he Lind family's cattle operation took root in the 1940s in Eaton, Colorado on the very land the family still
Directors for the National Western Stock Show. While at Cattle-Fax, Luke met Becky and they later got married and returned to Eaton to raise their family on the same farm Luke grew up on. Over the years, she became the steady hand behind the scenes, helping to raise a family while keeping everything moving in the right direction. Like many families, everyone simply did what needed to be done and that environment helped to shape the next generation. Growing up, Colton and Dalton spent their time much like a lot of kids in the livestock industry, between baseball games, cattle shows, and chores on the farm that still needed to be done before daylight or after practice. The lessons that they learned along the way of hard work, accountability, and showing up every day all became habits that would later help shape the direction of their everyday lives. After college, both Colton and Dalton returned home. With their love for the cattle business that had been instilled in them growing up, they decided to make raising show cattle a greater focus. What had once been a family project consisting of a small AI herd of Maine-Anjou cows gradually evolved into a growing operation with its own identity focusing extensively on embryo transfer. Like most operations, that growth brought its
calls home today. For Luke, cattle were simply part of growing up. His father, Ed, showed cattle at the Weld County Fair, and Luke followed right behind
him. The lessons he learned during those early years stuck. Take care of the cattle, do the work, pay attention to the details, and let the results take care of themselves. Those lessons led Luke to Colorado State University,
where he was a member of the
1983 livestock judging team. After college, Luke’s love for the cattle industry led him to spend years with Cattle- Fax and currently is Senior VP and Chief Risk
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Officer at Five Rivers Cattle Feeding. Today, he also serves on the Board of
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