News Update
July 7, 2015
State of the Breed
With just four months left in its fiscal year, the American Angus Association reports strong growth in demand for registered Angus genetics. This week on The Angus Report, Interim CEO and longtime Chief Financial Officer Rich Wilson discusses the business outlook for breeders and what’s next for the member-driven organization.
“The Association as a company, the balance sheet looks very strong,” Wilson said. “If you are looking at the breed itself and how we’re performing, just the sale averages here this past year – bulls have increased 35%, females about 50%. Our growth within the Association is about 6.5% in registrations.”
To hear more from the report, watch this week’s news program online or tune to RFD-TV at 5 p.m. CDT each Wednesday, 1:30 p.m. CDT on Saturday or 7:30 a.m. each Monday morning.
Mark Calendars for Summer NJAA Events
Members of the National Junior Angus Association (NJAA) should have their calendars marked for a summer of regional preview shows, the National Junior Angus Show (NJAS) and the Leaders Engaged in Angus Development (LEAD) conference.
The NJAS, themed “Angus Leading the Way” will be July 13-18 in Tulsa, Okla. For a preview of the event, including a tentative schedule, visit www.njas.info. There, you can also watch live coverage from the showring produced by Walton Webcasting.
The 2015 LEAD Conference, themed “Success in Seattle,” is set for Aug. 6-9 in Seattle, Wash. The National Junior Angus Board (NJAB) has planned leadership and personal skill-building activities for NJAA participants 14-21 years old. Though the early registration deadline was June 15, junior members can enroll at the increased rate of $275. Registration for advisors and chaperones is $300.
Select Sires Inc. Introduces Summer Interns
Select Sires Inc. welcomes seven interns into their summer internship program. Kristy Klingenburg, Griffin Nicholls, Emily Henceroth, Darrell Doughty, Karli Lump, Brady Engquist and Ian Van Kirk will be interning at North America's largest A.I. organization this summer.
Kristy Klingenburg is welcomed to Select Sires as the 2015 summer veterinary intern. Klingenburg graduated from Ohio State University in 2014 with a degree in animal science and is now attending Ohio State’s College of Veterinary Medicine.
Purdue University animal science major Griffin Nicholls is the 2015 semen processing and research intern. From Noblesville, Ind., Nicholls’ passion for agriculture and especially beef cattle began at a very young age and has carried on throughout college.
Select Sires Inc. welcomed back Emily Henceroth as the 2015 livestock technician intern. Henceroth earned her associate’s degree in livestock science with a beef specialization at Ohio State’s Agricultural Technical Institute (ATI) in May 2014.
Darrell Doughty, a third year animal science major specializing in beef production at Ohio State University, has been selected as the headquarters production department intern.
Karli Lump, 2015 corporate communications summer intern, developed her passion for the agricultural industry through her avid involvement in FFA and 4-H.
Iowa State University dairy science major Brady Engquist is this summer’s dairy-sire marketing intern. Raised in Cambridge Minn., Engquist grew up working on his family’s 100-cow dairy farm with 1,000 acres dedicated to crops.
Ian Van Kirk has been selected as the 2015 beef intern. The Alexandria, Ohio native is a senior at Ohio State University majoring in animal science with a minor in meat science.
For more information, please view the full Select Sires news release online.
National Cowgirl Hall of Fame Honoree Reunion
to Highlight 40th Induction Anniversary Celebration
The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame will celebrate the annual National Cowgirl Hall of Fame Induction Thursday, Nov. 5, at the Will Rogers Memorial Center Round Up Inn in Fort Worth, Texas.
This year will also honor four new cowgirl inductees to the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame family. The 2015 ceremony will recognize:
A former U.S. marine, award-winning community leader and equestrian trailblazer, Patricia Kelly, Connecticut, has been at the helm of the Hartford, Conn.-based nonprofit organization Ebony Horsewomen Inc. for the past 30+ years.
Terri Kelly Moyers, New Mexico, grew up with the innate desire to be an artist. As a child in Calgary, Alta., she was always drawing and experimenting with art subjects, specifically depictions of horses.
Since the publication of her first article in 1958, Jane Pattie, Texas, has harnessed her passion for the American West as an accomplished freelance writer and photographer who has authored more than 3,000 articles.
Jo Ann Smith, Florida, has blazed trails for women and championed family-owned farms in the agricultural industry for decades.
For more information, please view the full release online.
Texas Hill Country Range Management Workshop
set for July 10 in Leakey
A Texas Hill Country Range Management Workshop will be hosted July 10 in Leakey. The workshop will be from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at the Frio Springs Lodges, 692 Evergreen St.
Registration will be from 9-9:30 a.m. with presentations to follow.
The program is being presented by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office in Real County and the Uvalde County Farm Bureau, said Laci Bostic, AgriLife Extension agriculture and natural resources agent for Real County.
Topics and speakers at the workshop will include beef cattle management, sheep and goat management, chemical applications, prescribed fire and much more. Lunch will be provided by the Uvalde County Farm Bureau and is included in the $5 registration fee.
For more information, please view the Angus Journal Virtual Library calendar of upcoming events here.
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