Cade & Jessica Richmond | Outstanding Young Farmer & Rancher 2014

[Music] whether he's feeding his livestock or yours paid Richmond demands quality from his pivots to his personnel the Delian farmer works meticulously to satisfy his customers whether they're buying hay or heifers have just progressively done more through the years fourth generation Rancher I enjoy growing things I love seeing nature I love seeing things you know the cattle start from a young animal and grow through the months Cade has farmed in Comanche County for 18 years he raises wheat oats and replacement heifers he also sells rural real estate but the backbone of his farm is coastal Bermuda this quality hay keeps folks coming back for more and gives his family a steady income something unusual in agriculture when the customer goes to the feed store they know that they're going to get a bale of hay that they can take home and safely feed their animal and not have to worry about them and I have a guarantee on my hay that if there is any problem that they can bring it back and full refund that's how you know sure we are of our product having that steady cash flow is valuable especially when they're raising three kids on the farm sterling Jackson and Lily can be found helping their dad with the cattle riding along in a buddy seat Nate and his wife Jessica loved the lessons armed line teaches their children our kids absolutely love their life on the farm and sometimes I think that they don't even realize how special their lives are you know they can ride in tractors they get to spend a lot of time with Kate and a lot of time with me working and seeing what we do and knowing us and we know them as they develop Jessica homeschools the kids it handles the marketing for Cade Richmond hay Land and Cattle it's a lot of work but everything in the business works hand in hand many of their real estate customers also buy hay and cattle and vice versa the real estate business also helped the couple get several long-term leases to grow their farm 4k quality and consistency is key he is always looking for new ways to improve every year we try to add some type of equipment that will improve our efficiency efficiency is very important to me making it to where we can do more and less time finding workers can be difficult in agriculture the Richmond's count themselves lucky to have a group they trust a group that has helped them get where they are today a group that has become my family we all spend a lot of time together we have three full-time employees and a part-time employee we've all sometimes bring our kids between the three full times we have 10 children under the age of 9 so we're very family-oriented we're very kid oriented and this is a great place for kids to be with maybe in a fourth generation I want to carry that on and leave a legacy that my my children will will hopefully take and pass that on to their children [Music] you

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Length: 3min 3sec (183 seconds)

Published: Tue Nov 25 2014