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Growing up around Ansley, KRVN was a staple in every vehicle we drove, so you can imagine my delight when they asked me for an interview! Listen to it here! A special thank you goes out to Clay from KRVN for taking the time and doing this interview with me!

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Come join us for a prime rib supper and see how the steers and heifers performed in this year's EP&C Contest!

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Hi Everyone! Kami here with the Sandhills Cattle News! I have so many updates for you about banquets, events, and contests! Check them out here!

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Hi everyone! Kami Here with the Sandhills Catte News. Listen to this podcast to find out what is going on with the Sandhills Cattle Association this week and to find out if I am a tree hugger! Spoiler Alter!

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Hi everyone! Kami here! We are preparing for fall, which happens to be my favorite time of year! The smell of a crisp cool morning, the trees changing colors, weaning calves! I love it all!

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Hello Everyone! Kami here. I have some news for you and some updates on upcoming events. Have a great week yall!

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Hello Everyone! It's Kami again! Hope you are all well. Catch up on the latest events for the Sandhills Cattle Association and hear about what's going on at the Cherry County Fair! Looking forward to seeing you there!

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Our new Executive Director Kami Freeman introducing herself and giving the current updates on the Sandhills Cattle Asccotiatiion!

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Hey everyone, it's Maddie Lamb with the Sandhills Cattle Association with your weekly update of the Sandhills Cattle News.

Summer is sure flying by way too quickly, and I can’t believe it is already almost August. This means I have worked at the Sandhills Cattle Association for almost a whole year, and what a blast it has been! I love my job here as Outreach Coordinator, and I can’t wait to grow more in this position and provide more benefits for you, fellow Sandhillers!

Our next few upcoming events include our EP&C Contest Banquet on August 19th, 2022, at 6 pm at the Cast Iron Bar & Grille in Stuart, NE. At this banquet, we will go into depth about the contest, and the winners of each category will receive their championship buckles! Everyone is welcome to attend this banquet, so please let us know if you would like to come! RSVP is required for this event as we are going to have an amazing prime rib dinner!

Next up in September, we will hold our 3rd annual fall feeder calf preview! Along with the Cow/Calf Council of the NR Cattlemen’s and the Sandhill’s Affiliate of the NE Cattlemen’s, we will take you along to tour the best ranches in the sandhills. This year our location will be around Merriman, NE, and it will be a one-day event on September 22nd! More information and RSVP information will be available to you all very soon!

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Hey everyone, it's Maddie Lamb with the Sandhills Cattle Association with your weekly update of the Sandhills Cattle News.

On June 29, we held our very first Steers for Students Program at Husker Meats, LLC., in Ainsworth, Nebraska. With lots of help from Jim Pinney, owner of Husker Meats LLC, Nicolas Herrera Ph.D. Student at UNL, Adam Wegner with the Nebraska Beef Council, and of course our calf donors, Craig & Katie O'Kief – Walking X Ranch of Woodlake, NE, Matt & Kristina Blackford – Blackford Ranch of Thedford, NE, Atkinson Livestock – Wes Kilmurry of Atkinson, NE, and Greg & Jolee Nielsen – Nielsen Swan Valley Ranch of Gordon, NE, we had a successful first year of our program! Which means everyone gets beef!

Here is a quick background of what our new program entails. 'Steers for Students' program is our unique educational program geared toward the youth of the Sandhills. This program was developed by Elysabeth Kierl, former SCA Executive Director, and myself, Maddie Lamb, SCA Outreach Coordinator. Elysabeth felt a need to help educate the youth of the Sandhills about beef production and provide them with more sustainable food for their lunches, so we figured out a way to do that. Elysabeth dedicated a lot of time to this program, working out the logistics of everything, and without Jim Pinney's help and cooperation, this wouldn't have been possible! The calves donated to the program were penned with the other calves during the 2022 Educational, Performance, and Carcass Contest at Cottonwood Feeders in Stuart, NE. Their donors received all the calf's data during the contest. After the contest, the 'Steers for Students' calves were then taken to Husker Meats LLC on June 27. We invited the producers of the calves and students and teachers from Gordon, Valentine, Atkinson, and Thedford to learn about the final stages in beef production, from the feedlot to their plate. The public schools that the donors chose, Thedford, Atkinson, Valentine, and Gordon, will receive the donated beef for their school lunch programs at no cost! And to make this program even better, the ranchers that donated calves received half of the primal cuts, and the Sandhills Cattle Association received the other half for future events that will be held. We think this program is a win-win situation for everyone, and we hope to continue improving it and growing it in the future!

Our first 'Steers for Students' program officially started at about 8:30am on June 29 at Husker Meats LLC. While getting ready for the students to arrive. Nicolas Herrera, Jim Pinney, and myself were all on Twister Radio that morning and gave a quick talk about the program, and what we would learn that day—shortly after that, our first group of students and producers arrived! We started by getting our protective gear, including hair nets, beard nets, and jackets. Once the group was ready, we headed over to the harvest floor portion of the building. Jim Pinney walked us through the process of harvesting animals and how cautious and humane they are to the animals that come in. Jim prides his plant on its humane animal handling, clean environment, and the fact that they are also Federally Inspected.

After Jim was done with his presentation, we then went over to the trimming and packing floor. We went over how & why the product is packaged and labeled in specific ways, why inspection is so valuable, the equipment used, and the proper storage and ventilation of carcasses and packaged meats. Then Jim's employees brought out Wes Kilmurry's steer carcass to demonstrate how they break down a carcass. Nicolas Herrera went through each part of the animal, explained what muscles they were and how they work, and gave us many scientific explanations and things to think about. Jim broke down the beef primal cuts for us, such as Chuck, Loin, Full Ribs, Short Ribs, Ro

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Hey everyone, it's Maddie Lamb with the Sandhills Cattle Association with your weekly update of the Sandhills Cattle News.

Just one week is left until our Steers For Students Program! Steers for Students is a new educational program geared toward educating the youth of the Sandhills about the final stages in beef production, from feedlot to plate. This program will allow students an educational opportunity to evaluate and grade carcasses of locally grown beef, observe how a packing plant operates, and supply their schools with delicious Sandhills beef for the upcoming school year! The program will start at 9 am on June 29th, 2022, at Husker Meats, LLC, in Ainsworth, NE. If you would like to join us to learn about processing, carcass evaluation, and more, please reach out to the office at 402-376-2310!

Our EP&C Contest calves will be leaving Cottonwood Feeders and heading to the packing plant in two weeks already. We will be working hard to get the data ready and out to our calf owners as soon as we possibly can. This has been a great contest so far and we are excited to see which calves will come out on top! Then we will hold our EP&C Contest Banquet on August 19, 2022, at the Cast Iron Bar & Grille in Stuart, NE, to say thanks to Nate Dvorak and the other staff at Cottonwood Feeders and to announce which calves won each category.

One more week until our Ranch Dad's Photo Contest deadline! Be sure to recognize those special father figures in your life this year and submit your pictures on our website, or you can find the link on our Facebook page!! The deadline for this contest will be June 27 and our winners will be announced on July 1. And a huge thank you to our lockers supporting this great contest, Husker Meats of Ainsworth, NE. 402 Beef Co. of Bristow, NE, and Valentine Locker here in Valentine, NE. Call them at any time for any of your butcher or meat needs!

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Hey everyone, it's Maddie Lamb with the Sandhills Cattle Association with your weekly update of the Sandhills Cattle News.

Wow, these last two weeks flew by! I am glad to have another convention done and looking forward to a nice relaxed summer catching up on things here at the office. In case you already didn't know, our executive director Elizabeth Kierl has left us to go on to another position at the game fish and parks department in Pierre, SD. Her time here was greatly appreciated, but this means we are looking for a new executive director! This is a full-time (40 hours per week) position that can be fast-paced with multiple ongoing projects and deadlines. The Executive Director works with the Board of Directors and members to achieve the objectives of the Sandhills Cattle Association to promote the cattle and resources of the Sandhills through education, marketing, communications, and unique member services. Salaried position with flexible hours including sick leave, vacation, and paid holiday. Requires some overnight travel from time to time. Background in agriculture desired. Interviews are starting to be held next week, so be sure to hurry and apply on our website!

Our 83rd annual convention and trade show was held on May 26 & 27th, and it was a blast over in Atkinson, NE. We went on a feedlot tour, listened to speakers about nutrition, NE Dept of Ag programs, and heard the NE Brand Committee's insight as well. We had tons of trade show vendors, machinery, and equipment outdoors and our pen of three heifers contest to keep us entertained during our breaks. We then had our two prominent speakers, Amanda Radke and Rob Sharkey, speak about being innovative with your operations and never giving up. We then awarded our scholarship winners, held our membership meeting, gave recaps of our programs this year, and gave out our yearly awards. These awards are Volunteer of the Year, Producer of the Year, and Recruiter of the Year. This year's Volunteer of the Year went to Craig O'Kief of Woodlake, NE. Craig has served on the Sandhills Cattle Association Board of Directors and as past president, but his service and dedication to the association didn't stop there. Craig has helped the association with various events after his term ended, mainly our Sandhills Golf Classic, Scholarship Program, and Convention. We are thankful for Craig's lasting dedication and feel he greatly deserved his belt buckle. Our next award is Recruiter of the Year, which goes to someone who promoted the Sandhills Cattle Association and its programs, and this year this award went to Jason Jagels. Jason and his wife, Katie Jagels, were huge supporters of our new Steers for Students Progam, and we could not be more thankful for them. At the Cattlemen's Cut Bull sale in Brewster, NE, they auctioned off a Henry Goldenboy Rifle in February. They donated the proceeds to the Sandhills Cattle Association for the Steers for Students Program and matched the donation themselves. This generosity was tremendous for us as it gave us even more support from other various businesses and producers. Thanks to Jagels and our other donors, we will be offering four local schools beef this year for their school lunches for absolutely no cost to them! Our last award is the prestigious Producer of the Year. This award is given to a Producer member in good standing who is very supportive and active in the Sandhills Cattle Association. This year we gave our Producer of the Year award to Ken Stephens with KEG Herefords, who never misses and golf tournament or a convention. Ken has been a member of the Sandhills Cattle Association for over 30 years, and he was well deserving of this award! After that, we held our scholarship benefit auction and raised over $8,000 for our scholarship program for next year, and then danced the night away with the Twin River Band! We ar

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Hey everyone, it's Maddie Lamb with the Sandhills Cattle Association with your weekly update of the Sandhills Cattle News.

One more week until our 83rd Annual Convention and Trade Show!

Our 25th Annual Golf Classic & Cookoff Contest will be on May 26, and our Convention and Trade show on May 27. The Golf Classic will take place at the Atkinson- Stuart Country Club, and during the day, while everyone is golfing, we will have our second annual Cookoff Contest! This year our Golf Classic will be 18 holes and is a four-person scramble with a shotgun start, and there is a chance to win $10,000 in the Hole-In-One contest! Thanks to the Cookoff Contestants, a complimentary supper will be provided to the golfers and anyone else who wants to join. Golf registration is $125 per person, and Cookoff registration is $50 per team; plus, you'll have the chance to win some awesome prizes! We are still allowing registration for both events, so get your spot on our website or by calling the office at 402-376-2310!

On the 27th, we still start out our 83rd Annual Convention and Trade Show by traveling to Cottonwood feeders in Stuart, NE, only about 20 miles away from Atkinson. Visiting the feedlot will allow everyone to see how all the Education Performance and Carcass Contest calves are performing and see the feedlot operation firsthand. After that, we will have registration at the Atkinson Community Center around 11:00 am, and then we will start our day! We will have several great speakers, our Pen of Three – Replacement Heifer Contest, trade show vendors, and many scholarship auction items to bid on for the afternoon. Two of our excellent speakers include Amanda Radke and Rob Sharkey, "The Shark Farmer"! These two ag advocates offer valuable experience on generational transition and navigating the new ag world, so don't miss your chance! For the evening festivities, we are changing things up a little bit and are having a nice steak supper, and our entertainment for the night will be music played by Twin River Band from Merriman!

If you can't make it to our convention during the day, that's okay! We will have Twin River Band playing from 7:45 pm to midnight, along with American Legion's bar. Come to the Atkinson Community Center for an evening of fun for only $10 a ticket!!

Please head over to our website and get your tickets for our SCA 83rd Annual Convention and Trade Show on May 26th and 27th, 2022, in Atkinson, Nebraska. Tickets are available online at www.sandhillscattle.com or by calling the office at 402-376-2310

Our scholarship program is an important part of who we are as an association. This year we gave out $8,500 to some very deserving students in the sandhills area. We wouldn't be able to help these young adults with their future educations without the help of our communities and gracious business and members. If you are able, please come donate an item to our auction or come bid on a few items at our convention! Anything you purchase or give helps young Sandhillers pay for college or trade school expenses. Bidding will also be available online this year as well. Just head to our Facebook page for the link!

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We have a few more scholarship recipients left to announce today! First the recipient of the Howard Wright Memorial Scholarship for the 22-23 Academic year is Joseph 'Spencer' DeNaeyer! Spencer is the son of Martin and Bree DeNaeyer of Flying D Ranch. Spencer will be attending Odessa College in the fall and majoring in Agriculture Technology. Spencer wants to learn about the up-and-coming technology in the agriculture world, and bring it back to the Sandhills to help us progress into the future.

Secondly, The recipient of one of the Steve Moreland Memorial Scholarships is Gage Davis! Gage is from Cody, NE, and is the son of Greg & Angel Davis of the One Open Box Ranch. Gage will be attending Laramie County Community College in the fall, majoring in Welding, and will also be competing on the Golden Eagles Rodeo Team. Gage will use his welding degree to help ranchers in the Sandhills update the facilities they need to operate efficiently!

And lastly, the recipient of the other Steve Moreland Memorial Scholarship, and the Buzz Kime Memorial Scholarship, is Reece Zutavern! Reece is from Dunning, NE, and is the son of Mat and Elaine Zutavern. Reece has signed to play football at Doane University and will be majoring in Agribusiness. By majoring in Agribusiness, it is Reece’s hope to back to work on his family's ranch and to apply what he’s learned in college to help make their operation run more cost-efficiently.

Congratulations Spencer, Gage, and Reece! We can’t wait to see where your future takes you!

Our 83rd Annual Convention and Trade Show is two weeks away so hurry and get your tickets now!!!! Our 25th Annual Golf Classic & Cookooff Contest will be on May 26, and our Convention and Trade show on May 27. The Golf Classic will take place at the Atkinson- Stuart Country Club, and during the day, while everyone is golfing, we will have our second annual Cookoff Contest! This year our Golf Classic will be 18 holes and is a four-person scramble with a shotgun start and there is a chance to win $10,000 in the Hole-In-One contest! A complimentary supper will be provided to the golfers and anyone else who wants to join, thanks to the Cookoff Contestants. We have a cap of 18 teams for golf and five teams for the BBQ cookoff, so register early on our website or by calling the office at 402-376-2310!

We will have several great speakers, our Pen of Three – Replacement Heifer Contest, trade show vendors, and many scholarship auction items to bid on for the afternoon. Two of our excellent speakers include Amanda Radke and Rob Sharkey "The Shark Farmer"! These two ag advocates offer valuable experience on generational transition and navigating the new ag world, so don't miss your chance! For the evening festivities, we are changing things up a little bit and are having a nice steak supper, and our entertainment for the night will be music played by Twin River Band from Merriman!

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Hey everyone, it's Maddie Lamb with the Sandhills Cattle Association with your weekly update of the Sandhills Cattle News.

Happy Beef Month! Every day, we are thankful for ranchers and feeders in the beef industry and what they provide for us in our everyday lives, not just the delicious steaks. I wanted to start off Beef Month with a few interesting facts I have found. It takes 18 months to 3 years to bring beef from the pasture to your plate! Beef production is not a one-person job, it requires a community. Cattle will change caretakers an average of 2-3 times during their lifetime, enabling each person in the process to specialize in their aspect of the beef lifecycle. And also, thirty-five percent of American farms classify themselves as beef cattle operations. That means the beef community represents the largest single segment of American agriculture. Even so, most beef cattle operations are involved in other aspects of the agriculture industry as well.

Our fourth recipient of our Sandhills Cattle Association Scholarship is Megan Amos from Stapleton, NE. Megan is the daughter of Jim & Kennetha Amos of Lovitt-Amos Charolais. Megan will be graduating this week and then will attend the University of Wyoming, majoring in Agricultural Communications in the fall. Megan has chosen this major because she wants to connect ranchers with others to ensure correct communication and to show the rancher's dedicated way of life to the world.

Our fifth and final recipient of our Sandhills Cattle Association Scholarship is Michaela Keller from Valentine, NE. Michaela is the daughter of Chane & Karen Keller of Keller Ranch. Michaela is currently attending Eastern Wyoming College and majoring in Agriculture Business. Michaela wants an agricultural business degree so that she can promote the beef industry in whatever career she may end up in and also gain knowledge to improve her own herd and create a good name for our industry and for women in agriculture.

Congratulations, Megan & Michaela! We can't wait to see where your future takes you!

Our 83rd Annual Convention and Trade Show is three weeks away!!!! Our 25th Annual Golf Classic & Cookooff Contest will be on May 26, and our Convention and Trade show on May 27. The Golf Classic will take place at the Atkinson- Stuart Country Club, and during the day, while everyone is golfing, we will have our second annual Cookoff Contest! This year our Golf Classic will be 18 holes and is a four-person scramble with a shotgun start and also there is a chance to win $10,000 in the Hole-In-One contest! A complimentary supper will be provided to the golfers and anyone else who wants to join, thanks to the BBQ Cookoff Contestants. We have a cap of 18 teams for golf and five teams for the BBQ cookoff, so register early on our website or by calling the office at 402-376-2310!

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Our Branding School was held yesterday April 27th, and it was a great success for it being the first one in this area! We started off this morning with coffee and doughnuts of course and had our opening remarks at 10 am sharp. Our first speakers of the day were Danna Schenk and Kayla Jesse with the Nebraska Brand Committee. The Brand Committee plays a crucial role in the Sandhills ranchers lives, and they gave us great information regarding their recent updates and changes in the committee. Next we listened to Dr. Becky Funk talk about Biosecurity during the branding season and how to be a good neighbor. She spoke about how as a community jumping from ranch to ranch branding we need to be cautious of ourselves and our horses and livestock, in order to keep the surrounding areas healthy. Dr. Funk also gave us several tips on keeping our own animals and families save and how to not expose them to illnesses if they happen to arise. After that we listened to Dr. Lindsay Waechter-Mead present about the best health management practices and products that we can use to keep our cattle as health as possible during branding season. She went into depth about the vaccinations that we give, how to care for the vaccines properly, and how your relationship with your veterinarian is very very important. We then broke for a nice steak lunch sponsored by Multimin and catered by Niobrara Valley Vineyard. After lunch Jesse Fulton with Beef Quality Assurance gave us his presentation about BQA and why it is important to adopt and implement BQA into your operation! Jesse’s presentation talk about how the public image of ranching is just as important as the production itself. He spoke about how we need to always care for our cattle with respect because there is social media and cameras everywhere in today's world, and you never know who is watching. At the end of his presentation everyone took a quiz and all became BQA certified! Finally, we went out to the arena for Dr. Ron Gill Professor & Extension Livestock Specialist, Associate Department Head for Extension at Texas A&M University, to give us some tips and tricks on cattle handling that we might not have known! We went through low stress cattle handling, rope and drag, nordforks, flanking, and calf table. Ron Gill was exceptional with his explaining of the different processes of working cattle and said that no way is better than the other. Overall we have 48 people attend and so far have received some great feedback! We hope to do this school again someday in the future and hope to have more youth attending!

Our second recipient of our Sandhills Cattle Association Scholarships is Jency Starr from North Platte, NE. Jency is the daughter of Kevin & Raylynn Starr and they help run the Cedar Top Ranch along with Jency’s grandpa Eldon Starr, who has been a SCA member for over 30 years. Jency graduated high school in 2020 and is currently attending the Nebraska Wesleyan University majoring in biology and a chemistry minor. Jency has chosen this major as a path to Pre-Med and hopes to become a Family Medicine Physician in a rural setting like the Sandhills. Congratulations Jency! We can’t wait to see where your future takes you!

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Our spring events are moving right along, and we are happy to announce that we have awarded our Scholarships for the 2022 year! Our second recipient is Elizabeth Wilkins from Ainsworth, NE. Elizbeth is the daughter of Brad and Wendy Wilkins and the family business, Pride Grain, has been a member of the Sandhills Cattle Association for over 20 years. Elizabeth will be graduating from Ainsworth High School in May and will be attending the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and majoring in Agricultural Education. Elizabeth said that she hopes to work in agricultural education in a very non-traditional way by teaching agricultural lessons at the elementary level in urban areas to help educate those who don’t anything about agriculture. Congratulations Elizabeth! We can’t wait to see where your future takes you!

If you would like to help support our Scholarship Program this next year, please let us know! We hold our Scholarship benefit auction at our annual convention every year, and this year our convention will be taking place on May 27th at the Atkinson community center in Atkinson, NE. We take all items, big and small, and would love to have your donation to help provide students in the future with scholarships to help further their education. Please get in touch with the office at 402-376-2310 if you have an item that you would like to donate!

Next month we have several things going on in our Sandhills Cattle Newsletter. For May's issue of the Sandhills Cattle News, we are offering shoutouts for Graduates and for Women for Mothers Day! A shoutout in our newsletter is just a photo of the person you are recognizing and a little write-up about their future plans or why they are special to you! You can submit your Shoutouts by going to our website, clicking on our Blogs, Podcasts, and Newsletters drop down and going to all blogs. Or you can find the link on our Facebook page!

We also are having our Ranch Mom's Photo Contest again this year! Enter a photo of your grandma, sister, mom, or wife for a chance to win a Beef Box shipped right to your door! Please submit your pictures on our website by going to Blogs, Podcasts, and Newsletters drop down and going to all blogs. Or you can find the link on our Facebook page! Be sure to give those extraordinary Ladies in your life the recognition that they deserve this Mother's Day!

Last but not least here is a little market update from Market Alley with Brad Hulett on April 18th, 2022.

“Cattle feeders in the South saw a small turn higher in the cash market last week. Cattle traded mostly a dollar higher at $139, with a few cattle bringing something back of the market. Feeders in the North saw a much more active market. Cash trade in the North ranged from $142 to $145 with dressed cattle trading in the mid $220’s. The North is seeing the smallest market-ready numbers of the season. All indications show that cattle feeders should expect higher money again this week. As the gap begins to widen between the North and the South, we should expect to see feeders in the South have more resolve in their asking prices.Brad Hulett is Director, Customer Development & Regional Manager, Kansas, at Consolidated Beef Producers, Inc.”

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Our spring events are moving right along, and we are happy to announce that we have awarded our Scholarships for the 2022 year! Our first recipient is Tylan Schlueter from Wood Lake, NE. Tylan is currently a senior at Ainsworth High School and will be graduating on May 15th. Tylan plans to attend the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and major in Agricultural Engineering. Tylan wants to design and improve products in the future to increase efficiency and make it easier for farmers and ranchers to feed the world. Congratulation Tylan! We can't wait to see where your future education will take you.

If you would like to help support our Scholarship Program this next year, please let us know! We hold our Scholarship benefit auction at our annual convention every year, and this year our convention will be taking place on may 27tha at Atkinson community center in Atkinson, NE. We take all items, big and small, and would love to have your donation to help provide students in the future with scholarships to help further their education. Please get in touch with the office at 402-376-2310 if you have an item that you would like to donate!

UNL Center for Agricultural Profitability has released its preliminary Nebraska Farm Real Estate Report, including farmland values and cash rental rates. "The market value of agricultural land in Nebraska increased by 16% over the prior year, to a statewide average of $3,360 per acre, according to the preliminary report from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's 2022 Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market Survey. This marks the largest increase in the market value of agricultural land in Nebraska since 2014 and is the highest non-inflation-adjusted statewide land value in the history of the survey." You can find this report on the University of Nebraska Lincoln website at cap.unl.edu/realestate.

We wish you all a Happy Easter weekend and want to remind you that the Sandhills Cattle Association office will be closed on Monday, April 18th, 2022.

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On Wednesday, April 27, at the Cherry County Fairgrounds here in Valentine, we hold our Branding School from 10 am – 5 pm. Bring your kids, your newly hired hands, or yourself if you want to learn something new to take to your branding this year! Join us to learn more about Nebraska Brand Committee's Role in the Branding Pen & Beyond, Biosecurity during the branding season., Herd-Health Management, BQA, and Cattle handling 101. By the end of this Branding School, you will also be BQA Certified! Thanks to our generous sponsors, MultiMin, UNL Beef, BQA, and Emerson Equipment, this school is completely free to all participants and steak lunch will be provided. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn how to have a smoother branding season this year. Please call the office at 402-376-2310 or head over to www.sandhillscattle.com to RSVP!

Next up is our 83rd Annual Convention and Trade Show! Our date for the convention has been moved back to the spring this year with our 25th Annual Golf Classic on May 26 and our Convention and Trade show on May 27. The Golf Classic will take place at the Atkinson- Stuart Country Club and during the day, while everyone is golfing, we will have our second annual Cookoff Contest! This year our Golf Classic will be 18 holes and is a four-person scramble with a shotgun start, and also there is a chance to win $10,000 in the Hole-In-One contest! A complimentary supper will be provided to the golfers and anyone else who wants to join, thanks to the BBQ Cookoff Contestants. We have a cap of 18 teams for golf and 5 teams for the BBQ cookoff, so register early on our website or by calling the office at 402-376-2310!

We will have several great speakers, our Pen of Three – Replacement Heifer Contest, trade show vendors, and many scholarships auction items to bid on for the afternoon. Two of our excellent speakers include Amanda Radke and Rob Sharkey "The Shark Farmer"! These two ag advocates offer valuable experience on generational transition and navigating the new ag world, so don't miss your chance! For the evening festivities, we are changing things up a little bit and are having a nice steak supper, and our entertainment for the night will be music played by Twin River Band from Merriman! We are so excited about this convention, and it is going to be here in just two months.

Please mark your calendars for our best convention yet! SCA 83rd Annual Convention and Trade Show on May 26th and 27th, 2022, in Atkinson, Nebraska. Tickets are available online at www.sandhillscattle.com for a discounted price of $35 dollars from now until April 15!

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Hope you all are staying warm and that calving has gone well these past couple snowy days! We have a lot of upcoming Sandhills Cattle Association events this spring so let me get you updated!

Our very first Branding School 27 days away!! I know everyone is busy calving, but it still does not hurt to plan for the upcoming branding season! On Wednesday, April 27, at the Cherry County Fairgrounds here in Valentine, we hold our Branding School from 10 am – 5 pm. Bring your kids, your newly hired hands, or yourself if you want to learn something new to take to your branding this year! Join us to learn more about Nebraska Brand Committee's Role in the Branding Pen & Beyond, Biosecurity during the branding season., Herd-Health Management, BQA, and Cattle handling 101. By the end of this Branding School, you will also be BQA Certified! Thanks to our generous sponsors, MultiMin, UNL Beef, BQA, and Emerson Equipment, this school is completely free to all participants and steak lunch will be provided. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn how to have a smoother branding season this year. Please call the office at 402-376-2310 or head over to www.sandhillscattle.com to RSVP!

Next up is our 83rd Annual Convention and Trade Show! Our date for the convention has been moved back to the spring this year with our 25th Annual Golf Classic on May 26 and our Convention and Trade show on May 27. The Golf Classic will take place at the Atkinson- Stuart Country Club and during the day, while everyone is golfing, we will have our second annual Cookoff Contest! This year our Golf Classic will be 18 holes and is a four-person scramble with a shotgun start, and also there is a chance to win $10,000 in the Hole-In-One contest! A complimentary supper will be provided to the golfers and anyone else who wants to join thanks to the BBQ Cookoff Contestants. We have a cap of 18 teams for golf and 5 teams for the BBQ cookoff, so register early on our website or by calling the office at 402-376-2310!

We will have several great speakers, our Pen of Three – Replacement Heifer Contest, trade show vendors, and many scholarships auction items to bid on for the afternoon. Two of our excellent speakers include Amanda Radke and Rob Sharkey "The Shark Farmer"! These two ag advocates offer valuable experience on generational transition and navigating the new ag world, so don't miss your chance! For the evening festivities we are changing things up a little bit and are having a nice steak supper, and our entertainment for the night will be music played by Twin River Band from Merriman! We are so excited about this convention, and it is going to be here in just two months.

Please mark your calendars for our best convention yet! SCA 83rd Annual Convention and Trade Show on May 26th and 27th, 2022, in Atkinson, Nebraska. Tickets are available online at www.sandhillscattle.com for a discounted price of $35 dollars from now until April 15!

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Hey everyone, it's Maddie Lamb with your weekly update of the Sandhills Cattle News.

We have a lot of upcoming Sandhills Cattle Association events this spring so let me get you updated!

Our very first Branding School is next month already, and we really hope you can attend! I know many of you are super busy calving, but it still does not hurt to plan ahead for the upcoming branding season! On Wednesday, April 27, at the Cherry County Fairgrounds here in Valentine, we hold our first Branding School from 10 am – 5 pm. Bring your kids, your newly hired hands, or yourself if you want to learn something new to take to your branding this year. Join us to learn more about low-stress cattle handling in the branding pen and in the chutes, vaccination protocols, herd health, and more with industry professionals including Dr. Ron Gill, Dr. Lindsay Waechter, Dr. Rebecca Funk, and Jesse Fulton. By the end of this Branding School, you will also be BQA Certified! Thanks to our generous sponsors, MultiMin, UNL Beef, BQA, and Emerson Equipment, this school is completely free to all participants and a steak lunch will be provided. Please call the office at 402-376-2310 or head over to www.sandhillscattle.com to RSVP!

Next up is our 83rd Annual Convention and Trade Show! Our date for the convention was voted on by the board of directors and moved back to the spring this year with our 25th Annual Golf Classic on May 26 and our Convention and Trade show on May 27. The Golf Classic will take place at the Atkinson- Stuart Country Club. This year will be 18 holes and is a four-person scramble with a shotgun start and there is a chance to win $10,000 in the Hole-In-One contest! A complimentary supper will be provided to the public from the BBQ Cookoff Contestants. We have a cap of 18 teams this year, so register early on our website or by calling the office at 402-376-2310!

During the day, while everyone is golfing, we will have our second annual BBQ Cookoff! The Sandhills Cattle Association's Cookoff Contest is a fundraising event for the Association and the tournament is open to everyone regardless of experience, and it is meant to be a fun and friendly networking event! All meats used in the BBQ cookoff are donated, so all you have to do is bring your grill/smoker and your best seasonings! Teams usually consist of 2-3 people, and the entry fee is $50 a team! Big prizes will be awarded for placing and the bragging rights you will earn for being the best BBQer in the Sandhills! For more information, please visit our website at www.sandhillcattle.com and head over to the Programs & Events page!

We will have several great speakers, our Pen of Three Contest, trade show vendors, and many scholarships auction items to bid on for the afternoon. Two of our excellent speakers include Amanda Radke and Rob Sharkey "The Shark Farmer"! These two ag advocates will be amazing to listen to, so don't miss your chance! For the evening festivities, we are changing things up a little bit and are having a nice steal supper, and our entertainment for the night will be music played by Twin Rivers Band from Merriman! We are so excited about this convention, and it is going to be here in just a few months.

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Hey everyone, it's Maddie Lamb with your weekly update of the Sandhills Cattle News.

We have had so much going on the last couple weeks here at the office! Two weeks ago, Liz and I traveled to Brewster NE to attend the cattlemen’s cut bull sale. We decided to attend because Jason & Katie purchased a custom Henry Golden boy .22 rifle to be auctioned off at their Cattlemen's Cut Bull Sale, and the proceeds were to be generously donated to our steers for students’ program. Jason & Katie Jagels then promised to match up to $2,500 of the funds raised at the rifle auction. Thanks to Zoetis, The Home Agency, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Broken Bow Animal Hospital, Summit Contracting, Inc, M&S Livestock, The ARC Group / Heather Ramsey, and Jeff & Peg Freudenburg for pooling their money to purchase the rifle once for $3,250 and then donating it back be auctioned off a second time. Dave & Brenda Masek of Thedford then bought it for $1,750. (Dave says stop by his office to check it out!) In total, we received $7,500 that day! That news is HUGE as it means we can pay for the feed and processing of the calves, so the schools will receive the meat from the Steers for Students program absolutely 100% FREE!

The Steers for Students program allows Sandhills youth to learn meats evaluation from calves grown in our Educational, Performance & Carcass Contest from local Sandhills ranchers. It opens the door, literally, to the Husker Meats locker for them to see precisely how the calves are hung and then packaged. They will listen to industry experts from the University of Nebraska as they walk through the process of judging and evaluating careers in the meat industry. After completing the evaluation, the ground portion of the meat will be distributed to four Sandhills schools - Valentine, Thedford, Gordon & West Holt. The premium cuts will be split between the calf donors and the Sandhills Cattle Association!

Four local ranchers generously donated a calf for the Steers for Students program: Craig & Katie O'Kief of the Walking X Ranch near Wood Lake (meat donated to Valentine Public Schools), the Blackford Ranch near Brownlee (meat donated to Thedford Public Schools), Greg & Jolee Nielsen of Gordon (meat donated to Gordon Public Schools), and Atkinson Livestock in Atkinson meat donated West Holt Public Schools). Since this is our pilot year, the schools selected were based on the calf donor's location.

The next and final step to the program will happen at the end of June. Students will visit Husker Meats in Ainsworth, Nebraska, to learn from meat industry professionals about their role and how the students interested could pursue careers in the meat industry. The carcasses and meat will be evaluated and packaged to be sent to the participating schools. Be sure to stay tuned in to our radio ads and our newsletter for more about what happens next!

A HUGE HEARTFELT THANK YOU FROM LIZ AND I AND THE SANDHILLS CATTLE ASSOCIATION to all who have donated to make the program's first year a success so far!

If you are interested in donating to keep Sandhills beef in the hands of Sandhills students, check out the website at SandhillsCattle.com/Steers-4-Students. You can find a donation button and contact info for the SCA office.

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Hey everyone, it's Maddie Lamb with your weekly update of the Sandhills Cattle News.

Our very first Branding School is rapidly approaching, and we want you to be able to attend! I know many of you are already busy calving, but it still does not hurt to plan ahead for the upcoming branding season! On Wed, April 27, at the Cherry County Fairgrounds here in Valentine, we hold our first Branding School from 10 am – 5 pm. Bring your kids, your newly hired hands, or yourself if you want to learn something new to take to your branding this year. Join us to learn more about low-stress cattle handling in the branding pen and in the chutes, vaccination protocols, herd health, and more with industry professionals including Dr. Ron Gill, Dr. Lindsay Waechter, Dr. Rebecca Funk, and Jesse Fulton. By the end of this Branding School, you will also be BQA Certified! Thanks to our generous sponsors, MultiMin, UNL Beef, BQA, and Emerson Equipment, this school is completely free. Please call the office at 402-376-2310 or head over to www.sandhillscattle.com to RSVP!

Our 83rd Annual Convention and Trade Show is rapidly approaching, and we have some exciting news for you! Our dates for the convention are moved back to the spring this year with our 25th Annual Golf Classic on May 26 and our Convention and Trade show on May 27. The Golf Classic will take place at the Atkinson- Stuart Country Club. This year will be 18 holes and is a four-person scramble with a shotgun start. $5 per mulligan per team per 9 holes. $10 buy-in for the $10,000 Hole-In-One contest! A complimentary supper will be provided from the BBQ Cookoff. We'll be implementing the snowman rule where no scores will be over eight. We'll have a cap of 18 teams this year, so register early on our website or by calling the office at 402-376-2310!

During the day, while everyone is golfing, we will have our second annual BBQ Cookoff! The Sandhills Cattle Association's Cookoff Contest is a fundraising event for the Association and the tournament is open to all interested persons regardless of experience, and it is meant to be a fun and friendly networking event! All meats used in the BBQ cookoff are donated, so all you have to do is bring your grill/smoker and your best seasonings! Teams usually consist of 2-3 people, and the entry fee is $50 a team! A prize belt buckle will be awarded for first place, and other prizes will be given out as well as the bragging rights you will earn for being the best BBQer in the Sandhills! For more information, please visit our website at www.sandhillcattle.com and head over to the programs & events page!

On the 27th, we still start the morning by traveling to Cottonwood feeders in Stuart, NE, only about 20 miles away from Atkinson. Visiting the feedlot will allow everyone to see how all the calves are performing and see the operation firsthand. Then we will have registration at the Atkinson Community Center around 11:00 am, and then we will start our day!

We will have several great speakers, our Pen of Three Contest, trade show vendors, and many scholarships auction items to bid on for the afternoon. Two of our excellent speakers include Amanda Radke and Rob Sharkey "The Shark Farmer"! These two ag advocates will be amazing to listen to, so don't miss your chance! Then we are changing things up a little bit this year and are having a nice served supper, and our entertainment for the night will be music and dance played by Twin Rivers Band from Merriman! We are so excited about this convention, and it is going to be here in just a few months. Please mark your calendars for our best convention yet! SCA 83rd A

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This update of the Sandhills Cattle News is sponsored by, Swanson Cattle Company & Warner Beef Genetics.

Swanson Cattle Company will be holding their 36th annual bull sale on Tuesday, March 1s at 1 pm at the ranch near oxford Ne. And warner beef genetics will be holding their genetic investment bull sale on Wednesday, March 2 at 1 pm at their ranch near Arapahoe NE. with this conjunction 250 bulls will sell in two days! They will have Gelbveih, balancer, Angus, and Red Angus bulls available as well as Age advantaged 18-month-old and spring yearlings. They will offer volume discounts and coordinated delivery options together to make bull buying even easier for you. The auctions will be broadcasted with DV Auction and videos are available now. For more sale information please visit their websites at swansoncattleco.com or warnerbeef.com.

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We wanted to remind you and your students that it is the last week to apply for the Sandhills Cattle Association Scholarships! The Deadline is next Monday, February 28th. To apply for a scholarship, the applicant must be the child or grandchild of a current member of the Sandhills Cattle Association. Applicants do not have to be studying in the agriculture field to apply for or receive the scholarship, but they must be undergraduates and carry a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester to be eligible. Both graduating high school seniors and students currently attending or planning to attend college or vo-tech school during the next school year can apply. Students planning to attend a junior college, community college, or vo-tech school may be given priority consideration for one of the available scholarships. Applicants may be awarded the scholarships twice, so don't be afraid to apply again!

Thanks to our generous donors at this Sandhills Cattle Association Scholarship Auction at Convention in September, we can award $9,000 in scholarships this year. Several different scholarships are available, including the Howard Wright Memorial Scholarship for $500, the Buzz Kime Memorial Scholarship for $1,000, and several SCA Scholarships will be available. We will also have a new scholarship this year in honor of our long-time Sandhills Cattle Association member and supporter that we miss dearly, Steve Moreland. The Moreland Family has received generous donations from friends and families and will be giving away one scholarship this year in memory of Steve. Please visit our website at www.sandhillscattle.com/scholarships for application forms and more information. Contact us anytime with any questions you or your student may have at 402-376-2310.

Our new event is rapidly approaching, and we want you to be able to attend! I know a lot of you are already calving and so busy, but it still does not hurt to plan ahead for the upcoming branding season! On Wed, Apr 27 at the Cherry County Fairgrounds here in Valentine we are having our very first Branding School. Bring your kids, your newly hired hands, or yourself if you want to learn something new to take to your branding this year. Join us to learn more about low-stress cattle handling in the branding pen and in the chutes, vaccination protocols, and so much more with industry professionals including Dr. Ron Gill and Jesse Fulton. We will be releasing more information very soon but, in the meantime, please call the office or visit our website to RSVP or if you have any questions!

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This update of the Sandhills Cattle News is brought to you by Cattlemen’s Cut.

The Cattlemen’s Cut is having its bull sale on February 24th, 2022, at 1:00 pm at the ranch. They have a new location this year as they have moved to Brewster, Nebraska, to what was formerly Spencer Herefords. They will have 50+ Angus bulls and females available for purchase and they are available for viewing the day before the sale. Visit their website for more sale information at thecattlemenscut.com.

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Speaking of The Cattlemen’s Cut Bull Sale, Liz and I are going to be there! Jason and Katie Jagels have purchased a special edition Cattlemen’s Cut Henry Goldenboy, from HD Arms LLC in Henderson, NE, to be auctioned off at their sale on February 24th. They generously decided that 100% of the proceeds from the auction of this item will go directly to the Sandhills Cattle Association for the Steers for Students Program, to continue to ensure that local schools in our area eat local beef. On top of that, the Cattlemen’s Cut will match up to $2,500 to further the investment in the future of beef in schools in our area. We are completely blown away by this generosity and couldn’t be more thankful for Jason & Katie Jagels support. So come down to their sale next week and bid on some bulls and support the Sandhills Cattle Association Steers for Students program and bid on this Cattlemen’s Cut Henry Goldenboy! Pictures of the firearm is on the Sandhills Cattle Association and The Cattlemen’s Cut Facebook page.

If you haven't heard, the 'Steers for Students' program is our new educational beef production program. The donated calves will be penned with the retained ownership calves at Cottonwood Feeders for the Educational, Performance, and Carcass Contest. Their donors will still receive the calf's data during and after the contest. The 'Steers for Students' program calves will be sent to Husker Meats of Ainsworth, Nebraska, instead of being shipped to the larger plants like the other calves. Jim Pinney of Husker Meats and a group of industry professionals will offer local students and producers a chance to learn about carcass evaluation while experiencing how a packing plant operates. Schools that send the students will be provided the opportunity to receive the donated beef for their school lunch programs at little to no cost, and the producers will get half of the prime cuts in return!

If you wish to donate to the 'Steers for Students' program, the Association accepts cash donations to cover feed and processing to ensure the beef will be free to the participating schools. You can even choose which school you'd like to 'sponsor' in this program! If you're interested in helping support us, please call us at the office at 402-376-2310 or email sca@sandhillscattle.com.

2022 is already flying by so we wanted to remind you and your students that the Sandhills Cattle Association Scholarship Deadline is February 28th, 2022. To apply for a scholarship, the applicant must be the child or grandchild of a current member of the Sandhills Cattle Association. Applicants do not have to be studying in the agriculture field to apply for or receive the scholarship, but they must be undergraduates and carry a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester to be eligible. Both graduating high school seniors and students currently attending or planning to attend college or vo-tech school during the next school year can apply. Students planning to attend a junior college, com

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This update of the Sandhills Cattle News is brought to you by Hunt Angus.

Hunt Angus will be holding their annual production sale on Wednesday, February 23rd, at the ranch south of Brewster, Nebraska. They will have 50 yearling bulls, and fall-born two-year-old Angus bulls available for purchase. Hunt Angus bulls are all fertility, performance, & genomic tested and their first breeding season is guaranteed. For more information call Sam Hunt at 308-643-7427 or Chris Rotherham at 308-340-1088. Sale documents can be found on DV Auction website or at huntangus.com

Hey everyone, it's Maddie Lamb with your weekly update of the Sandhills Cattle News.

Bull Sale Season is in full swing and lots of our members are taking advantage of the new advertising avenues and we hope that they bring more buyers to all their sales! To market these upcoming sales, we have started to utilize our member email base and social media platforms to reach people immediately instead of waiting for the newsletter to get through the mail. We offer different types of email blasts to get your information and your sale catalog out to nearly 1,000 people and we also use our weekly radio and podcast updates as well. We can use all these different marketing avenues to help you get more customers at your sales and as always, we have space available in our Sandhills Cattle Newsletters. Don't hesitate to contact me if you're interested in any advertising avenue that we offer or if you have any questions at 402-376-2310 or email me at mlamb@sandhillscattle.com.

Come see us next weekend, February 12th for the annual Heart City Bull Bash! Bull Bash is full of bulls, heifers, Luck of the Draw, several exhibitors, and more events and prize drawings for everyone. The Sandhills Cattle Association booth will be located inside Sandhills State Bank from 10 am – 4 pm. Come visit us and enter our prize drawing to win various Sandhills Cattle Association Merchandise. Drawing will happen at 3:30 and prizes will be available for pickup at Sandhills State Bank from 3:30 – 4:00 or at the Sandhills Cattle Association office at any time. We would love to see you and show you more about what we do!

2022 is already flying by so we wanted to remind you and your students that the Sandhills Cattle Association Scholarship Deadline is February 28th, 2022. To apply for a scholarship, the applicant must be the child or grandchild of a current member of the Sandhills Cattle Association. Applicants do not have to be studying in the agriculture field to apply for or receive the scholarship. Students must be undergraduates and carry a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester to be eligible. Both graduating high school seniors and students currently attending or planning to attend college or vo-tech school during the next school year can apply. Students planning to attend a junior college, community college, or vo-tech school may be given priority consideration for one of the available scholarships. Applicants may be awarded the scholarships twice, so don't be afraid to apply again!

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This episode of the Sandhills Cattle News is brought to you by Hoffman Ranch

Hoffman Ranch is holding its annual bull sale on February 18, 2022, at 12:30 pm at the Hoffman Sale Facility in Thedford, NE. They will have 200+ Hereford, 75+ Black Angus, and 25+ SimAngus yearlings and coming two-year-old bulls available for purchase. Plus, some large groups of commercial replacement heifers as well. Visit their website for more information at hoffmanranch.com.

Hey everyone, it's Maddie Lamb with your weekly update of the Sandhills Cattle News.

Members should've received last week's newsletter by now, and it was a big one! Almost 50 pages of advertisements, bull sales, and some great articles were included. We have two publications each month from January to April, so I am busier than ever. If you would like to include an ad in our following newsletter, give me a call at the office at 402-376-2310 or email mlamb@sandhillscattle.com. Members should’ve also received the 2022 Sandhills Cattle Association Annual Directory too! I loved designing our annual directory this year and it has all of our members listed, important contacts, and advertisements as well. Lastly, we still have some 2022 SCA Calendars available at the office for $10 apiece. Photos in the calendar were sent in by various members, and the calendars include:

All SCA events and newsletters.
Several livestock production sales.
Various events that are happening in the sandhills in 2022.

Just call the office or email me at mlamb@sandhillscattle.com to purchase one!

Bull Sale Season is in full swing and lots of our members are taking advantage of our new advertising avenues and we hope that they are super successful and bring more buyers to all their sales! To market these upcoming sales, we have started to utilize our member email base and social media platforms to reach people immediately instead of waiting for the newsletter to get through the mail. We offer Email Marketing Blasts where we send out your sale flier, date, and information to all our members. We can also send out your digital sale catalog so our members can see what you have to offer weeks before your sale date. And we also have decided that we will be announcing your sale day information on these radio ads and our podcasts. We can use all these different marketing avenues to help you get more paying customers at your sales and as always, we have space available in our Sandhills Cattle Newsletters. We have a complete bull sale ad package that includes what I discussed above and even more, or you can also choose to purchase individual options! Don't hesitate to contact me if you're interested in any advertising avenue that we offer or if you have any questions at 402-376-2310 or email me at mlamb@sandhillscattle.com.

Come see us next weekend, February 12th for the annual Heart City Bull Bash! Bull Bash is full of bulls, heifers, Luck of the Draw, several exhibitors and more events and prize drawings for everyone. The Sandhills Cattle Association booth will be located inside Sandhills State Bank from 10 am – 4 pm. Come visit us and enter in our prize drawing to win various Sandhills Cattle Association Merchandise. Drawing will happen at 3:30 and prizes will be available for pickup at Sandhills State Bank from 3:30 – 4:00 or at the Sandhills Cattle Association office at any time. We would love to see you and show you more about what we do!

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This episode of the Sandhills Cattle News is brought to you by Barstow Angus.

Barstow Angus is holding their 31st Annual Barstow Angus Bull Sale on February 3rd, 2022 at 1:00 pm. Sale will be held at Barstow Angus Ranch located five miles west of Springview, NE, on Highway 12. Barstow Angus will have 90 yearling Registered Black Angus bulls available for purchase. Contact Neri Barstow with any questions at 402-322-0286 or Drew Feller at 402841-4215. Visit their website for sale documents at www.barstowangus.com, and check them out on Facebook for updates.

Hey everyone, it's Maddie Lamb with your weekly update of the Sandhills Cattle News.

2022 is already flying by so we wanted to remind you and your students that the Sandhills Cattle Association Scholarship Deadline is February 28th, 2022. To apply for a scholarship, the applicant must be the child or grandchild of a current member of the Sandhills Cattle Association. Applicants do not have to be studying in the agriculture field to apply for or receive the scholarship. Students must be undergraduates and carry a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester to be eligible. Both graduating high school seniors and students currently attending or planning to attend college or vo-tech school during the next school year can apply. Students planning to attend a junior college, community college, or vo-tech school may be given priority consideration for one of the available scholarships. Applicants may be awarded the scholarships twice, so don't be afraid to apply again!

Thanks to our generous donors at this Sandhills Cattle Association Scholarship Auction at Convention in September, we can award $9,000 in scholarships this year. Several different scholarships are available, including the Howard Wright Memorial Scholarship for $500, the Buzz Kime Memorial Scholarship for $1,000, and several SCA Scholarships will be available. We will also have a new scholarship this year in honor of our long-time Sandhills Cattle Association member and supporter that we miss dearly, Steve Moreland Memorial Scholarship. The Moreland Family has received generous donations from friends and families and will be giving away one scholarship this year in memory of Steve.

Please visit our website at www.sandhillscattle.com/scholarships for application forms and more information. Contact us anytime with any questions you or your student may have at 402-376-2310.

We are excited to announce a new progam that we have developed for you all! On Wed, Apr 27 at the Cherry County Fairgrounds here in Valentine we are having our very first Branding School. Bring your kids, your new hired hands, or yourself if you want to learn something new to take to your branding this year. Join us to learn more about low-stress cattle handling in the branding pen and in the chutes, vaccination protocols, and so much more with industry professionals including Dr. Ron Gill and Jesse Fulton. We will be releasing more information very soon but in the mean time please call the office or visit our website to RSVP or if you have any questions!

That is all I have for this week. This is Maddie Lamb with the Sandhills Cattle Association.

This episode of the Sandhills Cattle News is brought to you by Poss Angus – Leading Edge Genetics.

Poss Angus, Danny & Kristi Poss will have their annual bull sale on February 4th at 1:00 pm at the ranch near Scotia, Nebraska. They will have 225 Angus bulls available for purchase sired by Poss Wrangler, Poss Rawhide, Connealy Long Rang

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This episode of the Sandhills Cattle News is brought to you by Bullis Creek Ranch.
Bullis Creek Ranch, Rob & Brenda Brawner, will be holding their annual spring production sale on Monday, January 24th, 2022, at 1:30 pm Central Time at their Ranch near Wood Lake, Nebraska. Bullis Creek Ranch offers Limousine, Lim-Flex, and Red Angus cattle bred for docility and handleability. 70 age advantaged coming two-year-old bulls, 50 commercial and registered bred heifers, and open heifers will be available for purchase. The sale will be broadcasted with DV Auction. For more information, please visit www.bulliscreek.com or call 402-967-3060 or 402-376-4465.

Hey everyone, it's Maddie Lamb with your weekly update of the Sandhills Cattle News.

We held our regular board meeting on Tuesday and discussed all of the programs and events that we have coming up in the association. We wanted to remind you that the Sandhills Cattle Association Scholarship Deadline is February 28th, 2022. To apply for a scholarship, the applicant must be the child or grandchild of a current member of the Sandhills Cattle Association. Applicants do not have to be studying in the agriculture field to apply for or receive the scholarship. Students must be undergraduates and carry a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester to be eligible. Both graduating high school seniors and students currently attending or planning to attend college or vo-tech school during the next school year can apply. Students planning to attend a junior college, community college, or vo-tech school may be given priority consideration for one of the available scholarships. Applicants may be awarded the scholarships twice, so don't be afraid to apply again!

Please visit our website at www.sandhillscattle.com/scholarships for application forms and more information. Contact us anytime with any questions you or your student may have at 402-376-2310.

We are sending out more membership renewal packets this week. Inside each membership, renewal packet is our annual report, Steers for Students Brochure, Membership comparisons, Membership form, and one combined survey. We would really appreciate it if you all could fill out your membership forms and the combined survey to know better who we are serving and what we can do better for you! We appreciate each and every one of our members and are so thankful that you're renewing for the 2022 year. If there is anything that the Sandhills Cattle Association can improve on, please let us know as we want to continue to become a better association for you. If you have any questions about your membership or are not sure when it is due, please call us at the office at 402-376-2310 or email sca@sandhillscattle.com.

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Hey everyone, this is Maddie Lamb with your weekly update of the Sandhills Cattle News!

Since 1982, the Sandhills Cattle Association has hosted the EP&C Contest for its members, making this year our 40th year! We thank you all for choosing to help us continue this tradition and we thank our current participants that are a part of the contest this year at Cottonwood Feeders near Stuart, Nebraska.

We have a total of 128 calves entered in the competition this year; 82 steers and 46 heifers entered from 23 different owners. We had four owners who have generously donated steers to the Steers for Students program as well. Including Wes Kilmurry of Atkinson Livestock, Matt & Kristin Blackford, Blackford Ranch of Thedford, Greg & Jolee Nielsen, Nielsen ranch of Gordon, and Craig & Katie O’Keif, Walking X Ranch of Wood Lake. On November 30, 2021, we traveled to Cottonwood Feeders to gather the beginning weights and establish beginning values. We utilize the Nebraska Weekly Summary from the Nebraska USDA to establish beginning values of the calves according to that week’s summary. The contest calls for calves to be entered at a base weight of 600 pounds, so we adjust beginning values using 600 pounds as a base weight. We then determine slides based on the values established in this report. This year, our heifers were base-priced at $157.08 per hundredweight ($/cwt) or $942.48 per head per 600-pound heifer, with a 2¢ slide per hundred pounds over base weight and 12¢ slide per hundred pounds under base weight. Steers were based at $175.17 per cwt or $1,051.02 per head for a 600-pound steer, with a 3.75¢ slide per hundred pounds over base weight and 16.5¢ slide per hundred pounds under base weight. Beginning weights gathered on November 30 showed heifers averaging 580 pounds, steers averaging 659 pounds, and the pen averaging 625 pounds. When we look at our five-year historical data, we can see that our entry weights have steadily increased over time.

We are scheduled to process the calves again for a reimplant and weigh sometime around March 10th. Can’t wait to see what this year’s contest will hold for our producers!

Our new 'Steers for Students' program is an educational program for the youth of the Sandhills. The donated calves are currently penned with the rest of the calves for the Educational, Performance, and Carcass Contest. The calf’s donors will still receive the calf's data during and after the contest. However, at the time of harvest, the 'Steers for Students' program calves will be sent to Husker Meats of Ainsworth, Nebraska instead of being shipped to the larger plants like the other calves. Jim Pinney of Husker Meats and a group of industry professionals will offer local students and producers a chance to learn about carcass evaluation while experiencing how a packing plant operates and more. Schools that send the students will be provided the opportunity to receive the donated beef for their school lunch programs at little to no cost.

If you wish to donate to the 'Steers for Students' program the Association is accepting cash donations to cover feed and processing to ensure the beef will be free to the surrounding area schools. You can even choose which school you'd like to 'sponsor' in this program! If you’re interested in helping support the Sandhills Cattle Associations' efforts to help educate the next generation, please call us at the office at 402-376-2310 or email sca@sandhillscattle.com.

That is all I have for this week. This is Maddie Lamb with your update of the Sandhills Cattle News.

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Happy New year everyone! This is Maddie Lamb with the Sandhills Cattle Association, with your weekly update of the Sandhills Cattle News.

We are excited to announce a new event that we have developed for you all! On Wed, Apr 27 at the Cherry County Fairgrounds here in Valentine we are having our very first Branding School. Bring your kids, your newly hired hands, or yourself if you want to learn something new to take to your branding this year. Join us to learn more about low-stress cattle handling in the branding pen and in the chutes, vaccination protocols, and so much more with industry professionals including Dr. Ron Gill and Jesse Fulton. We will be releasing more information very soon but in the meantime please call the office or visit our website to RSVP or if you have any questions!

We are sending out some more membership renewal packets this week. Inside each membership, renewal packet is our annual report, Steers for Students Brochure, Membership comparisons, Membership form, and one combined survey. We would really appreciate it if you all could fill out your membership forms and the combined survey to know better who we are serving and what we can do better for you! We appreciate each one of our members and are so thankful that you're renewing for 2022 year. If there is anything that we as an association can improve on, please let us know as our doors are always open. If you have any questions about your membership or are not sure when it is due, please call us at the office at 402-376-2310 or email sca@sandhillscattle.com.

We also received our 2022 SCA calendars last week and got them sent out today just in time for the new year! Calendars will be sent out to all Producer members are also available for purchase at the office for $10 apiece. Photos in the calendar were sent in by various members, and the calendars include:

All SCA events and newsletters.
Several livestock production sales.
Various events are happening in the sandhills in 2022.

I have been getting so busy with all the upcoming bull and female sales! Lots of our members are taking advantage of our new advertising avenues and we hope that they are super successful and bring more buyers to all of their sales! To market these upcoming sales we have started to utilize our member email base and social media platforms to reach people immediately instead of waiting for the newsletter to get through the mail. We offer Email Marketing Blasts where we send out your sale flier, date, and information to all our members. We can also send out your digital sale catalog so our members can see what you have to offer weeks before your sale date. And we also have decided that we will be announcing your sale day information on these radio ads and our podcasts. We can use all these different marketing avenues to help you get more paying customers at your sales and as always we have space available in our Sandhills Cattle Newsletters. January through April we will be having two publications per month just so we can get all of the bull sales and results in!

We have a complete bull sale ad package that includes what I discussed above and even more, or you can also choose to purchase individual options! Don't hesitate to contact me if you're interested in any advertising avenue that we offer or if you have any questions at 402-376-2310 or email me at mlamb@sandhillscattle.com.

The Sandhills Cattle Association Convention Committee will hold its next meeting on January 11th. We will be getting some finishing touches done on our convention plan and then we will be able to release all our information out to you! Hard to believe that May wil

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Good afternoon listeners. This is Maddie Lamb with the Sandhills Cattle Association, with your weekly update of the Sandhills Cattle News.

With the New Year coming upon us I hope that we all take some time to reflect and are very thankful for the life we live and all we are blessed with, even during these trying times. Our fellow ranchers in Kansas are receiving lots of support and supplies, but the road to repair in front of them is still a long one. I know that hay is a scarce commodity here due to the dry year, so I ask, if you are able, to please make a monetary donation to the Kansas Livestock Foundation. 100% of the donations they receive will be distributed to producers that were impacted by the fires. Monetary donations can be mailed to the Kansas Livestock Foundation, 6031 SW 37th Street, Topeka, KS, 66614.

2022 will be here in just a few days which means that we are getting ready for upcoming livestock production sales! Here at the SCA office, we have come up with several different advertising avenues to reach as many people as we can for you. We have started to utilize our member email base and social media platforms to reach people immediately instead of waiting for the newsletter to get through the mail. We offer Email Marketing Blasts where we send out your sale flier, date, and information to all our members. We can also send out your digital sale catalog so our members can see what you have to offer weeks before your sale date. And we also have decided that we will be announcing your sale day information on these radio ads and our podcasts. We can use all these different marketing avenues to help you get more paying customers at your sales, and they are all reasonably priced. We have a complete bull sale ad package that includes what I discussed above and even more, or you can also choose to purchase individual options! Don't hesitate to contact me if you're interested in any advertising avenue that we offer or if you have any questions at 402-376-2310 or email me at mlamb@sandhillscattle.com.

We are just sending out some more membership renewal packets this week. Inside each membership renewal packet is our annual report, Steers for Students Brochure, Membership comparisons, Membership form, and one combined survey. We would really appreciate it if you all could fill out your membership forms and the combined survey to know better who we are serving and what we can do better for you! We appreciate each and every one of our members and are so thankful that you're renewing for the 2022 year. If there is anything that we as an association can improve on, please let us know as our doors are always open. If you have any questions about your membership or are not sure when it is due, please call us at the office at 402-376-2310 or email sca@sandhillscattle.com.

I am currently working on finishing up our Annual Directory for the 2021-2022 membership year. The annual directory is a complete list of all Sandhills Cattle Association members, livestock auctions, and other essential businesses in the Sandhills area. The SCA publishes the annual directory once a year, and a copy is given out to all members. If you have any changes to your ranch, business, phone numbers, or ownerships of your operation, please let me know so that I can publish the correct information for the upcoming year.

We also received our 2022 SCA calendars last week and got them sent out today just in time for the new year! Calendars will be sent out to all Producer members are also available for purchase at the office for $10 a piece. Photos in the calendar were sent in by various members, and the calendars include:

All SCA events and newsletters.

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Hey everyone! This is Maddie Lamb with the Sandhills Cattle Association with your update of the Sandhills Cattle News.

I hope you all survived the terrible winds we had yesterday and got a little moisture to go along with it. Unfortunately, my home state of Kansas didn’t get to fair as well as we did. I lived in Hays, KS, for two years, going to school at FHSU, and so far, three families that I personally know in the area lost their entire place due to the horrible fires and wind yesterday. The fire that was near Hays, KS, was ten miles wide and 35 miles long, and there were over 20 fires in several other counties in Kansas yesterday. Homes, equipment, and livestock have been lost, and lots of families turned out their horses and cattle and are trying to locate them and deal with all the damage today.

I shared a video on Facebook of a wife recording her husband riding his horse into the fire to push his cattle away to somewhere of safety. If that doesn’t speak to the compassion and strength that cattle ranchers have for their animals, then I don’t know what does. I hope this tragedy can show anyone who questions cattle production that they are way more than just animals to us. Please say some prayers for our fellow ranchers in Kansas that they can recover from this tragedy as quickly as possible.

Last week, I finished the December newsletter, so those should be hitting your mailboxes very soon. With 2021 coming to an end, I included several articles on what to expect in 2022 for the cattle industry and what predictions there are for the cattle market next year. I also added a project update on the meatpacking plant Sustainable Beef, LLC. The plant is well on its way to starting the building process in North Platte, so that is very exciting news for cattle producers.

We had our second convention meeting on December 14th, and the planning is coming along so quickly! We have a tentative schedule for the 83rd Annual Convention. Our 25th Annual Golf Classic will be on May 26th and our Convention and Trade show on May 27th. The Golf Classic will take place at the Atkinson Country Club, and during the day, while everyone is golfing, we will have our second annual BBQ Cookoff! Dinner will be served after the cookoff is complete, and awards will be given at the country club that evening.

On the 27th, we still start the morning by traveling to Cottonwood feeders in Stuart, NE, only about 20 miles away from Atkinson. Visiting the feedlot will allow everyone to look at how all the calves are doing and see the operation firsthand. Then we will have registration at the community building in Atkinson around 11:00 am, and then we will start off our day of activities! We will have several great speakers, our Pen of Three Contest, trade show vendors, and many scholarship auction items to bid on. We will change things up a little bit this year and have a nice served supper, and our entertainment for the night will be music played by Two Rivers Band from Merriman! We are so excited about this convention, and it is going to be here in just a few months. I know that you are all busy all year round, so get the date put on your calendars now! SCA 83rd Annual Convention on May 26th and 27th, 2022, in Atkinson, Nebraska.

On that note, the Sandhill’s Cattle Association is looking for committee members for all our various events! We want to better our events for you, and to do that; we need some of your help. We have several committees, including Convention, Education, EP&C Contest, Golf, Fundraising, Membership, Pen of Three, Ranch Tour, and Scholarship. Meetings for each committee are held via Google Meets, so much traveling isn’t required at all. You would be giving us the input and support that we need to continue to become a better association

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Hey everyone! this is Maddie Lamb with the Sandhills Cattle Association with your update of the Sandhills Cattle News.

Even though it's nearing wintertime and things are starting to slow down in the Sandhills, we are still just as busy as ever at the office. I personally have been getting busy with all the upcoming livestock production sales that are coming in 2022. The SCA has started to utilize our member email base and social media platforms to reach people our newsletters can't. We can do Email Marketing Blasts which is when we send out your sale flier, date, and information to all our members. So far, we have had pretty good success with this, and many people have been opening the emails and heading to our producers' websites! We also can send out your digital sale catalog, and we have nearly 1,000 members at this time, so that is a lot of advertising that can just come from emails. We also have decided that we will announce your sale information, date, location, etc., for several weeks before your sale date during these radio spots and our SCN podcast. I'm trying to get these radio spots done weekly now, and our podcasts are available at any time. We can use all of these different marketing avenues to help get you more customers at your sales, and they are all reasonably priced. We have a complete bull sale ad package that includes what I discussed above and even more, and we are running a deal on it right now! Don't hesitate to get in touch with me if you're interested in any advertising or if you have any questions at 402-376-2310 or email me at mlamb@sandhillscattle.com.

This week we went down to Cottonwood Feeders in Stuart, Nebraska, to visit our EP&C Calves and our Steers for Students calves. The calves have settled in great and are eating their feed very well. We ran all the calves through the chute to get their beginning weights, deworm them, vaccinate, and tag them with their EID's. The calves handled excellent and were all very docile, and we had a large number of calves that were in a very close weight range, which will make this an awesome contest. For our final total count, we have 128 calves entered; 42 of those are heifers, 86 of those are steers, and there are 4 Steers for Students calves included in that as well. We are super excited about our Steers for Students program, and we are so thankful for the producers that donated their steers! Greg Nielsen of Gordon, NE, Craig O'Keefe of Valentine, NE, Matt Blackford of Brownlee, and Atkinson Livestock each donated a nice steer calf for this program, and we can't wait to see how they all perform.

If you haven't heard, the 'Steers for Students' program is our new educational youth program. The donated calves will be penned with the retained ownership calves at Cottonwood Feeders for the Educational, Performance, and Carcass Contest. Their donors will still receive the calf's data during and after the contest. The 'Steers for Students' program calves will be sent to Husker Meats of Ainsworth, Nebraska, instead of being shipped to the larger plants like the other calves. Jim Pinney of Husker Meats and a group of industry professionals will offer local students and producers a chance to learn about carcass evaluation while experiencing how a packing plant operates. Schools that send the students will be provided the opportunity to receive the donated beef for their school lunch programs at little to no cost, and the producers will get half of the prime cuts in return!

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Hey everyone this is Maddie Lamb with the Sandhills Cattle Association with your update of the Sandhills Cattle News.

First off, I would like to introduce myself to those who haven’t met me yet. I’m Maddie Lamb and I just moved to the south of Nenzel after I accepted the Outreach Coordinator position here at the Sandhills Cattle Association. I am from Western Kansas and I grew up in a small town called Russell Springs and it is about 6 hours straight south of where I live now. I grew up ranching for my parents and my grandpa where the ‘land is too rough to farm’ as I like to say. My grandpa runs a registered black Angus herd and sells bulls all across Kansas and Colorado private treaty and my parents have registered Black Angus and Hereford Angus cross cow-calf operation as well as a yearling operation. I graduate from Fort Hays State University in December with my bachelor’s degree in Agribusiness, and I am so thankful that my career has led me up here to the Sandhills and I’m happy to meet new people so don’t hesitate to stop in the office, and say hi.

The newsletter was published and mailed last Friday, Nov 12 so those should be at your mailboxes already. This was my first newsletter so I hope that you enjoy it and please let me know if there is anything that I can do better! There are a lot of good articles and some great livestock sales coming up so don’t wait to look through your newsletters!

I have been here for almost 3 months and time has just flown by with all the events and publications that we have been doing. I have really been thrown into the heat of things, but I am learning as I go and am loving my job here so far. We started off with our Fall Feeder Calf Preview and our 82nd annual convention in September and now we are starting our 50th annual EP&C contest. This year we are back at Cottonwood Feeders in Stuart, Nebraska and we have 128 calves entered in our EP&C contest and we already have several steers entered in our Steers for Students Program.

The 'Steers for Students' program is a new educational program for the youth of the Sandhills. The donated calves will be penned with the retained ownership calves for the during of the Educational, Performance, and Carcass Contest. Their donors will still receive the calf's data during and after the contest. However, at the time of harvest, the 'Steers for Students' program calves will be sent to Husker Meats of Ainsworth, Nebraska instead of being shipped to the larger plants like the other calves. Jim Pinney of Husker Meats and a group of industry professionals will offer local students and producers a chance to learn about carcass evaluation while experiencing how a packing plant operates. Schools that send the students will be provided the opportunity to receive the donated beef for their school lunch programs at little to no cost.

If you wish to donate to the 'Steers for Students' program but don't have a calf, the Association is accepting cash donations to cover feed and processing to ensure the beef will be free to the participating schools. You can even choose which school you'd like to 'sponsor' in this program! If you’re interested in helping support us, please call us at the office at 402-376-2310 or email sca@sandhillscattle.com.

And lastly, the Sandhills Cattle Association Scholarship Committee held its meeting on November 4th, 2021. They decided on various scholarship application questions, the application process, and the requirements to be awarded an SCA scholarship. Thanks to all our generous donors to the scholarship auction at convention in September we are going to be able to award $9,000 this year! There are several different scholarships available. The Howard Wright Memorial Scholarship for $500. The

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Hey everyone, this is Amber Sides with the Sandhills Cattle Association with your update of the Sandhills Cattle News.

Our May publication was mailed out last Friday, so you should start seeing them in your mailboxes! So be sure to check them out, there is a lot of great information and advertisements you don’t want to miss!

We have lots of people seeking summer pasture so if you or anyone you know has pasture available, please contact us to post an ad for you or check out our website to see those seeking pasture.

Our wage survey is usually something we really push at the first of the year so that we can compile results for members or website users to use throughout the year. Unfortunately, our wage survey in the beginning of the year did not get a lot of participation, however after several requests for results, we decided to encourage ranchers to participate again! After a second time, we got quite a bit of participation back and we are currently working on compiling those results to release an updated version here very soon. So, check out the website if you are interested in receiving any data from the survey. Thank you to all that participated in this survey!

Why should you join the Sandhills Cattle Association? Our mission to promote the cattle resources of the Sandhills; however, we are growing so much that we are promoting the cattle and resources statewide. Our new and improved newsletter reaches almost 1,000 members and growing and covers most of Nebraska as well as parts of South Dakota, Kansas, Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho and more. It is a great opportunity to advertise your cattle in our feeder cattle news, have access to the list services which includes feed and pasture listing, employment opportunities, equipment for sale and more. We strive to provide the most for our members and of course cattle! We have different levels of membership based on the type of member and the type of services they want, from only obtaining a newsletter every month to advertising your business in every issue as well as representing it at the annual convention in September. We help small businesses looking to expand their advertising by using our expertise to make ads for them at no additional cost to their membership.

Stay tuned to as we will be introducing new memberships pertaining to Sale barns, online cattle auctions services as well as meat lockers, that we are super excited about!

This year we will have 4 wonderful board members whose terms expire and we will be looking for 4 more dedicated cattlemen and women to fill their positions! So, if you or someone you know would be interested in taking part in our board of directors, please contact us so we can you point in the direction of how to do so!

In other news we still have our ranch moms contest going on for 1 more week! So if you haven’t submitted a photo of your ranch mom yet, make sure you do so as soon as possible, winners will be announced on National Beef Day – May 28th! We have teamed up with some awesome local lockers who have sponsored each of the 3 prizes! 1st place was sponsored by Husker Meats of Ainsworth, Nebraska and they will be preparing and shipping a meat box valued at $150 straight to your door! 2nd place was sponsored by 402 Meat Company of Bristow, Nebraska and they as well will be preparing and shipping a meat box valued at $150 straight to your door. 3rd place was sponsored by Sandhills Cattle Association of $75 and matched by Valentine Locker of Valentine, Nebraska who will be preparing your meat box valued at $150 and shipped to your door by the Sandhills Cattle Association. I just want to give a big thanks again to the lockers for supporting the Sandhills Cattle Association in honor of National Beef Month and Mother’s Day! So please get

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Hey everyone, this is Amber with the Sandhills Cattle Association with your update of the Sandhills Cattle News.

Our last publication was published last Friday, so you should be starting to see them hitting your mailboxes! So be sure to take a look and check out all the great information and advertisements. Our next publication will be published on July 11th! So, if you’re looking to advertise, send us your advertisements by June 30th!

The Basset Farm and Ranch Expo is happening now in Bassett, Nebraska, so make sure you stop down and check out all the great vendors as well as pay a visit to the Sandhills Cattle Association. New member sign-ups get a chance to win a Wyld waterproof cooler with 2 yeti cups!

It has been a few weeks since I have been on to share news about what’s been happening down at the association! May 31st, we ended our first ever Ranch Mom’s Photo Contest in honor of National Beef Month and Mother’s Day. We had several great submissions which made choosing only 3 exceedingly difficult.

Our first-place winner was Mrs. Barb Wentz of Naper, Nebraska. Her story was so inspiring to myself, and I think is what we all hope to be as ranch moms and wives. Her picture was submitted by her granddaughter and is of Mrs. Barb sitting in the side by side overseeing the cattle work being done. Her granddaughter wrote, “My Grandma Barb has gone above and beyond for being one of the hardest working ranch wives around! She has helped my grandpa fix fence, hall cattle, brand, work hogs, and much more for almost 60 years! She has Alzheimer’s so this picture is very special because although she’s not able to do what she used to; she is still along for rides to aid my grandpa in a different capacity. I’m blessed to raise my family 15 miles away, and my three girls have been instilled with hard work ethic, a love for animals, and an appreciation for Nebraska farming and ranching!!” We thank Barb so much for her contributions to the Ag industry and wish this very hard-working lady all the best! Thank you to Husker Meats of Ainsworth, Nebraska for sponsoring her $150 beef box.

Our second-place winner was Kelsey de Ganahl! The picture submitted was of her holding her 3-month-old daughter leaning against the chutes after preconditioning calves! This is such a perfect depiction of the ranch mom's life! Congratulations Kelsey and thank you for your submission! Also, a big thank you to 402 Beef Co. of Bristow, Nebraska for partially sponsoring the $150 beef box prize!!

Lastly, our third-place winner was Deandra Rousey of North Platte, Nebraska. Her picture was submitted by her husband and is of Deandra sitting on horseback while her daughter pets her horse after moving pairs to a new pasture. Another great depiction of the ranch mom's life, and wonderful not only see her daughter’s love the horse but also the beautiful sandhills and of course cattle in the background. Thank you so much for your submission and congratulations. Big thank you to Valentine Locker for also partially sponsoring the $150 beef box!!

Thank you to all the others that also submitted a photo, they were so neat to be able to review and read! I posted all the submissions on our website under blogs, so go and check out all those great ranch moms we have!

We are also running the Ranch Dads Photo Contest this month for all those great dads we know and love as well! You can find the link to submit on our website or on our Facebook page! We have gotten a ton of great submissions already, which is going to make the decision of choosing the top 3 even harder this month! Make sure to submit by June 30th! Winners will be announced July 1st!

That’s all for this week, this is Amber Sides with the Sandhills Cattle Association with you update of the

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