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 office operations; customer service, registrations & DNA • heather@shorthorn.org

Shelby Diehm, director of youth activities, marketing & communications • shelby@shorthorn.org Cassie Reid, customer service specialist; co-director of shows, events, & member services • cassie@shorthorn.org

Wade Minihan, customer service specialist; co-director of shows, events, & member services • wade@shorthorn.org Accounting • accountmgr@shorthorn.org

ASA Board of Directors

Joe Bales, president 615-330-2342 John Sonderman, vice president 402-641-0936 Dave Greenhorn, executive director 937-470-6552 Toby Jordan, 219-819-4603 Jerrell Crow, 580-585-2522 Lee Miller, 330-231-6834 John Russell, 832-588-8604 Mark Gordon, 217-737-7905 Jeff Bedwell, 580-822-5590

Shorthorn Foundation

Bill Rasor, president

American Junior Shorthorn Association

Korbin Collins, president

National Shorthorn Lassies

Sommer Smith, president

ASA Dates of Note

February

Feb. 1-3 NCBA Convention & Trade Show- Houston, Texas Feb. 12 Dixie National - National Shorthorn & ShorthornPlus Show Feb. 28 Membership becomes delinquent at 11:59pm CT if not paid

March

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

April

April 10 AJSA Junior Board Candidate Application Deadline April 15 ASA Office Closed - Good Friday

May

May 1 AJSA Scholarship Deadline May 1 Junior National Cattle Ownership and Entry Deadline May 15 Junior National Late Entry Deadline May 15 All NJSS photography, graphic design & career development entries due via email to contests@shorthorn.org May 30 ASA Office Closed - Memorial Day

June

June 19-25 National Junior Shorthorn Show and Youth Conference, Kansas City, Missouri Our approved lab for DNA, Neogen, has increased the cost of blood and hair cards to the ASA and as a result, it is necessary to start charging for them to cover this increase, plus the postage it takes to send them. Blood cards are now $1/card and hair cards are $2/card. Methods for obtaining them have not changed. Please call the office or fill out the card request on shorthorn.org to order. The lab’s preferred methods are TSU samples and blood cards. TSU kits can be purchased directly through Neogen or Allflex. *Remember, there is an additional fee for testing hair and semen. **DO NOT test twins via blood samples.

New Rule - Jan. 1, 2022

The Board of Directors unanimously approved a new rule, which begins January 1, 2022: “All bulls (Shorthorn & ShorthornPlus) born January 1, 2022 and after will be required to have a genomic profile and parentage markers on file that qualify to their sire and/or dam (if those profiles are available) in order to register any progeny with the American Shorthorn Association”. This means that regardless of service type, all bulls (Shorthorn & ShorthornPlus) used for breeding need to be genomically tested (currently, this is the 100K test but could be subject to change according to Neogen standards in the future). This pertains to AI sires as well as pasture sires/clean up bulls. The rule only affects bulls born after Jan 1, 2022, so this rule won’t really come into play until their progeny are born, late 2023 or 2024. Please be aware that AI sires still require the 3 genetic conditions as well – TH, PHA, and DS.

WHR Assessments

WHR Assessments for 2022 were sent in November 2021. If you did not receive yours, please contact the ASA office as soon as possible.

2022 ASSESSMENT FEE SCHEDULE: November 1 - January 9, 2022 $16 January 10 - February 28, 2022 $20 March 1 - December 31, 2022 $25 2022 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, 2022, you will become a WHR Member when you renew your membership.

Attention Juniors!

• 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, 2021 they are eligible to show at the 2022 National Junior Show in Kansas City, Mo. If they turned 7 on January 10, 2022, they are NOT eligible to show at this year’s Junior National.

• Junior members who turned 22 in 2021, your Junior Membership was good through December 31, 2021. To stay a member, you must pay the yearly adult membership fee. All memberships converted from Junior to Adult will become WHR Breeders.

Dixie National Judge

Open Show: Brian DeFreese

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 Wednesdays 10:00-11:00 AM)