{"id":44069,"date":"2025-01-11T01:13:16","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T08:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalbison.org\/?page_id=44069"},"modified":"2025-02-24T14:52:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T21:52:35","slug":"testimonials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nationalbison.org\/testimonials\/","title":{"rendered":"Testimonials"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Powerful Testimonials from Members of the National Bison Association.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI have been a member of all the former named associations for 30 yrs.\u00a0 It has been the most valued and useful tool in my tool kit.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n <\/blockquote>\n \n \u2013 Joe Pellar, WY\n <\/cite>\n \n<\/div>\n\n\n

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\u201cJust wanted to say thank you for organizing this [NBA] workshop. My wife and I were very glad we took the day off and made the drive to attend. We learned a lot. The materials are very comprehensive and useful. Having The workshop on a working ranch adds to overall experience.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n <\/blockquote>\n \n \u2013 Kane Radel, WI\n <\/cite>\n \n<\/div>\n\n\n

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\u201cThe NBA through the Bison World, it\u2019s other publications, and the weekly update provide education and current info that otherwise would not be available. \u00a0Also, the member directory provides hundred of contacts for me when I have a question or a new challenge in raising buffalo. \u00a0The GTSS provides a tremendous service for both buyer and seller. Without the NBA I doubt I would be raising buffalo!<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n <\/blockquote>\n \n \u2013 Vance Forepaugh, Medicine Wheel Ranch\n <\/cite>\n \n<\/div>\n\n\n

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\u201cI will keep this simple:<\/em> Love the magazine<\/em>. The want ads have worked very well for me. I have bought and sold through this process.<\/em> The access to recent sale information is very valuable.<\/em> We get access to what is happening across the nation, not just here locally.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n <\/blockquote>\n \n \u2013 James Stepp, Wichita Buffalo Company\n <\/cite>\n \n<\/div>\n\n\n

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\u201cWithin the first 4 hrs of (the Trading Board) ad appearing, I literally had 100 phone calls and e-mails, and 1\/3 we\u2019re positive buyers.\u00a0 Sold herd in the 1st hour.\u00a0 Indicates to me, the buffalo business is alive and well. AND that the NBA classifieds are VERY effective.\u00a0 I am going to continue my membership indefinitely.\u00a0<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n <\/blockquote>\n \n \u2013 Joe Pellar, Twin Buttes Buffalo Ranch\n <\/cite>\n \n<\/div>\n\n\n

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\u201cGrowing up on a ranch, I was not cognitive of just how independent the average livestock owner was until later. I had to get \u201cout in the world\u201d and see life for myself. Although I applaud and hold in high esteem the fortitude it takes to survive in agriculture, I have learned the strength found in numbers is immeasurable. In today\u2019s world, it is nearly impossible to keep abreast of all that a successful rancher needs to be aware of. By the time you get done researching new products, methods, reading the news and figuring out how it will affect you, the day is gone. This is where the National Bison Association comes in. The NBA is my faucet that pours out information, news, notices and keeps me in touch with everything important to my operation. It does not matter if you have 500 head or 5, the NBA is your voice. Who else but the NBA goes to Washington to fight against or for legislation pertinent to success?<\/em><\/p>\n

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Very few people, myself especially, can afford the time and finances it takes to travel and fight for the bison industry every time it is needed. I, for one, am glad I have the NBA on my side. I remember from awhile back a phrase that has stuck with me, \u201cKnowledge is power.\u201d And although it took some time to sink in, I now realize just how true that is. Imagine a judge making decisions and handing down rulings without having all the information. We all have known or experienced what happens when decisions are made without facts and truths being brought into play. The NBA is my personal lifeline to information, contacts, news, and all things bison.<\/em><\/p>\n

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I ranch because I like the lifestyle. The freedom and independence is priceless. Yet at the same time, I have a web of people in the business I can reach immediately. Whether it is for information or maybe even help working a herd, the NBA is my safety net. It is hard to measure how important the NBA is to me and my operation. ALL ranchers gamble with stakes and odds that would drive Vegas crazy. For myself?, not having the National Bison Association on my side is one gamble I will never make.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n <\/blockquote>\n \n \u2013 Zane E. Holcomb, Holcomb Buffalo Ranch, Buffalo, SD\n <\/cite>\n \n<\/div>\n\n\n

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\u201cIn regards to the Trading Board. I was contacted 35 times on the first day of posting the ad.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n <\/blockquote>\n \n \u2013 Glenn Fenner, Bison Hollow Farms, LLC\n <\/cite>\n \n<\/div>\n\n\n

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\u201cThanks for all your hard work, NBA! It\u2019s reassuring knowing we have such a motivated and well organized group looking out for us producers!<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n <\/blockquote>\n \n \u2013 Amy Dunn Billings, The Buffalo Lodge\n <\/cite>\n \n<\/div>\n\n\n

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\u201cOur experience with the NBA began in 2009.\u00a0 While continuing our research that began in 2006, we finally found a web site that provided information about all aspects of the industry.\u00a0 After reading and absorbing every link of the website, we were truly inspired to pursue a life with Bison.\u00a0 The need to speak with someone who actually raised bison became the next step.\u00a0 So I called Jim Matheson and joined the NBA.\u00a0 Jim was able to provide even more information about the NBA including the offer to speak with the president at the time, John Flocchini.\u00a0 I emailed John and even with his busy Spring schedule, he emailed us back within a day or so.\u00a0 Many emails later, we had enough information to comfortably commit to a career with Bison. <\/em>We now own a small acreage ranch raising Bison, sell Bison meat at the local farmers market, and have even begun to breed the Bison to increase our herd.\u00a0 The NBA has been an invaluable source of information, marketing products, inspiration and continued support. Without the help of the NBA and its members, none of this would have been possible for us. <\/em>Our sincere thanks to the NBA<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n <\/blockquote>\n \n \u2013 Jeff and Tracy Herrick, JT Ranch\/Black Rock Bison\n <\/cite>\n \n<\/div>\n\n\n

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\u201cLet\u2019s put this right up front, I\u2019m a novice bison rancher and in fact I\u2019m a novice rancher. I was looking for resources to help me develop a profitable ranching operation, specifically ranching bison. I did not have years of developing contacts in the industry and I knew without that my operation would grow far slower than I wanted. I joined the National Bison Association (NBA) primarily to educate myself about bison but I quickly learned I now had a ready resource of experienced bison ranchers willing to help an novice rancher achieve my goals. Thanks to the NBA and the contacts I\u2019ve made with bison ranchers who are NBA members such as Jeff Miller of Diamond Mountain Ranch, my ranching operation is well under way to achieving my goals. My ranching mentor, Jeff Miller, and I use the resources of the NBA to improve our herds and market our products to our customers continuously. This is a \u201cNo brainer, join the NBA and grow your herd!<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n <\/blockquote>\n \n \u2013 Chris Silver, Gold Coast Bison\n <\/cite>\n \n<\/div>\n\n\n

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\u201cHello Jim \u2013 c<\/em>ould you please discontinue our advertisement for the bed cows and trophy Bulls? We sold everything thanks largely to the add. It was very helpful! Thank you for running the ad. Your classifieds section helped us greatly in selling all the bison we had for sale this fall. I think one thing that makes it most successful is that you send out the email to everyone when it\u2019s first posted. That certainly draws people\u2019s attention right away.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n <\/blockquote>\n \n \u2013 Aaron Paulson, The Snowcrest Ranch\n <\/cite>\n \n<\/div>\n\n\n

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\u201cThree years ago, my husband and I began researching the possibility of becoming bison ranchers as he was nearing retirement. The general information available on the NBA website was vast and practical. We became members of the NBA as we continued researching bison ranching as our retirement vocation and were able to take advantage of on-line training, national conferences, and became aware of state & regional associations offering additional courses. The willingness of the NBA Staff and ranchers from around the country to answer the most basic of questions to problem-solving specific challenges we have encountered has been of tremendous value. Such a wonderful, supportive group of people have assisted us in our transition from city-dwellers with professional careers to rural bison ranchers starting meat sales in our area. Without the sharing of knowledge at every level, this venture would never have been possible.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n <\/blockquote>\n \n \u2013 Beth Toups, Red Gate Ranch\n <\/cite>\n \n<\/div>\n\n\n

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\u201cMy husband and I joined several years ago before bison ownership became a reality.\u00a0 We used the online training, Bison Quarterly and Bison Producers Handbook to decide if owning bison was something we could handle.\u00a0 Neither of us have a background in livestock having spent our work careers in desk jobs.\u00a0 Through the NBA we learned of the Michigan Bison Association and met local bison owners.\u00a0 Another couple in Michigan became our \u201cbison mentors\u201d and we bought 4 cows and a bull from them last year.\u00a0 We welcomed two calves this year.\u00a0 Having the resources of the NBA has also put us in touch with other bison owners that aren\u2019t located in Michigan.\u00a0 Recently we bought the Field Guide and Portraits of the Bison by Wes Olson.\u00a0 Those publications will be terrific reference guides for us.<\/em><\/p>\n

We feel that the NBA is a tremendous source of information.\u00a0 Your team has always been very responsive to questions.\u00a0 We couldn\u2019t have become bison owners without the NBA. Thank you!<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n <\/blockquote>\n \n \u2013 Nancy Carter, Banfield Bison\n <\/cite>\n \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I joined the NBA to primarily educate myself about bison but I quickly learned I now had a ready resource of experienced bison ranchers willing to help an novice rancher achieve my goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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