Hanging weight adds confusion to direct beef sales

Mar 29, 2022
Mar 29, 2022

Jaclyn Wilson

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Social media, how I love to dislike it some weeks. I’m a firm believer that there is a place for it, but sometimes it’s easy to get bogged down in it.

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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.