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to see his children and grandchildren become
more involved in the family operation.
If elected to serve on the NALF board, Bruce looks
forward to working with and serving his fellow
members to grow the breed and further penetrate
the commercial bull market with the ultimate
goals being to strengthen the Limousin breed’s
position and image in the U.S. beef cattle industry.
Charles Linhart
Linhart Limousin, Leon,
Iowa, began as CJ
Limousin in 1979 with
the purchase of 4-H
projects for Charles, and
his brother, John. The
halfblood heifers formed
the base for the herd that
called Minnesota home
until 1983. In operation
with his parents, David and Lana, the operation
has grown to near 800 producing females. The
operation relies heavily on AI and also uses
embryo transplant with the goal of producing
bulls for commercial cattlemen and replacement
females for fellow seedstock producers. Linhart
cattle are raised on fescue pastures and have the
resistance to work in the harshest of conditions.
They have adopted the no ‘short cuts’ mentality
over the years that reflects in the many premier
donor cow families and elite herd sires. Charles
is a member of the Iowa and Missouri Limousin
Associations, as well as NALF. Charles and his
wife, Heather, have three sons, Aaron, Kyle
and Kevin. Charles enjoys spending time with
his family, as well as hunting and fishing.
Wade Beckman
As you would imagine, being from Idaho, Wade
was born and raised on a potato farm in the south-
eastern part of the state. The family farm also
had a set of commercial
cows. It didn’t take
Wade long to figure out
he would rather raise
cattle than spuds.
Wade and wife Vicki
bought their first
Limousin bull, in
1979, to use on their
commercial cows. In 1983 Wade became the cattle
manager for the Broken Arrow Ranches Limousin
operation. After their dispersal in 1994, Wade and
Vicki decided to continue on their own in the
Limousin seed-stock business. As with many start
up agriculture operations, an off-farm job comes
into play. Wade became a professional applicator
for a large retail fertilizer and chemical dealer.
In 2008, when their son, Sedar and his wife, Danna
graduated from college, they returned home to
farm full time. Today the father-son team, along
with their wives, own and operate Beckman
Livestock and Farming, a mid-size hay and malt-
barley farm with 100 Lim-Flex females and a small
group of commercial cows. They also enjoy the
support of their daughter Devori and her husband,
Dr. Matt Spangler. In 2013, the family also started
an annual bull sale along with two Angus breeders.
Wade is also currently a director on the
board of the West-side Soil and Water
Conservation District and a director on the
board of the Butte-Market Lake Canal Co.
Randy Corns
Super C Limousin is
owned and operated by
Randy Corns, his wife
Nancy, and two daughters
Randee and Ashlee. Randy,
along with his dad, Jim,
started raising Limousin
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