For Immediate Release Oct. 29, 2000

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TCFA NAMES OFFICERS, BOARD

The Texas Cattle Feeders Association (TCFA), during its "Partnering for Progress" Annual Convention in Oklahoma City, named the officers and directors who will lead the group for the coming year.

Jim B. Waterfield of Canadian is chairman of the board; Paul F. Engler of Amarillo is chairman-elect; and Scott Keeling of Hereford is vice chairman.

Cattle feeders elected to one-year terms on the board of directors are

David S. Delaney of Amarillo; Michael Engler of Amarillo; Jim Lowder of Amarillo; Don Oppliger of Farwell; James M. Peters of Quemado; and Jim B. Waterfield of Canadian.

Elected to two-year terms are Tommy Bell of Dalhart; Paul F. Engler of Amarillo; Byron N. Gossett of Amarillo; Rex McCloy of Morse; Dan McWhorter of Hereford; and John Rakestraw of Boulder, Colo.

Directors chosen to serve three-year terms are H.P. (Bo) Brown of Lubbock; Scott Keeling of Hereford; Perry Kirkland of Vega; Bill Kruse of Dalhart; Bill Robertson of Amarillo; and Wm. H. (Bill) Shaw of San Angelo. In addition, the two immediate past chairmen serve as members of the board. They are Paul H. Hitch of Guymon, Okla. and Jim Schwertner of Schwertner.

TCFA represents cattle feeders in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico, an area that produces 30% of the nation's fed beef.

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