Kansas Angus News - Nov/Dec 2017

Number 611 . Kansas Angus Association . Nov/Dec 2017

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Page 1. Association News Commercial Female Sale is in Pratt on December 2 The KAA will sponsor its 26thh annual commercial Angus and Angus-influence female sale in Pratt on December 2. All cow/calf producers are invited consign females to this marketing opportunity. Consigners do not have to be members of the Kansas Angus Association and out-of state consigners are welcome.

This long standing, reputable and successful KAA sponsored commercial Angus and Angus-influence replacement female sale will feature a select offering of Angus and Angus cross young age cows, bred heifers, and open heifers. Females will be consigned in minimum five head lots, with all females being seven years of age or younger. To qualify for this special sale, the females must meet Certified Angus Beef® live specifications. Gordon Stucky Kingman serves as the sale chairman.

Consignment forms were mailed out to past consigners and commercial produces in mid– October A consignment form and more information is online at www.kansasangus.org or on page 15 of this KAN.

Pay Annual Membership Dues by Nov.15 Dues must be current for membership listing in the 2018 Kansas Angus Directory Membership benefits include a membership listing in the annual Kansas Angus Association membership directory which includes contact information, herd information and directions to your farm or ranch; an online membership listing and a subscription to the Kansas Angus News. Membership invoices were mailed in early October. For convenience, the KAA has an online application and pay option at www.kansasangus.org or a mail in form is on page 23 of this KAN. Dues must be current by November 15 for membership listing in the 2018 Kansas Angus Directory.

Ad Space Reservations for the

2018 KAA Directory

are being accepted now.

Reserve your ad space by Nov 15 Ad copy due by Nov. 25 ►Full Page b/w $350 , 1 color $450 , Full 4 Color $600 ►Half page b/w $200, half page 4c $350. ►Quarter page b/w$135 quarter page 4c $250 ( add $100 for 1 color ) ►Cover Logo/brand $150 Send reservations to kansasangus@wbsnet.org required. 2. Applicant’s parents , grandparents or family farm/ranch must be member’s of the Kansas Angus Association.3. Applicant must be currently involved in producing Angus cattle or actively involved in their family's Angus operation.

KAA Annual Meeting, Banquet & Junior Show The Ks Angus Association annual meeting banquet and Kansas Angus Futurity Junior show will move to a new location and is scheduled for January 20-21, 2018 in Lawrence.

The KAA annual meeting and educational presentations are on Saturday, January 20 at the Doubletree Hotel, Lawrence .The annual banquet which Support the KJAA with a chance to Win will include a social hour, the Kansas Angus Auxiliary scholarship auction, The members of the Kansas Jr. Angus Association will begin selling tickets honorary member induction, KAA Directory page auction and Miss Kansas for a chance to own this beautiful quilt. Tickets are $10 each or 6 for $50 . Angus crowning will be at the Doubletree later on Saturday evening.

After months of designing and late nights piecing, sewing and machine The junior show will be on Sunday, January 21 at 9 am. at the Douglas embroidering, Jennifer Rose, Twin Falls Angus, Chen- County Fairgrounds, Lawrence The junior show includes classes for regisey created a true work of art. The impeccably thought tered Angus owned heifers, bred and owned heifers and bulls, steers and out design is a masterpiece that would add beauty to cow/calf pairs as well as commercial purebred and steers and predomiany Angus enthusiast's home or office. The 4.5’ x 5’ nantly black Angus based cross bred steers. Entry deadline is January quilt would make a perfect wall hanging and fea10.See page 7 for an entry form. The complete schedule of events, show tures Angus bull and cow heads surrounded by entry form and banquet reservation form will be online in early December pieced quilting in shades of grey, black and gold. The at www.kansasangus.org. corner pieces feature Certified Angus Beef, AGI, the American Angus Auxiliary and the Angus Foundation. The drawing held at Hotel headquarters: Doubletree Hotel, Lawrence, Kansas. Block the annual KAA banquet on January 20.To purchase tickets contact a rate:$109/night. Reserve by December 28 to insure block rate.

KJAA member or order by mail. To order quilt fundraiser tickets by mail Call 785-841-7077 , ask for Kansas Angus Association rate, code is KNA. send a check payable to the Ks Jr Angus Association to c/o Alex Cozzitor- Schedule of Events ( tentative) to, 663 E 550 Rd, Lawrence, KS 66047. $10 per ticket or 6 for $50. After Friday, Jan. 19 purchase your ticket receipts will be mailed to you.

1 pm—Barn and tie outs open to receive Jr cattle– Douglas Co. Fairgrounds

The Quilt Fundraiser

Miss Kansas Angus Contest– Doubletree Hotel—Time TBA KAA to Award Scholarships to Young Angus Producers Saturday, Jan .20 10 am– Deadline for junior cattle to arrive Application deadline is January 2, 2018 10 am to 11 am- junior cattle check in The Kansas Angus Association board of directors are excited to announce that 11 am - Ks Angus Auxiliary meeting– Douglas Co. Fairgrounds the KAA will again award a $500 scholarship to two young college-age Kansas 12 pm– KJAA meeting, Douglas Co. Fairgrounds Angus producers. The scholarship is made possible through Kansas breeders 2 pm– Ks Angus Association education workshop/program– DoubleTree Hotel utilizing Zoetis HD50K tests during Zoetis’s annual state association program.

3 to 4 pm – KAA Annual Meeting -DoubleTree Hotel (test purchased through Angus Genetics, Inc., June 1-Aug. 31, 2016) The schol6:30 pm—pre-banquet social -DoubleTree Hotel arship winner will be announced during the KAA annual banquet on January 20, 7:30 pm– Banquet 2018 in Lawrence . The application deadline is January 2, 2018, applicants will be Sunday, Jan 20 required to submit an online application and essay. The application is posted on 9 am—Ks Angus Futurity Junior Show—Douglas County Fairgrounds www.kansasangus.org. Eligibility: 1. Applicants must be enrolled in a 2 or 4 year Banquet reservations can be made online at college or technical school for the spring 2018 semester, proof of enrollment www.kansasangus.org. Reservations requested by Jan.10.

November/December 2017 ▪ Kansas Angus News ▪ 1

The President’s Pen

As I write this issue, there is a touch of fall in the air. Abundant rain has come to much of the state and it appears as Indian Summer is setting in and at present it is beautiful weather.

Fall brings on much activity as one of the busiest times of the year. Those of you that have a fall calving program are getting to experience the first fruits of your breeding plans and expectations. Fall and early winter bull sales are started and I have heard some good reports.

Once the work is done, (is it ever done?) those of us that have a passion not only for Angus cattle but also for hunting get to experience the thrill of watching good bird dogs doing their thing searching for quail or pheasant and suddenly going on point to indicate a bird or covey is there for the taking. One of my favorite events is going to the Kansas Angus Association sponsored Pratt female sale, and then staying in the area for some excellent quail hunting in the south-central Kansas area.

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday and we as Kansas Angus Association members have MUCH to be thankful for. What a blessing to live in this “great and mighty nation” that God promised to our forefather Abraham.

There is not space in this article to include the following but I encourage all of you to read Genesis 49:2226 and Deuteronomy 33:13-17 to see the BLESSINGS that were to “befall” upon Joseph’s descendants in “the latter days.” You can see how those verses fit our beloved USA perfectly. Those are physical blessings but let us all be thankful for covenant keeping God that has a perfect plan for all creation and is bringing it to fruition.

Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas,

Larry Lundgren, Gove 2017 Kansas Angus Association President

Notes & News from Anne Tis The Season

As the holiday season approaches and excitement builds for all things “Happy & Merry” in our “Angus” world Tis The Season has multiple meanings as we go about our tasks during the holidays.  Planning - We plan holiday parties, prime rib dinners and spring production sales.  Gathering - Angus enthusiasts from across the US gather at the National Angus Convention in early November, family and friends gather to make special holiday memories and we gather our cattle in winter pastures.  Shopping - We shop for special gifts for loved ones and we begin to study the mountains of sale books , AI catalogs and sale advertisements that begin arriving just after the New Year as we prepare to “shop” for new Angus genetics.  Toasting - We say cheers to the holidays while making sure that calves born in winter are toasty warm.

Tis The Season,

Anne S. Lampe Ks Angus News, editor ; Kansas Angus Association, Secretary/Manager kansasangus@wbsnet.org , 620-874-4273 cell

Page 1. Association News……………….....1 Editors Notes, KAA, KAN Info………........2 Angus Industry............................................. 4 KJAA ………………………………………6 KAF Jr Show Entry Form ………………....7 KJAA at NJAS ……………………..8-9 Ks Feedyard Earns CAB Award…………..12 Stucky Ranch is CAB Ambassador………..13

Kansas State Fair Champions…………….…...14 Commercial Female Sale, Pratt……………….15 Auxiliary………….…………………...............18 Showring Purple………………………………20 Burke Joins Saddle & Sirloin Gallery……..….21 KAA Membership Form………23 KAA Calendar ………………...24

Cover Photo and design by Anne Lampe.

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President : Larry Lundgren, Gove Vice President : Neal Haverkamp, Bern Secretary/Mgr: Anne Lampe, Scott City (620) 874-4273 (cell) Treasurer: Brandon New, Leavenworth Past President: Stuart Rose, Cheney District Directors Term Expires # 1 Lynne Hinrichsen , Westmoreland ……….….……….2019 # 2 Jason Flory, Baldwin City ………..…….…..... ….. . 2020 # 3 Flinton McCabe, Elk City ………………..………... ..2020 # 4 Deb Bartholomew, Mankato ..…….…….….............2019 # 5 Mark Rohr, Hays………………….....………….....,.. 2018 # 6 John McCurry, Burrton……………….…..…….…… .2019 # 7 Brady Larson, Sharon Springs….……………...…....2019 # 8 Darin Huck, Dodge City……………………....…. ..2019 Directors At Large (Commercial) Jace Johnson, Dwight……………………..…………… ..2019 Cash Schilling, Edson……………………...…......... ….2020 Jeff Klausmeyer , Clearwater..……….……….. …..…. .2018 Directors At Large (Purebred) Chad Breiner, Alma………………….…………………....2020 Clint Woodrow, Emporia …………… ………….… …..2019 Lance Cline, Onaga……………………………….… … 2018 Kansas Angus Association Bookkeeper– Betsy Anderson betsyakaa@gmail.com The KAA board meets quarterly in February, May, September and December. Members are welcome to attend meetings. Contact Anne Lampe for meeting dates.

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Angus industry

News and information provided by the American Angus Association ® & Certified Angus Beef , LLC.

Kansas Angus Breeders Who Registered the Most Angus Sales of 1.121 billion pounds The 10 producers who registered the most Angus beef cattle in the state of Kansas recorded a total of 5292 Angus with the American Angus Association® during fiscal year 2017, which ended Sept. 30, according to Allen Moczygemba, Association chief executive officer.

The 10 top recorders in Kansas are: Gardiner Angus Ranch Inc, Ashland; Stratford Seedstock, Pratt; Everett L Benoit, Esbon; Flying S Ranch, Saint Francis; Dalebanks Angus Inc, Eureka; Green Garden Angus Farm, Ellsworth; K W Cattle Company LLC, Fort Scott; Chair Rock Bison Co LC, Greeley; Mill Brae Ranch LLC, Maple Hill; Galen & Lori Fink, Randolph.

(lb.) marked an increase of 106 million lb., or 10.4% over last year. That makes CAB’s 39th fiscal year (FY) ending Sept. 30 one of its best, and part of a two-year, 25% rate of growth.

“This is more than a celebration of marbling,” CAB President John Stika said at the brand’s annual conference in September. “This is about relationships and the people who have elevated the relevance of this brand in the eyes of the consumer and across an entire industry.”

Angus breeders across the nation in 2017 registered 332,421 head of Angus cattle. “Our growth this fiscal year continues to demonstrate strong demand for Angus genetics and solidifies our long-held position as a leader in the beef cattle industry,” Moczygemba says. “These results underEncompassing seven of the 10 best sales months in CAB history, FY 17 score our members’ commitment to providing genetic solutions to the beef set an 11th consecutive annual sales record, continuing a 13-year-streak of cattle industry.” year-over-year growth.

New Tool for DNA Collection Available Now Tissue-sampling units now an acceptable DNA sample type for seedstock producers.

Tissue-sampling units (TSUs) are now accepted by Angus Genetics Inc. (AGI) as a DNA sample type for seedstock producers seeking genetic testing. The technology offers seedstock producers a quick and effective DNA collection method previously offered for commercial testing only.

A TSU collects an ear punch from the animal and provide an alternative to tail hair, blood and semen sample types used for DNA testing. Similar to tagging an animal, the TSU has an applicator gun to collect the ear punch in an uncontaminated container. Producers can also test for bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) when they use TSUs. This tool is not a new concept; breakthroughs in technology and collaboration with industry partners led to this new option for DNA collection. Allflex, an AGI industry partner, worked with both contracted labs used by AGI to guarantee samples can be archived.

The gratitude, Stika said, belongs first to the ranching families who meet consumer demand with “intentionality” and uncommon speed. Meaningful genetic improvement takes years, “but fortunately, the economic signals sent to producers have been loud and consistent, and they’ve responded in a big way.”

TSUs and applicators are available to purchase from the American Angus Association through www.customcattletags.com. Members can order by logging into their AAA account. Units can be purchased in quantities of ten for $29.99, which equates to $2.99 per unit. Breeders must send in a spreadsheet electronically to AGI customer service representatives including both the animal ID and barcode associated with the DNA sample. If an individual chooses to write individual IDs on the TSU box next to the associated barcode, this will be accepted as well.

After years of drought and downsizing, cattle replaced and bred with an emphasis on genetic and genomic potential entered the market. Access to that increased and focused supply led graders to certify a record of more than 87,000 carcasses per week, totaling 4.53 million for the year. That set an all-time high and annual CAB acceptance rate of 29.7%, more than double the 2006 rate.

Supported by a strong supply, CAB’s market share expanded as well. In 2006, only 6.6% of all fed cattle harvested through licensed packers were eligible to earn the brand name by meeting all 10 of its quality specifications, and 37.5% of fed cattle graded USDA Select. Lacking demand, the Select share fell to just 18% in 2017, eclipsed by the niche that took over mainstream market share at 18.4% for CAB.

For more information about TSUs and sample collection, visit www.angus.org/ AGI/SubmittingSamples.aspx and scroll down to the TSU section, or call the office at 816-383-5100. AGI will still accept blood and hair samples for genetic testing.

More than marbling Strong demand lifts Certified Angus Beef ® brand to 25% growth in two years

by Laura Conaway It was inevitable: there would be more beef to sell in this third year of U.S. cow herd expansion. Better news emerged by spring: more of it would be premium quality. Even better by summer: the rancher, restaurateur and retail partners in the Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) brand were headed for another record year.

He credits a dramatic and positive shift in quality as producers rebuilt their herds.

“They literally and intentionally assembled the highest-quality, most Angus -influenced cow herd we’ve ever seen in North America,” he said. In fact, CAB’s 33 licensed packing plants saw a continued increase in Angus-type cattle identified, up 12% from last year to reach 15.2 million head.

Even so, the branded beef marketplace is more crowded, noisier than ever, Stika said, so licensed partners from a global network of more than 19,000 had to become even more innovative and forward thinking.

They met the challenge as CAB sales exploded in 49 foreign markets, reaching 174.5 million pounds–a 26.4% increase over last year and the best year ever for international sales. New markets include China, The Dominican Republic and Peru. _continued on page 22, see Marbling

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T.D. Steele, Partner Roger D. Steele, Partner Clint Michaelis, Herdsman Dalton Kelley, Ranch Hand www.millbraeranch.com

Mark Nikkel, Managing Partner 15670 Cattlemen Rd. Maple Hill, KS 66507

(785) 256-4327(H) / (785) 256-3072(C)

millbraeranch@gmail.com

Kansas Junior Angus Association KJAA Members, It’s that busy time of the year again with breeders wrapping up the sale season and winter on its way!

There is an extensive work load with taking time in the freezing cold, breaking water tubs, and caring for the new claves is an important role but this is just a friendly reminder of why cattlemen and women do what they do. I hope everyone is enjoying the school and I’m sure we all look forward to a good fall break!

Safe travels to those families who will be traveling to various Angus events such as Angus convention and fall shows this year. I would also like to encourage all of you to continue to invite new members to the Association! I look forward to seeing everyone in the future!

Megan Green Kansas Junior Angus Association President

KAA to Award Scholarships to Young Angus Producers Application deadline is January 2, 2018 The Kansas Angus Association board of directors are excited to announce that the KAA will again award a $500 scholarship to two young college-age Kansas Angus producers. The scholarship is made possible through Kansas breeders utilizing Zoetis HD50K tests during Zoetis’s annual state association program. (test purchased through Angus Genetics, Inc., June 1-Aug. 31, 2016) The scholarship winner will be announced during the KAA annual banquet on January 20, 2018 in Lawrence . The application deadline is January 2, 2018, applicants will be required to submit an online application and essay. The application is posted on www.kansasangus.org. Eligibility: 1. Applicants must be enrolled in a 2 or 4 year college or technical school for the spring 2018 semester, proof of enrollment required. 2. Applicant’s parents , grandparents or family farm/ranch must be member’s of the Kansas Angus Association.3. Applicant must be currently involved in producing Angus cattle or actively involved in their family's Angus operation.

Kansas Angus Futurity Junior Show January 20-21 Douglas County Fairgrounds, Lawrence. KS Hotel headquarters: Doubletree HotelBlock rate:$109/ night. Reserve by December 28 to insure block rate.

Call 785-841-7077 , ask for Kansas Angus Association rate, code is KNA. See page 9 for entry form or enter online www.kansasangus.org.

Entry deadline is Jan 10.

KJAA Applications for NJAA Voting Delegate or Candidate due Jan.10 According to the guidelines and by-laws of the KJAA any member wanting to be considered for election for a delegate or candidate at the annual meeting of the NJAA must declare prior to the January ( Ks Angus Futurity) meeting of the KJAA. To submit an application visit www.kansasangus.org click on the KJAA page and look for the online submission application. KJAA election will be on 1/20/18 during the KJAA meeting held in conjunction with the Kansas Angus Association annual meeting, banquet and KAF junior show. The NJAA annual meeting will ne in Des Moines, Iowa during the National Jr. Angus Show. Applications due Jan 10, 2018 late applications and nominations from the floor are not accepted.

Angus Winners at KJLS Winning exhibitors at the 85th Kansas Junior Livestock Show (KJLS), proudly sponsored by Cargill, earned cash premiums for their livestock, while others were presented scholarships for excelling academically, in community service and in 4-H/FFA. The largest youth livestock show in the state, held September 29 through October 1 in Hutchinson, featured 702 youth from 92 counties showing 1,480 head of livestock.

Sarah Loomis of Council Grove exhibited the champion Angus steer. The reserve champion Angus was shown by Danica Bartonek from Olmitz.

The champion Angus heifer was led by Ava Jane Combs of Hutchinson. Baylee Wulfkuhle from Berryton owned the reserve champion Angus heifer.

KJAA member Morgan Woodbury, Quenemo placed fifth in the senior division of beef showmanship. _ information provided by Kansas Livestock Association

► Miss Kansas Angus & Ambassador Applications due Jan.10 ► Kenneth & Lorene Moore Scholarship Application due Jan. 10 Applications online at http://www.kansasangus.org/ks-angus-auxiliary.html

KJAA OFFICERS 2017-18 (Term Aug 1 to Aug 1)

President: - Megan Green, Leavenworth, meganbgreen96@gmail.com President Elect: Anna Carpenter, Wamego 1st Vice President: Grady Dickerson, Paradise 2nd Vice President: Cale Hinrichsen, Westmoreland Secretary: Morgan Woodbury, Quenemo Treasurer: Alex Cozzitorto, Lawrence Reporter - Ethan Dickerson, Paradise Historian: Eva Hinrichsen, Westmoreland Past President: Chelsey Figge, Onaga Membership Directors: Kady Figge, Onaga; Jayce Dickerson, Paradise; Kelsey Theis, Leavenworth

Kansas Angus Association

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DIRECTORS District 1: Elyse Louderback District 2: Baylee Wulfkuhle District 3: Kelly Newton District 4: Daniel Maier District 5: Clay Pelton District 6: Nick Siemens Directors At-Large: Gretta Rosenhagen, Brandon Frederick ADVISORS Advisors 3yr term David and Susan Shipman….... sshipman@kstatesports.com (3rd year 2015) Nelson Hager……………...…...…...nhsnadhill@hotmail.com (2nd year 2016) Ron and Lynne Hinrichsen.................rlangus@bluevalley.net (1st year 2017) Anne Lampe……...……….…..620-874- 4273 cell, kansasangus@wbsnet.org

www.kansasangus.org/kjaa

2018 Kansas Angus Futurity Junior ShowJanuary 21 ▪ Douglas Co. Fairgrounds ▪ Lawrence, KS 1. The Kansas Angus Futurity Junior Show will be held at 9 a.m. Sunday, January 21, 2018 at the Douglas Co. Fairgrounds, Lawrence $25 entry fee per head. Entry fee includes bedding in tie barn.

Ribbons for each class will be provided as will champion and reserve champion ribbons and awards. Division champions may be named in some categories.

Entries due Jan 10 Enter online

www.kansasangus.org

after Jan.1, 2016. Classes will be determined by number entered and birth date.

8. Classes for registered Angus steers, commercial purebred Angus steers and Angus-based 5. Exhibitors must be members Kansas Junior Angus predominantly black (51% black) crossbred steers Association to participate. If not a member you can (Angus sire or dam) born after January 1, 2017 will join at the show. Cattle must be shown by the be offered. All steer classes will be judged as recorded owner unless 2 in the same class in such prospects. Registered steers will be shown by age. case another KJAA member may show. In the case of illness or injury a KJAA member may be allowed 9. All bulls must be bred-and-owned.

2. All owned heifers and Angus steers must be to show in your place with a written doctor’s excuse. properly transferred in the sole name of the exhibitor; Notice must be received at check in. In the case of 10. Show order is steers, bred & owned heifers, registered and on record at the American Angus an emergency illness or injury at the show after owned heifers, cow-calf pairs, B & O bulls and Association as of Jan 10, 2018. Bred and owned cattle check-in , the show chairman (KJAA president) showmanship. cattle must be registered by show date. Original must be notified prior to the class in order for a registration papers and tattoos will be checked at substitute showman. Failure to show a doctor’s 11. The “Fitting and Grooming Rules #11” of the the show. Any animal that is not tattooed or has an excuse or in the case of a show emergency contact American Angus Association will be followed. No incorrect tattoo will not be allowed to show. Freeze with show chairman prior to entering the class will paint or other coloring agents are allowed. Aerosols brands allowed as per American Angus Association result in disqualification of the entry. are not permitted in the designated show ring make rules. up area. DRESS code: All exhibitors must wear 6. Cattle will be stalled in the Community Building in shirts with collars.

3. All show entries must be at the show facilities a designated area only bedding will be provided. Tieby 10 am. Saturday, January 20. Entries may outs will be available or tie to trailer, must provide 12. Entries and fees should be sent to KJAA arrive as early as Friday, January 19, 1 pm; All your own tie out bedding . No feed, hay or straw President ,Megan Green. Checks made payable to entries will be checked-in between 10 am and 11 will be available for purchase.

KJAA; fees paid at the time of entry. No late entries am p.m. on Saturday, January 21 & must stay on will be accepted. Entries must be postmarked on or grounds after check in.

7. Showmanship will be divided into the following before January 10, 2018. divisions: Pee-wee( non exhibitors-ages 7 and 4. Females eligible to show must be born in on/after under/ enter at show); Novice exhibitors ages 7-9 Health papers are not required. Cattle must be free Sept. 1, 2015, with the exception of cow/calf pairs.

Junior (ages 10-13); Intermediate (ages 14-17); and of sickness, warts, ringworm and lice.

Calf must be latest natural calf born on/after Sept. 1, Senior (ages 18-21). All ages are as of January 1, ENTER online www.kansasangus.org 2017 and be bred and owned by the exhibitor. Calf 2018. Each contestant must be an exhibitor at the Show co- sponsored by the must be registered by show date. Steers must be show and show own animal with exception of Kansas Angus Association born on/after Jan. 1, 2017. Bulls must be born on/ peewee division) JUDGE: TBA

2018 Kansas Angus Futurity Junior Show Entry Form Division 1 Division 2 Division 3

Registered Angus Steers Commercial Purebred Angus Steers Angus-based Crossbred Steers (Angus sire or dam) see rule 8.

Division 4 Bred-and-Owned Heifers Division#

Name of Animal

Division 5 Owned Heifers Division 6 Cow-Calf Pairs Division 7 Bred-and-Owned Bulls Division 8– showmanship

Registration #

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___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Div 8- Showmanship_ □ Ages 9 and under □ Ages 10-13 □Ages 14-17 □ Ages 18-21(age as of 1/1/2018 no fee Use additional pages if necessary. PRINT or TYPE please. Copies accepted Name __________________________________________ Date of birth ________Age________ Address ________________________________ City, State, Zip ___________________________ Telephone ______________________________ E-mail _________________________________ NJAA Member Code ____________________ Are you a first time KJAA exhibitor? ____________ Are you a KJAA member? ___________ (if no, please include $5 for dues) $25 per head $_______Total

Entries must be postmarked on/before JANUARY 10, 2018–no late entries-on line www.kansasangus.org Make check payable to KJAA- Return entry form and $25 per entry to

KJAA President Megan Green, 34326 169th St, Leavenworth, Ks 66048

Kansas Junior Angus Association

Sweepstakes Winner & 2nd place Scrapbook

HDCC Sandy D08 won owned heifer class 29- Bryanna Hite.

Bar S Pride 3695 won bred-andowned cow-calf class 7.Jayce

3ACES Georgina 9026 won owned heifer class 8. Eliza Rosenhagen.

Dameron 6126 won steer class 4 .Sarah Pelton.

T Bar T Priority 224D won steer class 1. Bridget Kucan.

May-Way Blackcapette 663 won bredand-owned heifer class 14 .Caleb Flory.

T Bar T May 250D won bred-andowned heifer class 4 .Bridget Kucan.

AVF Blackcap 4616 won bred-andowned heifer class 7 .Kelsey Theis.

First place junior quiz bowl. Kelsey Theis, Leavenworth; Cohen Navinsky, Winchester; Kelly Newton, Elk City; and Jayce Dickerson, Paradise.

First place in the intermediate steak division at the All-American CAB CookOff . Cale Hinrichsen, Westmoreland; Clay Pelton, Paradise; Alexandria Cozzitorto, Lawrence; Eva Hinrichsen, Westmoreland; Kady Figge, Onaga; and Sarah Pelton, Paradise.

E Trigger 16D won steer class 9. Baylee Wulfkuhle.

Schafers Barbara 6953 won owned heifer class 7.Baylee Wulfkuhle.

Dickerson.

Kansas third-place in the fitting contest .Jayce Dickerson, Paradise; Laura Carpenter and Anna Carpenter, both of Wamego; and Taylor Nikkel, Maple Hill .

Angus Foundation Scholarship Winners Grady Dickerson, $3000 Cale Hinrichsen, $3000 Sarah Pelton, $1000 Claire Wingert, $1000 Morgan Woodbury, $1000 NJAA Gold Award Megan Green Individual Contest Winners Graphic Design, Kady Figge, 2nd

Photography Alex Cozzitorto, 1st,2nd Chelsey Figge, 1st,1st,1st,2nd Madison Wulfkuhle, 1st Bailey Osborn, 3rd Public Speaking Morgan Woodbury, 3rd Career Development Eva Hinrichsen , 1st Clay Pelton, 3rd

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First place in the senior steak division at the CAB Cook-Off . Madison Wulfkuhle, Berryton; Morgan Woodbury, Quenemo; Laura Carpenter, Anna Carpenter and Mia Hastings, all of Wamego; and Sarah Loomis, Council Grove.

Third place in the junior steak division at the All-CAB CookOff .Dane Haverkamp, Bern; Kelsey Theis, Leavenworth; Addie Haverkamp, Bern; and Kelly Newton, Elk City.

Cale Hinrichsen, 1st Judging Contest Eva Hinrichsen, 3rd Extemporaneous Speaking Eva Hinrichsen, 1st Cale Hinrichsen, 2nd Chef’s Challenge

Chelsey Figge, 1st Skillathon Eva Hinrichsen,2nd

Stockman Award Presented at NJAS Ks Junior is a Winner All-new Stockman Award offered during the 2017 National Junior Angus Show.

Angus juniors stayed busy at the National Junior Angus Show (NJAS) competing in a variety of contests July 9-15 in Des Moines, Iowa. The first-ever overall Stockman Award was presented at the recent NJAS. This year’s recipients were junior division, Ryan Borer, Buchanan, Va.; intermediate division, Eva Hinrichsen, Westmoreland, Kan.; and senior division, Jayne Bannister, Kent, N.Y. To be eligible for the award, National Junior Angus Association (NJAA) members had to compete in the cattle judging, quiz bowl written exam and skill-a-thon contests. The top stockmen were selected from each age category -— junior, intermediate and senior.

These young men were named the American Angus Auxiliary's male scholarship winners . Pictured from left are Baxter Knapp, Bloomfield, Iowa; Jack Henderson, East Troy, Wis.; Ryan Callahan, Edmond, Okla.; Jake McCall, Greenville, Va.; and Cale Hinrichsen, Westmoreland, Kan. , first place.

“I knew I did well in the judging contest, then when I got second in skill-a-thon I was really hoping I’d be up there for the Stockman Award,” Hinrichsen said. “Since it’s a new contest, being the first intermediate winner is a real honor.”

Showing cattle and being involved in the NJAA is more than knowing how to present your calf in the showring. It is intended to teach youth about all aspects of cattle production. The Stockman Award aims to encourage juniors to apply the information they have learned about the entire industry.

Cale Hinrichsen, Westmoreland, Kan., center, received the Kansas Angus Association Scholarship Pictured presenting the award are Anne Lampe, Kansas Angus Association secretary/ manager, left, and Larry Lundgren, Kansas Angus Association president.

Pictured from left are Jayne Bannister, Kent, N.Y., senior champion; Eva Hinrichsen, Westmoreland, Kan., intermediate champion; Ryan Borer, Buchanan, Va., junior champion; and Dave Nichols, sponsor of the event

“It’s just really neat to see all of my experiences coming together,” Bannister said. “The different classes I have taken at college, meats judging, the numerous people who have guided and taught me, as well as various other agricultural opportunities have culminated in this one award.”

Dave Nichols of Nichols Farms, Bridgewater, Iowa, sponsored the firstever Stockman Contest. He said he wanted to award those NJAA juniors who are the future leaders of the industry.

“I think those young people who excel in academia and have a strong work ethic sometimes take a backseat to those who make the winning touchdown and play in athletic events,” Nichols said. “This award is for those juniors who have the skills that are often overlooked. It’s an honor for Nichols Farms to recognize them in this capacity.”

NJAA members are the future of the industry. It is important for them to be involved and participate in contests at the NJAS. “I was moved beyond belief at how the young leaders appreciated that award,” Nichols said. “They will be valuable assets to our industry, and they have the skillset and motivation to succeed.”

The 2017 NJAS in Des Moines, Iowa, was a record breaker for the Angus breed. More than 1,260 head of Angus cattle were shown — the largest number since the last record was set 10 years ago. Visit www.angus.org for complete show results and news from the event.

These junior members won the Crystal Awards The awards are presented by the American Angus Auxiliary to the top boy and top girl in contest performance. Pictured from left are Cale Hinrichsen, Westmoreland, Kan., top boy; Ella Jordan, Saint Joseph, Mo., top girl; and Kathi

Esther McCabe, Elk City, Kan., received the $10,000 Angus/Talon Youth Educational Learning Program Graduate Scholarship .

Sarah Loomis, Council Grove and Anna Carpenter, Wamego represented Ks in the NJAS Showmanship contest. Anna was selected a top 15 finalist.

These Kansas junior members received the Grote LEAD Conference Award for winning 1st place in the intermediate steak division of the CAB Cook-Off. Pictured from left are Clay Pelton, Paradise; Alexandria Cozzitorto, Lawrence; Cale Hinrichsen and Eva Hinrichsen, both of Westmoreland; Kady Figge, Onaga; and Sarah Pelton, Paradise Kansas junior members won first place in the senior division of team sales The senior team received the Bob Laflin Award in memory of the late Angus breeder who was passionate for junior programs. Pictured from left are Cody Sankey; Chris Sankey; Jeana Hurlbut; Josh Laflin, all presenting; Sarah Pelton and Grady Dickerson, both of Paradise; Cale Hinrichsen, Westmoreland; Dustin Hurlbut, holding Bayler Hurlbut, and Sharon Sankey, all presenting .

Kansas junior members won first place in the senior division of team marketing .

Grady Dickerson, Paradise; Taylor Nikkel, Maple Hill; and Ethan Dickerson, Paradise.

Kansas junior members won first place in the intermediate division of team marketing .Sarah Pelton, Paradise; Cale Hinrichsen, Westmoreland; Kady Figge, Onaga; and Eva Hinrichsen, Westmoreland .

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Kansas Feedyard Earns CAB Excellence Award Longtime manager helps Kansas company earn CAB Feedyard Commitment to Excellence Award

By Steve Suther

Ty Rumford runs the feeding company like it was his own. He’s been doing that for the business south of Scott City, Kan., since 1994, with the title of operations manager since 2000. That was six years before the ownership and name change, but Rumford provides continuity.

For an unflinching focus on producing what consumers want over the years by working with the people who produce the cattle, High Choice Feeders (HCF) received the Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) brand’s 2017 Feedyard Commitment to Excellence Award at the CAB annual conference in Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 27-29.

Today’s owners bought the 38,000-head, two-yard facility in 2006 from the Crist family, who started feeding on their farm in the 1950s. HCF President Bradley Scott, with his father Jim and partner John Hintzsche, go back to a century of cattle feeding near Chicago, Ill. Pandorf Land & Cattle, Callaway, Neb., raises a lot of corn on that land, with cows in the Sandhills and feeders in grow yards.

Scott, who accepted the award alongside his manager, handles much of the risk management but leaves day-to-day operations in the capable hands of Rumford. In turn, he says it’s a team effort that owes much to veteran business manager Dorinda Jurgens as well.

When cattle folks talk about “High Choice,” they could mean the top third of a USDA quality grade or “Ty’s feedyard,” that specializes in helping them hit premium beef targets.

Rumford has many other dimensions of course, from his wife Julie and daughter Claire, a high school freshman this fall, to their son Chase, who often helps out at the yard but began work on his animal science degree at Kansas State University this fall.

Family comes first, but customers say his accessibility and focus makes them feel a kinship.

“He treats our cattle like they’re his,” says Magdalena, N.M., rancher Todd Saulsberry, whose family runs 600 Angus cows and up to 150 heifers on 92,000 acres in the state’s western highlands.

We tried feeding there 15 years ago, but our cattle were barely 60% Choice and hardly any premiums,” Saulsberry says. “So we backed away and started buying better Angus bulls, just well-rounded at first but in the last 10 years we made sure to include carcass traits like higher marbling.”

That’s a common theme among the 150 or more HCF customers in 30 states, Rumford says. From the brittle, high deserts to lush Appalachian

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pastures, ranch customers aim high.

“This started 20 or 25 years ago, when grid sales first let people see what kind of cattle they had,” he says, noting the feedyard was a charter member of U.S. Premium Beef. “Once the cow-calf guys saw, they kept measuring and using the tools of genetic selection to improve.”

Just after HCF came to be, widespread drought coincided with global recession and many ranchers had to cull older cows to keep the younger core and hope for better days.

“The price of beef went up, but quality was going up, too, and we kept moving it,” Rumford says. “A lot of people thought beef would fall on its face, but we learned consumers want quality. Our feeding customers improved genetics and we improved feeding, too, because the consumer is our ultimate customer.”

The ownership team relies on Rumford to run with opportunities in the premium niche market with natural, non-hormone-treated and Global Animal Partnership (GAP) programs. All focus as much on high-quality Angus as their own protocols, he says.

“CAB has done a good job,” Rumford says with a smile. Niches capture the imagination of young people on both the consumer and producer side, and he’s caught on to the rhythm.

“It’s a whole other dimension of quality that lets the Angus genetics shine,” he says. “We have to fit cattle from two calving seasons into these 52 -week supply programs, sometimes pulling them forward or holding them back. It takes superior genetics to do that and deliver the level of Primes we can get—30% or 35% even.”

As a custom feedyard, HCF will finish anyone’s healthy cattle, but market demand has exerted itself as anyone can see by driving the alleys.

“It’s cleaned up a lot from just 10 years ago,” Rumford says. “You look at the yard now and it’s got a black tint to it, I mean predominantly black.

Angus.” Saulsberry sold his last Charolais bulls when he decided to try feeding again after the calf market topped out in 2014.

The last of those crossbreds earned no more than $40 in perhead premiums with less profit than the straight Angus, thanks to their $97 premium, he reports. This year, his last pen of 53% CAB and Prime heifers made premiums of $140/head.

“We’ve been happy with the results,” the young rancher says.

Rumford especially enjoys working with the millennials.

“It’s nice to see the younger guys get into feeding,” he says. “They’re well educated, sharp in business and know how to manage risk. They’re not just kids who decided to feed cattle, but they started with their dads and they know what they want to do. I like to see that.”

Across the generations, those who choose High Choice Feeders quickly relate to Rumford and keep the relationships going and growing.

Stucky Ranch honored as 2017 CAB Ambassador Completed Circle

By Steve Suther

Gordon Stucky was always a fan of the Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) brand, but two terms on the American Angus Association board and serving as president in 2014 galvanized that into a passion.

“I’ve always thought, we need each other,” the Kingman, Kan., rancher says, calling the brand “a perfect fit for what we’re doing on the ranch.”

A “Targeting the Brand” logo appears in Stucky sale catalogs as a selection aid for customers since 2011, a watershed year for the growing relationship.

“We decided we were going to ride for the brand in every way possible,” Stucky says, signing on as host for an educational program called “Masters of Brand Advantages” early that year, and for some CAB group every year since.

Enthusiasm and ability to connect with the entire range of partners along the supply chain at their unique location helped Stucky Ranch earn the brand’s 2017 Ambassador Award to be presented at the CAB Annual Conference Sept. 27-29 in Nashville, Tenn.

The ranch business is built on sustainability and relationships, starting with God and family, looking back and well past tomorrow.

Interaction with tour groups keeps the family focused, says Stucky.

With Caroline and his son Jesse, they prepare for each tour day as if it were a bull sale.

“These folks are extremely important for the role they play in our supply chain,” he says, noting some deep discussions. “We had the question a couple years ago, what sustainability means to me. The first thing that came to mind was my dad.”

Martin Stucky had come to Kingman County in 1937, where his father soon helped him and a brother start on the roots of today’s ranch. Youngest son Gordon bought the family’s first registered stock as a 16-year-old in 1976. His mentor and partner conveyed a guiding wisdom and rationale in their 17 years in business.

“He’s been gone a long time now,” the son notes, “but he helped provide the start we could build on.”

In discussions on animal welfare, Stucky talks about thoughts on waking each morning: “We have that frame of mind that we want every animal under our care to have the best day they’ve ever had.”

Relationships are no less a part of sustainability, and “Targeting the Brand,” which entails much more than simply raising cattle that can grade.

“It’s a people business, so we grow it by long-term attention to what our customers need,” he says. “You build those relationships over the years to where they feel like you’re a part of their team.”

Some customers sell calves at weaning but an increasing share participate in the backgrounding and finishing phases to get more return on their investment in genetics. The 200 Circle-S-Bar bulls sold annually and their average productive life means they generate up to 20,000 commercial Angus calves each year.

“We track every trait and expected progeny differences (EPDs) to make sure we offer bulls that are the most economically relevant to those customers, and also give everything the ranching eye for con-

formation and soundness,” Stucky says.

Posting CAB logos next to qualifying bulls in the catalogs, and photo sections recapping tour visits by international guests all tend to raise the Stucky Ranch profile as a genetics provider, the cattleman says. “They come here with heightened expectations, just knowing we have these balanced cattle and the relationships with end users from all over the world.”

Two-way education takes place when those tour buses arrive. “They have flown over our ranch at 30,000 feet,” Stucky says, “but we give them a feel for what it’s like to spend a day in our boots.” There’s an information exchange, “but it’s mostly connecting people. They want to know what’s behind the CAB product, but they also want to know Jesse Stucky and the name of the horse he rides,” the father says. “Some of them seem to fall in love with Jesse and his horse, but it’s all just part of understanding our life.”

“Having these tours, everything we do is under the microscope,” Stucky says. “Whether it’s a tour day or not, we’ve always got that in the back of our minds—how we care for things, and do things on a daily basis—even if no one sees, it’s part of the program we continue to build, and part of our story.”

The tours made the family realize how their location and Angus program are uniquely suitable for the sharing. Seedstock operations with multiple breeds or Angus breeders not attuned to the quality side may not feel such an affinity with the brand, Stucky suggests.

“For us, it’s just a perfect fit. We enjoy hosting tours for any groups, but the CAB tours are special because that interaction completes our business model,” he says.

CAB is headed for another record year and Stucky figures there will be more of the best beef next year.

“We’re going to make more and better, so we have to keep working at this together,” he says, with advice for the brand: “Keep letting the consumer know it’s there. They’ll spend a few more pennies for it and be happy, and we’ll make that circle complete.”

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2017 Open Angus Show ▪ Sept. 14 ▪ Hutchinson ▪ Judge Kevin Rose, Salem, IL

KR Casino 6243 won grand champion bull at the 2017 Kansas State Fair Angus Show, Sept. 14 in Hutchinson, Kan. Krebs Ranch, Gordon, Neb., and Badger Creek Cattle Co., Emporia, Kan., owns the January 2016 son of CFCC Black Jack 001 . He was also selected Supreme Champion Bull of the Kansas State Fair.

HS Sight Seeing 1740 won reserve grand champion bull . Hadley Schotte, Marysville, Kan., owns the February 2017 son of PVF Insight 0129.

Hurlbuts Evergreen 755 of 6N won heifer calf . Dustin & Jeana Hurlbut, Raymond, S.D.

Schiling Keymura Katy 7082 won reserve heifer calf champion Schilling Cattle, Edson.

McCurry Royal Lady 6068 won reserve grand champion female. Ava Combs, Hutchinson, Kan., owns the February 2016 daughter of S A V Bismarck 5682.

Wallace Elsiemere 6129 won grand champion female at the 2017 Kansas State Fair Angus Show, Sept. 14 in Hutchinson, Kan. Lawson Rowlett, Hurricane Mills, Tenn., owns the November 2016 daughter of GCC Business Elite. She first won senior calf champion. She also won Supreme Champion Female of Kansas State Fair.

Schilling Cattle, Edson, Kan., won premier breeder.

AVF Blackcap 4616 won reserve senior heifer calf champion Kan. Kelsey Theis, Leavenworth .

Sagebrush Octavia 2426 won res. intermediate .Wendell Custer, Cushing, Ok.

3ACES Northern Miss 5026 won intermediate champion Blane Steckline, Garden Plain.

McCurry Royal Lady 6027 won reserve junior champion heifer .Andrew & Mary McCurry, Burrton.

McCurry Angus Ranch, Burrton, Kan., won breeders' best six head.

B/C Miss Elba 5081 won senior champion female Austin Woodrow, Emporia.

Sankeys 6N Ranch, Council Grove, won both first place get-of-sire and junior get. SAC Conversation sired the winning groups.

KSF 4-H/FFA Jr Angus Show ▪ Sept. 9 & 10 ▪ Judge Joel Cowley, Richmond, TX

R&L Everalda Entense 6533 won grand champion female at the 2017 Kansas State Fair Junior Angus Show, Sept. 9-10 in Hutchinson, Kan. Eva Hinrichsen, Westmoreland, Kan., owns the February 2016 daughter of JSAR Mr Opportunity 201PSB.

Hinrichsen Eriskay 5048 won reserve grand champion female at the 2017 Kansas State Fair Junior Angus Show, Sept. 9-10 in Hutchinson, Kan. Cale Hinrichsen, Westmoreland, Kan., owns the November 2015 daughter of Silveiras Style 9303.

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JE Trigger 16D won champion Angus steer at the 2017 Kansas State Fair Junior Angus Show, Sept. 9-10 in Hutchinson, Kan. Baylee Wulfkuhle, Berryton, Kan., owns the March 2016 son of Carlsons Leroy.

Lazy JB Sammy 6012 won reserve champion Angus steer at the 2017 Kansas State Fair Junior Angus Show, Sept. 9-10 in Hutchinson, Kan. Lauren Frederick, Sterling, Kan., owns the February 2016 son of KR O Canada.

Kansas Angus Association Sponsored ▪ 26th Commercial Angus & Angus-Influence Female Sale

Pratt Livestock, Pratt, KS ▪ December 2, 2017 — 1:00 p.m.

The Kansas Angus Association is proud to sponsor the 25th Commercial Angus Female Sale in Pratt. We are in search of high quality, young age pairs, fall bred cows , bred heifers and open heifers to offer at this sale. If you are interested in consigning cattle to this sale, please complete the attached entry form and mail to the address shown at the bottom of the form or submit online at www.kansasangus.org Using this form, an information handout will be compiled on all consignments which will be available to buyers on sale day and will be mailed on request. We will also be advertising the sale consignments in farm publications throughout the area on Angus internet emails. In order to advertise your consignments and compile and sale list handout and mailer, we ask that you return the completed form by November 20, 2017. The earlier we receive your entry , the better we can generate interest in your cattle.

Consignment Criteria and Delivery Times The sale welcomes fall pairs, bred cows and heifers to calve in the spring of 2018 and open heifers . To insure the quality of this special sale, we have made the following guidelines.

1.

Females must meet Certified Angus Beef ®live specifications: be predominately black hided (black white faces and/or “baldies” are accepted).

2.

Females must have typical beef-type conformation (no visible dairy influence); and be without long floppy ear and hump (no visible Brahman influence).

3.

Maximum age—No older than 7 years-old. Minimum consignment of five head.

4.

All females must be pregnancy checked (except open heifers) within 30 days of the sale. Pregnancy checking is the responsibility of the consignor. An official health paper from a veterinarian must accompany cattle, complete with pregnancy check results within 30 days of the sale. Cattle may be pregnancy checked by Pratt Livestock by request only, by calling Pratt Livestock at (620) 672-5961. Preg check fee $5.35/head. Open females will sell guaranteed by the seller to be open.

Cattle must be at Pratt Livestock by 1 p.m. on Friday, December 1 or by 10 am if Pratt will be pregnancy checking bred females. This will give buyers a chance to see your cattle.

Selling Fees Commission will be regular Pratt Livestock fees plus 1.5% of selling price to Kansas Angus Association to cover special sale promotion. Pratt Livestock commission per head is $25 bred cows and heifers, $40 cow/calf pairs and $20 open heifers. Other selling fees include: Yardage $2.00, Hay $.25/animal cwt., Health inspection $.35, and Insurance $.0012/$ animal value No sale fee $20. Pellets are available on request for $.24/lb.

Entry Information Please complete entry online at www.kansasangus.org or use the attached form as you would like information to appear on the handout sheet that will be available at the sale and mailed upon request. Please note that it will be your responsibility as seller to make sure the information you report is accurate. The Kansas Angus Association provides this information as a service and is not liable for its accuracy. Please enter by Nov. 20 The earlier we receive your entry form, the better we can generate interest in your cattle.

COMPLETE THIS ENTRY FORM OR SUBMIT ONLINE AT WWW.KANSASANGUS.ORG by NOV 20

( please print or type) Instructions: This information will be compiled and listed in special advertisements, in a sale day listing, Angus email advertising and will be supplied to potential buyers upon request. Entries will be listed on the American Angus Association AngusSourceSM website if the AngusSourceSM tags are used and information supplied.

Name _____________________________________________ Farm/Ranch _______________________________________________ Address _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ City, State, Zip_______________________________________________Phone( )________________Email ____________________ Bloodlines of sires used in past: ____________________________________________________________________________________ Comments on feed yard history of calves or mates to females selling: ______________________________________________________

BRED HEIFERS, COWS, PAIRS Sires of Heifers/Cows: Service Sires/Sire of Calves: Total Head: _________________ Age: _________________ ________________________________ ____________________________ Calving Due Dates: ______to _____________ ________________________________ ____________________________ AI Bred: Yes No ________________________________ ______________________________ Pregnancy check to AI: Yes No ________________________________ ______________________________ Synchronized: Yes No ________________________________ ______________________________ Individual ID: Yes No ________________________________ ______________________________ Do you want Pratt Livestock to PREG CHECK this group? _______ If not, pregnancy check date: ________________(must be after Nov 2) Are these females official calf hood vaccinated (OCV)? Yes / No (Please circle one.)

OPEN HEIFERS

Total Head:_________ Age: ________________Individual ID:

Yes

No

Sires of Heifers:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Please check one: ______ I guarantee these heifers to be open; -ORAre these heifers official calf hood vaccinated (OCV)? ______ Pratt Livestock to pregnancy check these heifers.

Yes / No (Please circle one.) ►Please list all vaccinations and pour-on, etc. used on these females in 2017 ___________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ For Information Contact the sale committee:

Gordon Stucky, Chairman .(620) 532-4122, Gordon@stuckyranch.com Jake Lewis, Pratt Livestock ……………………..……....(620) 770-1069 Jeff Mafi,American Angus Assn. regional mgr ………..(816) 344-4266

Please return by Nov. 20 to Gordon Stucky,421 NE 70 Ave., Kingman, KS 67068; Phone (620) 532-4122 ;or use online submission form at

www.kansasangus.org

Zagar Angus Farm 557 East 610 Ave. ▪ Girard, Ks 66743 (620)724-4086 Herd Sires: JAK 022 Prompter C34 , Sydgen Massive 9518, Sydgen 1386 Design 3389, Checkerhill Madrid N11, Sydgen 2088 Focus 9003

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Kansas Angus Auxiliary The Holidays are near and it is calving time for some breeders. Our ranch is hopping with the fall calves hitting the ground too. It’s hard to believe that 2017 is almost gone. There has been so much activity with the Kansas Juniors and sales galore this year.

The Angus National Convention is in November in Texas. The American Angus Auxiliary will have their annual breakfast to honor great women across the states. A variety of activities, including the selection of the new Miss American Angus, will be going on during the convention. Hope you can make it too.

Our annual KAA Meeting, Banquet and Futurity Junior Show is fast approaching in January. The new location in Lawrence and the Douglas County Fairgrounds is exciting. The annual Kansas Angus Auxiliary meeting will be held on Saturday and we will have our annual scholarship auction fundraiser. Once again, we will showcase some amazing items again this year – so come prepared to support our Juniors. Remember that the Miss Kansas Angus and the Ken & Lorene Moore Scholarship applications are due in January too. Good luck to everyone.

As we close this year, it is time to reflect on our accomplishments and prepare our goals for 2018. I am grateful for close family and friends in the Angus Associations. I hope that everyone has a Happy Holiday season!

Beverly Figge Ks Angus Auxiliary President

Upcoming Kansas Angus Auxiliary Activities January 20, 2018 11 am : Auxiliary Meeting, Douglas Co. Fairgrounds, Lawrence 7:30 pm– Annual Ks Angus Association Banquet—Auxiliary Scholarship Auction, Miss Kansas Angus Crowning, Moore Scholarship Presentation Auxiliary sponsored Hospitality Room—TBA

►Ken & Lorene Moore Scholarship

Applications Due Jan 10.

College sophomores eligible to apply.

Application online at www.kanasangus.org Emily McCurry Mullen, 2018 Scholarship chairman 2017-19 KS Angus Auxiliary Leaders President -Beverly Figge…..785.889.4470 Vice President- Wendy Flory Secretary– Melissa Cozzitorto Treasurer- Lori Fink……. 785.532.8171 Reporter– Tonya Theis Past President/Advisor- Megin O’Brien….620.802.1482 Hospitality Chairman– Mary McCurry Miss Ks Angus Program Chairman– Anne Lampe Ways & Means Chairman– Mary McCurry Achievement Awards Chairman- Brooke Woodworth Scholarship Committee 2018– Chairman Emily Mullen

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2017 Miss Kansas Angus Alex Cozzitorto , Lawrence and Ambassador Eva Hinrichsen, Westmoreland represented Kanas Angus a the National Jr. Angus Show in Des Moines, Iowa in July.

►Miss Kansas Angus & Ambassador Program

Girls high school age to 21 Applications due Jan 10, contact Anne at KansasAngus@wbsnet.org or application and info online www.kansasangus.org

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Showring purple

KR Casino 6243 won grand champion bull at the 2017 Nebraska State Fair Angus Roll of Victory (ROV) Show, Aug. 30 in Grand Island, Neb. Krebs Ranch, Gordon, Neb., and Badger Creek

Bar S Pride 3695 won reserve grand champion cowcalf pair at the 2017 Nebraska State Fair Angus Roll of Victory (ROV) Show, Aug. 30 in Grand Island, Neb. Jayce Dickerson, Paradise, Kan., owns the April 2013 daughter of B C Lookout 7024. An April 2017 heifer calf sired by Bar S Charlo 5092 is at side.

Twin Falls Axel TF44 won reserve junior bull calf champion at the 2017 Nebraska State Fair Angus Roll of Victory (ROV) Show, Aug. 30 in Grand Island, Neb. Twin Falls Angus, Cheney, Kan., owns the winning bull.

Sankeys Watchman 7020 of H C won junior bull calf champion at the 2017 Nebraska State Fair Angus Roll of Victory (ROV) Show, Aug. 30 in Grand Island, Neb. Chris & Sharon Sankey, Council Grove, Kan., and Dustin & Jeana Hurlbut, Raymond, S.D., own the winning bull.

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Sankeys Callisto 651 won senior bull calf champion at the 2017 Nebraska State Fair Angus Roll of Victory (ROV) Show, Aug. 30 in Grand Island, Neb. Chris & Sharon Sankey, Council Grove, Kan., own the winning bull.

Chris & Sharon Sankey, Council Grove, Kan., won first place get-of-sire at the 2017 Nebraska State Fair Angus Roll of Victory (ROV) Show, Aug. 30 in Grand Island, Neb. SAC Conversation 8064 sired the winning group.

Burke joins the Saddle and Sirloin Portrait Gallery

Endowment fund creates Junior award through Angus Foundation Lifelong Angus sale manager, author, speaker, Angus enthusiast, youth supporter and former American Angus Association board member Tom Burke of Platte City, Missouri, has been selected as the 2017 inductee into the Saddle & Sirloin Portrait Gallery, largely considered the highest honor in the livestock industry. It is the highest honor that can come to anyone in American Agriculture.

Minnesota State FFA officer, also serving as a delegate to the 1962 National FFA Convention. He was also named Minnesota Star Farmer in 1960. Burke was a charter member and first president of the Minnesota Junior Angus Association.

“I was an Angus enthusiast from day one,” Burke says. “I liked the breed and the cattle. In that era, you showed cattle more than you do today.

There wasn’t much of a performance program—it was all built around what happened in the showring.”

Burke served in the U.S. Army from 1965-1967, and then took a position as a field man for Drover’s Journal, the predecessor to today’s Drover’s beef industry magazine. After two years in that role, he joined the American Angus Hall of Fame in Smithville, Missouri, in 1967. He has served as sale manager for the Hall of Fame ever since, taking over the business in 1972 after the passing of Hall of Fame founder J.B. McCorkle.

The Saddle & Sirloin Portrait Gallery was established in 1903 and recognizes one individual annually for their lifetime of exceptional service to the livestock business, both nationally and internation- Through the years, Burke has remained a staunch Angus breeder and ally. Theo portrait gallery includes 354 portraits of distinguished leaders of supporter. Today, he owns a herd of 200 registered Angus cows and 40 the livestock industry and is on permanent display at the Kentucky Fair & registered Suffolk ewes.

Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky.

Burke’s passion for Angus cattle has been a driving force throughout his life.“My purpose and pleasure has been to see Angus cattle raised on “Being inducted into the Saddle & Sirloin Portrait Gallery is the highest honor anyone in the livestock industry can achieve,” Burke says. “I could- every continent,” Burke says. “One thing I know for sure is that the best Angus cattle and breeders are in North America.” n’t be more excited. I never dreamed I would be included in this elite group.”

Burke has been relentless in his service to the Angus breed. At age 16, he served as a delegate to the Association’s annual meeting. In 1972, he A customary practice for Saddle & Sirloin Portrait Gallery inductees is to was named Missouri Angus Association Man of the Year, and has served designate a 501(c)(3) organization to receive charitable contributions as the All-American Angus Breeders Futurity Chairman since that year. raised in honor of the distinguished honoree. Funds are used to offset project expenses and Burke’s fundraising effort included establishing the Tom Burke Angus Youth Endowment Fund through the Angus Foundation. In 2004, Burke received the American Angus Association’s Angus Heritage Award, and his herd was named by the organization as a Historic Herd in 2006. Both the Kansas and Georgia Angus Associations have The endowment will create the Shining Star of the Future Award, a cash award that will be given to one National Junior Angus Association member made him an honorary member. From 2013 to 2016, Burke served on the Association’s Board of Directors, along with the Angus Foundation Board age 12 or under. The winner will be selected through an application and interview process, announced at the National Junior Angus Show (NJAS). of Directors. In 2017, he served as a U.S. delegate to the World Angus Forum.

“The cash prize can go toward the junior’s Angus cattle endeavors or their In addition to his service to the Angus breed, Burke has an impressive future education,” Burke says. “I think every Angus junior needs a little record leading to his induction into the Saddle & Sirloin Portrait Gallery, extra encouragement and something to work toward, as a warm up for bigger and better things as they get older. I wanted to create something to including: • Conducting more than 10,000Angus sales in 47 states, six Canadian stir youths’ imagination and excitement.” provinces, the Caribbean and Scotland; • Speaking to students at 20 U.S. Universities and Colleges; Supporting youth is not only a tenet of the Angus Foundation; it’s a mis• Co-authoring nine best-selling Angus books that have been distributsion Burke wholeheartedly supports. He’s attended every NJAS for the ed in 20 countries; last 49 years and the last 50 National Junior Angus Showmanship contests, serving as emcee for the very first contest in 1967.

• International Livestock Show Board of Directors, 1974-1975; • One of five original lifetime members, Missouri Cattlemen’s Associa“The future of rural America and agriculture is bright, but it’s our responsition, 1984; bility to feed a hungry world,” Burke says. “We have a lot resting on our • National Suffolk Association Board of Directors, 1988-1996, 2005shoulders to be efficient enough to feed the world. In 2016, the Angus 2008; breed registered 334,000 head of cattle--more than all other beef breeds • Named “America’s Most Traveled Person” by USA Today, 1993combined, so we have a lot going for us.”

1004; • Nation Western Stock Show Marketeer of the Year, 1994; and Contributions can be made to the Tom Burke Angus youth Endowment • Inducted into United Suffolk Breeders Association Hall of Fame, Fund through the Angus Foundation by October 1st. Contributors will re2014. ceive complimentary Saddle & Sirloin Portrait Banquet tickets.

World-renowned artist Richard Halstead with Halstead Studios, Evanston, Burke grew up on an Angus farm in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota, where Illinois, will paint Burke’s portrait. The portrait will be unveiled November he showed Angus cattle as a junior, participating in both 4-H and FFA. As 12th at the North American Livestock Show in Louisville, Kentucky. a teen, Burke served as both Minnesota State 4-H Club president and as a

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ers and sought by consumers who want Angus beef at its best.

The brand’s retail division represented more than 40% of total sales in FY 17, setting a record of 456 million lb. sold. Lower prices generated more sales flow and opportunities to feature the brand in advertising. CAB’s top 50 licensed retail partners saw an average of 6.6% growth.

Through management and genetic decisions that improve their herds and satisfy consumers, cattle producers stand to earn $50 or more per head as a share of the $50 million in grid premiums CAB cattle earn each year “I still contend to this day that Certified Angus Beef allows us all to be a part of something bigger than ourselves,” Stika said.

Marbling

The foodservice division climbed 30 million lb. higher than last year to reach a record 385 million lb. sold. Licensed broadline distributors and specialty meat Through an alignment of goals and philosophies, all are focused on the same companies increased sales by more than 9%, while sales to licensed restaurants quality endpoint. increased more than 12%, demonstrating the value of the brand to chefs who prize its consistent quality, and patrons who crave its flavor.

The summer season brought demand for ground beef and premium steaks, while roasts remained a staple for holiday celebrations and family gatherings.

Leading the charge were end meats with an 85-million-lb. increase, up 13.5% over last year, with ground beef sales growing by 1.7 million lb. to total 158.6 million lb. Sales of middle meats were up 8.4%. Consumers also demanded 35.3% more CAB brand Prime in FY 17, lifting sales to 20.7 million lb.

The world’s largest and leading beef brand remains in a long -term growth trend, with partners who study the market to ensure it stays that way. Those who purchase balanced-trait registered Angus bulls at least average for marbling and ribeye area help supply the brand owned by Angus produc-

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