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Ethanol, eminent domain will highlight TSCRA summer meeting

FORT WORTH, Texas, June 3, 2008 —Attendees of the TSCRA summer meeting to be held at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort, June 15-17, will hear from top speakers on some of today's hottest topics: ethanol, the Trans-Texas Corridor and eminent domain.

            Gregg Doud, National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA), will discuss the local and global impact of ethanol in the June 17 general session, which begins at 9:00 a.m. at Hyatt's Lost Pines Resort, near Bastrop.

            As chief economist with NCBA, Doud focuses on the economics of industry, trade and international policy issues, all of which are at the forefront in today's debate over the future of ethanol and how it will impact cattle producers and the world.

            Also speaking in the general session, attorney Mike Barron will discuss other important issues in the news - the Trans-Texas Corridor and eminent domain. Barron's law firm, Barron & Adler, focuses exclusively on cases involving eminent domain, condemnation and regulatory takings.

            Barron brought to the firm his years in litigation practice with the Attorney General's office, rising to the level of chief of the antitrust division under Attorney General John Hill; and several years in private practice primarily representing landowners in eminent domain litigation.

|            For more information on the TSCRA summer meeting, visit http://www.texascattleraisers.org/summermeeting2008.htm. or call TSCRA at 800/242-7820.

            TSCRA's summer meeting is one of three annual meetings, along with the annual convention and fall meeting, held throughout Texas and Oklahoma. It is a forum for members to discuss issues important to cattle raisers, set TSCRA policy and legislation and hear from other industry leaders.

            Meeting attendance by TSCRA members and non-members is encouraged. Information regarding registration for the meetings and social events is available at the TSCRA Web site or by calling 800/242-7820.

            Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association is a 131-year-old trade organization whose 15,000 members manage approximately 3.7 million cattle on 96.5 million acres of range and pasture land, primarily in Texas and Oklahoma. TSCRA provides law enforcement services, livestock inspection, legislative and regulatory advocacy and education opportunities for its members.

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