Barwell Farm

11/04/2026

The alarm goes early, the truck gets loaded, and we hit the road.
It’s a big day for a short time in the ring.
But life at Barwell Farm has never been about doing things the easy way — it’s about giving these kids the chance to grow, learn, and feel that pride when they walk out with their ribbons 🐄🏅

26/01/2026

In the words of TJ…

𝗕𝗶𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝗱!!

𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 – 𝗟𝗼𝘁 𝟭𝟳 🔥

Don’t watch this one go by.
👉 Bid online: https://bidr.co.nz/auction/5274

26/01/2026

𝗣𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗵 ✔️
𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 ✔️
𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 ✔️

𝗕𝗮𝗿𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗟𝗲𝘆𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗮 (𝗟𝗼𝘁 𝟮𝟭) ticks every box for breeders wanting to build something special.
This is the kind of cow family breeding programmes are built on.

👉 𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 - 𝗟𝗼𝘁 𝟮𝟭 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝘆
https://bidr.co.nz/auction/5274

𝑳𝒐𝒕 21 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝑳𝒆𝒚𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝑳𝒖𝒏𝒂

𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒆, 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 23* 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝑳𝒂𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒆 𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒌. 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 110* 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 12 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒘 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉.

𝑺𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒕 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒖𝒍𝒍, 𝑫𝒓𝒆𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒎 𝑳𝒆𝒚𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉-𝑷𝑷, 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒔𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈.

𝑾𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒔.

20/01/2026

𝗣𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗵 ✔️
𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 ✔️
𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 ✔️

𝗕𝗮𝗿𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗟𝗲𝘆𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗮 (𝗟𝗼𝘁 𝟮𝟭) ticks every box for breeders wanting to build something special.
This is the kind of cow family breeding programmes are built on.

👉 𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 — 𝗟𝗼𝘁 𝟮𝟭 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝘆.

𝑳𝒐𝒕 21 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝑳𝒆𝒚𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝑳𝒖𝒏𝒂

𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒆, 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 23* 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝑳𝒂𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒆 𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒌. 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 110* 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 12 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒘 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉.

𝑺𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒕 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒖𝒍𝒍, 𝑫𝒓𝒆𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒎 𝑳𝒆𝒚𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉-𝑷𝑷, 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒔𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈.

𝑾𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒔.

13/11/2025

A very wet and miserable start to the Royal A&P Show of New Zealand in Christchurch, but what a great first day of showing! 🌧️🐄

First in the ring was the Holstein Friesian Heifer Calf born since 31 May 2025, such a strong class with 20 entries -
⭐ Paige with Barwell Bullseye Flurry-ET – 3rd
⭐ Jenna with Barwell Bullseye Bonnie-ET – 6th
⭐ Eloise with Barwell Bullseye Annie – 10th
⭐ James with Barwell Bullseye Frio-ET – 12th

And a special shoutout to Olivia, who after last night’s Futurity Sale welcomed a new addition to the family – Emerald Ambrose Whynot!
Today Olivia took Whynot out for her first spin in the ring, placing 4th in the Holstein Friesian Heifer Calf born 1 January to 31 May 2025. 👏

Well done to everyone who braved the cold and rain! 🌧️

21/10/2025

Farmer Time New Zealand in full swing today! The kids loved learning what the vets do on farm 🩺🐮 The teacher… not so much. One look and she was out the door! 😂

About 50 Kiwi farming families now host virtual sessions with schools through Farmer Time.

10/10/2025

Who needs Hollywood when you’ve got Ruralco on farm? 🎥🐮
Great afternoon hosting the crew for their photoshoot — plenty of laughs, a few curious cows, and some top shots captured.

14/09/2025

First herd test of the season — always a good reality check 🐄😉
Turns out the girls haven’t just been hanging around the feed face after all…
They’ve delivered a tidy 2.47ms/kg & 32 litres herd average, and that’s a cracking way to kick things off!

𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝐂𝐨𝐰𝐬 - 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐤 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐬
Barwell Luck Evie-Red - 46.3 lts 3.75ms/kg
Barwell Dartagnan Rena - 46.3 lts 3.71ms/kg
𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝐂𝐨𝐰𝐬 - 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬
Barwell Kristoff Jade - 55.7 lts 3.60ms/kg
Barwell Silvo Lorel - 51.9 lts 3.52ms/kg

𝟑 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐎𝐥𝐝𝐬 - 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐤 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐬
Barwell Alamamater Pip - 41.2 lts 3.71ms/kg
Barwell Alcove Viva - 50.9 lts 3.47ms/kg
𝟑 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐎𝐥𝐝𝐬 - 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬
Barwell Alcove Viva - 50.9 lts 3.47ms/kg
Barwell Perseus Flora - 45.2 lts 2.95ms/kg

𝟐 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐎𝐥𝐝𝐬 - 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐤 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐬
Barwell Icarus Maeve - 33.5lts 2.87ms/kg
Barwell Einstein Nic - 32lts 2.73ms/kg
𝟐 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐎𝐥𝐝𝐬 - 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬
Barwell Mercy Salmon - 36.6lts 2.55ms/kg
Barwell Alcove Lola - 36.6lts 2.58ms/kg

21/08/2025

Phone call at 5:16am between husband and wife:
📞 Wife: “Did you know there’s an irrigation anchor in paddock 9?”
📞 Husband: “Of course… it’s been there for 15 years and marked with a cone.”
📞 Wife: “Well, there was no cone there… so I marked it for you.”
🤦‍♀️😂

31/07/2025

Great way to start the day — a 12.30am message announcing a new arrival!
Some might say a human baby would be more exciting... but when Busybrook D-Lambda Bonnie-ET delivers a beautiful heifer by Siemers Claro, we’re definitely celebrating.
Welcome to the world, Barwell Claro Bonnie or Biscuit (name depends if Olivia can convince Uncle TJ that Biscuit is a good name for a calf!) 💫🐮

30/07/2025

There’s nothing like the arrival of a special calf to lift the mood on a grey, soggy day.
Glenella Sidekick Vedette braved the weather to welcome a beautiful wee heifer this morning — proving that even the wettest paddocks can still hold the sweetest moments.
Say hello to Barwell Luxor Vedette. 🌧️🐮💕