CONVERSATIONS | From the Editor
Published by Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Fellowship, Education and the Good of Your Business
By Ellen H. Brisendine,
ehbrisendine@tscra.org W
E ARE JUST A FEW WEEKS AWAY FROM THE ANNUAL CATTLE RAISERS CONVEN- tion, April 8 to 10, Fort Worth. These last few months, we have de-
voted a good amount of space in the magazine to the Convention, hoping to entice as many of our members to attend as possible. For the January and February issues and again for this month’s Pages of
History, I have looked back in the 1916 and 1966 issues and I’ve read mes- sages about the conventions of those years. The only thing that changes in those messages is the date. The fundamental importance of the convention does not change — fellowship, education and working for the good of your chosen business and lifestyle. I’ve always said that nobody is forced to be a rancher. This is a chosen life, and I invite you to choose to invest time and money in attending the 2016 Cattle Raisers Convention, in whole or in part. You’ll learn something to improve your business and, most likely, that will improve part of your life. While you’re fl ipping through this pre-convention issue, please pay
special attention to the advertisements from our supporters who will be at the Cattle Raisers Expo. TSCRA staffers Gina Bryson, Shawn McCoy and Tim Niedecken have put together an Expo with more than 217 exhibitors. You can see the list of exhibitors, current as of early February, in this is- sue. Please consider these businesses fi rst when it comes time to look for goods and services for your ranch. We’re offering our third of 12 articles on fi re in this issue. Writer Gary
DiGiuseppe is working with a group of natural resources professionals to bring 12 articles about fi re — before a fi re, during and after a fi re. Reports from this group of professionals in late 2015 indicated that the rains of 2015 might be providing the fi ne fuel for wildfi re in 2016. It is gratifying to have such a cooperative spirit among the state and federal agency staffs who choose to work with us on providing useful information. Look for an unusual article on squatters’ rights in this issue. Tiffany
Dowell Lashmet provided the inspiration for this topic. She is one of the featured speakers at the Cattle Raisers Convention, where she will be talk- ing on 10 laws landowners should know. Squatting is not widely prevalent, but when it does come up, it can be a sticky legal issue. Again, I invite you to study the Cattle Raisers Convention offerings
and to carve some time from your schedule to attend what you can. I look forward to seeing you at the Fort Worth Convention Center.
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