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Beyond excited, and patiently waiting for Joy, our Lionel heifer to have her first calf! We are expecting an Apple-Crisp...
10/23/2025

Beyond excited, and patiently waiting for Joy, our Lionel heifer to have her first calf! We are expecting an Apple-Crisp December calf as long as she doesn't go early! 🤞🤞🤞Joy reminds us a LOT of her grand-dam Jewel in personality, but reminds us of her aunt Pearl in the face and similair build. She should turn into a nice cow, and we are excited to see how she looks milking!

Our one and only Jersey in the herd showed this past week at the MN State Fair in the Midwest Fall National Show. Photo ...
09/02/2025

Our one and only Jersey in the herd showed this past week at the MN State Fair in the Midwest Fall National Show. Photo credit goes to Cowsmo. We are incredibly proud of her, and are excited for her future!

Did you know Grand-View Holsteins girls supply the milk for Barnlight Candle Company?Barnlight Candle Company is a small...
12/02/2024

Did you know Grand-View Holsteins girls supply the milk for Barnlight Candle Company?

Barnlight Candle Company is a small batch hand-poured candle and wax melt company we started to use up some of the extra milk our girls produce. Since we only milk 1-4 cows at any given time of the year, we are too small to have our milk picked up, like normal dairy farmers. So, we raise extra calves as well as make delicious dairy products from our milk for our home-use. However, there's usually a little extra at the end of every milking.

In May 2023 we decided to get creative and started a candle business, where the profit would go to pay for feed, update and improve our herd's housing, invest in a trailer to use for cattle shows, etc... With this little bit of extra milk leftover, we pasteurize it and dry it down into powder form and use it in our soy wax candles and melts. This way not a drop of our ladies hard work goes to waste!

Barnlight Candle Company was also created to serve as a platform to educate the public about the dairy industry and dairy cattle in general. As the years go by we hope to bridge the gap between consumer and dairy producer, in a world where the dairy farming way of life has become a dying way of life.

We bring the love of cows and candles together in a unique way. We really push to keep it transparent that our products contain milk. As well as do our best to incorporate our cows whenever possible in the candle business. Like most companies, we too have sales or special deals, but instead of hosting these around holidays or normal corporate deal days...we do it on the birthdays of our beautiful cattle.

With Grand-View Apple-Crsp Jazzy turning 3 years old tomorrow, December 2nd...this is the deal we came up with for our candle customers.

If you're interested in trying one of our soy wax and cow's milk blended candles or wax melts, please feel free to visit our website:

www.barnlightcandlecompany.com

We've got some exciting news! We added a "little" brown to the herd in March...Mabel is growing like a w**d so don't min...
06/15/2024

We've got some exciting news! We added a "little" brown to the herd in March...Mabel is growing like a w**d so don't mind her lengthy stage right now. Fresh haircut photos to come over the weekend.
We also found out our Holstein prefix has been approved by Jersey Association! Working on a new logo and adding to our show sign for when we bring both breeds to shows. Lots of fun and exciting change!
Grand-View Holsteins & Jerseys has quite the nice ring to it! Watch for Mabel at the MN State Fair in August for her big showring debut!

This new scent continues to be a crowd pleaser! Check out the candle business we started up in May 2023 as a way for our...
03/14/2024

This new scent continues to be a crowd pleaser! Check out the candle business we started up in May 2023 as a way for our ladies to help make some moolah to pay for their feed and future new shed/updated housing! Thank moo to everyone who continues to support our cows and the candle business. It's been a fun adventure watching it take off and grow!

www.barnlightcandlecompany.com

We also have a page, go check it out to stay updated on sales, when/where we will be selling locally, and all the udder good stuff! 🐄🕯

Sneak peak of what's coming for our girls later this summer!! We can't wait and neither can they. ❤️🐄 Having proper hous...
03/13/2024

Sneak peak of what's coming for our girls later this summer!! We can't wait and neither can they. ❤️🐄 Having proper housing for them has been a HUGE goal and it's finally happening 🙌

Glory and Gem...half sisters out of Jewel!
03/13/2024

Glory and Gem...half sisters out of Jewel!

Unfortunately, our oldest cow Jewel is no longer with us. She had a mummified calf in her that we discovered when she we...
03/13/2024

Unfortunately, our oldest cow Jewel is no longer with us. She had a mummified calf in her that we discovered when she went past her calving date and the vet checked her. She now has passed across the rainbow bridge and is grazing peacefully in God's cow pasture in heaven. Until we meet again sweet girl ❤️💔

Did you know that our ladies of Grand-View Holsteins make candles with their milk?!Our first batch of saleable candles m...
12/14/2023

Did you know that our ladies of Grand-View Holsteins make candles with their milk?!

Our first batch of saleable candles made with soy wax and cow's milk was sold in May 2023 and they can now be purchased at Ellsworth Creamery-Menomonie in the retail store, Ross's Glenwood City Lockers and online at www.barnlightcandlecompany.com as well as at various farmers markets and craft sales in the area surrounding Menomonie!

We are pretty darn proud of our girls!

This business was created as a way for the ladies to pay for their own feed, saving up for a nice shed for them down the road as well as updates to their milking area! With our herd only being 3 milk cows and us not having a fancy pipeline or milk house, we aren't able to sell our girls milk like normal dairy farmers do. So, we got a bit innovative with what to do with their extra milk and found a way for them to be more sustainable!

Just goes to show that with a little creativity, lots of hard work and a big dream you can accomplish just about anything you put your mind to!

From our ladies to you, thank moo if you've purchased candles or plan to in the future! 90% of the profits from sales from Barnlight Candle Company products goes directly back to our girls and the other 10% we use to develop new scents, new products like our room spray line, be able to carry wax warmers, etc...

A month out from her calving date means this lady gets to start coming in at night just incase baby comes early. She's g...
11/03/2023

A month out from her calving date means this lady gets to start coming in at night just incase baby comes early. She's got a Doorman on board. Excited to see what we are going to get! She's due 12/2/2023 but has calved both early and late with her previous babies. This will be her 3rd lactation...she just turned 5 years old on 10/26/23. Scored VG-85 but will hopefully gain a point this time around.

Lot  #74 of the 2023 Barron Fall Sale is clipped, delivered and all settled into the sale barn! Jade is a sweet very cal...
10/31/2023

Lot #74 of the 2023 Barron Fall Sale is clipped, delivered and all settled into the sale barn! Jade is a sweet very calm just turned 4 year old who is easy to milk and work with. She's had her Bovishield Gold FP5 L5 shot on July 1st and is confirmed pregnant from a sexed Doc breeding date of 8/27/2023. She's not a huge cow, but she's a heck of a milker and will most likely go up in production as we don't have a TMR or corn silage/haylage ration.
Her last test she was at 87,000 SCC 3.2%Protein 3.7%Fat milking 70lbs a day. Could easily be a 100lb milker with a better production-geared dairy ration.

2 for 1 deal on this sweetheart! She's one of our favorites and it will be hard to watch her sell on Saturday. We know she will make her new owners very happy and will be a joy for them as she is for us. Come and check her out! Sale is this Saturday, November 4th. Cattle viewing starts at 10am. Sale to follow.

Thank you for your consideration, please message with any questions, we would be happy to answer!

Barron Fall Sale catalog is up and our lady, Grand-View Bradnick Jade-TW will be offered for your consideration! We will...
10/23/2023

Barron Fall Sale catalog is up and our lady, Grand-View Bradnick Jade-TW will be offered for your consideration! We will be testing this week to update her production record as well as get preg check results back. Haven't seen her come into heat, so we are hopeful she's got a beautiful Doc (hopefully heifer) on the way! She was bred with sexed semen so the chances are good 👍

First two photos are from the end of her 1st lactation, last two photos are from August. She's a beautiful girl that makes some nice babies! Pictured in the catalog is her Apple-Crisp heifer calf shown at the 2021 District Show. Jade herself has also been shown at the District level, so could easily go right back into some cow classes next summer!

She's easy going, very sweet and loves scratches under the chin, easy to milk, breeds back, and produces darn well even with our No TMR, no corn silage ration. We would expect her to increase in production a little for this lactation if she's in a herd that provides those components in their milk cow ration. She's a very healthy cow, zero issues with her, and even as a calf she was the picture of health, no scours, no pneumonia. She's been vaccinated with Bovishield Gold FP5 L5 prior to breeding, so good to go until her J-5 vaccine closer to calving. Full vaccination records available upon request.

Bring her home, milk her a few months, dry her up, let her calve in and watch her bloom into her 3rd lactation for you. She's got a lot of years left to be a good, productive cow in her new herd!

Will post updated photos this week on her.

Thank you for your consideration!

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