Illinois Polled Hereford Association

Hereford Tour Information

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:37:47 +0000

Change in Schedule
This past Friday, the Hackett Family of Tuscola, IL was struck with the devastating loss of their equipment shed and shop due to a fire. Thank goodness – no one was hurt and no cattle or pets were harmed. Please keep this family in your thoughts as they deal with this difficult situation and prepare to work through this as harvest comes closer.

The Hackett Family – Plainview Farms – was to be the first stop on the Illinois Hereford Tour this coming weekend (Saturday, September 4). Given the circumstances, we are going to plan on starting the tour and the 2nd planned stop – Ellis Farms at 12:00 pm (noon). We will start the tour by having lunch at Ellis Farms and viewing their operation.

At this point, the rest of the Hereford Tour remains unchanged. On a positive note, we have received over 100 RSVPs for the dinner on Saturday night at Albin Farms. We should have an outstanding crowd for this state-wide Hereford Event.

Please – be sure to pass along the news about Hackett’s fire as well as the change in starting points for the tour to all your Hereford friends and acquaintances.

Tour Schedule

Noon – 1 p.m. Lunch at Ellis Farms

1 – 2 p.m. Ellis Farms: 26455 N. 2300th St., Chrisman, IL 61924 • (765) 665-3207 Ellis Farms is in its 62nd year of producing seedstock cattle near Chrisman, Illinois and now includes the 6th generation of family members in the registered Hereford business. Today, the program is a conception to plate measured and evaluated cattle enterprise covering two purebred breeds, Hereford and Angus. EFBeef is a premier Hereford provider of seedstock for commercial cattlemen that get paid by the pound in value added programs. The EFBeef program has a sharp focus rooted in the basics of cattle production; fertility, calving ease, early growth, end product value and sustainable maternal components of cow size and milk flow. The cattle enterprise has brought numerous awards, most recently the 2002 and 2005 Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) Seedstock Producer of the Year finalist, Illinois Hereford Breeder of the Year awards in 1973 and 1993 and Phil & Joyce were awarded the Illinois Hall of Fame Award in 2001. We also bred/showed the National Champion Polled Hereford bull in 1974, Reserved Grand bull in 1979, Reserve Grand Female in 1973 and Supreme Champion Female in 1994. We are proud to have been a host for multiple Illinois tours including the first Hereford tour in 1965 that also included a bi-state field day with Indiana breeders and a crowd of over 700. Welcome to Ellis Farms.

2:10 – 3:15 p.m. Lorenzen Farms: 17696 E. 1825 Rd., Chrisman, IL 61924 • (217) 269-2803 Lorenzen Farms started as a 105 acre farm located in Chrisman, Illinois, in Edgar County. John Lorenzen, Sr.purchased the farm and moved his family to this location from Foosland, Illinois in 1930. Vegetable crops and livestock became the farm income. Registered Polled Herefords came onto the scene in 1948. Woodlands and grasslands that is not suitable for farming are used to accommodate the Lorenzen Farm cow herd. The cow herd consists of registered Herefords,registered Angus, and commercial cows. The cows are wintered on silage and round bales with mineral and liquid supplement added. One feedlot houses the homegrown cull heifers and replacement heifers. The second feedlot houses the bred heifers, bulls, and the heifer calves selected for replacements. The third feed floor winters one third of the cow herd. We try to maintain high quality herd sires because of limited use of AI. Embryo transplants is used to improve the breeding herd. Registered cattle are marketed through production and private sales and the remainder are marketed through local stockyards and local cattle feeders. The registered cattle are production tested and the entire herd is strictly culled. Normally, 10% of the cow herd is sold for slaughter annually. Over the years our cattle have went from being successful in the showring to being productive in the pasture.

3:25 – 4:30 p.m. Winans Herefords: 11879 E. 1800th Rd., Chrisman, IL 61924 • (217) 822-2935 Winans Herefords began as an extension of my 4-H & FFA cattle projects. I began showing in 1985 and after completing my 4-H years, I had developed a passion for the business that made me want to continue raising Hereford cattle. In 1995, Jim and LeAnn Roll of Hickory Grove Farms offered me an opportunity to purchase 10 fall heifer calves and one bred cow, thus beginning the current purebred operation. With the help and support of my wife Holly, my kids Gabe and Lily, and my parents Dan and Wanda, we currently run 18-20 spring calving cows. The cows are calved at the home farm and are artificially inseminated one time then turned out to pasture with our herd sire BH 100K Moe 94W ET (Moler X 100K from Benedict Herefords). Our cow herd has been heavily influenced over the years by the sires and cow families of Lorenzen Farms and Benedict Herefords. Our 2010 calf crop sires includes H Ignite 6068, WPH BH Maxim 702T (GQ X 100K), KAGS Scholarship S44 ET, BR Channing, and P606. We would like to thank the IPHA for asking us to be a part of the 2010 Herford tour and we are looking forward to welcoming everyone to the farm on September 4th.

4:40 – 6 p.m. Albin Farms: 780 N. CR 2460 E., Newman, IL 61942 • (217) 492-2487 Albin Farms has been located in the Newman area since 1840. It has had various grain and livestock opertions durung this time. Today it consists of over 5000 acres of corn and soybean production plus over 50 head of purebred hereford cows. My wife, Julie, is a homemaker and serves as a director on our bank boards. My son Andrew is involved in the livestock and grain farm. He will be attending Southern Illinois University this fall. My father John, brother Perry are involved in the grain farm, while my mother Marge is involved with the banks. A high percentage of our cows have either C S Boomer 29F, Online 122L, or both in their pedigree. Most of our donor cows and sires along with other information is listed on our website at albinfarms.net. We look forward to seeing you on the tour and check us out at albinfarms.net and have your questions ready on

Saturday, September 4, 2010, cont..

6 p.m. Steak Dinner at Albin Farms sponsored by Birkey’s. Prime advertising pages in the Illinois Hereford Bulletin will be auctioned off after the meal. This includes the back cover, inside front cover and inside back cover pages for all four issues that will be published in 2011.

Overnight Accommodations: Decatur Conference Center and Hotel: (217) 422-8800, Baymont Inns, Tuscola: (217) 253-3500

Sunday, September 5, 2010:

9 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Breakfast at Adcock Show Cattle

9:15 – 10 a.m. Adcock Show Cattle: 2347 E. 1300 North Rd., Assumption, IL 62510 • 217-226-3239 The Adcock Family is fairly new to the Hereford business. While both Jan and Jim grew up exhibiting cattle at a national level, their venture into purebred Herefords didn’t begin until 2000 when our oldest daughter, Tamar, began her show career. It didn’t take long for the Hereford cattle to permanently establish their place. Just 10 years later our herd includes the 2008 IL State Fair Supreme Champion Female and JNHE Reserve Grand Polled Heifer and the 2008 IL State Fair Supreme Champion Cow. We also bred the 2009 Champion Land of Lincoln Steer shown by the Branyan Family. Tamar was just elected to the NJHA board of directors at the 2010 JNHE. Herefords have definitely become our family’s passion as all four children Tamar (18), Taryn (16) and twins Dean and Del (13) are active in the family operation and hold offices in the IJHA. Our focus is on raising show quality animals but also believe those show heifers need to be productive cows when their career in the ring is over. Located in the heart of prime corn and soybean country, pasture can be hard to come by. So the herd is kept at around 20 head and is built around the kids’ show heifers. We use embryo transfer and AI extensively. The primary donors are the 2008 IL State Fair Supreme Cow, ROF BH Vixen 226S ET and the 2008 IL State Fair Supreme Champion Heifer, BH L7 Connor 723. Both these cows will be on display as well as ET calves out of these two donor females by Downtown, Hallmark, Centennial and 146. We look forward to welcoming you for homemade cinnamon rolls and coffee Sunday morning.

10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Stephens Hereford Farms: 1777 North 1000 East Rd., Taylorville, IL 62568 • (217) 825-7913 Stephens Hereford Farm is a 5-generation family farm, which began in 1914 when our great, great grandparents, Bert and Sarah Neal, moved from Kentucky to Sharpsburg, Ill., farming the Hayland’s farm. In 1943, Claire Faye Neal married Howard L. Stephens, who was in the Army until 1946. A short time later, Howard and Faye took over the Hayland’s farm, later purchasing it and making it Stephens Farm. The farm today is operated by Danny, Mark and Mike Stephens as a livestock and grain farm. We purchased our first registered Hereford breeding stock in 1977. We are in the process of calving 50 registered Hereford cows and 50 commercial cows. Our cowherd consists of mainly L1 breeding from the Cooper and Holden breeding programs. Several females remain in the herd by RCH L1 Domino 0082, “The Rock.” Some bulls are also being used from Upstream Ranch, which include UPS Domino 5216, UPS Navarro and UPS Brutus. The Loehr family will also have cattle on display at our tour stop. Mr. Loehr has put together an outstanding set of cows from Churchill Cattle Company, Upstream Ranch, Holden Herefords, Cooper Herefords, Baker Herefords and many others. He also has an outstanding herd bull line-up which includes CL 1 Domino 637 and UPS Brutus. We look forward to seeing all our Hereford friends for lunch on Sunday, September 5.

11:30 – 12:30 Lunch at Stephens Hereford Farms

1 – 2 p.m. Prairie Meadow Herefords: Mark’s House: 1364 West Glenarm Rd. Glenarm, Il 62536 • (217) 622-5770 Prairie Meadow Herefords was started in 1976 with two bred females purchased from Dale Wyatt in Newton, Illinois. We were originally horned breeders that started using some polled lines when the two associations merged. Our cowherd is made up of approximately 50 females of which 20 to 30 are embryo calves. We have partnerships with Lorenzen Farms of Illinois, Upstream Ranch of Nebraska, Snowshoe Cattle Company of Montana, and Edward Allen of Kansas on donor females. Herd bulls in use include UPS Odyssey 7128, Harvie Woodstock 116W, CRR 4037 Flash 742, Harvie Dan T-Bone 196T, and Bar H Achiever 22W. These are assisted by UPS Nitro and SR Script 1137. Cattle and embryos are sold year-round both privately and through the Ft. Worth, Native American in Oklahoma, and Illinois Beef Expo sales. Contact Greg Cannedy (217) 725-7095 or Mark Cannedy (217) 622-5770 for more info.

Land of Lincoln Fall Classic Internet Sale

admin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:09:04 +0000

Nomination form now available for download here-Land of Lincoln Internet Sale Nomination Form (23)

Nomination forms are due Wednesday, September 8.

Illinois State Fair

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Morgan Lowderman receives her purple ribbon after being named Champion Polled Hereford Heifer at the 2010 Illinois State Fair. She was later named Reserve Champion Supreme Heifer.

Morgan Lowderman had the Champion heifer in the Junior Show with MS DAKITCH MDK MACK L1Z while Randa Owen/Purple Reign Cattle Company showing PURPLE HCC BILLIE JEAN 32W. Mud Creek Farms, Thousand Hills Farm and Able Acres had the Champion Polled Hereford Bull with AA Airline 972 ET.

Grand Champion Female: Purple ACC Billie Jean 32W Reg# 43023785 DOB: April 4, 2009 Sired by NJW 1Y Wrangler 19D Shown by Randa Owens, Ft. Payne, AL and Purple Reign Cattle Company, Toulon, IL

Grand Champion Bull: AA Airline 972 ET Reg# 43030881 DOB# Feb. 17, 2009 Sired by Remitall Online 122L Shown by Mud Creek Farms, German Valley, IL and Thousand Hills Herefords, Stockton, IL

Open Results can be found at: http://www.agr.state.il.us/isf/competition/results.php?ec=1&yc=22&md=7&cd=13&x=12&y=6

Junior Results can be found at: http://www.agr.state.il.us/isf/competition/results.php?ec=1&yc=22&md=4&cd=22&x=17&y=15

Illinois Juniors Have Success in Indy

admin — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:44:29 +0000

Illinois Juniors had a great week in Indianapolis at the Junior National Hereford Exposition.

Polled Hereford Class Winners from Illinois include:

Steers:

Class 5 – Clay Sundberg, Arlington, Ill., with a steer bred by Rustic Oaks Farm,

Ohio, Ill.

Owned Polled Heifers:

Polled Class 112 – Haley Trevor & Ty Bickelhaupt with BH 401 Pacette 936, bred

by Bickelhaupt Herefords, Mt. Carroll, Ill.

Polled Class 128 – Bailey Edenburn, Penfield, Ill., with ROF Whisper 225V ET,

bred by Rustic Oaks Farm, Ohio, Ill.

Polled Class 134 – Cody Crum, Rushville, Ill., with LCC 85 Optivia 959, bred by

Lowderman Cattle Co., Macomb, Ill.

Polled Class 138 – Tamar Adcock, Assumption, Ill., with MSU Jasmine 4W, bred

by Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich.

Showmanship Winners:

Senior 10th Place: Tamar Adcock, Assumption

Intermediate 10th Place: Taryn Adcock, Assumption

Intermediate 3rd Place: Jake Bloomberg, Berwick

Junior 1st Place: Dean Adcock

Also, Congratulations Tamar Adcock on your election to the National Junior Hereford Association Board of Directors!

Illinois had the second highest number of exhibitors of all states! A complete pdf of all results can be found here: http://hereford.org/static/files/JNHE2010_placings.pdf

Class 128 winner, Bailey Edinburn, Penfield, IL exhibits ROF Whisper bred by Rustic Oaks Farm, Ohio, IL

Illinois Junior Hereford Association Preview Show a Success

admin — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:11:02 +0000

Congratulations to all 89 exhibitors on a great preview show.

Results are available here:

Jonathan Harfst evaluates a heifer calf class at the 2010 IJHA Preview Show at the Rock Island County Fairgrounds.

IJHA Preview Show June 19 & 20

admin — Tue, 04 May 2010 02:54:38 +0000

2009 IJHA Preview Show

The 2010 Illinois Junior Hereford Association Preview Show will be help June 19th & 20th at the Rock Island County Farigrounds in East Moline, IL.

Click the links below to download all preliminary information:

Preview Show Entry Form (PDF-can be saved and printed) (124)
Membership and Show Shirt Form (106)
IJHA Preview Show Information and Rules (164)
IJHA Officer Information (86)

Illinois Junior Preview Show Hotel Block available at Comfort Inn & Suites, 2209 John Deere Expwy, East Moline, IL 61244 (309) 792-4660?

Scholarships and Awards Available to Juniors

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NEW Award!! Prospect Award for 6th, 7th & 8th Grade IJHA members-Due May 1, 2010

NEW Award!! Prospect Award for 3rd, 4th & 5th Grade IJHA members-Due May 1, 2010

Purpose:

The purpose of these awards is to help participant’s develop the skills needed to participate in the NJHE contest and Scholarship applications. The IHPA has a history of supporting juniors with scholarships, and the Prospect awards will give additional opportunities to support younger members.

Requirements:

Applicant must be an active member of the Illinois Junior Hereford Association.
Applicant must be in the 6th, 7th or 8th grade on May 1st of the applying year.
Applicant may receive the award only once per division.

Download application here:IPHA Prospect Award Application 2010 (119)

Harry M. Tjardes Memorial Scholarship Application-Due June 4, 2010

Purpose:

Award 1 (one) $1,000 scholarship to the most deserving member of the Illinois Junior Hereford Association (IJHA) to aid in the financing of their college education.

Requirements:

Must be a paid member of the Illinois Junior Hereford Association (IJHA). The individual can raise/exhibit either Polled or Horned Hereford cattle.
Applicants must be between the ages of 16 and 21 years of age, have attained at least the status of a high school senior, and be an Illinois resident. An individual may be awarded this prestigious scholarship only one time.
Provide evidence of acceptance or enrollment in a 4-year college or university. Examples include a letter of acceptance, transcript, or tuition bill.

Download application here: Harry Tjardes Scholarship Application 2010 (93)

PRIDE Conventrion Scholarship Application-Due June 1, 2010

Purpose:

The Illinois Polled Hereford Association and Illinois Hereford Association are sponsoring four (4) $300 scholarships for PRIDE Junior Hereford Convention. Both organizations believe the future of this breed lies in the young people of this state. It is this strong belief that has driven the Associations to create a program that not only recognizes the top Junior Members, but that also provides an opportunity to develop their talents and expand their horizons. This year, the conference will be held in Boise, Idaho on August 2^nd through the 4th.

Requirements:

Any IJHA member that is an Illinois Resident and is between the ages of 16-21 (as of January 1st) is eligible to apply.

Download application here:PRIDE Convention Application 2010 (95)

Illinois Hereford Sale Catalog Posted

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:28:09 +0000

The 19th Annual Illinois Hereford Association
Select Bull & Female Sale

Sunday March 21, 2010 • 12:30 pm
Martin Livestock Center • Clinton, IL

For more information call
Mark Stephens (217) 825-7913

Ron Hallbauer (217) 825-6559

Gary McConnell (217) 827-2761

Click here to download the sale catalog:IHA Sale Catalog (276)

Illini Classic Sale Results

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:14:05 +0000

For complete results, click here: Illini Classic 2010 Sale Results (256)

Illini Classic Catalog Available for Download

admin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:25:24 +0000

The Illini Classic Sale Catalog is available for download here: 2010 Illini Classic Sale Catalog (1214)

Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois

(Held in conjuction with the Illinois Beef Expo)

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Cattle may begin to arrive (stall in Barn 25P)
Illinois Performance Tested Bull Sale 11 a.m.

Friday, February 26, 2010

Cattle must arrive by 1 p.m.
Check in begins 1 p.m.
Social 5:30 p.m.
Banquet 6 p.m. following annual meeting and Elite Embryo Auction

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Parade of sale cattle (upper arena) 9 a.m.
Illini Classic Sale (lower arena) 11 a.m.