March 2013
Volume 41, Number 7
The
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March 2013
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13 Committee Chair Reflections
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26 ABBA Board of Director Elections
30 Hall of Fame - H. Gayden
34 Hall of Fame - L. Hudgins
38 Friend of The Year - HLSR
40 Industry Spotlight - A. Tjoelker
44 International Friend of The Year - J. Albertazzi
78 Breeder Spotlight - G. Arguello
86 Industry Spotlight - World Wide Livestock Express, Inc.
94 Breeder Spotlight - C. Pérez
98 2013-2014 Judges List
102 South Florida State Fair Results
104 Southwestern Livestock Exposition Results
106 Brahman Presence at NCBA Convention
110 San Antonio Livestock Show Results
122 Florida State Fair Results
124 2011-2012 Premier Show Animals
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LMC Happenings
We are still fighting the worst drought
of our lifetime but are determined to
work our way out of it THANKS to
many good friends who have helped
us with gin trash, hay and pastures.
MIL GRACIAS to our ole buddy
Mike England for all of his help. We
have the best set of POLLED Brahman babies
we have ever had. Our POLLED humpies continue
their winning ways with the Walters family winning
several championships this fall with LMC Polled Spice
and LMC Polled Paulette. We are selling a phenomenal
POLLED Donor Prospect at the ABBA Sale in Houston
plus fifteen real good POLLED two year old bulls at our LMC
$ellabration Sale on March 23, 2013.
LMC POLLED RICO is a proven smooth POLLED son of
LMC Polled Maestro and LN Margarita. He throws lots of solid red
calves. He is a BEEF MACHINE !! He sells on March 23rd
at La Muñeca. Please call or email us for a catalog.
LMC Polled Rico
at 15 mos. of age.
The bulls we are selling are all gentle, halter
broke BEEF TYPE American POLLED
Brahman bulls most of which are sired by the
great LMC LF Ambassador who is getting the If you are in the market for a top POLLED show
job done in a big way.
prospect or a great set of starter POLLED heifers,
come see us. Due to the drought we are selling the
whole crop this year and they are fancy.
LMC +S Polled Madonna is a LMC WFF
Pistolero out of a JDH Datapack sired donor
owned by the Schneiders. She is as good as
it gets and sells at the ABBA Sale in Houston.
Do not miss her !!
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LMC LN Dream Up heads up our Simbrah bull
Simbrahs, Simbraviehs & POLLED Brahmans
offering at The LMC $ellabration Sale where there
will be 40 of the COWMAN’S KIND of POLLED CARLOS & SISTER GUERRA FAMILY
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by Dream On, the most dominant Simmy sire in
Please visit our website at
the last ten years. You can buy online at www.
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cimauctions.com – 1-888-554-8437.
One of several 3/8 Simmental x 5/8 Brahman
BABY DOLL % Simbrah heifers selling at LMC
$ellabration II. She is out of a great Ambassador
daughter. Buy her, AI or ET her to a great Simmy
bull and you will breed your share of tomorrow’s
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KALLION
FARMS
In Search of Excellence
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Byron Vassberg • College Station, TX
956-245-9780 • info@kallionfarms.com
brahman world news
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As of February 1, Japan has
opened their market to allow
imports of US beef up to 30
months of age, up from a
20-month limit!
WORLD
BRAHMAN
congress
Don’t miss the 2014 World
Brahman Congress in Parys,
South Africa April 6-10, 2014!
United States
Dates have been set for the 3rd Annual
ABBA Membership Convention.
Biloxi, Mississippi will host this year’s
event on November 22-24, 2013. The
Membership Convention is a chance
for ABBA members to gather and
discuss highlighted aspects of the
beef industry important to Brahman
breeders and producers. Networking,
fellowship, seminars, and trainings
are also perks of the event.
Brazil
The First Brazilian Brahman Show of
2013, Portobello ExpoBrahman, will
be held March 6-9. At the event, the
2013 President of the ACBB Board
of Directors, John Leopoldino Neto,
will be inaugurated, and the best of
2011/2012 rankings will be awarded ,
in addition to the traditional auction
and judgings.
Dominican
republic
ASOCEBU in the Dominican Republic
will be hosting Brahman and Gyr
Shows March 14-15 at the 25th
Anniversary Dominican Agricultural
and Livestock Show in Santo Domingo.
South Africa
The 17th World Brahman Congress 2014
will be held in Parys, Fee State Province,
South Africa by the The Brahman
Breeders’ Society of South Africa. The
Congress will be April 6-11 with PreCongress Tours being held March 30
- April 5 and Post-Congress Tours April
11-17. The Khaya Ibhubesi will be the
host hotel, and the Parys Afri Dome will
be the show venue. Online registration
is available starting March 1 at
Brahman.co.za; for more information,
email hestie@brahman.co.za
2014 congress
Schedule
Saturday, April 5:
Arrival, Pre-Congress Tours
Sunday, April 6:
09:00 - Registration - Khaya Ibhubesi
18:00 - Welcome function - Khaya Ibhubesi
Monday, April 7:
15:00 - Group Class Judging
19:00 - Opening Function- Khaya Ibhubesi
Tuesday, April 8:
17:00 - International Brahman Cattle, Semen/
Embryo Sale at the Afri Dome
19:00 - Country and Western evening
at the Afri Dome
Wednesday, April 9:
09:00 - Brahman Judging followed by oxbraal
and entertainment at the Afri Dome
Thursday, April 10:
09:00 - Brahman Judging at the Afri Dome
19:00 - Gala Function- Australia 2013 World
Brahman congress presentation nad Heifer Sale
on “Big Screen” at Khaya Ibhubesi
Friday, April 11:
10:00 - Removal of Cattle, Post-Congress Tours
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news
Kempfer
cattle co
wins BQA
Award
Kempfer Cattle Company of Deer
Park, Florida was honored with the 2013
Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Award
during a presentation given at the NCBA
Convention on February 8, 2013 in
Tampa, Florida.
Kempfer Cattle Company is a
commercial cow/calf and seed stock
operation. The commercial operation
consists of a 3 way cross of Brahman,
Angus, and Shorthorn cattle with Charolais
bulls used for a terminal cross. A minimum
of ¼ Brahman blood is maintained in all
cows to aid in maximizing production as
they are less affected by flood, drought,
heat and parasites. They are currently
running 2,500 commercial cows with 280
replacement heifers. An additional 300
replacement heifers are raised annually
for sale. Their registered Brahman herd
consists of 125 head.
Kempfer Cattle Company de Deer Park,
Florida, fue honrado con el 2013 Beef
Quality Assurance (BQA) Premio durante
una presentación en la Convención NCBA
el 8 de febrero de 2013 en Tampa, Florida.
Kempfer Cattle Company es una
operación comercial de vacas / becerros y
semillas. La operación comercial consiste
en 3 cruces con Brahman, Angus y
Shorthorn ganado con toros Charolais
utilizados para terminar los cruses. Un
mínimo de ¼ sangre Brahman se mantiene
en todas las vacas para ayudar en la
maximización de la producción, ya que
son menos afectados por las inundaciones,
la sequía, calor y los parásitos. En la
actualidad están funcionando 2.500
vacas comerciales con 280 novillas de
reemplazo. Un adicional de 300 reemplazo
se crían anualmente para la venta. Su hato
Brahman registrado se compone de 125
cabezas.
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ABBA
Recognizes
Photo Courtesy of Brahman.org
The ranch has been in business since
1895 and the sixth generation is now
growing up and beginning to help work the
land. All family members have their own
cattle; they have 29 different ear marks
and brands on the ranch. All employees are
family and have a deep love for the land
and the animals.
Promoting BQA to other producers
is important to the Kempfers. They
encourage other producers to have a BQA
program. According to the Kempfers,
cattlemen all produce the same product
and we don’t need poor management
to turn people away from eating Beef.
They are charter members of the
Florida Heritage Beef, LLC group which
is a coalition of progressive ranchers.
One of the benefits of the group is the
collaboration of management practices and
ideas for enhancing beef production.
El rancho ha estado en el negocio desde
1895 y la sexta generación está creciendo
y empezando a ayudar a trabajar la tierra.
Todos los miembros de la familia tienen su
propio ganado, tienen 29 diferentes marcas
auriculares y marcas en el rancho. Todos
los empleados son familiares y tienen un
profundo amor por la tierra y los animales.
Promover BQA a otros productores es
importante para los Kempfers. Animan
a otros productores a tener un programa
de BQA. De acuerdo con los Kempfers,
los ganaderos todos producen el mismo
producto y no necesitamos una mala
gestión como apartar a la gente de comer
carne. Son miembros fundadores de la
carne de vaca Florida Heritage, grupo
LLC, que es una alianza de ganaderos
progresistas. Uno de los beneficios del
grupo es la colaboración de las prácticas
de gestión y las ideas para mejorar la
producción de carne.
Top 2012
Herd Sires
The American Brahman
Breeders Association has
maintained the registry for
Brahman cattle since 1924. With
over 900,000 total registrations
and approximately 8,300
registrations in 2012, American
Brahman genetics are heavily
competitive among international
sales and competition. The Top
Sires by Progeny Report shows
the influence of sires on the year’s
registrations. The top 10 sires by
progeny registered for 2012 are
highlighted below.
The leading bull of 2012 is JDH
Mr. Elmo Manso, bred and owned
by Locke Brothers of Hungerford,
Texas. This 2008 National
Champion and inductee into the
Register of Renown sired 130
registered progeny last year.
Ranking second is +Mr. V8
380/6, bred and owned by Jim
Williams of Boling, Texas. This sire
was represented with 81 progeny
being registered last year. His
progeny also accumulated the
second most points of all Grey sires
in ABBA approved shows.
Tying for third were two
Register of Renown sires, +JDH
Sir Lawford Manso and +Mr.
H Maddox Manso 684 with 51
progeny each.
+JDH Sir Lawford Manso is bred
by J.D. Hudgins – Hudgins Division
of Hungerford, Texas. He is owned
by Leslie W. Hudgins of Hungerford,
Texas and J. D. Hudgins - Hudgins
Division. +Mr. H Maddox Manso 684
is bred by Heritage Cattle Company
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of Hungerford, Texas and jointly
owned by Heritage Cattle Company and
The Maddox Syndicate of Navasota,
Texas.
+JDH Sir Avery Manso ranks #5
with 49 progeny in 2012. This bull is
bred by J.D. Hudgins and owned by Jim
Williams.
Mr. V8 442/6 ranks #6 with 45
progeny registered in 2012. He is
owned jointly by Ernest H. Cannon of
Madisonville, Texas and V8 Ranch of
Hungerford, Texas. He was bred by V8
Ranch.
Bull # 7, JDH Sir Shank Manso
sired 42 registered progeny last year.
He is owned by Steven Swaner, Jr. of
Waco, Texas and bred by J.D. Hudgins –
Hudgins Division.
Finishing up the top ten are +JDH
Karu Manso, +JDH Sir Liberty Manso,
and JDH Mr Feng Manso who each sired
35 progeny in last year’s registration.
+JDH Karu Manso is owned jointly
between Leslie W. Hudgins, Lazy D
Farms, Satterfield Ranch, Juan Moreno,
Byron Vassberg, San Rafel Ranch,
Watson Land & Cattle, and M.M. Mar
Ranch. He is bred by Leslie W. Hudgins.
+JDH Sir Liberty Manso is owned
jointly by J.D. Hudgins – Hudgins
Division and Leslie W. Hudgins. He
is bred by J.D. Hudgins – Hudgins
Division. JDH Mr Feng Manso is
owned by Bill Kingrey and bred by J.D.
Hudgins – Locke Division.
The top 100 bulls influenced over
2,500 registrations in 2012. Visit
Brahman.org for a complete listing of
the top 100 bulls.
This article Courtesy if Brahman.org
Photo above: JDH Mr. Elmo Manso, leading
bull of 2012, bred and owned by Locke
Brothers of Hungerford, Texas. “Elmo” sired
130 registered progeny last year.
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Congratulations...
Tom &
Barbara
Miller of
Red Oak
Ranch
Tom & Barbara Miller with their Grandchildren
The couple recently
celebrated their 50th
Wedding Anniversary and in light of the occasion was honored with an Agricultural
Grant in their names to support their community’s FFA chapter. The Sunnyvale High
School FFA program is fairly new and the monies awarded from these grants are
earmarked to encourage students to participate. The grants are administered by the
Sunnyvale Education Foundation. Tom and Barbara of Red Oak Ranch have been active
in the Simbrah, Brahman and Braunvieh cattle breeds. Today, the ranch focuses on
Foundation Bred Quarter horses concentrating on the legendary King Ranch bloodlines
such as Old Sorrel, Peppy’s Forty as well as the popular stallions of today like High
Brow Cat and DBA Cowboy Hancock.
Have an event or happening you would like published in the Brahman Journal?
Please e-mail our staff at info@brahmanjournal.com and let us know!
Reflections
of the 2011-2012
ABBA Committee
Chairmen
to be on their program to present the
progress of the American Brahman from
the early 1900’s until the present time.
Bob Hudgins
Executive Committee
Over the last two years, our
committees have been very active with new
programs and ideas in order to promote
and advance our association and the
American Brahman breed.
We have seen two new videos
completed (domestic and international)
that will place our breed in front of both
old and new prospective customers. The
domestic video was also shown on RFD-TV.
The last two years, the ABBA Membership
Convention was organized and well
received by our membership.
In 2011, “The Brahman Think Tank” was
organized to bring together industry leaders
to discuss the role of the American Brahman
in domestic markets. That same year, we
established a new staff position, Director of
Communications and Youth Activities.
In 2012, the new F1 Plus program
was established to further recognize the
percent of American Brahman genetics in
commercial herds. This program was also
established to strengthen ABBA’s Golden
Certified and Certified F1 programs.
We also saw a large delegation of ABBA
members attend the World Brahman
Congress held in Panama. It was an honor
I want to thank the head of each
committee and committee members for
their diligent work for the benefit of the
American Brahman breed. Last, but certainly
not least, I want to thank the staff of ABBA
who has helped me over my last two years
in office. They have worked overtime for
the betterment of our association and the
American Brahman breed.
Dr. Ricky Hughes,
Communications Committee
The primary responsibility of the
Communications committee is to promote
the Brahman breed. This is accomplished
through print advertising, the internet and
use of television. 2012 was a great year for
us. The ABBA created a position of Director
of Communications. This position allowed
us to have a full time office employee to
facilitate distribution of promotional
material for the Brahman breed. Ads were
placed in various magazines, including
several state cattleman magazines as
well as major magazines representing our
marketing area.
The Annual Membership Meeting on
February 27 in Houston, Texas will
bring about the bi-annual changing of
the guard for the American Brahman
Breeders Association (ABBA). The
Board of Directors will appoint new
officers and the President will select
new Chairmen for the 2013-2014
term. In light of this, The Brahman
Journal asked the current 2011-2012
Chairmen to take a moment and
reflect on their terms in office.
The ABBA website is updated
frequently to keep up-to-date information
available via the internet. Email webblasts are sent out at least twice monthly
as new information becomes available.
The ABBA also has it’s own Facebook page
with many loyal followers.
With an advertising budget of $40,000,
the most efficient method of advertising
must be utilized. We plan one year in
advance what areas we will target with
the funds we are allocated. Plans for 2013
include continued print advertising in major
beef magazines, continued updating of our
website, Facebook and the continuation
of e-blasts to inform the membership of
ongoing events and news. We also plan to
develop and run commercials on RFD-TV’s
American Rancher program several times in
2013. We are looking in to the possibility of
making our webpage mobile phone friendly
as well as the possibility of developing an
IPhone app to allow easy access to cattle
information.
I have served as the Communications
Committee chairman for the past six years.
I have had the privilege of working with
some great committee members who have
a great love for Brahman cattle and want
to see our great breed expanded farther
across our country. I want to personally
thank each one of these members for their
dedication and hard work in helping to
develop great promotional avenues for this
great breed of cattle. Committee members
in the past two years included: Neil
Hudgins, Dinah Weil, Dr. Scott Satterfield,
Jim Usery, Rachel Cutrer, Tommy Stadler
and Rick Butler.
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Florida Brahman Association
l2 ranch
Adrian, Melissa,
Adrian II & Arica Land
Branford, FL • 386-590-2400
l2ranch@gmail.com
l2ranchflorida.com
Double C Bar Ranch
Jimmy, Gibbs, Denton & Clifton Chapman
3650 N. Canoe Creek Rd. • kenansville, FL 34739
407-892-2414 • doublecbarranch@earthlink.net
www.doublecbarranch.com
Ford Farms
Ron Salo
381 Grassy Lane
Ft. White, FL 32038
Bar crescent D
Dan Smith
P.O. Box 432 • Wauchula, FL 33873
863-773-0809 • 863-781-0206
dhsmith40@gmail.com • www.barcrescentd.com
Rocking S Ranch
Larry Ford
5016 Ford Rd. • Greenwood, FL 32443
850-569-2868 • 850-718-6983
ladford@yahoo.com
Marcus & Linda Shackelford
P.O Box 935 • Wauchula, FL 33873
863-773-4616 • 863-781-9572
rockingsranch@eMBarqmail.com
www.rockingsbrahmans.com
Register’s SawMill
C Herman Beville
Ranch, LTD
Keith Register
P.O. Box 1542 • Panasofkee, FL 33538
352-568-0945 • krsawmill@embarqmail.com
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Clay Newcomb
3349 CR 545A • Bushnell, FL 33513
352-793-2081 • 352-303-8336
Barthle Brothers Ranch
Larry & Lynn Barthle
17231 Bellamy brothers blvd. • Dade City, FL 33523
352-588-3011 • crittercreations@earthlink.net
www.barthlebrothersranch.com
Doc Partin Ranch
6001 Canoe Creek Rd.
St. Cloud, FL 34772
407-908-9866 • 407-892-3725
info@docpartin.com
www.docpartin.com
Candler Cattle Company
Danny & Marcia Candler
11000 NW 64th Trail • Okeechobee, FL 34972
863-467-9029 • 863-610-0001
candler1@embarqmail.com
Heart Bar Ranch IV
Dave & Cindy Partin
Kenansville, FL 34739
407-892-9265
Cell: 407-709-8897
dpartinranch@aol.com
Reflections
a great honor but also a challenge. My
immediate predecessor, Dinah Weil, had
done a wonderful job and knew so many
International breeders.
Tommy Stadler
Finance Committee
It has been an honor and pleasure to
serve as ABBA Secretary/Treasurer for
the past two years. As Chairman of the
Finance Committee I was fortunate to
have Ed Cullers, Carl Fontenot and Pat
Cone, Vice-Chair serve on the Finance
Committee with me. The Committee’s
primary responsibilities are (1) prepare
and present an annual budget to the Board
of Directors and (2) monitor the financial
performance of ABBA throughout the year.
Our financial performance during
each of the two preceding years has
been excellent. We ended each year with
an operating profit. A continuation of
a trend established several years ago.
These operating profits were achieved
while adding the position of Director of
Communications and Youth Activities
and increasing funds to our advertising
programs. Each standing committee was
fully funded during 2012. This success
was due to the hard work of our ABBA staff
and our standing committees. The Finance
Committee also reviewed accounting
procedures with our independent
auditor and our investment portfolio
was evaluated consistent with direction
provided by our Board of Directors.
Thank you for the opportunity to serve
as ABBA Secretary/Treasurer.
It has been an honor to serve such an
amazing group of people that make up
the ABBA. The challenge was trying to
continue the great work the committee had
been doing in years past.
Our main purpose on our committee is
to promote the American Brahman breed
on a world wide basis. Many members may
not know that our main funding is from
the United States Livestock and Genetic
Export or USLGE. Our job is acquire and
then budget this funding for ads in the
International journals, providing speakers
and other promotional materials and
providing judges for International Shows.
We also organize group trips to various
International events.
We accomplished this as well as
developing the International American
Brahman video, which is available to
anyone through the ABBA office.
We spent a good deal of time making
the Panama WBC a destination for around
one hundred of our members. We have
already begun planning the 2014 WBC trip
to South Africa. For those of you who don’t
travel much, it is a great way to combine
business with pleasure and meet many
wonderful people.
Our 2nd annual meet and greet
gathering at the Houston Livestock Show
and Rodeo is to be held February 28th at
6:30 pm. This is another way of saying
thank you to our International guests for
visiting. I encourage everyone to come and
have a good time.
Other future projects include
Educational material on the dual purpose
of the American Brahman in the tropical
climates-Beef and Milk.
We are also planning an International
Educational event in the near future.
I want to thank all of my committee
members and of course Armelinda and Chris
for all their hard work and making the last
two years very enjoyable and rewarding.
Dr. Scott Satterfield
International Committee
When Bob Hudgins asked me to chair
the International Committee, I took it as
Dean Burkhardt
Membership Committee
For the past two years, I have
represented our area on the ABBA Board
of Directors. Both years, I have
served on the Membership/
Member Services
Committee and, this past
year, was its Chairman.
During my term on this
committee, we hosted two
ABBA Conventions and are
busy planning next year’s
membership convention.
We called on ranch realtors
in Hempstead, Brenham,
New Ulm, Weimar, and San
Antonio, and distributed
a brochure that we had
developed that promotes
the Brahman breed to
prospective ranch buyers.
The ranch realtor brochure suggests that,
when a person is purchasing a ranch; he
or she consider stocking it with Brahman
Cattle. We updated many of the ABBA
information materials and have planned
activities to assist our current members,
including assigning a committee member
to call on and welcome all new ABBA
members, answer any questions, tell
them about ABBA services, and introduce
our great website. We have also actively
recruited new breeders, for example, by
posting a banner at shows saying, “Please
consider joining the parent organization
of the AJBA, the ABBA”. The committee
has been very active and I have enjoyed
working with them as together we have
made the ABBA a better organization.
Burkhardt
J.D. Sartwelle, Jr.
Marketing Committee
Your ABBA Marketing Committee
has been very busy for the past two years
and accomplished much. For the past
two years the Marketing Committee
has been chaired by the writer with
Arnold Saunders, Devine, Tex as the Vice
Chairman. The Committee was composed
of Milton Charanza, Billy Wayne Key,
Coleman Locke, Leo Casas, Terry Glen
Novak, Rudy Rio, and Sloan Williams. All
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members of the Committee are, among
other things, very industry oriented,
commercial world cow-folks who have a
good perspective of our breed’s place in the
world of beef production.
The Committee considers all things
that come before the Association or your
Board along the lines of marketing the
American Brahman and or their offspring;
the committee works with our affiliates,
area associations and professional sales
managers that promote sales that include
Brahman blooded cattle. The committee
helps develop marketing strategies aimed
at the commercial world and further
acceptance of Brahman blooded cattle
where ever they might be. As with all
committees, the marketing committee
formulates marketing policies and
makes recommendations to the Board of
Directors for final action, co-ordination
and implementation with our ABBA staff. .
The Committee is charged with the
responsibility of administering our
industry leading ABBA F1 Program that
includes the processes of certifying
the Golden Certified and Certified F1
females and the recently established F1+
Program that recognizes and promotes the
produce of the Certified F1 female. The
committee looks at procedures and fees
of the Program that has become the most
successful of all breed associations that
have commercial female programs.
In 2012 the committee recommended an
addition to the F1 Program which has been
dubbed the F1 Plus (F1+) Program that is just
now getting kicked off. The F1+ Program
recognizes the female produced from the
Golden Certified or Certified female when
mated to a registered beef breed bull. It’s
early acceptance is apparent and growth
in the program is expected. It is expected
that ABBA can promote more known ¼
blooded cattle into areas that previously
have had only imitations. It is anticipated
that our breed has a 3-4 year window to
aggressively promote Brahman blood as
the nation rebuilds our cowherds in the
face of continuing droughts and elevated
temperatures.
conduct their 2nd Annual Sale of Brahmans
and Brahman blooded females on April 6,
in Hattiesburg, MS. This sale follows a very
successful first time effort last year.
The committee has several on-going
projects at the end of two years that includes
further work with affiliates and area sales
and F1 field days in new areas to include a
field day in the Ok, MO, AR, KS (four state
area) and one in Florida. The very next
project is the 26th Annual National F1
Female Sale and TBA Sponsored Brahman
Female Sale to be conducted on March 16
at the Caldwell Livestock Commission. Sale
Chairman Milton Charanza indicates that
this year’s annual Sale will include many
good females. Immediately after is the
Louisiana Brahman Association’s Annual Sale
of F1’s and Brahman females on March 23,
at Dominique’s Stockyards in Carencro, LA.
The Deep South Brahman Association will
John Coleman Locke
The committee had input into the
finishing touches of the Long Range
Planning Committee that wrapped up its
work this past fall.
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Performance Committee
2012 was a productive year for
the Research and Breed Improvement
Committee. We continue to see ideas
implemented that were a result of
ABBA’s long range plan and Think Tank
Session. As we move forward into 2013
our mission continues to be increasing
participation in performance programs
so that we may continually use this data
to improve our great breed. We have seen
a marked increase in ultrasound data
being submitted as well as an increase
in participation in the Brahman Carcass
Evaluation Project. Available Ultrasound
CONTINUED on PAGE 22
In the past two years, the committee
oversaw the transition of our ABBA
National F1 Female Sale to another
location and contracted Broken Triangle
Cattle Marketing to be the sale manager.
Two years ago, the committee began
work on revamping and overhauling the
certifying procedures of the F1 Program
that has dramatically revitalized the
Program and increased the number of
participants in the Program and the
numbers of females Certified. The
new procedures have added much to
Association income this past year, mainly
due to dramatically less cost associated
with ear tags in-house option in lieu of
certificates from our registry provider.
The Committee has a good many
ambitious plans for the future that hopefully
will be carried out in the next two years by
another aggressive committee.
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data will be printed in this year’s
International Show catalog, the winner
of the Carcass Evaluation Project will be
announced in the show ring in front of
spectators from around the world, and
weight and measurement data will be made
available to the judge at the beginning of
the show. Small steps, but steps in the
right direction that we hope will encourage
members to collect and submit data on
their cattle and participate in the programs
ABBA makes available to them.
We are in the process of collecting data
and investigating research on reciprocal
birth weights as well as making maternal
birthweight EPD’s available to breeders.
Also, a few short instructional videos are
going to be produced in the near future to
educate more of our breeders on subjects
such as measuring birth weights, the
carcass ultrasound collection process, pen
scoring cattle for disposition, the Carcass
Evaluation Project and resulting breeder
success stories, and the importance of
submitting data for breed improvement.
The importance of educating our breeders
on pen scoring and the need to develop a
disposition EPD is at the forefront of what
the committee hopes to accomplish in the
near term. It has been an honor to serve
as chairman of the Research and Breed
Improvement Committee. As I look to the
future I know our committee will continue
to work for the betterment of the breed
and strive to develop programs that will
make a difference.
Will Detering
Show Committee
First I want to thank all my committee
members for their countless hours and
miles. Your Show committee has been
busy. As chairman of the show committee
my objective was to make our show ring
a more fair and level playing field. It is a
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multi-faceted goal that sounds so simple
but in actuality is very difficult to attain.
The committee continuously worked so
that all exhibitors, whether large or small,
had an equal chance to promote their
cattle as deserving winners with the
cutting edge genetics of our breed. We
must always keep in mind that our show
ring champions are considered the ideals
of the Brahman breed worldwide.
To achieve this objective several things
have been improved and implemented.
We continued to evaluate the weights
and measurement system. This has
accomplished more uniform show ring
classes and can be used now and in the
future to guide our breed toward a desired
frame score by raising and lowering the
parameters. “Weights and measures” is in
no way an effort to discriminate against
more efficient cattle but is a method to
identify those animals that represent a
natural growth curve sought by today’s
commercial and registered beef industries.
Your show committee also worked
tirelessly to present a “Code of Ethics.” Our
breed should feel a sense of pride that the
“Code of Ethics” was recently passed by the
Board of Directors. Although not a perfect
document, it sends a strong message
to exhibitors and spectators worldwide
that our breed will not tolerate unethical
behavior and self-serving conflicts of
interest in our show ring.
The most recent action of your show
committee was the revised “Color Rule.”
Some might not be aware, but we have had
continual conflict over the present rule
which determines in what color division
an animal is shown or “classified” solely by
color. I feel the new rule will better identify
where cattle of varying degrees of color
and red/gray pedigrees should be shown.
Under the new ruling, the color committee,
appointed by the show committee
chairman, will evaluate any “questionable”
animals on a 3-trait basis using color,
breed character and pedigree. All three
characteristics will all be considered on
an equal basis. Basically, consideration of
color was the only criteria used in the past.
Although this revised color rule might
cause some lack of uniformity of color in
our show ring, it will better guide where
the animal should be shown.
In conclusion, I want to say thank you
to president Hudgins for his confidence
in my leadership, and I hope that all
we have accomplished will improve the
participation, fairness and perception of
our show ring.
Rachel Cutrer
Youth Committee
It has been my pleasure to serve for
the last 6 years as chairman of the youth
activities committee. I feel like I can speak
for everyone who serves on the committee
by saying our greatest joy is volunteering
to help the young people in the Brahman
breed. Our major work revolves around
hosting and organizing the All American
National Junior Brahman Show each
summer, where we have nearly 250 young
people who are showing Brahman cattle.
However it’s about much more than the
show. Scholarships, youth leadership
opportunities, and educational contests
are things that the youth committee
works very hard to provide to the AJBA
members. We feel it is our goal to help
facilitate the actions of the AJBA Junior
Board of Directors and their members.
Our committee thanks all of the parents,
volunteers, and donors who contribute
to the AJBA to help provide as many
opportunities possible for young Brahman
enthusiasts.
T he Brahman Journal
staff would like to
thank all the Committee
Chairmen for their
hardwork, dedication and
service to the American
Brahman breed!
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ABBA
Board of Directors
E le c tion
The American Brahman Breeders
Association (ABBA) Board of Director
election ballots were tabulated by members
of the Executive Committee on Wednesday,
February 6, 2013 at the Houston
headquarters.
Newly elected directors for the 20132014 term are as follows: Area 1 - Jim
Bob Trant, Kenneth Allen (2013); Area
2 - Terry Novak; Area 3 - Wade Watkins,
John Coleman Locke, Steve Hudgins, Dean
Burkhardt, Brandon Cutrer; Area 4 - David
Domsch, Glen Ruschhaupt, Rudy Rios;
Area 6 - Shirley Watts, Billie Farris, Patricia
Collins, Steamer Swaner; Area 7 - Craig
Fontenot, Sam Duplantis; Area 8 - George
Kempfer; Area 11 - Dr. Robert Barlow; and
Area 13 - Ricky Hammonds, Steve Wilkins.
The newly constituted Board of
Directors shall meet during a recess of
the Annual Membership Meeting at the
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo on
Wednesday, February 26 to elect the
association’s President, Vice President,
Secretary Treasurer and six directors
to serve as members of the Executive
Committee.
Per the association’s constitution
(Artivle V, Section 1) all affairs of the
ABBA are under the control the ABBA
Board of Directors.
“These elected representatives
represent you and help make the decisions
that affect the entire breed,” ABBA Vice
President Chris Shivers wrote in his
February letter to the membership.
The Board is composed of 44 elected
officials elected from 11 domestic areas
and one area that contains all international
ABBA members. Directors serve a two year
term and are elected by ABBA members
from their geographical area. (See map on
page 28.)
The association by-laws state that the
number of director positions for each area
(except Area 14) are allocated by “each
area’s prorated share of the total number
of Active Members and registrations…
the number of Active Members shall have
10 times the weighted importance of
registrations.”
“Many times members ask what type of
a director they should elect,” Shivers states.
“If I were to describe the perfect director
it would be one that was in tune with the
views and philosophies of his constituents.
A good director needs to set his personal
agenda aside and make decisions that
are the best for the organization. Lastly,
a good director should be a team player
and be able to work well with the other
board members. I’m not suggesting that
someone should not have their own views,
but should be able to reason and work with
other directors to accomplish goals that are
best for the association.”
To be eligible to serve as a director,
an individual must submit performance
information and he/she or the Membership
they represent must register with the
Association a minimum of 10 animals each
year beginning with the calendar year prior
to their nomination and the calendar year
prior to the beginning of the second year of
their term of office.
In addition to the 44 members on the
board, past presidents who remain active
ABBA members have a lifetime seat on
the board of directors, and the Board of
Directors may elect one Director Emeritus
annually. To be eligible for a Director
Emeritus position, a person must be a
previous director “with long, continuous
and distinguished service to the Breed.”
Director Emeritus officials have all the
rights and privileges of a regularly elected
director. The total number of Directors
Emeritus may not exceed ten percent of the
elected Board.
“You are fortunate to be represented
by an outstanding leadership body and I’m
sure those that are elected or re-elected
will serve you well,” Shivers said.
La Asociación Americana de Criadores de Brahman (ABBA) el Miércoles 6 de febrero 2013, en la Junta se determinaron los directores,
en la sede de Houston.
Directores recién elegidos para el período 2013-2014 son los siguientes: Area 1 - Jim Bob Trant, Kenneth Allen (2013); Area 2 - Terry
Novak; Area 3 - Wade Watkins, John Coleman Locke, Steve Hudgins, Dean Burkhardt, Brandon Cutrer; Area 4 - David Domsch, Glen
Ruschhaupt, Rudy Rios; Area 6 - Shirley Watts, Billie Farris, Patricia Collins, Steamer Swaner; Area 7 - Craig Fontenot, Sam Duplantis;
Area 11 - Dr. Robert Barlow; y Area 13 - Ricky Hammonds, Steve Wilkins.
La nueva Junta Directiva electa se reunirá durante un receso de la Asamblea General Anual en el Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
el miércoles 26 de febrero, al elegir al Presidente de la asociación, Vicepresidente, Secretario Tesorero y seis directores para servir como
miembros del Comité Ejecutivo.
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directors
** These Area 14 directors have to be ratified at the Annual ABBA Membership Meeting in Houston.
Directors in Bold are the newly elected or re-elected directors.
Area 1
Area 4
Johnny Gnemi
Kenneth Allen
Jim Bob Trant
Arnold Saunders
Wes Schneider
David Domsch
Glenn Ruschhaupt
Rudy Rios
Area 2
Will Detering
Terry Novak
Area 6
Buddy Bailey
Lanny Sullins
Scott Satterfield
Patricia Collins
Billie Farris
Steamer Swaner
Shirley Watts
Area 3
Rachel Cutrer
Bill Hudgins
J.D Sartwelle
Dean Burkhardt
Brandon Cutrer
Steve Hudgins
John Coleman Locke
Wade Watkins
Area 7
Area 12
Pat Cone
Scott Esthay
Jason Smith
Sam Duplantis
Craig Fontenot
Past Presidents
Myra Neal Morrison
Area 13
Ricky Hughes
Ricky Hammonds
Steve Wilkins
Area 8
Area 14
Larry Barthle
Kelvin Moreno
George Kempfer
David Andrews**
John Milton Torres
Raimundo Riojas
Rene Finol**
Area 11
Bill Nettles
Robert Barlow
Area 15
Loren Pratt
ABBA 2013-2014
JIMMY CHAPMAN (AREA 8)
ED CULLERS (AREA 3)
CARL FONTENOT (AREA 7)
RICHARD FORGASON (AREA 3)
COLEMAN LOCKE (AREA 3)
RAYMOND LONG (AREA 7)
BRUCE LOWRIE (AREA 6)
CARL MCKENNEY (AREA 6)
BOB PARISH (AREA 2)
MIKE PARTIN (AREA 8)
MARCUS SHACKELFORD (AREA 8)
RICHARD STURLESE (AREA 7)
JIM WILLIAMS (AREA 3)
SLOAN WILLIAMS (AREA 3)
BOB HUDGINS (AREA 3)
Board of Directors
ABBA
Area Map
Area 1
TEXAS
counties...
Angelina
Chambers
Grimes
Hardin
Jasper
Jefferson
Liberty
Madison
Montgomery
Nacogdoches
Newton
Orange
Polk
Sabine
San Augustine
San Jacinto
Shelby
Trinity
Tyler
Walker
Area 2
TEXAS
counties...
Brazoria
Fort Bend
Galveston
Harris
Waller
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12
13
6
Area 3
TEXAS
counties...
Austin
Bastrop
Brazos
Burleson
Colorado
Fayette
Jackson
Lavaca
Lee
Matagorda
Washington
Wharton
Area 4
TEXAS
counties...
Aransas
Atascosa
Bandera
Bee
Bexar
Blanco
Brooks
Caldwell
Calhoun
Cameron
Comal
Dewitt
Dimmitt
Duval
Edwards
Frio
Gillespie
Goliad
Gonzales
Guadelupe
Hidalgo
Jim Hogg
Jim Wells
Karnes
Kendall
Kenedy
Kerr
Kinney
Kleberg
La Salle
Live Oak
Maveric
Mc Mullen
Medina
Nueces
Real
Refugio
San Patricio
Starr
Uvalde
Val Verde
Victoria
Webb
Willacy
Wilson
Zapata
Zavala
Area 6
TEXAS
counties...
Anderson
Archer
Baylor
Bell
Bosque
Bowie
Brown
Burnet
Callahan
Camp
Cass
Cherokee
Clay
Coleman
Collin
Comanche
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Coryell
Dallas
Delta
Denton
Eastland
Ellis
Erath
Falls
Fannin
Foard
Franklin
Freestone
Grayson
Gregg
Hamilton
Hardeman
Harrison
Haskell
Hays
Henderson
Hill
Hood
Hopkins
Houston
Hunt
Jack
Johnson
4
Kaufman
Knox
Lamar
Lampasas
Leon
Limestone
Llano
Marion
Mason
McCulloch
McLennan
Milam
Mills
Montague
Morris
Navarro
Palo Pinto
Panola
Parker
Rains
Red River
Robertson
Rockwall
Rusk
San Saba
Shackelford
Smith
Somervell
Stephens
Tarrant
Throckmorton
Titus
Travis
Upshur
Van Zandt
Wichita
Wilbarger
Williamson
Wise
Wood
Young
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8
1
DELAWARE
GEORGIA
ILLINOIS
INDIANA
IOWA
KENTUCKY
Area 7
MAINE
LOUISIANA
MARYLAND
MASSACHUSETTS
Area 8
MICHIGAN
FLORIDA
MINNESOTA
MISSOURI
Area 11
NEW HAMPSHIRE
ALABAMA
NEW JERSEY
MISSISSIPPI
NEW YORK
NORTH
CAROLINA
Area 12
OHIO
EASTERN
UNITED STATES: PENNSYLVANIA
CONNECTICUT RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH
CAROLINA
TENNESSEE
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON D.C.
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
Area 13
ARKANSAS
KANSAS
NEBRASKA
OKLAHOMA
TEXAS
counties...
Andrews
Armstrong
Bailey
Borden
Brewster
Briscoe
Carson
Castro
Childress
Cochran
Coke
Collingsworth
Concho
Cottle
Crane
Crockett
Crosby
Culberson
Dallam
Dawson
Deaf Smith
Dickens
Ector
El Paso
Fisher
Floyd
Gaines
Garza
Glasscock
Gray
Hale
Hall
Hansford
Hartley
Hemphill
Hockley
Howard
Hudspeth
Hutchinson
Irion
Jeff Davis
Jones
Jones
Kent
Kimble
King
Lamb
Lipscomb
Loving
Lubbock
Lynn
Martin
Menard
Midland
Mitchell
Moore
Motley
Nolan
Ochiltree
Oldham
Parmer
Pecos
Potter
Randall
Reeves
Regan
Roberts
Runnells
Area 14
INTERNATIONAL
Schleicher
Scurry
Sherman
Sterling
Stonewall
Sutton
Swisher
Taylor
Terrell
Terry
Tom Green
Upton
Ward
Wheeler
Winkler
Yoakum
Area 15
WESTERN
UNITED STATES:
ARIZONA
CALIFORNIA
COLORADO
IDAHO
MONTANA
NEVADA
NEW MEXICO
NORTH DAKOTA
OREGON
SOUTH DAKOTA
UTAH
WASHINGTON
WYOMING
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awards
ABBA
HALL of
FAME
Photo on the left:
Hall of Fame Inductee
Harry P. Gayden;
Photo Below: The 1989
International Brahman
Show was dedicated to
Gayden. Hal Hillman,
Marcus Shackelford and
Bruce Lowrie made the
presentation.
2013 Inductee
Harry P. Gayden
A Louisiana native, Harry P. Gayden joined the American
Brahman Breeders Association (ABBA) in 1948 as the
association's first Executive Secretary. Under his leadership,
the breed's herdbook increased from 100, 000 head in 1948 to
525,000 head in 1974, with annual registrations totaling 23,000
at the time of his retirement.
Harry P. Gayden, nació en Luisiana, se unió a la Asociación
de Criadores de Brahman americano (ABBA) en 1948 como
primer Secretario Ejecutivo de la asociación. Bajo su liderazgo,
el libro genealógico de la raza aumentó de 100, 000 cabezas
en 1948 a 525.000 cabezas en 1974, con un total de 23.000
inscripciones anuales en el momento de su jubilación.
In speaking to the annual membership meeting upon the
announcement of Gayden’s retirement, then-ABBA President Max
E. Hammond said, “Our organization was fortunate in having
someone of Gayden's ability heading it for the past 26 years. He
will retire having served longer than any other present breed
secretary. This clearly demonstrates the dedication he has had to
this association and this breed of cattle."
Al hablar en la reunión anual de miembros en el anuncio
del retiro Gayden, el entonces presidente de ABBA Max E.
Hammond dijo: “Nuestra organización tuvo la suerte de
tener a alguien de la capacidad Gayden durante los últimos
26 años. Se retirará después de haber servido más tiempo a
la raza que cualquier otro secretario actual. Esto demuestra
claramente la dedicación que ha tenido para esta asociación y
esta raza de ganado.”
Gayden received his undergraduate degree in Animal
Husbandry from Louisiana State University (LSU) in 1929 and
in 1931 was awarded an M.S. degree in Dairy Husbandry from
the University of Minnesota. Beginning his animal science career
in 1931, Gayden was an instructor in the Dairy and Animal
Husbandry Departments at LSU. He was promoted to Assistant
Professor in the LSU Animal Science Department in 1934 and
served in that capacity until 1940. Prior to joining the ABBA staff
in 1948, he was employed as an Associate Animal Husbandryman
by the Louisiana Agricultural Extension Service.
Gayden was involved in several beef cattle industry
organizations; he was a director of the Houston Livestock Show
and Rodeo and a member of the Agricultural Committee of
the Houston Chamber of Commerce. He was also a member of
the ABBA Board of Directors. He received numerous Brahman
accolades. In 1973, he was the Texas Brahman Association Beef
Booster of the Year, and in 1989, the International Show was
dedicated to him.
Gayden is being inducted into the Hall of Fame posthumously
as he passed away in June of 1996. Coleman Locke of J.D.
Hudgins, Inc. in Hungerford, Texas will have the honor of giving
the award presentation. Coleman’s father, Leon Locke, was one of
the 15 ABBA Presidents Gayden worked along side.
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Gayden recibió su licenciatura en Zootecnia en la
Universidad Estatal de Louisiana (LSU) en 1929 y en 1931
fue galardonado con una maestría de grado en producción
lechera de la Universidad de Minnesota. Comenzó su carrera
en ciencia animal en 1931, Gayden fue instructor en la
lechería y los Departamentos de Ganadería en LSU. Fue
ascendido a profesor adjunto en el Departamento de Ciencia
Animal de LSU en 1934 y sirvió en ese cargo hasta 1940.
Antes de unirse al personal de ABBA en 1948, fue contratado
como para ejercer un campo de hombre de la ganadería por el
Servicio de Extensión Agrícola de Luisiana.
Gayden participó en varias organizaciones en la industria de
ganado de carne , fue director del Houston Livestock Show and
Rodeo y miembro de la Comisión de Agricultura de la Cámara de
Comercio de Houston. Él era también un miembro del Consejo de
Administración de la ABBA. En 1973, él era el Brahman Booster
del año en la Asociación de Texas Beef, y en 1989, fue el dedicado
del Salón Internacional.
Gayden está incluido en el Salón de la Fama póstuma ya que
falleció en junio de 1996 en Houston, Texas. Coleman Locke de
JD Hudgins, Inc. en Hungerford, Texas tendrá el honor de dar la
presentación del reconocimiento.