PresidentKansas Livestock Association
David Cross, a fourth generation cow-calf producer from Lewis, Kan., came home to work on his family’s ranch after graduating from Fort Hays State University in 1974. Today, he and his son, Aaron, are partners in a cow-calf and stocker venture. Their decision to sell, background or finish the calves in a commercial feedyard is based on market conditions. Cross is a charter member of U.S. Premium Beef. The father and son’s farming business includes corn, soybeans, wheat and alfalfa. Crop residues are a key source of feed for cattle owned by the father-son partnership.
The list of volunteer leadership positions held by Cross covers state and national organizations. He has served on the Kansas Livestock Association (KLA) Executive Committee and is on the KLA Animal Identification Working Group. Cross is a past chairman of the KLA Stockgrowers Council and KLA Water Committee, and is a past Kansas Beef Council (KBC) Executive Committee member. He represents KLA on the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Ag Policy Committee and the NCBA Board of Directors.
Cross is a director for Star Alfalfa of Lewis and a past director for the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers. He has served as a school board member in USD #502. Cross has been a trustee for the United Methodist Church of Lewis. He graduated from the first Kansas Ag and Rural Leadership Class.
His wife, Linda, teaches first grade in the Lewis school system. In addition to son Aaron and his wife (Bobi), the Crosses have two daughters, Carolyn McGregor, who lives with her husband (Amos) in Charleston, SC, and Aimee Rottinghaus, who resides in Garden City with her husband (Josh).