Craig Lehr was born and raised on his family farm, Short Grass Ranches, near Medicine Hat. After three years at Olds College he returned to the farm where he lives with his wife, Nicole, and their two kids, who are the fourth generation on the farm. Short Grass Ranches consists of a cow-calf operation and backgrounding feedlot, along with irrigation and dryland farming.
Craig is Chair of ABP’s Research Committee, Chair of the Beef Cattle Research Council’s Producer Council, and ABP’s appointed director to Livestock Identification Services Ltd.