GLICKMAN NAMES MEMBERS TO BEEF PROMOTION BOARD
                                               Release No. 0649.96

                                 Connie Crunkleton (202) 720-8998
                                             ccrunkleton@usda.gov
                                     Jerry Redding (202) 720-6959
                                                jredding@usda.gov
GLICKMAN NAMES MEMBERS TO BEEF PROMOTION BOARD


     WASHINGTON, Dec. 26, 1996--Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman has
appointed 18 new members and reappointed 20 members to the Cattlemen's Beef
Promotion and Research Board.

     With the exception of one importer position filled for a 1-year term
due to a resignation, all members will serve 3-year terms beginning Feb. 1,
1997.

     The board is composed of 111 members representing 36 states, 4 units
and importers.  The Secretary of Agriculture selects appointees from cattle
producers and importers nominated by organizations representing beef, dairy,
veal and importer interests.

     Reappointed members representing cattle producers, by state and unit
are:  Arkansas--Ned R. Purtle; California--William J. Brandenberg;Florida--
Gertrude E. Carey; Idaho--Robert J. Lanting; Illinois--Roger M. Houston;
Kansas--Lyle H. Gray; Kentucky--Gilbert R. Tucker Sr. and Joseph L. Burke
Jr.; Minnesota--David H. Wiebke; Missouri--William R. Palmer; Nebraska--Paul
F. Grabouski and Larry D. Hudkins; New York--Elaine Louise P. Swiler; North
Dakota--Rodney R. Nelson; Oklahoma--Joe B. Drake and Frederick F. Drummond;
Texas--Neil A. Hoff and William T. Guerra; and Northwest Unit--Elizabeth
Jean R. Berney.

     Newly appointed producer members by state are:  Alabama--Gregg P.
Blythe; Colorado--Danny P. Todd; Kansas--Duane L. McHenry; Missouri--Kent
Blades; Montana--Robert A. Hanson and Jane H. Lindgren; Pennsylvania--Robert
K. Hay; South Dakota--Arnold L. Wienk; Texas--Paul F. Engler, John M.
McLaughlin, Janet Lee G. Helm and Robert B. Hay; Virginia--Joseph W.
Wampler; and Wisconsin--Peter A. Mallek.

     Reappointed to represent importers is Gary R. Jurgovsky.  Newly
appointed importers are Donald F. Blackburn, William A. Joyce and Andrew
Ralph.  Appointed for a 1-year term is James M. Peters.

     Established under the Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985, the
board conducts a national program designed to improve the beef industry's
position in the marketplace.  The program is funded by a mandatory
$1-per-head assessment on all cattle marketed in the United States, and by an
equivalent assessment on imported cattle and beef.  Assessments began Oct.
1, 1986.

     Members of the initial board were appointed to 1-, 2- and 3-year terms
in 1986.  Each year, approximately one-third of the positions are filled for
3-year terms.

     USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service, an agency of the marketing and
regulatory programs mission area, monitors operation of the board.

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