Our family has been raising cattle for many generations. The original family farm is located in Delevan, Illinois. Rob’s dad Quentin raised Registered Polled Herefords for many years along with commercial cattle. In the late 1960’s Angus bulls were used on the Hereford cowherd. Quentin realized the benefits of crossbreeding and looking to the future began to investigate the new continental beef breeds that were coming into North America via artificial insemination. After trying different breeds, Limousin was identified as being the best suited for our operation and environment. They fit our management scheme very well. We found Limousin cattle to be very easy calving and vigorous at birth which was a necessity as the cowherd was calved out in the foothills in rugged country where it was next to impossible to keep watch over them during calving. Our calving pasture was comprised of three sections of unfenced tree covered terrain with deep draws and steep hills.