Mountain States Lamb Cooperative

Mountain States Lamb Cooperative

Mountain States Lamb Co-op Chairman Frank Moore of Douglas, Wyoming says the Co-Op includes 140 ranching families from across the West.

Moore: "Certainly, we've got a great story and we have the story that the people seem to want. I think we need to do a better job of marketing ourselves as that family of ranchers. It is kind of hard — it gets lost in the mix. You're trying to sell a family story on a nationwide basis and it is a little harder to do than it is locally."

The Co-op purchased the lamb plant in Greeley in November of 2015 and had purchased the fabrication operation earlier in 2008. Moore shares

Moore: "Well we finally have control of the whole thing and now it is our responsibility. Well the problem is, now it is our responsibility. What we have found out is that it is there is a lot to it and just because we have control of all it doesn't mean it any easier. Now any decisions we make has ramifications all of the way through — which it always has — but we've been able to blame somebody else when things didn't go quite the way you think they're going to. Its working. We are very pleased with the lamb plant. The Co-Op has been a success story and we expect it to remain a success story."

Moore adds that wool prices have remained good.

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