Show cattle, flu season, blizzards throw challenges at youth producer Jayme Gittlein

By Jayme Gittlein, Wauneta, Neb.
Jan 16, 2025
Jan 16, 2025

PPR Gittlein 3 - worked.jpg — Cattle make their way to the chute during a blizzardy day in southwestern Nebraska.
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By Jayme Gittlein, Wauneta, Neb.

With the upcoming stock show and our bull sale at the end of the month, my Christmas break offered me nothing less than a break.

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PPR Gittlein 1 - worked.jpg — Jayme Gittlein poses with her Charolais heifer, Mittens, who proved a challenge in the show ring at the New Year’s Beef Bash in Mitchell, Neb., but earned reserve champion in the Composite Charolais division.
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PPR Gittlein 2.JPG — Cattle are videoed ahead of the bull sale at the end of January.
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