Brunner elected president of KLA
Fourth generation cattleman Tracy Brunner, Ramona, was elected president of the Kansas Livestock Association (KLA) during the group's annual business meeting Nov. 30 in Wichita. Brunner will serve in this volunteer leadership capacity during 2008.
Brunner is a partner in Cow Camp Beef, a family-owned business that includes ranching, feeding, and farming interests.
Cow Camp is aligned to produce and deliver higher-value beef directly to the consumer. In addition, Brunner and his wife, Yvonne, are principals in a bonded livestock dealer business, consulting with and assisting other producers in marketing.
Brunner's industry involvement is extensive. He is a past chairman of the KLA cow-calf/stocker council and currently serves on the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) executive committee. Brunner served two terms on the NCBA beef board and one term as Kansas Beef Council chairman.
A past chairman of the NCBA new product and culinary initiatives committee, Brunner was a member of several broad-based industry groups that made recommendations currently under consideration to improve the beef check-off.
Brunner is active in his church and local community. He is a past president of the Centre USD 397 school board, has been a church elder, and also was a 4-H leader.
Brunner is a 1978 KSU graduate with a bachelor's degree in animal science and a master's degree in agribusiness.
Tracy and Yvonne have two children: daughter "Cat," Wichita, and son Tanner, a freshman at Centre High School.
