PRESIDENT’S NOTES, by robert mills

BY: ROBERT MILLS, UBB PRESIDENT

I hope everyone is excited about upcoming summer events and gatherings as we slowly get to return toward some form of normalcy.

Plans are underway for an extraordinary NJBA All American this year in Texarkana. The Junior Committee has been working diligently to bring everything together. They want you to put it on your “must do” list for your family this summer. Both the Texas Junior Brafords and the Louisiana Junior Brafords are also making summer plans for their juniors to enjoy. Details are coming soon on all these events. Watch Facebook for updates as they become available.

The Texas Braford Breeders are planning jackpot shows in various locations and dates, as well as a show and sale in Crockett, Texas, for early August. Juniors who are interested in heifers for the upcoming show year should contact Elliott Stanton about the scholarship opportunity that you do not want to miss. Show prospects purchased at this Crockett event will allow the junior purchaser to be eligible for this exclusive scholarship through a limited show competition held exclusively for heifers purchased in the Crockett 2021 sale.

The UBB Annual Meeting is to be held also during this Crockett event. It will be good to see everybody together again. There will be a guest speaker as well as all of the annual UBB awards presented. This is a great opportunity for fellowship and social time with our UBB family in a causal atmosphere. Please make plans to attend.

The Bull Development Committee is finalizing plans for their Advancing the Breed Sale this fall. Plans are to return to a live sale setup as well as a live feed online for those who cannot attend in person. Final details will be forthcoming as they become available. Watch the website as well as Facebook for those announcements.

At our last UBB Board meeting in Gonzales, Texas, on May 21, our Executive Director, Bailey Herrin, announced her resignation effective June 11. Please join the Board as we wish Bailey the best as she begins her new endeavors helping her husband, Jeremy, in the family business. We all thank her for the many tasks she took on in her role as Executive Director. I think we can all agree that her shining jewel was the reviving of our all-important Braford News as our quarterly magazine. The Braford News will now continue to be an important promotional tool for our breeders.

Our Board of Directors and officer team will be fulfilling her duties during this interim period. Our officers have stepped up and divided responsibilities and duties among us. Our plan is that you, the membership, will not see any change in our office activities. Emma Ramirez will still be answering our phone in the Kingsville office. Soon we will have a new UBB office number that will be answered weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Time. Announcement of that number will be coming shortly. In the meantime, please know that Emma and I will be available to you during office hours to address your questions and concerns.

I hope everyone has a great summer enjoying your family and friends. Please make plans to attend all the upcoming summer events in Texarkana and Crockett. We look forward to seeing you all soon.