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THE RED ANGUS STORY OF DAMAR FARMS
In 1997, Dr. Dave ”Doc” Hehli, Messmer Millie 124P, the
at the urging of his son Todd dam of Messmer Packer, and
who was in the Limousin Messmer Pandora M186,
business, made his initial the dam of Messmer Jericho
investment in Red Angus and Messmer Joshua. Doc
cattle at the Beckton Stock said he learned while in the
Farms operation. At the time, Holstein business to buy the
Doc did not realize there were top cows and the “headliners”
different classifi cations of in every sale and only buy the
Red Angus cattle and out of best. This philosophy sets
the three potloads of females Dr. Dave “Doc” & Mary Hehli Denise & Mitch Larson the Damar program apart
he bought that day, over 2/3 from many in the business
were 1B percentage animals. The cattle were good and Doc decided he – Doc says they implanted 600 embryos a season during the prime
really liked Red Angus as a breed. production years and spent in excess of $100,000 a year in doing so.
The next year, Doc attended the Bootjack Dispersal in October 1998 The dedication and drive that Dr. Dave Hehli put toward the Damar
and purchased four potloads of 1A 100% cattle from one of the most Farms program offers every serious Red Angus and Simmental
prestigious Red Angus programs in the country. At the time, he didn’t breeder the opportunity to buy superior genetics that were developed
realize what a powerful set of females he had purchased until fi ve or from the best-of-the-best from both breeds since the 1990s. Doc Hehli
six years later when he started to venture out and promote Damar and Damar Farms will be missed in the future of the beef business but
Farms and listened to the respect cattlemen had for his genetics based don’t think for a minute that their genetics won’t be the driving force of
off of the Beckton and Bootjack operations. both the Red Angus and Simmental breeds for decades to come. Doc,
thanks for your commitment and contributions over the years. You will
His other purchases early on included 11 head from the Dunphy’s be missed! – KG 2017
Shamrock Nook Red Angus herd of Wisconsin and 17 head from
the Messmer Dispersal of North Dakota. It was in the Messmer (This article was written by Kyle Gilchrist as Doc was in the Mayo Clinic
Dispersal that Doc made some phenomenal purchases including at the time of catalog printing.)

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