Member and Industry News Briefs
The North American Limousin Foundation
Mourns the Loss of Gene Raymond
It is with great sadness that NALF reports the sudden loss
of cornerstone Limousin breeder, Gene Raymond who
operates GV Limousin of Garnett, Kansas. Gene passed
away suddenly of a heart attack on Tuesday, January 8
while teaching Graham School. Graham School provides
cattlemen valuable continuing education in regard to
breeding cattle and herd management and was a passion
for Gene, who had been an instructor there since 1973.
was excited to get to
Denver again this year,
having devoted an
extreme amount of
time reorganizing the
Breed Improvement
Committee and was
actively engaging
membership
through his
Gene and his wife Virginia began GV Limousin
in 1978. They had built their cow herd to over
400 registered females and currently operate GV
Limousin with Arne and Stacy Hanson. Gene was
a pioneer in the Limousin Breed and was quick to
adapt to new technology and opportunities in the
seedstock business and quickly applied those tools
in mission to raise high quality seedstock supplying
commercial cattlemen across the United States.
Mr. Raymond was a Past President of NALF, 1986-1987. Gene
currently serves on the NALF Board of Directors and had
served on the NALF board during the 80’s, devoting much
of his life to the Limousin Breed. Gene currently chairs the
Breed Improvement Committee for NALF membership, a
position he was wholly devoted to
with the advent and release BOLT
EPDs and the application of new
technologies in today’s seedstock
business. GV Limousin was an active
member of NALF, who also had their
herd enrolled in NALF’s whole herd
reporting system, “LIMS” and was a
strong believer in performance data
reporting and genomic testing to
enhance accuracy of their EPDs.
Mr. Raymond had his degree
in animal science from Kansas
State University, served twice as
the president of the Kansas Beef
Council and also served previously,
as a member of the Kansas Livestock Association Executive
Committee. Gene also served on the National Livestock and
Meat Board for 16 years. Gene was actively engaged and gave
back much of his life to friends in the U.S. cattle industry.
Mark Anderson, NALF Executive director said, “Gene will be
greatly missed by not only Limousin seedstock breeders, but
also commercial cattlemen throughout the United States. He
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committee and the Visions
committee to come up
with suggested mating
targets for NALF breeders
in an effort to capitalize on
genomic testing and BOLT EPDs in a
coordinated effort with over 30 committee members, over
the past 6 months. He was a devoted breeder of Limousin
cattle and NALF. He will be greatly missed by friends and
cattlemen throughout the country. We have suffered the
loss of a great man and friend to all he crossed paths with.
We are greatly saddened by the loss of a great individual
and ask you to keep his family in your prayers.” I