Todd Allen probably would need a 36-hour day before he could get his finger more firmly placed on the cattle industry's pulse than he has now.
Suffice it to say he stays busy.
He's president of Cargill's cattle feeding operations and the Kansas Livestock Association. Plus, he's on long list of national cattle boards and committees.
Allen literally grew into his job. He was raised on a cow-calf operation near Kansas City, Mo.
After graduating magna cum laude from the University of Central Missouri in 1981 with an ag business degree, he began working at several of Caprock Industries' Texas feedyards. He became general manager of Caprock's feedlot near Leoti in 1992.
Caprock was purchased by Cargill, and Allen took his current position in Wichita about four years ago.
Allen and his wife, Kathy, have five children.
"It's a pretty simple story," he said of how he got to where he is. "Not real complex."
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