Trails Advertising Policy - Updated A.I. Sire Index - Fall Horn Showcase Sale Consignment Deadline Extended - Border Challenge at Westerner Days Texas Longhorn Show - STLA Field Day and Ranch Tour Announced - Triple T Longhorns to Appear on RFD TV - Triple R Ranch – Longhorn Anglers - Former TLBT Member Crowned Miss Arkansas 2008 - TLBAA Master Card Application Link - Bandera Rodeo and Parade - 2008 August Best at West Catalogs - Registration Amnesty Program Has Started! - Renew Your Membership - Sponsor the 2008 Horn Showcase - Show Announcements - New Edition of the TLBAA Texas Longhorn Cookbook Accepting Submissions! - Weekly Texas Hay Report -
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Updated A.I. Sire Index
Download an updated 2008 A.I. Sire Index.
Print out this PDF and insert in your A.I. Sire Reference for an accurate list of A.I. Sires.
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Fall Horn Showcase Sale Consignment Deadline Extended
The consignment deadline for the 2008 Fall Horn Showcase Sale has been extended to August 11, 2008. If you would like to consign, please CALL Allison Chipman or Kim Barfield at the TLBAA office (817) 625-6241.
Download the Consignment Form
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Border Challenge at Westerner Days Texas Longhorn Show
Submitted by Deb Lesyk
For the 2008 Westerner Days Texas Longhorn Show in Red Deer, Alberta, there was a new incentive for TLBAA Texas Longhorn exhibitors.
It was called the "Border Challenge" and Deb Lesyk, TLBAA Region 1 Director offered an additional award to the winner of each class that had both US and Canadian entries. The idea was developed to encourage breeders on both sides of the border to promote their Texas Longhorns. The show committee was pleased to receive entries from Toby and Kris Johnson from Big Horn, WY, and they definitely helped make the Border Challenge a success. Thanks Toby, for driving all that distance.
Four classes qualified for the Challenge: heifer calf, mature female, bull calf, and senior steer. The heifer calf and bull calf classes were won by Canadian breeders, Mark and Tina Stewart of Ponoka, Alberta and the mature female and senior steer classes were won by Toby and Kris Johnson. At the conclusion of the show it was 2-2 tie for the first ever "Border Challenge" at Red Deer.
A big thank you to all the exhibitors who showed cattle in Red Deer and "hats off" to the show chairman, Mark Stewart for coordinating a successful event.
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TLBAA Director Deb Lesyk, Toby and Kris Johnson, Big Horn, WY, and Tina and Mark Stewart and their daughter, Ponoka, Alberta. |
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STLA Field Day and Ranch Tour Announced
The South Texas Longhorn Association 2008 Field Day and Ranch Tour will be held on Nov. 8, 2008, at the Black Jack Ranch locations in Harper and Mountain Home, TX. The event will be hosted by George and Eileen Gillespie.
Event details and an itinerary will be available on the STLA Web site in late August. For more information, contact event co-chairs Suzanne Perry (512) 263-5313 or Bill Plaisance (512) 398-9340.
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Triple T Longhorns to Appear on RFD TV
Longhorns owned by Trigg and Traci Moore, Triple T Longhorns, are featured in “How the West Was Won” program, which will appear on RFD TV. The program was filmed at this year’s International Brahman Congress in Fort Worth, TX.
The program aired on July 22 at 8 p.m., July 23 at 10 a.m., and will air again July 27, at 10 p.m. on The Cattle Show distributed by the RFD-TV network on DISH (231), DirecTV (379), Mediacom Cable, Comcast, Time Warner and many other cable networks. All times are Central.
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Triple R Ranch – Longhorn Anglers
For the past five years, the Gander Mountain Ludington Offshore Fishing Tournament has drawn a large number of amateur and pro fishermen to Ludington, MI on Lake Michigan. The 2008 tournament, held July 17-20, was no exception as entrants vied for $100,000 in cash and prizes. .
Among the anglers looking for their share of the loot were Dick and Peg Lowe, Triple R Ranch, Hornton, MI. Friday was Ladies Only Day, and Peg successfully reeled in the biggest fish on her boat. Her Chinook (King) Salmon weighed over 17 lbs. and earned her two-woman team the 22 nd spot out of 70 places. Congratulations, Peg!!
Dick also made a commendable showing. He reports his team came out the top 50 or 60 percent.
Last report, a good time was had by all, and the Lowes were preparing to dine on fresh caught salmon.
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Former TLBT Member Crowned Miss Arkansas 2008
Ashlen Batson, a former TLBT member and niece of TLBAA members Richard and Laura Ward, was recently crowned Miss Arkansas 2008.
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Ashlen Batson, former TLBT member, being crowned Miss Arkansas 2008. |
Batson, 21, of Newark, AR, is a senior speech pathology major at University of Central Arkansas in Conway and will be awarded a $12,000 scholarship. The win also earns her a spot in the Miss America pageant, which will take place in Las Vegas from January 21 – 24, 2009. She will join 51 other Miss America contestants in Los Angeles in the fall to film a reality television show on the competition, which will air in the weeks leading up to the pageant.
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TLBAA Master Card Application Link
You can know apply for a Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America MasterCard via the TLBAA Web site. Just visit TLBAA.org and click on the MasterCard application link just below the Association information on the left side of the page.
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Bandera Rodeo and Parade
The Bandera Rodeo and Parade is looking for 24 Texas Longhorns Steers to be featured during the Rodeo and Parade held Labor Day Weekend. The riding steers and riders will be featured during the Grand Entry and on Saturday during the parade. Newspaper and television stations will cover the events. If you are interested, please contact Janet Kostellic at 817-680-5265.
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2008 August Best at West Catalogs
Download the August Best at West Catalog.
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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Registration Amnesty Program Has Started!
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:
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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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Renew Your Membership
Membership renewal letters were mailed the first week of June and second notices were mailed two weeks later. 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 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!
Show Announcements
October 19, 2009 - State Fair of Texas, Dallas, TX. Contact Allison Chipman or Leslie Gandy (817) 625-6241.
January 20- 21, 2009 - Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo, Will Rogers Memorial Center, Fort Worth, TX. Contact Allison Chipman or Leslie Gandy (817) 625-6241 for more information. Entry Deadline November 15, 2008.
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 firm. Demand and trade activity moderate to good. In response to the increasing high cost of production, some producers are continuing to decrease amount of fertilizer used. The combination of limited rainfall and ongoing hot and dry conditions across the state and the decreased amount of fertilizer being applied is only increasing worries of availability of high quality hay.
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.