For Immediate Release                                                                      Oct. 13, 2006 

Contact: Burt Rutherford   (806) 358-3681   james@tcfa.org

 TCFA NAMES OFFICERS, BOARD

             The Texas Cattle Feeders Association (TCFA), during its 2006 Annual Convention in Amarillo, named the officers and directors who will lead the group for the coming year. 

            Don McCasland of Clovis, N.M. is chairman of the board; Walter E. Lasley of Stratford is chairman-elect; and Monte Cluck of Gruver is vice chairman. 

            Cattle feeders elected to one-year terms on the board of directors are Mike Engler of Amarillo, Tom E. Fanning of Buffalo, Okla.; Don McCasland of Clovis, N.M.; Jonny Miller of Amarillo; Daryl Berlier Owen of Amarillo; and William W. Snead of Dalhart.    

            Directors chosen for two-year terms are Michael Bezner of Dalhart; Laphe LaRoe of McLean; Walter E. Lasley of Stratford; Steve Lewis, DVM of Hereford; Lonnie McDonald of Muleshoe; and Bob Tabb of Dimmitt.

Directors elected to three-year terms are Ben Brophy of Wichita, Kan.; Monte Cluck of Gruver; Lin Cope of Guymon, Okla.; Shuck Donnell of Muleshoe; Tom McDonald of Dalhart; and Jack Scoggins, Jr. of Rio Grande City.  In addition, the two immediate past chairmen serve on the TCFA board.  They are Charlie Sellers of Amarillo and John Gillcrist of Kansas City, Mo. 

            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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