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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 17350 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

Greetings! It is hard to believe that summer is already over and we are moving into fall. Now is the time we start looking over our herds, pre-conditioning and weaning calves, pregnancy testing our cows and making plans for the future. Speaking of the future, we as Aberdeen breeders have things to look forward to as well. Starting this fall, Dean Pike will be taking a booth to several state and regional cattle meetings and conventions where he

will represent the association. He will distribute our promotional materials and be talking to commercial cattlemen about what our cattle can do for them. The Board is very excited about this new promotional tool and what it can do for our association. Remember that Board of Director elections will be held this fall. There are three seats up for election this fall. David Shockey, Wade Coffey and I are cur rently at the end of our terms, and I am not eligible to run again. Please think about members who would be good Board members, read the updated rules to see the Board member qualifications and, most importantly, vote. We have a new sale manager for the National Sale that will be held at the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colo., in January 2019. The manage ment company is JDA Livestock Marketing and Promotion. The National Sale Committee will be working very closely with them to choose the very best cattle in the breed to represent us at this sale as well as to determine where to advertise and promote the sale. Watch for further communication on the sale. We have made some changes to The Ledger in order to make it more viable. Among those changes, we will no longer be printing show results, EXCEPT for Junior Nationals and the National Show. We also will no longer be printing regional news. We will be putting regional news and other show results on the website instead, so it will still be available to all of our members. We will be printing extra copies of The Ledger for Dean to take to the state and regional meetings and conventions to hand out. This will make your advertising dollars go even further, so consider an ad in the next issue of The Ledger . I know we all have a busy fall in front of us, so I wish you good luck. Re member to always be kind to each other. TL ABERDEEN SALE REPORT Effertz EZ Ranch 12th Annual Focus on Efficiency Sale June 2, 2018  Bismarck, N.D.

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

SALE AVERAGES 11 Fullblood Females

$4,236 $1,560 $5,450 $2,775 $2,714 $2,400

24 Moderator and Pureblood Females

5 4

Fullblood Bulls Moderator Bulls

44 Live Lots

2

Embryo Packages

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

55 Straws of Semen $119 On June 1, Aberdeen breeders from across the United States enjoyed a terrific presentation from Jerry Doan, Black Leg Ranch, McKenzie, N.D. His “Top Ten Ways to Increase Profitability” challenged breeders to find their niche and specialty in agriculture. He talked about various tools, including cover crops, cattle selection and calving in cycle with the weather to assist in profitability and enjoyment of business in agriculture. Saturday before the sale, Jay Fuhrer, conservationist with North Dakota’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, presented a hands-on soil demon stration. Continued 

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