Email: [email protected]

Hometown: Helena

Elected: 2024

Industry Involvement: My wife, Anna and own and operate Forseth Livestock LLC.  A growing SimAngus seedstock operation that focuses on making bulls and females that work in North Central Montana and have value in every segment of the beef business.  As the third generation on the ranch, and to own registered cattle, we enjoy producing cattle that fit industry demands, and work for our commercial customers.  Aside from building Forseth Livestock from the ground up, Rocky also works for Allied Genetic Resources as a customer service specialist, and as a Marketing Representative for Superior Livestock.

Leadership Service:

• Montana Stockgrowers (Young Stockgrowers Vice Chair)
• NCBA YCC Graduate
• NCBA/ Beef Checkoff Trailblazer
• Montana Stockgrowers M Bar academy graduate
• Montana Simmental Association President.

Challenges Facing the Beef Industry: The beef business is really good right now, but not without its challenges.  In the next ten years I suspect we will see a massive shift in generational transfer, and a change in ownership structure of the land that most of Americas beef cattle are ran on.  Understanding how to manage and navigate this will be a major task for the up-and-coming business operators in our industry.

Consumer demand will always need to be at the front of our minds as well.  We’re experiencing historic times regarding beef demand, relative to supply today. However, long term, I think its incredibly important to drive consumer demand for our product.