ILS Donates Funds to Pawnee Community Hospital

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ILS Initiates Service Awards, Presents First Round of 20 Year Wristwatches

ILS is proud to recoginze the following employees for 20 or more years of service:

ILS Corporate:

Lee Borck (34 Years)
Roger Murphy (53 Years)
Andrew Murphy (22 Years)
Kim Smith (34 Years)
Bill Bunker (22 Years)
Dwight Bartels (29 Years)

Ward Feed Yard:

David Hammeke (27 Years)
Jack Gore (22 Years)
Mike Schartz (25 Years)
Larry Miller (25 Years)
Mike Keast (23 Years)
Todd Teegerstrom (22 Years)

Great Bend Feeding:

David Keyes (26 Years)
Salvador Gonzalez (29 Years)
Niki Cotton (24 Years)

Alfalfa Pellets:

Sharon Lang (38 Years)

Roberts Cattle Company:

Dan Roberts (35 Years)
Leo Gonzalez (29 Years)

Lewis Feed Lot:

Peggy Hogins (30 Years)

Thank you all for your dedicated service!

Lee Borck featured in latest issue of drovers magazine

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PRESIDENT OF KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY TOURS ILS FARMS AND WARD FEED YARD

Kirk Schultz, President of Kansas State University toured ILS Farms and Ward Feed Yards on July 12^th.  Lee Borck invited the President to witness first-hand the cattle feeding industry and to gain a better understanding of the economic impact that feed yards and agriculture has in Kansas and at Kansas State University.  Lee personally conducted the tour at both locations where he explained the magnitude of the cattle feeding business starting with the production of fall grains to the shipping of the finished animal.  At the end of the tour the President briefly met with K-State alumni employees working at ILS.  Before leaving the President commented, “I knew that cattle feeding is a major economic influence in Kansas, but I had no idea of the complexity of the business.”

Lee Borck Inducted into Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame

Lee Borck, Chairman of Innovative Livestock Services, Inc. was inducted into the Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame in Denver on June 30th.  Mr. Borck was recognized for developing innovative business models that add value to feeding cattle while satisfying the needs of the consumer.  His feed yards and associated business ventures are meeting consumer demand through greater accountability in the areas of food safety, animal care and sustainable cattle production.
 
Mr. Borck is a founding shareholder of American State Bank of Great Bend Kansas and serves as Chairman.  He is the past President of Cattle-Fax and of the Kansas Livestock Association, and has also served as a board member of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Board.  Mr. Borck was Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Kansas State University Foundation.  He was also Chairman of the Executive Committee and the Investment Committee at Kansas State University.  In 1995 he was named an Alumni Fellow in the Kansas State College of Agriculture.  Mr. Borck holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture Economics from Kansas State.  This year Mr. Borck was named to Ingram's "50 Kansans You Should Know".  A native of Blue Rapids, KS, Lee and his wife Kathy reside in Manhattan, Kansas

Congratulations Lee!  Please see the press release here, and the Hall of Fame site here.