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St. Clair County Cattlemen’s Association met Tuesday, May 12 at Farmhouse Restaurant in Appleton City. There were 41 members and guest in attendance. Jim Smith, Appleton City Feed Service, started by thanking the cattlemen for all they are doing in these trying times. It takes everyone working together to make it all work for the better of everyone. Mike Clem and David Warfield from Missouri State University shared with the cattlemen about MSU Collegiate Cattlemen and the Darr College of Agriculture.

“MO Beef for MO Kids” was a success for the 2019-20 school year, however, with COVID-19 we have already made our appointments for cows to go to Powell’s Meat Company for next school year. Anyone interested in donating for next school year please contact a cattlemen’s board member.

St. Clair County Cattlemen’s will be selling raffle tickets for $5 each to win half a beef. The drawing will be held at Osceola Rodeo Days Labor Day weekend. Anyone interested in purchasing tickets see a Cattlemen’s member. All proceeds will go to support the Cattlemen’s Scholarship Fund.

St. Clair County Cattlemen’s awarded three scholarships of $2,000 each this year. Justin Austin, Kendra Stewart and Kaylee Lower are the recipients. Congratulations to each of you and best of luck on continuing your education!

President Weston Shelby.

Jim Smith of Appleton City Feeds.

Kingsville Livestock Auction Kingsville, Missouri Hwy. 58 • 45 Miles SE of Kansas City, MO Special Cow & Bull Sale Friday, June 19 • 5:30 p.m. Cattle Sale Every Tuesday 10:00 a.m. For information call Rick or Jeremy Anstine 816-597-3331 or 816-732-6070 Visit our Website at: www.anstineauctions.com or E-mail us at: kingsville@earthlink.net

Mike Klem and David Warfield of MSU.

The next meeting will be June 9, 2020, at 7 p.m. at the Osceola Senior Center catered by The Cook Shack and sponsor/speaker will be Travis Taylor with Vitalix.

Even though we haven’t been able to have meetings recently, the Dallas County Cattlemen’s Association has continued to promote the beef industry. Since May was “Beef Month,” we wanted to find a way to let consumers know that beef is safe and nutritious to eat, and cattle producers are working hard to continue to put food on their tables.

The Buffalo Reflex newspaper partnered with DCCA in this effort. Each week, a feature article appeared in the paper. Also, a beef recipe submitted by DCCA members appeared in each issue. We hope that a lot of consumers will log on to websites that were listed for more beef recipes as well as to find out more information about beef. The same articles and recipes were also sent to other newspapers in the area.

We will soon be announcing the recipient(s) of our scholarships and awarding our FFA beef proficiency award. As of now the Dallas County Fair is still a possibility, so we will be firing up our grill for three days. Many of our members volunteer a lot of time at the fair. We are always glad to support our youth and sponsor awards at the fair.

We hope that everyone has stayed safe and well during the last few months and will continue to do so. It is great to see lush, green pastures and new babies frolicking all over. We hope to see everyone soon. The Saline County Cattlemen have announced this year’s 2020 scholarship recipients. Spokesman for the scholarship committee, Monte Fenner, stated that these scholarships have been presented to Saline County high school seniors for more than 25 years. The awards are usually given to students that intend to follow higher learning in an agricultural field. This year’s recipients are:

• Kirby Richards, a Slater High School student, daughter of Jamie Leimkuehler and Robert Richards.

Kirby plans to attend the University of Missouri with an intended major in agribusiness management. • Emma Sims, a Sweet Springs High School student, daughter of Ryan and Cindi Sims. Emma plans to attend Northwest Missouri State University and major in agriculture education. • Madeline Allred, a Marshall High School student, daughter of Heather and Corbin Allred. Madeline plans to attend Northwest Missouri State University and major in animal science. • Greta Barr, a Marshall High School student, daughter of Paula and Joseph Barr. Greta plans to attend

University of Arkansas and major in an agricultural field. • Jaden Riley, a Marshall High School student, son of Julia and Matt Riley. Jaden plans to attend State

Technical College of Missouri work with heavy equipment operations. • Tate Malter, a Malta Bend High School student, son of Justin and Rebecca Malter. Tate plans to attend State Fair Community College and pursue an associate degree in agribusiness.

The Lafayette County Cattlemen’s Association has selected their 2020 Scholarship Recipients.

Kiersten Helm is the recipient of the Bob Sanders Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $1,250. Kiersten, the daughter of Erin and Jesse Helm, is a 2020 graduate of Lexington High School. Kiersten plans to attend Northwest Missouri State University and major in agriculture education.

The association scholarships in the amount of $1,250 were awarded to the following: • Amanda Daniel, daughter of Greg and Karen Daniel,

Higginsville, is a 2020 graduate of Fort Osage High

School. Amanda plans to attend Missouri Western

College and major in nursing. • Dawson Kouril, the son of Wade and Gina Kouril,

Higginsville, is a 2020 graduate of Lafayette County

C-1. Dawson plans to attend Ozarks Technical

Community College and major in agriculture. • Emma Rasa, the daughter of Scott Rasa, Higginsville, is a 2020 graduate of Lafayette County C-1. Emma plans to attend Missouri State University and major Notice is hereby given that the Director of Agriculture will be conducting an election to fill three positions on the Missouri Beef Industry Council Board of Directors. One regional council member is to be elected in each of Regions 2, 3 and 4. Terms of office are three years. Any cattle producer within the specified regions of the State of Missouri who is producing cattle for market and the legal owner of one or more head of cattle becomes eligible to vote in the election by registering at his/her respective Farm Service Agency (FSA), or electronically at http://mda.mo.gov/councils/ prior to July 20, 2020.

in nursing. • Danielle Wildschuetz, the daughter of Brian and Julie

Wildschuetz, Bates City, is a 2020 graduate of Odessa

High School. Danielle plans to attend State Fair

Community College and major in animal science. • Lain Woody, son of James and Patricia Woody,

Odessa is a 2020 graduate of Wellington-Napoleon

High School. Lain plans to attend Blue River Tech and then University of Central Missouri and major in mechanical engineering.

The Lafayette County Cattlemen’s Association scholarship is available to high school students who are either MJCA members or whose parents are members of the Lafayette County and Missouri Cattlemen’s Association.

Scholarships will be presented at the LCCA summer meeting to be held Thursday, July 16 at the Waverly Community Building.

To find out more information about LCCA and our scholarship efforts we invite you to contact the association at lafcocattlemens@gmail.com or follow us

MBIC Director Election Legal Notice

on Facebook. Cattle producers who have voted in any of the previous three (3) elections are not required to register unless their address has changed.

The Missouri Department of Agriculture will mail ballots to registered producers on August 14, 2020. Ballots must be postmarked no later than August 31, 2020 to be valid.

Any qualified producer may be nominated and have his/ her name placed on the ballot provided the independent nomination is accompanied by petition of not fewer than 100 producers in the nominee’s region and written permission of the candidate. Petitions must be delivered to the Director of Agriculture on or before July 20, 2020. Petition forms are available from the Missouri Department of Agriculture by calling 573-751-5019.

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