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Jaclyn Wilson
Nov 9, 2023
Nov 9, 2023

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For some reason, the word efficiency keeps coming up in the vocabulary lately. And it always seems when you talk about efficiency, it’s either because you are really not being efficient,or you are trying to be more efficient but you have no clue where to start.

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Jaclyn Wilson is more than a rancher, raising Red Angus cattle at Wilson Ranch near Lakeside, Nebraska. She’s an artist with a welder’s torch. She holds leadership positions with several agriculture organizations. She can be reached at jaclyn@flyingdiamondgenetics.com. This column represents the views of one person and are not necessarily the opinion of the Midwest Messenger.