CATTLE RAISERS COMMUNITY
Of things that concern cattle raisers… Past TSCRA President
Bob McCan Elected NCBA President Past President Bob McCan,
Victoria, was elected to serve as the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) pres- ident at the Cattle Industry Convention in early February in Nashville. “Bob has dedicated his life
to the cattle business,” said Pete Bonds, TSCRA president.
“His knowledge of the industry will guide us as we look to open more foreign markets for U.S. beef and fi ght back overreaching government regulations. “He’s a well respected rancher and leader,” Bonds
said. “I have no doubt he will represent us at the na- tional level very well.” McCan became a TSCRA director in 1990 and served
as TSCRA president from 2003-2005. He oversees cattle operations in Victoria, Refugio and Bee counties, Texas, as ranch manager for his family’s McFaddin Enterprises.
Frank and Sims Price Ranch Earns National Environmental Stewardship Award
generations of the Price family to operate the ranch. The ranch has operated for the past 2 years under
exceptional drought conditions. However, because of the family’s fl exibility and carefully managed livestock grazing plan, the ranch remains a shining example of excellent stewardship. The Frank and Sims Price Ranch implemented a
carefully-organized grazing plan that maximized the work time of the 4 members of the ranch staff more effi ciently, allowing the family to eliminate the need for additional help while helping the Prices to drought- proof their ranch. “We are normally in a 120- to 180-day rest cycle, a
From left are Sims, Krista, Ginger and Frank Price, winners of the Environmental Stewardship Award presented by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Foundation.
Frank and Sims Price Ranch, Sterling City, Texas,
was named the national winner of the National Cattle- men’s Foundation Environmental Stewardship Award Program. The award, presented during the 2014 Cattle Industry Convention and National Cattlemen’s Beef As- sociation Trade Show, recognizes this father-son part- nership that respectively represents the fourth and fi fth
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period with no livestock in the pasture. When it does rain, every pasture except one has the opportunity to grow some grass without a critter biting it off,” said Frank Price. “When you graze at a conservative rate, leaving remaining grass cover after you move out of a pasture, the shading effect of the grass combined with no livestock gives you the opportunity to grow grass with limited rainfall.” NCBA Chief Executive Offi cer Forrest Roberts says Frank and Sims Price exemplify the best traditions of
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