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Membership Renewal Reminder
It’s time to renew your Beefmaster Breeders United membership! We encourage you to renew your membership online at www.beefmasters.org. Please note that all active, associate, and junior memberships are renewable every January, except for Lifetime members and NEW members that have joined since October 1, 2021. Memberships can also be renewed via mail, if you wish to renew through the mail and send a check, please include your membership number AND name to ensure the funds are applied correctly.
Active/Associate Member Dues
Junior Member Dues
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Please also make sure to review your Membership Directory update request that was sent to your email address (double, triple check your SPAM/JUNK folders for this email) and please update your directory listing information by April 1, 2022. Feel free to contact us in the BBU office with any questions at (210) 732-3132 or email Kylie at kmcintosh@beefmasters.org.
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Join BBU satellite organizations!
Make sure to join or renew your membership with your local satellite organizations today! You must be a member of a BBU satellite organization to consign cattle to satellite sales. To pay for your membership, you can clip the coupons shown on pg. 21 of this month’s issue of The Beefmaster Cowman and then send the amount shown to each satellite you wish to join. You may join any or all of the nine organizations. You can also visit: https://beefmasters.org/purebred/satellite for more information.
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Live Oak BBA is Seeking Nominations for their Spring 2022 Sale!
If you would like to consign a Beefmaster animal to the 2022 Live Oak BBA Spring Sale, to be held March 19, 2022 in Three Rivers, Texas, please complete the nomination form by February 7, 2022. If you have any questions please contact Anthony Mihalski Auctioneer and Sales Management, 7320 N. Triple Elm St., San Antonio, TX 78263 or call Anthony Mihalski at 210-648-5475.
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Live Oak BBA Bull Development Program
The 2022-2023 Live Oak BBA Bull Development Program will be conducted at: LANDAIR, INC., 2050 Brown Ranch Lane – Beeville, Texas 78102. ALL BULLS MUST BE IN PLACE BY JANUARY 25, 2022!
Anyone planning to consign bulls to the 2023 LOBBA Bull Sale MUST participate in this program.
Bull eligibility:
• Ages September 15, 2020 through April 30, 2021
• (Fall group: 9-15-20 through 12-31-2020; Spring group: 1-1-21 through 4-30-21)
For information and nomination, click here or contact Melvin Scherer, Jr.: 361-877-2577 or melvinscherer@yahoo.com
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JBBA Hospitality Room at Ft. Worth Stock Show
There will be a JBBA Hospitality Room and a JBBA Board Meeting held during the Fort Worth Stock Show. All JBBA members are welcome to attend and you can even bring along friends who are not JBBA members, but may be interested in joining or learning more about the program! The JBBA Board of Directors meeting will be held at 2:00pm and will be followed by the hospitality room at approximately 3:00pm!
When? Friday, January 21 at 2:00pm
Where? Cactus Room – located across from Ft. Worth Stock Show Offices
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JBBA Gun Raffle Tickets on Sale
The JBBA is currently selling gun raffle tickets to help support the 2022 National Show and Convention. All junior board members and ambassadors will be selling tickets. The raffle tickets are $40 each for a chance to win 40 different prizes in 40 days! Drawing starts April 4, 2022. If you have any questions, please contact Darrell Glaser at 254-721-1497.
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JBBA National Show and Convention
The 2022 Junior Beefmaster Breeders Association National Show and Convention will be held July 16-21, 2022 in Belton, Texas. We’re looking forward to a great week with our Beefmaster Family and hope to see you there!
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WHR & IBR News
The 2022 WHR (Whole Herd Reporting) and IBR (Inventory Based Reporting) inventories are available online to participating members. Be on the lookout for your inventories in your online BBU account.
The IBR inventories must be completed and posted online by February 1, 2022. An additional $5 per head will be assessed for the IBR inventories posted online after February 1, 2022.
The WHR inventories must be completed and posted online by May 1, 2022. An additional $5 per head will be assessed for the WHR inventories posted online after May 1, 2022.
Please note if you are participating in a spring 2022 sale, your WHR or IBR inventory needs to be updated and returned prior to registering any animals born in 2022. BBU members who are interested in enrolling in the WHR or IBR programs, but are not currently participating, please contact the BBU office at 210-732-3132 or jnovak@beefmasters.org.
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Nothing Beats a Beefmaster
Joe B. Kreger, Kreger Ranch, Tonkawa, Oklahoma shares that: “Beefmasters are the best way to access positive maternal heterosis in your commercial herd.”
To read the rest of his testimonial, please see below.
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Beefmasters in Fort Worth
The Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo has kicked off and we had a great day on Monday, January 17 at the Beefmaster Open Show! Congratulations to all of our Beefmaster Breeders!
🏆Champion Beefmaster Bull: Emmons Ranch
🏆Reserve Champion Beefmaster Bull: Emmons Ranch
🏆Champion Beefmaster Female: Kalli Ellis
🏆 Reserve Champion Beefmaster Female: Savannah Skaggs
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Beefmasters at Cattlemen’s Congress
It was a great day at Cattlemen’s Congress in Oklahoma City on Tuesday, January 11th! Congratulations to all of our Beefmaster Breeders who exhibited cattle during the Cattlemen’s Congress Open Show!
🏆Champion Beefmaster Bull: Kalli Ellis
🏆 Reserve Champion Beefmaster Bull: Kaylee Beason
🏆Champion Beefmaster Female: Kalli Ellis
🏆 Reserve Champion Beefmaster Female: Kalli Ellis
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Welcome New BBU Members!
We’re glad you’re a part of our Beefmaster Family! The members names that you see listed below are those who have recently joined Beefmaster Breeders United last quarter, and we want to take the time to give them a warm welcome. We have so many opportunities for you to get involved throughout our association and encourage you to do so! If you are not a BBU Member and would like to become one, please contact our Membership Coordinator, Kylie McIntosh. Kylie can be contacted at: kmcintosh@beefmasters.org or by calling the office (210) 732-3132.
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Directory Information Updates
In preparation for the 2022 BBU Membership Directory, please contact the BBU office if you have any changes or updates to make to your membership listing. For example: new address, new phone number, or new email address. Please contact Kylie McIntosh at 210-732-3132 to update your information or email her at kmcintosh@beefmasters.org. Please include your membership number in the correspondence.
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Sign up for Online Access!
We encourage you to sign up for the BBU Online Registry System. Having online access to your BBU account will allow you to register animals online, view your billing information, transfer AI certificates, view your animal inventory, give natural breeding agreements, enter weaning/yearling weights and so much more! Before you can login you must have a temporary password. To receive your temporary password, please email Donna your name and membership number at dhenderson@beefmasters.org. You must submit request by email. If you call the office the staff will direct you to send an email.
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Plan for the Future with EPDs
EPDs are a great tool to be utilizing in your herd. They can be a building block to take the foundation of your herd to the next level. Lance Bauer, Director of Breed Improvement & Western Field Representative shares that “It is important to realize that EPDs are the best genetic selection tool that is available.” Lance also states that “EPDs are the most accurate tool that we have for genetic selection of animals.”
For more information, please use this link: https://beefmasters.org/blog/2021/plan-for-the-future-with-epds
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Feb 12, 2022
Beefmaster Subasta @ San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo
Feb 16, 2022
San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo All Breeds Sale, San Antonio, TX
Feb 19, 2022
Beefmaster Border Classic IV Sale, Edcouch, TX – More Info
Mar 04, 2022
Houston Magic XXII, Houston, TX
Mar 04, 2022
South Texas BBA Houston Futurity @ Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Houston, TX
Mar 19, 2022
Beef on Forage Bull and Female Sale, McAlester, OK
Mar 19, 2022
Live Oak BBA Spring Sale, Three Rivers, TX
Mar 26, 2022
Emmons Ranch Annual Bull Sale, Groesbeck, TX
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