ASSOCIATION Newsmakers @Items of iterest about ad for members of our Agus family. Compiled by Lida Robbis. z IN THE NEWS Kisey s Oak Frot Farm, Flemigto, W.Va., has bee amed as a Historic Agus Herd by the America Agus Associatio. The award is preseted to Agus breeders or immediate families who have bee i cotiuous productio of registered-agus cattle for 50 years or more. I 1961, James A. Kisey, with his parets, purchased five registered-agus heifers ad oe bull from their family doctor the doctor who brought me ito this world, accordig to James. That was the official begiig of the family s registered-agus herd, which is still i operatio 54 years later. James parets, C.R. ad Jue Kisey, ra a Holstei dairy from 1932 to 1960. I 1961, whe the family decided to trasitio ito a beef cattle operatio, Agus or Hereford cattle were the oly choices available i the area. Charles Haislip, their family doctor, owed a herd of registered-agus, ad James liked that the breed was kow for materal traits ad calvig ease. The Kiseys bought the five yearlig heifers for $200 per head. To sweete the deal, Dr. Haislip also threw i a registered-agus bull. A decade later, after James graduated from college, the Kisey family expaded the herd. They bega performace testig with the state performace program, the later with Agus Herd Improvemet Records (AHIR ). Today, James A. Kisey s so, James F., ows ad maages the herd of 180 registered-agus cows at the farm i orther West Virgiia. The Kiseys market most of their bulls through the West Virgiia Performace Sale i Wardesville, while they sell their cows ad heifers private treaty. The Kisey s pride i the Agus busiess which bega more tha 50 years ago is sure to cotiue for may years to come. Steve Brooks, Bowma, N.D., was elected for a secod term as presidet of the North Dakota Stockme s Associatio (NDSA) durig the 86-year-old orgaizatio s aual covetio ad trade show i September. The 37-year NDSA member; his wife, April; ad two of their three daughters, Cassi ad Skeeter, maage a 600-cow registeredagus operatio ad farm 4,000 acres of wheat, barley, cor, letils ad chickpeas o the family s Brooks Chalky Butte Rach i partership with Steve s brother Rya ad Rya s family. Steve s ad April s daughter, Calli, lives i Washigto. I his remarks durig the covetio s opeig sessio, Brooks highlighted several policy issues facig the North Dakota beef idustry. He said the NDSA would cotiue i the ext year to work for its members iterests o issues ragig from dietary guidelies to revampig the Edagered Species Act (ESA). This orgaizatio was fouded to help prevet cattle rustlig ad protect private property rights, Brooks said. That is still what we re after, to keep our members i busiess ad to protect our membership from the issues that face the idustry today. Brooks poited to the NDSA s work o the ESA, the Waters of the Uited States rule ad defeatig Measure 5 last fall as several examples of the associatio s work to curb federal overregulatio. He remaied optimistic through the recet dowtur i the cattle market. There is still room for more cattle i places like Texas, Oklahoma ad Kasas, Brooks said. I thik it s goig to surprise you by the ed of November to see what these cattle will brig. We just have to hag i there. NDSA members elected or re-elected six directors to represet their respective districts. Pete Best of Watford City, N.D., was elected to his first four-year term i District 5. Best is a 21-year NDSA member. He maages a 250-head registered-agus cow herd ad previously worked i ag fiace before rachig full-time with wife Vawita ad so Kyle. Best has served o the NDSA Feeder Coucil ad Nomiatig Committee. He has bee a member of the America Agus Associatio sice 1993. I District 1, Kevi Elliott of Clifford, N.D., was re-elected to a secod four-year term. Jeffrey Bu from Lisbo, N.D., was re-elected to a secod four-year term i District 2. I District 3, Tim Erbele, Streeter, N.D., was elected to his first four-year term. Rob Tweete of Hesler, N.D., was re-elected to a secod four-year term i District 4. Rady Schmitt, a 12-year NDSA member, Rugby, N.D., was re-elected to his secod four-year term i District 6. Nacy (Diuble) Thele, Salie, Mich., 2008 presidet of the America Agus CONTINUED ON PAGE 32 30 ANGUSJoural
z NEWSMAKERS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 30 Auxiliary ad recet Extesio retiree, was selected as the 2015 recipiet of the Michiga State Uiversity (MSU) College of Agriculture ad Natural Resources Hoorary Alumus Award. Thele distiguished herself throughout her career through her work ethic, service ad dedicatio to youth ad agricultural educatio. She served i several differet capacities durig her 36-year career as extesio educator ad couty extesio director for MSU Extesio. As a extesio literacy educator, she worked statewide to icrease agricultural awareess i a effort to better coect cosumers with productio agriculture. Her work with the Breakfast o the Farm program ad parter orgaizatios helped bridge the multigeeratioal discoect betwee producers ad cosumers i Michiga. Thele has also bee ivolved with may commuity-based orgaizatios, as well as state ad atioal livestock orgaizatios. Her passio ad dedicatio have made may meaigful impacts o both the idividuals ad commuities with whom she worked. Thele ad her family have bee life 32 ANGUSJoural members of the America Agus Associatio sice 1982. Ala Kapp has bee hired by Uited Producers Ic. (UPI) as oe of the cattle sales represetatives for its Maryville, Mo., market. Kapp, a graduate of the Uiversity of Missouri with a bachelor s degree i agriculture ad aimal sciece, has 22 years of agricultural sales experiece. Kapp resides ear Clarksdale, Mo., where he maitais a herd of registered-agus cattle. He has bee a life member of the America Agus Associatio sice 1980. Greta (Heismeyer) Krafsur, graduate studet at Colorado State Uiversity, has bee awarded a W.D. Farr Scholarship for the 2015-2016 school year from the Natioal Cattleme s Foudatio. Each $12,000 scholarship recogizes outstadig studets who pla to pursue careers i meat sciece ad aimal agriculture. The scholarship will be preseted i Jauary at the 2016 Cattle Idustry Covetio & NCBA Trade Show i Sa Diego, Calif. Krafsur is from Estellie, S.D., ad is a doctoral studet at Colorado State Uiversity, usig her veteriary pathology traiig to explai the developmet of bovie high-altitude disease, kow as brisket disease. She hopes to idetify the biomarkers associated with the pheotype that ca be used to predict disease risk, with the goal of improvig selective breedig, precoditio, ad fatteig regimes. Krafsur received her master s degree from the Uiversity of Teessee at Koxville ad her doctorate of veteriary medicie from Colorado State Uiversity. She plas to cotiue the family traditio ad start her ow cow-calf herd. The Heismeyer family has bee life members of the America Agus Associatio sice 1956. The W.D. Farr Scholarships, established i 2007, recogize superior achievemet i academics ad leadership, ad allow graduate studets to further their study i fields that beefit the cattle ad beef idustry. z IN PASSING Eugee Doc Hids, 90, Palmyra, Mo., died Oct. 25 at Lewis Couty Nursig Home i Cato, Mo. Doc was bor April 6, 1925, i Palmyra to Harry ad Mary (Dickso) Hids. He was a lifelog residet of Palmyra ad a graduate of Palmyra High School. He served i the U.S. Marie Corps durig World War II from 1943-1945. He married Clara Eichma Sept. 4, 1949, at the First Baptist Church i Palmyra. Doc received his bachelor s degree i agriculture i 1951 ad his doctorate of veteriary medicie i 1952 from the Uiversity of Missouri Columbia. Followig i his father s footsteps, he practiced veteriary medicie, servig Palmyra ad the surroudig commuities from 1952-1968. He was co-ower of the New Palmyra Sale (oe of the largest dairy cattle sales i the Midwest) from 1953-1965. Doc served i may positios for the Missouri Veteriary Supply Corp. from 1956-1982, icludig presidet ad COO, geeral maager, secretary, director ad market aalyst. He also served as presidet for Itrastate Veteriary Biologics Ic. i 1980. After a lifetime i the veteriary busiess, Doc brought everythig he leared i life ad put it uder oe roof. I 1989 he opeed Veticare Aimal Hospital, the atio s first full-service, drive-up aimal hospital i Sait Charles, Mo., ad served as presidet ad hospital director for 20 years util he became ill. Doc was amed adjuct professor by the Departmet of Veteriary Medicie ad
Surgery at the Uiversity of Missouri Columbia. He also developed the Hids Park ad Mario Hill subdivisios of Palmyra ad served as a past director of Palmyra State Bak. He was a active member i the Mario Couty commuity i Missouri ad its bettermet. He served as the Wester District Commissioer of Mario Couty from 1972-1976. Doc played a large part i the desigig, plaig ad developmet of the Mario Couty Jail. He ad his wife doated the Floral Hall buildig located i the city park i Palmyra. He also doated the lad that is ow kow as Hids Park, a part of the city ad Palmyra Parks ad Recreatio. Doc was a member ad former elder of the First Christia Church i Palmyra. He was a member ad past commader of the America Legio, Boots-Dickso Post No. 174. He had a avid iterest ad took a lot of pride i his gradchildre ad Agus cattle. He served as state director of the Missouri Agus Associatio from 1964-1970. He was a former member ad past presidet of the Mark Twai Agus Associatio. Hids Farm had bee a life member of the America Agus Associatio sice 1959. Doc had a devoted iterest i his gradchildre ad great-gradchildre, always ecouragig ad pushig them to do their best. Oe of the thigs he tried to istill i them all was the value ad importace of a educatio. James Hito, 67, died Oct. 24 at Maplewood Health & Rehab Ceter, Jackso, Te. He was bor Aug. 18, 1948, to James ad Georgia (Bryat) Hito. His wife, Phyllis (Camper) Hito, preceded him i death. James was a U.S. Marie ad a member of the Cumberlad Presbyteria Church i Trezevat, Te. Throughout his career he worked i livestock advertisig, promotio, cosultig ad sales maagemet. He worked for the Livestock Weekly, the Teessee Livestock Associatio as head of promotio ad advertisig, the Teessee Pork Producers Associatio, Freema Publishig ad the Agus Joural. He was a parter i Meg & Hito Sales & Service, worked for Souther Beef Producer, was ower of Hito Sales & Service ad worked for Duck Hill Rach. He worked for Farm Progress ad 4L Hereford Farms. James served as secretary-treasurer of the Teessee Agus Associatio for 29 years, served as secretary-treasurer of Teessee Agribitio for more tha 20 years, ad received the Distiguished Service Award to the livestock idustry from the Uiversity of Teessee. At the time of his death, James was operatig Hito Sales & Service ad was employed by 4L Hereford Farms. As a parter i Grassy Brach Farms, Trezevat, Te., James had bee a life member of the America Agus Associatio sice 1978. Avola (Whitesell) Callaway, Rayle, Ga., 89, died peacefully at home Oct. 25. She was bor Aug. 16, 1926, i Lewisburg, Te., the daughter of Bedford ad Emma (Lofto) Whitesell. Avola eared her udergraduate degree i home ecoomics from Middle Teessee Uiversity, the received her master s degree from Corell Uiversity i 1954. I 1957, she bega workig as a clothig specialist for the state of Georgia ad was employed by the Uiversity of Georgia Extesio Service. I 1959 she married Eugee Callaway of Rayle, Ga. She worked ad supported her husbad i developig the family busiess kow as Callaway Farms while she was raisig their two sos. Avola served o the hospital board for 13 years at Wills Memorial Hospital. She served i leadership with the Arthritis Foudatio, was a active CONTINUED ON PAGE 34 ANGUSJoural 33
z NEWSMAKERS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 33 member of the First Uited Methodist Church of Washigto, ad voluteered ad supported the preservatio of the historic Callaway Platatio through may fudraisig efforts. Avola is survived by sos Eugee Jr. ad Blake; gradchildre Elizabeth, Blake Jr., Idia ad Grace; as well as umerous ieces, ephews ad cousis. z INDUSTRY EXTRAS Kare Nehrkor, DuBois, Ill., has bee hired as a agroomy techicia for Brookside Agra. Nehrkor s resposibilities iclude soil testig, crop scoutig for plat health ad ivasive weeds ad pests, assistig with aalysis ad recommedatios, orgaizig operatios, coordiatig customer accouts, ad assistig with billig ad data trasfers. Larry Wiggis, Memphis, Mo., a logtime veteriaria, will be hoored at the 2015 Missouri Livestock Symposium Dec. 4 whe he is iducted ito the Missouri Livestock Symposium s Livestock Perso of the Year Hall of Fame. 34 ANGUSJoural Kevi Aadahl has joied the staff of the U.S. Farmers ad Racher s Alliace (USFRA) as commuicatios director. Aadahl will maage ad execute USFRA s overall media commuicatios outreach ad egagemet strategies through its established programs ad resources. Bill Bayless, Sparta, Ill., has bee hired by BioZyme to head its ew LiquiFerm commercial supplemet brad. As BioZyme s ew director of commercial sales, Bayless is resposible for developig ad maitaiig busiess relatioships with prospective customers; attedig trade shows, cofereces ad covetios relative to the swie ad poultry markets; creatig product-trial protocols to help grow sales; ad makig recommedatios for ew commercial products based o idustry research ad customer eeds. Melody Horback has bee hired as a wet chemistry lab techicia by Rock River Laboratory West. Horback will be resposible for the wet chemical aalysis of feedstuffs at its facility located i Visalia, Calif. Cody McKiley has bee hired by the Natioal Pork Producers Coucil (NPPC) as director of state ad atioal relatios, the primary poit of cotact for state pork orgaizatios with NPPC. McKiley will assist ad support program staff at the state ad atioal level i coductig work o behalf of pork producers ad the U.S. pork idustry, facilitate state-orieted plaig ad programmig i cojuctio with the Natioal Pork Board ad staff NPPC s orgaizatioal developmet activities with the NPPs Nomiatig Committee, as well as other committee support as assiged. H. Nielse, veteriaria, techical services, rumiat; Melodie Moore, lab maager; ad Yig Fu, lab techicia, have bee aouced as the ewest members of the Lallemad Aimal Nutritio team. Larry Redmo has bee amed associate departmet head ad AgriLife Extesio program leader of soil ad crop scieces at Texas A&M Uiversity (TAMU). Formerly state forage specialist for the TAMU AgriLife Extesio Service, Redmo s ew role will iclude leadership for soil ad crop sciece
faculty across the state, icludig budget developmet, evaluatio, commodity group relatios, idustry parterships, respose coordiatio ad visioig for the future. Joh Dea, Accelerated Geetics reproductive services techicia, has reached 40 years with the compay. He has bee a logtime techicia i the Postville area of ortheast Iowa. Christia Hayes has bee hired as product maager for the beef techical sales ad marketig services team at Puria Aimal Nutritio. I this role she will act as a techical liaiso to the marketig team, ad will also be resposible for projects desiged to further leverage the compay s lie of beef cattle feed. Jim Asley, Texas A&M AgriLife Research ragelad ecologist at Vero, was recogized with the Outstadig Achievemet Award by the Texas Sectio Society for Rage Maagemet durig its aual meetig i Wichita Falls. The award is give i recogitio of cotributios ad a career that are oteworthy i the advacemet of the sciece ad the art of rage maagemet, accordig to the orgaizatio. Etha Lae has bee hired as the executive director of the Public Lads Coucil (PLC). I his ew role, he will also serve as executive director of the federal lads for the NCBA. positio, Nelso will be resposible for developig ad maagig ew ad existig customers throughout the orther Uited States (orth of Hwy. 70) ad Caada. Jessica Fox has bee appoited corporate techology maager for Ralco. Fox will oversee the advacemet ad market opportuities for the compay s pateted techologies ad itellectual property i the poultry, livestock ad aquaculture idustries. Editor s Note: This colum is compiled by Assistat Editor Lida Robbis. To submit your ewsmaker, email lrobbis@agusjoural.com or call 816-383-5245. Tim Nelso has joied Brookside Agra as a ew member of the sales team. I this ANGUSJoural 35