New Corral Posted!!!!
/A new Corral has been posted! We would love for you to check it out and congratulate our Painter/Burnett Award Winner, Larry Hacker!!!
Spring Showcase Winners
/Grand Champion Bull- Done Rovins Gadget owned by Done Rovin Too Farm, Mike & Penny Hacker-Knuckles
Grand Champion Female- 4M Breezy Buttercream owned by 4M Farms, David, Carrie, Davielle ,and Zach McCoy
Reserve Champion Bull- 4M Gottem Talking owned by 4M Farms, David, Carrie, Davielle, and Zach McCoy
Reserve Champion Female- FPF Fluffy, owned by Frosty Pine Farm, Mark & Sue Guigar
Election Results!
/We would like to welcome our newest board member, Amber Sapp from Blakely, GA ! Our returning board members that were re-elected are John Fowler of Missouri and Dana Camerena of Washington! Thank you all for your votes and being a part of the association.
Have you heard of our incentive program?
/Check out this great benefit for members!
New Corral posted and going out!!!!!
/An Election issue of the Corral is now posted on the file archives section of our website, check out who’s running for the Board of Directors, read their bios, and get some information on the upcoming Spring Showcase!
Ballot for Board Members and Dinner Tickets
/Please print off this ballot and mail it to Hidden Trace Farm by March 17, 2022. If the ballot is not received by that date your vote will not be counted. Membership dues must be current for 2022.
Hidden Trace Farm ATTN: Dan Stricker/ABA
1761 Lawrence Rd.
Franklin TN 37069
2022 Dues are now Due!!!!
/All current members of the American Beefalo Association:
Lifetime annual dues are now being collected for the 2022 year, in order to vote in the upcoming election of Board Members dues must be paid. You can pay online under Membership tab. Or mail your check with member number listed on the memo line. Yearly dues are $25
Operations address:
14481 Millersburg Rd. SW
Navarre OH 44662
Spring Beefalo Showcase Entries Now Open
/Please fill in one form per animal, print one fee schedule to accompany entries, and mail to Operations Manager at:
14481 Millersburg Rd SW
Navarre OH 44662
Junior Entries are for exhibitors 18 and under, a listing of Showmanship classes is on the form. Please fill out one form per Exhibitor. Thank you!
New Corral Posted!
/Hi there and hello check out the November Corral. We have emailed out copies to the membership, however we did have some delivery issues with some email addresses. There is a link for the Corral on our website. We would like members to fill in a form that will have the correct email information so communications can go smoothly! Happy Holidays!
Where do I send my paperwork?
/If you are a New member, a returning member, or trying to register cattle please download the forms on the website under the Membership tab and mail them to :
14481 Millersburg Rd SW
Navarre OH 44662
If your paper work goes to ANY other address it could delay the turn around time on your work. If you have questions please email Operations.americanbeefalo@gmail.com or contact a board member (numbers listed in the side bar).
New Corral!!!!
/New Corral with updated incentive program, fun stories, and Show and Sale information!!
Spring Showcase Winners
/The 2021 Spring National Beefalo Showcase and Sale took place at the Hidden Trace Farm in Franklin, Tennessee March 27th and 28th. There were 13 Lots of cattle in the Show. The Champions were chosen from Full Bloods, Pure Breds , and Percentage cattle. This year’s winners were a great combination of them all. Our sale brought Beefalo breeders from all over. Thank you to Hidden Trace Farm’s Ms. Grant for allowing us to use the facilities and to Mr. Stricker and Mr. McCoy for organizing the show and sale! We can’t wait to see what next year has in store!
Champion Bull 2021
4M Ribeye (32.64%) Exhibited by: 4M Farms/Davielle McCoy
Champion Female 2021
4M Breezy Buttercream (18.75%)
Exhibited By: 4M Farms/Davielle McCoy
Reserve Champion Bull
FBF Finn (37.39%)
Exhibited by: Fowler Beefalo/ John Fowler
Reserve Champion Female 2021
BTNB Lucy (37.5%)
Exhibited by: Buchanan TN Beefalo/Lucas Norman
Buddy the Beefalo has been found!
/In other news… Buddy the beefalo was caught the other day hanging out on a farm with some ladies(other cows). The Connecticut farmer who owned the animals was then able to load him onto a trailer and take him in for questioning. Buddy was running free throughout the fall and winter since August when he initially was to be unloaded at a Meat Processor when he escaped! He hung out in nearby forests and possibly farms. There were multiple attempts to capture the fugitive. Since his capture, Buddy is on his way to Massachusetts to visit a Veterinarian and get a full work up from there he will head to Gainesville Florida where he will live out his days at Critter Creek Farm Sanctuary. There were numerous donations to a private fund so this guy didn’t have to return to the Processor. Check out the story here.
Thank You Exhibitors and Buyers!
/We want to thank all our Exhibitor’s that came to our Showcase in Tennessee. It was great seeing everyone and being able to hang out for a bit in a beautiful setting! Thank you, Thank You to our buyers who came out in the bit of rain to score some great animals to add to their herds. Your purchase was greatly appreciate by those hard working breeders who brought their animals. We also want to thank our Judge. We cannot wait to see everyone else again!
Spring showcase Sale show/Sale order
/To keep you informed we are adding an online catalog we are working on updating lot numbers . Please keep in mind not all animals are going through the sale.
Election of Board of Directors 2021
/Hey there it’s that time of year when we as an organization can vote folks onto the Board of Directors. Here are the individuals that are up for re-election or election. The ballots are being mailed out and you will have to have them filled in and returned by March 26th the meeting will be that evening at 6:30pm to Dan Stricker c/o Hidden Trace Farm 1761 Lawrence Rd. Franklin TN 37069. Only vote for FOUR. download and print the pdf copy here
Penny Hacker-Knuckles(AR):________(current board member)
Leonard Muehr(TX):________(current board member)
David MCCoy(MO):___________(current board member)
David Lanford(TX):___________(New Candidate)
Dana Camarena(WA):_________(New Candidate)
Davielle McCoy(MO)__________(New Candidate)
David Lanford, San Antonio, Texas
David is a lifelong resident of San Antonio. He and his wife Pam have two grown sons Warner and Hunter. He is a graduate of the University of Texas, Health Science Center at San Antonio. Mr. Lanford is a Veteran of Desert Storm, he served with the 114th Evac Hospital as an ICU RN staff nurse of a 400-bed field hospital in King Khalid Military City, Saudi Arabia. Currently he is in the Medical Insurance field and serves as a project manager for CVS/Aetna in data analytics and reporting and clinical transformation. He and his wife have had a small herd of cattle in Lavaca County, Texas for twenty years and have raised Beefalo for the past two years, they are looking forward to growing their herd in the future. David is also interested in raising various poultry as a hobby.
Dana Camarena, Washington
I was born in Eastern Washington and am a 3rd generation rancher. In the late 80’s my family sold all of our cattle, but kept the land and horses. I have spent more time in the saddle than any other activity in my life and am on a never-ending pursuit for a higher understanding of horsemanship. Growing up, I had dreams of becoming a veterinarian or working in some sector of agriculture but sometimes life doesn’t go as planned and I ended up going to college at Central Washington University and the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Mexico, majoring in Criminal Justice and Spanish. I have spent the last 18 years working in Education and am the Director of Student Support for the Educational Service District #123. Close to a decade ago, we decided to make our way back into the cattle industry, but with a different approach than my grandfather and father took. We chose the Beefalo breed due to a few specific characteristics, namely calving ease and the ability to finish our well on grass. The breed has definitely lived up to our standards and we have thoroughly enjoyed them and are working to continue growing our herd and fine tuning our genetics. I am currently the secretary for the NW Beefalo Association and had the privilege of assisting many new breeders start their operations here on the West Coast by providing quality breeding stock. In our current operation, we fun our herd on summer range close to the Canadian border, and in the late fall, we haul our animals down to SE Washington to calve out where the weather is mild. We utilize 100% direct market sales and have created a loyal customer base that appreciates knowing their producer personally and supporting a product that was raised humanly and handled with great care. You can see more on our operation on our website www.crearanch.com
David McCoy, LaMonte Missouri
I was born and raised here in central Missouri and have been raising livestock my whole life. I have been raising Beefalo since the early 90’s when i purchased a bull from the Fowler Beefalo Farm during field day, they were having to promote the breed. I started just because I was in the market for a good bull and like the idea of the calving ease since I was working in town and would not always be around during calving season. I have since started breeding for both meat animals and raising some breeding stock as well. I am staring to market my meat animals directly from the farm and have found it to be very satisfying to provide my customers with a top quality product at a reasonable price. I also enjoy the breeding stock line using new and old bloodlines to improve and promote the breed.
I feel it is important that we all work together as an organization and learn from each other how to keep moving this great breed forward. We must promote both the great meat qualities and the benefits of the hybridization for the production in breeding stock.
Davielle McCoy,DPT, Warrensburg, Missouri
Hello, my name is Davielle McCoy. I am a second generation Beefalo breeder. Although I have remained involved with my parent’s animals and farm, I have spent the past few years focused on school, getting my Bachelors in Biology ‘14 and Doctorate of Physical Therapy ‘17. When I was a little girl my family bought a brindle bull named Dalton, from Jim and Jewel Fowler. This is where it all started. I have been showing cattle since I was 5 years old including showing Beefalo for the Fowlers during elementary and high school. I have shown many different breeds during my junior years including showing Beefalo, Simmental, Santa Gertrudis, Charolais, and Crossbred just to name a few. Beefalo has always been the breed I call home. Since graduating PT School, I have started buying, breeding, and raising my own herd of Beefalo cattle. While I have always enjoyed helping with my parents’ operation and admiring other Beefalo breeders, I have developed a new appreciation of the “breeding” process. Having the opportunity to pick and choose which characteristics to use in a bull based on the females I have makes seeing the offspring so much more enjoyable.
We are fortunate as Beefalo breeders to have the opportunity to breed these animals how we want, incorporating the characteristics we find important and beneficial to our individual breeding programs. This is why I love this breed! It takes all of us to continue to develop the genetics and evolution of the breed. I would greatly appreciate your vote and love the opportunity to serve on the board of directors to help continue the improvement of the Beefalo breed.
The annual meeting will be held at the Spring Beefalo Showcase in Franklin Tennessee all are invited to attend if you would like to come to dinner you can purchase your dinner tickets on the website under the Events tab. The meeting will take place FRIDAY MARCH 26th at 6:30pm at the Hidden Trace Farm. Your ballots will need to be received no later than March 26th to Dan Stricker. The election will take place that evening.
Spring National Beefalo Showcase
/Fill this form out for your entries for our Brand Spankin new show in March. You can also fill this out to receive you reserved dinner tickets for our annual meeting. If you aren’t comfortable filling out a form online you can also print a pdf version and send it along with payment to 14481 Millersburg Rd SW Navarre OH 44662. Dinner and annual meeting will be held FRIDAY MARCH 26th at 630pm. All animals will be required to have a permanent USDA approved I.D. tag and current Health Papers. All Bulls over 12 months of age are required to have a negative Trich test. We can’t wait to see you all there!
Spring National Beefalo Showcase
/Heifers, Cows, and Bulls galore! Check out our events tab for a great new opportunity for our breeders to fellowship and share their animals with everyone! March 26th-March 28th in Franklin Tennessee!
New Corral added!!!!
/Hey there and Hello! You can now access the Fall Corral on our Website! Go to File Archives and click The Corral! Its that simple!!! Thank you all for your patience!!!
