SIMMENTAL    •    ANGUS    •    RED ANGUS

Harry & Lisa Moser and Family
3063 26th Road || Wheaton, Kansas 66521
Phone/Fax: (785) 396-4328
Email: moserranch@bluevalley.net


Customer Service

Cameron delivered bulls to Oklahoma after the sale and took a few pictures of one customer's calf crop, of which she was really proud, and rightly so!  Sue has been buying Moser Ranch bulls since 2000.

Customer Appreciation Supper
Over 100 customers and family members attended the
Moser Ranch's Customer Appreciation Supper and Meeting on Friday, August 11, 2006.




 
Longtime customers Bob & Becky Smith and Cheryl & Dennis Zumbrunn enjoy a few minutes to talk before supper is served.

Warren Weibert, center, visits with Aaron Allen, John & Isla Faye Wegman, and Steve & Barb Frank, following the speaker presentations at the Moser Appreciation Evening.

Cameron and Michael enjoy a laugh about either farming or cattle or something! Michael's folks are Moser customers, and so he and his sisters came along with their parents for the evening. Cameron and Michael go back a long way-Cameron fixed Michael's toy Bobcat at the fair one year, and since then, they've been buddies. Tractor talk (John Deere) and farming make up most of their conversations.

Kayla gets in on the setting up and decorating!


 

Kendra visits with the Illingworth family at the Moser Appreciation Evening. The Illingworth's are longtime cattle and horse customers of the Moser Ranch.
 
Folks mingle and visit before the start of evening's activities on August 11th.



Warren Weibert, Owner and General Manager of Decatur County Feed Yard, Oberlin, Kansas, spoke about Age and Source Verification and the special programs that Decatur County has in place for marketing cattle.

Dan Harris, Owner and Manager of the Holton Livestock Exchange, Holton, Kansas, shared how Moser Ranch customer cattle can have added value at the LMA-VACC sale that his barn hosts each fall. He covered the specific requirements for cattle to be eligible to sell at the special preconditioned calf sale, and spoke of the premiums that Moser cattle have received over the years at this special auction. Over 700 head of Moser Influenced cattle are consigned to the October 19, 2006 sale.  

Dr. Larry Hollis, Extension Beef Veterinarian from Kansas State University, addressed a very timely topic in today's beef industry at the recent Moser Customer Supper and Evening: Persistent Infectious Bovine Viral Diarrhea (PI BVD), and what it costs cattle producers.


 

Dan Harris visits with Pfizer representative John Havens, Wamego, Kansas, while in the background, Moser herdsman Todd Strahm talks cattle with Austin Cline. Pfizer, Holton Livestock, Decatur County Feed Yard and Frontier Farm Credit were sponsors of the evening.

Performance, predictability and customer service are cornerstones in our program. The results are reflected in quality seedstock with the genetic potential to provide consumer satisfaction "from the gate to the plate.

We stress calving ease, maternal efficiency, optimum growth, and desirable carcass traits throughout our program. As we consider matings, we rely heavily on high accuracy EPD sires. We pay strict attention to balancing all other traits while maximizing growth traits as we make our genetic selections. The ASA's herd Handler program is used to make planned matings for every female in our herd. Strong consideration is also given to pelvic and scrotal measurements. As young replacements or herd sire prospects are developed in the herd, disposition, structural soundness, fleshing ability, and adaptability are no less important in our selection criteria.

What makes us "different" from other seedstock breeders?

  • The Moser Ranch is dedicated to the efficient production of a high quality beef product that will consistently be a very satisfying eating experience...

  • In 2006, we planted over 150 embryos using the following matings:

     Simmental and Half-Blood Matings-
    Red Label x 9102J (Red Light x Redcoat)
    Major League (Red Angus) x     9102J
    Cline's Prime Image 7.16 x     9102J
    BC Matrix x     1004L (Fortune 500 x Bold Future x 600U)
    Right Time 24J (Angus) x     1004L
    Fortune 500 x     2094M (Power Drive x BDV Festus)
    Dream On x     2094M
    Bar CK Vision x     2094M
    UI Revelation x     4585P (GAR Gridmaker x Full Figures x Araphahoe)
    UI Revelation x     3403N (GAR Example x Full Figures x Arapahoe)
    Frontier N13 x     3403N
    Power Drive x     038K (Full Figures x Arapahoe x Black Mick)
    Bar CK Vision x     733 (Angus-GAR Gridmaker x RR Traveler 5204 x Bando 155)

    Angus Matings-
    New Design 878 x 733 (GAR Gridmaker x RR Traveler 5204 x Bando 155)
    Right Time 24J x     733
    Rito 1I2 x     733
    GAR US Premium Beef x     633 (6I6 x WW Rito 8503 x RR Traveler 5204 x Bando 155)
     

  • Angus & Red Angus programs propagated entirely through AI and ET.

  • Customer service second-to-none, including herd consultation and visits, marketing options, educational gatherings, and our rock solid guarantee...

  • Continual feedlot and carcass merit testing of our own steers help us to know exactly what kind of cattle we are raising... Please let us know if you would like our 14 year summary of feedlot & carcass information on the steers we have sent through the Commercial Cattleman's Improvement Program (CCIP) Steer Test, the longest running steer test in the United States. It is sponsored by the Guaranty State Bank, Beloit, Kansas. We feel it is the most comprehensive test available, providing owners with 25 separate areas of information on each individual animal from in-weight to pay-weight to complete carcass data, as well as a final summary of all cost factors involved in the feeding segment of the cattle business.

  • Customer Appreciation Suppers complete with question and answer sessions, guest speakers, etc...

  • Our contacts and involvement with feedlots in Kansas, Nebraska, and Minnesota, help us to keep a pulse on the finishing end of our business, and to find the best possible feeding opportunities for our customers wishing to feed their cattle...

  • Through our contacts with the following feeding alliances, we try to help our customers realize more for their Moser genetics...
        A. "PM Windom"
            1. The Moser Ranch has been associated since July '98 with PM.
            2. Our customers have sent 2,300 head of cattle through the PM program.
            3. Individual animal data and significant premiums have been two driving forces behind the
                success of this program.
        B. Caprock's "Sharing Total Added Value" Program
            1. At our 2001 Producer Meeting, Kenny Mangus familiarized our customers with
                Caprock's version of a win-win alliance.

  • Our computer data base of over 900 solid contacts in the cattle business allows us to network many different situations, from finding replacement heifers for someone to helping sell feeder cattle in the fall...

  • Personal customer profiles kept on over 200 customers enable us to get to know and have a record of our customers' plans and goals, and to help us to provide them with what it takes to get them where they want to go...

Activities that Moser Ranch is involved in with their customers, community, and area cattlemen:

  • Simmentals since 1969, A.I. introduced into the program

  • Started Pelvic Measuring in 1988

  • Embryo Transplant used extensively since 1991

  • Annual Bull Sale since 1993 ~ Saturday after Thanksgiving

  • Commercial Cattleman's Improvement Program Steer Test since 1993 - 2006

  • Field Days & Open Houses:
    2004 -     Hosted customer supper and meeting concerning our Moser Influenced Pre-Conditioned Calf Sale held each fall at Holton Livestock. Read More...
     2003 - Customer trip to tour Decatur County Feed Yard and EXCEL Plant, Dodge City, KS Read more
     2002 - Joined the Decatur County Feedyard Alliance, providing our customers with yet another avenue to enter the value-added beef business. Approximately 1,000 cattle have been or are currently being fed through this Alliance since the fall of 2002.
     2002 - PM Windom customers met with PM personnel to discuss new grids and marketing options.
    2001 - Customer Steak Supper ~ "More Possibilities for Your Product" Meeting
             A. Future Beef Alliance
             B. Caprock's "Sharing Total Added Value" (STAV) Program
             C. Moser Influence Calf Sale on Oct. 18, 2001
     2001 - Moser Influence Calf Sale, Holton Livestock Exchange; held in conjunction with the annual LMA/Vacc Sale, 1,600 head of customer cattle have sold through this sale since 2001. View 2003 Results...
     1999 - PM Beef Group ~ "Catalog" Party "Marketing through Alliances"
     1998 - IBP Tour with customers
     1997 - Customer Steak Supper ~ "Marketing Moser Genetics"
     1996 - KSA Tour at Ranch
     1995 - "Young Farmers" Tour at Ranch
     1994 - Field Day & Meal at Ranch
     1992 - KSA Tour at Ranch

  • Kansas Simmental Association 
          Harry - Past President • Lisa - Advisory Committee

  • American Simmental Association
         Harry elected as member of the Board of Trustees in fall 2002
    Elected Treasure January 2005
    Elected Vice Chairmen in January 2006
    Elected Chairmen of the Board of Trustees January 2007

  • Beef Improvement Federation - Moser Ranch was selected by the Kansas Livestock Association to be Kansas' representative for the 2003 Beef Improvement Federation Seedstock Producer of the Year.

  • Moser Ranch honored to receive BIF Seedstock Producer of the year for 2003. Read more...

  • Hosted numerous 4-H, FFA, & Collegiate Livestock Judging Workouts & Schools, AI & ET presentations, and Beef Technology Tours ~ Sponsored 4-H Beef Awards

  • KSU Livestock Production Management Class annual visit to the ranch under the guidance of 
    Drs. Calvin Drake, Michael Dikeman, Robert Hines, and Robert Schalles.

  • Feedlot Tours - For five years now, we have taken customers with cattle enrolled in the PM Beef Group alliance to see their cattle in the feedlot before they are harvested.

  • Article in May 1999 Beef Today on "Contracting through PM" featuring our involvement with the PM Beef Group.

  • Herd Visits to Customers

  • Moser Influence Calf Sale at Holton Livestock Exchange Inc, Holton, Kansas; held in conjunction with their LMA/Vacc Sale since 2001. View 2003 Results...

Current Marketing Alliances in place with:

  • Decatur County Feed Yard, Oberlin, KS

  • Moser LMA Pre-Vacc Sale held in conjunction with Holton Livestock Exchange's LMA Pre-Vacc sale held each fall at Holton, KS

  • PM Windom (formerly PM Beef Group) since 1998

Have you seen our Ice Storm 2007 pictures?

 


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