Brad Hastings is the co-chief executive officer and member of the board of directors of Cactus Feeders, Inc., which operates feedyards in the Texas panhandle and southwest Kansas. The employee-owned, diverse agricultural company also runs stockers on wheat and grass and manages cattle and hog operations in six states. 

For more than 30 years, Hastings has held leadership roles within the agricultural industry including CFO, CEO and board member of companies that operate in the beef packing, cattle feeding, hog production and pork packing sectors. He is active with the Texas Cattle Feeders Association, served on the Beef Promotion Operating Committee (BPOC) as well as NCBA’s Tax & Credit and Finance & Audit Committees, and he served as chairman of the Texas Beef Council.