Direct Marketing Beef Focus of Panel Discussion

  • PHOTO COURTESY SDFU There is opportunity for growth in direct marketing beef from producers to consumers, this was the focus of a panel discussion held Dec. 16 during the South Dakota Farmers Union (SDFU) State Convention in Huron. Panelists include Scott Blubaugh (left), Oklahoma rancher and President of American Farmers & Ranchers, a state Farmers Union organization; Wessington Springs, South Dakota cattle producer Scott Kolousek (far right). The panel was moderated by South Dakota Farmers Union President
    PHOTO COURTESY SDFU There is opportunity for growth in direct marketing beef from producers to consumers, this was the focus of a panel discussion held Dec. 16 during the South Dakota Farmers Union (SDFU) State Convention in Huron. Panelists include Scott Blubaugh (left), Oklahoma rancher and President of American Farmers & Ranchers, a state Farmers Union organization; Wessington Springs, South Dakota cattle producer Scott Kolousek (far right). The panel was moderated by South Dakota Farmers Union President
    During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Oklahoma rancher, Scott Blubaugh saw a large disparity between what he was earning for the cattle he sold and what the packers were earning for the cattle they bought from him. “The packers were making $1,300 a head on the same animal our ranchers were losing $300 a head on. We thought, “there has to be a better way,’” said Blu...

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