Shorthorn Update

ASA Board of Directors

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, director of shows & events; customer service specialist cassie@shorthorn.org

Wade Minihan, director of shows & member communications; customer service specialist • wade@shorthorn.org

Accounting • accountmgr@shorthorn.org

ASA Dates of Note

May

May 1 AJSA Scholarship Deadline

May 1 Junior National Cattle Ownership and Entry Deadline

May 1 National Shorthorn Lassie Queen Applications Due

May 15 Junior National Late Cattle Entry Deadline (Additional Fees Apply)

May 15 NJSS Online Contest Submission Deadline (Photography, Graphic Design, Career, Speech)

May 24 “The Shorthorn Bullpen” Video Podcast Episode # 3 release

May 24-25 Cattlemen’s Conference, Stillwater, Okla.

May 30 ASA Office Closed - Memorial Day

Membership in Good Standing by August 1st

By August 1, 2023 you must be a member in good standing to be eligible to be a voting delegate for your state at the Annual Meeting. Eligibility can be found in the ASA Rules and Regulations.

WHR Breeders

2023 ASSESSMENT FEE SCHEDULE: March 1, 2023 and after $30

Natural Service Sires New Rule - Jan. 1, 2022

John Sonderman, president 402-641-0936

Toby Jordan, vice president 219-819-4603

Joe Bales, executive director 615-330-2342

Dave Greenhorn, 937-470-6552

Lee Miller, 330-231-6834

John Russell, 832-588-8604

Mark Gordon, 217-737-7905

Jeff Bedwell, 580-822-5590

Rick Osterday, 605-281-1175

Shorthorn Foundation

Bill Rasor, president

American Junior Shorthorn Association

Faye Smith, president

National Shorthorn Lassies

Sommer Smith, president

June

June 17-24 National Junior Shorthorn Show and Youth Conference, Des Moines, Iowa

July

July 3-6 BIF Annual Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

July 20-23 The Summit IGS Youth Leadership Conference, Phoenix, Arizona

August

Aug. 1 Builder of the Breed Nominations due to the ASA

Aug. 1 Deadline for ASA Membership in good standing to be eligible to be a voting delegate at Annual Meeting

2023 Junior National Judges

Owned Show: Dr. Chris Skaggs

Bred & Owned Show: Jared Boyert

ShorthornPlus: Kyndal Reitzenstein

Showmanship: Shane & Melissa Schaake Bailey Boyert & Kennedy Phillips

New Rule for Milking Shorthorn/Lincoln Red Dual Registration

The Board of Directors unanimously approved a new rule, which begins January 1, 2022: “Bulls (Shorthorn & ShorthornPlus) born January 1, 2022 and after will be required to have a genomic profile and parentage markers on file in order to register any progeny with the American Shorthorn Association”.

This means that regardless of service type Natural or AI, 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.

Send DNA Directly to Neogen

As a reminder, breeders can now send DNA samples directly to Neogen for testing rather than sending to the ASA office first. Starting July 1, 2023, a manual processing fee will be incurred for those samples sent to the office for preprocessing.

3 things will be required to send samples in for testing:

1. A registration (or recorded “U”) number for each tested animal

2. A paper copy of the finalized testing form, (emailed from staff, description below) which includes the Neogen order number

3. A barcode number for each animal tested

Breeders can queue up animals for testing in DigitalBeef and select which sample types they have, as well as which tests they want. Once the form is submitted, (it’s not entirely an automated process) staff will process the testing request and get an order ID # from Neogen. A finalized printable PDF of the submission form will be emailed to print and send to the lab with samples. Checks/payments are still made to the ASA. Once staff approves the testing request, the breeder’s DigitalBeef account is billed accordingly.

The Summit IGS Youth Leadership Conference

July 20-23, 2023

Phoenix, Arizona

• Registration Deadline •

April 16 –

May 31 :: Registration is $375 https://juniorshorthorn.org/events/summit/

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)