Livestock leaders from across the West gathered recently in Reno as the Common Ground Coalition kicked off the first of four regional summits focused on the future of the cattle industry and rural America.
Among the participants was Oregon cattle producer Blake Knowles, a fourth-generation rancher from Heppner, Oregon, who says the summit brought together a diverse group of producers focused on finding solutions to some of agriculture’s biggest challenges.
“It was a great opportunity to kind of sit back and listen,” Knowles said. “There were all ages involved in this and different sectors of the industry all came together. Some great minds all really moving forward with hopefully one goal of tackling some of these problems.”…