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Vol. 21., No. 3
Serving Commercial Cattlemen & Registered Hereford Breeders
Published by: Hereford America, Inc. • 13823 Beaver Creek Place • Reva, SD 57651
Editorial Comments... Jill Bayers Hotchkiss This issue celebrates two historic Hereford ranches, Schafer Ranch in Minnesota and Van Newkirk HereJill Hotchkiss fords in Nebraska. They both held anniversary celebrations this summer and fall. This is quite a milestone especially in the registered cattle business. For a family to be dedicated to one breed of cattle for that length of time is incredible. Think of what the families have endured from from the 1890s to early 1900s and all the years on up to 2017. There have been a lot of changes in the cattle business in the just last 10 years, I can hardly imagine what (continued on page 28)
Byron Bayers Most of us have heard about Greater Omaha for years and most of the cattle breeders in the purebred business are Byron Bayers fully aware that Greater Omaha has been the leader in handling our Certified Hereford Beef® product. Probably, very few of you know very much about the owner and Chief Operation officer of Greater Omaha. I am among that group who knew very little about Greater Omaha other than about the people, that are working for Greater Omaha, and the CHB brand. In Forbes magazine, the issue of October 24, 2017, a great article appeared, called “A Cut Above” written (continued on page 28)
November/December 2017
Van Newkirk Herefords Celebrates 125 Years of Registered Herefords 125 years in the making... John & Lizzy Van Newkirk dismantled their covered wagon, floated it across the North Platte river and “encouraged” their oxen to swim across as they made their way to stake a claim in Garden County, NE in the 1880s. In 1892, they found a little piece of paradise, not far off the North Platte river outside of Oshkosh, NE, to call The Van Newkirk family celebrated the ranch’s 125th anniversary with family, friends and a horsedrawn wagon tour through the bulls. Photo by Cathy Wright home. 125 years and six generations later, the In their words, “We’ve seen lean ing hired men and amazing customers. Van Newkirks still call their little piece years, tough times, green years and (many with ranches older than ours). of paradise home. There have been bliz- better times. God has blessed us with Van Newkirk Hereford Ranch celzards, droughts, Longhorns, race hors- incredible neighbors, wonderful land- ebrated 125 years Saturday, August es, sheep, milk cows and Herefords. lords, tremendous friends, hardwork(continued on page 30)
Schafer Ranch Celebrates 100 Years of Registered Herefords
On September 23rd, Schafer Herefords of Buffalo Lake, MN celebrated 100 years of Hereford genetic progress Held at the ranch, the event drew approximately 150 people from at least six states. Cattle were on display including bred heifers, cows, and herd bulls with a wagon to take people out into the herd. In 1900, John and Mary Klucas and their two young sons, Art and Emmett, moved to the ranch from the Blue Earth, MN. Two daughters, Frances and Gladys were born within the next
Heifers on display at Schafer’s 100th anniversary celebration.
few years to complete the family. In 1917 John and his brother-in-law traveled by train to Garner, IA, where John purchased four registered Hereford heifers. In 1919 John D. and Dora Schafer with their nine children moved from Sherburn, MN to a farm just south of Buffalo Lake, about three miles west (continued on page 32)