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THE PASSING OF PAUL ENGLER, LEGENDARY CATTLEMAN
May 13, 2024
Source: Schooler Funeral Home
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| Paul Engler |
Legendary Amarillo, Texas, cattle feeder Paul F. Engler died May 3. He was 94.
Paul Frederick Engler peacefully passed from this life on May 3, 2024, at the age of 94. He was born on August 23, 1929, in Stuart, Nebraska, to Henry Paul Engler and Jenny Gill.
He was born an entrepreneur with a love of cattle. He bought his first herd at the age of twelve. Paul graduated from High School at the age of fifteen and continued on to the University of Nebraska, graduating in 1951. In 1960, Paul founded Hereford Feedyard and became an executive at Iowa Beef Packers in 1972. He moved to Dumas, Texas, in 1975 and founded Cactus Feeders.
Paul received numerous awards and recognition in the industry throughout his career. In May of 2022, he received an Honorary Ph.D. in Business Administration and Agriculture from West Texas A&M University from both the Paul and Virginia Engler College of Business and the Paul Engler College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences.
Paul valued the opportunities that God and the business world provided him, and as a result, Paul's legacy is not confined to his lifetime. It thrives through the University of Nebraska, West Texas A&M University, and the Paul F. and Virginia J. Engler Foundation. Paul's influence and commitment to excellence extended far beyond his professional life, personally touching the lives of many.
Paul was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia.
Agri-Pulse reports:
Engler gained international fame in 1996 when he sued television's Oprah Winfrey under a state food defamation law for her pledge to avoid hamburgers after the discovery of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in the United Kingdom. An Amarillo jury ruled unanimously in Winfrey's favor in 1998.
He built Cactus Feeders into the world's largest cattle feeding operation. Today, at least one of every 25 fed cattle in the United States is from Cactus.
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