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Never be afraid to change - that pretty much summarizes the philosophy of Terry and Dale Adamson since they formed the Diamond J Cattle Co. in 2001 and took over the management of their father's ranch.
But that wasn't the beginning of the Diamond J brand. I asked the boys' father, Art, how the original cattle operation got started. He replied, "We started out running the ranch for the Meadow Lake Meat Market and we had nine cows - four range cows and five milk cows. Then we took cows on shares and began to buy Hereford bulls. Later, Meadow Lake Meat Market bought another ranch and we purchased Hereford heifers from there and put them on our place. Because all the cattle were on shares, we had the meat market cows too and in the end we were branding twice as many calves as them. They didn't really like that because we were getting more out of it than they were. So we found this place and moved here in the spring of 1947. We bought all Hereford cows and have used Hereford bulls ever since."
That "new place" was what became the famous Adamson Bros. Ranch that Art and his brother Jim and their families established northwest of Makwa , Saskatchewan . For nearly 50 years, Art and Jim have been a welcome sight at cattle functions throughout the country. Both are very personable and well liked by all that meet them. In 1995, they decided to split that partnership in order to give each other's families room to grow and establish a next generation of ideas.