CATTLE RAISERS COMMUNITY
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Young Cattlemen’s Conference Recognizes Cattle Industry Leaders
M
ORE THAN 50 CATTLE PRODUCERS PARTICIPATED IN THE 2015 National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Young
Cattlemen’s Conference (NCBA YCC), including Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) members Mandy Dauses, Kemp; Cody Fry, Armstrong; and Rocky Sullivan, Galveston. All 3 young ranch- ers are involved in TSCRA’s Young Leadership Series (YLS) program. Dauses works for Bar L Ranch in Kemp, managing a
small cow-calf herd and custom hay baling operation. She is a partner in Lacy Hay Products, a company that manufactures Baler-Connection, an implement for high capacity hay rakes. She occasionally works for the large animal veterinarian in Mabank. Dauses serves on the Kaufman County Livestock and Forage Committee and the Leadership Advisory Board. Fry manages the historic Armstrong Ranch in South
Texas, overseeing the cow-calf, stocker, hunting, fam- ily recreation and mineral enterprises. Sullivan works for his family business, The Sullivan
Companies, a real estate, agriculture, and investment company. His chief duties include deal sourcing, evalu- ation and management. Operations include an indus- trial marine terminal for offshore oil supply and cargo handling, real estate development and a commercial cow-calf operation. The NCBA YCC program gives young leaders an
understanding of all aspects of the beef industry and highlights issues such as management, research, edu- cation and marketing. Beginning in Colorado, the group got an inside look
at many of the issues affecting the beef industry and the work being done to address those issues on behalf of our membership at the state and national levels. While in Denver, CattleFax provided a comprehensive overview of the current cattle market and emerging trends. At Safeway, the participants received a fi rst-hand account of the retail perspective of the beef business and then toured the JBS Five Rivers’ Kuner feedyard, one of the largest in the nation, and the JBS Greeley packing and processing plant. From Denver, the group traveled to Chicago where
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they were able to visit the Chicago Board of Trade, learning about the risk- management and mitiga- tion tools available to the cattle industry. In Chicago, they also visited McDon- ald’s Campus and OSI, one of the nation’s premier beef-patty producers. Af- ter the brief stop in Chi- cago, the group concluded their trip in Washington D.C. for an issue briefi ng on current policy priori- ties, including trade and Country-of-Origin labeling, and many opportunities to visit with their congressio- nal representatives. With the beef industry
Mandy Dauses
changing rapidly, identify- ing and educating leaders has never been so impor- tant. As a grassroots trade association representing the beef industry, the NCBA is proud to play a role in that process and its future success. Over 1,000 cattle- men and women have grad- uated from the YCC pro- gram since its inception in 1980. Many of these alumni have gone on to serve in state and national commit- tees, councils and boards. YCC is the cornerstone of leadership training in the cattle industry. Applications for the next YCC are available from
Cody Fry Rocky Sullivan
Stacy Fox, TSCRA director of member programs. The deadline to apply is March 1. The 2016 delegates will be announced at the Cattle Raisers Convention, April 8 to 10, Fort Worth.
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