August 27, 2024
By Amy Cowan, American Hereford Association director of youth activities and foundation The dust has settled, and the sun has set on the silver anniversary of the VitaFerm® Junior National Hereford Expo (JNHE) celebration. In ...
August 19, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Randa Starnes, Fort Payne, Ala., was standing ringside and chatting with her family before the owned female grand drive at the 2024 VitaFerm® Junior National Hereford Expo (JNHE). Her family had been adamant that she needed to be there to see the host of prestigious award winners named before the first heifer stepped into the ring. Starnes listened as the announcer began reading a bio about a lifelong Alabama Hereford breeder that sounded an awful lot like her. She turned to her husband, John, and said, “Wait, are they talking about me?” Then the second-ever Bob ...
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 ...
August 25, 2023
MADISON, Wis. — National Junior Hereford Association (NJHA) members elected four new leaders to serve on the NJHA board of directors at the 2023 VitaFerm® Junior National Hereford Expo (JNHE). The four newly elected NJHA directors were ...
August 12, 2022
Special thanks to the Donna Curry Memorial Scholarship donors and contributors. The Hereford Youth Foundation of America (HYFA) is built on the pillars of scholarship, leadership, education and research. Thanks to the army of HYFA ...
July 25, 2022
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Cody Jensen was honored on July 22 during the 2022 VitaFerm® Junior National Hereford Expo (JNHE) with the inaugural Bob Norton Excellence Award. The JNHE Banners in the Bluegrass, held in Louisville, ...
December 10, 2021
Front row (l to r): National Junior Hereford Association (NJHA) Board Member Luke Daniels; Butch Booker, Colfax, Wash.; HYFA Vice President, George Sprague; Patty Wolf, Valleyford, Wash.; American Hereford Association President, Bruce Everhart and NJHA ...
October 26, 2021
ictured (l to r) are George Sprague, HYFA Vice President and donor for the Bar One Scholarship, and Abigail Spindle, Moriarty, N.M. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — High achieving Hereford youth were awarded numerous scholarships sponsored ...
October 26, 2021
Pictured (l to r) are Kathy Buchholz, HYFA scholarship committee, Bryden Barber, Channing, Texas, scholarship recipient and Ray Ramsey, HYFA president. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — High achieving Hereford youth were awarded numerous scholarships during the ...
October 26, 2021
Pictured (back row l to r) are George Sprague, HYFA scholarship committee, Ray Ramsey, HYFA president, Bill King, HYFA board of directors, Regan Mitchem, Vale, N.C., Libby Rushton, Waverly, Tenn., Tar Tut, Faribault, Minn., Rusty ...
