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Dave True to Receive National Golden Spur Award Oct. 17
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 09-02-15 CONTACT:
National Ranching Heritage Center Sue H. Jones
3121 Fourth St., Box 43200 [email protected]
Lubbock, Texas 79409 806.834.2646
Dave True to Receive National Golden Spur Award Oct. 17
National Ranching Heritage Center Hosts Award Dinner
Dave True recipient of the National Golden Spur Award.
Dave True, a rancher in Casper, Wyo., will receive the 2015 National Golden Spur Award during a 6 p.m. dinner Oct. 17 at the National Ranching Heritage Center (NRHC) in Lubbock, Texas.
Hosted by the Ranching Heritage Association (RHA), the dinner annually honors the National Golden Spur Award recipient in recognition of lifetime contributions to the ranching and livestock industry.
The event will begin with a reception and silent auction at 6 p.m. followed by dinner, the award presentation and entertainment provided by singer/songwriter Red Stegall.
Individual tickets are $100 each ($75 for RHA members) and a table for eight may be reserved for $1,250. Tickets must be purchased in advance by contacting Vicki Quinn-Williams at 806.834.0469 or [email protected].
The NRHC is a 27-acre museum and historical park devoted to preserving and interpreting the history of ranching and addressing contemporary ranching issues.
The National Golden Spur Award is a joint recognition given by some of the leading state and national organizations in the ranching and livestock industries, including the American Quarter Horse Association, National Cattlemen’s Foundation, Ranching Heritage Association, Texas Cattle Feeders Association, Texas Farm Bureau, and Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association.
Established in 1978, the National Golden Spur Award honorees have represented virtually every aspect of the agribusiness industry and all of the major livestock and ranching areas throughout the United States.
“This award is one of the most prestigious honors a person can receive in our industry,” said Dr. Carl Andersen, executive director of the NRHC. “The award recognizes that devotion to land and livestock has earned a single individual notable respect and admiration from peers within the industry.”
As an owner and partner of True companies, a family business based in Casper, Dave True has spent a lifetime following the dream of his parents to build a business within the ranching and energy industries.
True Ranches grew into a multi-segmented beef operation that now spans the eastern third of Wyoming with seven commercial cow/calf operations, two feedlots and several farms. The family cattle operation takes a conception-to-slaughter floor approach to beef production with an emphasis on quality genetics that continue improvement of the foundation cattle herd and ultimately the final beef product.
“Dave’s humbleness, thoughtfulness and attention to detail, but most importantly his rancher’s common sense, make him a respected leader in the cattle business,” said Philip Ellis, president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and a rancher in Chugwater, Wyo.
True was selected by his peers to be NCBA treasurer from 2011 to 2014. Those who worked alongside the financially skilled rancher say his contributions as treasurer were paramount to the success of the organization.
“His financial knowledge and communication skills are second to none,” Ellis said. “But Dave also brings a strong, steady sense to any team. Every time and everywhere I’ve served with Dave, I knew our cause would be better because of his service.”
In addition to serving as vice-chairman of the National Cattlemen’s Foundation since 2008, True has an extensive list of leadership roles, including serving on the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees since 2013, president of CattleFax in 2004, Wyoming Stock Growers Association Board of Directors since 1988, Casper Rotary Foundation Board of Directors since 2002, and International Association of Drilling Contractors Board of Directors since 1981.
True graduated cum laude in 1973 from the University of Wyoming with a B.S. in Business Administration. True and his wife, Melanie, have four children and seven grandchildren.
By Martha Crump
That old adage, “What you don’t know won’t hurt you.,” may have some basis in truth when applied to minor situations. However, when what you don’t know is presented in the form of a “Trojan Horse” and is what amounts to an incredible attempt to fleece American property rights, it becomes a different story altogether.
To put this unbelievable tale together, we need to step back to Joe Biden’s 2021 Executive Order which pledged commitment to help restore balance on public lands and waters, to create jobs, and to provide a path to align the management of America’s public lands and waters with our nation’s climate, conservation, and clean energy goals.
To read more, pick up a copy of the April issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Lacey Vilhauer
Ingredients:
1 whole lemon, seeded and roughly chopped
2 cups sugar
2 pounds strawberries, hulled
Juice of 1 to 2 lemons
¼ cup water
Directions:
Place the chopped lemon and sugar in a food processor and pulse until combined. Transfer to a large bowl. Puree the strawberries in a food processor and add to the lemon mixture along with juice of one lemon and water. Taste and add more juice as desired.
To read more, pick up a copy of the April issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Nicholas Waters
As winter plods along – come Spring and gopher mounds – homeowners and farmers find themselves playing a familiar song – fiddling while Rome is burning.
Let’s make a mountain out of a molehill. Those mounds on your lawn and pasture could be moles, but they’re more than likely gophers; Plains Pocket Gophers to be pragmatic – Geomys bursarius to be scientific.
These rodents dig and chew, and the damage they can do goes beyond the mounds we mow over. Iowa State University cited a study in Nebraska showing a 35 percent loss in irrigated alfalfa fields due to the presence of pocket gophers; the number jumped to 46 percent in decreased production of non-irrigated alfalfa fields.
The internet is replete with academic research from coast-to-coast on how to curtail gopher populations, or at least control them. Kansas State University – then called Kansas State Agricultural College – also published a book [Bulletin 152] in February 1908 focused exclusively on the pocket gopher.
To read more, pick up a copy of the April issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
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