Longhorn Breeders Seminar This Weekend - Weather Continues to Plague Longhorn Breeders - Renew Your Membership - Sponsor the 2008 Horn Showcase - World Show Gold Merit Packets Due Now - LAST CALL for World Show Sponsorships - $50,000 in World Show Youth Scholarships Up for Grabs! - 2008 World Show Sponsors - World Show Amenities - For more information about the 2008 World Show, visit the World Show pages in E-Trails - Sale Announcement - 2008 August Best at West Catalogs - TLBAA Announces Registration Amnesty Program - New Edition of the TLBAA Texas Longhorn Cookbook Accepting Submissions! - Weekly Texas Hay Report -
Longhorn Breeders Seminar This Weekend
Be sure to make plans to attend the Longhorn Breeders Seminar this Saturday, June 21, 2008. TLBAA members Paul and Mari-Kathryn Braswell are hosting the event, at the West Auction Barn in West, TX, which will feature sessions focusing on effective marketing campaigns, herd health, and herd nutrition. Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to increase your Longhorn knowledge!
Click here for more information.
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Weather Continues to Plague Longhorn Breeders
Submitted By: Carolyn Hunter
Extreme weather conditions continue to wreak havoc across the country, and affect many farmers and ranchers including Longhorn breeders.
Recent tornados caused damage to vast areas of Kansas. Joe Moore said, there was some damage near his home in Bucklin, KS, but the majority of the destruction was the miles of fence destroyed. Cody Moore, who traveled to Kansas to help his parents, said there would be a stretch where there were no posts, no wire, no nothing, and then a quarter mile of good fence, then nothing.
A tornado also ripped through the middle of Kansas State University in Manhattan, passing within several hundred yards of the hospital where Justin Rombeck, Home, KS, works. It also came close to the University’s bull barn where several million dollars of bulls were housed. Luckily, there was no damage to the building or loss of animals.
Torrential rains and flooding has been devastating in Iowa, and all along the Mississippi River. Past TLBT President Molly O’Meara Clubb says, “We are safe and dry in Traer but it's total devastation everywhere you turn. The TV doesn't do it justice. It will be a long rebuilding process between the floods and the tornadoes that's for sure.”
Floods also damaged the Iowa State University campus at Ames, IA; where well known Longhorn judge Marshall Ruble and his family live.
This past week, high winds or tornados and rain pelted rural communities along Hwy. 287 in Texas, tearing down trees, buildings, and electrical poles through Quanah, Vernon, and Childress. Several of the area towns are still without electricity and some businesses have either closed or have limited service.
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Renew Your Membership
Membership renewal letters were mailed the first week of June. If you have not yet renewed your membership, please get them in the mail today! As a member of the TLBAA you will have access to a wide array of valuable membership services. Remember that the award winning Texas Longhorn Trails magazine is included in your membership. It’s filled with details on Longhorn events and fellow breeders. You will not want to miss a single issue.
Thanks to everyone who has already sent in their membership renewals. We are looking forward to a fantastic 2008/2009!
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Sponsor the 2008 Horn Showcase
The 2008 Horn Showcase is Oct. 16-18, at the Will Rogers Memorial Complex in Fort Worth, Texas. Sponsorship packages for the 2008 Horn Showcase are available and now being accepted.
Download the sponsorship information and support the Horn Showcase.
All exhibitors have to be members of the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America, and all animals must be registered with the TLBAA. A copy of the animal’s registration certificate and entry fee of $100 for each category entered needs to accompany the entry form for each animal. Please e-mail or submit a good photograph of the animal in JPEG format, or a high quality physical photograph. The three categories include: Total Horn, Tip to Tip and Composite Horn. Divisions are based upon birth date. See the entry form for detailed listing of Divisions.
The Show entry deadline is September 1, 2008. All entries must be in the TLBAA office on or before the deadline date.
The Sale Consignment entry deadline is August 1, 2008.
Remember: No late entries, no substitutions, scratches will not be refunded and health papers are required, no exceptions.
Download this entry form and get it in the mail today!
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World Show Gold Merit Packets Due Now!
Gold Merit packets are due at the TLBAA office. Please send packets and forms to Allison Chipman or Leslie Gandy at 2315 N. Main St. # 402, Fort Worth, TX, 76164.
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LAST CALL for World Show Sponsorships
Sponsorships for the World Show need to be turned in to the TLBAA offices this week. Sponsorships are still available and greatly appreciated.
Download a sponsorship form and send it in today!
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2008 World Show Youth Scholarships Announced
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World Show Sponsors
Cattle Baron
Don Imus
Range Boss
Triple R Ranch
John & Brenda Oliver
Brand Inspector
Horton Ranch
Danny & Carole Phillips
Top Hand
Terrell & Penny Miller
Fehu Cattle Services
Talon Cattle Services
Kathy Kittler
Santa Terecita Ranch
Robert & Louann Rubel
Bronc Buster
Paul & Mari-Kathryn Braswell
Gus Kash
Craig Hester
Dude
Dorie Damuth
Doc Hyder
John B. Matthews Jr.
Sheriff
Gulf Coast Texas Longhorn Association
North Texas Longhorn Association
Posse
East Texas Longhorn Association
Oklahoma Texas Longhorn Association
Youth Showmanship Buckles
South Texas Longhorn Association
Exhibitor Numbers
Cavender’s
Ring Steward Jackets
Robert & Louann Rubel
Refreshments
George & Cindy Dennis
Paul & Mari-Kathryn Braswell
Horton Ranch
Gus Kash
Donated Auction Item
Three-day Antelope Hunt
in Wyoming
TLBAA Member Toby Johnson of the I M BAR Longhorn Ranch and Big Horn Mountain Outfitters is donating a three-day antelope hunt for two people in Wyoming for the fall of 2008. The winning bidder will be responsible for the cost of the license in the amount of $238.00 and getting to Sheridan, WY. Everything else will be taken care of. The winner will stay in Johnson’s hunting lodge furnished with modern facilities.
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World Show Amenities
Hay will also be available to purchase during the World Show for $ 6 a bale. Please contact Trigg Moore at (254) 396-5592 or triggm@triple-t-longhorns.com for additional information or to place an order.
There will be RV hookups available at Will Rogers for the 2008 World Show. It will be a first come, first serve basis for the hookups, so get there early!
With fuel prices scraping the skies, TLBAA Director Scott Simmons, Medora, IL, suggests that TLBAA members planning on coming to the 2008 TLBAA World Show carpool to save money on fuel costs. Call your neighbors and your friends! Don’t miss out on the 2008 TLBAA World Show. Car pool and save the long hauls!
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Visit the 2008 World Show pages in E-Trails for more information about World Show
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Sale Announcement
June 27, 2009 - The 1st Great Smoky Mountains Registered Texas Longhorn Sale, Walter State, Great Smoky Mountains Expo Center, White Pine (Morristown), TN. For Consignment Information Contact: Carl R. Brantley, Region 4 Director, Wilkesboro, NC (336) 667-5452.
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2008 August Best at West Catalogs
Catalogs for the August Best at West Sale will be posted on E-Trails as a PDF download soon. For more information, please contact Allison Chipman or Kim Barfield at (817) 625-6241 or Allison@tlbaa.org and kim@tlbaa.org.
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TLBAA Announces Registration Amnesty Program
The TLBAA Board of Directors is offering an amnesty period to encourage breeders and owners to register their unregistered Texas Longhorn cattle. The amnesty program will be in effect between July 1 and August 14, 2008.
The amnesty fees for all registrations can be found below:
Registrations: |
Normal Fee: |
Amnesty Fee: |
BULLS: |
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1-8 Months of Age |
$15 each |
$15 each |
9-16 Months of Age |
$20 each |
$15 each |
17-24 Months of Age |
$30 each |
$25 each |
25-36 Months of Age |
$50 each |
$25 each |
37 Months and Older |
$100 each |
$25 each |
COWS: |
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1-8 Months of Age |
$15 each |
$15 each |
9-16 Months of Age |
$20 each |
$15 each |
17-24 Months of Age |
$30 each |
$25 each |
25-36 Months of Age |
$50 each |
$25 each |
37 Months and Older |
$100 each |
$25 each |
STEERS: |
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Any Age |
$15 each |
$15 each |
Steer a Bull |
$15 each |
$15 each |
Registration forms can be obtained by calling Melanie Thompson at the TLBAA office at (817) 625-6241 or by visiting the TLBAA Web site at www.tlbaa.org.
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New Edition of the TLBAA Texas Longhorn Cookbook Accepting Submissions!
The TLBAA has begun compiling recipes for the new edition of the TLBAA Texas Longhorn Cookbook and wants your favorite recipes to be included. Please send them to the TLBAA office either by mail at 2315 N. Main St. #402, Fort Worth, TX, 76164 or email them to Brenda Cantrell at Brenda@tlbaa.org. All previous submissions for the cookbook will be considered.
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Weekly Texas Hay Report
Compared to last week: Hay prices steady to mostly firm. Alfalfa hay supply, especially in West Texas, is short and demand for it is good to very good, with many producers having no hay left and customers waiting for third cutting to take place. Demand for old crop grass hay in the Central and Southern areas has gone up due to the increase in price for new crop. However, many of these areas that have made new crop Coastal Bermuda are experiencing lower than normal yields and quality. Most areas are still very dry, with high temperatures and windy conditions persisting. There have been wildfires in these dry areas as well. Some spotty showers have occurred, and have provided some relief to those areas. The increasing costs of fuel and fertilizer are still of great concern. Supplemental feeding has increased, due to lack of moisture for grazing pastures. The drought conditions are also affecting other crops such as wheat, corn and cotton, hampering growth and production.
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.