Collegiate Cattlemen Collegiate Cattlemen has had a tremendous year and has made its mark as a sub-interest group of Block and Bridle. In our fourth year of existence, we have finally found our role to positively impact the members of Block and Bridle. We started the year as usual getting our hands dirty and helping with the State Fair unloading and loading trailers. Generally, it’s hard to get members involved with this event, but this year’s membership has been outstanding and we’ve had the most people volunteering since our founding. We officially kicked the year off by bringing Jacob Mayer of Settje Agri-Services to our October meeting. Jacob discussed how heat stress costs the feeding industry and the ways that we can prevent stress through management practices. We took what we learned from Jacob’s presentation and used it on our industry tour. Loseke Feeders of Columbus brought us in and discussed several key issues in the beef industry. We also stopped at Jindra Angus in Clarkson to get a briefing on what is happening at the seed-stock level to impact our commercial cattlemen. Moving into December several members had the opportunity to attend the Nebraska Cattlemen’s Annual Convention. The convention is a great time for us to meet and interact with the leaders of our industry. This year, 18 people had the opportunity to meet and greet district representatives, faculty, and other members of Nebraska Cattlemen. Several members had positive comments and want to get more involved next year with the convention. This year brought new ambitions for the officers to invite leaders of the beef industry to our meetings. Our February meeting featured Andrew Uden from Quantified Ag, Tyler Hartwell from Bayer Animal Health, and Jessica Herrmann from Nebraska Cattlemen. The round table discussion provided tons of great information and knowledge to our members. All in all, this year has been a great year for Collegiate Cattlemen and is on pace to make a difference in our members’ college experience. Our goal is to positively impact members to make them more educated, provide connections, and finally create the next generation of leaders. It has been a pleasure serving as president of such a great interest group and I foresee a bright future in the coming years.
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