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46 CALF News • April | May 2018 • www.calfnews.net CALF’s Featured Lady By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor  CALF CAMEO Lucky people know their mission in life; they seize it at an early age and run with it. Consequently, success follows them down their career paths. Jessie Herrmann is one such person. She is the director of legal and regulatory affairs for Nebraska Cattlemen (NC). Born in Wichita and raised in town, Herrmann has intricate, long-standing ties to the cattle industry. Her family, of Irish descent, immigrated to America in the 1800s and subsequently worked as fed-cattle buyers for six generations. She can trace their path west by pack- inghouses – Buffalo, Detroit, Chicago, Omaha, Wichita, Fort Morgan. Always enamored by politics, she knew early on that issue advocacy- related law benefitting agriculture was her focus. After earning her degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, she relocated to Washington, D.C., working for six years as a legislative assistant to Sen. Mike Crapo of Idaho. Tiring of the drama and crowds in D.C., Herrmann returned home to Nebraska where she happily rekindled old friendships and married her sweet- heart in 2015. Nowadays, the capable blonde is watching out for our interests. Tracking harmful regulation and legislation from Washington that may burden us, she travels there annually to consult with our legislators. She spends considerable time at the Nebraska State House, backing up Laura Field, NC vice president of legislative affairs. “It’s important to tell our own story,” she says.“Growing up in town, I saw Calendar April 10-12 NCBA Legislative Conference Washington, D.C. • www.beefusa.org April 25 Beef Research Update U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, Neb. www.nebeef.org May 1-3 U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef General Assembly Oklahoma City, Okla. • www.usrsb.org May 20-22 Alltech Ideas Conference Lexington, Ky. • https://one.alltech.com June 1-10 Beef Empire Days Garden City, Kan. www.beefempiredays.com June 21-23 International Feedlot Cowboys Association Finals Sterling, Colo. • www.feedlotcowboys. com Aug. 1-4 Cattle Industry Summer Business Meeting Denver, Colo. • www.beefusa.org Aug. 24-25 NCBA Regional Stockmanship & Stewardship Event Clemson, S.C. • www.beefusa.org Sept. 21-25 NCBA Regional Stockmanship & Stewardship Event Montrose, Colo. • www.beefusa.org Oct. 5-6 NCBA Regional Stockmanship & Stewardship Event Stephenville, Texas www.beefusa.org Oct. 12-13 NCBA Regional Stockmanship & Stewardship Event • Pasco, Wash. www.beefusa.org both sides of ag issues, so I know it’s cru- cial to share our story and dispel myths about agriculture.”  Why Do You Read CALF News ? Trey Brown Ranch Hand R.A. Brown Ranch Dalhart, Texas  Tell us why you read CALF News ! Go to our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/#!/calfnews I read CALF News because it’s a great way for me to learn my ABCs!

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