Pete Bonds, left, and Richard Thorpe, right, welcomed Texas Commissioner of Agriculture Todd Staples to TSCRA’s clos- ing general session and board meeting at the fall meeting.
Richard Thorpe, Winters, was elected fi rst vice president of TSCRA at the fall meeting. He had previously served as second vice president
of Public Transportation (TxDOT) to convert existing paved FM and RR roads in South and West Texas to gravel roads due to lack of funding. “Safe and well-maintained rural roads are the life-
line of the Texas cattle industry,” says Bonds. “It’s the Legislature’s responsibility to give TxDOT the funds it needs to repair and maintain these roads.” The roads initially proposed for conversion total 85
miles in 4 counties in South Texas and 2 counties in West Texas. Both areas are in the middle of a region experiencing signifi cant oil and gas activity and a large increase in the number and size of trucks transport- ing products on rural roads. Bonds says that without proper
maintenance of these roads, the oil and gas industry will suffer just like the cattle industry. The association’s policy addition-
ally calls for the oil and gas industry to make fi nancial contributions to help fund the repair and/or maintenance of ranch/farm-to-market roads that are being utilized for oil and gas activity. Attendees also heard from Texas Agriculture Com-
missioner Todd Staples, who touched on topics impor- tant to cattle raisers, including groundwater rights and border security, and from Bech Bruun, Texas Water Development Board, about the State Water Plan. To see additional photos from the fall meeting, access The Cattleman Plus on your iPad or Android tablet.
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Bech Bruun, center, represented the Texas Water Develop- ment Board at the TSCRA fall meeting. At left is Richard Thorpe, TSCRA fi rst vice president, and at right is Pete Bonds, president.
Austin Brown III, left, Beeville, and Tim Pennell, Cuero, both TSCRA directors, serve as chair and vice chair, respectively, of the Market- ing Committee.
TSCRA Directors Clayton Henry, left, Vernon, and Jay Evans, Austin, lead the Natural Re- sources Committee as vice chair and chair.
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