Managing for Profit

Custom feeding cattle in northeast Nebraska

Chuck Folken and his son own and operate a 7,000 head custom cattle feedlot near Leigh, Nebraska.  At the recent annual meeting of Nebraska Cattlemen in Kearney, we visited with Folken about their custom feeding operation, which he says specializes in ranch customers.

AUDIO: Chuck Folken (3:00 MP3)

(Folken, by the way, is just wrapping up his term as president of the Nebraska Cattlemen’s organization.)