Angus Outreach Seminars Planned

Over the next few months, the American Angus Association (AAA) will be holding a series of "Angus Outreach Seminars" across the country. AAA staff members Bill Bowman, director of performance programs, and Matt Perrier, director of commercial programs, will outline two new tools offered to AAA seedstock producers and their bull-buying customers — the Beef Value ($B) index, a value-based tool designed to assist commercial producers in their genetic selection, and AngusSource, an identification and marketing program for Angus-influenced feeder cattle and replacement females.
In addition, breeders will have an opportunity to provide input to AAA staff and Directors during interactive discussions about ways the AAA can best serve members today and in the future.

The following events are scheduled. Click here for more information.

Billings, MT 12/16/03 2 p.m. Hampton Inn, 5110 Southgate Drive, (406) 248-4949

North Platte, NE 12/17/03 2 p.m. Holiday Inn Express, I-80 and Hwy 83, (308) 532-9500

Columbia, MO 12/18/03 1 p.m. MO Cattlemen's Assoc., 2306 Bluff Creek Dr, (573) 499-9162

Indianapolis, IN 1/21/04 1 p.m. Holiday Inn Select North, I-465 and N. Michigan Road, (317) 872-9790

Moline, IL 1/22/04 1 p.m. Holiday Inn Convention Cntr/Airport, 6902 27th Street (309) 762-8811

Hutchinson, KS 1/23/04 2 p.m. Encampment Building-KS State Fairgrounds (with KS Angus Futurity)

Boise, ID 2/2/04 6 p.m. Holiday Inn-Boise Airport, 3300 Vista Ave, (208) 344-8365

Sacramento, CA 2/3/04 2 p.m. Radisson Inn, 500 Leisure Lane, (916) 922-2020

Fort Worth, TX 2/9/04 2 p.m. TX & SW Cattle Raisers Assoc., 1301 W 7th St, (817) 332-7064

Athens, GA 2/13/04 10 a.m. The Classic Center, 300 North Thomas Street (with GA Cattlemen's Conv.), (706) 208-0900

Cullman, AL 3/8/04 1 p.m. Cullman Stockyards, 2 miles east of I-65 on Hwy 157, (256) 734-4531

Winchester, VA 5/3/04 2 p.m. Best Western Lee-Jackson, 711 Milwood Ave, Exit 313 from I-81, (540) 662-4154

Most meetings will last approximately three hours, and light snacks will be provided.

Anyone interested in attending the seminars should RSVP by calling (816) 383-5163 (accessible 24 hours/day) or by sending an e-mail (with name, meeting location, and number in your party) to mperrier@angus.org.

If you are unable to attend one of these 12 sessions, an audio/video recording should be available on the Internet or CD after January 1, 2004. Watch the Angus Journal or angus.org for details.