Raisers Association (TSCRA) for many years. Since TSCRA stations brand inspectors at the livestock markets in Texas, he has worked with TSCRA inspectors and special rangers for decades. “The brand inspection work has
saved me many a time,” he says. “The worst deal was quite a few years ago.” A man bought cattle at a Gillespie Livestock Company sale, paid and left with the cattle. “The check wasn’t any good. We found out where the cattle had been taken and went to get the cattle. Our truck backed up to the load- ing chute exactly 5 minutes before the bank’s truck came to repossess them. I got them before the bank could get them. It was that close.” The stolen cattle were identifi ed
because the TSCRA brand inspec- tor had recorded the brands and the buyer information, and TSCRA
brands, the stolen cattle might not have been recovered nearly as quickly. Geistweidt encourages producers to brand their breeding stock. If they don’t wish to brand the calves they’ll sell, then he sug- gests they consider another method to permanently identify their calves, such as ear notching. There’s noth- ing unique about a hole left by an ear tag that’s been cut away and discarded by a thief. “The value of the cattle and the
Special Ranger Max Hartmann and Geistweidt were able to quickly re- trieve the cattle. The bank’s truck was too late. Without
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