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2020
ENVIRONMENTAL
STEWARDSHIP AWARD
NOMINATION PACKET
AWARD PROGRAM
For centuries, cattle producers have had a personal it also provides fellow cattle producers with
relationship with the nation’s land and resources. examples and ideas which may be useful on their
They have assumed the responsibilities and risks own farming and ranch operations.
of investing their lives to protect and conserve
the environment. Producers depend on the land The Environmental Stewardship Award is an initiative
and its resources for their livelihood. Therefore, of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and
good management demands they care for the the National Cattlemen’s Foundation, and is funded
environment for their own welfare as well as for by Corteva Agriscience, McDonald’s and the Natural
future generations. Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture along with a partnership
Cattle producers, as individuals and as an industry, with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
are actively working to protect and improve the
Award winners are selected annually by a committee
environment, because they know environmental
of representatives from universities, conservation
stewardship and good business go hand-in-hand.
organizations,and federal and state agencies. For
guidance, the judges consider the management of
Since 1991, the Environmental Stewardship Award
water, wildlife, vegetation, air, and soil along with
annually recognizes outstanding stewardship
practices and conservation achievements of U.S. leadership abilities and the sustainability of the
cattle producers across the nation. Regional and business as a whole.
national award winners have been commended for
their commitment to protecting the environment and Nominations can be submitted by any organization,
improving fish and wildlife habitats while operating group or individual on behalf of a U.S. cattle
profitable cattle operations. producer. In the past,nominations have been
submitted by a diverse mix of organizations. A partial
A common trait among all winners is the desire list includes: The Nature Conservancy, NRCS, Society
to leave the land in better condition for future for Range Management, state game and parks
generations and inspiring the next generation of land services, state extension services, universities, wildlife
stewards. While the program highlights stewardship, organizations, and livestock groups.
AWARD TIMELINE AND EVENTS
APPLICATIONS DUE: MARCH 6, 2020
• May 2020: The Selection Committee meets to determine the regional winners.
These winners are personally notified shortly thereafter, but are not publicly
announced.
• June 2020: Our video crew begins to visit each of the 2020 regional winners’
operation.
• July 2020: Winners are publicly announced and honored at the Cattle Industry
Summer Conference; the 2020 debuts. One night’s stay provided to regional
winners.
• Fall 2020: Selection Committee picks the next national winner.
• February 2021: All seven regional winners are expected to attend the 2020
Cattle Industry Convention in Nashville, Tenn. Travel and registration will be paid “Caretakers of the Land” bronze gift-
by the Environmental Stewardship Award for two people. ed to National winner.
PAST WINNERS
-1991- -1994- -1997- Bolton, MS II
I I I III Carlton 2 x 4 Ranch
Don Duff Seldom Rest Farms Triple W Farm Triple U Ranch Dr. Barbara C. Carlton
Chavies, KY Bruce and Scott Foster Mark, Edward and Scott Nathan Utesch Arcadia, FL
II Niles, MI Williams Correctionville, IA III
Adams Ranch II Marion, KY IV M and M Cattle Company
Mike Adms Rafter T Ranch II Morgan Cattle Company Matt Mathews
Fort Piecre, FL James Wohl Honeywood Farm Ralph Morgan Carthage, MO
III Avon Park, FL Edward C. Mitchell Chickasha, OK IV
Littrell Farms III Barnesville, GA V Canyon View Farms
Terry Littrell Gruben Farms III Hanson Livestock, Co. Frank and Shirley Austin
Thompson, MO Clay Gruben Lubben White Oak Farms Dan Hanson, Jr. Geary, OK
IV Summersville, MO Dave Lubben Lusk, WY V
Spur Headquarters Ranch IV Monticello, IA VI Frasier Farms
O.J. Barron, III Spade Ranch IV Johnson Land and Livestock Marshall Frasier
Spur, TX Wesley Welch Dunkin Farms and Rafte D. Darrell Johnson Woodrow, CO
V VI
Pitchfork Ranch Co. Lubbock, TX Corp Rush Valley, UT
V John Dunkin VII Work Ranch
Jack Turnell George and Elaine Work
Meeteetse, WY Picabo Livestock Co. Tulsa, OK Cammack Ranch Supply
VI Bud N. and Ruth Purdy V Gary Cammack San Miguel, CA
Canyon Creek Ranch Picabo, ID Three Quarter Circle Ranch Union Center, SD VII
Robert H. Mackey and Son VI Tony Malmberg Barenthsen Red Angus
Carrizo Valley Ranch Lander, WY - 2001 - Mark Barenthsen
Alturas, CA I
VII Sid Goodloe VII Powers Lake, ND
Capitan, NM Vigen Ranch Churche’s Grove Farm
Grant Country Feeders Zack and Yvonne Saufley - 2004 -
Marc Roth VII Wendell Vigen
Knobbe Livestock Sales Killdeer, ND Frankfort, KY I
Ulysses, KS II McElhaney Stock Farms
Harry and Doris Knobbe
-1992- West Point, NE -1998- Barthle Bros. Richard McElhaney
I I Larry Barthle Hookstown, PA
Waffle Hill Farm -1995- Rally Farms San Antonio, FL II
L.R. Sayre I Jesse M. Bontecou III Williamson Cattle Co.
Churchville, MD Antietam Farms Millbrook, NY Iowa River Ranch Wes Williamson
II Bill and Mary Poffenberger II Dave D. Petty Okeechobee, FL
Crescent B Ranch Sharpsburg, MD Poplar Hollow Farms, LLC Eldora, IA III
Fred C. Babcock II Charles Bryson IV White Family Farms
Punta Gorda, FL G.W. Jones and Sons Brevard, NC Holcombe Farms Craig White
III Raymond B. Jones, Sr. III David and Gayla Holcombe Estherville, IA
Gerard Farms Huntsville, AL Greig and Co., Inc Jay, OK IV
Jeff Gerard III Joe Greig V Chain Land and Cattle Corp.
Spring Grove, MN Oak Creek Farm Estherville, IA Milesnick Ranch Ralph Chain
IV Dave and Corrine Williams V Tom and Mary Kay Milesnick Canton, OK
Muleshoe Ranch LTD Villisca, IA Matador Cattle Co. Belgrade, MT V
John R. Anderson IV Susan Marxer VI Barthelmess Ranch Corp.
Gail, TX Heritage Beef Cattle Co. Dillon, MT Smith Valley Cattle Feeders/ Leo Barthelmess
V Joe R. Weatherly VII Centennial Livestock Malta, MT
Smith Six Bar S Ranch Wheeler, TX D. Jones Ranches Dave Wood VI
Maynard Smith V Ralph Jones Colinga, CA DC Cattle Company LLC
Glen, MT Sitz Angus Ranch Midland, SD VII David Cook
VI Donna Sitz Nagel Cattle Company Globe , AZ
Oak Ranch Harrison, MT -1999- VII
I John M. Nagel
William M. Riggs, Jr. VI Roise Ranch
Wilcox, AZ Bartlett Island Farm Springfield, SD
Babbitt Ranches Dustin Roise
VII William Cordasco David Rockefeller - 2002 - Powers Lake, ND
Reed Hamilton Ranch, Inc. Mt. Desert, ME I
David Hamilton Flagstaff, AZ
VII II Armstrong Farms - 2005 -
Thedford, NE Lykes Brothers, Inc. John and Kathy Allen I
Clarence Mortenson
-1993- Pierre, SD Michael A. Milicevic Saxonburg, PA Lil’ Ponderosa
I Lake Placid, FL II Robert Boyce
Vosburg Farm -1996- III Wakefield Farms LLC Carlisle, PA
Jan and Nellie Lou Vosburg I Amana Farms, Inc. Asa Phillips, Jr. II
Climax, MI Mossy Creek Farm, LP John McGrath Hartwell, GA Lightsey Cattle Co.
II Ernie Reeves Amana, IA III Carey Lightsey
Ridgefield Farm, Inc. Mt. Solon, VA IV Brad Z Ranch Lake Wales, FL
Steve Witmire II Neill Cattle Co. James M. Bradford III
Brasstown, NC Holmestead Co. Joe Neill Guthrie Center, IA Faris Farms
III Charles Holmes Afton, OK IV Lee Faris
Douglas Center Stock Farm Marion, AL V The Goodson Ranch Mount Ayr, IA
Ralph and Joyce Neill III Anderson Farms and Cattle Larry Cannon IV
Corning, IA Wiese and Sons Co. Blackwell, OK Richards Ranch
IV Gene Wiese Edwin A. Anderson V Brent Hackley
Nokes Farm, Inc. Manning, IA Longmont, CO Sieben Livestock Co. Jacksboro, TX
Lynn and Linda Nokes V VI Chase Hibbard V
Siloam Springs, AR Lee Ranch Co. Blanchard Ranch Helena, MT Sims Cattle Company, LLC
V Robert E. Lee Bob and Terri Blanchard VI Scott and Shannon Sims
Yamsi Ranch Judith Gap, MT Avila Beach, CA Y Bar D Ranch McFadden, WY
Dayton and Gerda Hyde VI VII George and Sharon Yard VI
Chiloquin, OR Allan Smith Ranch Rhea Cattle Company, Inc. Williams, AZ Prather Ranch
VI Allan and Shirley Smith William Rhea VII Jim Rickert
Rafter F. Cattle Co., Inc. Duchesne, UT Arlington, NE Kelly Ranch LLC Fall River Mills, CA
Roger and Debbie Bowe VII Mike, Dan and Tom Kelly VII
San Jon, NM Double M Farms Inc. - 2000 - Gates Angus Ranch
I North Platte, NE
VII Dick and Eileen Mercer - 2003 - Gene Gates
Smith Ranch Co. Kearney, NE Gregg Ritter Coldwater, KS
Glasgow, KY I
E. Smith Llangollen Farms
Wallace, KS II
Gaddis Farms John Wilkins
Ted Kendall III Middleburg, VA
PAST WINNERS
- 2006 - - 2009 - - 2012 - VI Sterling Cattle Company
I I I Conlan Ranches California Coahoma, TX
Blight Farms, Inc. Young Cattle Company Glenowen Farm, LLC True Grass Farms V
Kenneth and Sue Blight Rick and Jayne Young Joseph Thomas Guido Frosini
Albion, MI Belmont, OH Alexandria, VA Valley Ford, CA Scott & Jean Johnson
II II II VII Flying Diamond Ranch
Hayston Farms Greenview Farms, Inc Circle Square Ranch Rock Hills Ranch Kit Carson, CO
Fred W. Greer, Jr. Jonny Harris E.L. Strickland Lyle and Garnet Perman VI
Mansfield, GA Screven, GA Ocala, FL Luke and Naomi Perman Jim & Jeanni O’Haco
III III III Lowry, SD Jim O’Haco Cattle Company
Clan Farms, Inc. Eckenfels Farm Funk Farms Trust - 2015 -
Nicholas Hunt Robert Eckenfels Koons Family and Bangert I Winslow, AZ
Atlantic, IA Ste. Genevieve, MO Family Valley View Farms VII
IV IV Shirley, IL Mike and Susan Phillips Chuck & Deanna Munson
San Pedro Ranch Melissa Feeders IV Harrisonburg, VA Munson Angus Farms, LLC
Joseph and Blair Fitzsim- Dr. Mark Quinn, DVM 77 Ranch II
Gary and Sue Price Junction City, KS
mons Melissa, TX Bull Hammock Ranch
San Antonio, TX V Blooming Grove, TX Wes Carlton; Mary Anne - 2018 -
V Pape Ranches V Cruse I
Thaler Land and Livestock Norman Pape Bold Ranch and Family Thunder View Farms
Co. Daniel, WY Robert and Annette Bold Ft. Pierce, FL Philip & Richard Coombe
Dennis and Sandra Thaler VI Winifred, MT III Grahamsville, NY
La Grange, WY Leavitt Lake Ranches VI Glenn and Bev Rowe Ranch
VI Darrell and Callie Wood Sparrowk Livestock Glenn and Bev Rowe III
Diablo Trust Ranches Vina, CA Jack and Beverly Sparrowk Lorimor, IA Landuyt Land and Livestock
Robert and Judy Prosser VII Clements, CA IV Mike & Kari Landuyt; George
Winslow, AZ Daybreak Ranch VII Burnett Ranches, LLC & Kris Landuyt
VII Jim Faulstich Slovek Ranch 6666 Ranch Walnut Grove, MN
Brown’s Gelbvieh Ranch and Adam and Jacquie Roth Bill and Pennie Slovek Ann Marion; Joe Leathers
Gabe Brown Highmore, SD Philip, SD Guthrie, TX IV
Bismarck, ND - 2010 - - 2013 - V Birdwell & Clark Ranch
- 2007 - I I American Fork Ranch Emry Birdwell & Deborah
I Cleremont Farm, G.P. Mountain Meadows Farm Stevens Family Clark
Sunrise Club Calves Carl J. Lindgren Amiel Cooper, Brian Kemp Jed and Annie Evjene Henrietta, TX
Paul and Beth Winegard Upperville, VA Sudbury, VT Two Dot, MT
Shippenville, PA II II VI V
II Deseret Cattle and Citrus Kissimmee Park Properties Maggie Creek Ranch The Hahn Ranch
Dee River Ranch Erik Jacobsen J. Shane Platt, Carol Platt and Searle Family; Jon Griggs Chuck, Dusty and Buck Hahn,
Mike and Annie Dee St. Cloud, FL Family Elko, NV Cory and Jennilee Bird, John
Aliceville, AL III Kissimmee, FL VII Hahn, Dorothy Hahn
III Couser Cattle Company III Kopriva Angus
Oak Knoll Ranch Bill D. Couser Bittersweet Acres Jim and Karen Kopriva; Townsend, MT
Leon Kreisler Nevada, IA Greg and Lola Wood, Chris Lee Kopriva; Angela Kopriva VI
Salem, MO IV Wood Raymond, SD Haleakala Ranch Company
V JA Ranch Greenville, IA - 2016 - Don Young; Greg Friel
Roaring Springs Ranch J.K. “Rooter” Brite IV I Makawo, HI
Stacy Davies Bowie, TX Frank and Sims Price Ranch Huntingdon Farms
Frenchglen, OR V Frank Price John and Kathryn Dawes - 2019 -
VI Mesa De Maya Inc. Sterling City, TX Alexandria, PA I
Yolo Land and Cattle Co. John A. Doherty V III Overhome Farm
Henry, Scott and Casey Joe and Lisa Doherty Padlock Ranch Stoney Creek Farm Ronnie & Cheryl Nuckols
Stone Branson, CO Wayne and Judi Fasholtz Grant, Dawn and Karlie
Ranchester, WY Crozier VA
Woodland, CA VI Breitkreutz
VII T.N. Ranching Company VI Redwood Falls, MN II
Alexander Ranch Butch and Jeanie Jensen, Kualoa Ranch IV Blackbeard’s Ranch
Ted Alexander Price, UT John Morgan Turkey Track Ranch Jim Strickland
Sun City, KS VII O’Ahu, HI Dale Smith and Jay O’Brien Myakka City, FL
- 2008 - Sproul Ranch VII Amarillo, TX
Switzer Ranch/Calamus III
I Bill and Peggy Sproul V
Sennett Farms Cattle Co. Sedan, KS Outfitters, Cherry Creek Ranch Didrikson Farms
Clark Sennett - 2011 - Morgan Ranch Lon and Vicki Reukauf Didrikson Family
Waynetown, IN I Switzer and Morgan Families Terry, MT Badger, MN
II Masonic Village Farm Burwell, NE VI IV
Yon Family Farms Inc. Gerald L. Tracy - 2014 - Smith Creek Ranch, LTD
Kevin and Lydia Yon Elizabethtown, PA Killam Duval County Ranch
I Samuel Lossing, Duane
Ridge Spring, SC II Sherwood Acres Farm Coombs, Ray Hendrix David Killam and David
III Daigle Farms Jon and Sylvia Bednarski Austin, NV Kitner
Guge Family Farms David R. Daigle LaGrange, KY VII Freer, TX
Mark Guge Ragley, LA II Black Leg Ranch V
Estherville, IA IV Two Rivers Ranch Jerry and Renae Doan;
IV Matador Ranch Cundall Ranch
Robert M. Thomas and Jeremy and Ashlee Doan;
Bradley 3 Ranch Bob Kilmer Family Jay and Kari Doan; Jayce Larry & Ruthie Cundall
Mary Lou Bradley Matador, TX Thonotosassa, FL Doan; Glendo, WY
Childress, TX V III Shanda and Don Morgan VI
V M and M Feedlot Nichols Farms LTD McKenzie, ND Ute Creek Cattle Company
Veseth Livestock Co. Kent Mann Dave and Phyllis Nichols, - 2017 - Tuda Libby Crews
Dale Veseth Parma, ID Lillian Nichols II
Malta, MT VI Bridgewater, IA Rusty & Jessie Thomson Bueyeros , NM
VI Della Ranches IV Blue Lake Farm, LLC VII
Babacorami Ranch Co., LLP Jay Tanner Rocosa Ridge Ranch Sharon, SC Blew Partnership
Ben Brophy Grouse Creek, UT Bruce and Barbara Berg III Blew Family
Sonoita, AZ VII Dallas, TX Seth & Etta Smith Hutchinson, KS
VII Center of the Nation Cattle V SFI, Inc.
Hovde Ranch LLP Co. Wineinger-Davis Ranch Nemaha, IA
Lynn and Patti Hovde Jeff and Kim Smeenk Russell and Tricia Davis IV A - National Winner
Alexander, ND Newell, SD Ordway, CO Jimmy & Theresa Sterling
NOMINATION AND SELECTION PROCESS
THE APPLICATIONS WILL BE JUDGED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
Environmental Local, Regional and Endorsements from Sustainability and
Stewardship Practices, National Leadership Cattle Groups, Size of the Operation
Accomplishments, Activities that Improve Conservation
and Goals Conservation, Organizations and/or
Stewardship and Government Agencies
Perception of the Cattle Economic Viability
Industry
Applications for the 2020 Environmental The full nomination application and directions for its
Stewardship Award are due March 6, 2020. Any completion are enclosed in this packet. Along with
individual, group or organization is eligible to the typed application, one nomination letter and
nominate one individual/business who raises or three letters of recommendation highlighting the
feeds cattle. Individuals and families may not nominee’s leadership in conservation are expected.
nominate themselves. However, we expect nominees Nominees do not have to be members of NCBA
will be involved in the preparation but should support the objectives of their state
of the application. and national organization. National membership is
strongly encouraged.
Past nominees are encouraged to resubmit their
application. Previous regional winners may not
reapply.
APPLICATION GUIDE
YOUR 2019 AWARD APPLICATION SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS:
(Sections I-IV should not exceed 12 pages total)
• SECTION I — HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND ECOLOGICAL CONTEXT
Please identify the name of the business, the individual(s) to be recognized, address, primary contact,
Phone/Fax/Email and a map indicating where the operation is located within the state. This section would
provide a brief description of the operation’s history, business model and ecological setting. What sector(s)
of the cattle industry are primary (cow/calf, stocker, etc.)? What other enterprises are associated with
the cattle operation? What are the primary ecological features of the landscape (e.g. notable watersheds,
geology, topography, climatic zones, water bodies, dominant wildlife species, urban/suburban interfaces and
the like)? What natural resources (e.g. mining, hunting/fishing, oil/gas, timber) contribute significantly to the
operation’s revenue streams? How big are the parcels of land? How much land is owned, leased (federal or
otherwise)? How many beef units are raised on the operation? What is the operation’s history of ownership
and business structure?
• SECTION II — TELL THE STORY: SUSTAINABILITY ON THE GROUND
This is the most important section of the application. It should present—in a logical, systematic way—the
form that “sustainability” takes in the operation’s unique ecological, economic, social and regulatory settings.
What are the applicants trying to achieve and why? How successful have they been? To what, as it relates to
their cattle operation, do they owe their success? The suggested outline that follows is intended to help the
nominator organize his/her presentation of the relevant information in a way that embodies the candidate’s
thoughtful, coherent, practical strategy for achieving long-term sustainability, as it relates to your cattle
operations.
AREAS OF FOCUS:
Regulatory Context/Setting — Federal, State conservation goals must be included here,but economic goals
and/or Municipal Requirements that play a vital role in making the environmental goals a
Are there specific regulatory requirements that apply practical possibility should also be described.
to the operations as a whole, or any of its significant
components? Examples would include NPDES or state
Partnerships, Strategies, Tactics and Practices
What did the candidate do to pursue the goals outlined
water permits, endangered-species limitations, state-
in the previous section? Did the candidate enter into
designated water–quality stream segments, TMDLs (Total
any substantial partnerships or land-management
Maximum Daily Loads), air-pollution non-attainment status
arrangements? Did the candidate enter into any cost-share
and the like. Identify them and explain how they affect the
or incentive programs with agencies or foundations? What
operation’s strategic objectives. educational and/or technical assistance resources did the
Special Challengers and/or Opportunities candidate draw upon for help? What specific practices,
What are the specific challenges and opportunities that the structure, and/or management changes did the candidate
landscape poses for the beef operation and its viability? put in place (e.g. grazing practices, erosion controls, pest
Examples of resource challenges and opportunities might management, fish and wildlife habitat enhancement,
include groundwater or surface water supply and quality; riparian restoration, etc.) that helped to achieve the
riparian restoration; native plants, fish and wildlife; invasive operation’s sustainability goals?
species, erodible soils; use of recycled materials; innovations
created to protect or enhance natural resources; encroaching
Outcomes and Accomplishments—benchmarks,
land development; reclamation needs; etc. How do these data, before/after images, documenting success
conditions affect the range of tactics, strategies and financial To the greatest extent possible, document the success the
resources that are available to the candidate? What is operation has had in achieving its sustainability goals. Are
required to protect or enhance the ranch’s environmental there any measurable results? For example, has water or air
conditions and natural resources? quality improved? Have endangered-species populations
rebounded? Has wildlife harvest, quality, or diversity
Environmental, Economic, Resource-Management, improved? Does the operation use less (energy, water,
and Sustainability Goals imported nutrients) per unit at marketed beef? Are profit
In view of the beef operation’s ecological and regulatory margins improving? If appropriate and credible, include any
settings, unique environmental or natural resource monitoring data, research date, survey data, or photographic
challenges,and special environmental opportunities, what are evidence that clearly illustrates the operation’s progress
the candidate’s primary goals? Environmental and resource- toward achieving its sustainable objectives.
APPLICATION GUIDE
SECTION III — SHARING YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY STORY
(200 words maximum)
This is an opportunity to put environmental sustainability in terms that the consuming public will understand
and appreciate. What is unique about the operations’s strategies, tactics or successes that will appeal to
the average consumer’s understanding of sustainable beef production? Why should anyone care what the
candidate is doing to protect and enhance the environment and natural
resources in the surrounding landscape?
SECTION IV — LEADERSHIP IN CONSERVATION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND THE INDUSTRY
Regional and national winners will become spokespeople for the beef industry, carrying forth the message
that cattle producers are committed to good stewardship of the land and to the principles of long-term
sustainability. How has the candidate demonstrated the drive and the ability to communicate that message
to a skeptical, sometimes hostile public? What leadership has the candidate demonstrated that illustrates
an ability to persuade fellow cattle producers to pursue environmental sustainability as a primary business
objective? How well would the candidate serve as a spokesperson for the beef industry? How involved is the
candidate in the state or national organization?
SECTION V — LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION
(6 pages maximum)
No more than three letters of recommendation should be included here. These letters should emphasize the
nominee’s leadership in conservation, land stewardship and sustainability. Recommendation letters can come
from fellow cattle producers, local or state organizations, foundations, national organizations, neighbors,
friends, biologists, other conservationists, etc. Each letter should be no longer than two pages.
APPLICATION TECHINICAL GUIDELINES
There is a 20-page limit for the nomination packet that includes: 12 pages for the application, 2 pages for
each letter of recommendation (total of 6 pages), and 2 pages for the nomination letter. Please submit
electronically, your applications will be printed on an in-house color printer.
Electronic applications are preferred and a complete PDF document is suggested with all the pieces
compiled in a single document.
Please do not send nominations in notebooks or binders. Please keep your font size at 12 points. A sample of
a winning application from previous years can be found online at www.EnvironmentalStewardship.org.
Completed application must be postmarked by March 6, 2020 and sent to:
National Cattlemen’s Foundation
Environmental Stewardship Award
9110 E. Nichols Ave., Suite 300
Centennial, CO 80112
303-694-0305 • esap@beef.org
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