GREAT BEND TRIBUNE Kuckelman, Perry elected to KLA leadership positions Pictured are Kansas Livestock Association President-Elect Phil Perry (left) from Oskaloosa and KLA President Jerry Kuckelman of Manhattan. - photo by COURTESY PHOTO
TOPEKA – Members of the Kansas Livestock Association (KLA) elected Jerry Kuckelman, a cattle feeder from Manhattan, as president during the group’s annual business meeting Dec. 17. The membership chose Oskaloosa rancher Phil Perry as KLA president-elect. Kuckelman and Perry will lead the 5,700-member organization during the next year.
Kuckelman is the president and chief executive officer of Innovative Livestock Services (ILS), which consists of eight feedyards in central Kansas and south central Nebraska and an extensive farming operation. He began his career as a cattle buyer for IBP, then transitioned into feedyard management where he spent 27 years, with most of that ti
Kansas Livestock Association members elected Jerry Kuckelman, a cattle feeder from Manhattan, as president during the groupâs annual business meeting recently. The membership chose Oskaloosa rancher Phil Perry as KLA president-elect. Kuckelman and Perry will lead the 5,700-member organization during the next year.
The Kansas Livestock Association selected Phil Perry (left) as president-elect and Jerry Kuckelman (right) as president recently.
Kuckelman is the president and chief executive officer of Innovative Livestock Services, which consists of eight feedyards in central Kansas and south central Nebraska and an extensive farming operation. He began his career as a cattle buyer for IBP, then transitioned into feedyard management where he spent 27 years, with most of that time as manager of Fairleigh Feed Yard in Scott City. Kuckelman joined ILS in early 2011 as chief operating officer.