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The North Platte Livestock Market in North Platte held its first annual Beef Quality Assurance calf sale Oct. 23, 2007. North Platte Livestock’s owner, Holly Hullings Roeser, understands the BQA program’s importance and the need for its implementation in the industry.
Near the small southeastern Nebraska community of Steinauer, in the midst of rolling grasslands, lives the Christen family – Rod, Amy and their children, Rod’s sister, Kay, and their parents, Richard and Sharon.
If I can get a smile on their faces, I can get in their pocketbooks.” That’s the modus operandi of Beatrice auctioneer Dennis Henrichs. With the personality of a stand-up comic, the enticing power of a snake charmer and the salesmanship of a world-class auctioneer, Henrichs gets people to participate.
Four young men and women from Nebraska were among the nation’s FFA students excelling in ag production this year, so much so that they have been named national winners. The four received Agricultural Proficiency Awards at the 80th National FFA Convention. Their projects focused on beef, soybean, canine and swine production.
One of the most common questions both Nebraska Cattlemen members and the media have asked me is: What are your goals for your year as NC president?
Nebraska Cattlemen’s membership continues to grow thanks to our members’ recruiting efforts. As part of the NC Top Hand Cash Reward program, NC members who recruit three new members with dues totaling $300 earn three percent in a cash-back rebate. Top Hand members for the past recruitment year were recognized at the Annual Convention Trade Show Reception. As has become the tradition, many of the rebate winners donated their checks to the Nebraska Cattlemen Research and Education Foundation.
The 2007 Nebraska Cattlemen Annual Convention was a great success! Attendance and participation were excellent! Over 500 beef producers attended the event. Jay Wolf, NC immediate past president, put it best when he said, “There is no event that a cattleman can attend where he will receive more information about his business and industry than the NC Annual Convention.”