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Hereford Youth Gather In Kansas City
For PRIDE Convention
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Here
ford youth from across the nation
gathered in Kansas City, Mo.,
Oct. 24-26, to celebrate “Going
Above and Beyond with Here
fords” at the 2003 PRIDE Con
vention.
The Program for Reaching In
dividuals Determined to Excel
(PRIDE) featured many out
standing speakers and leadership
driven workshops.
Other weekend highlights in
cluded seminars focusing on
leadership, teamwork, livestock
judging, and web marketing.
PRIDE delegates also enjoyed
tours of two of Kansas City’s
most exciting landmarks. The
Kansas City Board of Trade and
Science City/Union Station.
The brightest and best youth
the Hereford breed has to offer
kicked off PRIDE by participat
ing in the skill related contests.
After contests wrapped-up and
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Weekly Dairy
Market Outlook
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cattle with Canada remains in effect and Califor
nia’s growth rate in milk output remains stunted.
This will slow the drop in cheese prices as inven
tories are reduced. Butter prices, however, still
have room to drop as inventories are higher than
normal. Thus, producers should look for oppor
tunities to lock in the first two quarters 0f2004.
As of Friday, the Chicago Mercantile Ex
change futures for the first two quarters of 2004
were above the S-year average prices, particular
ly for the second quarter (up $0.28 per CWT). I
would certainly consider locking in some milk for
these prices, but would also advise waiting until
Dec. 4 to get the Dairy Products report. That will
allow us to better measure commercial disap
pearance of butter and American cheese through
October.
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the tour of Kansas City attrac
tions, Barrett Keene, Gainsville,
Fla., delivered the address.
Opening ceremonies followed
with enthusiastic state cheers
that led to the National Junior
Hereford Association (NJHA)
Board of Director skit that fea
tured the entire NJHA board.
The skit was derived based on
the Star Trek theme and how the
voyage was to save the Hereford
breed and to capitalize on the
breed’s strengths.
Saturday, Angie Stump-Den
ton, Web Marketing Director for
the Angus Journal, St. Joseph,
Mo., spoke about managing a
complete web-marketing pro
gram to help sell one’s product
and service. The program contin
ued with the convention delega
tion moving into various work
shops. Dr. Dan Moser, Kansas
State University, Manhattan,
Kan., covered what the Hereford
breeds needs to focus on to help
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take back its market share. Jay
Carlson, Beef Magazine, Over
land Park, Kan., addressed what
Hereford juniors need to do as in
dividuals and as a group to
promote Herefords.
NJHA board members who
also compete on collegiate live
stock and meats judging teams
shared their knowledge and expe
rience with the delegates, pres
enting a workshop on cattle eval
ution and reasons.
The awards luncheon took
place at Kansas City’s Union
Station and the Hereford House
catered the meal. The American
Royal Ambassadors, “The Royal
Six,” gave an overview of their
position with the American Royal
and invited any young person in
attendance to consider applying
for the ambassador position. The
luncheon concluded with the rec
ognition of several outstanding
juniors and state junior organiza
tions.
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