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Member News Layssard Honored as Rancher of the Year F or his efforts in grazing management, active brush control, community involvement and other innovative practices, the Jim Wells Coun- ty Soil and Water Conservation District recently recognized James W. Layssard as its 2017 Rancher of the Year. Layssard and his wife, Jane, operate their ranch on approximately 130 acres near Alice, Texas, with an eight-pasture rotational grazing system and an annual forage production field for their beef cattle operation. He uses one pasture primarily for forage sorghum production, leaving the remaining eight pastures for his grazing rotation. He recently added a certified Akaushi bull to his herd. Layssard also has an active wildlife and recreation program – he trains hunting dogs for dove and quail season. He recently expanded a low-lying area and pumps water to it to provide a small fishing pond where he raises catfish. The Layssards also have a fenced garden and use a rainwater catchment system to provide most of the water for the garden. Recently, he built a nice pen and small shed for his backyard poultry. PT

NEW MEMBERS

New Lifetime Members Matt Robinson, Robinson Ranch, The Woodlands, Texas Broken Winds Cattle Company, Bar 73 Ranch, Canyon, Texas NewMembers James Stephenson, Medicine Valley Ranch, Highmore, S.D. Shamus Donahoe, Houston, Texas Rich and Kim Oller, Oller-Nothin Ranch, Lubbock, Texas

Dwayne and Tammie Cypriano, Hawaii Lowline Cattle Co. LLC, Honokaa, Hawaii John, Rita and Chris Dutton, Dutton Cattle Company, Bannock, Ohio Susan and Tim Stallings, Gustine, Texas Paul Lockett, Ko Hamn Ranch, Hempstead, Texas

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their businesses. Producers can continue to run their businesses the same way their fathers and grandfathers did. However, while those producers stay stagnant, others are thinking about the future and making progressive changes to their businesses by choosing to utilize all of the available tech- nology and putting their commercial cus- tomers first. “No one has to change a single thing they’re doing, but here’s the reality – they will have to compete with those who do,” Brown said. Regardless of whether a producer raises 25 or 1,000 head of cattle, Brown encour- aged Akaushi breeders to be the very best at what they do. Each ranch is unique, but following Brown’s 10 commandments of a successful seedstock producer will benefit cattle producers of all sizes in their quests for success. PT

We will be selling 10, 2- and 3-year-old fullblood bulls and 10-20 crossbred heifers and cows set to calve in March.

RAISED ON GRASS AND FINISHED ON OUR GRAIN. RETAIL MEAT FOR SALE

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