Community mourning the loss of agriculture leader

Cindy Aguirre-Herrera

(Seguin) -- For decades, the name Luensmann has been synonymous with anything farm and ranch. That’s all thanks to many years and now the legacy Benno Luensmann of the Seguin Cattle Company has left behind. Luensmann died Sunday.

Over the years, family members say Benno has received many awards for his accomplishments as well as recognition for a lifetime of service to the community and agriculture. His son, Bryan Luensmann says agriculture was simply his father’s passion.

“Dad was born in Zuehl, Texas. He married mom in 1957 and he took a job here in Seguin. He taught at Seguin High School. He taught at TLU when it still had an Ag department. He has done a little bit of everything in this community. He served back in the day as the fair president. In ’78, they bought the Cattle Company him and his two brothers and they turned it from a rundown beat up sell barn to a multi-million sell barn. So, he has had a lot of achievements in this life. Gosh, there is nothing in agriculture where he didn’t sit on a committee, or he wasn’t involved with the kids. It was his lifelong passion,” said Bryan.

Benno, pg. 3