Triangle H, located in southern Finney County, is a family partnership consisting of Sam, Greg, and Tyler Hands. The Hands family has operated in the area for over 100 years with Tyler being the 5th generation.
Triangle H is an operational partnership which owns their machinery, irrigation equipment and cow herd. All of the land is leased by the partnership. The operation encompasses 10,000 acres, most of which is irrigated by center pivot systems with a limited amount by drip irrigation and the remaining tilled dryland.
The farming operation normally includes a split between corn, grain sorghum, soybeans, and wheat. Alfalfa is grown as a cash crop as well as a supplement for the cattle operation.
The cattle operation consists of cow/calf, stocker, and finishing programs. The objective of the cow/calf segment is to clean up crop residue, with cool season irrigated grasses being used as summer pastures. The stocker program involves both company owned cattle as well as custom cattle and includes preconditioning programs, backgrounding, and wheat pasture. Retained ownership on through the finishing phase rounds out the cattle program and is the primary means of marketing. Triangle H also serves as a bull test center for a number of seedstock producers.
Assisting the three Hands families in carrying out the objectives of the company are sixteen full time employees. Seasonal help is also employed as the need arises. Triangle H utilizes a number of different specialists to keep them current with the latest technology and to help them to be more efficient.
The Hands family feels the partnership has given them a great deal of flexibility in addition to allowing them to pool their resources. The three partners strongly believe in regular planning sessions to include the entire staff as they deal with matters concerning their diversified and growing company.
Triangle H is an operational partnership which owns their machinery, irrigation equipment and cow herd. All of the land is leased by the partnership. The operation encompasses 10,000 acres, most of which is irrigated by center pivot systems with a limited amount by drip irrigation and the remaining tilled dryland.
The farming operation normally includes a split between corn, grain sorghum, soybeans, and wheat. Alfalfa is grown as a cash crop as well as a supplement for the cattle operation.
The cattle operation consists of cow/calf, stocker, and finishing programs. The objective of the cow/calf segment is to clean up crop residue, with cool season irrigated grasses being used as summer pastures. The stocker program involves both company owned cattle as well as custom cattle and includes preconditioning programs, backgrounding, and wheat pasture. Retained ownership on through the finishing phase rounds out the cattle program and is the primary means of marketing. Triangle H also serves as a bull test center for a number of seedstock producers.
Assisting the three Hands families in carrying out the objectives of the company are sixteen full time employees. Seasonal help is also employed as the need arises. Triangle H utilizes a number of different specialists to keep them current with the latest technology and to help them to be more efficient.
The Hands family feels the partnership has given them a great deal of flexibility in addition to allowing them to pool their resources. The three partners strongly believe in regular planning sessions to include the entire staff as they deal with matters concerning their diversified and growing company.
