FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Cattle Raisers elect officers for 2006-2007

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 29, 2006—Members of Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association elected officers for 2006-2007 during the final session of their 129th annual convention today in San Antonio.
      Dr. C. R. “Dick” Sherron from Beaumont was re-elected as president; Jon Means, Van Horn, first vice president; and G. Dave Scott, Richmond, second vice president and secretary.
      New honorary directors are Jim Brizendine of Winona; Scott Felton, Waco; Dan Hankamer, Hankamer; Robert H. Moore, College Station; A. B. Wharton, Vernon; and Gene Willingham, Vernon.
      New directors are Van Baize, Muenster; Marty Harris, Tilden; Rick Peebles, Baytown; Tim Pennell, Cuero; Richard Thorpe III, Winters; and Tom Woodward, Decatur.
      Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association is a 129-year-old trade organization whose 13,600 members manage approximately 5.4 million cattle on 70.3 million acres of range and pasture land, primarily in Texas and Oklahoma.
      The organization was initially established to fight cattle theft. Today, law enforcement is still the backbone of the organization, with 29 field inspectors who are commissioned by the Texas Department of Public Safety and/or the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.
      TSCRA also has 80 market inspectors who identify more than 4.5 million cattle annually at 119 auction markets in Texas. The information they collect is forwarded to TSCRA headquarters where it is entered into a computer database.
      When livestock are reported missing or stolen, their identifying characteristics are retrieved from the  database and forwarded to more than 700 law enforcement agencies nationwide.
      TSCRA is also recognized as an advocate for the cattle industry statewide and nationally on legislation, animal care, regulatory matters and other things that affect the best interests of cattle producers.

TSCRA-6-2006