Update

Shorthorn Update

American Shorthorn Association

7607 NW Prairie View Rd. Kansas City, MO 64151-1544 816-599-7777 • FAX: 816-599-7782 www.shorthorn.org

Montie D. Soules, asa executive secretary/CEO montie@shorthorn.org Matt Woolfolk, director of performance programs, performance data & commercial acceptance • matt@shorthorn.org

Heather Lange, director of customer service, registrations & DNA • heather@shorthorn.org

Shelby Diehm, director of youth activities, marketing & communications • shelby@shorthorn.org Emily Velisek, director of events, show & membership activities • emilyv@shorthorn.org Accounting • accountmgr@shorthorn.org

ASA Board of Directors

Nancy Grathwohl Heter, president 785-587-7947 Hugh Mooney, vice president 209-712-6692 Dave Greenhorn, executive director 937-470-6552 Joe Bales, 615-330-2342 John Sonderman, 402-641-0936 Toby Jordan, 219-819-4603 Jerrell Crow, 580-585-2522 Lee Miller, 330-231-6834 John Russell, 832-588-8604

Shorthorn Foundation

Bill Rasor, president

American Junior Shorthorn Association

Lexi Wetzel, president

National Shorthorn Lassies

Sommer Smith, president

ASA Dates of Note

February

Feb. 1 NEW - American Rancher Shorthorn Show - 8 pm CT Feb. 16 AJSA “Funding the Future” Online Junior Fundraiser - amsonlinesales.com Feb. 28 Membership becomes delinquent at 11:59pm CT if not paid. TOC breeder status ends if membership is not paid.

March

March 1 Late fees incur for WHR Assessment starting March 1 ($25)

April

April 2 ASA Office Closed - Good Friday April 10 AJSA Junior Board Candidate Application Deadline

May

May 1 AJSA Scholarship Deadline May 1 Junior National Cattle Ownership and Entry Deadline May 15 Junior National Late Entry Deadline May 31 ASA Office Closed - Memorial Day

June

June 1 All NJSS photography, graphic design & career development entries due via email to contests@shorthorn.org June 21-26 National Junior Shorthorn Show and Youth Conference, Louisville, Kentucky

Attention Juniors!

• Junior members who turned 22 in 2020, your Junior membership was good through Dec. 31, 2020. To stay a member, you must pay the yearly adult membership fee. All memberships converted from junior to adult will become WHR breeders.

• Junior members 7 years of age are eligible to show at the Junior National. The Junior member has to be 7 on January 1 of the year the Junior National is taking place to be eligible to show at the Junior National. For example, if a child turned 7 on December 31, 2020 they are eligible to show at the 2021 National Junior Show in Louisville, Ky. If they turned 7 on January 10, 2021, they are not eligible to show at this years Junior National. WHR Assessments for 2021 were sent in November. If you have not received yours, please contact the ASA office as soon as possible. 1. WHR inventory assessments must be completed and paid in full prior to registering calves born in the current assessment period, (i.e. 2021 assessment on a dam must be completed and paid in order to register her calf born in 2021.) 2. Included with each assessment is the registration of a calf born to the dam in the year she was assessed (if calf is registered prior to one year of age) and a free transfer of said calf (if recorded within 60 days from the date of the sale.) (i.e. cost to register a calf born in 2021 to an assessed 2021 dam will be $0, if calf is registered within 12 months)

2021 ASSESSMENT FEE SCHEDULE: January 18 - February 28, 2021 $20 March 1 - December 31, 2021 $25

*Calves born in previous year(s) to unassessed dams will incur additional fees.

Shorthorn Beef Locally Raised

Visit shorthornbeef.org to see the availability of Shorthorn meat from Shorthorn producers. Contact shelby@shorthorn.org to get on the map or for more information.

SHORTHORN BEEF

• LOCALLY RAISED •

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2021 ASA Annual Membership

Don’t let your membership lapse!

Make sure you pay your annual membership fee by February 28th. If you are a TOC Member and your membership is not paid by February 28, 2021, you will become a WHR Member when you renew your membership.

Help Support the Juniors!

Feb. 16 •

Funding the Future Online Sale, amsonlinesales.com

Regular Office Hours

Monday - Thursday 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Friday 8:00 am to 2:00 pm

Central Time Zone

(ASA Staff Meeting Wednesday’s 10:00-11:00 AM)