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Houston Brings a Lifetime Worth of Experience to her New Role
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When Jennifer Houston ascends to the role of NCBA president in New Orleans during the annual Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show, she will be bringing more than three decades of volunteer leadership experience to the table, along with a lifetime of experience in the cattle business.
Houston has served in countless roles, beginning at the local and state levels in her home state of Tennessee, where she and her husband, Mark, own a cow-calf operation and East Tennessee Livestock Center, an auction market which sells more than 50,000 head annually. “I grew up on a farm in west Tennessee, near Memphis, where we raised cattle and hogs,” said Houston. “I graduated from the University of Tennessee with a degree in animal science and that’s also where I met my husband Mark, whose family operated a livestock auction market. “After we were married, I moved to east Tennessee and started working at the auction market. Today, in addition to the market, we also run some stocker cattle and we also feed some, in addition to the cow-calf side of the farm. It all comes pretty naturally to me, having been in the livestock industry most of my life,” she said. Houston explained that east Tennessee is a major hub for the cattle industry, and the producers who live in the region enjoy some unique benefits; a centralized location between major cow-calf regions and proximity to major feeding states being among them. “East Tennessee is a beautiful part of
the state. We’re close to the Southeast United States, but we’re not far from Kansas, Nebraska, Texas and other cattle feeding states. The centralized location gives us a lot of opportunity to market cattle here and serve as a hub for individuals looking to source good quality feeder cattle,” said Houston. “We’re also fortunate because we’re able to grow a lot of grass with good moisture and a have a long growing season, so it’s a really great situation for raising cattle.” In addition to the regional advantages, Houston cites her experience in the livestock auction market business for giving her a unique perspective on the beef industry. And being at the auction market helps her keep a finger on the issues and their impact on cattlemen and cattlewomen. Houston says that connection to grassroots cattle producers was one of the reasons she started working on behalf of the industry as a volunteer leader. “I’ve always felt that we have to speak up for ourselves. Nobody else is going to do it for us,” she explained. “A lot of people don’t have time to give back to the industry as a volunteer, for a lot of reasons, but I feel fortunate that my schedule allows me the flexibility to serve my fellow beef producers. “In addition, I’ve always felt strongly that I serve for those who can’t be away from their operations, and that’s something that brings me a lot of joy and satisfaction. I’ve always hoped that I am doing good for the industry and speaking for those that don’t have the opportunity to serve” Houston’s service began in the mid1980s within the state of Tennessee, when the national Beef Checkoff Program was first beginning. “At the time, I started out with a seat on the Tennessee Beef Industry Council,” she said. “I served there for several years, eventually serving as chairman, and then I went on to represent Tennessee on the National Live Stock and Meat Board, prior to the merger of the Meat Board and National Cattlemen’s Association.” “Following the merger, I went on to serve on a number of committees on
the Federation side of the organization, from food service, to new product and innovation, advertising and eventually chairing some of those same committees.” More recently, Houston has served the industry at the national level as an NCBA officer on the Federation side of the association as both Federation vice chair and Federation chair. “I’ve been privileged to serve the beef checkoff for a lot of years and I’ve been fortunate to have seen a lot of positive changes come about for our industry because of it,” according to Houston. “When I started serving as a checkoff volunteer, we were just rolling out the Beef. It’s What’s for Dinner. campaign, and now that’s come full circle and we’re refreshing that brand. “A lot of our industry’s checkoff efforts, whether it’s in research, marketing, promotion or education, have really paid dividends through the years. In my early days serving on checkoff committees, we were talking about new products like the Flat Iron steak and today it’s on menus across the country. There’s a lot of good that comes from the work we do. It’s been a true honor to play a role in some of those incredible changes,” she said. After many years serving the beef checkoff, Houston has also gained significant policy experience. Following two years as a Federation officer, she served as chair of the Policy division before being elected vice president in 2017. Those years of experience will help shape her priorities as president of NCBA during the year ahead. “Regardless of where we come from, or where we are, beef producers have much more that unites us than we do that divides us,” according to Houston. “There is a great deal we can agree upon. We all want less government interference. We want to be free to raise cattle in the best, most efficient manner possible. We want to be free from the challenges from activist groups, whether they’re animal rights or lifestyle groups that want to put us out of business.
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Market Matters Winter Weather Could Impact Cattle Market By Michael Murphy, Vice President of Research and Risk Management, CattleFax A major snow storm came across much of the central plains feeding region the last week of 2018. This storm pushed the amount of precipitation in the 6-state feeding region to nearly double the long-term average during the fourth quarter. The impact on the fed cattle market became obvious, as fed cattle prices from the week prior to Christmas to the week of Christmas advanced from $118.73 to $122.63, before holding steady through the first part of January. The accompanying chart illustrates that all the central U.S. feeding regions have received more moisture than the long-term average. The data for these six states represented is weighted, based on the number of cattle-on-feed for each region. What is prominent when looking at the data is the state of Kansas, with precipitation double the long-term average. Today, the Kansas cattle feeding region is the wettest on record. The impact of adverse winter weather is not only about precipitation, but also about temperature. During the fourth quarter, temperatures in the 6-state region are 3 degrees colder than the 30-year average. Specifically, in Kansas the average temperature was 4 degrees colder.
Building beef demand by inspiring, unifying and supporting an effective state/national checkoff partnership.
Kansas Beef Council Hosts Digital Influencer Workshop The Kansas Beef Council hosted 14 digital influencers from the Kansas City area for the second “Meat Up Kansas City”
event in November. Chef Dave Zino of NCBA, a beef checkoff contractor, led participants through a workshop that focused on umami flavors in cooking beef, finishing the event by demonstrating an umami-packed Ribeye steak with blue cheese butter. The influencers had a chance to participate in blind taste tests that included a variety of types of beef prepared in different ways. They shared images and videos with their followers throughout the event. Each influencer was sent home with the ingredients to make a Ribeye steak with blue cheese butter, and most made the dish over the weekend and shared the recipe on their social media accounts. The digital influencers in attendance have more than 850,000 followers on their social media posts.
Members of Minnesota’s Top of the Class team received advanced message training in an immersion experience in Colorado Jan. 8-10. The dozen member team, representing the Minnesota Beef Council and Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association, toured a feedlot and packing facility and heard from NCBA and U.S. Meat Export Federation staffers to gain better understanding of beef industry issues, challenges and opportunities. Checkoff staff also outlined efforts to build beef demand, including work conducted in the NCBA Culinary Center and Digital Command Center.
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Post-tour surveys gauged the tour’s effectiveness. One intern commented, “Very positive! Clean environment, ethical and humane animal treatment. Beef has a place at the table along with healthy, whole foods. 5/5 stars experience!”
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Titled “Beef Sustainability and Ranching in Arizona,” the panel discussed the commitment of the U.S. beef industry to measuring and improving sustainability. Topics included cattle’s upcycling abilities. A video recording of the presentation is on www.youtube. com/ArizonaBeefCouncil.
NCBA Petition Seeks Regulatory Relief for Livestock Haulers
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A new NCBA petition delivered to the Department of Transportation (DOT) asks the federal government to grant livestock haulers additional flexibility on Hours of Service (HOS) requirements. Current rules pose a serious challenge to animal welfare and are not suited to the realities of livestock hauling. Finding a permanent solution to overly-restrictive HOS rules is a 2018 policy priority for NCBA. The petition asks for a five-year exemption from certain HOS requirements for livestock haulers and encourages DOT to work with the livestock industry to implement additional fatigue-management practices. Under the status quo, drive time is limited to 11 hours and on-duty hours are restricted to 14. Instead, NCBA and the
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Still a hot topic among students, sustainability was addressed in December as the ABC partnered with Arizona State University’s School for the Future of Innovation in Society to feature a presentation and panel discussion with Sara Place, Ph.D., beef sustainability expert for NCBA, and Arizona ranchers Chuck Backus and Dean Fish. Students and professors from the School of Sustainability asked tough but relevant questions.
other petitioners requested that livestock haulers be granted approval to drive up to 15 hours with a 16-hour on-duty period, following a 10-hour consecutive rest period. Any livestock hauler wishing to operate under the extended drive time would be required to complete pre-trip planning and increased fatiguemanagement training. “We are concerned that the 11- and 14-hour rules were not drafted with livestock haulers in mind and thus do not accommodate the unique character of their loads and nature of their trips,” the petition says. The current requirements “place the well-being of livestock at risk during transport and impose significant burdens on livestock haulers, particularly in rural communities across the country.” The strong safety record of livestock haulers demonstrates their ability to ensure the well-being of both live animals and other drivers on the road. A 2014 analysis
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Until recently the winter season has been relatively mild for most of the United States. While there have been bouts of colder and snowy weather, the bouts have been of short duration and any periods of cold have been relatively short lived. However, that is all about to change! Since this past fall, we have been in an El Niño across the subtropical Pacific. The warmer Pacific waters have beef industry played a part in helping to hold off any severe cold until recently. Over the past few weeks, the warmer El Niño waters have begun to slowly cool. With less mild influence from the Pacific, some other factors are now coming into play to bring the coldest and snowiest weather of the season to the United States as we head into February. Some of these factors include the development of a Polar Vortex (a spinning column of very cold air) over Hudson Bay and a building high pressure ridge over the eastern Pacific. The eastern Pacific high-pressure system will redirect the jet stream south into the lower 48 states during the month of February allowing several pushes of Arctic air south into the United States and southern areas of Canada. The graphic above shows an example of what will be developing during the month of February. The combination of very cold air over central Canada and a diving jet stream from the eastern Pacific is not only a recipe for periods of very cold temperatures but also good chances for episodes of snowfall as well. Beef producers can expect a strong likelihood of harsh winter weather at times in the month of February, especially from the Rockies to the Midwest and East Coast. Long periods of cold temperatures, cold wind chills and periods of snow should be planned for during the month with the possibility of the cold and stormy weather persisting into early March.
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Kavanaugh is a Welcome Addition On October 8, Brett Kavanaugh, formerly of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, became the newest Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Sworn in by his predecessor, Justice Anthony Kennedy, Kavanaugh became the 114th person in American history confirmed to the Court. Though Kavanaugh may have clerked for Justice Kennedy as a young attorney, his approach to environmental regulation is far different from his former mentor. With his long history as an attorney and judge, Kavanaugh brings a wealth of knowledge to the bench and will be a key vote in many cases regarding environmental regulatory overreach. In a 2016 Harvard Law Review article, Kavanaugh wrote that “the text of the law is the law.” Instead of supplementing statutory language, Kavanaugh will read the law narrowly, effectively changing the balance of the Supreme Court.
Waters of the United States (WOTUS) One of NCBA’s top priorities, and
bright-line rules. The administration is working hard under President Trump’s 2017 Executive Order to rescind the harmful WOTUS definition and replace it with a definition that works for cattle producers and all regulated stakeholders. Upon finalization of a new WOTUS definition, litigation will ensue from environmental activist groups across the country. NCBA has been litigating the flawed 2015 WOTUS Rule in the Courts and we will continue to fight the legal battle until we win. And it’s our expectation that the Supreme Court will get the final say. The Court must restore meaning to the term “navigable waters” written in the statute. In our view, Justice Kavanaugh can be trusted to do just that.
Federal Groundwater Regulation
Circuit courts throughout the United States have recently considered the scope of “discharge of pollutants from point sources,” and whether a pollutant that reaches a navigable water through
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The Arizona Beef Council’s long-standing and successful Gate to Plate tours continue this year, thanks to a partnership with the Iowa Beef Industry Council. Earlier tour outreach had been funded through the Federation. Meanwhile, ABC outreach to the academic community helped enhance understanding of the beef industry’s sustainability on a university campus. The first tour of the FY2019 Gate to Plate series hosted future registered dietitians from the Maricopa County and Arizona State University programs. A virtual tour of a feedyard, followed by a visit to a scenic Arizona ranch, offered a first-hand experience to these future professionals. Following a nutritious beef lunch, attendees received a classroom presentation from registered dietitian Caitlin Mondelli and spokesperson/media training from Ryan Goodman, both from NCBA, a beef checkoff contractor.
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to engage with consumers,” said one attendee following the sessions. “At the end of the day we are looking for the same thing: healthy, wholesome beef. I believe in what I do, and now I’m able to tell my story.” At the conclusion of the training attendees were challenged to outline their own personal advocacy goals for the coming year. These goals included letter writing, farm tour planning and engagement in both the local community and greater online community. “It’s important for the members of the beef community to step forward and share their story,” said Katherine Brosnan, NYBC director of industry relations and consumer promotions. Throughout 2019 NYBC will track and support Beef Corp attendees as they work to achieve their goals.
influenced markets since the early 1980s and in six of the eight, the fed cattle market, from the fourth quarter lows, increased over 19 percent into the winter/spring high. Keep in mind, since 1980 there have only been 13 years the market advanced 19 percent or more from the fourth quarter low to the winter/ spring high. So, nearly half the markets with an advance of 19 percent or more were weather influenced. The CattleFax Q4 low fed steer price was $110.71. A 19 percent increase targets the cash to be nearly $132. The counter argument to a 19 percent rally is the fact there are still plenty of cattle to harvest. The current projection has 182,000 more fed cattle to harvest during the first four months of this year than last, which will likely lead to leverage favoring packers, as it has for the last several months. This in fact could limit the cash market rally to not much more than the long-term seasonal, which puts prices toward a $127 high. A final thought moving into the spring: regionally there will be a premium in the northern/midwestern cash market to the Kansas/Texas market. Bottom Line: Weather influence could push the market higher to on top of $130/cwt, but there are still big supplies to harvest this winter that could keep the market in check.
seasonal rate into the spring, resulting in fewer pounds of beef being produced. Ultimately, the weight impact will be at its widest extreme during the month of April. The response from the fed cattle market is common over time, in the sense that prices advance higher than the average move. B:7.98” There have been eight winter weather-
February Likely to be a Cold Month
Beef Industry Members Trained to Better Share Story with Public Seventeen New York beef community members were trained by the New York Beef Council recently to better share their stories with the public. The “Beef Corp Training,” funded through a grant from the Federation of State Beef Councils, was conducted in Syracuse on December 8. The Beef Corp Training was developed to increase consumer confidence in beef through in-person, written and online advocacy from those who are most familiar with the products and animals. The full-day training provided attendees with the tools and tips necessary to increase outreach efforts throughout the coming year. It included sessions on in-person, written and online advocacy
The effects of winter weather in terms of supply is a slow moving process. But, what historically occurs is fed cattle weights decline at a larger than
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Manage cattle with desired outcomes mind. 4. 4. Manage cattle with desired outcomes in in mind. Cattle production involves many variables, but focus is gained Cattle production involves many variables, but focus is gained by first identifying the marketing outcomes and then building by first identifying the marketing outcomes and then building a cattle production program to complement the marketing
the known best management practices. These practices include the known best management practices. These practices include managing for a defined calving season by overlaying the managing for a defined calving season by overlaying the breeding season with the peak forage season, utilizing breed breeding season with the peak forage season, utilizing breed complementarity and hybrid vigor within the breeding program, complementarity and hybrid vigor within the breeding program, developing a complete herd health program with a practicing developing a complete herd health program with a practicing large animal veterinarian, fully adopting Beef Quality Assurance large animal veterinarian, fully adopting Beef Quality Assurance practices, and implementing a value-added calf program for practices, and implementing a value-added calf program for weaned calves — just to name some of the essentials. weaned calves — just to name some of the essentials.
adapt stocking rate based rainfall 3. 3. SetSet andand adapt thethe stocking rate based onon rainfall inputs. andand inputs. The carrying capacity or forage production of a property The carrying capacity or forage production of a property fluctuates annually based on growing conditions and fluctuates annually based on growing conditions and management. A stocking rate that is set conservatively — management. A stocking rate that is set conservatively — somewhat below the expectations of an average rainfall year — somewhat below the expectations of an average rainfall year — allows for flexibility in management. Having a portion of the allows for flexibility in management. Having a portion of the carrying capacity allocated to the production of “disposable” or
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King Ranch Houston, TX
Head Office: Houston, TX Owner: King Ranch Family Shareholders CEO: Robert Underbrink States of Operation: Texas, Florida
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