Cattle Producers to have two meetings in March

ODESSA – The Cattle Producers of Washington will have their monthly meeting in Omak on March 14.

Two weeks later, on March 29, The CPW's Livestock Processors Cooperative Association will have its second annual meeting at Odessa.

“We have broken ground for the processing plant being built in Odessa,” the CPW's Teresa Kind said. “Therefore there will be a lot of discussion regarding the opening date, introduction of staff we have brought on so far and the overall progress of the project.”

The marketing group will make time to discuss how its members can help producers market their meat.

The LPCA meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at the Odessa Community Center, starting with dinner. The center is located at 21 E. First Ave, Odessa.

The business session will include: election of officers; update on the processing facility, update on membership, update on investors, financial report, marketing discussion

The cost of dinner and the meeting is $25 per person. RSVPs are asked by March 21 to Teresa King at 509-632-5358 or email wadek@centurytel.net.

Topics will include what is happening in the legislature, especially the wolf bills, calf market, spring bull sales and trend, Animal Disease Traceability (ADT) update, etc.

The CPW meeting of March 14 will lead off with a no-host dinner at 6 p.m. It will be held at the Koala Street Grill at 914 Koala Ave. in Omak.

This meeting will follow the Sunny Okanogan Bull Sale. For further information, you may call 509-347-6655. You may write to Cattle Producers of Washington?P.O. Box 2436, Moses Lake, WA  98837?509-347-6655?E-mail: cpow@localnet.com ?www.cattleproducersofwa.org ?

CPW is a non-profit grassroots organization whose purpose is to sustain, improve and protect Washington State's live cattle industry and to address the market interests of Washington live cattle producers and promote the heritage of ranching to present and future generations.

CPW is Washington State's fastest growing cattle producer's organization, with members in nearly every county. CPW's members represent approximately 35 percent of Washington's beef cowherds, which contribute over $100 million to the states economy.?