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Dear
Cattleman,
First of all I want to
wish you and your family a Happy 2011. It is hard to believe another
year has passed. I have been wanting to write this letter for quite
some time now. I am going to use the poor excuses of being too busy
helping with household chores and raising a family. However, Cindy
might dispute the household chores since I have trouble with laundry
and dishes. Regardless, I apologize because you as a cattle producer
are important to our operation and I value your business and
friendship.
I need to update you on
Nagel Cattle Company and our family. Cindy sold her ultrasound
business a couple of years ago to Steve and Amy Muller. She went
back into education and works for Mid-Central Education Coop as an
Instructional Specialist. This allows her to work with different
school districts implementing various educational programs based on
the needs of the district. Now she can be home most nights and
attend most of the girls’ activities. The girls do keep us on our
toes. Shayna (17) is a junior, Chesney (15) is a freshman, Cheylee
(11) a fifth grader, and Shalayne (5) is in Kindergarten. Depending
on the season we live and breathe sports, this includes volleyball,
basketball, track, and then rodeo and showing cattle all summer long
together. We are very proud of their accomplishments, values, and
personalities. It is amazing how fast time goes by and the emphasis
of business switches to family and their activities. Now for Landon
( 25), is married to Kelsey and they have a place by Coleman, SD.
Landon has been working the last couple of years with various cattle
producers. He has spent the last year working for a Club Calf
breeder which has been a very valuable experience for him. He has
gotten the clubby bug out of his system and is planning on coming
home to help me. We are going to work strictly on enhancing the
Maine-Anjou genetics we have and add some Simm. genetics for
enhancing female production.
Landon’s return home has
energized me and has my wheels turning again! I look forward to
utilizing his talents to present and promote our top end genetics on
a national scale. This will allow me to focus on day to day
activities, herd quality and expansion, and you our valued
customers. With that being said, I want to invite all of you to come
and see our cattle. I truly believe our females and bulls (both high
% and/or maintainers) are as good as you can find anywhere in the
breed especially in volume and uniformity.
We work extremely hard to
produce and select the best females that are moderate, functional,
and productive cows that have longevity. I am very proud to have my
cow herd in my pastures along the highway. Furthermore, my true
pride and joy is raising and selling bulls. Bulls that are built
from the ground up, big footed, clean jointed, that are big middle,
thick and soft made both in muscle shape and fleshing ability. Along
with this, paying close attention to highly heritable genetic traits
that add value to whatever segment where pay weight is captured and
end product adding value.
Our 2011 sale bulls look
great! A uniform set of bulls that still offer variety in
bloodlines, percentages, and production goals. Stop in and see them
and visit about your production goals and needs. It is a time in our
cattle program that we are utilizing contacts to help develop, on a
larger scale, a customer buyback program. I will keep you informed
on the progress of this endeavor.
I am proud of my family,
cattle, and customers. I hope you feel the same to be associated
with Nagel Cattle Company. I take great pride in the fact that once
our cattle are sold, they do not return, only their progeny!
We are once again giving
out customer appreciation jackets at our bull sale. If you have
purchased six or more bulls in the last ten years you will qualify
for a jacket. You will need to attend the sale to receive your
jacket. We have a NEW SALE DATE: MONDAY MARCH 7, 2011 at 1:00
located at the 7N Arena west of Springfield. The format of the sale
will be the bulls housed in the arena for viewing and then the bulls
will be run through the sale ring for auction. Please mark the date
on your calendar.
As always you are welcome
to stop in or call. We look forward to hearing from you!
Nagel Cattle Company
Blane Nagel and family
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