February 8, 2023
The American Hereford Association’s Board of Directors nominating committee is requesting volunteers to serve a four-year term as a director. Members are encouraged to contact representatives in their respective regions to submit nominees. This year’s nominating committee is: Joel Birdwell, Chairman Kingfisher, Okla. 405-368-1058 jbirdwell73@icloud.com Kyle Colyer (Northwest region) Bruneau, Idaho 208-250-3924 kyle@hereford.com Wade Perks […]
January 24, 2023
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – More Hereford breeders and commercial users of Hereford genetics are discovering the feedlot and carcass performance of their genetics through various American Hereford Association (AHA) programs. Currently, 94 participants from 22 states are feeding more than 1,400 head of Hereford and Hereford-influenced feeder cattle at HRC Feed Yards, Scott City, Kan. […]
January 19, 2023
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Landgren Ranch, Bartlett, Neb., claimed top honors in the Hereford carload show on Friday, Jan. 13, during the 2023 National Western Stock Show (NWSS) in Denver, Colo. Colyer Herefords, Bruneau, Idaho, topped the pen-of-three bull show and Bill King Ranch, Moriarty, N.M., won the pen-of-three female show in the Denver Yards. […]
January 19, 2023
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Herefords took Denver, Colo., by storm in the Yards and on the Hill at the National Western Stock Show, Jan. 13-14. Judges Donnie Robertson, Yukon, Okla., and Miles Shout, Piedmont, Okla., sorted the 36-head of bulls and 90-head of heifers in the open show, Saturday, Jan. 14. A total of 223 […]
January 19, 2023
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Members of the National Junior Hereford Association claimed top honors at the National Western Stock Show (NWSS) junior Hereford show Jan. 12 in Denver, Colo. Nick Fitzsimmons, Perry, Okla., judged the 68-head show in the Stadium Arena at the NWSS. Kinnick Paulsen, Preston, Iowa, exhibited the grand champion horned female, HAWK […]
January 12, 2023
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Excitement was in the air as Jason Hoffman, Thedford, Neb., sorted the 72-head Hereford bull show and 186-head Hereford female show at the 2023 Cattlemen’s Congress in Oklahoma City, Okla. A total of 309 Herefords were exhibited throughout the four-day national Hereford show, Jan. 4-7. “I think it’s so flattering as […]
January 11, 2023
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – As the national show season begins to wrap up, the hard work of Hereford juniors was on full display during the 2023 Cattlemen’s Congress, Jan. 4 in Oklahoma City, Okla. Judges Tyler Cates and Kyle Shoufler, Modoc, Ind., sorted the 194 head of junior heifers. “I love your breed. I love […]
January 11, 2023
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kyle Lemmon, Manchester, Md., was honored as the 2023 Hereford Herdsman of the Year at the National Hereford Show during the third annual Cattlemen’s Congress hosted in Oklahoma City, Okla. After votes were cast by fellow Hereford herdsmen and breeders, the award was announced between the selection of the grand champion […]
January 11, 2023
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Matheny Herefords, Mays Lick, Ky., won the pen-of-three female show on Thursday, Jan. 5, during the 2023 Cattlemen’s Congress in Oklahoma City, Okla. Burns Farms, Pikeville, Tenn., claimed top honors in the pen-of-five bull show, and GKB Cattle, Desdemona, Texas, grabbed the pen-of-three bull banner. Sam Shaw, Caldwell, Idaho; Bruce Thomas, […]
January 9, 2023
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The American Hereford Association (AHA) welcomes Cord Weinheimer, Madisonville, Texas, as the organization’s new Southwest region field representative. Weinheimer will represent AHA members in the region and assist with Association activities and services. Along with attending Hereford sales and events, he will sell advertising for Hereford Publications Inc. and work to […]
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Research Study Favors the Baldy Female , courtesy of OSU animal scientists