After a few years of working for Dinklage, Paul observed that West Texas was a prime location where cattle and grain could come together to be shipped to other locations such as California. Louis Dinklage, one of the leading ranchers at the time, noticed that Paul was very talented with respect to buying and managing feeder cattle. Dissatisfied with the predictability of a government job, Paul went to work for several prominent ranchers in Nebraska. Upon graduation, Paul worked for a cattle trading company buying feeder cattle before taking a government job working with regional farmers on ways to improve crop yields. During his college years, Paul’s father left the cattle business and focused his efforts back on the gas station. Paul remembers his father simply stating, “Son, I am proud of you,” as he continued to successfully learn both the animal care and business components of the cattle industry throughout his youth.Īfter completing high school, Paul left the family farm for college at the University of Nebraska. Within two years, his father purchased a little more land and Paul grew the stock under his charge to seven cows. By the age of thirteen, Paul had purchased over 100 cattle to work in partnership with his father.
At the age of seven, Paul was given the responsibility of raising a cow on four acres of land. His father owned a gas station, but Paul learned early on that he favored the cattle industry over the family business. Paul Engler grew up in a small town of only 450 people in rural Nebraska.
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