This is the official "update" page of the American Beefalo Association, where all of our latest news and happenings are posted - keeping you in-the-loop on all things Beefalo!
Hey there everyone! We know its been a long time coming but guess what? The Fall Corral is going in the mail this weekend! We are looking forward to 2021 with enthusiasm and the hope for a better year! Please feel free to contact a board member with any questions or email our Operations with any updates to your addresses, phone numbers, and/or email addresses!!!!
CHECK OUT THE SPRING 2020 CORRAL HERE OR UNDER THE TAB “FILE ARCHIVES” AND THEN “THE CORRAL”
THE 2020 SHOW EVENTS ARE POSTED UNDER THE TAB “EVENTS”
We have decided to take the time during this COVID-19 and complete a much needed computer update and refresh. We expect this to take a few weeks and with minimal items for processing at this moment we thought now would be the best time to take advantage and make improvements to our program. You are welcome to continue to submit any paperwork by just be mindful it will be completed a few weeks later than our normal 6-8 weeks for processing.
DELIVERED! - HIGHLY REQUESTED - ONLINE PAYMENTS ARE NOW ENABLED ON THE WEBSITE!
DELIVERED! - HIGHLY REQUESTED - REVAMPED FORMS AND DOCS PAGE FOR EASIER VIEWING!
SIGN UP - NEW QUARTER BEGINS SOON TO HAVE YOUR LIVESTOCK OR SEMEN ADVERTISED!
This is the QUICKEST way to ADVERTISE beefalo WITHOUT THE HASSLE
It is super easy and if you run into trouble I will be happy to help and walk you through the steps.
DOWNLOAD - THE UPDATED ABA RULES OF REGISTRY
Go to Membership, Forms and Docs, and scroll to the bottom.
SUBMIT - ARTICLES, STORIES, EXPERIENCES, PICTURES, ETC. FOR CONSIDERATIONS IN THE NEXT CORRAL!
Submit items for consideration by March 31, 2020
1) Email: AmericanBeefaloOperations@gmail.com
2) Subject line should read:
Submission for Spring 2020 Corral
3) Attached the document:
Microsoft Word Format only
*Be sure that all editing/proofing is complete
VOTES HAVE BEEN TALLIED for the election of this years incoming ABA Board of Directors. THANK YOU to all of those that participated! It was a very close race and your voice matters!
Please welcome:
- Brian Miller (incumbent) of Ohio
- Dan Stricker of Tennessee
- Lytton Bastian of Idaho
These are well rounded individuals from different regions joining the other board members - this should bring continued growth of the ABA organization and we look forward to what's next!
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SHOW RESULTS ARE IN: 2020 NATIONAL BEEFALO SHOW & SALE
SUPREME CHAMPIONSHIP FEMALE:
SUPREME GRAND - 4M Red Bud from 4M Farm
SUPREME RESERVE GRAND - KSBC Bourbons Coco from Broken Buckle Beefalo
SUPREME CHAMPIONSHIP BULL:
SUPREME GRAND - KSBC ANCHORMAN from Broken Buckle Beefalo
SUPREME RESERVE GRAND - FPF CHUCK from Broken Buckle Beefalo
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This information will also be including in the upcoming Corral for this quarter.
To submit an article for consideration please do so before March 20, 2020:
1) Email: AmericanBeefaloOperations@gmail.com
2) Subject line should read: Submission for Spring 2020 Corral
3) Attached the document: Microsoft Word Format only *Be sure that all editing/proofing is complete
supreme grand female - 4m farms
supreme reserve grand female - broken buckle beefalo farm
supreme grand champion bull - broken buckle beefalo farm
supreme reserve grand champion bull - broken buckle beefalo farm
ARE YOU PLANNING ON ATTENDING THE EVENT DINNER ---- THURSDAY MARCH 5TH ?-----
Dinner tickets need to be purchased in advance
$20 adult
$10 children 10 and under
Checks should be made out to: ABA
Checks should be sent to:
833 Ridge Road
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
**Your tickets can be picked up at the event or at the door**
Beefalo Catalog now available
If you have any questions or need directions to the dinner location please email AmericanBeefaloOperations@gmail.com
Thank you!
FRIENDLY REMINDER: Registering and Transferring an animal are considered separate transactions. Please be sure to submit a FORM WITH PAYMENT FOR REGISTRATION and a FORM WITH PAYMENT FOR TRANSFER.
Registrations and Transfers are considered separate transactions even if completed on the same day or on the same form. (Members: $30 registration and $20 transfer). If you had been previously registering and transferring an animal in the same transaction and only providing payment of $30, we apologize you were not billed correctly. Please submit payments for registrations and transfers as these are separate transactions.
Please submit nominations for the American Beefalo Association Board of Directors.
A person who decides to run will also need to submit a short biography.
Send nominations to: AmericanBeefaloOperations@gmail.com and/or RockinCamelRanch@gmail.com
Nominations are being accepted until January 31st 2020.
Ballots will be sent out mid February, 2020
Ballots are due February 25th 2020
Election will be held March 5, 2020
The ABA has a new mailing address! Please use this new address for everything ABA, this includes registrations, transfers, payments, new membership, basically anything and everything!
AMERICAN BEEFALO ASSOCIATION
833 RIDGE ROAD
SHEPHERDSVILLE, KY 40165
if you have any questions please contact the Operations Manager.
Email: AmericanBeefaloOperations@gmail.com
ADVERTISING INFORMATION FOR EACH TYPE CAN BE FOUND ON THE MEMBERSHIP TAB UNDER ADVERTISING OPTIONS
- BASIC ADVERTISING OPTION FOR BREEDING STOCK - ANNUAL OPTION
- BASIC ADVERTISING OPTION FOR PACKAGED BEEFALO MEAT - ANNUAL OPTION
- LIVESTOCK ADVERTISING - QUARTERLY OPTION
- FEATURED FARM ADVERTISING - QUARTERLY AND YEARLY OPTION
- COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING - QUARTERLY AND YEARLY OPTION
The Summer Beefalo Show Events are now posted under the EVENTS tab!
Check out the details and be sure to join us - we love new members being involved!
Our shows are fun, laid back, and lots of friendship.
The Corral Summer Edition is now available!
We have a new section dedicated to Member Opinion Articles!
The next issue of THE CORRAL is being created and we are now accepting article submissions from our members! We look forward to hearing from you. THANK YOU
To submit an article for consideration:
1) Email: AmericanBeefaloOperations@gmail.com
2) Subject line should read:
Submission for Summer 2019 Corral
3) Attached the document:
Microsoft Word Format only
*Be sure that all editing/proofing is complete
Grand Champion Female Lot 18 “4M Farms Brisket” Bred Heifer
Grand Champion Bull Lot 40 “FPF Chuck” Senior Bull
Reserve Grand Champion Female Lot 19 “Sydney's Stella” Bred Heifer
Reserve Grand Champion Bull Lot 33 “4M Farms Rib-eye” Intermediate Bull
Congratulations to all of our consignors and breeders this year!
Bret Green and Kyle Skidmore were re-elected to serve as board members. Jeff Hawk was also elected as a board member. Brian Miller was selected to serve as the Association President, with Leo Meuhr as Vice President. Alan Harris is continuing as the Board Secretary.
CLICK THE PICTURES ABOVE TO SEE EACH OF THE CANDIDATES FARMS!
CANDIDATES ARE LISTED BELOW IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THE BIO WAS RECEIVED
——KYLE SKIDMORE——
Hello ABA Members,
As the American Beefalo Association Board Of Director election is upon us I was asked to write a little bit about myself to introduce myself to the membership. We have a slate of candidates this year which is great. We have been trying to get an increase of involvement over the past several years and finally this election is looking up!
In 1991 my dad bought our first farms Beefalo bull. At age 7 later that year I used my birthday money and bought my first Beefalo heifer. It’s been an incredible journey ever since. Over the past 28 years the Beefalo breed has put me all over the country and has given me the opportunity to meet lots of great people from all over the country. Off of our farm we have managed to put Beefalo in 23 different states. Hopefully one day we can get all 48 contiguous states.
As far as my work with the Association, I’ve been on the new ABA board since the merger in 2008. I was elected to the old ABI board while in college at Western Kentucky University. I graduated WKU with a Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture in 2007. I was able to work with Andrew Hammer a fellow ABI Board member and a few of the ABWR Board members to draw up the merger during my ABI Board Member years. Thankfully the merger is all behind us and we can keep moving forward with ONE Beefalo Association for everyone. Since the 2008 merger I have served as President for 4 years and Vice President for 3 years. The rest of the years I was on the Board of Directors as a Director and acted as an advisor being the immediate past President.
Shows and Sales are a great event to get everyone together throughout the year. I have had the opportunity Since 2011 to handle putting together the National Show, Sale and Meeting in Kentucky. A few years I had a Co-Chairman and that was nice but a few years I have not. There is a ton of work that goes into these events but they are what keeps the breeders interactive and looking forward to a brighter future!
With all of the ABA matters I still manage to run the farm with a rolling average of 150 head of Beefalo. We sell quite a bit of Beefalo meat and stock. We are proud to not have taken any Beefalo animals to the stockyards since 2006. I also have a Lawn Care business and am extremely active in Farm Bureau. I’ve served in many different capacities in Farm Bureau. Currently serving as President for our county which gives me the opportunity to talk to our elected officials from our State Capital to Washington D.C.! My duties are to make sure the politicians understand the farmers side of issues so that we can keep farming in the future.
Hopefully I will see most everyone there at the event the first weekend in March.
Sincerely,
Kyle Skidmore
Kyle Skidmore Beefalo - Broken Buckle Beefalo Farm
502-641-7878
—— LYTTON BASTIAN ——
My name is Lytton Bastian, I have a beautiful wife (Ashley) and 4 children (Remington, Paisley, Sadie and Kenzie). I am a 5th generation farmer/rancher and have been raised on my family ranch in Arimo Idaho all of my life where we currently run a 375 Sim Angus Ranch. I have a bachelor's in science degree from Utah State University in plant science with a minor in soil science and after receiving my B.S. degree I returned home to the ranch to raise my family where I could continue my passion and family legacy.
Back in the late 70's my father was introduced to the Beefalo breed and had raised a small herd for a few years. My father had told me a few stories about that old Beefalo herd it had intrigued me so I began doing research on them. I had become so interested in them that I had asked Dad if I could raise a few; so we began A.I.'ing some Foundation Bulls to some of our best cows.
I take great pride in my animals and share and educate people as much as possible about beefalo. What I hope to accomplish as a board member is to better develop and refine the Beefalo breed and be more recognized and accepted in commercial operations.
Lytton Bastian
—— SHAWN SIMMONS ——
My name is Shawn Simmons, I am 54 years old and a self employed transmission shop owner. My family and I moved here from Philadelphia 15 years ago. I became a member of the ABA in the fall of 2013. My wife Patricia and I own a small 40 acre rural farm in Mt. Vernon Ky. We love the breed, and we enjoy when the calves arrive, getting to watch them play and grow like weeds. The meat from our steers has been so worth the work, not to mention that we're starting to sell more meat each year. I lease a 70+ acre farm to cut for hay. We don't have enough pasture, so we feed hay year round. We started off with three heifers and a steer, and when we unloaded them into our pasture, we learned our first lesson of having a pair of Pyrenees dogs. Who took it upon them selves to try to herd our new additions around the farm. One heifer went one way through the fence, and the steer went through the other end. It took 2+ months to find our heifer and steer. We have learned a lot along the way and still learning with the help of others. Kyle being one of them. Our herd got to an all time high last year with 24+ Beefalo and had to be thinned down for the size of our farm, we have 14 head right now with some arriving this spring.
Shawn Simmons
KY’s Best Farm - Beefalo
859-358-0593
—— ANDREW DIETSCH ——
Andy Dietsch and his wife Kelly own and operate Splitlimb Ranch and A&K Ranch in the Ozarks of South Central Missouri. They moved to Missouri from New Jersey in 2009. They raise Beefalo breeding stock, fullbloods and purebred bulls and cows, for other Beefalo farmers and people just starting out. Their mission is to provide customers with a variety of bloodlines. They have done a lot of work with AI. They have purchased “foundation bull” semen and other semen from various places. They currently have bloodlines in their herd from the following bulls: Payday, Cork Preacher Man, Geronimo, Rebel Commander and others. This year they plan to AI several cows with a foundation bull called “Badlands”. Their herd was at one time around 100 head of Beefalo. Since their boys are graduating from high school and moving on to college and other pursuits, Andy and Kelly have cut their herd to 50- 60 head.
Before Moving to Missouri, Andy studied Agricultural Business in college and worked on farms in Germany and Africa. In New Jersey, Andy managed and operated several different farms about an hour southwest of NYC, raising Beefalo and Hereford cattle, hay, corn, and vegetables. He also managed a farm with a pig operation (with 50 breeding sows) and 400 layer hens. He started two vegetable farms and ran farm stands in 2 different locations. In the winter months, Andy and Kelly owned and operated a small maple syrup operation.
Andrew Dietsch
A&K Ranch
573-674-1262
—— JEFF HAWK ——
Jeff Hawk is a family man who loves his wife and three children. He loves to hunt and fish when time
permits and is the owner of Hawk Farms, specializing in Beefalo cattle. Jeff began working with Black
Angus in high school. He received a degree in Agri- Business at Southeast Missouri State University. For
the past 7 years, Jeff and his family have been raising Beefalo after switching their herd away from
Angus. During this 7 year period, Hawk Farms has become a business of live animal sales, as well as,
meat production and restaurant sales. The growth and success of Hawk Farms can be directly attributed
to Jeff’s business acumen and his belief in the quality of the Beefalo breed. Jeff Hawk would like to
represent YOU on the Board of Directors. One of the main ways we will grow to be a healthier
organization is to help all members be successful through fair representation, communication, and
marketing. Jeff believes we all have a part to play in growing the ABA and can do so by each of us
reaching out to other cattle producers in our local communities and sharing the benefits of raising
Beefalo. While we may be a small organization today, which many people have volunteered countless
hours to support over the years, it is now time for all members to come together and further support
the ABA association and the Beefalo breed so that we can take our organization to the next level within
the world of cattlemen. Jeff envisions our association to have a paid staff through corporate
sponsorships and other means which will ultimately better serve our current and future members.
Jeff Hawk
Hawk Farms Beefalo
864-216-1225
—— JOHN FOWLER ——
John Fowler
660-347-5680
—— BRET GREEN ——
Bret Green
Greens MM Beefalo
269-496-7814
—— BOB MEUCCI ——
Bob Meucci
662-895-3220
CHECK YOUR MAIL BOXES!
Earlier this week we sent out Board Ballots and Membership Renewal Reminders to ABA Members. If you did not get one in the mail and believe you should have please contact KyleJSkidmore@yahoo.com
All Ballots must be post marked by Saturday, February 23, 2019.
For more information about the KY BEEF EXPO event and the OFFICIAL BEEFALO schedule please go to the EVENTS page.
This is an exciting and busy time for consigners getting ready for the 2019 Beef Expo in Louisville, Kentucky and by the sound of things, you are anxious to see this years catalog! (For more information on the Beef Expo, please check out the Events page under Membership at the top of this page) This year we decided to do a complete redesign of the catalog to better serve you! Over the years we have figured out what works and what doesn’t and this year we took action. Our main goal was to have a catalog that was more user friendly and inviting. One major change is giving consigners, buyers and spectators more space to take notes on each animal and the ability to easily follow along during the SHOW and the SALE and write down the results. I believe this ability to “interact” with Beefalo events through the catalog will increase interest in the breed and promote additional sales in the future. I will provide catalogs to spectators viewing the Show in stands at the event in hopes to promote more interaction and attendance at the SALE.
I know you all are just as excited as I am to have the Catalog officially published - I am waiting for the official release from the publisher. Once I receive it - I will publish it!
We have also implemented a few other adaptions to the Show & Sale process that will help streamline the event and the infamous “final day paperwork” for everyone. Please stop by the new and improved ABA booth for more information - I think you will be pleasantly surprised!
Don’t forget FRIDAY, MARCH 1 @ 6:30PM we will be having our annual ABA dinner and Board of Directions Election for 2019. We have added a raffle giveaway so don’t forget to purchase your dinner tickets!
Safe travel and we look forward to seeing everyone there!
-Dallas
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PS: Be on the lookout for the 2019 Board of Directors Ballot and Corral in your mailbox as we will be sending them soon *
The South Central Beefalo Association welcomes all beefalo producers and guests to our upcoming events. If you would like to show beefalo at these shows, please email me and I will forward your contact information to our show coordinator. Please note that deadlines for entry into the shows are fast approaching. - Tam, SCBBA Secretary
The PDF version is now available to all! Inside You'll find some exciting changes underway, 2017 board election results, and have a chance to say farewell to former members.
Stay tuned for the NEW Quarterly Report - COMING SOON!
(More on the Quarterly report in the Corral's President's Update)
If you are interested in subscribing or unsubscribing to having the Corral Newsletter sent to your email, please email americanbeefaloassociation@gmail.com. OR to have your Beefalo news or livestock featured that you want to be featured in next edition, email: americanbeefaloassociation@gmail
The American Beefalo Association is the national authority figure of the USDA acknowledged Beefalo breed - having far LESS calories, fat and cholesterol than traditional beef - offering a better beef for consumers, producers and the environment! American Bison + Domestic Cattle = Beefalo. Better. Believe It!
We believe in beefalo, and want to help you make it part of your life. If you would like more information or to talk to an experienced producer, please feel free to connect with members featured on our membership map, a board member, or send us a message using our simple contact form. Thank you.
President - Brian Miller(OH)
(330)465-0626
1(800)BEEFALO option #1
redturbo1066@yahoo.com
Vice President - Dan Stricker(TN)
(615)294-8585
1(800)BEEFALO option #2
DanStricker@hotmail.com
Operations
Operations.AmericanBeefalo@gmail.com
1(800)BEEFALO option #3
Treasurer - Amber Sapp(GA)
(229)205-0730
fortycreekfarmsbeefalo@gmail.com
Board Member - Leonard Muehr(TX)
(281) 923-8549
RockinCamelRanch@gmail.com
Board Member - Lytton Bastian(ID)
(208) 251-1992
LyttonBastian@gmail.com
Board Member - David Ernst(IL)
(618)779-0993
davidernst@frontier.net
Board Member - Mark Borgman(MO)
(660)631-4484
bst.mark@yahoo.com
Board Member-John Fowler(MO)
(660)473-3135
fowlerjk@iland.net
Board Member- Dana Camerena(WA)
dcrea@hotmail.com
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