NCA sponsors Young Cattleman’s
DENVER, Colo. The second
annual Young Cattlemen’s
Traveling Leadership Conference,
sponsored by the National Cat
tlemen’s Assn, and its affiliated
state and national breed
organizations, was completed
recently. The program is designed
to assist in the development of
future leaders ot the beet cattle
industry.
The 23 young cattlemen, selected
by their sponsoring state cattle or
breed organizations, traveled
across the nation, from Denver to
Washington, D.C. They were ex
posed to various aspects ot the
livestock industry.
Members of the group, all under
age 40, began their tour in Denver,
where they received an overview
ot the role of their national
association from NCA President
J.W. Swan, NCA Executive Vice
President W.T' (Dub) Berry, and
other NCA staff members. Swan
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told the group that more cattlemen
must become interested in what
happens to beef after <t gets into
processing and d stnbution
channels.
Following that cha renge, the
group visited the headquarters and
Dakota City processing facility of
lowa Beet Processors, Inc., near
Sioux City, lowa. The Dakota City
processing facility is the largest in
the nation—approximately 1.5
million head ot cattle are
processed annually.
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progress in the meat business,
challenged the young cattlemen to
cut production costs on beef and
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The group moved on to Chicago
where they were hosted by officials
of A.O. Smith Harvestore
Products, Inc., a national
associate member of NCA. Jim
Lowmen, manager of marketing
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research, explained the Har
vestore system concept and
projected future growth trends m
tamily-size automated tceiiing
systems in the Midwest and High
Plains. He suggested that, with
high transportation costs and
water availability problems,
feeding advantages will lean to the
Midwest, where roughages and
high-moisture com will be in good
supply.
For a look at the marketmg side
of the cattle industry, the group
visited the Chicago Mercantile
Exchange, another NCA national
associate. Ron Frost, CME vice
president for agricultural
marketing, suggested that a
selective hedging program on the
live cattle futures contract was one
ot the best ways to transfer risk in
the marketmg of cattle. The CME
staff then conducted a hedgers’
workshop, and the group viewed
trading on the floor.
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The young cattlemen then flew to
Indianapolis, where they visited
the headquarters of Eh Lilly & Co.,
parent company of Elanco
Products Co., an NCA national
associate member. Bob Howerton,
vice president of marketing for
animal products, introduced the
group to the complicated process
of researching, clearing and
marketing a new animal health
product. The cattlemen traveled to
Lilly’s Greenfield research farm,
where they toured the toxicology
labs and animal nutrition research
areas.
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SHERBORN, Mass. A fitting
and showing demonstration was
presented to more than 200
Hereford breeders during the New
England Hereford Association’s
field day, held here at Millborn
Farm recently. Sharing his skills
with the group was Terry Shearer
of Pigeon Hills Farm, Ab
bottstown, York County, with the
assistance of Ed Brown of
Benyville, Va.
B C (Bud) Snidow, American
Hereford Association’s assistant
secretary, presented an in
formative talk on the past 100
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NCA President-Elect Sam
Washburn, who traveled with the
group, ended the tour with, a
challenge to the young cattlemen
to continue in their leadership
development so that they might
help the beef cattle industry meet
the challenges that lie ahead.
Accompanying the young cat
tlemen on the tour, in addition to
Washburn, were NCA Executive
Vice President, W.T. Berry; R.A.
Brown, Jr., Tex., vice chairman of
NCA’s Young Cattlemen’s
Council; and NCA staffer Ron
Francis.
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years of , Herefords and ex
pectations for the future. LeAnn
Simon, AJHA treasurer from
Tolstoy, S.D., addressed the crowd"
on how youth need to approach the
new economic procedures that now
face them.
Dr. Tun Dennis, a practicing
veterinarian and Hereford breeder
from Penn Yan, N.Y., presented
an informative talk on herd health
and what health practices need to
be followed.
Milborn Farm is owned by Dr.
and Mrs. John Constable and
managed by John Hill.
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