Jaclyn Wilson: Flying Diamond Ranch, Uruguay Genetics & Beef Business Insights
Recorded live at the Nebraska State Fair, Scott Beck visits with Jaclyn Wilson of the Wilson Flying Diamond Ranch in Nebraska’s Sandhills. Jaclyn shares her journey as a fifth-generation rancher, managing Red Angus, Simmental, and a commercial cow-calf herd alongside her father. She also discusses her bold new venture in Uruguay with Flying Diamond Genetics, expanding Angus seedstock across borders despite the challenges of international traceability. The conversation dives into her direct-to-consumer beef business, her widely read columns, and how she bridges the gap between producers and the public. With family support, innovative thinking, and global perspective, Jaclyn offers a fascinating look at the future of cattle genetics and ranching.
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Partner Wilson Flying Diamond Ranch/Flying Diamond Beef
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Jaclyn Wilson, along with her father Blaine own and operate Wilson Flying Diamond Ranch located northeast of Lakeside, NE on the western edge of the Nebraska Sandhills. What is predominately a commercial cow/calf operation homesteaded in 1888, made news in 2021 as the first ranch in the world to tokenize feedlot steers for their direct-to-consumer beef business Flying Diamond Beef.
The ranch has received numerous accolades for work in both conservation and animal well-being, including being the inaugural Leopold Conservation award winner for Nebraska, and most recently being named the 2023 National Beef Quality Assurance Cow/Calf Producer of the Year out of over 700,000 beef cow operators in the United States.
Jaclyn just finished serving as the Chair of International Trade for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association-the largest cattle industry association in the United States, and currently serves on the Nebraska Humanities Council and Foundation, the Trust in Food Advisory Board, and is a Nuffield 2024 International Farming Scholar.
She was named a 2016 Farm Journal Media 40 Under 40 in Agriculture Award winner, a member of the National Beef Checkoff’s Inaugural Trailblazers Class, inducted into the Nebraska Agriculture Achievement Hall, and was included in the book Generations on the Land.
In addition to her work in ranching and the beef industry, Jaclyn’s passion is interacting with other beef producers around the world. Her travels have led her to visit processing facilities on 6 continents along with representing the United States…
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