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Three Young Cattle Raisers Attend National Tour Jason Harlow, Dallas
Lauren Echols Decker, Stamford T HREE MEMBERS OF THE TEXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN CATTLE
Raisers Association (TSCRA) Young Leadership Series Steering Committee were part of the 2016
Young Cattlemen’s Conference (YCC) this summer. The program, hosted by National Cattlemen’s Beef
Association (NCBA), provides young leaders with a na- tional tour of segments of the beef production industry, helping more than 50 young cattle raisers develop indus- try knowledge and expand their professional contacts. Delegates from TSCRA were Lauren Echols Decker,
Stamford; Jason Harlow, Dallas; and Colt Hoffmann, Marlin. TSCRA Director of Member Programs Stacy Fox also took part in the tour. NCBA’s YCC program is an opportunity for these
young leaders to gain an understanding of all aspects of the beef industry from pasture to plate, and show- case the industry’s involvement in policy making, is- sues management, research, education and marketing. Beginning at the NCBA headquarters in Denver,
the group got an inside look at many of the issues affecting the beef industry and the work being done at both the state and national levels to address these issues on behalf of the NCBA membership. While in Denver, participants were given an organizational overview of NCBA and the beef checkoff program and CattleFax provided a comprehensive overview of the current cattle market and emerging trends. At Safe- way, the participants received a fi rst-hand account of the retail perspective of the beef business and then
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Colt Hoffmann, Marlin
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
they visited McDonald’s campus and OSI, one of the nation’s premier producers of beef patties. After the brief stop in Chicago, the group concluded their trip in Washington D.C., for an in-depth issues briefi ng on current policy issues including international trade and increasing environmental regulations. Following the issues update, the participants were given the oppor- tunity to visit one-on-one with members of their state’s congressional delegation, expressing their viewpoints regarding the beef industry and their cattle operations. John Deere then hosted a reception in the evening at their offi ce. The following morning, the group traveled to Aldie,
Va., for a tour and barbeque at Whitestone Farms, one of the nation’s elite purebred Angus operations. With the beef industry changing rapidly, identifying
and educating leaders has never been so important. As a grassroots trade association representing the beef industry, the NCBA is proud to play a role in that pro- cess and its future success. Over 1,000 cattlemen and women have graduated from the YCC program since its inception in 1980. Many of these alumni have gone to serve in state and national committees, councils and boards. YCC is the cornerstone of leadership training in the cattle industry.
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