| Calved | Tattoo | BW | Milk | $EN | WW | YW | SC |
| 02/13/16 | 9D | -.5 | +20 | +16 | +22 | +35 | - |
Bill Hodge is a man that I have the highest regards for. He has been around and knows good Angus cattle as well as anyone I know. In a recent email, he was talking about two embryo sons out of the same cow from the Pinebank herd in New Zealand. I was not really in the market for two new bulls and I told Bill that I did not feel comfortable without seeing & knowing who their mother was. This then led to a phone call. He said, “Mark you know the mother, I have a photo of her that you took when you & Cathy were in New Zealand.” I take a lot of photos of cows so I still couldn’t picture the cow he was talking about. Bill emailed the photo I took when she was 17 years old and a photo that he took when she was 5 years old. I knew right away the mother of the two bulls that Bill had for sale. She was my favorite cow in the entire Pinebank herd. I purchased both of these bulls, the 9D and the 10D. Both are being used at Diamond D Angus. The Pinebank genetics that we have used do very well on forage alone. I have no doubt that they will also do well in the feed lot. I only know of one bull that has feet as good as the 9D Bull and that would also be a Pinebank influence bull, HAR Pinebank 443/202.