News Update

News Update
Oct. 27, 2006

National, State Cattlemen’s Associations to Present Risk Management Sessions in North Carolina

The North Carolina Cattlemen’s Association (NCCA) is teaming with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) to present a risk management workshop, “Marketing Your Way to Profitability.” The sessions will be Nov. 29 at the George Upton Livestock Arena in Clinton, N.C., and Nov. 30 at the Iredell County Ag Center in Statesville, N.C.

The workshop will feature hands-on training for using futures and options, and how using these marketing tools can assist an operation. Errol Baxter, CME associate director of commodity products, and Tom Clark, CME manager of commodity products, will teach the course. It also features a special presentation by Geoff Benson, Extension economist, North Carolina State University. The CME staff will present a beginning-level course that includes instruction on the mechanics of futures with hedging, and the basics of forward pricing with options.

Registration is required for this two-day event. The registration fee is $15 for members of NCCA, NCBA or any of its state affiliates, with breaks and meals provided. Nonmember registration fee is $35. For more information on the sessions and to register, contact Bundy Plyler at (919) 552-9111 or bundy@nccattle.com, or Renee Lloyd at (303) 850-3373 or rlloyd@beef.org.

— release provided by NCBA

Hollman Named Secretary/Manager for Nebraska Angus Association

Dick Hollman, Hallam, Neb., is the new secretary/manager for the Nebraska Angus Association (NAA). He assumed the responsibilities Oct. 1. He replaces Jennifer Svoboda, who had held the position since 1999.

Hollman is a 1980 graduate of the University of Nebraska with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural economics — farm and ranch management option. He served as president of the NAA in 2001. He has been working with Angus cattle since he was 4 years old when his father, Henry, started his herd of registered Angus. Hollman grew up showing Angus in 4-H, and has been a 4-H leader for most of the last 30 years.

As secretary/manager of the NAA, Hollman will oversee all NAA-sponsored events and manage the Nebraska Angus News and other association business. Hollman reports to the officers and board of directors of the NAA.

Hollman is currently the owner and manager of Hollman Angus Farm at Hallam, Neb., where he has a 100-head herd of registered and commercial cows.

For more information about the NAA, visit www.nebraskaangus.org.

— by Shelia Stannard, director of communications and events, American Angus Association