Faith, family and Herefords is Schultz brand

<p>FARMING: Kansas Master Farmer and Farm Home Maker Kevin and Vera Schultz pause in a cornfield at harvest on their Sandhill Farms operation near Haviland, Kan. The couple is the fourth in Kevin’s family tree to earn the honor.</p>

<p>FAMILY TRADITION: Master Farmer and Farm Homemaker Kevin and Vera Schultz are proud parents and grandparents of the seventh and eighth generations returning to Sandhill Farms.</p>

<p>HEREFORD HERD: Rancher Kevin Schultz tags a young Hereford calf while the mother cow watches. The family takes pride in the gentleness and easy disposition of their cow herd.</p>

<p>PRODUCTION SALE: Sandhill Farms hosts a production sale the fourth Saturday each March. Buyers come from all over the United States and Canada because of the high-quality Hereford genetics the Schultzes have developed.</p>

<p>CORN HARVEST: The Schultzes raise both dryland and irrigated crops on the farm in south-central Kansas’&nbsp;sand hills.</p>

<p>CUSTOMER SERVICE: Kevin Schultz (right) greets a customer looking at bulls at the family’s annual production sale at the ranch on March 27. Meeting the needs of commercial and purebred cattle producers is the hallmark of the Sandhill Farms genetic selection program for its herd.</p>

<p>BREED STANDARD: The Schultz family has a well-earned reputation in the Hereford breed for seedstock that matches commercial and purebred cattlemen’s needs.</p>

<p>HEREFORD BULLS: Buyers look over a selection of Sandhill Farms Hereford bulls prior to the production sale March 27. Cattle producers from as far as Montana and Pennsylvania traveled to the ranch near Haviland, Kan., in search of quality seedstock for their own herds.</p>

<p>THE NEXT GENERATION: Calves like this one, in a pen of Sandhill Farms Hereford cows and calves, represent years of work by the family to improve herd genetics to match the needs of the commercial and purebred cattle producer.</p>