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This Texas family brought innovation and fun to an HVAC business

RIAN Bohannan didn’t immediately notice the three new calves in the pasture outside his little white ranch house in the far northern reaches of the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area. When his dad, Jeff, had bought 20 acres of farmland on which to build a new headquarters for his company, JB Warranties, he’d also bought three cows to keep on the land, so as to get an ag exemption and save a bit on taxes. At some point, Jeff added a bull to the little herd, an impressive Texas Longhorn, and, well, the bull did what bulls do. Now, four head of cattle were seven, and Brian, who lives in the original house on the property, just a couple

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