18th Annual Sandhills Cattle Association Ranch Tour, Part 1

[Soapweed]

The 18th annual Sandhills Cattle Association ranch tour was today. The weather cooperated wonderfully, with temperatures in the mid-forties. It was a very enjoyable day, and we got to see lots of top quality cattle on beautiful ranches deep in the heart of the Sandhills

Touring through the Kime ranch, farther away from any towns than any other ranch in Nebraska. It is 45 miles from Nenzel and 45 miles from Whitman, and are they really towns?

Bred heifers at the J.H. Kime & Sons Cattle Company

Kime Ranch from the south

Some of the Kime Cattle Company crew

Ronna Morse, the very capable manager of the SCA

John Ravenscroft explaining the operation of the Three Bar Cattle Company

Looking down on the Three Bar headquarters

Cattle that will be sold as grass fat in May or June. The Three Bar Ranch is organically certified.

They are already carrying a lot of condition

Another one

Dinner stop at the Cutcomb Lake School

Good beef

Some of the tour goers at the Jerry Adamson family's Rocking J Ranch

The very nice canopy covered arena, which measures 220 feet x 100 feet

Lowlines

Some half Maine Anjou half Angus bulls at the Rocking J

Duane Kime and Orville Beyea discussing ranch issues

Cute advertising slogan

Dee Adamson and some of her cutting horses

The tour continues to the next stop.

[Denny]

A couple of my friend's were at Kime's last spring night calveing and feeding.Small world eh.

Thank's for the tour.

Don't the have a Cattlemen's Ball down there this time of year also?

A few years back on my way to Denver it was advertised on the radio.

[Soapweed]

[Red Robin]

Thanks for the pictures. I found the grass fat steers interesting. They are well conditioned for grass cattle (or they are to me). Do you know their age?

[Soapweed]

[Red Robin]

One more thing, do you care to guess a weight? 900?

[Soapweed]

[Shortgrass]

Thanks for the pictures! Kimes were the next place south of where I worked for a short time. Had a good friend that worked for Jerry Adamson, and spent lots of time running coyotes there. Was a trip back in time and I had fun! John Ravenscroft isn't a kid anymore, but maybe I ain't either. We went to church at Ravenscrofts. It was held in their home.

[CattleArmy]

Nenzle and Whitman I don't even think count as towns. Aren't they both unincorporated? Whitman saw a very agriculture helping business shut the doors this fall. Plus the school went to. It's seems that more of the small towns are having this happen. If it wasn't for the post office and some of the older people it seems these small Nebraska towns would just die.


Thanks for showing the lowlines. I'm gonna have to have Grandma come over and look. She wanted me to get pictures of them in Denver and they left the day before we got there. I won't be surprised if we don't have a few soon.

[Red Robin]

[Jassy]

Sure was good to see alot of familiar faces...Buzz & Shirley kime have been friends of our for years, and to see Orville Beyea out and about is a wonderful thing, since his wife just passed away...Looks like you did have a great day seeing folks and them great sandhills cattle..Thanks

[Big Muddy rancher]

Looked like a great tour.