Noah Benedict, Dewey, Illi., is the recipient of the 2021 Charles E Boyd Sr. Memorial Scholarship
at the 2021 Junior National Hereford Expo.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Outstanding Hereford youth were awarded numerous scholarships during the
2021 VitaFerm® Junior National Hereford Expo (JNHE) Hereford Spectacular Award Ceremony, in
Kansas City, Mo., on July 8. The Hereford Youth Foundation of America (HYFA) awarded $28,000 alone
at this year’s JNHE, and will award a total of $200,000 in 2021 to deserving junior members to aid in
their academic endeavors.

One of HYFA’s newest scholarships honors the legacy of Charles E. Boyd Sr., a third-generation
Hereford breeder from May’s Lick, Ky., who mentored youth in the agriculture industry. Throughout his
lifetime, he was recognized on local, state and national levels for his accomplishments. He was a
prominent beef cattle judge at all major livestock shows and exhibited several International and National
Champion Hereford cattle. The Charles E. Boyd Sr. Scholarship will continue to help young people in the
Hereford breed who plan to go to college and pursue a degree in agriculture. Boyd’s service to the
agriculture industry has influenced young people and their families for many years.

The 2021 Boyd Memorial $1,500 scholarship is awarded to Noah Benedict from Dewey, Ill.
Benedict currently serves on the National Junior Hereford Association (NJHA) board of directors and is
an incoming senior at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, majoring in agribusiness markets
and management with a minor in leadership studies. His future goal is to seek a job in sales for an animal
nutrition or pharmaceutical company. He also wants to focus on growing his family’s Hereford operation
and become a reputable breeder for youth and other breeders, producing top-performing and consistent
cattle.

Noah says he has learned what hard work and dedication looked like both inside and outside of
the showring because of the NJHA. He now focuses on taking advantage of opportunities placed in front
of him no matter the situation, and on being a selfless, loving and impactful person.

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The Hereford Youth Foundation of America (HYFA) was established in 1986 and is a not-for-profit
501(c)(3) corporation dedicated exclusively to scholarship and educational support of youth in the
business of raising Hereford cattle. The mission of the Hereford Youth Foundation of America is to
encourage, recognize and reward the development of life skills and values in the next generation of
leaders by providing education, scholarship and leadership opportunities for Hereford Youth.