The Kansas Livestock Association (KLA) elected Jerry Kuckelman, a cattle feeder from Manhattan, KS, as president during the group’s annual business meeting in December. Phil Perry, a cow-calf and custom precondition business operator from Oskaloosa, KS, was elected president-elect.
Kuckelman is currently the president and CEO of Innovative Livestock Services and grew up on a diversified farm. He also represents KLA on the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s board of directors and is a member of the Livestock and Meat Industry Council.
Perry currently serves on the KLA board of directors and the Jefferson County KLA Committee. He is also a member of the Kansas Beef Council Executive Committee and represents Kansas on the Cattlemen’s Beef Board.
