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TSCRA Adopts New Policies at Conference in Austin EXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN CATTLE RAISERS ASSOCIATION
(TSCRA) hosted the annual Policy Conference Sept. 28 to 30 in Austin and adopted new policies
related to surface water rights, beef sustainability and live cattle contracts. More than 300 TSCRA members and guests attended this year’s Policy Conference. TSCRA adopted surface water rights policy sup-
porting the “Prior Appropriation Doctrine,” otherwise known as “fi rst in time - fi rst in right,” surface water right system in Texas. The policy opposes legislative and regulatory changes to the surface water rights system that would negatively affect agricultural pro- ducers. This action also supports the protection of sur- face water right holders from any efforts or initiatives that would negatively affect surface water fl ow and remove or diminish the availability of surface water regulated by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). TSCRA also adopted new policy to ensure the beef
industry’s leadership role in the growing global con- versation about the topic of sustainably produced beef.
Glenn Hegar, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, was the featured speaker at the Thursday general session of the TSCRA Policy Conference, Sept. 28 to 30, Austin. From left are TSCRA First Vice President Bobby McKnight, Ft. Davis; Second Vice President Hughes Abell, Austin; Hegar; and President Richard Thorpe, Winters.
The beef sustainability policy enacted supports a sus- tainable beef industry in which the full value chain is able to balance economic viability, environmental stewardship and social responsibility while meeting the growing global demand for beef. TSCRA approved another policy regarding deliv-
Photos by Kristin Hawkins, The Cattleman News Update editor, and Ellen H. Brisendine, TSCRA executive director of communi- cations services.
20 The Cattleman December 2016
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