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ASA New 800 Number

The American Shorthorn has a new toll-free phone number 1-877-272-0686 Notice: The ASA staff have a weekly staff meeting at 8:30 am on Tuesdays. If you are calling the office for assistance, please be aware that we will be unable to assist you during this time. Thank you for your understanding - ASA staff ______________________________________________________________________

Announcements

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY/TREASURER ANNOUNCED

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2008 North American Livestock Exposition

Keep updated with results as they happen in Louisville!

OPEN PUREBRED SHOW

Supreme Champion - MISS V8 MONA'S HIP HOP ET - CHARLEE TEAGUE, FT MORGAN, CO

Champion Purebred Female - MISS V8 MONA'S HIP HOP ET - CHARLEE TEAGUE, FT MORGAN, CO

Reserve Champion Purebred Female - SULL SOLUTIONS MARGIE ET - REECE KLUG - COLUMBUS, NE

Champion Purebred Bull - SULL PRIMETIME ET - SULLIVAN CATTLE CO, DUNLAP, IA

Reserve Champion Purebred Bull - CYT PURE POWER 859U ET - CYCLONE TRACE CATTLE CO, CLARION, IA

JUNIOR PUREBRED SHOW

Junior Purebred Champion Female - SULL MIRIAH'S ROSE ET - ATLANTA MARONDE, YORK, NE

Junior Purebred Reserve Champion Female - SULL SOLUTION'S PRIDE ET - CASSIE HOBLYN, YORK, NE

Bred & Owned Champion - AS LADY VIDALIA - ALLISON AGLE, SOUTH VIENNA, OH

STEER FUTURITY & BREEDER'S CUP

Champion Purebred & Champion Breeder's Cup - HA ROCKY - LUKE HUISHEERE - BRED BY BENNETT SHORTHORNS

Reserve Purebred & Res. Breeder's Cup - LORENZ'S ABSOLUTELY KOOL - GRACE SIMPSON - BRED BY LORENZ SHORTHORNS

Champion ShorthonPlus & Champion Breeder's Cup - VMF507 - TYLER MUHLENKAMP BRED BY FERRIS FARMS

Reserve ShorthornPlus - FROSTY - GRANT HUBER

Reserve Breeder's Cup - MCF THE AMAZN CAUCASTIAN - KYLE JACOBS - BRED BY MID-CONTINENT FARMS

SHORTHORNPLUS SHOWS

Junior ShorthornPlus Champion Female - TCDR BEANS - Justin Jenkins, Crandall, TX

Reserve Junior ShorthornPlus Female - SULL PURE HOTTIE 7033 ET - Nick Sullivan, Dunlap, IA

Champion ShorthornPlus Bred/Owned Female - SULL BREATHLESS BABE 7411 - Nick Sullivan, Dunlap, IA

Open ShorthornPlus Champion Female - SULL PURE HOTTIE 7033 ET - Nick Sullivan, Dunlap, IA

Reserve Open ShorthornPlus Female - TCDR BEANS - Justin Jenkins, Crandall, TX

Complete ShorthornPlus Show Program (Junior/Open) here.

View live video streaming of shows in Freedom Hall Sunday and Monday here (http://www.livestockexpo.org/) 

Friday, November 14

9am-12:00pm            Process Open & Junior Shorthorn/ShorthornPlus Entries (Pavilion)

12:00pm         All Cattle Stalled

7:00pm           ASA Standing Committee Meetings (Expo Center)

 

Saturday, November 15

7:00-8:00am   Process Futurity Steers (Broadbent Arena)

8:00am            Registration for Annual Meeting

9:00am            Annual Meeting (Expo Center)

12:00pm           Shorthorn Foundation Board Meeting

1:00pm           Open and Junior ShorthornPlus Show (Broadbent)

6:00pm           Social Hour (Expo Center)

7:00pm           Shorthorn Showdown and Awards Banquet (Expo Center)

 

Sunday, November 16

            8:00am            Junior Shorthorn Heifer Show (Coliseum)

            1:00pm           Shorthorn Steer Futurity and Breeders’ Cup (Broadbent Arena)

            3:00pm           North American Heifer Calf Futurity Show (Broadbent Arena)

            4:30pm           Heifer Calf Futurity Sale (New Market Hall)

 

Monday, November 17

             8:00am            National Shorthorn Show (Beginning with Bulls) (Coliseum)

 

Entry deadline: October 1. Entry forms are available at www.livestockexpo.org

Stalling requests should be sent to Julie Blunier at julie@shorthorn.org

Hotel headquarters is the Hilton Garden Inn. 502-637-2424 for reservations

Rule Change: In 2008 an animal is eligible to enter or compete in only one breed classification regardless if the animal is registered with more than one breed association. Percentage animals must be exhibited as entered on the original entry form

 

Standing Committee Agendas

Committee Meetings will be held Friday, November 14, at 7:00pm - click here for agendas 

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2008 Annual Meeting Voting Delegates Elected

The Annual Meeting will be held 9:00 am, November 15, 2008 in Louisville, KY

Voting delegate by district can be viewed here!

Shorthorn Showdown Annual Banquet and Awards

November 15, 2008 - Louisville, KY

Registration form is now available here!

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State Cooperative Advertising Program

This is a great program that gives state associations the opportunity to save on their own budget and take advantage of the funds of the National Campaign. The ASA would like state associations to take advantage of this effort as a way to increase exposure of the Shorthorn breed in the livestock industry and gain state recognition.

Want to know more about the program?      View the ad selection here!

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AVOID THE RUSH FEE: Please make note of the following deadline dates.

Show                            Entry Due Date             Registration App. Due                Ownership Date

KILE                           August 31                           August 15                                       June 1

American Royal           September 10                     August 27                                       September 10

NAILE                         October 1                          September 17                                  July 31

NWSS                          November 20                    November 4                                   November 20

The rush fee for registrations is $100 per animal for any work requested for completion within 72 hours or less of it being received by the ASA. Payment must accompany work (credit card information may be called in). Please follow-up with a phone call on all faxes.

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NOTICE: – ASA RULE CHANGES & UPDATES:

  • To increase compatibility between ShorthornPlus and Durham Red registries, animals from ¼ blood to 7/8 blood Shorthorn are eligible for registration in the ShorthornPlus herdbook beginning July 1, 2008. 
  • To be eligible for ASA-sanctioned shows beginning in the 2009/2010 PACE show season, ShorthornPlus and Durham Red animals that are registered less than ½ Shorthorn blood, must be sired by a half-blood or higher registered Shorthorn bull. 
  • Tattoos are limited to eight characters, including the year code if used. 
  • All AI sire, donor dams, and cloned animals must have a PHA genetic defect test result (in addition to the already required TH genetic defect test result and DNA genotype) on record with the ASA prior to registering progeny beginning September 1, 2008.  
  • ASA members may register their herd prefix (up to four characters). Preference will be given to those who first used the prefix and when applications for registering the prefix were made to the ASA. Herd prefix registration applications can be found on the ASA website or by contacting the ASA office.

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NOTICE: PHA REQUIREMENT- Effective September 1, 2008 – The required genetic defect status for all donor dams, AI sires, and cloned animals must include PHA results. If TH and PHA results have not been completed, registrations and the issuing of AI certificates may be delayed. If animals have been tested for TH, you may contact Mindy at AgriGenomics (217-762-9808) with the Lab ID number and have them run the PHA test on the sample already submitted for $15. If you have not completed any genetic defect testing, please follow the instructions for submission by clicking here.

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ONLINE REGISTRATION

Online Registration is available for SHORTHORNPlus and PUREBRED animals. Please note - ShorthornPlus online registration is only available if the Dam and Sire are NOT initial entries*.

* Initial entries are those that have not had progeny registered with the ASA or have not been identified in the ASA herd book. For initial entry eligibility complete 'Initial Entry' section on the ShorthornPlus/Durham Red Registration application.

Click here for online registrations - http://online.shorthorn.org 

Click here for online registration instructions

You will need to contact Gwen Reynolds (gwen@shorthorn.org) for a password before you attempt to logon.

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ASA Office Hours

The ASA office hours reflect the actual working hours of staff and were created to better assist breeders during the week. The office will be open from 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. CST, Monday-Thursday and from 8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. CST on Friday.
TH Testing/DNA Genotyping

Forms to complete Genetic Defect Testing and DNA genotyping/parental verification can be found by clicking here!

 

The current DNA genotype and TH/PHA genetic defect status list can be found by clicking here!

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