News Update
August 14, 2015
New Angus Foundation
Scholarship Awards $3,000
The Angus Foundation announced last year their continued investment in Angus youth education by adding the Allied Angus Breeders Scholarship to the organization’s ever-growing scholarship portfolio. The Angus Foundation Board of Directors approved funds to provide $1,000 scholarships to three youth who use Angus genetics in their seedstock or commercial operations.
The first-ever Allied Angus Breeders Scholarship recipients are: Shelby Schiefelbein, Kimball, Minn., a Texas A&M University sophomore; Callie Kukuchka, Belle Fourche, S.D., a South Dakota State University freshman; and Nico Menjivar, Lompoc, Calif., a Conners State College sophomore.
“The Angus Foundation is thrilled to award these three outstanding youth with scholarships for the coming school year,” says Milford Jenkins, Angus Foundation president. “They are the future leaders of the breed and our beef cattle industry, and we hope these scholarships will help them reach their goals of acquiring a higher education.”
Five judges, comprised of two Angus Foundation directors, two Angus industry representatives and one beef cattle industry leader, evaluated the applications and selected recipients based on academic achievements, agricultural involvement, and four essay responses on the beef cattle industry and the Angus breed.
Please view the full Angus news release for more information.
Consign NWSS Angus Bulls Now and Save
The American Angus Association is now accepting consignments for the 2016 National Western Angus Bull Sale hosted during the National Western Stock Show (NWSS) in Denver, Colo. The sale is set for Jan. 13, 2016, and producers can save $100 by acting now.
Consignments postmarked on or before Sept. 15 are $400 per head. From Sept. 16 through the Oct. 1 entry deadline, the fee is $500 per head. Consignments must have Angus Herd Improvement Records (AHIR®) performance information to be eligible.
All bulls born before Jan. 1, 2015, must have passed a complete breeding soundness examination (sometimes referred to as a BSE), including both physical and semen, within 30 days of the sale.
The Angus Bull Sale Show will kick-off Angus activities at 8 a.m. Jan. 13, where prospective buyers will have the opportunity to preview the bulls before the sale begins. A panel of three judges will evaluate the bulls using a composite system to establish a sale order.
For more complete information, access the news release online.
USDA Designates Primary Natural Disaster Areas
in Illinois, Indiana
The USDA has designated 87 counties in Illinois and 53 counties in Indiana as primary natural disaster areas, both due to damages and losses caused by excessive rain and flooding that began earlier this summer. The department released detailed listings of each county in Illinois and Indiana, and producers are asked to go online for emergency assistance available to these and the surrounding areas.
All counties and city listed in the links above were designated natural disaster areas on Aug. 12, making all qualified farm operators in the designated areas eligible for low interest emergency (EM) loans from USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA), provided eligibility requirements are met.
Farmers in eligible counties have eight months from the date of the declaration to apply for loans to help cover part of their actual losses. FSA will consider each loan application on its own merits, taking into account the extent of losses, security available and repayment ability. FSA has a variety of programs, in addition to the EM loan program, to help eligible farmers recover from adversity.
For more information, please access the USDA website.
K-State Southwest Field Day
Kansas State University’s Southwest Research-Extension Center will host Field Day 2015 on Thursday, Aug. 27. The day starts with registration, coffee and donuts from 8 to 9:15 a.m., and features field tours, seminars and agricultural product displays.
Field tour presentations by K-State Research and Extension specialists include: Summer Annual Forage Evaluation, A Revised Program at Kansas State University; Teff Forage Grass; Managing Iron Deficiency Chlorosis in Grain Sorghum; Mobile Drip Irrigation for Water-Limited Crop Production; Comparing Forage Sorghum and Corn Silage Under Full and Limited Irrigation; Weed Control in Irrigated Corn; and Weed Control in Irrigated Sorghum.
A complimentary lunch will be served following the morning field tours, to be followed by seminars, including: Limited Irrigation Research Update; The Value of Scheduling; Corn and Sorghum Insect Update; and Corn and Sorghum Insect ID Refresher.
For more information, please view the Angus Journal Virtual Library calendar of upcoming events here.
Beef Quality Assurance Training Sept. 3 in Texas
A Beef Quality Assurance Training will be hosted Sept. 3 at the Floresville Event Center, 600 State Highway 97 W. in Floresville, Texas. The free training, part of the Texas Beef Quality Producer Program, will be from 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. It is presented by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association and the Beef Checkoff Program.
“The program covers proper management techniques to ensure the beef you produce is a safe and wholesome product,” said Bryan Davis, AgriLife Extension agent for Wilson County. “We would like to thank Boehringer Ingelheim for being our premier sponsor for this training.”
Topics will include beef quality assurance, industry updates, record keeping, environmental stewardship and proper management practices associated with genetic selection, cattle handling, culling and vaccination. A free beef lunch will be served and an RSVP is requested to ensure space and an accurate meal count.
For more information, please view the Angus Journal Virtual Library calendar of upcoming events here.
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