Idaho Cattleman Becomes President of NCBA
 
DENVER (February 4, 2003) – Eric Davis, a beef producer from Bruneau, Idaho, has become the new president of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA). Davis took the position Saturday at the NCBA membership meeting during the 2003 Cattle Industry Convention and Trade Show in Nashville, Tenn.
 
Davis has been a beef industry leader at the county, state and national levels. For the past year, he has served as NCBA president-elect, and was NCBA’s vice president in 2001.  He has served in leadership positions on many national committees.
 
Davis is past president of both the Owyhee Cattlemen’s Association and the Idaho Cattle Association, where he also served as chairman of the Beef Quality Assurance Committee. He was also chairman of the Idaho Beef Council.
 
A graduate of the University of Idaho with a degree in Agriculture, Davis is president of the family-owned Bruneau Cattle Co., which includes a cow/calf operation near Bruneau. The family finishes its own cattle, does custom feeding, and has irrigated grounds that grow mostly hay and corn silage. He and his wife Pam have a son and a daughter.
 
Jan Lyons, a beef producer from Manhattan, Kan., is the new president-elect for NCBA; she was formerly the organization’s vice president. Jim McAdams of Lubbock, Texas, formerly vice president of NCBA’s Policy Division, was elected NCBA vice president.
 
Elected as chairman of the NCBA Federation Division is Bob Schmidt of Greenback, Tenn.; Bob Rolston of Denver, Colo., is vice chairman. Joe Tugaw of Twin Falls, Idaho was elected chairman of NCBA’s Policy Division, with Mike Byrne of Tulelake, California serving as vice chairman.
 
Elected to the NCBA Executive Committee to represent their regions of the country in the Policy Division were: Region I – Ernie Reeves, Va.; Region II – John Queen, N.C.; Region III – Glenn Rowe, Iowa; Region IV - Al Wright, Ark.; Region V – Ed Lord, Mont.; Region VI – George “Keoki” Wood, Hawaii; Region VII – Gene Harris, N.D.
 
Elected to the Executive Committee to represent their NCBA regions in the Federation Division were: Region I – Gary Voogt, Mich.; Region II – Roger West, Fla.; Region III – Jamie Willrett, Ill.; Region IV – Mike Vache, Okla.; Region V – open; Region VI – Mike Milroy, Ariz.; Region VII – Dale Spencer, Neb.; Veal – Betty McCullough, Ohio.