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Q: What’s the Pitzer Ranch all about?

My Granddad Howard started the ranch, and we run about 400 broodmares and cattle on the south half of the ranch. Howard’s daughter is my mom, Kay. My sister, Jane, and her husband, Joel Qualm, run a set of cows on the north half of the ranch. Our kids work here, too, and we potentially have grandkids that will go on with the ranch. It’s all about history and heritage at the Pitzer

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