• Just like the first robins….

    ….spring brings out the first cattle folk looking to either enlarge or upgrade their herds…or both.  Thistle Hill welcomed Connie and John Moelker of Ontario, Canada recently who were making a circuit of US Devon farms. The Moelkers had recently purchased a Devon from the Lakota Bull Test but were now looking for females.  After their first inspection, they came back the next day to buy two bred heifers and four open heifers approaching breeding age. John’s comment:  “We haven’t seen anything better, anywhere!”  The Moelkers not only have ambitious plans for their own herd but want to see Devon more widely used in  Canadian cattle circles. We took some satisfaction in…