Working Ranch Magazine - Index

Working Ranch Magazine - magazine - Index

“I think it’s pretty hard for somebody
to say, ‘You know, I want to get
up, and I’m going to be a rancher
tomorrow,’” Tim says. “That doesn’t
mean that they can’t go out and do all
that, but it’s just hard for them to start.
Luckily, my brother and I were able to
have a place to start, and we’ve been
able to add to it over the years and
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have been blessed to have the opportunity
that we’ve had.
“It’s kind of been my motto, and I
think it’s my brother’s also, to leave
things in better condition than what
we found them in,” he adds. “We’ve
been able to add to and create a better
environment.”
Drummond family members began
Tim Kill grew up on a ranch in southern
Kansas and has worked for the Drummonds
since 1980. Part of what makes the Drummond
Land & Cattle Co. such a successful operation
is trust in the crew. Tim and Ladd Drummond
run 6,500 pairs and 12,000 stockers with only
seven full time employees between the northeastern
and southern operations.
stewardship of the land in the late
1880s when they leased acreage from
the Osage Indians to graze steers near
Pawhuska, Okla. From the family partnerships
of the past, brothers Tim and
Ladd Drummond are writing their
chapter in family ranching since their
return from college nearing 20 years
ago. And they’ve done so without forgoing
the basics of good ranching, land
stewardship and humility.
A PLACE TO BEGIN
“Dad always told me if you learn to
work, the rest of it comes easy,” Tim
says, adding, “the main thing is you
just got to know how to work.”
Tim and Ladd’s father, Chuck, may
have always had it in his mind that he
wanted to build an operation that the
sons could run together someday. Tim