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REGISTRATIONS, STAR 5 RECORDINGS AND TRANSFERS BY DISTRICT

SANTA GERTRUDIS

Calendar

NOVEMBER 5

SEPTEMBER 2022 ACTIVE MEMBERS STAR 5

Mountain Laurel Classic Sale, Calhoun, Ga.

11-12 Quail Valley Farms Bull & Female Sale, Blountsville, Ala. 15

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Santa Gertrudis Point Show at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo entry deadline North American International Livestock Expo, Louisville, Ky.

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Juniors By Carley Jones, Treasurer and District 2 Director SANTA GERTRUDIS South Texas Heritage Sale, Robstown, Texas 20 2023 Semen Catalog reservation deadline 2023 JANUARY 16 Santa Gertrudis Point Show, Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo, Fort Worth, Texas FEBRUARY 1-3 Cattle Industry Convention & NCBA Trade Show, New Orleans, La. 10 Banners & Buckles Sale, Jackson, Miss. 11 Dixie National Livestock Show & Rodeo, Jackson, Miss. 18 Wendt’s Super Santa Sale, Bay City, Texas MARCH 18 Bluebonnet Classic Sale, Bloomington, Texas 23 Texas Alliance Sale, Bloomington, Texas 25 Purple Reign Sale II, Magnolia, Ark. 31 Elite Cut Female Sale, Bosque, N.M. APRIL 1 Red Hot Bull Sale, Bosque, N.M. 15 American Cattle Enterprise Brangus and Santa Gertrudis Bull Sale, Deville, La. 22 Crimson Classic Sale, Cullman, Ala. 27-29 SGBI Annual Meeting, Amarillo, Texas MAY 13 Santa Gertrudis Breeders of the Carolinas Sale, TBD

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FOR SGBI REGISTRATIONS CONTACT: Diana Ruiz P.O. Box 1257, Kingsville, Texas 78364 | diana@santagertrudis.com Phone: (361) 592-9357 • Fax: (361) 592-8572

SANTA GERTRUDIS WELCOMES

New Members

Active Members Big Thicket Santa Gertrudis, Kountze, Texas Broken Ankle Ranch, Rosenberg, Texas Flying H Farms, Moody, Texas Amazing Grace Cattle Farm, Nettleton, Miss. Commercial Members

Avery Haines, Richmond, Texas Emma Pinkerton, Alvord, Texas Karsyn Dodson, Campbell, Texas Kimber Halbert, Whitney, Texas Lexi Robertson, Glen Rose, Texas Ransom McElwain, Beeville, Texas Stella Mayfield, Joshua, Texas Elijah Gonzales, Perry, Ark. Graci Collins, Tupelo, Miss. Peyton Collins, Tupelo, Miss.

Caroline Pool, Huntsville, Texas Chad Jenkins, De Queen, Ark. Junior Members Allison Atkinson, Rio Hondo, Texas Andrew Garza Jr., San Juan, Texas

M y name is Carley Jones, and I am from Lake City, Fla. I am serv ing my second term on the junior board. While taking full advantage of – and thoroughly enjoying – my senior year of high school, I am already looking forward to moving to Georgia in the fall of 2023 to attend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College

social media sure comes in handy when marketing. Every time I pick up my phone, I see some kind of advertisement. We, as breeders, can take advantage of these same (and mostly free) opportunities to advertise and promote cattle, sales and events. In addition to our personal profiles, social media groups and pages that are geared toward a specific audience have played a big part in online marketing. Selling CONTINUED ON PAGE 17 

in pursuit of a bachelor’s degree in agribusiness. With that degree and a future career in the agricultural field in mind, I’m glad I was chosen to submit an article in this month’s Santa Gertrudis USA . I think we can all agree on how attached everyone has become to their phones and how much social media has taken over the world. While it comes with its downsides,

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