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Meeting Location
Radisson Bismarck
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INFO
605 E Broadway Ave, Bismarck, ND 58501 ·
(701) 255-6000
Dr. Ethan Andress, ND State Veterinarian
Dr. Andress graduated from South Dakota State University in Brookings in 1994 with a bachelor’s degree in biology. He earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Iowa State University in 1997. Following graduation, he was the associate veterinarian at an animal health center in Redfield, SD. Since 2000, he has been an owner and partner of West River Veterinary Clinic in Hettinger, ND and has served his community as a mixed animal practitioner for 24 years.
Dr. Andress is a past president and a current member of the South Dakota Veterinary Medical Association, a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, a member of the North Dakota Veterinary Medical Association, a member of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners and has served in various other veterinary and community organizations and associations
Jim Mundorf, Lonesome Lands
I am fifth generation farmer on my Dad's side and I don't know how many generations my Mom's side goes back in this part of the country, but I am pretty sure if you go digging deep enough you'll find my farming roots go back to Adam. I grew up on my families farming and cattle operation in Southwest Iowa. I have an Associates Degree in Marketing and a Bachelors Degree in Communication. I was a Journalism minor for a year, that is where I developed a love of writing and a hatred of Journalists. After college I started The Drover House, where I sell my own Longhorn artwork. I have been operating The Drover House for 12 years now all the while working with my dad and brother on the family farm.
Mike Callicrate ,
Rural Advocate, People Advocate, Animal Advocate
Mike is an independent cattle producer, business entrepreneur and political activist. He serves as an outspoken leader in addressing the rural, social and cultural impacts of current economic trends.
A native of Evergreen, Colorado, he earned a bachelor’s degree in animal science from Colorado State University in 1975. He later moved to St. Francis, Kansas, where he started farming and ranching. He and a small group of investors built a cattle-feeding operation there in 1978. In 1986, he left that operation and built his own independent 12,000-head feed yard nearby.
Andy Green, USDA
In 2021, Andy Green became the Senior Advisor for Fair and Competitive Markets at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Andy coordinates the USDA’s competition and market regulatory policy as the Senior Advisor. He leads the USDA’s execution of President Biden’s Executive Order on Promoting Competition in America’s Economy, spearheading the modernization of the Packers and Stockyards Act’s rules to promote fair and competitive markets in livestock and poultry. Before the USDA, Andy was the Managing Director of Economic Policy and then a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, where he managed an economic policy team that covered macroeconomic policy, budget and tax, trade, financial markets, labor, infrastructure, and more. Andy authored reports on financial regulation, trade policy, antitrust and agriculture policy, and middle-class economics. He previously served as counsel to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission commissioner. Before that, Andy was counsel to U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and the U.S. Senate Banking Committee’s Subcommittee on Economic Policy staff director. He participated in the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act in 2010 and was the lead staff member for the passage of the prohibition on high-risk trades by banks, named after former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker. Andy began his career practicing corporate securities law in locations such as Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Brett Kenzy, R-CALF USA President & Region III Director.
Brett and his family operate Kenzy Backgrounding, a 3000-head feedlot, and maintain a commercial cow herd in south central South Dakota. Along with his wife and three children, they have been strong supporters of R-CALF USA since the beginning.
Justin Tupper, USCA President
As president of the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association, Justin Tupper moonlights as a vocal campaigner for ag in Washington, going to bat for the producer.
Justin Tupper has been a long-time supporter of the livestock industry. He volunteers to help with many activities, and sponsor teams for ranch rodeos and Calcutta's. Justin has been a pillar in the ag community in West-ern South Dakota and the livestock community.
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