Closed Herd, Open Minds
by Laura Nelson
No one knows a cow herd as well as the owners — except maybe their veterinarian. For Coldwater, Kan., brothers Bob and Dennis Huck, no one knows their cattle better than they do.
“What’s unique about us, more than anything else, is our closed herd,” says Dennis, a retired veterinarian. “We use our own cattle bloodlines and our own breeding programs. We raise our own bulls, use our own bulls, and keep our own heifers. I don’t know a lot of ranches this size that can operate like that.”
The brothers and their sister, Janice Moore, own and manage 500 Angus cattle at Huck Ranch Inc. with the help of Moore’s son, Randyl Gean. Bob and his son Nathan have another 450-cow commercial herd to the south. Dennis started a registered Angus herd in the late 1980s. Together, they manage one tight ship. ...
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