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The Midwest Cattleman · August 25, 2022 · P20
SimGenetics Takes Roth Farm & Ranch into the Future

by Lilly Platts, American Simmental Association

Roth Farm and Ranch, loca- both tracts of land where my ses of cows and settled
ted near Sterling, Kansas, has mom and dad were born,” Nor- on Angus as a good fe-
found success in both their man explains. male. Angus can’t do it
commercial cow-calf operation His first experience with by themselves, but the
and seedstock herd through Simmental was in the 1970s Simmental bulls on
SimGenetics. Siblings Cami when his father Charles took a Angus cows have wor-
and Colton Roth recently re- detour from the dairy business. ked well,” he says. Left to right: Colton, his wife Kaitlyn, Cindy,
turned to the family operation, Norman recalls, “I grew up on a Cindy Roth, Nor- Norman, Cami, and Charles.
representing the next genera- dairy. I was a sophomore when man’s wife, explains
tion of young producers. Roth my dad quit his dairy. In the that their children, Cami and round me and make friends
Farm and Ranch was featured early 70s my dad bred some Colton, also grew up with a de- with me. As I got older, I kept
in the Stand Strong Simmen- of the lower-end Holstein cows sire to stay on the family ope- liking it more. My parents gave
tal series by Grant Company. to Simmental, and we realized ration. “Cami and Colton have me a bred heifer for Christmas
when I was eight years old, and
A Century in Agriculture the amount of beef it put on an always loved the farm, since I was able to start my own herd
Norman Roth always knew animal and the growth. The- they were very little, and they at that point and have grown
that he wanted to remain on re’s been a Simmental bull on always wanted to come back from there. Being around catt-
the family farm and ranch, the place since we got into the and be here. Cami came back le is what I’ve always loved. As
beef business.”
after attending Kansas State
located on the productive Kan- I’ve gotten older, I’ve learned
He
remembers
Charles University, and Colton came
sas plains near Sterling. “I don’t buying a group of Angus cows back after attending Hutchin- more about it and been able
remember ever wanting to do to take on more responsibility,
anything else. I think you’re in 1977, one of which was a son Community College. They not just as day labor but also in
mousy-colored gray cow that are doing what they always
born with it in your blood.” management and the work be-
His family has a deep his- stood out as being Simmental. said they wanted to do,” she hind making it better, growing
tory in south-central Kansas. This cow always weaned the says. it for the future, improving
“We have some land that has biggest calf, introducing him She adds, “Farming is a very the quality of the genetics, the
to the importance of crossbree- good place to raise kids because
been in the family since 1899 quality of the animals, the qua-
and have three tracts that are ding. “I’ve always known that they have to learn responsibi- lity of the grass that we have,
crossbreeding is important. lity. We gave them each a bred
over 100 years old. We have and exploring what can I do to
We’ve had a few different cros- heifer when they were seven or make this more profitable and
eight years old, and they were
Boyle Ranch responsible for the bills, and better for the future.”
Boyle Ranch
Colton says, “I grew up on
have since grown their herds.
They both enjoy gardening and the farm and just always loved
Annual Private Treaty Bull Sale would raise veggies to sell to being outside and doing work.
the neighbors. Cami always Before I was even in school, I
grew beautiful flower gardens, would be out with my dad loo-
and I told her I would pay her king at cows or going out in
if she did the work. They both the fields with him. If it got too
enjoyed everything about the late, he would help convince
farm, with the outdoors and my mom that I could stay out
everything that goes with it.” later if I could take a nap in the
Cami and Colton both echo tractor. Through school I wor-
their parents’ recollections ked in the summers, and after
of their early passion for ag- school if I had time, and as I got
riculture. Cami says, “I don’t older, I just knew this is what I
remember not liking cattle. wanted to do. I graduated from
When I was a tiny kid, I would Hutchinson with a farm and
Boyle Ranch Ferrari 156F • ASA# 3533307 be out in the pen sitting with ranch degree and came back to
the farm full time after that.”
Multiple sons sell the heifers and they would sur-
l Two-year-old,
18-month-old and yearling
Fleckvieh bulls available.
l Be sure to look for our
Red, White and Beautiful
Fleckvieh Female Sale
coming up in November.

Bryan Boyle
Bryan Boyle
712-870-8666 • boyle_bryan@yahoo.com
4824 110th Street • Washta, IA 51061
www.boyleranchfleckvieh.com
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A commercial SimAngus Roth female with a six-month-old steer calf at side.