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Meet Tim Bither

Hey Everyone! Meet Tim Bither. Tim is our Cattle Manager at the Boardman, Oregon feedyard. Tim has worked at Beef Northwest for just a little under 8 years. A Red Bluff, CA native, Tim enjoys hanging out with his family, auctioneering, roping in his arena, and fixing/building projects around the house. A consummate seeker of […]

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Meet Lino Covarrubia

Meet Northwest Pasture Beef Feed Supervisor, Lino Covarrubia! Lino is originally from Tepic Nayarit, Mexico. He immigrated to the United States as a young person. Lino now lives in Irrigon, Oregon with his family. Lino is the second oldest of his eight siblings and the only boy. Lino and his wife Judith now have a

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Meet Celena Hefner

Celena Hefner is one of our Risk Management Analysts at the North Powder Office and we have been lucky enough to have her on the admin team for almost two years. She grew up in Union, Oregon and attended college at Eastern Oregon University. While she was in school she obtained 2 degrees in Business

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Meet Jackie Owens

Jackie Owens has been our Country Natural Beef Coordinator for the past 7 years. While she claimed to be “not interesting enough” for a spotlight, we disagree and believe her work ethic and dedication to producing quality beef deserves to be highlighted! Jackie’s roots in the community and cattle business run deep from growing up

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Meet Edgar Altamirano

Edgar Altamirano is the Maintenance Supervisor at our Boardman, Oregon location. He has been with us for the past 21 years, starting with the feeding crew in 1994. Edgar’s duties include ensuring our pens are in good condition to receive livestock, prepping the yards for inclement weather, ensuring cattle have adequate and clean water, and

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Meet Liz Nielson

Liz Nielson Hails from Quincy, WA…his member of the Beef Northwest team has spent the last two summers with us, and we are looking forward to having Liz start full time this June. She is currently a senior studying Animal Science at the University of Idaho. Growing up in Quincy exposed her to the agricultural

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Meet Karla Jimenez

We are thrilled to have Karla Jimenez, a local Boardman native, on our Beef Northwest Cattle Crew. She graduated from Riverside High school and currently is working towards completing her bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. In her spare time between work and school, she volunteers her time to coach 3rd- 6th grade volleyball and 5th-12th

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Meet Ron Rowan

If you are familiar with Beef Northwest, odds are you are probably familiar with Ron Rowan. He has been with us for the past 25 years and is our Risk Management Director. Ron was born into the industry and raised on a small purebred operation in Weiser, Idaho. He grew up working on ranches and

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Meet Enrique Pacheco

Meet the Pacheco Family!Enrique Pacheco is a member of our maintenance crew at our Boardman facility. He has been a top-notch employee since coming aboard in 2006, after hearing about the open position from Maintenance Manager Edgar Altamirano. Enrique said he enjoys the variety of work he does every day on the yard and wouldn’t

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