CattleWomen’s Corner We will prevail by helping those in need and each other! By Oregon CattleWomen’s President Jenny Coelho cowsrus17@outlook.com
OCW News
june 2020
What is going to be the new normal? If you grew up in the farming or ranching business as young children, you may remember your parents or elders constantly saying to you, “go outside and play, go outside and do your chores, go outside and help dad or mom change the irrigation or
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move the cows to the next pasture.” We in agriculture have been fortunate, even though we may not have thought so as a child, of living the outdoor life to the fullest. We know how to practice social distancing, not because we had to, but because that was our way of life. You cannot gather a bunch of cattle on horseback standing within six feet of each other. Not to mention you were also hoping your cow dogs would really do what they were supposed to do in getting ahead and turning the cattle at the right spot to get them to go through the gate. That was our normal summer activities then and still are our normal activities today as farmers and ranchers. We have traditional values we pass on from generation to generation that are essential to feeding the general population of America and for most of the world. Our Junior CattleWomen are a prime example of carrying on these traditions that are so important within our industry. I am very proud of our Junior CattleWomen Committee Chair Heidi Gorden, who organized our juniors and had them put together a short video thanking American beef producers for producing and providing our very essential product “Beef” to consumers. You can view the video on the Oregon CattleWomen Facebook page and on the RFDTV and the Cowboy Channel Facebook pages. Way to go Junior CattleWomen! Summer activities for OCW are going to be limited for in-person meetings, but behind the scenes your officers and committee chairs are still working away. In the month of March there were several Authorization Requests (ARs) done by OCW officers, committee chairs and county affiliates from across the state submitted to the Oregon Beef Council for 2021 activities for educational and
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