Together the brothers Gerald, James, Norm and Ron spent the next 50 plus years successfully continuing to build their family business. It included a network of feedyards in Nebraska, Colorado, and Kansas, with a one-time feeding capacity of over 90,000 head, as well as, ranch operations including ranches in Nebraska, South Dakota, Colorado, Oregon and Texas, and a packing plant, Nebraska Beef, located in Omaha.

In 2012, with a capable third generation working alongside the brothers in the company, the decision was made for the company to branch, with the intent of continuing the caliber Timmerman’s have maintained for generations while nurturing and exercising each family branch’s entrepreneurial spirit. The brothers gave their children the opportunity their father had given them.

It was from this that NA Timmerman, Inc was formed. Norm and Sharon took the opportunity to work more closely with their immediate family; Jason and his wife, Wendy, Kristin and her husband, Jeff Stagemeyer, and Ryan and his wife, Nicole. On several occasions, Norm has noted that each family member brings diverse interest and skill set, in addition to, a shared trust and camaraderie to the work they do for the feeding company they now jointly own.

NA Timmerman Inc, specializes in feeding high quality cattle who perform well on the grid. The company includes locations near Indianola and McCook, Nebraska; Colby, Kansas; and Sterling, Holyoke, Iliff and Crook, Colorado. As well as, grass leases and backgrounding partners in Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado, with a one-time feeding capacity of about 120,000 head. 

A rich history in the cattle feeding industry

Leo O. Timmerman and his wife Irene started farming with three milk cows and two dozen chickens.  Soon after, he bought three head of cattle, sparking a successful career in the cattle-feeding business.  A banker loaned him money to purchase six head of cattle then Leo made enough to buy another 25.  In 1945, he quit raising milk cows and chickens and purchased a feedyard in Omaha that served as the foundation of his business. 

During the rapid expansion of the 1950's, Leo bought his own grain and cattle trucks and eventually combined with two other feedyard operators to sell their cattle directly to meat packers.  A new era emerged, marking the first step in the decentralization of cattle marketing and meat packing.

In 1960, as a well-established figure in the cattle industry, Leo sold his current location to a developer and replaced it with a feedyard in Springfield, Neb.  Because of his knowledge and experience, Timmerman was able to pasture cattle for feedyards in Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana.  1970 brought further expansion and Leo's operation surpassed 20,000-head capacity.  A year later, he sold the business to his four sons but didn't completely retire from the family business.  He continued  to trade commodities and feed cattle in Nebraska, Colorado and Arizona while splitting his time between Omaha and Scottsdale.  Cattle feeding was an important part of his life until his death in 1997.

Leo left behind a legacy of family, faith and innovative ideas that revolutionized the cattle industry.  He made deals worth hundreds of thousands of dollars on a handshake and never backed down on a promise, even when it cost him.