Co-owner of Lightning Creek Cattle Company, Zeke runs a medium-sized cow/calf and niche grass-fed beef operation on 200 acres of tall grass prairie in northeast Nebraska, all of which was enrolled in CRP for 30 years prior to being adapted to grazing land. From 2020-2023, Lightning Creek used EQIP cost-share to assist with the removal of generations of volunteer cedar and Siberian elm trees and modernize watering facilities across the property. Zeke and his partners use a rotational grazing philosophy, designed to put pressure on individual paddocks followed by up to a year’s worth of rest.
