OFFICIAL PUBLICATION of the HEARTLAND LIMOUSIN ASSOCIATION • MAR/APR 2017
Josh Guttau Named NALF Commercial Producer of the Year
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350 acres in Treynor and 1,000 acres at their Glenwood site. Josh maintains a strict breeding limit for bulls; yearling bulls naturally service 20 cows, 2-yearold bulls are allowed 30 cows, and 3-yearold bulls and older cover 30-35 cows. A 75-day calving season is the goal. Guttau retains approximately 25 percent of the heifer crop as possible replacements. He prefers homozygous black and polled. Timber Stream Cattle Co. includes 1,250’ of fence line feed bunks used to winter cows and bulls, heifer development; and backgrounding calves to 550-750 weights before sending to feedlots for finishing or to a sale barn. Their herd consists of 500 cows (commercial Angus, Lim-Flex, and Hereford Black Baldies). They use all Limousin or Lim-Flex bulls purchased from Vorthmann Limousin and the Iowa Beef Expo. Congratulations, Josh!
Kiley McKinna Selected NALF Promoter of the Year iley McKinna of MC Marketing
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osh Guttau of Timber Stream Cattle Co., McClelland, Iowa, was honored at the 2017 National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado, as the North American Limousin Foundation (NALF) Commercial Producer of the Year. The award was presented to Guttau at the annual banquet held at the DoubleTree Hotel Monday, January 9. Guttau is a sixth-generation agricultural and cattle producer in the southwestern part of Iowa. His fourth great-grandfather homesteaded some
Management was selected as the North American Limousin Foundation (NALF) Promoter of the Year. He was recognized at the annual banquet held January 9, 2017, at the DoubleTree Hotel in Denver, Colorado. This prestigious award is given to a person or industry who has displayed an active interest or role in promoting the Limousin breed. Roger Vorthmann of Treynor, Iowa, made the presentation and stated. “The recipient this year displays a passion for the Limousin breed and its breeders that is evident when you visit with him. Honesty, integrity, a pleasant personality, and a sincere care and concern for everyone he has contact with are descriptive of him. His energy and enthusiasm for Limousin and Lim-Flex cattle are contagious when you are around him.” Kiley and his brother, Mike, grew up on a farm/ranch in southeast Saskatchewan, Canada. He graduated from Redvers High School in Redvers,
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of the farm back in the 1860s and it still remains in the family. Josh stated, “It has been my honor to be the Guttau to bring our family ‘knee deep’ back into the cow-calf industry.” He started his career with an 8th grade 4-H breeding heifer project from his uncle’s cow herd which was across the road on the original family homestead. As a high school freshman, Josh built a file in Microsoft Excel that he still uses today for tracking cow and calving information. The file contains all of the information back to the beginning heifer 25 years ago. This has allowed him to make improvements over the years and create uniformity in the herd. The past two years, Josh has been able to use the success of his banking organization to launch their family ‘head first’ into the production side of the ag industry. The operation is now located in two places, 20 miles apart. They have
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