{"id":82,"date":"2018-03-02T10:49:44","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T10:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.acmethemes.com\/event-star\/?page_id=209"},"modified":"2021-06-03T13:01:06","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T17:01:06","slug":"tom-blacklock","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.prairielandagriculture.com\/beefexpo\/tom-blacklock\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Blacklock"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"82\" class=\"elementor elementor-82\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2366854 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2366854\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b84bdd8\" data-id=\"b84bdd8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9a08e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f9a08e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tom Blacklock<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-69a12d3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"69a12d3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8934f03\" data-id=\"8934f03\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a954bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8a954bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Benlock Farms &amp; 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