DEFOREST, WISCONSIN – July 23, 2008 – Ryan Ollerich has joined ABS Global, Inc. as Feedlot Services Manager.

“The addition of Ryan to the ABS staff symbolizes our commitment to enhancing profit opportunities for breeders and feeders of high quality cattle,” said Darrell Wilkes, U.S. Beef Supply Systems Manager. “Many feedlots are content feeding average commodity cattle, but a growing number of them seek genetically superior cattle that gain faster, gain cheaper, and are worth more when they’re finished,” Wilkes added. “We are pleased to have someone of Ryan’s caliber and experience on staff to help connect the breeders of high end cattle with the feeders who want to feed them.” more

Contact: Holli Parke, jrintern@hereford.org or (816) 342-3757

July 19, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Randa Owen, Ft. Payne, Ala., took home national champion horned female honors at the ninth annual Junior National Hereford Expo (JNHE), July 19 in Kansas City.

Tyler Cates, Modoc, Ind., judged 701 owned heifers, including 181 horned females. In the championship drive Cates commented, “I admire your breed for being able to excel in many facets of the beef industry, whether it is commercial bulls, raising powerful females, or outstanding youth.” more

Contact: Holli Parke, jrintern@hereford.org or (816) 842-3757

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kari Brumley, Orovada, Nev., claimed the grand champion polled female title during the ninth Junior National Hereford Expo (JNHE) in Kansas City on July 19. Joining in the excitement was Tamar Adcock, Assumption, Ill., who won reserve grand polled female. more

The All-American Limousin Futurity (AALF) was July 18 in Sioux Falls, S.D., in conjunction with the National Junior Limousin Show and Congress (NJLSC). The AALF is one of the North American Limousin Foundation’s (NALF’s) four major Medal of Excellence (MOE) shows.

Frank Jackson, Windom, Minn., sorted 19 purebred Limousin bulls, 62 purebred Limousin females, 13 Lim-Flex® bulls and 27 Lim-Flex females. Kelly Bruns, Brookings, S.D., evaluated eight bulls and 20 females in the fullblood Limousin show. more

The National Junior Limousin Show and Congress (NJLSC) owned-female show was July 16 in Sioux Falls, S.D. Todd Herman, Skiatook, Okla., evaluated 215 entries for exhibitors from 23 states. more

Junior Limousin exhibitors displayed the results of their personal breeding programs in the bred-and-owned shows at the National Junior Limousin Show and Congress (NJLSC) July 15 in Sioux Falls, S.D. Judge Troy Thomas, Harrold, S.D., watched them parade 50 Limousin females and 20 Limousin bulls. more