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Margene Eiguren, Region I Director
 Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington

My name is Margene Eiguren and my husband Richard and I are cow/calf producers in Jordan Valley, Oregon. I am honored to represent the members of Region I on the R-CALF USA Board of Directors.  

I grew up on a cow calf ranch in Idaho.  We have three sons, who are involved in the ranching business with us and one daughter and eleven grandchildren.

 I was never involved in a cattle organization to any degree until R-CALF USA came into existence.  I believe the early 1990s were the beginning of many of the market competition problems facing U.S. cattle producers and the founders of R-CALF USA recognized that U.S. cattle producers were in need of a strong organization that represented the producer’s voice exclusively if these problems were to be addressed. Because I agreed with this vision, I became a passionate supporter of R-CALF USA.

 In Oregon, I served as a founding member and as secretary of Oregon Livestock Producers Association (OLPA), with the explicit purpose of affiliating with R-CALF USA, so that Oregon producers would have the opportunity to support the only national organization that was supporting them exclusively. I also am the R-CALF USA Oregon State Membership Chair.   

 I served as the Co-Chair on the R-CALF USA Membership Committee and last year at the 2007 convention the membership wrote and proudly passed into policy this new motto for R-CALF USA: “Fighting for the U.S. Cattle Producer.” As Region 1 Director, I am so honored to be able to be a part of the only national cattle organization fighting to give U.S. cattle producers the tools they need to be competitive in the industry.

                            This page was last updated on Monday, October 27, 2008.