April/May 2005 Issue (pdf - 8938 kb)... - Hereford America
April/May 2005 Issue (pdf - 8938 kb)... - Hereford America
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18 • HEREFORD AMERICA <strong>April</strong>/<strong>May</strong> <strong>2005</strong><br />
Marc’s Comments...<br />
(continued from page 1)<br />
We’re also seeing breeders use the<br />
internet more in making breeding decisions<br />
for their specific program. I will have to<br />
admit that after awhile I do treat a lot of<br />
advertising coming over the internet to my<br />
email address like I do advertisements we<br />
get in the mail — I delete it without even<br />
looking at it unless I know the breeder.<br />
Oh well, I guess I’m getting used to junk<br />
mail over the internet just like we receive<br />
over the fax or in our post office mail<br />
box. The nicest thing about internet junk<br />
mail is that I can usually request to stop<br />
receiving it.<br />
Art Handel and I visited and had supper<br />
with four very nice people from the U.K.<br />
in January the night before the Van<br />
Newkirk sale in Nebraska. Just a week<br />
or two ago I received a package in the<br />
mail from them with a nice letter, a great<br />
looking tie, the U.K.’s <strong>Hereford</strong> Breed<br />
Journal, and an apron to be used when<br />
grilling those good Ridgefield steaks. I<br />
think I’ll just hang the apron on the wall<br />
to remind me of friends “across the<br />
pond.”<br />
Chris Effling, AHA Field Staff<br />
representative for the North Central<br />
Region, resigned and took on a new job<br />
with the Dakota Farmer, a publication that<br />
is concentrated in the north central states<br />
such as the Dakotas, Minnesota, etc.<br />
Chris will be a field rep with<br />
responsibilities primarily in North and<br />
South Dakota. Chris and I flew to the Mill<br />
Creek sale at Manhattan, KS a few weeks<br />
ago, probably one we won’t forget. From<br />
the time I left home, picked up Chris at<br />
Pierre and continued to Manhattan, it took<br />
us 2-1/2 hours. Coming home it took us<br />
a little over 4-1/2 hours! Kinda windy that<br />
day but Chris and I both agreed it was a<br />
lot easier and more enjoyable than driving<br />
the same distance. Good luck Chris with<br />
your new job.<br />
The two associations in Nebraska have<br />
combined recently. Ron & Kay Morgan<br />
were the managers of the Nebraska<br />
<strong>Hereford</strong> Association and Joe Brockman<br />
was the manager of the Nebraska Polled<br />
<strong>Hereford</strong> Association. Now that the two<br />
associations are one (the New Nebraska<br />
<strong>Hereford</strong> Association) both managers have<br />
decided to hang it up. Both Morgans and<br />
Brockmans were great to work with<br />
gathering information needed for <strong>Hereford</strong><br />
<strong>America</strong>. We really appreciate the efforts<br />
these two families have contributed over<br />
the years to their respective state<br />
associations and hope to have more on<br />
their contributions in a future issue.<br />
You might recall in the last issue of<br />
<strong>Hereford</strong> <strong>America</strong> I mentioned an<br />
opportunity that we at <strong>Hereford</strong> <strong>America</strong><br />
have extended to state <strong>Hereford</strong><br />
associations. The North Dakota <strong>Hereford</strong><br />
Association and the Kansas <strong>Hereford</strong><br />
Association took advantage of our offer<br />
and they’re already reaping rewards!<br />
North Dakota received a check for $145<br />
and Kansas received a check for $175. If<br />
your state association wants to get<br />
involved email us at<br />
marc@herefordamerica.com or call us.<br />
We feel like we’re contributing to our<br />
<strong>Hereford</strong> industry immensely by helping<br />
our state associations.<br />
I also encourage anyone to write us a<br />
letter or email us your opinion on topics<br />
concerning the <strong>Hereford</strong> industry. We’d<br />
be more than happy to include it in our<br />
“Letters to the Editor.” There are some<br />
basic guidelines and stipulations we use<br />
but we’ve not turned one down yet.<br />
One last thing, I got home last night<br />
from a new <strong>Hereford</strong> sale in Montana.<br />
Three young breeders went together to<br />
hold the largest Polled <strong>Hereford</strong> sale in<br />
Montana. It is really encouraging to see<br />
the next generation step up to the plate<br />
and take their place in the <strong>Hereford</strong><br />
business. Congratulations to Bernie &<br />
Stacie Buzanowski, Cody & Shad Haber<br />
and Ken & Shannon Jackson on holding<br />
their first annual production sale!<br />
See ya down the road — Marc<br />
<br />
Jill’s Comments...<br />
(continued from page 1)<br />
cattle business. There are a number of<br />
ways to think outside the box. The whole<br />
point is to look at things in a different way<br />
than you normally would for the purpose<br />
of coming up with new ideas and ways<br />
of doing things that would benefit your<br />
business and breeding program. If you’re<br />
a Polled <strong>Hereford</strong> breeder who never looks<br />
at horned cattle, go look at several horned<br />
herds. Likewise, if you’re a horned breeder<br />
who never looks at Polled cattle, you need<br />
to go take a look. A lot has changed in<br />
both horned and polled cattle over the last<br />
5-10 years. When I talk to a breeder who<br />
is adamantly against either horned or<br />
polled cattle it just amazes me because I<br />
know most haven’t even looked at the<br />
cattle they are criticizing — for quite some<br />
time. When you’re world is small, you<br />
really limit yourself. It wouldn’t hurt to<br />
look at other breeds either and see how<br />
they are handling certain situations. Infighting<br />
is not doing our breed any good.<br />
Over the past week or two we’ve gotten<br />
some heat over a couple ads that ran<br />
in our last issue. (Marc thinks maybe it’s<br />
a combination of people being stressed out<br />
over taxes and calving!) Those of you who<br />
read our paper know we aren’t into censorship.<br />
We generally allow people their<br />
opinions in their ads and letters. You should<br />
also know that we don’t always share the<br />
opinions in all these ads or letters. That is<br />
true in almost any <strong>America</strong>n trade publication<br />
that is not published by a specific<br />
organization. We have also allowed Angus<br />
advertising in our paper for quite some<br />
time so this isn’t a new thing. Check your<br />
back issues. We value freedom of the<br />
press which is certainly evident in our editorials.<br />
This is one of the components that<br />
makes our newspaper so popular with our<br />
readership and advertisers.<br />
On another subject, I would like to<br />
congratulate my Dad, Byron Bayers, on<br />
receiving the Wright Brothers Master Pilot<br />
Award from the FAA at the recent<br />
Montana Aeronautics Association<br />
Convention. This is quite an honor and<br />
achievement. He was one of two people<br />
selected for the award this year. What a<br />
tremendous pilot who has flown over<br />
10,000 hours. What a nice award to<br />
recognize his achievements and<br />
dedication.<br />
<strong>Hereford</strong>s and airplanes have been a part<br />
of my entire life, usually both at the same<br />
time. I don’t think that will change.<br />
A friend e-mailed me several really good<br />
quotes this week. I think the following is<br />
a good one by Ronald Reagan:<br />
“No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals<br />
of the world, is so formidable as the will<br />
and moral courage of free men and<br />
women.<br />
As this is our last issue of the spring, I<br />
wish you all a good summer. I’m sure<br />
we will have lots to report to you in our<br />
next issue.<br />
— JBH