D2o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 8,1980 NCA sponsors tour for young DENVER, Col. - The first annual Young Cattlemen’s Traveling Leadership Conference, sponsored by the National Cattlemen’s Association, and its af filiated state and national breed organizations, was held recently. The program was designed to assist in the development of future leaders of the beef cattle industry. The 32 young cattlemen, selected by their sponsoring state and breed organizations, traveled across the nation, from Denver to Washington, D.C., and were exposed to timely problems and issues facing the cattle industry. Members of the group, all under age 40, began their tour in Denver, where they received an overview of the role of their national association from NCA President Merlyn Carlson and chairmen of various NCA committees. Carlson told the group that the number one challenge in the 80’s is to strengthen the demand for beef. To become acquainted with the meat side of the cattle industry, the group visited the Dakota City, Ne., slaughter-processing plant and 1 corporate headquarters of lowa Beef Processors, Inc. The young cattlemen toured the largest boxed meat processing facility in the world—the plant processes 230 cattle per hour. Move it fast! Earth. Snow. Manure. Forage. Whatever your light-material handl ing needs, Ag-Tech has the Fast Attach tractor equipment designed to help you cut through chore time. POWERLIFT This new Ag-Tech Fast-Attach loader mounts and dismounts on your compact diesel tractor in minutes frees your tractor easily for other chores Rugged, well-built unit is close-coupled for maximum For a look at the marketingand financial side of the cattle industry, the group next traveled to Chicago, where they visited the National live Stock & Meat Board, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and the First National Baulk of Chicago. At the CME, Exchange President Clayton Yeutter suggested that a selective hedging program on the live cattle futures contract was one of the best ways to transter risk in me marketing of cattle. The final two days of the week-long tour were spent in the nation’s capitol. 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Mark Andrews, ranking member of the House Appropriations Agnculture subcommittee; Congressman Tom Coelho, member of the House Agnculture Committee; and Senator Tom Eagleton, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Agnculture sub-committee. A White House briefing highlighted the final day of the tour. Lynn Daft and I'M NOT L10N... 1 young cattlemen to prepare g* €» I pfYl Af'i for significant changes in the industry over the next 10 years. other members of the White House Domestic Policy Staff described how agricultural policy is developed. Inflation fighter Alfred Kahn described the Ad ministration’s fight against inflation, and Senior Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Ernest Johnson told of concern for worldwide agriculture production. 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