Bollum Family Shorthorns is a 5th generation family farm located east of Goodhue, Minnesota where the original Bollum’s settled in 1863. Shorthorns were used here from the very beginning because of their dual purpose traits. A pure beef herd was started in the 1930’s as Henry and Curtiss began showing purebred cattle as part of their 4-H projects.

The cattle operation today consists of 75 purebred Shorthorn females and 15 commercial females used as recipients in our Embryo Transplant program. While our careers take us away from the farm during the week, our father handles everything at the ranch. Then it becomes a true family operation on the weekends. Our collective goal has been to produce sound, functional cattle that will be profitable for purebred and commercial cattlemen alike.

We continue to participate in the Whole Herd Reporting program of the American Shorthorn Association.