News Update
October 16, 2015
Angus Convention:
Online Registration Ends Today
In just a few weeks, the Angus Means Business National Convention and Trade Show will be under way in Overland Park, Kan. Online registration is available for $125 per person until Friday, Oct. 16. After that date, advance registration will be closed and guests may register onsite for $150 per person.
Included in the registration fee is access to Angus University and all the educational sessions, a Sammy Kershaw concert on Wednesday, Nov. 4, the expansive trade show and three Certified Angus Beef® (CAB®) brand meals.
For more information, including a complete schedule and registration details, please visit www.angusconvention.com. Also look for the National Angus Convention & Trade Show official guide with your October issues of the Angus Journal and Angus Beef Bulletin.
Foundation to sponsor YCC participant
The Angus Foundation will nominate and sponsor an Association member between the ages of 25 and 50 to attend the 2016 Young Cattlemen’s Conference (YCC) – the beef industry and tour sponsored by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA).
Sponsorship and program nomination is granted to an active Association and NCBA member using an application process. Applications will be available Oct. 1 at www.angusfoundation.org and should be returned to the Angus Foundation no later than Jan. 11, 2016.
Learn more about the YCC and the program’s educational and networking opportunities at www.beefusa.org.
Advice from the Ring
The National Junior Angus Showmanship Contest represents some of the best showmen in the country. Earning a spot to represent their state, these showmen don white shirts and black pants to compete for the title of No. 1 Angus showman in the nation.
What does it take to get to this elite level? Top-15 competitor Michelle Keyes from Springfield, Neb., shares her tips on how to be successful in the showring.
A third generation Angus producer, Keyes has shown cattle since she was a Clover Kid in 4-H. When she got into high school she joined the Nebraska Junior Angus Association and began competing in shows year-round, exhibiting in an average of 20 shows per year. Although she says it was challenging to balance show life with her activities, it was well worth it.
“I learned a lot about the industry,” Keyes explains. “It was a great way to gain more knowledge about agriculture as a whole and be with people who share the same passion for cattle that you do.”
To become a better showman, Keyes recommends watching older members in the showring.
Read the full September Angus Journal article online.
Food & Ag Resource Guide for Educators Available
The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture has released a new Food & Ag Resource Guide, a curated list that features top recommended resources by age group. The guide is designed to encourage agricultural literacy for young rural and urban students and to teach them about the importance of agriculture.
The resource guide is intended to offer an easy way for educators and ag literacy coordinators to find the latest resources on the web.
“People in the agricultural community are often invited into local classrooms but do not have access to resources appropriate for students,” said Julie Tesch, executive director of the Foundation. “The Food & Ag Resource Guide provides appropriate and accurate activities and resources developed to help students learn about agriculture.”
For more information, please view the AFBF release online.
Missouri Prairie Foundation Annual Dinner
All are invited to join in a celebration of prairie conservation and native plants at the Missouri Prairie Foundation (MPF) Annual Dinner at Unity Village on Friday, Nov. 6.
The evening will include a presentation of 15 awards to “native plant pioneers”— individuals whose work to propagate and promote plants native to this region was instrumental in the growing native plant movement.
Guests may register for the dinner via a secure credit card connection at www.moprairie.org, or by sending a check to Missouri Prairie Foundation, P.O. Box 200, Columbia, MO 65205, so it is received by October 24. $100 per person or $700 for a table of eight (two drink tickets included per person). For more information, please view the news release online.
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