October 29, 2024
Jalyn Davis, Maple Hill, Kan., was awarded the 2024 Gary Bishop Memorial Scholarship. Davis is a sophomore at Butler Community College where she is majoring in agribusiness and a member of the livestock judging team. She plans to transfer to Kansas State University and major in agricultural communications or marketing.
October 29, 2024
Gavin Rhode, Stewartsville, Mo., was awarded the 2024 Larson Polled Herefords Scholarship during the 2024 American Hereford Association (AHA) Annual Meeting and Conference in Kansas City, Mo., on Oct. 25. Rhode is a freshman at the University of Missouri majoring in agribusiness management.
October 29, 2024
Merry Family/MGM Memorial Scholarship Awarded to Mitchem Regan Mitchem, Vale, N.C., was awarded the 2024 Merry Family/MGM Memorial Scholarship. The Merry Family/MGM Memorial Scholarship of $2,500 is sponsored by HYFA and dedicated to students pursuing a degree in veterinary medicine, carrying on the legacy of Gordon and Marian Merry from Wisconsin.
October 29, 2024
Mason Collins, Lewisburg, Tenn., was awarded the Tennessee River Music Inc., Randy and Kelly Owen Scholarship. Collins is a senior at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, completing his degree in food and agriculture business. After college, Collins hopes to return to his fourth-generation family insurance, real estate and auction company and be involved in cattle marketing as a sale manager, consultant or cattle producer.
October 29, 2024
Salem Sifford, Goldvein, Va., was awarded the 2024 Bob and Lucy Kube Scholarship. Sifford is a junior at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University studying dairy science. She plans to pursue a master’s degree and then work in higher education as an associate professor and livestock judging coach.
October 29, 2024
Raney Anderson, Canyon City, Ore., was awarded the 2024 Whitehead Ranches Scholarship. Anderson is a sophomore at the College of Southern Idaho majoring in agricultural education with plans of continuing her education with a master’s degree. Her career goals include teaching agriculture and making an impact on the next generation.
October 29, 2024
Luke Daniels, Dalhart, Texas, and Ben Jensen, Courtland, Kan., were awarded the 2024 Ostgaard-Breiner Memorial Scholarships during the 2024 American Hereford Association (AHA) Annual Meeting and Conference in Kansas City, Mo., on Oct. 25.
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 26, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Matt Bruns, North Platte, Neb., and Tucker Rohrig, Orient, Iowa, were recently named 2024 Livestock Marketeers Scholarship recipients. Livestock Marketeers — an organization of livestock marketing professionals — awarded two scholarships ...
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 ...
