For Immediate Release
October 19, 2002

Contact: Burt Rutherford                                                                                                 

TCFA Names Officers, Board

             The Texas Cattle Feeders Association, during its 2002 Annual Convention this weekend in Amarillo, named the officers and directors who will lead the group for the coming year. 

            Scott Keeling of Hereford is chairman of the board; Ernie Morales of Devine is chairman-elect; and Charlie Sellers of Amarillo is vice chairman. 

            Cattle feeders elected to one-year terms on the board of directors are H.P. (Bo) Brown of Lubbock; Scott Keeling of Hereford; Perry Kirkland of Vega; Bill Kruse of Fort Worth; Bill Robertson of Amarillo; and Bill Shaw of San Angelo. 

            Elected to two-year terms are Jay Gray of Gonzales; Scott Hall of Hereford; James Henderson of Childress; Michael Kitten of Hereford; Ernie Morales of Devine; and Brad Stout of Amarillo.

            Directors chosen for three-year terms are Dr. Gary Gosdin of Irving; Steve Hays of Texhoma, Okla.; Walter E. Lasley of Stratford; Johnny Scribner of Perryton; Charlie Sellers of Amarillo; and Guy Walker of Dawn.  In addition, the two immediate past chairmen serve as members of the board.  They are Paul Engler of Amarillo and Jim Waterfield of Canadian.

            TCFA represents cattle feeders in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico, an area that produces 7.2 million fed cattle, 30% of the nation's fed beef.