The Alabama Cattlemen’s Association Young Cattlemen’s Leadership Program provides opportunities for leadership growth for young cattle producers. We caught up with this year’s YCLP Representative Logan Shirah as he reflected on this past year’s experiences.
Shirah said, “I’d say one of my biggest takeaways is just being able to travel the state and seeing every different region of our state and finding out different ways to do things that I can take back to my own operation. We learned a lot about leadership from the leaders in our state and kind of seeing how this organization works and just to help us move on up in this organization and be better leaders for our smaller organizations in our counties.”
Shirah also shared his thoughts for any producer thinking about participating in the program in the future, saying, “I would say it’s just a great way to make different connections throughout the state. You run into a lot of different people that are maybe in the situation you are that you might can learn from and maybe help build your business and branch out a little bit further.” This year’s YCLP class featured 24 men and women from across the state of Alabama.
Audio Reporting by Dale Sandlin for Southeast AgNet.