North Dakota Stockmen’s Association members elect Erbele, Schettler for officer positions

North Dakota Stockmen’s Association members elected 36-year member and Streeter, N.D., cow-calf producer and feeder Tim Erbele as their president during the organization’s 97th Annual Convention Trade Show in Bismarck, N.D., Sept. 26. Erbele, who served as NDSA vice president from 2024 to 2026, owns a Salers-Angus-cross cow-calf operation, a permitted feedlot and Purina feed dealership. He previously served on the NDSA Board of Directors from 2015 to 2023 and has held several committee leadership roles within the organization. Erbele and his wife Ronda have two daughters, Miranda (Andy Hagen) and Addyson. In his address following the election, Erbele reflected on the responsibility of representing North Dakota’s cattle producers. “These are not simply people that I represent,” Erbele said. “You are my neighbors. You are my friends, my mentors and fellow stewards of a way of life that is deeply woven into each of us and into the fabric of this great state.” He also emphasized the impo