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Gelbvieh Honors Member Of The
Year, Hall Of Fame Inductees
DENVER, Colo. Each year
the American Gelbvieh Associa
tion honors those who laid the
solid foundation for the Ameri
can Gelbvieh Association and
those who continue to help Gelb
vieh grow.
The AGA Hall of Fame Award
honors a pioneer in the Gelbvieh
breed that made a lasting contri
bution. The 2002 AGA Hall of
Fame inductees were Fred and
Lee Kummerfeld of Santa Clar
ita, Calif., and formerly of the
101 Ranch of Moorcroft, Wyo.
The Kummerfelds were honored
during the AGA National Con
vention in Denver.
The Kummerfelds were active
ly involved in the early years of
the American Gelbvieh Associa
tion. Kummerfelds 101 Ranch
raised some of the great bulls and
American Angus Association Offers
Registration Number 14 Million
RENO, Nev. The American
Angus Association will offer reg
istration number 14000000 for
sale at live auction Sunday, April
21, during the Western National
Angus Futurity in Reno, Nev.
The auction will take place just
before the selection of grand
champion female during the
females in the Gelbvieh breed.
They promoted the new breed
through exhibiting at many state
fairs and regional farm shows.
Lee Kummerfeld helped to or
ganize the American Gelbvieh
Junior Association and assisted
in hosting many national junior
shows.
The Kummerfelds were forced
to leave their ranch in 1993 due
to failing health caused by an un
known source on the ranch. They
left behind a long history in the
cattle industry and their contri
butions to the Gelbvieh breed
were not forgotten.
The AGA Member of the Year
nominees come from state or re
gional associations to honor an
AGA member they feel has gone
above and beyond the call of
duty. Rick Soelzer .of Piedmont,
S.D., earned the AGA Member of
show, which is the 2002 National
Angus Show and a Roll of Victo
ry (ROV) super point show.
“We’re excited about offering
this truly unique registration
number at auction for any mem
ber to purchase,” says John
Crouch, interim executive vice
president for the American
the Year award and was honored
at a luncheon during the AGA
National Convention in Denver.
Rick Soelzer, along with his
wife Colleen, owns and operates
Piedmont Valley Gelbvieh in
western South Dakota. The
South Dakota Gelbvieh Associa
tion nominated Soelzer as AGA
Member of the Year. Soelzer has
served on many state and nation
al committees and served as
AGA President in 1998.
The South Dakota Gelbvieh
Association nominated Soelzer to
honor his leadership in hosting
the 2001 AGJA Black Hills Gold
Classic in Rapid City, S.D. As
the planning committee member
closest to the host site, Soelzer
took on additional responsibility
to coordinate sponsorships, work
with the Central States Fair staff
and arrange many other details.
Angus Association.
does reaching registration num-
ber 14 million represent a mile-
stone for the breed, the proceeds
from the sale of the number will
help provide more opportunities
for our Angus youth.”
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The 2002 American Gelbvieh As
sociation Sire Summary is now
available to commercial and
seedstock cattle producers. This
year’s summary contains 1,136
Progeny Tested sires and 665 Ge
netic Indicator sires. The Univer
sity of Georgia completes the
Gelbvieh National Cattle Evalua
tion twice per year.
New to this year’s sire sum
mary are two EPDs recently un
veiled by the American Gelbvieh
Association. The Grid Merit EPD
assigns a value to the carcass
traits that a sire passes to his
progeny.
With the Grid Merit EPD, per
formance is measured in a dollar
value associated with marketing
progeny on a value-based grid.
The Stayability EPD is a predic
tion of the ability of a cow to pro
duce a calf after the age of six.
Longevity in a cowherd is key to
covering the costs associated with
developing females and adding
them to your herd. Stayablity is
the best indicator currently avail
able for measuring reproductive
performance.
“Not only
American Gelbvieh Association
Elects New Leaders
DENVER, Colo. The Amer
ican Gelbvieh Association elected
new directors to its board of di
rectors during its annual conven
tion in Denver, Colo., January
12-13. Seven candidates vied for
five positions on the AGA Board
of Directors.
Elected as new directors were
Bob Betzelberger of San Jose, 111.;
Stuart Jarvis of Phillipsburg,
Kan.; and Lee Miller of New
Ullin, N.D. All will serve a three
year term on the AGA board of
directors.
Re-elected to their second term
on the AGA board of directors
were Steve Munger of Highmore,
S.D.; and Grant Thayer of
Ramah, Colo. Both men had al
ready served a three-year term on
the AGA Board.
New officers were also elected
to serve the association for the
coming year. Elected president of
the 1,900 member American
Gelbvieh Association was Bill
Wilkinson of Model, Colo. Wil
kinson owns and operates Wil
kinson Gelbvieh Ranch with his
wife, Nancy, and daughter, Syd-
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2002 Gelbvieh Sire
Summary Available
Randall G. Renninger
Certified Public Accountant
The American Gelbvieh Asso
ciation hr., required performance
data on all registered animals for
the last 30 years. In the past five
years, the AGA’s performance re
cord database has nearly dou
bled. The AGA has also lead the
way in calculating new EPDs on
important traits like calving ease
and gestation length.
The number of sires with car
cass EPDs has increased through
the Sire Carcass Test Program, a
structured progeny evaluation.
This program provides free
semen to commercial cowherds
willing to collect and report car
cass data. For more information
on this program contact the AGA
office at 30’/t65-2333.
Contact the AGA today to re
ceive your free copy of the 2002
Gelbvieh Sire Summary or find
all animals in the AGA database
on the AGA website at
www.gelbvieh.org . The website
features a convenient searchable
format to sort sires by set param
eters. For more information on
the Gelbvieh breed and its pro
grams, call 30'/i65-2333 or visit
the AGA website.
ney.
The new vice president is Steve
Munger of Warner, S.D. Munger
is the managing partner for Eagle
Pass Ranch near Highmore, S.D.
Munger works with his wife Deb,
who takes care of the records for
Eagle Pass.
Elected secretary for the com
ing year was John Carrel of Co
lumbus, Mont. Carrel is manager
of Beartooth Ranch.
Grant Thayer of Ramah,
Colo., will serve as AGA trea
surer this year.
Others serving on the AGA
Board of Directors include: Todd
Bickett, Chickamauga, Ga.; Bill
Clark, Barnard, Kan.; Stan
Clements, Jr., Ninety Six, S.C.;
Don Estes, Marion, N.C.; Alan
Hojer, DeSmet, S.D.; Jay John
son, Happy, Texas; Tom
Scarponcini, Rushford, Minn.;
and Steve Tarvin, Chickamauga,
Ga.
For more information on AGA
programs call the American
Gelbvieh Association at
303-465-2333 or visit the AGA
website at www.gelbvieh.org.
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