by National Cattlemen’s Beef Association

Kent Bamford of Bamford Feedyard, Haxtun, Colo., and Bob Foote of Foote Cattle Co., Bucyrus, Kan., are the 2026 inductees to the Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame. Honorees will be recognized at the 17th annual banquet Feb. 4 during CattleCon 2026 in Nashville, Tenn.

“The cattle-feeding industry has been built by leaders such as Bob Foote and Kent Bamford,” said Dustin Johansen, senior vice president at Farm Journal and Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame board member. “Their legacy is the ongoing success of our industry.”

Established in 2009, the Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame honors the exceptional visionary men and women who have made lasting contributions to the cattle-feeding industry.

Bamford Feedyard started as a small yard, growing to 15,000-head capacity and further diversifying into a farming and trucking operation, as well as a feed-additive company.

Foote, who is being inducted posthumously, developed a multi-location family-owned cattle operation with 285,000-head feeding capacity among other businesses across Kansas and Nebraska.

Additional honorees include Greg Henderson of Kansas, who will be recognized posthumously with the Industry Leadership Award for his award-winning journalism and being a revered voice of the beef industry.

Rick Hibler with Irsik & Doll Beefland Feedyard in Garden City, Kansas, will receive the Arturo Armendariz Distinguished Service Award for his contributions to improving the cattle-feeding industry.