Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Local Feed Yard Family Profiled By Farm Bureau

In a special series called "Get to know your Nebraska farmers," Dorchester's Joel and Amy Weber, along with their children, were recently profiled by the Farm Bureau.

The Farm Bureau blog reports, "For Weber Feed Yards LLC owner and Saline County Farm Bureau member Joel Weber, doing it the right way is job one. A 4th generation farmer/feeder from Dorchester, Joel went off to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and graduated in 1995 with an agribusiness degree, then went right back to the farm. His father is semi-retired which leaves Joel to manage the 4,500 head of cattle and farm ground on his own. Ninety percent of the crops they raise go to feed the cattle."
 
The blog goes on to say that the "niche market Joel has found is with age and source verified cattle. The farm has stringent record-keeping rules because most of the beef he raises is for export to Japan. All the cattle have papers with their date of birth and ranch of origin. In the early 2000s, the Weber feed yard started dabbling in age and source verification until they learned more about the needs and wants of the end-user in Japan. They fully adapted to that protocol by 2004."

Joel’s wife, Amy, teaches Math at Meridian Schools and the couple has three children:  Christian, 8; Jacob, 6; and Sophia, 3.
 
See the blog story by clicking here.
 

5 comments:

  1. Way to go brother Joel!

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  2. Good family. Very involved with their kids, who are well-behaved and disciplined.

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  3. Neat story. Thanks for posting.

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  4. Joyce said.......

    Way to go!!!! It's great to see hometown success.

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  5. Sweet beans! Nice work, Mr. Weber.

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