Mike Noel is a familiar name in rural Utah. He represented Beaver, Garfield, Kane, and surrounding counties in the Utah House of Representatives for sixteen years before retiring in 2018, and before and after that legislative career he has been a cattle rancher and water manager in Kanab — running a cow-calf operation he started in the 1980s. That background put him in direct contact with the agricultural supply ecosystem across Southern Utah for four decades.
Around 2022, Noel purchased Rangers Farm & Ranch Supply and moved his focus to the feed store at 2230 W Highway 56 in Cedar City. The store sits on the west edge of the city, on the commercial highway that feeds Iron County's rural network — the logical spot for a feed operation drawing from Parowan, Enoch, Beryl, and the farming communities north and east of Cedar City.
Noel's positioning is explicit: he's an operator who has used feed and ranch supplies for his entire professional life, not a merchant who learned agricultural needs from a catalog. The store carries cattle and horse feed, hay, and ranch supplies for farmers, ranchers, and serious hobbyists. He has stated publicly that he plans to expand into additional counties — a logical extension for a man who spent his legislative career thinking about rural southwestern Utah as a unified region rather than county by county.
**Verification notes** Michael E. Noel confirmed as Managing Member (TM Ranch and Farm Supplies LLC doing business as Rangers Farm & Ranch Supply) via Buzzfile business records. Former Utah state legislator identity confirmed via Vote Smart and Salt Lake Tribune records. Address 2230 W Hwy 56, Cedar City and phone (435) 275-7009 confirmed via Yelp and Names & Numbers. Acquisition circa 2022 confirmed across multiple business profiles.