Specialist follows path to ‘help people, work with livestock’

Benjamin Herrold
May 15, 2025
May 15, 2025

Shelby Davies Jenkins is a University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist serving six counties.
Photo courtesy Shelby Davies Jenkins

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Benjamin Herrold

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of features on Extension livestock specialists.

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