ASSOCIATION Next Geeratio Postcard from a NJAA director ad state spotlights. Compiled by Kasey Miller. The true impact of the showrig Agus juior wis North America writig cotest The most importat life lessos juiors lear are i the showrig. This might seem a bit biased, but whe you thik about it, it makes perfect sese. From a youg age our juiors have a passio istilled i them to be successful. This drives them to set goals, be competitive ad to achieve what they set their mid to. With so may of America s youth sittig i frot of televisio screes all day playig the latest video game or watchig reality TV, I thik that ecouragig participatio i orgaizatios like the Natioal Juior Agus Associatio (NJAA) is crucial to buildig our idustry s leaders of tomorrow. Mollie Lastovica, a Texas A&M Uiversity ag commuicatios, jouralism ad political sciece major from Fredericksburg, Texas, has wo the studet divisio of the North America Agricultural Jouralists writig cotest. Lastovica, a juior, will receive the award ad a $750 travel stiped at the associatio s coferece April 8 at the Natioal Press Club i Washigto, D.C. Her story, Farmers Fight, was called a example of the importat role of studet jouralists iformig the public of developmets i agriculture o college campuses, by judge Pat Waters, retired busiess editor of the Omaha World-Herald. The writer produced a taut, iformative piece about Farmers Fight, a studet orgaizatio formed with the surprisig goal of promotig agriculture i a state where rachig/beef productio is kig, Waters said. The grassroots orgaizatio was formed after the Texas A&M studet ewspaper published a egative article about agriculture ad Yahoo listed agriculture as oe of the top five useless college degrees. Lastovica s article appeared i the magazie DRIVE. Life lessos I additio to teachig goal settig, showig cattle also teaches juiors to dress for success, to maitai good eye cotact with idividuals, to be dedicated, ad to practice hard at home so both the aimal ad the showma will be comfortable i the rig. Does ay of this rig a bell? I ve pulled from may of these qualities i may Jeifer Ewig situatios throughout my life, especially iterviews. Showig teaches professioalism to juiors at a youg age, which is hard for may kids to grasp. Perhaps the most importat thig that the showrig teaches our juiors is somethig that does ot come easy to most of us. Noetheless, we are faced with this multiple times throughout our lives to be humble. Eve whe juiors put i coutless hours i the bar, sometimes the judge sees it a differet way, ad we are forced to smile ad cogratulate aother juior for wiig. I my experiece, this is the last skill to fully develop i our youth, but it defiitely is the oe that will make the largest impact o our lives i the future. It is absolutely critical that we realize ad uderstad the huge impact that the showrig plays o juiors lives i the log ru. Our juiors are i a high demad i the workforce i ad out of the agricultural sector. This is because of the work ethic ifused i them at a youg age, but also because of the other life skills that they have gaied through experieces available to them through the NJAA that other youth may lack. The NJAA is a outstadig orgaizatio that truly builds juiors to be the best perso they ca be. Oe day I ll be proud to sig my kids up to become members of the NJAA ad, rest assured, they will be better people because of it. Jeifer Ewig, Illiois NJAA BOARD OF DIRECTORS TERMS UP IN 2013 JANLEE ROWLETT, Teessee, chairperso, jalee.rowlettokstate.edu SALLY YON, South Carolia, vice chairperso, sallyyg.clemso.edu JENNIFER EWING, Illiois, commuicatios director, ewig6illiois.edu MEGAN AHEARN, Texas, Foudatio director, mega.ahearbba08.mccombs.utexas.edu KELLI RETALLICK, Wiscosi, leadership director, kretallickwisc.edu MEGHAN BLYTHE, Kasas, membership director, mblythe7k-state.edu TERMS UP IN 2014 JACY ALSUP, Arkasas, jacyaokstate.edu MAGGIE JASPER, Ketucky, jasper_maggieyahoo.com DANIEL MCFARLAND, Louisiaa, daiel_mcfrldyahoo.com LUKE NORD, Miesota, ljord5hotmail.com JENA WAGNER, Motaa, jealee.wagergmail.com PAIGE WALLACE, Missouri, paigeawallacegmail.com 34 ANGUSJoural NJAA ON FACEBOOK: http://o.fb.me/p2sldu Visit the NJAA web site at www.jaa.ifo. Sulliva Supply, Stock Show Uiversity scholarship deadlie April 15 The deadlie to apply for the distiguished $20,000 Sulliva Supply/Stock Show Uiversity Scholarship is April 15, 2013. Cadidates must be a graduatig high school seior or college studet 21 years of age or youger ad a U.S. or Caadia residet. Please visit www.sullivasupply.com for a applicatio ad more iformatio o this program. Easter states get ready for a showdow Make plas to atted the 2013 Easter Regioal Juior Agus Show (ERJAS) Jue 21-23 i Harriosburg, Va., at the Rockigham Couty Fairgrouds. Themed Sheadoah Showdow, the evet will give exhibitors the opportuity to migle with ew ad old frieds while exhibitig Agus cattle. ERJAS Cattle Shows. The weeked evet
kicks off Friday, Jue 21, with check-i startig at 9 a.m. ad opeig ceremoies at 1 p.m. Followig opeig ceremoies is the showmaship cotest, which is sure to be a highlight of opeig day with seior, itermediate, juior ad peewee competitios. The cattle show begis at 8 a.m. Saturday, Jue 22, with the steers. The show cotiues Saturday with the cow-calf pairs, bred-adowed (B&O) bulls ad B&O heifers. The show resumes Suday, Jue 23, with the owed heifer show. ERJAS Cotests ad Activities. The CorHole Touramet ad Tailgate competitios allow exhibitors to ejoy friedly competitio outside of the showrig. The CorHole touramet, or beabag toss, will begi 5:30 p.m. Friday with two divisios, adult ad juior. A champioship roud will take place Saturday to coclude the show. The tailgate cotest also takes place o Friday ad challeges each state to showcase its favorite team or state theme with awards for a best recipe ad theme. Saturday evets also iclude the Beef Skillatho ad juior social. The skillatho begis at 11 a.m. ad exhibitors ca come ad go as they please. The quiz will ask juiors to idetify farm equipmet, feed, cuts of meat ad beef breeds. Juiors will also get the chace to judge a class of Agus cattle. The bar dace ad social begis at 8 p.m. at the fairgrouds. ERJAS Commuity Service Project. This year, ERJAS participats will help support the Roald McDoald House Charities through a commuity-service project. Prior to the show, each juior ad their family are asked to collect pop tabs to support the Richmod Roald McDoald House. Lida Alexader, adult chairperso for the ERJAS, says that sice the Virgiia Juior Agus Associatio took over this service project, the group has doated several feed sacks of tabs each year. We ask that juiors start collectig pop tabs ow, so whe Jue rolls aroud we ca give the best doatio yet, Alexader says. Etry Details. Cattle etries must be postmarked by May 15 for delivery to the Natioal Juior Agus Associatio. No late etries are accepted. Juior members who have purchased a heifer that they wat to show, but are havig trouble gettig the registratio trasferred to them, should cotact the Associatio at least two weeks prior to the show owership deadlie. Every effort will be made to get the trasfer processed i time. Late trasfers are ever accepted, regardless of the reaso. Exhibitors may wat to make reservatios at earby hotels, where the Associatio has room blocks reserved: CONTINUED ON PAGE 36 z Texas Jr. Agus Ass Aual Baquet, Fort Worth, Ja. 26 Texas Jr. Agus Ass officers are (from left) Haah Steph, Tatum, secretary; Chaler Havel, College Statio, secod vice presidet; Julie Williams, Idalou, first vice presidet; Jacob Steph, Tatum, presidet; Robert Dolso, Hico, treasurer; Tye Williams, Idalou, reporter; ad Derek Wolf, Widthorst, historia. Directors of the Texas Jr. Agus Ass are (frot row, from left) Reaga Johso, Lake Creek; Dyla Dey, Lubbock; Colter Pohlma ad Cutter Pohlma, both of Hereford; Kate Williams, Idalou; Jer- emiah Steph, Tatum; (back row, from left) Trey Harvey, Joaqui; Agie Evas, Proctor; Taer Hash, Archer City; ad Emma Nowoty, New Braufels. Chaler Havel (left), College Statio, Texas, was crowed Miss Texas Agus. Also pictured is Julie Williams, Idalou, 2012 Miss Texas Agus. Dyla Dey (right), Lubbock, Texas, receives Rookie of the Year from Julie Williams. Jacob Steph (left), Tatum, receives the Kate Williams (left), Idalou, ad Trey Harvey (right), gavel as the ew presidet of the Texas Jr. Joaqui, receive their Broze awards from regioal Agus Ass from 2012 Presidet Tylee Jo Williams, Rio Vista. maager Radale Tier. ANGUSJoural 35
z NEXT GENERATION CONTINUED FROM PAGE 35 Coutry I & Suites, 540-433-2400; Holiday I Express, 540-433-9999; ad Microtel I & Suites, 540-437-3777. z Ohio Agus Ass Aual Meetig ad Baquet, Plai City, Feb. 2 Visit www.agus.org/jaa or www.2013erjas.com for more iformatio. 2013-2014 Hery C. Gardier Scholarship wiers aouced Twety-oe applicats were received ad six fialists were iterviewed for 20132014 Hery C. Gardier Scholarships. Tyler Schultz, Havilad, Ka., ad Jared Wy, Ashlad, Ohio, were awarded the hoors. Applicats are evaluated o academic excellece, work ethic, leadership potetial ad attitude. Recipiets must express a iterest i aimal geetics, aimal utritio, aimal health, reproductive maagemet, agribusiess maagemet or marketig. It is excitig to participate i this process ad see firsthad the outstadig caliber of applicats, said Mark Gardier. Just as Hery Gardier did more tha 60 years ago, Jared Wy (left), Ashlad, Ohio, ad Tyler Schultz (right), Havilad, Ka., were awarded the Hery C. Gardier Scholarships for 20132014. Both are juiors at Kasas State Uiversity, Mahatta, Ka. CONTINUED ON PAGE 38 z Dixie Natioal Roll of Victory (ROV) Agus Show, Jackso, Miss., Feb. 10 Carolie Witer, Ashville, receives the Juior Silver Laure Grimes (left), Hillsboro, re Show Award sposored by Paradise Cattle Co. This award ceives the Girls Bred-ad-Owed Silver is preseted aually to a exhibitor 12 years old or youger. Pictured are (from left) James, Carolie, Sharo ad Christia Witer. Show Award, sposored by Kigsway Agus, from Joh Kig. Laure Grimes (left), Hillsboro, re- Will Harsh, Rador, receives the Boys Bred-ad-Owed ceives the Girls Silver Show Award, Silver Show Award sposored by Eger Farms. Pictured sposored by Turkey Ru Agus, from Ket Bauma. are (from left) Kelvi Eger, presetig; Will Harsh, recipiet; ad Christia ad Shaw Howell, presetig. Left: Will Harsh (right), Rador, receives the Boys Silver Show Award, sposored by Gahler Farms, from Alle Gahler. Right: Carolie Mill er (right), Lidsey, was crowed Miss Ohio Agus. She is pictured with Ly Hill, Ohio Agus Ladies Auxiliary. Left: Officers of the Ohio Jr. Agus Ass are (from Mississippi Agus royalty are (frot row, from left) Haah Beatty, Moroe, juior pricess; Emree Sifford, Terry, juior pricess; (back row, from left) Sophie Wilkerso, Pulaski, pricess; ad Hayde Neal, Forest, Miss Mississippi Agus. 36 ANGUSJoural left) Carolie Miller, Lidsey, secretary; Mega Huker, Bellevue, vice presidet; Laure Grimes, presidet; ad Lydia Dace, treasurer, both of Hillsboro.
z Pesylvaia Farm Show, Harrisburg, Ja. 5 Pesylvaia Jr. Agus Ass officers are (seated, from left) Ruby Mo, Pesylvaia Jr. Agus Ass directors are (seated, from left) Kyle Liv Shippesburg, secretary; Kayce Myers, Wellsville, presidet; Shelby igsto, Dover; Adrea Foore, Seve Valleys; Elizabeth Trowbridge, MeDea, New Castle, vice presidet; Claudia Hissog, Greecastle, treasurer; (stadig, from left) Alexis Cash, York, assistat secretary; Daiel Rohrbaugh, Seve Valleys, ews reporter; Huter Voight, Fredericksburg, assistat ews reporter; ad Nate Briggs, New Bloomfield, assistat treasurer. shoppe; Clay Myers, Wellsville; (stadig, from left) Kate Livigsto, Dover; Bailey Druck, York; ad Alysha Sweitzer, Wellsville. ANGUSJoural 37
z NEXT GENERATION Caadia Agus youth to represet i New Zealad we are cofidet that Tyler ad Jared will complete their academic edeavors at K-State ad retur to their respective beef operatios to make decisios ad implemet practices that beefit our food-aimal productio system. The Hery C. Gardier Scholarship is possible through the geerous cotributios of Gardier customers, frieds ad family i a effort to cotiue the legacy of Hery Gardier. Studets classified as a risigjuior, juior or seior, either erolled i or plaig to eroll at Kasas State Uiversity with a major i aimal sciece & idustry or closely related field may apply. Scholarships are awarded aually to studets meetig rigorous criteria ad exhibitig a passio to focus o improvig the beef idustry. More iformatio ca be foud at www.gardieragus.com. The Caadia Agus Associatio o behalf of the Caadia Agus Foudatio (CAF) aouced those chose to represet Caadia Agus i New Zealad for the 2013 PGG Wrightso World Agus Forum durig the Youth Program. Cogratulatios to those members chose to compete o three teams of four Stacey Domolewski, Taber, Alta.; Sea Eright, Refrew, Ot.; Ty Dietrich, Forestburg, Alta.; Erika Easto, Wawota, Sask.; Kaitly Bolduc, Stavely, Alta.; Matthew Bates, Camero, Ot.; Chad Lorez, Markerville, Alta.; Patrick Hollad, Motague, PEI; Melissa McRae, Brado, Ma.; Auste Aderso, Swa River, Ma.; Michael Hargrave, Maxwell, Ot.; ad Jared Huter, Didsbury, Alta. Iitially, CAF had committed to sedig up to eight idividuals for two Caadia teams to the competitio. After reviewig applicatios, the additioal four studets CONTINUED FROM PAGE 36 were made possible by a additioal cotributio from the CAA board of directors to fiacially support this program to iclude fudig for three teams of four. The CAF has committed to fiacially gettig these teams to New Zealad for a couple of years ow with fudraisig efforts, said Michael Latimer, CAA geeral maager. The iteratioal opportuity to lear from breeders i New Zealad is a uique experiece, ad it was very gratifyig to see so may excellet applicats from all regios across Caada, said Chairma of the Foudatio Doug Fee. Team members will travel Oct. 2-18, 2013, to Palmersto North, North Islad, New Zealad, for a five-sectio cotest, icludig geeral kowledge, paradig (presetatio, showmaship ad sportsmaship with a Agus aimal), stock judgig, aimal preparatio (clip a aimal for show) ad agri-sports (hads-o team challege ivolvig day-to-day tasks). Team members will also have the chace to visit Agus studs z Louisiaa Juior Agus Ass Aual Baquet, Gozales, Feb. 10 The Louisiaa Jr. Agus Ass officers ad di rectors iclude (stadig) Daiel McFarlad, NJAA board member; (seated, from left) Kately Corsetio, Deham Sprigs, presidet; Isaac McFarlad, Keithville, vice presidet; Trevor Soier, Pieville, secod vice presidet; Zachary Brasseaux, Logville, secretary; Faith Guice, Dowsville, historia; (seated, back row, from left) Lea Johso, Choudrat; Abigail Jekis, Bush; Lily Gisclair, Logville; ad Dyla Darboe, Opelousas, La. Jacob Chicola (left), Deville, ad Nacy Bick ham (right), Sait Fracisville, receive Louisiaa Agus Auxiliary scholarships from Melaie Ourso, Louisiaa Agus Auxiliary. Kara LeBeouf (left), Deridder, receives Louisiaa Agus royalty are (from left) Faith Guice, the Rookie of the Year award from Patti Dowsville, 2012 pricess; Lily Gisclair, Logville, Hymel, juior advisor. Left: Zachary Brasseaux (left), Logville, La., receives the Friedship Award from Joshua Scott. Right: Votig delegates for this year s Na tioal Juior Agus Show are (from left) Ja- cob Chicola, Deville; Nacy Bickham, Sait Fracisville; Kately Corsetio, Deham Sprigs, first alterate; ad Trevor Soier, Pieville, secod alterate. 38 ANGUSJoural 2013 pricess; Kately Corsetio, Deham Sprigs, 2013 quee; ad Nacy Bickham, Sait Fracisville, 2012 quee.
i the area ad prepare aimals for the World Agus Forum. Ivestig i the youth program will provide ivaluable experiece i the skills ad leadership for the future of world Agus orgaizatios, said the WAF Orgaizig Committee. This is a great opportuity for Agus youth to make friedships ad cotacts that will last a lifetime ad further stregthe the Agus breed. z North Carolia Agus Ass Aual Meetig & Baquet, Wisto-Salem, Ja. 26 Brooke Harward (left), Richfield, re- ceives the Hadbook Dedicatio Award from James Scarlett, 2012 North Carolia Agus Ass presidet, ad Suzae Brewer, North Carolia Agus Ass executive secretary. Editor s Note: This colum is compiled by Associate Editor Kasey Miller. To submit your Next Geeratio item, email kaseymiller agusjoural.com or call 816-383-5277. ANGUSJoural 39