The Key to the Operation

“My wife June is the key to the whole operation”

That is the impression that we received when talking with Gelbvieh breeder Roger Olsen of Platteville, Colorado. Roger is a Select Sire rep, while June runs the cattle operation on a day-to-day basis. 

Here is a transcript of today’s conversation;

Now, here’s Roger Olson again today from Mill Iron Lazy V Cattle Company.

“One of the things that I failed to mention, Brian, and she is the key to our whole operation, is my wife, June. My way of supporting the herd, I guess, is I am Select Sire Rep here in central Colorado. She kind of maintains the herd herself.  We couldn’t do it without her. I didn’t want to do an interview without mentioning her. This is a family operation, it’s a heritage, it’s a way of life.”

Would you give it up for anything else? 

“No, I wouldn’t. And you’re right, it is a way of life. I’ve sold herds before, but I’ve always ended up with cows again. It’s just, like you said, a way of life. And it’s good people. I mean, the cattle people that we deal with on a daily basis, yeah, you’re right, I wouldn’t trade it for anything.”

That was Roger Olson from Northeastern Colorado’s Mill Iron Lazy V Cattle Company.