G & L Cattle Company is located in Van, Texas about a mile off of Interstate 20 between Canton and Tyler. We purchased our first Longhorns in the fall of 1993 and began a love affair with this magnificent breed of cattle.

We were involved with horses, both Quarter and Morgan, and were looking for a breed that we could both enjoy raising and showing. We began showing our Longhorns in 1994 and, with success in the show ring , we began a serious breeding program.

What started as "finding something to eat the grass", turned into a business that has consumed our lives. We consider ourselves to be small breeders, maintaining about 50 mother cows, divided between three pastures. We run a senior herd sire, G&L Showdown, in one pasture, a junior bull, PCC Generader, with the heifers and about 12 cows in the AI pasture. The use of artificial insemination helps add outside genetics to the main herd and keep our program competitive and moving forward.

Our cattle program, for the first 10 years, was geared toward producing superior animals that could win in the show ring with correct conformation, eye catching color and good horn. The "total package" Longhorn has always been our goal. In the past few years, we have maintained our program and have added specific horn genetics for twist and length.

To say that we are "Hooked on Longhorns" would be an understatement. We are blessed to be able to be living our dream and sharing it with others. We invite you to come by the ranch for a visit.