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Focused on Quality Forages
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By Terry Ropp
The West family has been on their Arkansas farm for six generations The Randy and Cheryl West farm in needed extensive and costly updating. The Prairie Grove, Ark., was founded in couple decided it was the right time to leave 1860 by Robert Jay West. Randy and the poultry industry. They did, however, conCheryl are the fourth generation with their tinue forage production and a cow/calf operdaughters being the fifth and their grandchil- ation. “The process of watching hay grow dren the sixth to farm the land. and then cutting, raking and balFarms like theirs capture the ing it is very satisfying,” Cheryl heart of American agriculture by Prairie Grove, Ark. explained. “Randy is a perfectionchanging, evolving and adapting ist and everything he does helps us as times dictate. Chicken producproduce high-quality hay and maintion began in 1957, with Randy tain customers year after year.” taking over in 1974. After raising In the 1980s, the couple identified a chickens for 40 years, the houses
Randy and Cheryl West, pictured with their grandson Brody, strive to produce top-quality hay, in addition to their cow/calf operation.
Offering....65 fall & yearling Gelbvieh/Gelford bulls 5 Gelbvieh show heifers 25 pens of Gelbvieh, Gelford and Gelbvieh influenced open heifers
14th Annual
Fall Gelbvieh/Gelbvieh influenced bred heifers
Production Sale
Saturday, April 3, 2021 • 1:00 p.m. CST
Sells at Lot 1 “American Pride”
He Sells!
Selling the Res. National Champ. Pen of Three Gelbvieh Bulls
He Sells!
First calf Gelbvieh & commercial Gelbvieh influenced heifer pairs
She Sells!
She Sells!
Circle S Ranch
John & Carla Shearer & Family • Canton, Kansas Home 620-628-4621 • John Cell 620-654-6507 • Johnny Cell 620-654-6731 Email: circle_s@hometelco.net www.circlesgelbvieh.com
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Ozarks Farm & Neighbor • www.ozarksfn.com
MARCH 15, 2021
