Returning industry leader to speak at Tyler meeting -- twice

TSCRA Daily News Update, Sept. 12, 2008

Returning industry leader to speak at Tyler meeting -- twice

TSCRA members and guests will have two chances to hear Burton Eller Jr., speak about the changes ahead for this country. Eller, head of National Cattlemen's Beef Association Washington, D.C., office is the featured speaker at the TSCRA Legislative and Tax Committee and will speak at the closing board meeting, Sept. 21 and 22, Tyler.

"Burton will be speaking on the key legislative issues facing the industry by the new Administration," says TSCRA President Jon Means, Van Horn, "such as sunsetting of the estate tax provisions." Eller will explain his plans for the D.C. office and help and involvement NCBA needs from the state affiliates in legislative initiatives.

Eller returned to NCBA last month to lead the association's D.C. legislative and regulatory office. Eller served as senior vice president of government affairs for National Cattlemen's Association from 1981 to 1991 before leading NCA as executive vice president for five years (1991-1996). He was also a member of the initial industry-wide long range plan task force and the subsequent oversight committee that facilitated the formation of NCBA.

Since leaving NCA in 1996, Eller has served as president and CEO of an international trade association and as Deputy Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs at USDA. Prior to his appointment as Under Secretary, Eller spent three years directing the Office of External Affairs for USDA's Farm Service Agency.

Members of TSCRA are encouraged to attend the fall meeting in Tyler, as are non-member cattle raisers and landowners who'd like to learn more about the work Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association does on behalf of producers in Texas and Oklahoma.

For more information on the TSCRA fall meeting, click here.