Butlerview Farm

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Jeff & Lori Butler with children Brady, Autumn & Connor

Ariel Jeff and Jim

Jeff & Jim Butler with Ariel at Parade of Perfection

The Butlers

Jim and Jeff Butler along with their mom, Joyce, are the owners of Butlerview Farm. The original facility was built in the mid 1970's as an export facility for their father Jim's export business. It has been remodeled and today it houses all of the heifers and bulls at Butlerview. Jim and Jeff's passion for the industry has brought them to the forefront of breed leading genetics and many All American and All Canadian winners.

They have recently constructed a new state of the art facility located right next to the original facility. This new facility along with an outstanding staff will provide Butlerview with the tools to provide a marketing dream. No matter what age all of Butlerviews high genomic, brood cows, or show animals will be on display at all times in one location.

Jim and Jeff both graduated from the University of Illinois. Jim sells medical devices for coronary and vascular procedures. Jim and his wife Janelle have 3 children - Austin -14; Logan - 12; Abbie-10.

Jeff's career has brought him into several different aspects of agriculture which have given him many opportunities. Jeff is the sales and marketing manager and works with large farmers selling them crop inputs for Ryco Ag located in Bushnell, IL. His partner in that business is Bob Ryan - a college fraternity brother. Jeff and his wife Lori have 3 children - Connor - 9; Autumn - 6; and Brady - 2.

Our Facilities


State of the Art Box Stall Barn Designed with the utmost care and attention this new state of the art facility will be the home to many household names like Chassity, Ariel, Brasila and Brocade!		Cow Comfort 26 large box stalls with outside run access allow animals with the opportunity to get as much exercise as they require.


Box Stall Barn Well lit open alleys with rubber floors throughout both the alleys and boxstalls allow for easy walking to milking, washing and embryo transfer areas.		Heifer Care Heifers are looked after in large heifer facility adjacent to the milking barn. Capacity of over 200 heifers under one roof with outside covered feed troughs provides the opportunity to keep all genetics in one location. Heifers are fed a grain, oats protein mix along with free choice grass hay.


Baby Calves Baby calves are housed in hutches bedded with shavings with a small outside fenced exercise area. They are fed milk replacer for 4 months. All calves and heifers are on a regular vaccination program.		Weaning Program Once calves are weaned they housed in super hutches with 2-3 other calves of similar age. This provides them with the opportunity to socialize preparing them for larger group pens at 5 months of age. During this time they recievie a special calf ration as well as free choice grass hay.


Bulls-Separate Housing Bull calves are housed separately in order to provide isolation giving them their best chance for entry into AI.		Flushing Facilities Our federally approved lab provides the best quality service for in vitro fertilization or conventional flushing of embryos for both us and our customers animals on a regular basis.