The-Ledger-Spring2018

AMERICAN ABERDEEN ASSOCIATION 19590 East Main Street, Suite 104 Parker, CO 80138 • (303) 840-4343 info@americanaberdeen.com www.americanaberdeen.com BOARD OF DIRECTORS President JANIS BLACK • 2J Livestock PO Box 50693 • Casper, WY 82605-0693 (307) 234-0331 • (307) 262-1279 2jlivestock@gmail.com Vice President GARY GILBERT • Gilbert Aberdeen Angus 3986 Lindahl Rd. • Hermantown, MN 55810 (218) 348-7877 tgjgilbert@aol.com Secretary ROB FANNING • Fanning Cattle Co. 877 Oakland Lane • Harrodsburg, KY 40330 (309) 373-2996 fanningcattleco@yahoo.com Director WADE COFFEY • 7C Aberdeen Cattle Co. 4001 W Glencoe Rd. • Stillwater, OK 74075 (405) 880-6908 coffeyiron@cowboy.net Director NEIL EFFERTZ • Effertz EZ Ranch 18350 Hwy 1804 N.• Bismarck, ND 58503 (701) 471-0153 effertz@bektel.com www.loala.com Director DARWIN ENGELKES • Pine Hurst Farm 16927 H Ave. • Wellsburg, IA 50680 (319) 415-0540 pinehurstfarm@live.com Director DAVID SHOCKEY • Muddy Creek Ranch 101 Muddy Creek Rd. • Wilsall, MT 59086 (406) 600-7179 dshockey44@live.com www.muddycreekranchlowlines.com

PRESIDENT ’S COLUMN  JANIS BLACK

I hope this finds all of you well! I want to welcome the new members of the Ameri can Aberdeen Association (AAA) Board of Directors – Neil Effertz, Gary Gilbert and Rob Fanning. I am looking forward to working with them in the coming year. The Breeder Services Committee has formed a sub-committee to work with the AAA office on find ing ways to make things run more efficiently. The of fice will be converting to new software March 1, and af ter that transition we will begin working on this. We have also formed a sub-committee to make “how-to” videos. We will

begin working on these in the near future. These videos will cover everything from how to tattoo your animal to how to fill out a registration paper. We are also working on having some member boot camps or field days to demonstrate how to do these same things. We hope these will be helpful for our members. I look forward to working for and with all of you this year, and I hope we can bring everyone together to work toward the common goal of promoting our cattle. Please be kind to one another. TL

AAA WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS

Junior Members (13) Jozlyn Lee, Mount Pleasant, Iowa Samantha Parmer, New Virgina, Iowa Gigi Olson, Mount Pleasant, Iowa Allyson Taylor, Hayden, Idaho Hill Camden, Neoga, Ill. Ryan Reeverts, Byron, Ill. Macinzey Maas, Cambridge, Minn. Marissa Fortney, Missoula, Mont. Dakota Fortney, Missoula, Mont. Jake Lakemam, Northwood, N.H. Ruth Lakemam, Northwood, N.H. Hailey Hamilton, Groesbeck, Texas Miranda Morgan, Morgan, Utah Active Members (44) Inch Genetics, Downpatrick, Northern Ireland The Getaway Ranch Living Trust, Show Low, Ariz. Ron Bogue, Bushnell, Fla. Velida Furness, Wesley Chapel, Fla. Hancock Cattle Co., Geneva, Fla. Henry J Farms, Boston, Ga. Charles Allen, Evans, Ga. Circle G Farm, Hopkinton, Iowa Rolling Hills Acreage, Orange City, Iowa TK Farms, New Hartford, Iowa Queen Ester Acres, Mount Pleasant, Iowa Montgomery Cattle Company, Nampa, Idaho Crawford Farms, Dixon, Ill. Yant Farm, Sheridan, Ind. Michael and Jessi Hayre, Hardinsburg, Ind.

Red Roof Ranch, Lawrence, Kan. Abel Farms, La Grange, Ky.

I M Happy Farm LLC, Leesville, La. Hidden Marsh Farm, Jackson, Mich. Homestead Farms LLC, Ottawa Lake, Mich. Jan and Jolene Zuidema, Blomkest, Minn. Mattix Cattle Company, Frenchtown, Mont. Creekside Livestock, Missoula, Mont. Ohlde Livestock, Clarkson, Neb. JL Cattle Company, Schuyler, Neb. Drain Cattle Company, Stratton, Neb. Ronald Bulach, Hamilton, Ohio Double B Cross Livestock, Guymon, Okla. LL Mini Belted Dreams, Pryor, Okla. Cowley Show Cattle, Morrison, Okla. Sullins Ranch, Maud, Okla. Matthew R. Miller, Montgomery, Texas Cedar Bayou Ranch Inc., Baytown, Texas Mill Creek Lowlines, New Ulm, Texas Barton’s Dry Bottom Creek Ranch, Mathis, Texas Ronald Finn, San Antonio, Texas Justin and Jerrica Gregory, Belton, Texas Randy and Gayle Everitt, Pilot Point, Texas Halliedew Anderson, Chehalis, Wash. Jeske Ranch, Spangle, Wash. Driftin G Farms, Port Angeles, Wash. Barbour Farms, Hallstead, Pa. Stev Mars Acres, Ickesburg, Pa. Gerran Freeman, Groves, Texas

AAA Representative  DEAN PIKE

Need assistance in purchasing Aberdeen cattle, marketing your program or herd management? Contact Dean Pike: (303) 810-7605 Dean.pike249@gmail.com

For information about registering animals or membership, contact the AAA Office: 19590 East Main Street, Suite 104 Parker, CO 80138 • (303) 840-4343

iinfo@americanaberdeen.com www.americanaberdeen.com

The American Aberdeen Association is a not-for-profit corporation of North Dakota dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Aberdeen cattle . The International Year Code for 2018 is: F

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