Kansan To Be Inducted Into Cattle Feeders Hall Of Fame

The 2027 inductees into the Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame (CFHOF) were announced last week. Honorees will be recognized February 3 at the 18th Annual Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame Banquet, which will be held in Nashville, TN. 

Joel Jarnagin of Cobalt Cattle Company near Garden City and Tom Basabe of Simplot Land and Livestock Group in Grand View, ID, are the 2027 Hall of Fame inductees. Jarnagin, a native of Jetmore, gained experience in the cattle feeding industry in Hawaii and Texas before returning to Kansas in 1995. In 2015, he became chief executive officer of Cobalt Cattle Company, formerly Green Plains Cattle Company, which operated a single 73,000-head yard. Jarnagin has helped the company expand to seven locations with a capacity of 410,000 head, making Cobalt the fourth-largest cattle feeder in the U.S. He and his wife, Vicki, have two children and five grandchildren. 

Basabe worked his way up the ladder before taking over Simplot Land and Livestock from his father in 1988.