Transcripts Available for the TLBAA General Membership Meetings - Best at West This Weekend! - March 10th Pre-Catalog Consignment Deadline for the May Best at West - TLBAA Members Featured in Southern Living - TLBAA Member’s Wind Turbines Don’t Affect His Cattle Date Change for Mid-Atlantic Longhorn Field Day - E-Trails Breeders Directory Adds Interactive Map TLBAA Board Meetings Announced - Dixie Classic Phone Number Correction: 2008 NTLBA Spring Show Judges Announced! - Drought Conditions Update
Transcripts Available for the TLBAA General Membership Meetings
Now available for download are the transcripts from the TLBAA General Membership Meeting and the TLBAA Board Meeting held on Friday, January 11, 2008, and the expulsion hearing held on Saturday, January 12, 2008.
You may download them from the TLBAA Board Minutes page (Note: Adobe Reader is required to view these PDF documents – download a copy of Adobe at their Web site). If you would like a printed copy of these minutes mailed, there will be a nominal processing fee. Contact Dennis Wright at (817) 625-6241 or dennis@tlbaa.org to obtain a printed copy.
Still unavailable from the court reporter service are the transcripts from the Thursday, January 10, 2008, TLBAA Board of Directors Meeting. As soon as these transcripts are delivered to the TLBAA they will be posted on the E-Trails.
Best at West This Weekend!
The TLBAA Membership Sale Best at West will be this weekend at the West Auction, West, TX. Consignment cattle will be accepted Friday between noon and 5 pm. Be sure to come out to visit and enjoy the Friday night party, with adult beverages sponsored by Paul and Mari-Kathryn Braswell, Forestburg, TX, the barbeque sponsored by Tim Cross, Cameron, TX. The March Best at West Sale will begin at 11 am on March 1, 2008.
March 10th Pre-Catalog Consignment Deadline for the May Best at West
If you would like to have your Best at West consignments included in the pre-catalog, mail or email good quality photos to TLBAA Sales Management. Consignment paperwork can be faxed or mailed – download a consignment packet from the TLBAA Web site. If you need assistance or have questions, contact Sales Assistant Kim Barfield for a Best at West Consignment Packet at (817) 625-6241 or Kim@tlbaa.org.
TLBAA Members Featured in Southern Living
TLBAA members Lee and Gay Gaddis, Austin, TX, were featured in the March 2008 issue of Southern Living magazine in a special section for Texas readers. The article titled “Two Hearts at Home”, highlights the Gaddises’ weekend escapes which include entertaining friends and the workers of their advertising agency, T3. According to the article, Gay Gaddis will often find inspiration at the ranch, “Sometimes, when you get away from things, office answers come to you.”
Detailed in the article is a bit of Lee’s family history, his great-great grandfather George Washington Maltsberger guided wagon trains from Tennessee to Texas in the 1880’s. His fiancée, Roxanna Allan, was a part of the group and at campsites Maltsberger would carve a heart in a tree. When she arrived at the campsite, Allan would then carve a second heart and connect the two with a bar. The Gaddis’s now use the symbol as their brand and prominently display it on the front gate to their ranch.
Also included in the article is Gay Gaddis’s recipe for Madrone Bark Potpourri. On the ranch they have 400-year-old Madrone trees that Gay will collect fallen bark to make this aromatic delight. The full article is available in the March 2008 Southern Living special section “No Place Like Texas”.
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TLBAA Member’s Wind Turbines Don’t Affect His Cattle
TLBAA member Harlan Walker, Wall, SD, was recently featured in an article published on the Rapid City Journal Web site about his investment in wind turbines on his ranch.
Walker, a TLBAA member since 1984, has installed a wind turbine atop a 45-foot tower to help off-set and eventually eliminate his power costs. Southwest Windpower, the manufacturer of the wind turbine, estimates the turbine will pay for itself between five and 10 years. As for his horses and cattle, Walker said, “It doesn’t bother them at all.” Read the full story on the Rapid City Journal Web site.
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Date Change for
Mid-Atlantic Longhorn Field Day
The date for the field day has changed from the May 17 to May 10 and Pat Brown has been added as a contact – see listing below:
May 10, 2008 – Second Mid-Atlantic Longhorn Field Day, Reidsville, NC. Contact Pat Brown (336) 451-6569 or Zach Moffitt (336) 736-6340 or zach@rollingmlonghorns.com.
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E-Trails Breeders Directory Adds Interactive Map
The E-Trails Breeders Directory has added an interactive map embedded with links to the states and territories that have listings in the directory. Check out the Breeder’s Directory here! The E-Trails Breeders Directory is a popular part of the E-Trails Web site that receives a large portion of the traffic to the Web site. The directory offers TLBAA members a place to be listed alongside their neighbors when potential Longhorn buyers and enthusiasts look for Longhorn breeders in their area. To have your ranch listed, download this PDF, fill it out and send it to the TLBAA office today!
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TLBAA Board Meetings Announced
June 6, 2008 – Fort Worth, TX, venue to be determined
October 16, 2008 – Fort Worth, TX, venue to be determined
January 15-16, 2009 – Fort Worth, TX, venue to be determined
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Dixie Classic Phone Number Correction:
On the back cover of the February Trails, Maurice Ladnier’s area code in his phone number for the Dixie Classic Sale was printed incorrectly. It should read (601) 762-5194.
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2008 NTLBA Spring Show Judges Announced!
March 7-9, 2008, Glen Rose, TX
Please call Trigg Moore at 254-396-5 592 or TriggM@Triple-T-Longhorns.com for more information.
2008 NTLBA Spring Show Judges:
Dr. Bob Kropp – Youth
John T. Baker – Open and Non-Haltered
Below is a list of activities planned:
Show Calf Clinic
Youth Judging
Friday March 7 – Move in
Saturday March 8 – Haltered/Non-Haltered
Sunday March 9 – Youth Show
PROGRAM DEADLINE IS MARCH 1, 2008
MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND!
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Drought Conditions Update
Click here for information about the seasonal drought conditions and updated national drought information directly from The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Here is an additional weekly drought monitor from NOAA.
Weekly Hay Report from the Texas Department of Agriculture
Click here for information about the seasonal drought conditions and updated national drought information directly from The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Here is an additional weekly drought monitor from NOAA.
Weekly Hay Report from the Texas Department of Agriculture
Compared to last week: Hay prices remain steady, although some comments have been made about decreasing prices in order to clean out inventory. Movement and trade activity moderate. Demand is moderate to good. Some areas over the past weekend received some moisture. Areas in the South received up to six inches of rain, and comments have been made of pastures greening up. The Panhandle and some Central and Western areas are still lacking moisture and more burn bans have been put into effect. More producers are beginning the field preparation stages of burning, watering and fertilizing pastures. Rangeland and pasture conditions have been rated as poor to good, mostly fair. Soil moisture has been rated as mostly short. Wheat continues to be of concern due to the lack of moisture and windy conditions drying out pastures.
The State of Texas Department of Agriculture has the Hay and Grazing Hotline set up for buyers and sellers. The number is 1-877-429-1998. The Web site for TDA is www.agr.state.tx.us. For a hay report from a state other than Texas, click here.
