PHILIP, SD – The Cattle Business Weekly has announced its newest class of Top 10 Industry Leaders Under the Age of 40. This is the publication’s 15th year to select a group of men and women who are contributing to the current and future success of the cattle industry.
The Top 10 Industry Leaders group is routinely people involved in production agriculture or serve in an affiliate industry. These are cattle ranchers, breed association representatives, auctioneers, educators, ag bankers, advocates, and agri-business owners. They are picked from a nine-state area that serves as Cattle Business Weekly’s readership area.
Named to this year’s class of Top 10 are Trey Wasserburger of TD Angus at Rishel Ranch from North Platte, Neb.; Executive Director of the American Gelbvieh Association, Megan Slater, Lincoln, Neb.; Joe Epperly, Director of Genetics and Sales for Wagonhammer Ranches, Albion, Neb.; Jordan Tierney, Miss Rodeo America, of Oral, S.D.; Sterling and Ty Eschenbaum, of the purebred seedstock operation Wienk Charolais, Lake Preston, S.D.; Justin Fruechte, Ward, S.D., Director of Sales with Millborn Seeds; ag entrepreneurs Zach and Laura Benson, Crooks, S.D.; Dallas Hoffman of Hoffman Angus cattle operation, Wheatland, N.D.; ag loan officer Jack Buckley, Mandan, N.D., with Farm Credit Services of America and champion livestock auctioneer Russele Sleep of Bedford, Iowa.
“We have been privileged for the last 15 years to be able to recognize individuals who are truly making a difference in the cattle industry,” says Donnie Leddy, Cattle Business Weekly owner and publisher. “Being able to honor them in our annual herd reference guide magazine is always a highlight for us.”
You can read more about these Top 10 individuals on line at The Cattle Business Weekly Special Sections.
