Date: 1/7/2008

Title: Beef Industry Scholarship Winners Announced

DENVER - Ten outstanding students pursuing careers in the beef industry have each been awarded a $1,500 scholarship provided by the CME Group and the National Cattlemen’s Foundation.  The CME Group has sponsored this scholarship program for 18 years.

Each scholarship winner wrote a 750-word essay that identified key issues confronting the beef industry, and suggested possible ways of dealing with those issues.

The overall scholarship winner, Rebecca Tokach of Manhattan, Kan.,was awarded an all-expense-paid trip to the 2008 Cattle Industry Annual Convention and Trade Show in Reno, where she will be recognized during the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Awards Program Lunch on Feb. 9. Tokach is a junior at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan. As a student, the award will allow her to take advantage of every opportunity possible to gain a better and broader understanding of the cattle industry.

The additional nine scholarship recipients are:

Annie Doerr	University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Mollie Dorrance	Colorado State University
Clinton Laflin	Eureka Kansas High School
Bryan Edward Luark	Colorado State University
Elise Marchant	Oakley Idaho High School
Amanda Nolz	South Dakota State University
Jared Williams	University of Nebraska-Lincoln
J.W. Wood	Colorado State University
Jason Zwilling	Oklahoma State University

We are very proud to be partnering with the CME Group to offer young people the opportunity to advance their careers in the beef industry,” noted Bob Josserand, chairman of the National Cattlemen’s Foundation Board of Trustees.