Category: Education

$2,000 Western States Scholarship Awarded to Hereford Junior

December 13, 2024

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Addison Macfarlane, Cottonwood, Calif., was awarded a $2,000 Western States Scholarship at the 2024 Western States National Hereford Show in Reno, Nev., Dec. 7. The scholarship goes to a high achieving ...


Willard Wolf Memorial Scholarship Awarded to Two Hereford Juniors

December 13, 2024

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Edward Gould, Toutle, Wash., was awarded the honorary Willard Wolf Memorial Scholarship at the 2024 Western States National Hereford Show in Reno, Nev., Dec. 7. The $2,000 scholarship annually goes to ...


Wunschel Awarded John Ascuaga Memorial Scholarship in Reno

December 13, 2024

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Teagan Wunschel, Plymouth, Calif., received the prestigious John Ascuaga Memorial Scholarship at the 2024 Western States National Hereford Show in Reno, Nev., Dec. 7. The $2,500 John Ascuaga Scholarship is awarded ...


Even Leadership is Bigger in Texas for Hereford Juniors

August 9, 2024

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — “Don’t let the speed bumps become stop signs,” is how Matt Rush, Levelland, Texas, set the tone for National Junior Hereford Association (NJHA) members attending the 2024 Faces of Leadership conference ...


Livestock Marketeers Offer New Scholarship

May 15, 2024

Kansas City, Mo. – Livestock Marketeers — an organization of livestock marketing professionals — will award a $1,250 scholarship to a college-age student interested in pursuing a career in the livestock marketing industry. Applicants must ...


Generational Hereford Beef Producer Gives Back to Youth Members

March 28, 2024

“I love this industry,” said Jon Averhoff, Texas Stardance Cattle LLC, Jonesboro, Texas. “I wouldn’t have been in it this long if I didn’t really love it.” As a Flat Top Hereford Ranch herdsman, Averhoff’s ...


Record-breaking: Hereford Sale of Champions

March 22, 2024

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Hereford family legacies and champion genetics highlighted the record-setting Hereford Sale of Champions, which raised $100,000 for the 25th VitaFerm® Junior National Hereford Expo (JNHE). This year’s JNHE — The Grand ...


The GKB Youth Endowment

September 12, 2023

The Hereford Youth Foundation of America (HYFA) stands strong and tall on its pillars of scholarship, leadership, research and education. HYFA’s newest endowment — the GKB Cattle Youth Endowment — powered by GKB Cattle, Desdemona, ...


Cox Wins Hereford Junior Merit Scholarship and Trip

July 31, 2023

MADISON, Wis. — JW Cox, Flemingsburg, Ky., was announced as the $5,000 National Junior Merit Scholarship and trip recipient at the 2023 VitaFerm®Junior National Hereford Expo (JNHE) Hereford Youth Foundation of America (HYFA) Scholarship, Award ...


Denton Receives Mead Family Memorial Hereford Scholarship

July 31, 2023

MADISON, Wis. — Blue Rapids, Kan., native Wesley Denton is the recipient of the $2,000 Mead Family Memorial Scholarship at the 2023 VitaFerm®Junior National Hereford Expo (JNHE) Hereford Youth Foundation of America (HYFA) Scholarship, Award ...


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