Oregon Rancher Awarded Max Deets Leadership Award

Oregon Rancher Awarded Max Deets Leadership Award

At the recent Cattle Industry Convention, Keith Nantz of Maupin, Ore., has been awarded the Max Deets Leadership Award by the National Cattlemen’s Foundation for demonstrating outstanding leadership in the cattle industry.The award is named for Max Deets, a Kansas cattleman and past president of the NCBA. Nantz shares how he was selected as the chair of the Young Cattlemen’s Conference.
Nantz: “The group — there was 62 of us on this last tour in 2014— they elect the chairman for the next year. So I was elected by a panel of my peers essentially that I was with for nine days and elected me to bring it forward to next year.”
He is a partner and General Manager of Dillon Land and Cattle Company and is now in his sixth year as a cow-calf producer and hay grower in Maupin. Nantz encourages young ranchers to consider participating in the yearly Young Cattlemen’s Conference.
Nanz: “Just the opportunity to network with young producers — young minds — throughout the country. We have people from almost every state and breed affiliations as well. The networking opportunity is absolutely huge. The other thing it really does it shows a really ground level of what your checkoff dollars goes to. It gives you a really good understanding of how those dollars are being used for promotion, education and research throughout our industry. You see every segment of it. Most states have a long waiting list for this conference. It is a great opportunity and you meet a lot of great people. I’ve made some friends for a lifetime in the nine days we were together.”
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