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Nov 15, 2025
Nov 15, 2025

Jim Woster

Associate Editor

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As many of our readers may remember, for some 35 years the Old Cattle Fellow did a lot of speaking around the region – with various ag organizations, including several of the very first pork producers banquets a half century ago.

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Woster on KELO — Jim Woster readies for a broadcast on KELO in 1977. He sometimes sang the market report, adding levity in a down market.
Stockyards Ag Experience Photo

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Jim is associate editor of Tri-State Neighbor and also works with the SDSU Alumni Foundation.