OCA News & Views

President • Aaron Arnett 614-947-9931, aaronarnett16@gmail.com Vice President • Kyle Walls 740-485-7775, kylemwalls@gmail.com Treasurer • Linde Sutherly 937-875-0670, linde@lindeslivestockphotos.com Past President • Sasha Rittenhouse 937-215-1415, hotcattle@hotmail.com

OCA Directors

Tom Karr Director At-Large Pomeroy • Term expires 2021 740-597-9900, tom@karrcontracting.com Bill Tom Director At-Large Washington C.H. • Term expires 2023 937-694-5378, btom@uproducers.com J.L. Draganic Director At-Large Wakeman • Term expires 2022 440-821-6576, paintcreekcattle@gmail.com Jaymes Maciejewski District 1 New Bavaria• Term expires 2023 309-222-0850, jaymes.maciejewski@gmail.com Kelvin Egner District 2 Shelby • Term expires 2021 419-295-6089, kjegner@hotmail.com John Ferguson District 3 Chardon • Term expires 2022 440-478-0782, john@fergusonshowcattle.com Mark Goecke District 4 Spencerville • Term expires 2023 419-233-3101, goeckefarms@gmail.com Frank Phelps District 5 Belle Center • Term expires 2021 937-539-1442, frankph@watchtv.net Pam Haley District 6 West Salem • Term expires 2022 419-853-4657, phaley@haley-farms.com Brad Thornburg District 7 Barnesville • Term expires 2023 740-310-9196, thornburgcattle@yahoo.com Linde Sutherly District 8 New Carlisle • Term expires 2021 937-875-0670, linde@lindeslivestockphotos.com Jim Jepsen District 9 Amanda • Term expires 2022 614-560-5919, jepsen.drfarms@gmail.com Sarah Ison District 10 Moscow • Term expires 2023 513-314-5382, sarah.ison01@gmail.com Lindsey Hall District 11 Hillsboro • Term expires 2021 937-763-8115, lindseycgrimes@gmail.com Luke Vollborn • District 12 Bidwell • Term expires 2022 740-441-5740, vollborncattle@yahoo.com

FOCUS ON SUMMER CATCH-UP

By Aaron Arnett, OCA President

Greetings everyone. I am writing this column from my hotel in Des Moines, Iowa where I am attending the Beef Improvement Federation annual meeting and conference. In my opinion, this is one of the best meetings to attend in the beef industry. It offers a unique cross section of industry scientists, seedstock breeders and commercial producers who come together each year to discuss how to move the beef industry forward. It is generally hosed by a state landgrant institution and the location changes each year. There are applied presentations about genetics, reproduction, nutrition and meat science, in addition to tours of farms, ranches and other agriculture businesses in the local area. If you have never attended a BIF conference, I highly encourage it. Information is shared through OCA member updates each year and the OCA staff would be happy to direct you to more detailed information. For many of us, summer is a time to catch up as we close spring calving and planting and watch crops, hay and livestock grow. On behalf of the entire OCA board of directors and staff, I want to invite you to catch up this summer with what OCA has been doing lately on behalf of its members. I am pleased to share that our Live Cattle Marketing Committee met this spring and has become much more active in the past 12 months with the disruptions in the markets caused by COVID-19 and other factors. The Committee presented its report to the OCA board of directors at its June 15th meeting. For details about the committee report, please contact your district OCA board member, Committee Chairman Mark Goeke, an OCA staff member, or me for more information. An aspect of the report I find very promising is the state and federal funding available for expansion of meat processing. In Ohio, one of the ways to increase price discovery is to increase the number of processors bidding on cattle and the available chain space for harvest. We are excited that many beef industry functions are opening back up in Ohio. Most county fairs will operate as normal, but the Ohio State Fair will be limited to livestock shows only, including junior and open beef cattle shows. There will be some schedule and facility changes compared to what many of us have grown accustomed to over the years. However, the OCA Steak Barn will be open for business as usual and we encourage you to volunteer for a shift to promote what we produce. For more information, contact Director Bill Tom or an OCA staff member for details. We are also anticipating a large turnout for our annual Cattlemen’s Gala to be hosted in Stoutsville, Ohio on Saturday, Aug. 28. We hope that you will make plans to attend this fun event to raise money for youth scholarships through the Ohio Cattlemen’s Foundation. Tickets can be purchased on our website at ohiocattle.org. We are also planning to resume OCA’s Cattlemen’s Academy with calving clinics around the state. This is an exclusive member benefit that has been popular pre-COVID and we wish to continue our efforts for producer education in partnership with the OSU Extension Beef Team. These are just a few examples of the many areas OCA is working and opportunities for us to catch up with you this summer. We invite you to join us for these events that provide one of the important aspects of life in the cattle business…the opportunity to catch up with friends and neighbors who work hard every day with a passion and eagerness that is unique to agriculture.

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