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May 13, 2025
May 13, 2025

Jaclyn Wilson

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Jaclyn Wilson

May is Beef Month; it’s also Mental Health Awareness Month.

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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.