The
ILLINOIS HEREFORD BULLETIN
March/April 2022
CONTENTS March/April 2022
1 LEMENAGER, ALLAN, BRUNS AND BARBER AWARDED TOP TITLES AT CATTLEMEN’S CONGRESS
2 ILLINOIS BEEF EXPO SHOW RESULTS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT Dave Roome 309-945-8400 VICE-PRESIDENT Gene Stumpf 618-407-8374 TREASURER Buddy Edenburn (217) 649-0108 MEMBERSHIP SERVICES Dr. Tamar Crum 217-820-0964 illinoishereford@gmail.com BOARD OF DIRECTORS Randy Kline, 309-824-9937 Matt Johnson, 309-883-9466 Phil Tjardes, 815-383-0003 Brent Lowderman, 309-221-9621 Luke Goldstein, 217-663-3390 Cody Crum, 217-248-7282 Jodi McMillan, 815-751-2293 Chad Benedict, 217-246-5099 Kent Burns, 618-521-3199
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ON THE COVER Grace Arnold showing at the Illinois Beef Expo. Taken by Abby Stier with Cindy’s Livestock Photos.
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LEMENAGER, ALLAN, BRUNS AND BARBER AWARDED TOP TITLES AT CATTLEMEN’S CONGRESS As we started to finish the national show season, all Hereford junior exhibitors’ hard work culminated as they stepped onto the red dirt during the second annual 2022 Cattlemen’s Congress in Oklahoma City on Jan. 5. Judge Lydell Meier of Clinton, Tenn., sorted the show of 269 junior heifers. Paige Lemenager, Hudson, Ill., exhibited the grand champion polled female in the national junior Hereford show. BOY Harley 018H ET was a Jan. 2, 2020, daughter of ECR Who Maker 210 ET and was bred by Simon Thoreson, Knoxville, Iowa. BK CMCC Highness 082H ET received the reserve grand champion polled female honors; the winning entry was a May 3, 2020, daughter of CHEZ/PUGH/HARA Logic 8815F ET. Bred by Moore Cattle Co., Madill, Okla., this female was owned by Mason Allan of Nocona, Texas. Blake Bruns of North Platte, Neb., won the grand champion horned female title at the 2022 Cattlemen’s Congress. H Pixie 0635 ET, an Aug. 29, 2020, daughter of H Montgomery 7437 ET, was bred by Hoffman Herefords, Thedford, Neb. Aidyn Barber, Channing, Texas, exhibited the reserve grand champion horned female with her bred-and-owned female, BR Gabriella 0142. Her entry was an April 1, 2020, daughter of BR 124Y Travis E132 ET.
March/April 2022 - Illinois Hereford Bulletin
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Show Results 2022 Illinois Beef Expo Junior Show
Fifth Overall Heifer Ring A Champion Polled Hereford Shown by Stetson Storey
Grand Champion Hereford Steer Both Rings Shown by Alex Barnard 2
Illinois Hereford Bulletin - March/April 2022
Reserve Champion Hereford Steer Both Rings Shown by Grace Arnold
Champion Horned Hereford Heifer Ring B Shown by Stetson Storey
Champion Horned Hereford Heifer Ring A Res. Champion Horned Hereford Ring B Shown by Houston Stapelton
Res. Champion Horned Hereford Heifer Ring A Shown by Riley Rhodes
Res. Champion Horned Hereford Heifer Both Rings Shown by Keegan Bohnsak
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Adam Harms, Herdsman 217-369-3609 adamdharms@hotmail.com Steve Lorenzen: 217-822-2803