Hendel Farms

02/25/2026

February is coming to a close and that means it's time to start planning your winter calf matings for 2026/2027. Add 54BS611 𝗛𝗙 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡 to the list!

🏆 DESIGN continued his streak as a sire of multiple national show class winners in 2025 and ended the year with 𝟱 𝗱𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗹𝗹-𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻! Very exciting results - congratulations to the breeders and exhibitors of these heifers and young cows.

Design your destiny with the breed's No. 2 proven Udder Composite sire (+1.44)!

10/08/2025

𝗘𝗗𝗚𝗘 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗩 𝗥𝗔𝗬 𝗗𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗘-𝗘𝗧𝗩 🪽
𝑅𝒶𝓎 𝓍 𝒞𝓊𝓉𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝐸𝒹𝑔𝑒 𝒯 𝒟𝑒𝓁𝒾𝓁𝒶𝒽 (𝟤𝐸-𝟫𝟧)
Winter Calf | 12/12/24

The mating of Ray x Delilah captured Lauren and Matt's interest in last year's Eastern Fall Breeders Sale. This purchase combined the genetics of the breed's sweetheart, Delilah, with Ray's impressive maternal line, which boasts two consecutive generations of 96-point udders, and is destined to be a 𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙚 mating.

A special thank you goes to Kenzie and Kyle at Specific View Cattle Co. They did an excellent job developing Divine this year and had her looking her best for the summer and fall shows.

🥉 Third winter calf, WI Summer Championship Show

We can't wait to see the udder promise from this exciting Delilah daughter! We will begin flushing Divine soon. 𝙀𝙢𝙗𝙧𝙮𝙤 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚!

Ring photo by Cowsmo.

10/01/2025

𝙒𝙚’𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩! This top-10 PPR heifer from Hilltop Acres’ “N” family sells 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮 in the World Premier Brown Swiss sale. Get a head start on advancing your herd’s genetics with Night Fall ✨

Crazy Man x Phoenix Nightlife x Silver Nutella

She is a Natural for the World Premier Sale.

09/08/2025

We’re kicking off corn silage today🌽, but not without sharing these cool haylage clips first! Thank you to Tyler Hoscheit for capturing these awesome drone shots in July.

08/01/2025

We’re inching closer to August sire summaries and look forward to seeing the results as our sire 54BS611 DESIGN adds more data to his daughter proof.

🏆 Matt and Pam traveled to Colombia to attend the World Brown Swiss Conference and AgroExpo show last month where many calves sired by DESIGN topped their classes, including the junior champion and reserve junior champion heifers.

Matt is pictured with the reserve junior champion of the show.

06/30/2025

As June Dairy Month comes to a close, we'd like to express our gratitude to the farmers who work tirelessly year-round to stock grocery store shelves with nutritious dairy products. We have an exceptional team of employees who work hard to feed our community, and we couldn't do it without them. Thank you to all farmers, and cheers to June Dairy Month!

06/18/2025

🎶 This purchase will have you singing all the way home from the National Holstein Convention Sale. We're offering a flashy 𝗛𝗨𝗟𝗨 calf out of "𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗥's" (EX-91-EX-MS) Delta-Lambda daughter.

⭐️ 11 generations of Very Good and Excellent Dams
⭐️ All-American cow family
⭐️ Built to make an Excellent cow
⭐️ 𝗠𝗔𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗙 𝗬𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝟲𝟴𝟲-𝗘𝗧

Yodeler is housed at Scott & Nikki Culbertson's.

Bid last next Wednesday, June 25! View the sale catalog here: https://tinyurl.com/5n84mdju

06/17/2025

We had a great time visiting Dondale Farm and learning more about Irish dairy farming. Thank you for your hospitality! Great people and a beautiful herd. 🇮🇪

We look forward to crossing paths again!

06/05/2025

🇫🇷 This afternoon we welcomed guests from France to the farm to learn more about our herd nutrition, management, and facilities. Thanks for visiting, Diamond V group!

05/13/2025

While we're still healing from the loss of Karl last fall, Matt has taken positive action to improve the safety of our operation and support our team as we head into another busy crop season. We're sharing this story to hopefully encourage our farming friends to analyze and identify areas for safety improvement in their operations too. We want to see everyone in the farming community make it home safely each day!

CALEDONIA, Minn. — Brothers Matt and Karl Hendel always wanted to dairy farm together. “We grew up farming together in the sandbox and we never quit,” Matt Hendel said. …

04/23/2025

The Breeder's Touch Sale is a week and a half away! Make sure to check out our exciting lot from 54BS611 DESIGN's family that will sell on Saturday, May 3.

☁️ 𝗛𝗙 𝗣 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗠 | 𝗟𝗢𝗧 𝟭𝟲 ☁️
A fancy Prince calf that provides an excellent genetic base to work from. She has extreme components, well-rounded Type and excellent health traits!

➡️ The Breeder's Touch Sale Catalog: https://bit.ly/3GkrIFz