2021 Pat Nowlin Scholarship Offered by NM CowBelles

Each year the NM CowBelles accept scholarship applications to honor the memory of Pat Nowlin who was instrumental in beginning the first CowBelle organization in Arizona in 1947 followed by the New Mexico organization when she moved to the Cimarron area in 1957. She served as our first NM CowBelle president and was later elected to the position of national secretary / treasurer.

The NM CowBelles will again offer two $500 scholarships to be awarded to graduating high school seniors and one additional $500 scholarship to be given to a college upperclassman or adult returning to college to obtain their degree. Applicants must be a paid member of the NM CowBelles, a junior age member or a child of a NM CowBelle in order to apply. Scholarship applications must also include: 1) The NM CowBelle Local Verification Form signed by the local president and secretary, 2) applicant’s photo, and 3) high school transcript, home school record of courses, or an official transcript of the college or trade school the applicant last attended.

Applications can be obtained from the scholarship chair, a NM CowBelle local, on the NM CowBelle website at https://www.newmexicocowbelles.org/ or the FaceBook page at https://www. facebook.com/NewMexicoCowBelles.

The deadline to submit scholarship applications with all attachments is April 15, 2021.

Scholarship applications must be submitted to Shelly Hathorn, the NM CowBelle Scholarship Chair, via mail at the address below or by email to: shporter@nmsu.edu. Contact the chair at 575/447-7447 with questions regarding the scholarship applications or to make a donation to the memorial scholarship fund.

Shelly Hathorn

NM CowBelle Scholarship Chair 112 Scottsdale Drive

Clovis, NM 88101 ▫

Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame Announces the 2021 Inductees & Award Winners

by Drovers News Source

The Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame has announced its 2021 inductees and award winners who will be recognized at its 12th annual banquet to be held August 9, 2021, in Nashville, Tennessee.

Johnny Trotter, president and CEO of Bar-G Feedyard in Hereford, Texas, and Steve Gabel, founder of Magnum Feedyard in Wiggins, Colorado, are the newest inductees into the Hall of Fame, which annually honors two leaders who have made lasting contributions to the cattle feeding industry.

Gary Smith, visiting professor in the Department of Animal Science at Texas A&M University, is the recipient of the Leadership Award. George Eckert of Green Plains Cattle Company in Leoti, Kansas, and Gaspar Martinez of Harris Feeding Company in Coalinga, California, were named Service Award winners.

These inductees and award winners will be recognized at the Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame banquet in conjunction with the Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show to be held Aug. 10-12 in Nashville.

“Through their dedication and leadership, these honorees have made lasting contributions to our industry,” said Cliff Becker, vice president of publishing for Farm Journal Media and Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame board member. “It is an honor to recognize their achievements which have helped advance the cattle feeding industry.”

Tickets for the 2021 Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame banquet can be purchased as part of the Cattle Industry Convention registration and will be available in June. Event sponsorship and table sponsorships are also available. Founding sponsors of the Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame include Merck Animal Health, Drovers magazine and Osborn Barr Paramore (OBP).

All proceeds from ticket sales and corporate sponsorships will benefit future initiatives for the Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame. All funds from tickets purchased by cattle feeders will be donated in full to the Hall of Fame. Those interested in sponsorship opportunities may contact Tori Lock at 660/641-3369; Cliff Becker at 913/579-7675; or Chub Klein at 402/443-7337. Donations to the Hall of Fame may also be made at cattlefeeders.org. ▫

Fox in the Henhouse

— Booker’s Seat on the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee

by Jaclyn Krymowski for Protect the Harvest

It’s official – animal extremist political icon Cory Booker (D-NJ) has been appointed to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. This was met with much dismay from the animal agriculture world and not unjustifiably so.

Besides having absolutely no practical or real-world experience in any of the agriculture industries or sectors, Booker has long been a poster child for radical animal extremism and vegan movement enthusiasts by being a politician made in their own image.

His political career and personal motives have been rigorously documented by Protect The Harvest and other allied industry entities. Farmers, ranchers, veterinarians and other animal professionals need to be aware of what his appointment could mean for them and the industry as a whole.

Booker’s Background – No Practical Experience with Agriculture

Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in New Jersey, Senator Booker has no direct connections with today’s farming world. He attended Stanford University to get his BA in political science and master’s in sociology. Afterwards he went to Oxford where he earned a degree in US history then moved on to Yale for his juris doctor.

During his mayoral career where he presided over Newark, New Jersey from 2006 to 2013, he was largely known for working with urban development and sociological issues.

So where exactly did his supposed animal expertise come from?

Booker attributes Gandhi’s autobiography, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, as being largely responsible for his personal connection with animal rights in 1992. Shortly thereafter he became a vegetarian and remained so until 2014 when he fully transitioned to an all-vegan diet.

“Legislatively,” he told the prominent vegan activist media outlet VegNews, “I want to continue to be a part of a movement of folk who are fighting against corporate interests that are undermining the public good and the public welfare.”

By integrating his animal rights ideology into his political life, Booker quickly shot up the ladder to animal activist stardom. He has received numerous laurels and recognition in this realm on the national level – not removing his vegan lifestyle and beliefs from his legislative activity. Senator Booker was a featured guest and award winner at the Humane Society of the United States’ Farm Animal Protection fundraiser in Los Angeles.

Booker’s Legislative Activities

Farm Systems Reform Act – Boycott Big Meat Campaign

While he’s been on the favored side of the animal extremist agenda for some time, Booker gained a whole new level of attention when he, along with Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), introduced the Farm Systems Reform Act (FSRA) in 2019.

The Farm Systems Reform Act was a direct affront to large modern farms which utilize concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) of all types, as previously reported by Protect The Harvest. The bill seeks to eliminate all CAFOs entirely by January of 2040 and would force animal

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