THE DROVER
ISSUE 56 | JANUARY 2024
Welcome 2024
NETLA YOUTH OUTREACH FROM TIP TO TIP ISSUE 57- ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
18 LIVESTOCK CURRENT NEWS
20 NETLA YOUTH
27 ON THE RANCH
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itla executive board & directors
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youth leadership
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Itla past presidents & affiliate associations
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NETLA YOUTH
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calendar & schedule of events
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itla youth updates
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A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
23 ROYALTY COURT UPDATES
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a letter from the vice president
27 ON THE RANCH
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UPDATE FROM HEADQUARTERS
28 recipe of the month
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OUTREACH FROM TIP TO TIP
29 itla forms
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INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK CURRENT NEWS
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-ITLA Executive Board and Directors-
RUSSELL FREEMAN PRESIDENT russell@thefreemanranch.com 719-338-5071
BRAD WESTMORELAND VICE PRESIDENT
JOHN MOXLEY DIRECTOR AT LARGE #1
www.gangof5longhorns.com crosswrenchranch@msn.com 214 287-2303 240-446-9950
GUY COTE REGION 2 guycote236@gmail.com
MICHA HAMERSKY REGION 1 contact@texaslonghorn.at
MIKE METCALFE REGION 4
MIKE TOMEY REGION 3
mikemetcalfe8@icloud.com 719-491-3757
tomeyfarms@yahoo.com
SHADOW SEAMAN REGION 5 victoryranchlonghorns@gmail.com 208-428-2483
BILL HENDERSON REGION 9 wgh1@swbell.com
832-768-0430
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GARY LAKE DIRECTOR AT LARGE #2 gary@searleranch.com
TERRY BRINK REGION 6 brinkauction@gmail.com 580- 335-4126
JUSTIN SABIO REGION 7 & TREASURER drjustinsabio@gmail.com
BRETT KOT REGION 10 brettkot@hotmail.com 1-306-861-1526
JEREMY JOHNSON REGION 8 dosninosranch@gmail.com
LARRY SMITH II PAST PRESIDENT larrypsmith2@yahoo.com 254-396-9185
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-ITLA PAST PRESIDENTSJERRY WILLIAMS 1990
BILL ANTHONY 1991
STAN SEARLE 1992-1993
JOE VALENTINE 1994-1996
BEN GRAVETT 1997
DAROL DICKINSON 1998-1999
RAY MOORE 2000
GARY BRUCH 2001-2002
MARY SURE CLINE 2003
JOHN HODGES 2004-2006
LARRY SMITH II 2007-2010
ROGER HUTTON 2011-2013
LARRY LANERO 2014-2015
GARY DON TAYLOR 2016
MIKE TOMEY 2017-2018
LARRY SMITH II 2019-2022
RUSSELL HOOKS OCT 2022-APRIL 2023
RUSSELL FREEMAN APRIL2023- PRESENT
-ITLA affiliate associationsALBERTA TLA PRESIDENT: CODY BAILEY codylbailey1122@outlook.com 780-352-6144
BEST OF TRAILS TLA BRAZILIAN TLA DIRECTOR: HUMBERTO NOMBRE PRESIDENT: JOHN EMAIL: humbanobre@hotmail.com DVORAK PHONE: +55 62 98118-2332 johndvorak25@gmail.com 620-382-7103 CHISHOLM TRAIL TLA GREAT LAKES TLA CANADIAN TLA PRESIDENT: JOHNNY HICKS PRESIDENT: PETE PRESIDENT: DANIELLE MERSHON EMAIL: HILDEBRAND Danielle@whistlingtxlonghorns.co hicksamericanbulldogs@yahoo.com p-lhildebrand@hotmail.com m PHONE: 269-721-3473 306-774-8205 254-630-0053 INDIAN TERRITORY TLA MIDWEST TLA THE LONGHORN POSSEE PRESIDENT: MIKEAL DEATHERAGE PRESIDENT: JOSH DINWIDDIE PRESIDENT: BRAD FIDLER EMAIL EMAIL: bradley_fidler@yahoo.com PHONE: 817-999-1836 josh.plaindirtfarmservice@yahoo.com 765-720-0913 PHONE: 580-812-2436 NORTHEAST TLA OHIO RIVER VALLEY TLA MOUNTAIN STATES TLA PRESIDENT: JOHN MOXLEY PRESIDENT: DOUG BURRIS PRESIDENT: TRAVIS CASEY dougburris45@gmail.com crosswrenchranch@msn.com tcasey357@yahoo.com 740-680-5973 240-446-9950 719-650-5234 TLA OF ONTARIO TOP OF THE WEST TLA PRESIDENT: CLARENCE DEKENS PRESIDENT: SHADOW SEAMAN EMAIL VictoryRanchLonghorns@gmail.co PHONE m D R O V E R M A G A Z I N E 0 8 208-420-2484
May 31st – June 2nd 2024 Hopkins County Civic Center Sulpher Springs, Texas
Entry Deadline for the show program is May 20, 2024.
Youth Show Non-Halter Show Halter Show Lone Star Futurity
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 2024
JANUARY 19-20
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National Western Stock Show Location: Denver, CO Youth • Open Halter • Non-Halter Judge: Julie Pack Contact: Travis Casey 719-650-5234
The Winchester Futurity Bryan, TX Contact: Jennifer Francis 989-941-4271
Best of the Trails Livestock Sale Mo Kan Livestock Market Contact: John Dvorak 620-382-2067
MARCH 15 & 16
APRIL 19 & 20
APRIL TBD
Legacy Sale Grapevine, TX Contact: Chase Vasut 512-917-8654
The Cherry Blossom Sale & Futurity Culpeper, VA Contact: Chase Vasut 512-917-8654
The Bluegrass Futurity Lexington, KY Contact: Johnny Hicks 269-998-8027
APRIL 19-20 CTTLA Spring Fling Show Myers Park and Event Center, McKinney, TX Contact: Danielle Mershon 254-630-0053 •Haltered • Non-Haltered• •Youth • Mini•
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Battle On The Prairie Stephens County Expo Center Duncan, Oklahoma Contact: Joshua Dinwiddie 580-812-2436 plaindirtfarms@gmail.com
The STLA Futurity Llano, TX Contact: Kathy Bruner 523-689-8624
MAY TBD
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The Midwest Futurity Springfield, MO Contact: Johnny Hicks 269-998-8027
The NETLA Sale & Futurity Location: TBD Contact: Lizz Huntzberry 240-291-1958
The Piney Woods Winchester Futurity Lufkin, TX Contact: Donnie Taylor 936-414-1401
JUNE TBD The GLTLA Futurity Manchester, MI Contact: Josh Shaw 616-212-8226
JULY 19 & 20 ORVTLA Show & Buckeye Classic Futurity Belmont County Fairgrounds Location:St. Clairsville, OH Contact: Doug Burris 740-680-5973
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MTLA Show Putnam County Fairgrounds Greencastle, IN Contact: Brad Fidler 765-720-0913
JULY 27 The York Fair Location: York, PA Contact: Remington King rem@latimorevalleyfarms.com 717-253-8275
JUNE 21 NETLA Show The Frederick Fairgrounds Location: Frederick, MD Contact: Rebecca Scott 740-294-8187
AUGUST 16
The Montgomery County Fair Location: Gaithersburg, MD Contact: Lizz Huntzberry 240-291-1958
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 2024
AUGUST 31
SEPTEMBER 8
SEPTEMBER 13 & 14
CTTLA Fall Shootout Show Wise County Fairgrounds Location: Decatur, TX Contact: Danielle Mershon 254-630-0053 •Haltered• •Youth • Mini•
The Maryland State Fair Location: Timonium, MD Contact: John Moxley 240-446-9950
G & G Classic Sale & Futurity Culpeper, VA Contact: Chase Vasut 512-917-8654
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OCTOBER 18 & 19
The Great Frederick Fair Location: Frederick, MD Contact: John Moxley 240-446-9950
DCC Customer Appreciation Day Barnesville, Ohio Contact: Kirk Dickinson 740-758-5050
Millennium Sale & Futurity Lexington, KY Contact: Ann Gravett gravett99@yahoo.com
NOVEMBER TBD ITLA Judging Clinic Webinar
Don't see your event? Feel free to reach out to drover@itla.com
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A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT P R E S I D E N T
719-338-5071
R U S S E L L
russell@thefreemanranch.com
F R E E M A N
thefreemanranch.com
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM ITLA We hope your holidays were peaceful, and that you took a few minutes to reflect on the blessings that the longhorn business has brought to you and your family. Concerning the office, the end of year discount special on registering older cows and dual transferring really paid off and Pam has been very busy getting business out the door quickly. We have a couple dates to get into your calendar the Lone Star Classic being May 30-31 at Sulphur Springs Texas, and the 2024 ITLA Championship Show in Duncan, Oklahoma, October 9-12, 2024 check out the website for more details. The website is still taking on some fine tuned updates and I-register has many useful features that will help breeders big and small stream line their transactions. If you experience any holdups with the website just call Pam at the office and she will get your work lined out. The board recently updated the show rule book to clean up a few classes that haven’t been commonly used, adjusted some bull classes and clarified some language in the youth directors. I want to thank all the board for their sacrifice of time and dedication to making the ITLA better. Most of us have weaned our spring and summer born calves by now, and in the process of evaluating them as potential upgrades to our herds. Will that bull calf be better than his sire? Will the heifer mates be better than their mothers? Did the bull I used in 2022 move the programs forward by his 2023 calves? How did the calves express their mothers ability to produce a fat calf through their milking ability? If the calf came in significantly smaller sized and rougher haired than their contemporaries, maybe it’s time to remove that mother cow from the herd. The good news is that cattle prices are mostly higher and so the salvage value of those underperforming cow will be at an all time high. If you were near Denver this week and saw the Nation Western Stock Show being kicked off with a parade led by a herd of Silverado Ranch Longhorns it was a site to see. This activity brought great attention to the NWSS but also the ranching life and longhorn cattle. It also brought some pocket jingle to the Silverado Ranch. There are a lot of opportunities to create a revenue stream with this beautiful awe inspiring breed of cattle, even if you don’t have 20 friends horseback impersonating cowboys. A halter broke steer can be used in graduation and wedding photos for a fee, or led into a high end hotel to be used for a political photo op. The ones you get gentle don’t have to be record breaking horn length to make your wallet thicker. Just a few ideas that people have asked about. Creating revenue while maintaining possession of the animals is always a fun activity. Best for the New Year D R O V E R
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A LETTER FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT V I C E
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B R A D
W E S T M O R E L A N D
brad@westmorelandlawfirm.com
www.gangof5longhorns.com
2024 If someone had bet me a silver dollar 25 years ago that I would live to see the year 2024, I’ll confess that I would have taken that bet…and would have been short a silver dollar today. It is amazing to me how much has happened this past year—much less the past 25. And when I think of all the opportunities that presented themselves, and how few I was able to take advantage of, it is humbling….because I was certainly always busy, it seems. I need to do better this year. Perhaps you can say something similar. We often say how fast time seems to pass these days, and sometimes we use that as an excuse, don’t we? But I think of my grandparents, O.Z. and Camilla Lemens. They raised a family, raised cattle, stayed strong in their faith, literally made history (if you want to hear some good stories, ask me about my grandfather sometime)—and all without cell phones, the internet, cable, satellites, email, or even motorized vehicles and running water for some of their time on this earth. They lived full, eventful, and meaningful lives—all without many of the conveniences of our modern age. I cannot remember one time that they appeared rushed. Or harried. Though they worked very hard, they always seemed to have abundant time for the important things: friends, family, neighbors, and their faith. It has dawned on me that their days were as long as mine—they had 24 hours daily just like I’ve had—so it must be that they simply used their time more wisely. I hope to do the same. This year, while we diligently work as longhorn producers and wear our many other respective and important hats, let’s try to remember the most important things and give them the priority they deserve. Being remembered as a hard worker is one thing; but I, for one, do not want to be remembered as the man who was always too busy. Thank you, Moms and Pops, for your good example…and the timely reminder. As always, may God bless you, your Gang, and your cattle. I’m here if you need me.
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UPDATE FROM HEADQUARTERS O F F I C E
M A N A G E R ,
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K I N S E L
staff@itla.com
254-898-0157
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itla.com
HOWDY FROM HEADQUARTERS! I hope you all had a wonderful Holiday Season! We are working on our 2024 events and would like to share some details for that! May 31st-June 2nd we have our 2024 Lonestar Classic in Sulphur Springs TX. We also have our 2024 Championship Show set for October 9-12th in Duncan, OK. We had so much fun there in 2023 we had to go back! We can’t wait to see you all at these events and we will have more info and entry packets very soon, so stay tuned for that! When you are cooped up this winter, be sure to get a head start on registrations and everything to be ready for this show and futurity season! If you need assistance, please give me a call and I will be happy to help! Don’t forget when submitting registrations on IRegister to add pictures of your animals to be printed on certificates! It really makes the certificates look nice, having a nice picture on it as well. If you forget to add them or are not sure how to do that, you can always email them to me at staff@itla.com and I will get those on there for you. We are working on our 2024 calendar now so if you have events scheduled, please send the dates and info and we will get those posted on the website! If you have questions or need help with anything please do not hesitate to give me a call at the office! 254-898-0157 or staff@itla.com Happy January! Pam Kinsel Hughes
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For the Love of Livestock: Outreach from Tip to Tip By Camilla Westmoreland For centuries the theme of a “golden thread’ has been taught, believed in, and hoped upon by people all across the world. A golden thread: some idea, some object, some characteristic that unites humanity and ties us all together. Yet, despite the prevalence of this phrase, no one has been able to agree on what this “golden thread” actually represents. Ironically, we, as cattle ranchers, (though not philosophers), have had the answer before the phrase ever came to be. The answer? There is no golden thread. Rather, the thread is a thick leather chord. You see, Psalm 50:10 tells us that all the cattle are God’s. Thus, when we deal with cattle, we are literally handling His creatures. There is a reason that the first place of human existence was a garden and not a city. Don’t get me wrong, God definitely could have made a concrete jungle instead to serve as the first and perfect place of human habitation, but instead, He chose a garden, full of animals and fresh earth and lush vegetation. Then, in Genesis 2:15 we read, “Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and tend it.” “Cultivate” is defined in the original Greek as to work and or serve, and “tend” it is defined as, to keep, watch, preserve. Thus, the first setting for humanity was in large part identical to the lifestyle that we as cattle ranchers maintain. There is something very uncanny and divine about what being around nature does to individuals. Even the coldest hearted person can eventually melt by the sight of a suckling longhorn calf and even the souls who deny the existence of a Creator, may find themselves reconsidering after witnessing grazing cows in the sunset. Nature brings out the best in humanity. It is like the salt to humanity’s sugar. What do I mean by that? Well, my great grandmother always said that when using salt to season anything you always need to add a little sugar too (even on meats and vegetables) to bring out and enhance the savory flavors.
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This past month I had the privilege of assisting a local children’s home to prepare for their livestock show. I have grown up around animals all my life yet until I walked into that tiny and freezing cold show barn, I had never realized just how powerful agriculture truly is. These were people that I didn’t know from Adam and yet we might as well have been friends our entire lives. We had nothing in common aside from our love of livestock and yet that was all we needed. Folks from all walks of life, all ages, all backgrounds flocked to that show barn to volunteer to wash pigs, sheer sheep, clip goats, and (my favorite!) brush their calves in order to get them primed for their shows. We all have hurts and worries, some deeper than others, and yet as we all worked and prepped, it was a healing salve that worked its way through every individual present. There were no frowns nor cross words. Everyone was in that barn because they loved helping to share the joy that agriculture can bring. As I watched the animals get led around their small practice arena, I couldn’t help but smile wistfully and shake my head in amazement: teams were built, people encouraged one another, and animals were at the center of it all. God sure knew what He was doing when He made animals, and perhaps most of all, Texas Longhorns. We as Texas Longhorn cattle breeders are among the most blessed and fortunate folks on the planet. As we find ourselves in the midst of a new year, I want to encourage each and every one of us to strive to share the blessings that our majestic breed of cattle so bountifully bring.
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-ITLA youth leadershipWes & Amanda Evans Youth Directors sharpshooterlivestock@gmail.com 432-360-9355
Camilla Westmoreland
Kenley Huskey
Baylor Marti
2024 QUEEN
2024 PRINCESS
2024 LITTLE MISS
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NETLA YOUTH The Members and Youth of the Northeast Texas Longhorn Association would like to sincerely thank everyone who supported us in 2023. From donations to our annual NETLA Sale, purchases at Youth run food stands at Shows, and cash that was raised throughout the year...all of this made possible for our Youth to attend the convention in Duncan, Oklahoma. Our kids did an outstanding job representing our region on a national level, competing in all the areas offered. From showing cattle in the haltered, Youth, and loose shoes to speech contests, arts and photography and even the little Miss ITLA contest- it was a very busy few days! OUr NETLA affiliate places great value on our youth members, and the future of the industry that they will have an impact on. We are focused on creating an atmosphere where they can succeed in the Longhorn world, and their personal lives. THANK YOU for helping our Youth achieve their dreams with your support this year!
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Stay tuned for exciting news about upcoming events for 2024! From our family to yours- all the best in the upcoming year
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NETLA YOUHTH PARTICIPANTS IN DUNCAN OKLAHOMA ASLYNN BREAGEL OHIO
LEAH GROVE NORTH CAROLINA
REAGAN HANSHAW OHIO
CASSIDY HUNTZBERRY MARYLAND
ABIGAIL MINER PENNSYLVANIA
ALLISON MINER PENNSYLVANIA
EVELYN MINER PENNSYLVANIA
COLTT MINER PENNSYLVANIA
RACHAEL MARTIN NORTH CAROLINA
CHEYENNE ROTHENHOEFER PENNSYLVANIA
GLENNA SCOTT VIRGINIA
MARY SICLIANO NORTH CAROLINA
JADE WIGGINS PENNSYLVANIA
WEs & AMANDA EVANS
HELLO 2024!! First, let me say Happy New Year to everyone! We are excited for the new year and the new ideas that the youth committee will be discussing this year. We have new committee members and in the next month we will be introducing them to you. I am excited to grow the committee and youth membership this year. With the new members on the committee, I fully expect the ITLA Youth will have a great time and experience at shows, events and the Championship Show. We have submitted a request for change to the youth leadership board to the Board of Directors and they have approved. This change will allow for better leadership within the youth board from the President down to each Ambassador. There will be age limits for each position. Any youth running for a leadership role (including but not limited to: President and Vice President) must be 17 years of age or younger at the time of election. The Reporter must be in the Teen division or older. The Youth Ambassadors may come from any youth showmanship division. See you at the next show! Wes and Amanda Evans
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Camilla Westmoreland 2024 ITLA Queen www.gangof5longhorns.com Howdy ya’ll! My name is Camilla Westmoreland, and I am your ITLA Queen. I am a sixth-generation cattle rancher, and I am 1 of 5 in the Gang of 5 Longhorns crew. I am a senior at Tarleton State University which is nestled in Erath County, Texas, and I am majoring in business with the goals of expanding our longhorn program’s business operations and founding a western mercantile alongside my family. I am a member of the ITLA, trained in Artificial Insemination, and I am a certified private pesticide applicator which helps out with the daily operations of the business. For me, there is no futuristic ideal of “the dream” because I am already living it: every single day I get to interact with the people, cattle, and land that I love which all draw me even closer to my Creator as I witness firsthand His marvelous workmanship. I am so excited to have the blessing of getting to meet with and learn from so many incredible folks such as yourself! I can’t wait to hear your stories and share in your triumphs. My goals as your newest ITLA Queen are to represent the next generation of Texas Longhorn ranchers and to be a single glimmer of light which hints at just how bright the future of this industry is, while simultaneously soaking up all of the downright incredible knowledge that this industry and its pioneers have to offer. There are three titles I wear proudly: Christian, Gang of 5 Longhorns, and now ITLA Queen. Ultimately my goal is to radiate the love of God in all that I do and I will work at this with all of my heart as I do everything else as Colossians 3:23 says. Thank you sincerely for this opportunity-I do not take it lightly.
Happy Moo Year! its twenty twenty-horn! Horrible longhorn puns aside, I hope that this January issue of the ITLA Drover finds you all feeling refreshed and ready to take on this New Year. My father, Vice President Brad Westmoreland, likes to say that as Texas Longhorn breeders most of us wear many hats. We are greeted not just during the holidays, but all year with an incessant list of tasks and people depending on us. What I have been trying to focus on this holiday season and into the beginning of 2024 is cutting out all of the worthless things in my life. Psalm 119:37 says, “Turn my eyes away from looking at what is worthless and revive me in Your ways.” As you all know, there is a never-ending slew of people vying for our attention and an infinite number of jobs and opportunities that grope for our time and energy. Yet, in 2024 I am vowing to say “no” to a larger quantity of things and people so that my “yeses” can be higher quality and meaningful. This past holiday season my sisters, Andelyn, and Evie and I, dedicated a week of our schedules to spend with our grandparents. This time was seeped like a fine breakfast tea in stories of their childhoods, biblical advice on life, and lots and lots of laughter as my grandpa (much to his dismay) lost round after round of dominoes and other games. We cooked meals of biscuits and farmfresh jellies, we worked our cattle with grins from ear to ear, and we prayed and talked until the wee hours of the morning, as we drank more black coffee than the rest of the world combined. From a financial or modern-day standpoint, this past week was worth very little; some might even call it a waste of time. And yet, from a realistic and biblical perspective? This week was priceless. We need more families who enjoy spending time together. We need more children who understand the importance of cellphone-free mornings spent watching the sunrise with their grandparents. So, this year, I want to encourage you all to take a step back and ponder what truly deserves your time and what needs to be culled. As always, I am so honored to have another opportunity to serve you all. May 2024 be the best year yet.
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Kenley Huskey 2024 ITLA Princess www.savannahbellefarms.com Hello! My name is Kenley Huskey, and I am your newly elected Miss 2024 ITLA Princess. I am so excited to represent the ITLA this year! I would like to share with you a few things about myself m twelve years old and am a 7th grade a student at Westville Junior High School. In addition to showing longhorns, I enjoy playing volleyball, running track, and cheering for our junior high and junior varsity football and basketball teams. I also love to tumble. I showed my first longhorn in the summer of 2022 and fell in love with it. I have made so many new friends and always look forward to the shows. My two favorite longhorns are my steer, Outlaw and my heifer, Lady. I also have two dogs, Sadie, and Okie Lee. I live at home in Westville, Oklahoma with my mom, dad, older sister, and younger brother. I am looking forward to representing the ITLA in 2024!
What’s New! Hello! I enjoyed my 2 weeks off in December for Christmas break and our family had a great Christmas. I am very excited for our upcoming trip to Denver, Colorado for the National Western Stock Show. I have never been to Colorado and have heard it is beautiful. This month’s Drover topic is goals and I am excited to share with you my longhorn goals for 2024. We are marking dates on the calendar for shows and futurities. My main goal, which I am super excited about, is to represent the ITLA wherever we go as the 2024 ITLA Princess. I am also hoping to continue my showmanship winning streak and will continue to work hard at it. Now that my steer, Outlaw, is older, I am also hoping we can bring home some Grand Champion and All Age Steer awards this year. For us, 2023 was the year of the bull calf. All five calves born on our farm last year were bull calves. We are hoping this year will be the year of heifer calves. I am already looking forward to writing the February Drover so I can tell you all about our trip to Denver! Enjoy some pics from our farm for the first snow of 2024!
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Baylor Marti 2024 ITLA Little Miss Hi! I’m Baylor, and I am 8 years old. I am from Amarillo, Texas. I have so much fun with longhorns! I got my first one for my birthday in 2020, and we started Little hb Cattle Co. shortly after. The h is for my little sister Hayden and b for me. We have grown a herd since then and also created Bomb City Cattle Co. with our friend Michael Rolen. Bomb City is a nickname for Amarillo. I love going to sales and futurities and want to go to as many as I can. I just began halter showing by myself this year and have enjoyed the experience and learn something new every time. I am very excited to be ITLA Little Miss. I have met a lot of awesome people and can’t wait to meet more and share my love of longhorns. I love school, and my favorite subject is reading. I have a whole bookshelf to myself at home. I even have a book I got for my birthday about showing cattle. I just got done with a Texas school competition for Music Memory and Spelling. I am also in dance right now and will soon start basketball. I love crafts and projects. I enjoy making things from cardboard, even longhorns. I like being a part of lots of things but I LOVE anything to do with longhorns. I have already gotten the chance to tell new people about the ITLA. I enjoy telling them about all the new colorful calves we’ve had this year.
Happy New Year! The end of the year was full of activities including a dance recital, school party, riding club awards party, and of course family gatherings. For the riding club, I ended the year champion of my age group and received a beautiful buckle. My family knows my love of longhorns and one of my Christmas presents was a stuffed longhorn. I have quite the family of them now. The new year is full of exciting new things to do. We have been continuing to work with our calves by tying them up, brushing them and starting to lead them. The steer I showed this past year is named Goggles, and I will continue to show him. He was a little nervous at his first shows, so I’m excited to show him again now that he knows what’s going on! My goal for the year is to win showmanship with him. Last year, I used a heifer that was laid back and naturally set her feet in a good spot. Goggles takes a little more work. I will work with my stick and practice more on placing his feet at home. Also, in the show pen I have dropped my stick a few times and let the lead drag, so my goal is to correct those things. My personal cow, Gallop, had a nice heifer we named Wildfire this fall. I plan to sell Gallop this year. I plan to keep Wildfire as her replacement and will eventually breed her. I love talking about bulls and what breeding crosses seem to work well. This year I plan to keep learning about that and also what judges look for in picking winners at shows.
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Taming the untamable: Halter breaking the human tongue By Camilla Westmoreland
The wild beast snarled maliciously, it was foaming like it had rabies and kicking as if its life depended on it…it charged uncontrollably across the ground, leaving a cloud of dust hanging thickly in its wake. This has been what my mornings and evenings have been defined by this past month as halter breaking season is in full swing. There are few things more discouraging than trying to break an especially stubborn longhorn calf…and this past month one of the steers that my family and I plan to show beginning in April has given me quite the run for my money. This little guy has always been curious about people, but should you try and get anywhere even close to him, he’ll bolt away before you can say “howdy”. Yet, he is a beautiful young steer with a quality pedigree and so I decided that no matter how daunting, he would get shown along with the rest of the calf crop which my family and I have chosen. At first, the only thing that was broken was my spirit, and yet, (after many frustrating days!), this stubborn bovine became sweet as Texas honey and gentle as a little ewe lamb. I will never forget the first day that I finally saw progress with him: it made me realize that even though it had seemed impossible at times, the hours of labor were indeed paying off. Halter breaking, at least the way I have chosen to do it, is a combination of desensitization and learned obedience patterns. I don’t care how well I can lead an animal around, if the animal isn’t genuinely comfortable around humans and won’t let me walk up to it and love on it in the pasture as well as in the showring, then I feel as though I haven’t done my job to the best of my abilities. The amazing thing to me is that an animal as large as a longhorn bull weighing 2000 pounds can be tamed by humans which are a fraction of its size and can be controlled by a small piece of fashioned rope or perhaps leather. Yet, James 3:7-8 tells us that there is a beast much more uncontrollable than an unbroken longhorn and that is the human tongue. Why? Well, we are told that out of the abundance of our hearts comes what we produce (Luke 6:45). Thus, our tongue, via the words we express, is the crop of what we have sown in our hearts. Therefore, in order to tame the tongue, we must essentially tame our hearts, and that is no easy task, my friends. Yet, with God nothing is impossible, and what better time to start this journey than the New Year?! The breaking process for our tongues cannot be one of mere learned obedience patterns, rather it must have good reason behind it, otherwise, no matter how docile and tame we can train our words to be, it will all be meaningless (1 Corinthians 13:1-3). Ironically enough, my dad, Vice President Brad Westmoreland, gave a lesson on this exact scripture last Wednesday evening at our church…God works in mysterious ways indeed. Our hearts must have love in order for our words to truly follow our true Master. Then, the learned patterns can take place… these could take the form of anything from self-discipline, to group meetings, to recognizing one’s triggers to speak badly and replacing them with good and positive stimuli. Most importantly, learning is a verb, and it is a progressive one…we will never be perfect, but the more that we allow God to take the hypothetical lead rope of our hearts, our words, in due time, will dutifully follow suit. D R O V E R
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Ingredients: 2 pounds Longhorn Beef Ground 1 large yellow onion 1 can mushrooms (sliced) 2 cans cream of mushroom 3tsp garlic powder 2 pounds frozen tater tots 8oz shredded cheddar cheese salt & pepper to taste
Instructions: 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees & spray a 9x13 casserole dish with non stick spray. 2. In skillet- brown beef & add chopped onion and garlic powder until browned. 3. Add in cream of mushroom soup and stir until combined. 4. Place in casserole dish 5. Place frozen tater tots on top of beef layer 6. Top with cheese 7. Bake for 30-40 minutes until tater tots are golden brown.
Let stand and serve with ranch dressing or ketchup. Enjoy!
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-ITLA Executive Board OATHWhile many of us fondly recall the days when a person’s word was their bond and a handshake was an iron-clad agreement, in modern society oaths are increasingly important. The President of the United States must take an oath before starting a new term of office. Contracts often require verification before a notary. And in my other line of work, a court reporter swears-in each witness before I depose or cross-examine them. Oaths bind us to our word; and written oaths allow others to reference back to our promises made—and hold us to them. At the fine suggestion of Darol Dickinson, it was decided by President Freeman that our new and current International Board of Directors should take an oath of office as a pledge to each other and our membership to uphold those ideals to which we were each elected. For those Board members who were able to attend the Annual Meeting in October, the oath was orally taken upon being read by Stan Searle and was then signed in the presence of all. Our newest two members (Guy Cote and Gary Lake) have subsequently added their own signatures to the Oath. Collectively, the Board wanted to publish that oath here, as a declaration of our commitment to you: the ITLA member. Hold us to it. --Brad Westmoreland, Vice President
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International Texas Longhorn Association
Date:__________________________________________ Member:______________________________________________________________________ ITLA#_________________________________________________________________________ Address:______________________________________________________________________ City:__________________________________________________________________________ State:__________________________________Zip:___________________________________
Regi strati ons
QTY
FEE
TOTAL
Heifers 14 months & under
$ 15.00
Bulls 14 months & under
$ 15.00
Either Sex 15 months & older
$ 25.00
Steers any age
$ 15.00
ITLA Dual Registration (2 years and below)
$ 15.00
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$ 10.00
Certificate Replacement
$ 15.00
Registration Certificate Correction
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Certificate Name Change
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$ 10.00
Canadian funds par to US funds
Transfers
Fee
QTY
Within 60 days of selling date
$
15.00
More than 60 days of selling date
$
25.00
Transfer by Lease
$
15.00
Rush Orders (additional per certificate)
$
10.00
Non-Member Transfers
$
30.00
AI Sire Enrollment
$ 100.00
Total
Canadian funds par to US funds
Memberships
QTY
Fee
Lifetime Member
$ 1,000.00
10 Year Membership
$ 500.00
Youth Membership
$ 15.00
Annual Active Member
$ 75.00
Total
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Make all checks payable to ITLA Thank you for your business! Office Phone Number: 254-898-0157 PO BOX 2610 - GLEN ROSE, TEXAS- 76043
REGISTRATION APPLICATION 1. Member Name (Applicant)
2. Street Address
3. City
State,
P.O. Box 2610 Glen Rose, TX 76043 Phone: 254 898-0157 Fax: 254 898-0165
Zip
4. Day Time Phone No.
ITLA Member No.
Proper fees must accompany this application
4a. Email
Size (please circle one) : Miniature or Full Size 5.
Cow
6. Name of Texas Longhorn (limit 24 characters)
7. 10.
Birth Weight
11.
OCV Number
Natural
9.
8 Birth Date
Yes
Bull
Steer
Embryo
Clone
Sex of Texas Longhorn
No
A.I.
In Herd AI
Service
12.
Twin?
Color
13.
14.
Holding Brand (your registered brand)
Brand ID (number branded on animal)
Location of holding brand
18.
17. Sire’s Name
Location of number brand
19.
Sire’s Registration Number
Sire’s Brand ID Number
19a Signature of Owner of Sire
. 20.
21.
Dam’s Name
22.
Dam’s Registration Number
22a.
22b.
Clone Parent Name (only for clones)
Dam’s Brand ID Number
Clone Parent Reg# (only for clones)
I hereby certify this to be a true and correct statement and I request to have same recorded in the International Texas Longhorn Association Registry, in consideration of which I agree to abide and be bound by the Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, Rules and Regulations of the Association and amendments thereto.
23. Date Texas Longhorn Acquired
24. Breeders Name
25. Breeder’s ITLA Number
X
26.
Signature of Applicant
Date
Owner of Texas Longhorn Being Registered
27.
30.
Owner’s ITLA Number
Send Certificate to:
28.
Owner’s Street Address
For Office Use Only
29.
City
State,
Zip
Owner Applicant
Received 0 - 60 days from "date of sale" = $15 _______
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TRANSFER APPLICATION 1. 2. 3.
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4.
Proper fees must accompany this application
6. SEX COW BULL STEER
Name of Animal
5.
8.
7. REGISTRATION NO.
10. FEMALE SOLD OPEN EXPOSED
(IF SOLD IN SALE)
ADDRESS
CITY,
ZIP
DAY TIME PHONE NO.
ITLA MEMBER NO.
EMAIL ADDRESS
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
22. SIRE’S REG. NO.
11. DATE SOLD
24. DATE CALVED
13. 1ST BULL EXPOSED TO
26. TRANSFER ANIMAL TO 15. SER VICE NAT A.I. EMB.
14. BULL’S REGISTRATION NO.
STATE,
21. SIRE OF CALF AT SIDE
Brand/ID. NO.
9. LOT NO.
MEMBER NAME (APPLICANT)
16. DATES EXPOSED THRU 17. 2ND BULL EXPOSED TO
23. SERVICE NAT A.I. EMB. 25.SEX OF CALF COW BULL STEER
27. NEW OWNER’S ITLA MEMBER No. 28. ADDRESS OF NEW OWNER 29. CITY
STATE
ZIP
EMAIL 19. SER VICE
18. BULL’S REGISTRATION NO.
NAT A.I. EMB.
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THRU FEE
A.P.:
C.N.
B.D.:
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I (we) the owner(s) of this animal, or authorized agent of owner(s), hereby warrant the information contained herin to be true and correct and apply for transfer of ITLA Certificate of Registration, and will legally defend ownership as represented.
X Date
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Buyer
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Please Print Three Copies. Mail two signed copies to the ITLA and keep one for your records.
TRANSFER BY LEASE I,___________________________________________, __________________________ (Owner - Lessor) (Address) _______________________________________________ITLA Member #___________ do hereby lease this ____________________, named ____________________________ (Cow or Bull) (Animal Name) Identification Number ______________________ITLA Number____________________ (Brand #) (Registration Number) to _________________________, ___________________________________________ (Name of Lessee) (Address of Lessee) ITLA Member #__________________ for the following period: from _______________ (Date) to ________________________. (Date) Lease/Loan of Sire: The signature of the Lessee may be used in lieu of the owner of the sire when submitting a registration application providing this form is completed and filed with ITLA by the owner within 30 days after delivery of sire to Lessee. Lease/Loan of Dam: The signature and address of the Lessee may be used and shown as breeder on registration applications in lieu of the signature and address of the registered owner of the dam for the purpose of registering of recording progeny born during the period specified on this form, provided this form is completed and filed with the ITLA, by the owner, within 30 days after delivery of the dam to the Lessee.
______________________________ Signature of Owner/Lessor
______________________________ Signature of Lessee
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Artificial Insemination Sire Enrollment Form
Bull’s Registered Name: _________________________________________________________________ Brand / ID Number: ____________________________________________________________________ Registration Number: _____________________ Enclose copy of front and back of registration certificate Owner: ______________________________________________________________________________ ITLA Member #: _______________________________________________________________________ Ranch Name: __________________________________________________________________________ Street Address: ________________________________________________________________________ City: _______________________________________ State: ______________ Zip: __________________ Phone Number: ________________________________________________________________________ Signature: ____________________________________________________________________________
Application must include the Following: 1. Fee of $100.00 2. DNA type on applicable bull. 3. Health certification in effect at time of all semen collection, including negative tests for Brucellosis, Tuberculosis, 5 Leptospirosis, Vibriosis, and Trichomoniasis. 4. Copy of Bull’s Registration Certificate 5. Photo of Bull Failure to comply with procedures set forth in the ITLE Artificial Insemination Enrollment regulations will be cause for cancellation of enrollment. You may contact the lab of your choice for DNA kits and procedures. ITLA recommends Neogen for DNA results. Neogen Genomics 4131 N 48th St Lincoln, NE 68504. Email for Neogen; geneseekinfo@neogen.com and phone number 402-435-0665.
A.I. or Embryo Transfer Certification Form Name of Animal Being Registered: _____________________________________________________________________________
AI Breeding Certificate
Embryo Transfer Certificate
I hereby certify the following information to be true And correct concerning the Artificial Insemination of the following cow:
I hereby certify the following information to be true and correct concerning the Embryo Transfer of the following cow:
________________________________________________
_____________________________________________
Registered Name of Cow
Registered Name of Cow
________________________________________________
_____________________________________________
Registered Number Brand/ ID #
Registered Number
________________________________________________ Location of Brand/ ID # Holding Brand and Location
Brand/ ID #
_____________________________________________ Location of Brand/ ID #
Holding Brand and Location
________________________________________________ Name of Certified Sire
_____________________________________________ Name of Owner of Cow
Membership Number
________________________________________________ _____________________________________________ Registration # Brand ID A.I. #
Address
_____________________________________________________ Name of Inseminator Date of Insemination
__________________________________________________ Name of Certified Sire
_____________________________________________________ Address of Inseminator
__________________________________________________ Registration # Brand/ ID # A.I. #
_____________________________________________________ City, State, Zip
__________________________________________________ Name of Transfer Technician Date on Transfer
_____________________________________________________ Signature of Inseminator
__________________________________________________ Address of Transfer Technician __________________________________________________ Signature of Transfer Technician
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Longhorn Hayring $1,100
Longhorn Cage with Hornlocks $4970
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COMING SOON! ISSUE 57 - ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION GET YOUR SEMEN ADS IN NOW
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