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Student Links ABAC Cattlemen's Association EVENTS FROM 2010-2011
November 15, 2010
Joint cookoff co-sponsored with Forestry-Wildlife Club
Southern Cattle Company Fall Sale
5 members assisted with pre-sale and sale day events
October 29 – 30, 2010
Marianna, FLA
Bull Evaluation Center Community Service, Irwinville
Cleanup days in September, February and April
Bull Sale Luncheon – March 2, 2011
HERD Sale Luncheon – April 19, 2011
Georgia Cattlemen’s Convention, Perry, GA
March 31 – April 2, 2011
Members attended educational and leadership meetings
ABS AI School for ABAC Cattlemen’s Members (16 completed)
May 11 – 13, 2011 South Central Livestock, Fitzgerald, GA
Spring Break Iowa Feedlot Trip - 5 members traveled; attended 3
required pre-trip sessions
March 12 – 19, 2011
Tour of 9 feedlots with the Tri-County Steer Carcass
Futurity group
Tour of Angus breeder Dr. Duane Warden (owner of New
Level and 4 Point 8)
Tour of Denison, IA Tyson Beef Processing Facility
Info sessions with Darrell Busby, retired Beef Specialist
with Iowa State University
ABAC 14th Annual Steer and Heifer Show
February 4-5, 2011
Tift County AG Center
College Aggies Online - from October 2010 through March 2011
Sponsored by Animal Agriculture Alliance and American
National Cattlewomen’s Association
Teaches college students how to advocate for animal
agriculture using technology and social media
Individual competition – Jacob Nyhuis 2nd,
Randi Walden 4th, Suzanne Black 5th
Top College Group
in the United States (beating approximately 50 other
colleges/universities)
Awarded $750 scholarship to ABAC Cattlemen’s
Association!!!
Jacob Nyhuis represented the ABAC Cattlemen’s (all
expenses paid) at the Animal AG Alliance’s
Stakeholder Summit, Arlington, VA May 5-6, 2011
ABAC Beef Team
10 members chosen to work for Georgia Beef Board
Fall semester – worked in shifts at Harvey’s Grocery
Store on Hwy 41
Some members worked at The Beef Story at the Georgia
National Fair
AG Awareness Day at UGA Tifton Campus
3 members assisted Dr. Tim Marshall telling the story of
beef quality and cuts
Deep South Stocker Conference
August 12 – 13, 2010
Moultrie, GA; 2 members participated in conference
Pachitla Cattlemen’s Meeting
Cuthbert, GA November 11, 2010
11 members traveled and shared about ABAC Cattlemen and
ABAC
Meetings
Randy Fordham with Boehringer-Ingelheim, March 2 meeting
Henry Jones with Pfizer, November 17 meeting
Katlin Mulvaney with Georgia Cattlemen’s Association,
August 25 meeting
Faculty from U of FLA Animal Sciences and Meat Sciences,
December 1 meeting
Tour of ABAC Beef Unit with Beef Herd Manager (and ABAC
Cattlemen’s advisor), September 22
Dr. Tim Marshall – program on Cow/Heifer Replacement
Plan, October 6
Business meetings throughout the fall and spring
semesters
Chapter members’ presentation on their Iowa Spring Break
Trip, March 30
Tifton Beef Cattle Shortcourse – members attended, March 1, 2011
Campus Activities – participated in:
Ms. ABAC – Mary Porter, cattlemen’s representative
Mr. ABAC – Matt McQuagge, cattlemen’s representative
Halloween Hay Bale Competition
Stallions Days – worked cattlemen’s display table
Family Weekend – October 2, worked cattlemen’s club
display table
“Pecan Picking Up” for Funds for Show – December
6 members picked up pecans and sold them to raise funds
for show
First Ever ABAC Cattlemen’s “Movie Night” – the HBO Emmy winning
movie Temple Grandin
April 12 AG Sciences Student Lounge
6:00 p.m. 10 members attended
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