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Eagle Crest Resort:  1-800-682-4786 or 541-923-2453

Rates starting at $81.00 plus tax

Block Released Oct. 6, 2008

Super 8, Redmond (15 minutes from Eagle Crest):  541-548-8881

Registration

Trade Show Information

Thursday, November 6^th

11:45 AM       Opening Ceremonies, President Bill Moore- Nomination Committee Report, Chair Sharon Livingston

12:00 PM       Cattlemen’s College Luncheon

·        Congressman Greg Walden

·        Bio-fuels & It’s Implication to Oregon’s Cattle Industry, Key-note Speaker:  Tim Raphael, Director of Communications & Government Affairs, Pacific Ethanol

1:00 PM        Cattlemen’s College - Survival!

                        Sponsored by Pfizer & Oregon Beef Council

·        A Prescription for Survival, Sustainability in the Cow-Calf Sector, Brett Stuart, CattleFax

·        Backgrounding on Pasture Versus Drylot  Dr. Dave Bohnert, OSU will report on a study by New Mexico State University comparing 45-day post weaning programs comparing pasture to drylot feeding for reduced cost of gain.

·        Survival: The Big Picture - Dr. Gary Sides, Pfizer

4:00 PM        Trade Show Opens, Silent Auction Opens

4:30 PM        Social in Trade Show Area

6:00 PM        Oral Benefit Auction

7:00 PM        Public Lands Round Table, Chair John O’Keeffe

7:00 PM        Casino Night

Friday, November 7^th

7:00 AM       Continental Breakfast in Trade Show- Sponsored by Fort Dodge Animal Health

7:30 AM       Oregon Cattlemen’s Stewardship Fund Scholarship Committee, Chair Norbert Hartmann

8:00 AM       General Session, President Bill Moore

8:30 AM       Oregon Beef Council Roundtable, Chair Terry Cowart

8:45 AM       Public Lands Committee, Chair John O’Keeffe
9:00 AM       Oregon Beef Council, Chair Terry Cowart

9:00 AM       Allied Industries Meeting, Chair Harold Weight

9:00 AM       Animal Health Committee, Glen Barrett

10:00 AM      Break in Trade Show
10:30 AM      Animal Health Committee Resumes, Glen Barrett

·        Animal Welfare - Katie Fast, Director of Government Affairs, Oregon Farm Bureau

10:30 AM       Wildlife Committee, Chair Bill Wilber

·        Land Owner Preference Program
10:30 AM       Wolf Committee, Chair Rod Childers

Noon                Oregon Beef Council Luncheon, Chair Terry Cowart

2:00 PM        Animal Health Committee Resumes, Glen Barrett - Tentative

2:00 PM        Water Resources Committee, Chair Curtis Martin

·        Water Restoration Act - Reed Hopper, Pacific Legal Foundation

·        Phillip Ward, Director, Oregon Water Resources Department

·        H20 Initiative

·        Climate Change

2:00 PM            Cattlewomen Meeting, President Ruth Moody

3:00 PM       Break in Trade Show

3:20 PM       Beef Cattle Improvement, Chair Sheri Wadekamper

·        Prioritizing for Survival,
Ty Groshans, American Angus Association will present an online, interactive tool based on the results of a 2006 study commissioned from Tom Field, Priorities First:  Identifying Management Priorities in the Commercial Cow-Calf Business. A ten-minute, self-assessment tool that allows producers to rank their strongest and weakest areas of 15 management categories.  Enabling them to identify strategies to make changes in management to increase profits.  

4:00 PM       Legislative Committee, Chair Bill Hoyt

5:00 PM       Recess

5:45 PM       First Bus will leave for Western Fun Night

    Sponsored by OCA Allied Industries. 

                        Thank you to Ankony a t Holiday Ranch for hosting the event and Tyson, Simplot Land & Livestock & Western Stockmen’s for providing the beef.

Saturday, November 8^th
7:00 AM       Continental Breakfast in Trade Show-     

Sponsored by Allflex

7:00 AM            Oregon Cattlemen’s Stewardship Fund Board Meeting

8:00 AM       General Session, President Bill Moore

8:10 AM       Affiliated County Associations Updates

8:45 AM       Oregon Cattle PAC Committee, Chair Bob Beck

·        Fundraising Raffle

8:45AM       Private Lands Committee, Chair Bob Miller

·        Carbon Credits

·        New Farm Bill Programs, Farm Service Agency

9:45 AM      Break in Trade Show

10:00 AM     Marketing Committee, Chair Ron Rowan Speakers Sponsored by Bar CK Simmentals

·        State Meat Inspection Program Survey, Cathy Durham, OSU

·        Dr. Jerry Lipsey, Ph. D- Executive Vice President, American Simmental Association

·        Country of Origin Labeling

·        Age and Source Verification

10:40 AM     Resolutions Committee, Chair Nathan Jackson
11:40        Break in Trade Show
12:00 PM     Luncheon
                   ·        Caroline Lobdell, Ex Director and Clinical Law Professor of Western Resources Legal Center

1:30-4:30 PM    OCA Annual Business Meeting

§         Financial Review Report

§         Resolutions & Committee Reports

§         District VP Reports

§         Cattle PAC Report

§         Election of Officers

§         New Business

5:00 PM            Social

5:30 PM            Silent Auction Closes

6:30 PM            President’s Banquet
                       Speaker:  Andy Groseta, NCBA President

                                        Awards

                Saddle Raffle Drawing
 

Sunday, November 9^th

7:30 AM            Executive Board Breakfast

The Oregon Cattlemen’s Stewardship Fund, Oregon Cattle PAC, and OCA Young Cattlemen will again be holding silent & oral auctions at this year’s convention.  Pease help support these causes by donating an item to be auctioned off. Items may be shipped to the OCA office by October 27^th, brought with you to convention, or mailed directly to Eagle Crest Resort and labeled “Attn: Oregon Cattlemen, 11/6/08.”