Lance Zimmerman Email & Phone Number

Saint George, KS, US

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Select the breeding stock for the farm’s 125-head commercial Angus cowherd and make recommendations on calf marketing and management decisions.

Centennial, Colorado, United States

Saint George, KS

Lead member communication regarding fundamental market analysis and long-term forecasts. Maintain supply, demand and price forecasting databases for beef and pork markets and build consensus among analysts for key market forecasts and assumptions. Manage feedyard inventory, shipment and placement data to project fed cattle slaughter trends. Present at.

Developed price forecasting and risk management models within the wholesale beef segment. Led company efforts for the Obsono Market Update project that provides bi-weekly and quarterly price projections for more than 40 different wholesale red meat and poultry cuts. Provided the team with supply projections for U.S. calves, feeder cattle and market hogs..

Assist with research focused on beef and meat industry management and marketing. Thesis focused on herd management adjustments for producing more profitable value-added calves

Leverage a $120,000 marketing and educational budget to create brand recognition in the production sector through advertising, seminars, events and sponsorships targeted for beef producers, feedlots and industry leaders

Organized the high-ropes course activities for approximately a half dozen groups a year. Created a positive, leadership-based learning environment focused on personal challenge and team support

Organized the monthly Brand News section for the Angus Journal (circulation 17,000), wrote more than 50 published stories or news releases on company and industry related topics, developed the content and structure for www.CABpartners.com, and managed the division’s internship program.

Assisted with the coordination and copywriting for the Pfizer Animal Health, Miller Electric and Hobart Welders accounts; and served on the Smithfield Foods issues management and media tour teams during the acquisition of Farmland Industries swine assets.

Master Of Science, Agricultural Economics

Activities and Societies: Co-Advisor, College of Agriculture Ambassadors, 2009-present Graduate Students in Agricultural Economics.

Bachelor Of Science, Agricultural Communications And Journalism

Activities and Societies: College of Agriculture Student Ambassadors, 2000-2005 Kansas FFA State Officer, 2001-2002 FarmHouse Fraternity.