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Baker’s Polled Herefords, Elkhorn, WI
Paul, Sylvia, Bob & Mike
Baker’s Polled Herefords started in 1968 when Bob and Mike purchased their first Polled Hereford calves at the State Sale. Bev (Paul and Sylvia’s daughter) soon became involved too, and so did Paul and Sylvia. All three children were very involved in 4-H and FFA and showed at fairs and did the daily chores at home.
Bakers moved to their historical farm in 1970. The farm was purchased from the government in 1842 by the Lauderdale family for $1.25 per acre and was owned by that family until our family purchased it. The Lauderdales were some of the first settlers in the area and the Lauderdale chain of lakes was named after them.
Baker’s Polled Herefords use the motto “Quality Built on Cow Families” Their goals are to have excellent producing cows with good dispositions and correct confirmation. Cows must have good udders with above average milk flow to produce a big, strong calf. They have developed Dams of Distinction for many years, are enrolled in the Total Performance Records program with the American Hereford Association and are a Johne’s Class A tested herd. Bob handles the AI work with Baker’s Polled Herefords as they utilize many of the top AI sires to build upon the goals they have for their herd. Mike’s agricultural repair shop is on the farm where he overhauls tractors, works on combines and machines as well as being here to keep things running. They also share some machinery with Oak Shade Farm (son-in-law Ed Wieners and Bev.)
Paul and Sylvia were WPHA Hall of Fame honorees in 2005. Bob is currently on the Wisconsin Hereford Association board of directors and Ed Wieners is a past director. Several of Paul and Sylvia’s grandchildren; Michelle, Nicole, Erin and Dustin Baker and Dana, Maura and Megan Wieners, have shown Baker’s Herefords at local and state fairs, and Junior Nationals. Megan, Maura and Dana have been members and officers of the Wisconsin Junior Hereford Association. Maura served as a princess and the 2009 president, and Bev was a state queen. They especially enjoy working with the juniors and new breeders as they get involved with Polled Herefords.
Baker’s herd consists of 30 registered cows from bloodlines including 29F, Kilo, Online, Moler and other herd improver genetics. Bakers sell all aspects of cattle including herd bulls, foundation females and club calves.
RB 29F 002 Right Now 630S
Semen available at the farm and at Cattle Visions |
BPH Ultra Reload 872U
Owned with Rees Brothers Herefords, Utah |
PSB Ultra Sara 624F pictured at 12 years old. |
Ultra Reload 872U’s dam is the kind of cow Baker’s Polled Herefords strives to produce. Sara (shown above), raised Ultra as a 12 year old. She is a six time Dam of Distinction and has many other accolades including producing show winners and being one herself. She lives and breeds longevity being the 5th generation of her cow family in the Baker herd as well as producing daughters with longevity in the herd.
Baker’s Polled Herefords will be consigning two animals to the Wisconsin Hereford Association’s State Sale in Lancaster on March 6, 2010. Precision-A yearling bull by Remitall Online 122L and Right Now’s dam and Lassie-A Right Now daughter and dam is a Klippenstein bred cow from the Poundmaker 28U family. They also plan to consign animals to the Family Affair Sale in Sun Prairie on September 12, 2010 and to the World Beef Expo sale at the State Fair Grounds, West Allis in September.
The Baker Family is pleased to be included in the first group of “Barn Quilts of Walworth County”. They named their quilt “Hereford Star” and painted it in the colors of the Herefords. Come see it along US Hwy 12 between Elkhorn and Whitewater.
“We have special memories of raising Polled Herefords and have met and worked with so many wonderful people. It was our pleasure to host state tours at our farm. We are honored by your calls and visits.”
- Paul, Sylvia, Bob and Mike Baker