Caustic Burno
Well-known member
Join up ! As more of you start purchasing cattle need to become responsible stewards of the industry.
http://www.texascattleraisers.org/aboutTSCRA.asp
http://www.texascattleraisers.org/aboutTSCRA.asp
Caustic Burno":32dcpl4c said:Join up ! As more of you start purchasing cattle need to become responsible stewards of the industry.
http://www.texascattleraisers.org/aboutTSCRA.asp
Caustic Burno":dxcz9eo5 said:Join up ! As more of you start purchasing cattle need to become responsible stewards of the industry.
http://www.texascattleraisers.org/aboutTSCRA.asp
Bez!":1asnn4oa said:Interesting comments. We also got tired of all of the politics - and lack of programs at the local leverl - so wife ran for -and was elected to the board. She has been on it for about three years.
Politics is a natural part of any elected body.
In order to truly affect any changes one has to get involved and stay involved. Otherwise it becomes a meaningless exercise.
So, if you are tired of it - imagine how many others are as well. Take a run and make your changes. Sooner or later - it is a matter of time - you will be voted out - but while you are involved you can make your time a valuable contribution.
New programs under the new regime here:
1. Expanded youth program.
2. Heavy political lobbying at the provincial and federal level.
3. Local initiatives to assist producers to plan their marketing strategies.
4. Free advice on how to sell out the farm gate.
5. Stratgeies for vaccination that fits YOUR specific herd.
6. Continual consultation with a couple of excellend and involved veterinarians.
7. Mobile weigh scales for the small producer. Members get charged 10 bucks to weigh the first 30 animals - buck a piece for the remainder. The operators are volunteers - I know because I am one of the volunteers. Our expenses are covered buy the local org.
8. Annual seminars on better management practices for the new producer.
9. New and improved news letter that passes on ideas and legislation changes in a timely manner.
10. Group liability insurance at a killer price.
And a bunch more that have escaped me at this time.
All of the above and more for a 10 buck annual fee.
All because a few folks decided to get involved.
It works if you get involved - and you certainly pick up a bunch of great new ideas by meeting with folks every couple of months at the local get togethers.
Bez!
Caustic Burno":l60f1tvy said:Join up ! As more of you start purchasing cattle need to become responsible stewards of the industry.
http://www.texascattleraisers.org/aboutTSCRA.asp
CattleAnnie":357fvth1 said:Well, I was a member of the BC Cattlemens association, until someone thought that they needed to enact a 'horn levy fund' in order to please the feeder's association.
Now when you ship cattle, if you have a calf with horn visible past the hair or mature animals with 3/4" of horn or longer then you get charged $10.00 a head by the brand inspector ( a job that they don't relish as it's really not their jurisdiction), although the OII (Ownership Identification Inc - provincially designated brand inspectors) states on their website that the horn charge is $2.00 per head, so perhaps they haven't updated their website.
Anyway, that kind of frosted my cookies, as even though we do our best to dehorn, it sure seems like another hand in the pocket of the grassroots of the beef industry - not to mention a bit biased against some of the naturally horned stock such as the Horned Herefords, etc.
Also due to the CCA's policy of "let's not make any waves with the big money by asking for 100% testing" when the Canadian cattle industry was in dire straits due to the first BSE case, I've become thoroughly disenchanted with them as well.
A direct quote from one gentleman at the CCA that I was talking with "We don't want to raise the bar for the BSE testing standards in Canada because that might not sit well with our counterparts in the US and it will not help get the border opened if we follow that line." Yeah...and it had only been shut for almost a year when I talked with him at that point. The "wait and see" attitude that they were promoting really did us a world of good for that first year, and finally into the second year they started to make noises about some proactive ideas for the industry. :roll:
Of course, the BCCA followed the sterling example set out by the CCA...more "yes sir, no sir, how high do you want us to jump, sir?". Disgusting.
Maybe someone will form a more commonsense organisation one day, but right now there seems to be a lack of concern for the producers' point of view in these existing ones.
Take care.
ALACOWMAN":z85egloo said:a few years ago there was a man that i new but you didnt see him at any meetings at all. none of the feild days nothing. i didnt even know he had cattle all of a sudden he decides he wants to go to the top with a help of some of the officers he!! not only was he voted county president. he went all the way to the state in a office cant remember which one. i wasnt even gonna bother with rejoining this year but a friend thats on the board came to the barn a couple a weeks ago and talked me back into it. i guess the steak dinner for the family each year i want lose to much .
Why dont you make this a post so more people will read it. 680 people have already seen this post and may not check back in. I know that I wish someone had started a fund up here like this when people were loseing their shirts over BSE. If us Canuks send a donation today with the exchange rate as good as it is. Most of it just might get there .Caustic Burno":2gu7buxv said:TSCRA e-xpress: Action Alert!
CATTLE GROUPS ESTABLISH DISASTER RELIEF FUND
For Immediate Release March 16, 2006
For Information: Burt Rutherford, TCFA (800) 299-8232
Matt Brockman, TSCRA (800) 242-7820
Keith Chapman, LMA of Texas (512) 863-7005
The Texas Cattle Feeders Association (TCFA), the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) and the Livestock Marketing Association of Texas (LMA) have established the Cattlemens Disaster Relief Fund. The fund, established at the Amarillo Area Foundation, will assist cattlemen affected by wildfires in the Texas Panhandle, as well as similar disasters in other areas of Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.
Even as fires continue to burn, cattle producers are dealing with dead and displaced cattle, destroyed fences and buildings and the loss of their land and livelihood. Estimates are that upwards of 1 million acres have burned and thousands of cattle and other livestock have died or been injured. Similar to the Cattlemens Hurricane Fund established last year, the groups will use the Disaster Fund to help cattle producers begin to put their lives back together.
In addition, hay and feed donations are being accepted. Staging areas for donated hay and feed have been established at several locations in the affected areas.
To make a donation, send a tax-deductible check made out to Cattlemens Disaster Relief Fund to 5501 I-40 West, Amarillo, TX 79106. For information on hay donations, contact Burt Rutherford at TCFA at (806) 358-3681.
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