TSGRA Sets Kerrville
Meeting July 16-18

SAN ANGELO — The 83rd annual convention of the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers’ Association is set for July 16-18 in Kerrville at the Inn of the Hills.

Registration begins at 9 a.m. Friday with committee meetings following. Committees will meet all day Friday and resume Saturday morning, with the general business meeting beginning at 3 p.m. on Saturday. State Representative Warren Chisum, chairman of the House Committee on Environmental Regulations and a member of the House Select Committee on Revenue and Public Education, is a scheduled speaker and will discuss what livestock producers can expect in the next session of the state legislature.

Friday’s luncheon speaker will be Charlie Scruggs, former editor of Progressive Farmer. Scruggs is well known to sheep and goat raisers for his work with the screwworm eradication program. Elmer Kelton, a highly acclaimed western writer, former editor of Ranch Magazine and former associate editor of Livestock Weekly, is the scheduled Saturday luncheon speaker. Kelton will share some of his wit and wisdom gained from long years in the livestock industry.

Deadline for pre-registration is July 13th. More information is available from the TS&GRA office at (915) 655-7388.