Ole Grubbe has raised Black Galloways as a 'one-hand farmer' since March, 1986 at Cloppenburg in the vicinity of Bremen, northwest Germany. Foundation stock for the herd were four in-calf heifers from Scotland, Scottish Queen of Miefield, Craigmuie Floradora, Kirsten of Castlefairn, and Fluffy of Castlefairn. 

Grubbe's career was primarily military. He was born in 1938 and after high school from 1955 to 1956 was cadet and trainee on the German sailing vessels Pamir and Passat, then until 1960 pursued an education in farming -- but spent the next 30 years until retirement in 1991 as an officer in the German Air Force. Captain Grubbe's duties were as pilot and flight instructor on helicopters, and he has logged a total of 9000 flying hours. The 10 years prior to retirement were primarily spent in the rescue service out of the City of Hamburg, with more than 1200 sorties to his credit.

Ole notes, "Today I am working as tenant on fifteen hectars grassland, nine hectars good pasturage and 6 hectars poor and very wet grassland. I still breed with eight home bred pedigree cows of my old cow families, and keep approximately 20 animals around the year." Heifers are sold as breeding stock at age fifteen to eighteen months, bulls are slaughtered at weight 500 to 550 kp, aged about 24 months, and the beef is marketed privately. Only a very few bulls of the highest quality are sold as breeding stock.

Though Ole modestly notes, "I have had only a few show successes," in 1994 at Verden champion bull Labrador sold for 11000 DM, the first German-bred bull to top 10000 DM. The same year an 11-month-old heifer, Queen-Zwei, was class winner at Alsfeld and sold for 5000 DM. She later became a very successful show cow, earning several championships. Ole also had bulls that were class winners at Verden in 1995 and 1996, and sold for more than 5000 DM.

Since 1992 Grubbe has edited the Deutsches Galloway Journal. He was vice chairman of Bundesverband Deutscher Galloway-Zuchter in 1992 and 1993, and since 1997 has been chairman of the organization. Beginning in  1994 Ole selected bulls for the breed in Lower Saxony and performed as a Galloway judge in Germany. He was instrumental in formation of the Galloway World Council, serving as formative chairman, and continues to serve on the Council's executive committee.

Ole was married in July, 1961, and the Grubbes have three adult daughters and one 2-year-old grandson.