Pathfinder bulls. Hoover Angus bulls on the report include SA Neutron 377 with 54 Pathfinder daughters, Roth Famous 1006 with 8 Pathfinder daughters, TC Gridiron 258 with 8 Pathfinder daughters, and H&K Neutron 377 X3 with 5 Pathfinder daughters.

A packed house!

The Conover boys ready for the sale

Standing room only

Yearling bulls

Family conference

Ehren & Jim Marks get their front row seat early!

John & Craig

Looking for the right bull

$50,000 Hoover Dame and $5000 H106

Evaluating open heifers

Conference among the gals

The office crew hard at work!

Congratulations to Evan Maynes, son of Arnold and Melissa Maynes of Corning, on his Grand Champion Beef Carcass at the 2009 Adams County Fair with a steer sired by a Hoover bull! This steer lead the pack with a 15.1” ribeye, a 3.70 ADG, and the highest value per day fed in the contest. He did all this with the leanest backfat! Congratulations Evan!

Thanks to all of our customers that ordered a Hoover Angus hat! However, we had two hat order forms (both ordering a red hat) returned with no name or return address. If this could have been you, please email Landi at landi@hooverangus.com

CC&7 enjoys his spot in the #1 bull pen at SydGen! CC&7's top
son in the sale sold for $40,000, his top daughter for $18,000!

Tyler Cunningham from Molino, Florida enjoys spending time with CC&7!

Landi says goodbye to CC&7 as he will be heading to ORIgen
for more semen collection shortly after Thanksgiving.

For the first time in the 81-year history of Hoover Angus Farm, we flush the first cows!

Vince Collison flushes E43.

Janelle searches for embryos.

Landi serves Iowa as a voting delegate at the 2009 American Angus Association annual meeting at the NAILE in Louisville. Somehow Kurt Schaff snuck in between Landi and Jennifer Svoboda for this photo!

Congratulations to Zachary McCarthy for his Champion Rate of Gain steer at the 2009 Montgomery County Fair as well as topping the carcass contest (out of 81 entries)! Zach is the son of John McCarthy, Hoover Angus Farm bull customer.

Stanton football remains 7-0 and is on a quest for a another State Championship. Andrew Cerven, Zachary McCarthy, and Lucas Oster play on the team and are all sons of Hoover Angus customers. Good luck Stanton!

Landi works the dining area at the Beef Quarters.

David makes taco shells and French fries while volunteering at the Beef Quarters at this year's fair.

South Dakota Angus breeders visit Hoover Angus Farm. Here they evaluate seven year-old Gridiron.

Landi was one of 20 Angus producers selected from across the country to take part in the 2009 Beef Leaders Institute hosted by the American Angus Association in St. Joseph, Missouri. The group traveled through Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas learning about the different segments of the beef industry as part of the four-day event. First, attendees heard an overview from Association and Angus Journal staff, as well as updates from Dr. Tom Field, NCBA, and Tom Brink of the largest cattle feeding operation in the world, Five Rivers Cattle Feeding. The next day, the group toured the Tyson/IBP plant in Dakota City, and Whole Foods in Omaha. Gregory Feedlot in Tabor, Iowa was the next stop before rounding out the day with Mark Allan of Pfizer Animal Genetics speaking about genomics. The final day in Nebraska was a tour of the Cargill value added plant in Nebraska City, Sysco in Lincoln, the US Meat Animal Research Center in Clay Center, and Gottsch Feedyard in Red Cloud.

Landi speaks to an audience from 34 states and 3 countries at the 2009 Changing Lands,
Changing Hands Conference in Denver, Colorado.This conference was the first of its
kind focusing on farm and ranch access, tenure, succession and stewardship.

Landi outside of Boulder, Colorado on "Open Space" land planted to corn. Congratulations
to Boulder County, Colorado on helping stop urban sprawl with the Open Space program!

John & Barb

John & Barb with nephew Kim Kiburz

Time to eat!

Thanks to everyone who attended or sent cards!

Pumptown performs in front of the largest crowd ever at Farmer Song Fest.
Hoover Angus Farm was proud to sponsor this event!

Murray high school students learn about A.I. and genetic evaluation in beef cattle.

A great group of students from Murray!

CC&7 returns home from ORIgen in Montana May 21st at 10:00 pm.
Creighton & Mary Barner get the bull home safe!

CC&7 home from the stud and going to pasture!

CC&7 grazes in the background with one of his sons in the foreground.

Friday, May 29, 2009
Tingley Community Building – north side of Main Street in Tingley, Iowa
6:00-8:00 p.m.
A Certified Angus Beef® sandwich buffet will be served.
Please no presents, only your presence!

Fall cows get turned out to summer grass at the timber pasture May 1, 2009.

Happy Gals!