-Sandhills Cattle Association
THEDFORD, Neb. The Sandhills Cattle Association kicked off its two-day Annual Convention on Sept. 20 with the Fall Feeder Calf Preview, held in conjunction with the Nebraska Cow-Calf Council. This year’s ranch tour program was cut a little short from standard tours to accommodate all the activities they had in store. The first stop was Craig and Joy Miles, Miles Family Ranch, located north of Thedford. Roughly 38 folks showed up to listen as Craig and his son Caleb explained their operation to participants. Their ranch raises Angus cattle and typically sells steer calves in November and December and markets their terminal heifers in January and February. A live demonstration of cattle handling was held at the next stop at the Bestol-Masek Ranch. Brenda Masek, vice-president of the Nebraska Cattlemen, her family, and crew showed participants how their commercial calves were worked every year at weaning. They implement fence line weaning with great su