Todd McCartney visits with a student during a break between cattle handling demonstra- tions. McCartney was part of a team that taught sessions on stockmanship and com- munication with family when working cattle. Other teaching team members were Dr. Dean Fish, Dr. Rick Machen and Dr. Ron Gill. The free classes were sponsored by Alexander Livestock and Boyd Industries.


Members of the Texas Border Volunteers (TBV) were the featured speakers at a Sunday morning information session about ranching on the border. From left: Labor Committee Chair J.R. Ramirez, Brand and Inspection Com- mittee Vice Chair Dennis Braden; TSCRA Special Ranger Dave Duncan; Brand and Inspection Committee Chair Steve Sikes; Dr. Mike Vickers, TBV; Jim Gibson, TBV; and Jim Dyer, Fort Davis.


Patrick Dudley served as moderator at one of the sessions taught by Tiffany Dowell Lashmet, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. Lashmet spoke about grazing leases and landowner rights with pipeline easements.


From left: Tim Pennell, TSCRA director and vice chair of the Marketing Committee, welcomed Glynn Tonser, Kansas State University, to the information session on consumer and producer views of animal welfare practices. This session was sponsored by Texas Range Minerals.


First Vice President Richard Thorpe, left, welcomed Sid Miller, commissioner, Texas Department of Agricul- ture, to the 2015 Cattle Raisers Convention. Commissioner Miller was a featured speaker at a Sunday morning information session on 2015 agricultural priorities. The ses- sion was sponsored by Zesch and Pickett Insurance.


Philip Ellis, president, National Cattle- men’s Beef Association, was a featured speaker at the Sunday morning session on agricultural priorities.


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