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published: March 1st 2010
source: Simbrah World

Congratulations to the former junior Simbrah exhibitor, Jamie Vayon. She and Tim Edwards were united in marriage on Saturday, January 30th in her hometown of Winnie, Texas. Jamie is a 2009 graduate of Sam Houston State University and Tim is a 2006 Texas A&M University graduate. They will be living in the Bryan-College Station, Texas area as he is employed with Weatherford International in sales and service.

Simbrah cattle were part of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Asso-ciation Livestock Judging Contest, January 29th in San Antonio, Texas. The group of heifers were provided by Tom Ranch, Campbellton, Texas.

The Tom Zulim Family donated LMC LF Toria 5T204 to the American Junior Scholarship Fund. The heifer, a Johnnie Walker daughter out of the donor, LM Swan drew the bid of many progressive breeders at the recent Synergy. All in all, $10,000 was raised and Smith Genetics, offered to keep the female for the group and all future calves would be sold for the benefit of the AJSR scholarship. Buyers who contributed $500 each include Triple J Ranch, Sour Lake, Texas; Whitaker Livestock, Ranger, Texas; Triple P, Pearland, Texas; Hagan Cattle Company, Yoakum, Texas; McCrary Farms, DeKalb, Texas; Burch Farms, Hempstead, Texas; Reavis Farms, Mission, Texas, Pine Ridge Ranch, Dallas, Texas; Rafter M Cattle, Wharton, Texas; LaMuneca Cattle Co., Linn, Texas; Tres Potrillos Ranch, McAllen, Texas; Diamond RF Farms, Wallis, Texas, Baring Cattle Company, Elmendorf, Texas, Smith Genetics, Giddings, Texas; Cattle In Motion, College Station, Texas; Tom Zulim Family, Hockley, Texas; Jacobs Creek Ranch, Canyon Lake Ranch, Texas; Bud and Lupita, Olmito, Texas; Bet’M Ranch, San Antonio, Texas; and Lazy SF Cattle, Bells City, Louisiana.  A big thank you goes out to the Zulim family for supporting Simbrah youth in such a generous manner!

Smith Genetics will host their annual cow camp over Memorial Day Weekend in May. This event annually helps youth prepare for the State Futurity, American Junior Simbrah Roundup and other contests. Instructions, helpful tips, study material and more is provided on events like sales talk, cattlemen’s quiz, skill-a-thon, showmanship, and livestock judging. The 2010 event has an added bonus. There will be a showmanship and fitting clinic presented one day through the Honors Show Chow line of feed. If you plan on competing at the leadership contests this summer, then you will want to hone your skills through this camp. Watch www.smithgenetics. com for additional details.

Junior Simbrah exhibitors will want to mark June 17-19, 2010 on their calendars for the 11th Annual American Junior Simbrah Roundup. The event will be held at the Wharton County Youth Fairgrounds, Wharton, Texas. Entry deadline is June 10th and entry forms, hotel information, rules, schedule and all details can be found on their website www.simbrahroundup.net.
    The event will include a purebred heifer and bull show, as well as a bred and owned show. There will also be a percentage show.  In addition to multiple divisions of showmanship, there are a number of educational and speaking events involved in the competition.
    For additional information contact Joe and Julie Mask, at 979/531-0192. Watch Simbrah News for additional details and schedule of events.

Former Simbrah junior exhibitors, Casey Henly, Kaitlyn Grimshaw and Webb Fields are on the Texas A&M Livestock Judging Team this year. All three have held leadership positions within the Texas Junior Simmental /Simbrah Association and  campaigned Simbrah heifers.

Three A&M Livestock Judging team members  were named to the prestigious All-American Livestock Judging Team by the National Collegiate Livestock Judging Team Coaches’ Association - Aaron Jennings, and former junior Simbrah exhibitors, Jay Behrens and Lindsay Swick.
    The All American Team recognizes the top ten livestock judging team members from the across the nation who have made a personal commitment to livestock judging and who have excelled in academics, university and industry activities and community service.
    “This is a significant accomplishment for Aaron, Jay and Lindsay as only 10 students from across the country are selected for this award on an annual basis,” Dr. Chris Skaggs said. “It simply confirms the quality of the students we have participating in the livestock judging program at Texas A&M.”
       
Mark your calendars for the 2010 Texas Junior Simmental/Simbrah Association’s 37th annual State Futurity to be held in Tyler, Texas June 10-13, 2010 at the East Texas State Fairgrounds. The four-day event features leadership contests, selection of the Queen and Sweetheart, director elections, scholarship interviews, cattle shows, awards banquet, friendship, and good family fun. If you would like more information about the TJSSA State Futurity, visit www.tjssa.com.

Road Trip! That’s right a Simbrah Road Trip is in the planning stages right now. The MAS and Synergy groups, along with Simbrah World are working out the details for a one day bus trip. The tour will include both commercial and purebred operations, and other industry segments. There will be lively presentations on the actual bus ride to further your knowledge. You can be sure there will be lots of conversation, good food and drink for the day’s ride, too. Tentatively the organizers are looking at having the tour coincide with American Junior Simbrah Roundup and be in the Gulf Coast area of Texas. Watch Simbrah News in Southern Livestock Standard for all the details. You don’t want to miss this road trip!

Simbrah cattle are thriving in the pastures of South Africa. Bill and Jane Travis recently returned from a trip there and saw a number of herds utilizing Pine Ridge Ranch (PRR) genetics.  PRR Simbrah are recognized for their unique phenotype and excellent carcass quality as noted by these photos submitted by the Travis’.

Attention graduating seniors! If you have exhibited Simbrah cattle you will want to consider applying for the American Junior Simbrah Roundup Scholarship, as well as the Texas Junior Simmental/Simbrah Association Scho-larship. Information can be found at their websites www.simbrahroundup. net and www.tjssa.com.

Looking for some interesting reading? Look no further. Ladies you will throughly enjoy Ree Drummond’s blog about ranching life in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Read about her ranch-life confessions, see awesome photography and try mouthwatering recipes. Time Magazine recently named her blog as one of the top 25 in the country for 2009. Check it out at www.thepioneerwoman.com.            
    And everyone involved in agriculture needs to become a regular reader of www.advocatesforag.com, as this site will keep you up-to-date on both the positive and negative things happening in our world.
    But if you prefer a good book, try The Noticer, by Andy Andrews. It’s a good short read and it will give you perspective on life.


Congratulations to Sally Buxkem-per RX Ranch, Ballinger, Texas as her Simbrah bull consignment sold for $2,000.00 at the San Antonio All Breed Bull Sale and Commercial Heifer Sale,  February 10, 2010 in San Antonio, Texas.

Simbrah World will be coming to your mailbox again this fall. In the meantime, be sure to keep up with all the events in the breed through Simbrah News, published the third week of the month in Southern Livestock Standard. Let us know what is happening in your Simbrah program and family by emailing us at marthag@southernlivestock. com and we’ll get the word out to the Simbrah nation.