Hanneken Angus, like lots of other Angus breeders got their background in commercial beef cow/calf operation. Ours started with a partnership with Carla's uncles. Always looking for a new challenge, we started with a few purebred Angus cows in 1997. Soon after that Ralph met a man named John Tyner who was doing sale management for Angus sales. After this our operation started moving forward. John helped us pick up some real good cows and bred heifers through the years, from top operations in the upper Midwest. With strict culling and keeping top replacement females, the use of AI and ET, we feel we have built a top of the line set of mother cows. We do not have a mission statement in print, but if we did it would read something like this: To provide top quality seed stock to our customers with an end product in mind and to create a profitable and long term relationship for all involved. We had our first annual sale in 2006 and now have a sale annually every March selling yearling bulls and heifers. Our sale is titled "Focus on Quality" which means to us a total package of calving ease, high growth, carcass quality and top of the line replacement females and doing so with all the honesty and integrity you will find in the Angus business today.
Thank You,
Ralph & Carla Hanneken
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Left to right: Daughters Jill and Lynn,
granddaughter Alli, Carla and Ralph
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