2014 Southwestern Angus Classic!
Married 40 years, 4 children and their spouses, 10 grandkids and finally 2 new pitchforks!!!!

KCJ Angus was developed simply from our names Kevin and Colleen and our four children Jerrad, Jill, Jaye and Jaclyn. Later as they began leaving and starting families of their own we said the K=Kids, C=Cattle and the J=Joy for having it all!
Both are very true and meaningful for us.

Kevin and I both showed cattle through 4-H. Kevin was raised on a dairy and potato farm and showed dairy cattle. Colleen was raised with a livestock background as her father was a livestock dealer and she showed steers. Colleen’s father (Gerald Carey) was raised on a purebred Angus farm outside of Mineral Point, WI that in its day had many prize winning cattle. Kevin and Colleen both knew that cattle would be a part of their lives
when they were married in 1974.

We purchased our first Registered Angus Cattle in 1984 after several years prior raising feeder cattle and showing steers. In 1984 our oldest child (Jerrad Zimmerman) would be old enough to join the Wisconsin Jr. Angus and the National Jr. Angus Associations. The Angus cow purchases in 1984 lead to the beginning of KCJ Angus. Three younger sisters (Jill, Jaye and Jaclyn) followed the tradition that had been started in 1984.