PHILIP, S.D. – Every fall, The Cattle Business Weekly newspaper based in Philip, releases its Top 10 Industry Leaders list. Each year the publication selects a group of men and women involved in the U.S. cattle industry who are doing their best to improve their businesses, communities and industry.
The Top 10 is routinely made up of leaders who represent production agriculture, marketing, ag affiliate services, education, research, finance, and ag advocating.
Named to this year’s class of Top 10 are Jake Miller, an ag entrepreneur from Culbertson, Neb.; ag broadcaster Lane Nordlund, Belt, Mont.; cattle feeder Patrick Maher, Timber Lake, S.D.; DV Auction rep Logan Hoffman of Wheatland, N.D.; Charles and Heather Maude, ranchers at Caputa, S.D.; Minnesota cattleman, Brady Wulf, Starbuck, Minn.;
Nick Jorgensen of Jorgensen Land & Cattle, Ideal, S.D.; auctioneer, Dan Koupal, Winner, S.D.; Jesse Fulton of Scottsbluff, Neb. who is with the Meat Institute; and Weston Merrill with the Montana Department of Agriculture.
The Top 10 individuals were honored through profiles in the Cattle Business Weekly’s annual herd reference guide, Cattle Business, which is out now. Read all the profiles online