Logterman

The Logterman Cattle story begins nearly 100 years ago, when Dwight and his brother LeRoys grandfather, Ed, moved to South Dakota with his new bride, Martina. Like most farmers at that time, he had a few milk cows, a few beef cows, a few hogs, a few chickens, and even fewer dollars. Hard times hit and most farmers in the area eventually left, inclu... ding all six of his brothers and sisters. Later in life, Grandpa Ed joked that a person had to be awfully stubborn and stupid to stay. With a lot of work, perseverance, and Gods goodness and grace, his original homestead is still in the family. Dwights Hereford herd began in 1984 when he was employed by the ABC ranch of Kilgore, Nebraska. At that time, two cows were purchased from ABC and six from Marvannes father Marvin Feddes of Manhattan, MT. From those original eight, the herd has grown to about 175 cows. The Angus herd was added about 10 years ago with the purchase of embryos and females from LeRoy and has grown to about 90 cows. LeRoy (mostly known as Duke) spent about 30 years in education, first as a high school math teacher and later as a guidance counselor. It has been said that you can take the boy off the farm, but you cant take the farm out of the boy, and this seems to be true in Dukes case. In his retirement, Duke purchased some black Angus cows from the VanDyke Angus Ranch of Manhattan, MT and started to build his herd. Through embryo transplanting using high-quality cows and bulls, the herds have grown rapidly in the last 10 years. After the bull calves are weaned, Duke brings his bulls out to Dwights South Dakota ranch to be fed until the sale. Rob (Dwight & Marvanne's youngest) officially joined the ranch operation in the fall of 2009 after graduating from high school. He found himself at college for the spring semester that year but his heart had never left the ranch and so he returned to his first love - ranching. Rob had begun his herd prior to graduating from high school when he purchased one Hereford cow from Baker Herefords. He purchased six ...Read More