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Here are your hosts Ty Cordova and Casey
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Well welcome here to uh Logan County
Cattle Women's Kolkata Um me and Casey
decided to show up here They Brett
called us and wanted us to come up and
shoot a few episodes So we reached out
to several people and decided we would
come up here with them and thank the
Mandeers for inviting us to be here Um
we got some really neat guests on today
Uh Cap Cassie I just said this Lapis
Lapotus I got it Cassie Lapotus Um she
decided to join us from Nebraska They
have a feed yard there with her and her
father And uh they're they're part of
the new beef plant the sustainable beef
there in Nebraska also So we just want
to welcome you here and thank you for
joining us and just kind of get right
right in and talk about what I mean
what's going on at the yard and how the
how the feed feed ties into everything
and just kind of how you are visioning
all that to go Sure Yeah So I'm fourth
generation um part of my family's cattle
feeding farming and cow calf operation
in Bridgeport Um we have two feed yards
um right there outside of Bridgeport Uh
one's a 5,000 head yard I manage that
one And then we have a 10,000 head yard
that's just right outside of town So my
dad and I are on the cattle side Um
we've had a really good year for feeding
cattle Um and then on the farming side
is my uncle and his son and we feed
about 10,000 irrigated acres right there
20 mile radius within Bridgeport Um
we're part of the Dinklage uh feed yards
Okay Feed a lot of cattle at the
Dinklage Um we're very big into you know
tying everything together where our corn
all goes to our feed yards Our sugar
beats all go to the sugar company that
we're a part of Um and then our cattle
is the one thing that we didn't really
have a home for And so through COVID um
everybody was ready for some change And
we've had a lot of people come to us
come to the table and uh sustainable
beef is the one group of people that
made it a go And now we're we are about
32 days from opening So that was going
to be my next question When will y'all
spill first blood i mean when you Well
the plan is May May 28th Um that's the
plan Things change things happen But um
as it sits today May 28th is day one
Cool One shift Two shifts One shift One
shift One shift Yep Yep 1500 head a day
one shift It's It's awesome man That's
That's phenomenal Yeah Casey had a
relationship with y'all for a while I
mean y'all known each other for a little
bit Kind of tell us a little bit about
that how that come about Yeah So I I
would have met Cassy's dad first when I
was buying cattle for Cargill uh back in
2005 or
2006 And then the first time that I met
Cassie would would have been uh I would
have uh been down at Colorado State
recruiting Uh and then one of these kids
comes up and was like "Man I met this I
met this girl and you buy cattle from
her dad." And I was like "Who's that?"
And he was like trying to mispronounce
your name and things like that And then
Cassie showed up You were a freshman I
think at CSU at that time Uh so it's
crazy how fast things have gone uh from
then But I'll tell you what your family
um has probably got out of all the
people that I've come across with uh
throughout my time in this industry um
that area that you live in is so unique
Before we go any further on the plant
and things like that let's talk about
like the old days Okay So like Cassie I
think your family has got awesome
heritage Uh talk about like who founded
it where that would have come from Let's
talk about like where like I'm talking
about whenever before we even had roads
out in that area So so yeah my family
history is I I'm mom and dad's side is
both extremely unique Um on my dad's
side uh both his mom and dad are are
100% Greek His mom was um she immigrated
over to the United States when she was
19 U my my dad's dad was born in the
United States Um so I would be fourth
generation from that side of the family
Um and my great papu which my great
grandpa when he came over in 1909 I want
to say he worked his way um across the
states through the railroad and he would
have been an outcast So he was working
on the railroads He was working on the
railroads and he established in
Bridgeport because he became started
working then building all the sugar
factories in western Nebraska and
Colorado and um he became a foreman
building all these sugar factories and
then bought some acreage in Bridgeport
and started farming and from there it
just it grew So let's talk about
Bridgeport Nebraska here for a minute So
if if you haven't been there before it's
definitely different than eastern
Nebraska You're out west uh you've got
the river that runs through there but
outside of that today it's a lot of
irrigated farm ground that's along that
river because the the aquafer and things
that are there but whenever he would
have gone there there would have been it
would have been a desert It would have
been nothing Yeah Yeah And we my dad and
and my grandfather would have been they
would just buy pasture ground and
establish and put farms and put more
farms and back then you can
just take the pasture ground and
establish it and it wasn't a big deal
the day you know you have to have
certified acres and you're not allowed
to do that today And water restrictions
has changed all of that But yeah
irrigation um pivot irrigation came out
west in the 70s and just exploded in
that area And so when you talk about the
uniqueness of Bridgeport and and the
operations out there the it's very
common to have the farmer feeders Um so
a lot of us have farm ground We have
feed lots and we have a cow calf herd
and it's very very common um in the
Birchport area Yeah So what's what's
always been cool about that area and I'm
not trying to like I tell everybody that
that area out of everywhere that I've
been um every area has got something
unique about it but like to feed cattle
you have to have a really dry climate Uh
but then you don't necessarily have the
ability to grow corn in that area but
then you guys have the access to the
water Uh not only through the river and
the canal systems but then also like you
know sub the irrigation systems but um
the pivots Um so that area is so cool
when it comes to like cattle production
and efficiencies but then also like
grain basis It's a pretty cool time
period So like out in that area now you
guys would have multiple um multiple uh
uh sugar beat plants So there's a lot of
sugar beats growing there So that's one
available feed stuff And then you've got
the the distillers plant Distillers Yeah
The ethanol plant that produces
distillers and all the all the corn
that's grown there And then kind of a
natural funnel for cattle coming out of
the west Uh so it's like a really really
cool area and it's it's crazy to think
about um like your family you know four
generations ago that would have been
there and it's almost
necessar but he just like landed there
and maybe it was by the grace of God Who
knows but then you was able to kind of
set that foundation forward Uh and it's
just kind of a a great story And then
now we fast forward to uh where you guys
are putting this packing plant in North
Plat Nebraska And in my my mind that's
one of the best locations uh that you
could have in the world uh from a center
point of cattle So um let's talk about a
little bit about um that I mean this is
Logan Logan County Cattle Women's Deal
and I think it's awesome that you at the
age you are coming back into your
operation um and working in your
family's operation and obviously there's
some in every family there's some
uniqueness there but um what are some of
the challenges I guess Cassie that
you've seen uh over the last four or
five years outside of market stuff um
and then how has that uh kind of
prepared you mentally to kind of go
through the mental exhaustion of
building a packing plant
well I mean it it it started before I
can't quite go four years ago because my
family we tried to do this about 14
years ago in um in the Scotsluff
Bridgeport area and that was kind of my
first exposure to I'd say negative
social media people that you thought
were your friends disagreeing with you
and publicly disagreeing with you and
and I had never experienced that and
that um that was my first like taste of
big projects that people aren't going to
just be all on board with you on That
project didn't go through Um and then
fast forward to this project we kind of
already had our feet in the water Said
you know day one you're going to have to
have somebody on this project 365 for
the next year You're not going to make
much progress but somebody's got to be
on this every day People aren't going to
always agree And I had already been like
"Yep we know that's going to happen
Let's go." you don't look at the
negativity you don't look at my mind was
already established into how to handle
that and I and so having that experience
early on really helped me just be able
to just push forward and move forward
with this project Yeah So it's it's
interesting how um and I think it's like
a very unique partnership and all the
people that are that are involved in it
from you know the meat side of it uh
back into the cattle side of it Um you
know and and where those two worlds are
going to collide uh as you go forward
here Uh but I think that you guys have
done such a good job kind of setting
that up Um and honestly I like like I
texted you the other day when I saw the
video of it of the inside of it and it
was awesome to see uh you guys I'm
guessing you were on the grade chain and
the sales cooler Yep Uh whenever you
were you know doing all that stuff and
kind of announcing everything and it
just looks like a beautiful facility I
need to go probably check it out because
I'm kind of a packing house nut I guess
you'd say But um but uh so when do you
you guys are thinking about firing off
here may 28th Yep Yep Um so uh
everything seems like it's going pretty
well so far It's it's going well Yeah We
um big projects like this you always
have things in the works and things but
it's it's going well and we're we're
very excited and very blessed to have
people on board that we have um to make
the project come true When we started it
like during that co time we were talking
about earlier we had multiple people
come in and say we got to do something
we got and we sat back and listened and
had you know just sat back and listened
and it was the the team with Sustainable
Beef that their vision just kept true
and they kept saying we're going to do
this and move forward and then the the
progress started happening with them and
they're the only group that that
progress happened with And so it was
just evident from day one they were
ready to bring the right people on board
and they had the location and from the
first time we went about that um we
learned that the location and the people
and the town is such a crucial part of
where this just having them accept you
as a as a company and a project is is
crucial in moving forward and making the
the process a little bit easier I mean
you still have all the hoops to jump
through but they wanted us there Um the
city wanted us the the teachers is
always a big one Um we talked to a lot
of teachers and they we asked you know
are you worried about different
languages and and she told me one day
she goes "Cassie we've already have 14
different languages spoken in the school
today." She's like "We need kids We're
looking at closing schools." So that was
a big deal to them Um the land that it's
built on is you know southeast part of
town ties in with the wastewater It was
an old
lagoon It I mean it just the the pieces
were put together and it just kept
progressing and the puzzle is now
becoming complete and it's cool Yeah No
it's it's it's interesting to think back
because I've never built a packing plant
I've studied this industry a tremendous
amount and what I tell people all the
time is like to build a packing plant of
that size
there's only been two or three ever
built that size The rest of them were
all built to kill eight or 900 cattle
and the rest of them were all built to
just you know I mean when all those
plants were built in the 50s and the 60s
they were built to rail out carcasses or
ship out carcasses And then the fab
floor came later and then what the other
part of it is is they had to bring in
people later right so you got plants in
towns like Cactus Texas or Fiona Texas
where those towns are extremely small
You know the the the population of the
town is way less than the workforce size
Um so to your point I mean finding a
town that hey is willing to allow a lot
of people that are going to work in
these plants live in the town Um but
then also give you the site or work on
you with the site Um yeah I mean it's to
to be able to bring all those things
together is pretty remarkable And like
me looking out from for the last three
or four years watching you guys do it Um
it's actually pretty amazing to get that
thing done Not only financially but then
from a just a coordination st I'm I've
got ADD worse than anybody in the world
So I would have definitely probably
failed off starting off You know you'd
have been like hey look we can put that
plant in North Plat and then walked off
But um but yeah I mean that's
interesting You said you went and talked
to all the community members and so did
you guys split that up like as far as
like you or your other teammates like
how did y'all like kind of do that from
a committee standpoint well we've got
you know there's there's a family in
there that's a local family and and they
did they would have taken the the blunt
of the public and talking with them but
um my where I came in on like the
teacher standpoint is is I was um I just
said we need a daycare to be a part of
this packing plan So that's where I kind
of stemmed off and started talking with
some of the a gal in the school and her
ideas and she she was wanted to be a
part of that conversation Um but the the
blunt of it was the was the family
that's a part of the community and um
they were a part of the city council
meetings They talked to a lot of the
people and the and I wasn't even at a
lot of those city council meetings but
um the the feedback from them were or
the the meetings was very positive the
entire time And so that really I mean
just shines light
into how well and accepted North Plat
was to us And thank goodness the state
of Nebraska state of Nebraska Oh man it
governor's been on board since day one
Well we've had Pete Rickettts was on
board day one and now Governor Panin is
very supportive of the project all all
of the senators have just really been
there to help us along the way and if we
have a problem or need something they're
really they're there to step up and
willingness to be a part of the project
So well it's that area has just like
grown tremendously in the last call it
10 years as far as feedard capacity
really you've seen areas in in the
country that have shrank y maybe in the
east and then as cattle have migrated
more towards you know the more efficient
feeding conditions I mean this just
seems like a very natural spot to be
Yeah it's good And and what's really
nice about the area is there's a lot of
younger people coming back and um not
only just expanding on the feed yards
but they're buying other feed yards or
being a part they're take the the
generations that could close shop and
walk away You've got a young generation
of of cattle feeders coming back and
taking the risk to being a part of this
industry and being successful at it as
well And I think there's a lot of um a
lot of the older generation is willing
to help mentor them help them um in a
lot of different facets of it And then
you know we've got a new feedard coming
in the black shirts coming in I mean
that's cool That's just for the cattle
feeding world There's a lot of really
good things in Western Nebraska going on
today Yeah So are you guys like uh like
when you talk about the younger people
because this is one thing Tai that I've
talked about just at length and I'll go
talk to a meeting Okay And so like let's
say what I've always said Cassie is like
the ability or the want to or you know
the the the the the desire to get into
this business is always dictated on if
there's margin or not Right Right And so
very cyclical nature in the business and
all that stuff I mean obviously in all
sectors of it cow calf sector right now
everybody wants to be a cowboy because
all the cows are making money You know
in the feed lot side of it the margins
have been good for the last three or
four years Um do you guys organize like
like I'm sitting here thinking about and
maybe you and I could probably talk
about this off the off the microphone
here but it would be really cool to
bring together some of those younger
people Are y'all doing that like as far
as the state goes not a part of the not
as much as the state Like a lot of us
are just buddies I mean and we don't
formally get together and and have
meetings Um I mean they're informal at
the bar with a beer in your hand And
those are pretty formal Yeah I mean yeah
we have minutes and everything but no No
he don't at all But I mean we just we
all get along very well and and there's
Yeah I mean you got to have them You
have to have that younger generation um
marry bring people into the community
have families Um and then it ricochets
off of that Not even just in a in the
cattle feeding world It's um
Bridgeport's young and the the
businesses that are being opened on Main
Street are young
entrepreneurs young people going off on
their own Um it it's just to for this
rural economic development it starts
with just an industry and it ricochets
off of there And I think it's just yeah
you I could talk about Bridgeport and
the youth coming back all day long And
if you wanted to get a room a group of
us in a room together I mean just make
sure there's Bush Light and then we're
good
Well that's good That was one
conversation we had on the way up here
was the youth in this industry and and
what's keeping them in here and what's
bringing them in here And that's good to
hear from that from your your
perspective there Sounds like y'all kind
of got it going on where kids are coming
back home and even expanding the
operation of the family and that's just
always good That's always a good thing
to hear as we move forward here So cuz
it's going to take the youth to Well
we're in this I feel like we're in kind
of a transition period I mean like what
you guys are doing even I think there's
there's um people want to be a part of
agg and I think that um they want to
they want to do it in their own way and
I think that's unique but there's also
opportunity out there to do it and
there's a lot of people that are willing
to stand up and and risk something to be
a part of it and I think it's just the
mentality and the opportunity and the I
mean I'm I I'm a part of a group the
Engler entrepor reneur program through
the University of
Nebraska and I that was Paul Engingler
um uh started this and it's awesome like
they're these kids are fired up
about anything entrepreneurship but
their passion is rural economic
development in Nebraska and it's you
want to get down on the next generation
or we kids don't do things the way they
used to and it's funny that everybody
says said that about every generation
that you go back to and so Dedra and I
talk about that a lot You know it's like
man we you just got to embrace those
those youth And Ty and I were talking
about it on the way here Like I think
about and I think you just got to let
like let some of these youth kind of go
right right Right You know I joked
around with Pete whenever we talked
right before NCBA of like oh look I'm
over 40 years old now and we can have a
conversation You know my input's
valuable Yeah Just because I've been
here just on the on this earth a little
bit longer But um no I think that I mean
just like I said that the the watching
in different are so I was at the South
Dakota Prime Gala which is an awesome
meeting That'd be something cool to go
to also I mean I that's what I told Zach
We've got an office in O'Neal Nebraska
And I'm up there and everybody's 35 to
40 years old That's cool And I'm like
what I used to think was old but that's
young now But I I I'm like man I told
Zach I'm like this is a vibrant vibrant
area People are wanting to be here Um we
just got to make sure that when we go
through tough times in this industry or
if we go through tough times or when we
go through tough times the cyclical
nature of it uh we just got to make sure
that we're there for each other too and
remind everybody that we got to go
There's another you know there's another
uh light to the tunnel you know Yeah
Yeah Yeah No it's when we've all and
you've been through it and you hate to
see somebody go through it but then if
they can get through that first downturn
then it's I I got this And it's um
you're right though you do have to
support it and and um but man it's cool
and it's exciting cuz a's cool right now
Oh yeah So yeah absolutely Everybody
went into tech or equities or something
like that and everybody wants to be a
cowboy Everybody wants to be in the
business now that we're selling how we
are now Everybody wants to come back and
do it So but it took that I mean it's
going to take that to keep this thing
rolling So but no I love I love what
y'all are doing there And it's got to be
exciting to finally see it It's fixing
to happen We need to go up there and see
that plant I know we do Yeah Be good if
we knew somebody that could kind of give
us a tour Yeah I wish Yeah I mean I
don't know That Yeah maybe Maybe someday
you can Here's a phone number I'll go
We'll get I I would be cool to go in
before we start opening up and then come
back through when there are cattle going
through being harvested I think there's
a lot of value in that But it's just you
go in there and you're you're like
that's whoa I mean it just and then you
turn around and you're like this is it
just never it just every corner you go
through is just even more amazing than
the last one And it it's built for
people and comfort and I mean it's built
to do the job It's a beast but it's cool
No it's interesting you talked about it
I mean the word sustainable and
everybody kind of defines that different
ways and it's kind of been a buzz word
uh for the last 15 years or so but it's
really like putting money enriching the
community back so you can bring you
youth back in there It's interesting you
talk about you know talking to the
teachers first without just cramming it
down their throat and engaging them and
that way you have the people to educate
the next generation of the people Um and
then you talk about you know the
ergonomics and all that stuff around
making sure the uh the employees are
probably handled very well there That
way you're not turning over a bunch of
employees and different people and kind
of disrupting the town But um no I think
it's awesome So Todd we're going to get
down there and or get up there I guess
for us and go get up there and see it
But what So do y'all have It's got to be
exciting to know that Okay we're going
to 1500 cattle are going to come here on
hopefully May 28th That's the hope date
Well yeah The opening date Yeah I won't
be that headc count that day Yeah But so
you'll have that that schedule already
kind of set on what color going to come
I mean that would be something that
would be pretty exciting for me to to
know whose animal gets to be the first
one Who's going to who's going to play
the rock paper scissors i mean draw
straws I think this is my opinion is all
of the eight founders should buy that
animal together Then there's no knockout
drag out of that's a good idea Who that
is are y'all going to save the hide on
the first one So that hide and we were
laughing about that too cuz the gal that
gives the tours um I I was telling I
said Natalie I said "We got to do this."
And she goes she's like "You don't want
that first hide?" I said "Yes we do."
Because she goes "There'll be holes all
over it." And I said "Well we can always
strive to do better but yeah we'll get
that hide." I requested my first hide
that goes through so we can And then I
think all the founders are going to do
the same thing on their first animals
that go through So I would like to be
the one to sell that first animal to all
eight owners See what we can make it
bring All right See what we can make it
bring Okay Yeah There you go Yeah There
you go Put it in the local education
system education Oh that's that'd be
good Yeah I know It'd be fun But yeah
we're excited for it So well that's
exciting I just I bet you're just like
I'm ready for the candy Yeah Just just
something you've been striving for for
the last I don't know how many years
y'all been playing this So yeah we're
four four or five years into it Yeah I
mean that's when we first heard of it
down there we was like that's be pretty
neat if they ever get it done And then
it probably been the fall of 2020 right
yeah When you first probably talked to
them Jim sounds about right Right in
that time frame Yeah that sounds about
right So yeah No it's crazy Be almost
five years Oh wow Yeah it's time We're
to the point where it's just like we
just got to get cattle through It's We
got to I can't talk about anything else
but get cattle through there and then
we'll see where we can improve from
there So that would be good Well awesome
Well Cassie I'll tell you we could
probably talk for another couple hours
but we appreciate you coming in here Um
Tana you know deeply appreciate you
coming in here and sitting down with us
I know there's you're super busy with
everything you got going on Uh it's
going to be interesting to see here
pretty soon when this room fills up with
uh all the Logan County Cattlewoman
supporters Uh and we'll see if we can
buy the champion heer uh here pretty
soon And I'm going to buy the champion
heer I think Okay now we got to get that
easy How about we just form a
partnership hey we can Yeah we can make
that the first one that goes through the
floor There you go Yeah there you go So
no this is a neat deal I mean when I
first heard about it when Brett reached
out to us and wanted us to come up here
and then we kind of was trying to set a
schedule of who I was going to have and
Casey brought you up Well actually we
were going to bring you to Fort Worth
there early on and this worked out
perfect What are you three four hours
from here just an hour and a half Yeah
Where I'm at Yep So that worked out
perfect and I was excited cuz I've
always I've heard about your family
forever And uh then when y'all got
brought up when we was starting this
deal and we was trying to sell some
cattle up that way and and uh then I
that name just always intrigued me So
then when Casey said he knew you I was
like "Well that's perfect Let's get her
on." And yeah no I appreciate it Let's
have this talk And because it's it's
neat to see young younger generation
like herself just trying to build this
thing up And it's pretty cool to have a
role in something that unique And I'm
excited for for y'all I'd like to like I
said so she always gives me these
signals I don't know if you notice I
mean I I told him the other day on one I
said I'm going to turn the camera around
one day and I'm going to show y'all what
I got to see on the back side of one of
these things One of them gives me
countdowns One of them gives me signals
and I don't know what all this I'm not a
baseball player I don't know what all
this means So if we have to leave I'm
sorry I'm going to tell a story because
I know we're on I know we're kind of on
camera but we're not on camera But so
growing up I I worked with my mom on her
ranch and feed lot And so we'd be riding
in the hills like moving cows and she'd
be telling us you know something like go
this way or go that way and I mean we're
far like it's me to I know the
basketball hoops we're like you know 50
yards away and you can't see a dang
thing she's saying they're like I don't
even know So I wrote up to her one day
and I was like I don't know what you're
saying with your hands in front of your
face and she's like oh I'm sorry go that
way She So she's changed my
still going to see it but no it's it's a
it's funny So I get the signal thing but
we'll Yeah No she's uh she's telling me
to tell the social media land out there
to hit subscribe and like So when we
when they when we get done here and
we're doing some closing remarks I
always got to remember to say hit
subscribe and hit like That's kind of
how Which one Which one of you are they
liking well they're the
question Neither one of us Neither one
of you
Yeah I'm trying to really what know what
they're subscribing to cuz I'm like I
don't
only good things Only good things Good
things But it's been awesome I thank you
for joining us I mean it just your
history and Casey had told me a little
bit about your family history and and
how unique it was and but this Greek
festival thing He ain't never said
nothing about that So we got to we got
to do that Have Live A be a sponsor of
the Greek Fest 100% August 16th
Bridgeport Nebraska And that's just make
sure you got a couple days after that
Yeah Recovery recovery Well 2026 is our
100th anniversary of our Greek festival
and the 100th anniversary of our church
So 2026 is going to be big for us So
really So how far would that be from uh
Casper Wyoming oh you're not that far
from Casper Not far because we're going
to be in Casper for our August 14th sale
So we can just leave Casper and come
right on over a newbie at the Greek
Festival My favorite It's going to be
bad That'd be great So we need to have a
hotel room for two or three days
afterwards is what you're telling me to
kind of recruit She's got a hotel% I got
you covered Yep Oh you got a hotel yep
We got feed lot We got farms We got
hotels What do you need what we got the
hotel Economic development You got to
take care of your town right i love it I
love it You got to take care of your
town So 2026 is your 100 years Yes Yep
Wow How long's your family been right
there
um you know that's a great question I
know my great-grandfather came over in
like 1909 but establishing in Bridgeport
I'd have to look that one up Wow So yeah
that's crazy Yeah that's that's deep
heritage Jeep history That's that's all
roots and foundation I don't even know
my great-grandparents but she can
probably go back and find out where her
she knows where hers lived you know Yeah
it's crazy I lived up the road from them
They were my babysitters She was my
babysitter
Old Greek women yelling smoking
cigarettes
Not me but they were They were just
yelling at each other all the time
They're kind humans They are Yeah Well
once again we can't thank you enough for
for joining us and sharing your story
sharing your family story and just
sharing a little bit of a time Your time
is pretty valuable right now for what
y'all got going on We just thank you for
that And thank you Thank you for helping
the industry I mean stepping out on limb
and going and doing something to prop up
the industry and and kind of help out
with where we're falling short So just
thank y'all very much Yeah And the the
youth of it the like I said me and Casey
talk about this a lot We are seeing that
rollover turn of of the next generation
getting involved and and we can't tell
you guys out guys and gals out there
enough to get involved get involved
where you in the act get involved at an
early age so you do can do some stuff
like this I mean it's not like you can
just wake up one morning and go open a
pack and I mean you got to start at a
young age learning from your parents
learning from from the generation and
and but even if you didn't um I'd
encourage people you know if if you
don't know how to get into the industry
start talking to people I think this I
think we we underestimate how much we
want to help one another And you you you
touched on it earlier but there there
are people that don't have a next
generation to pass something on to and
they would love nothing more than to
leave a legacy And and um there there's
there's opportunity out there a little
patience and a little we were talking
with last week at the cattle razors They
they started a deal called the Gilly
Rojos um mentorship mentorship program
So Gilly was a he he did not grow up in
the in the a space in the a industry but
he come up and went to TC Ranch
management and got and grabbed a hold of
it and really liked it and some mentors
grabbed a hold to him and he learned
from him King Ranch and then down
through that deal then started his own
deal It's It's pretty unique and it
sounds like something you said something
about England's deal at Nebraska Those
programs get in those programs and grab
a hold of somebody that there's people
out there that like she just said want
to mentor that that group of people Yeah
You do not have to grow up in this
industry to succeed in it right so and
surround yourself with like-minded
individuals That's if you're with people
that want to succeed that's what you're
talking about is success and building
and growing instead of talking negative
about the next person And it's it's how
do you be successful and we were at
Maders earlier driving around looking at
cattle and stuff and that's what he said
He he said this is a relationship
business And so get in there and build
those relationships and get in those
groups We was talking about FFA earlier
Get in and join the FFA your FFA
foundation and and become an officer Go
through those programs and that's just 4
or whatever is in your community that's
that's successful Latch a hold to those
people and grow with them So you bet But
well thanks once again Uh thanks
everybody for joining us and watching
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once again God bless