To Address Simmental Convention
BOZEMAN, Mont. - Jo Ann
Smith, Micanopy, Florida, the
immediate past president of the
National Cattlemen’s Association,
will headline the Cattleman’s
Forum during the 19th Annual
Meeting and Convention of the
American Simmental Association.
ASA’s Convention will convene in
Nashville, Tennessee Feb. 19-21.
Smith served as NCA President
during 1985, and currently serves
as chairperson of the 113-member
Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and
Research Board. This group has
the responsibility for ad
ministering the industry’s national
check-off and promotion program.
She also is a member of President
Reagan’s Advisory Committee on
Trade Negotiations. Her
presentation is entitled “In-
Chiangus Classic Will Feature Black Steer Show
OZARK, Ark. - The 1987
Chiangus Classic, scheduled for
Nov. 7 and 8, 1987 in Tulsa,
Oklahoma, will introduce a black
steer show. All steers in the show
must be black, no baldies, brockle
faced cattle or reds. The steer
show is designed essentially the
same as the breeding cattle show
with sponsors who are primarily
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Another feature of the Chiangus
Classic Black Steer Show will be
that all prize money will be paid in
cash as each winning exhibitor
leaves the show ring.
The three men judging each
year’s Chiangus Classic breeding
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fluencing Demand for Beef. ’ ’
The Cattleman’s Forum also
includes a panel of producers who
are involved in cattle feeding and
packing. Moderated by Roy
Wallace of Select Sires, Plain City,
Ohio, the panel will discuss
“Producing for the New Beef
Industry.” Members of the panel
are Dr. Dean Danilson, coor
dinator of the American Light Beef
Association, Auburn, Alabama;
Max Deets, general manager of
Solomon Valley Feedlot, Beloit,
Kansas; and Leon Miller,
president of Alta Verde Industries,
Eagle Press, Texas.
Headquartered at the famed
Opryland Hotel in Nashville, the
Convention schedule offers a
number of recreational events in
addition to formal Convention
activities.
show will also judge the Black
Steer Show. Judges for the 1987
Chiangus Classic will be Dr.
Harlan Ritchie, Michigan State
University, East Lansing,
Michigan; James C. Linthicum,
JCL Cattle Company, Welch,
Oklahoma; and Dr. John Edwards,
Texas A&M University, College
Station, Texas.
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BEAVERTOWN - On Jan. 16,
RPM Farms, Beavertown, held
their annual winter sale, with
receipts totaling $67,600 for the 195
head. The 104 head of purebred
boars and gilts averaged $453.
The top-selling animal was Lot
105, selling for $1075, purchased by
Daily Strickland, Nichols, SC. The
hog was a Yorkshire boar, RTB6
Paramount 97-3.
The top-selling Yorkshire bred
gilt was Lot 33, purchased by
Florence Confer, State College, for
$550. The top-selling Landrace
bred-gilt was Lot 55, purchased by
Daily Strickland. SC. for $575. The
Charolais Assoc.
Names New Leader
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Willard
Walker of Walker Charolais Ranch
at Springdale, Ark., assumed the
leadership role of the American-
International Charolais
Association at the recent annual
membership meeting in Denver,
succeeding Tim Reich of Belle
Fourche, S.D. The AICA
represents approximately 3,300
Charolais and Charbray breeders
from throughout the United States
and several other countries.
Headquarters for the 1987
Chiangus Classic and Black Steer
Show will be the Doubletree Hotel,
6100 South Yale, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
For more information call Jack
Phillips at (501) 667-4876 or write:
Chiangus Classic, Inc., POB 658,
Ozark, Arkansas 72949.
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top-selling Landrace boar was Lot
114, purchased by Heber Cox
Washington, NC. for $5OO.
• 91 Commercial Open Gilts $226.
The auctioneer was Mike Jones,
West Point, Ga. This sale offering
sold into 11 different states. RPM
Farms’ spring sale is scheduled for
Apr. 10.
Walker, an AICA member since
1968 and active in Charolais af
fairs, was first elected to the AICA
Board in 1980. He served as the
treasurer in 1983 and 1984 and was
re-elected as Area 10 director and
vice president in 1986. In addition,
Walker has been a member of the
Rules and Ethics Committee for
many years and served on the
relocation committee when the
AICA office was moved from
Houston to Kansas City.
Willard and his wife, Pat, have
been extremely supportive of the
American-International Junior
Charolais Association. To assure
that some of these young breeders
can further their educations, the
Walkers recently made a generous
donation of $50,000 to the AIJCA
scholarship fund.
Sale averages were as follows
• 31 Yorkshire bred gilts $449.
• 43 Yorkshire Boars $464.
• 74 Yorkshires $458.
■ 25 Landrace Bred Gilts $464.
• 5 Landrace Boars $342.
• 30 Landrace $442.