If the Olson’s could sit everyone at the same table, when guests come to tour the Olson Land & Cattle ranch near Hereford, Texas, they absolutely would. For close to 30 years now the family has hosted ranch tours, earning them the Certified Angus Beef ® Ambassador Award.
In everything he does, Ryan Noble pushes the limits of success to what some would call overachieving. To everyone else, it’s no surprise Noble Ranch was named the Certified Angus Beef ® 2019 Commercial Commitment to Excellence Award winner.
Tom Jones at Hy-Plains Feedyard sets the bar high. He is a thought-leader in the industry and works hard to learn and educate. His progressive mindset on management is just one reason he earned the CAB Progressive Partner Award.
Self-proclaimed “number nerds” Art and Stacy inherited the craving for information documentation on their herd of 800 cows. It serves a vision the Butlers held long before the market directly justified it, and it earned them the 2019 CAB Seedstock Commitment to Excellence Award.
Norm and Sharon Timmerman encouraged their children to follow their own passions. After college, Jason started with Timmerman Feeding, while CPA Kristin ran her own accounting firm and Ryan pursued a degree in business management.
Sometimes there is no formal succession plan. There are no conversations about what might come to be. Sometimes there are just little clues as to what the future might hold.
Each week, Nebraska cattleman Gerald Timmerman would flip open Sunday’s thick Omaha World Herald. After morning chores, he’d scan the want ads, taking note of which ones might fit his skill set, just in case. “It was amazing back then, there was quite a few jobs I’d fill in, and I haven’t looked lately, but I think it would be pretty narrow what I’d be qualified for today,” says Timmerman with a chuckle.
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