Lamb Feeders To Meet
Jan. 29 In Ft. Worth

FORT WORTH — The National Lamb Feeders Association will conduct its annual meeting January 29-31 at the Raddisson Plaza Hotel here.

The board of directors will meet on Thursday the 29th, followed by a welcoming reception at 6 p.m.

Friday’s program will include presentations from representatives of the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association, National Sheep Improvement Center, American Sheep Industry Association, USDA and Tecker Group, a consulting firm working with the American Sheep Industry Association.

Saturday’s lineup includes Bob McDonald with USDA Absorbents; Kerry Cornelius, TCU Ranch Management Program; David Winters with a Scrapie update, Al Strube and Ray Ellis with a Texas packing house update; and Richard Drake and Ernest Woodward speaking about the Lamb Task Force.

The agenda also includes an international marketing panel consisting of Francis Cassidy with the Australian Meat and Livestock Corporation; Bill Joyce, regional manager for the New Zealand Meat Producers Board; Ed Avalos, New Mexico Department of Ag (Mexico Exports); Leroy Kesee, Forte, Dupee & Sawyer (wool); Don Debey, Mountain Meadows Lamb (breaker); Teddi Crippen, Superior Farms Marketing Director; Don Godby, (lamb feeder); and Jimmy Cole of Custom Skins, representing the pelt industry.

A regional feeder panel and the NLFA business meeting are scheduled for that afternoon. The annual awards banquet will be that evening at 7:30 p.m. Layton Black will be the master of ceremonies.