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Jeff Biegert: The Shickley Native Behind Midwest PMS and Two Big Feeders

A Texas Christian business graduate returned to Nebraska in 1976 and built a liquid feed company with ten plants.

Who Is Jeff Biegert?

Jeff Biegert is a Nebraska businessman who built a liquid feed company and co-owns two large feedyards. The Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame inducted him in 2017, and his Hall of Fame biography describes a hometown, Shickley, Nebraska, and a Midwest motto that hard work never killed anybody.

As a living public figure, he is profiled here only on his professional record.

From Shickley to Texas Christian University

A Drovers profile of the inductee says Biegert graduated from Shickley High School in 1970, one of 19 seniors, and earned a business degree from Texas Christian University in 1974.

After college he spent a few years on feasibility studies and construction management for childcare centers in the Houston area. The company sold in 1976, and that same year he returned to Nebraska.

Founding Biegert Feeds and Midwest PMS

In 1976 Biegert founded Biegert Feeds, a liquid feed manufacturing and cattle feeding company. It is now Midwest PMS. Liquid feed supplements are molasses-based blends that deliver protein, minerals and other nutrients to cattle, and it is a niche that depends on regional plants close to customers.

The Hall of Fame says Midwest PMS has ten manufacturing sites and more than 150 employees across Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Texas, Iowa and South Dakota.

Feedyards, Ranches and Genetics

Biegert owns part of Fort Kearney Feeders, a 58,000-head operation, and North Platte Feeders, an 82,000-head operation, for a combined capacity the Drovers profile gives as 140,000 head. Both are in Nebraska.

He has owned extensive ranch properties across the Midwest and is a founding partner in Power Genetics, a seedstock company. He also works in a family cattle feeding operation and a small fertilizer plant in Nebraska.

The Key to Biegert's Success

The record shows a founder who started in a service business, returned home with an idea and expanded around feed. The sources do not publish financials, so none are claimed.

The Hall of Fame quotes him on perseverance: never give up, you are never done until you quit.

Taken together, these steps show a founder who tied his businesses to each other. Feed made in his plants goes into cattle fed in yards he partly owns, and the genetics company he helped found serves the same customers. The Hall of Fame and Drovers do not describe how those pieces were financed, and none is guessed here.

The combined 140,000-head capacity of his two feedyards puts him among the larger yard owners in Nebraska by scale, though the sources do not rank him against other owners, and the Drovers capacity figure is a combined number for two yards. Readers should also keep in mind that capacity is a one-time figure, not the number of cattle fed in a year.

  • He gained business experience outside agriculture, helping build a childcare center chain in Houston.
  • He returned to Nebraska in 1976 and started a specialized feed manufacturer instead of competing as a generalist.
  • He expanded Midwest PMS to ten plants in six states.
  • He took ownership stakes in feedyards that use the feed he makes and in a seedstock company, linking supply and demand.
  • He invested in the community, supporting the Cathedral Home for Children in Laramie, Wyoming, and a business plan competition at Texas Christian University.

Community and Recognition

Biegert is a benefactor and former board member of Cathedral Home for Children in Laramie, Wyoming, and sponsors its annual banquet. He also pioneered an entrepreneurial competition at Texas Christian University that requires business plans to benefit the community.

For more on the people feeding American beef, see farm.FM's ranching section, or a farm.FM story about Nebraska cattle feeding.

Timeline

  1. 1970Graduates from Shickley High School
  2. 1974Earns a business degree from Texas Christian University
  3. 1976The Houston childcare center company is sold
  4. 1976Founds Biegert Feeds in Nebraska, now Midwest PMS
  5. 2017Inducted into the Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame

Frequently asked questions

Who is Jeff Biegert?

Jeff Biegert is a Nebraska businessman from Shickley who founded Biegert Feeds in 1976, now Midwest PMS, and co-owns two feedyards. He was inducted into the Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame in 2017.

What is Midwest PMS?

Midwest PMS, formerly Biegert Feeds, is a liquid feed manufacturer with ten plants and more than 150 employees across Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Texas, Iowa and South Dakota.

What feedyards does Jeff Biegert own?

According to the Hall of Fame he owns part of Fort Kearney Feeders, a 58,000-head operation, and North Platte Feeders, an 82,000-head operation, in Nebraska.

Sources and further reading

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