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WHO
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JLS is owned by Jeff Smith from Alabama. The ranch is singly owned, no partners or associates. Jeff
manages the Alabama ranch. He has been in the Brangus business for 23 years.
The Devine (Texas) ranch is run by Myron Saathoff. He has been in the Brangus business for 38+
years, with his show career longer than that.
The JLS Texas Division began in the Fall of 1999. Jeff said to Myron, “I’ll buy the land, if you’ll run
it.” That was the beginning of the
‘Winning Tradition’
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Stability....Since 1999...one owner, one manager, no associate. The only people we have to make
happy are ourselves and our customers.
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WHERE
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The JLS program is organized as follows:
ROBERTSDALE, ALABAMA
Jeff manages the Angus herd. He uses 3/4 blood bulls from new genetics. He produces heifer for
replacement cattle. Multiple locations are used for this operation.
DEVINE, TEXAS
Myron manages the multi-generation, percentage cattle, and embryo work. Other land and cattle in
South Texas are used for this operation for a total of four different locations.
One of the South Texas locations is high fenced, and our Brangus cattle share the land and grass with
a trophy whitetail deer population.
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WHAT
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We have a program. We never changed our goals because of the latest trends or fads. We just kept
the type of cattle that please us and our customers. We developed a program based on predetermined
objectives that were set from the beginning.
We believe in functional cattle that have bone and guts, but at the same time, have eye appeal
and are productive.
What JLS International Is All About...
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