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2016—2017
Mid-Coast Santa Gertrudis Assn.
Board of Directors & Officers
President Allen Grainger
Vice-President Debbie Townsend
Secretary Allen Ginnard
Treasurer David Moran
Directors — 3 Year Term
Matt Kubena 979-373-1911
David Moran 979-251-0391
Gale Villanueva 979-549-7821
Delbert Walker 936-687-5800
Directors — 2 Year Term
Billy Eubanks 512-484-1776 [email protected]
Allen Grainger 979-337-4151
Patti Urbanosky Ermis 936-870-6410
Judy Wallace 979-324-5326
Directors — 1 Year Term
Joe Fauth 281-389-1852 [email protected]
Allen Ginnard 713-586-9978
John Kiker 979-219-0095
Debbie Townsend 979-541-4989
Official Publication of the Mid-Coast Santa Gertrudis
Breeders
February 2017
Well, there is a lot going on in the Santa Gertrudis world and the Mid-Coast Santa
Gertrudis Association. The board has been hard at work planning future activities for
our members. I hope you will become engaged in our association because this is
your association.
First up, the "International Super Sale" hosted by Mid-Coast, on March 10th at
6:00pm. The all video sale will be on the grounds at the Houston Livestock Show
and Rodeo, upstairs close to the International Room. Debbie Townsend, Patti Ur-
banosky-Ermis, and Richard Graham Hood of American Marketing Service have
worked extremely hard to make this the highlight sale of the year for the Santa Ger-
trudis breed. Mid-Coast will have a large booth space in the show barn for a gather-
ing spot during the show and sale. Please come see the exceptional offering of elite
genetics and enjoy some time with your fellow breeders. You might as well stick
around Houston for the Open Santa Gertrudis show which starts at 2:00pm on Satur-
day, March 11th in the NRG Center show arena.
Next on the list is the Norval and Anna Sells Mid-Coast Junior Show at the Wharton
County Fairgrounds on Saturday, May 6, 2017. The young breeders will have a meet-
ing to elect their junior officers for the ensuing year and will be laying down plans to
represent the Mid-Coast Association at Junior Nationals. This is a great place for
breeders and juniors to get acquainted, so I urge you to come out and see what a
great job these young people do representing you.
Our annual Mid-Coast "Cattleman's Opportunity Sale" and Annual meeting has found
a new home. The board decided to head to a more centralized location and selected
the William and Alton Allen Exposition Center in Hallettsville, Texas. Over the last few
years, it has been hard to secure the sale facility at the fairgrounds in Brenham be-
cause their fair has stretched out to encompass two weekends and the fair board
has decided to extend the unavailability period for another week either side of the
fair. Unfortunately, all other weekends either side of that are already booked, hence
our move to Hallettsville. If you have attended the Bluebonnet sale, you know this is
a great facility.
Matt Kubena is heading up the sale and will be getting consignment information out
very soon. We are going to make this a screened sale, so get your best ready to bring
to Hallettsville.
We are also laying down plans for a performance tested bull sale. Several ideas are
being discussed and you should hear something soon about our plan of action. If you
aren't aware of it, the Santa Gertrudis Bull market is getting hot. We are becoming a
true breed of choice for those seeking eared cattle.
Last, but not least, John Kiker and Delbert Walker are working on a field day. Details
will follow, so stay tuned.
That's about all for now. I look forward to seeing all of you in Houston!
Allen Grainger
President, Mid Coast Santa Gertrudis Association 979-337-4151
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From the Desk of …
John Ford,
SGBI Executive Director
I have taken a short break from packing the SGBI display and breed information for the Na-tional Cattlemen’s Beef Association Trade Show and Convention to write this article. So many positive things have happened during the last 90 days and I am eager to share recent suc-cesses with Midcoast members.
In late November I stopped at the Brazos Livestock Commission Co. in Bryan, Texas for the barn’s 19th Annual Commercial Replacement Female Sale. The second-high selling pen of pairs was a set of STAR 5s (SG x Here-ford) with ¾ Hereford calves at side. They brought $2750/pair. The high selling pen was a group of Tiger-stripe females with much larger calves at side. They brought $2,800/pair. For the most part, the majority of the cattle were black hided pairs and they sold anywhere from $250 to $850 lower than the STAR 5s. One month later, a pen of purebred Santa Gertrudis Females (30 days exposed) were the high selling pen at the Arizona National Commercial Replacement Female Sale. The heifers outsold the Supreme Champion Pen by $400/head. It is important to note the Champion Pen was a set of black hided cattle. The de-mand for red hided females in the desert Southwest is surpassing the supply.
In January, during the SGBI Carcass Quality Roundtable, held on the grounds of the Ft. Worth Stock Show, Tanner Pickett, JBS Five Rivers – Hartley Feeders, shared harvest data on 3,500 head of Santa Gertrudis and Santa Gertrudis influenced animals. The information Tanner provided is turning industry heads. Santa Gertrudis and Santa Gertrudis influenced cattle beat the plant average 8%-16% for Prime/Choice carcasses. For those not familiar with JBS Five Rivers, they are the largest global feeder. Not only is the data sound and creditable it was collected and shared by the world’s largest cattle feeder - now that is exciting!
I could go on and on, but time is limited. I need to head to Nashville for NCBA in time to see Dr. Kent Anderson’s presentation on the increased availability of DNA verified EPDs and the breeds that have adopted and utilize this technology. Yes, Santa Ger-trudis is one of the limited number of breeds that utilizes this cutting-edge genetic technology and Dr. Anderson will be sharing that information with NCBA Cattleman College attendees. It is an exciting time to be a Santa Gertrudis Breeders, let’s keep our foot on the gas!
Photo courtesy of SGBI Magazine
Heifer Carcass Data: Steer Carcass Data: 2016 total plant aver-
age:
Dressing % 64.7% Dressing % 64.3% Dressing % 63.7%
% Prime/Choice 78.7% % Prime/Choice 70.9% %Prime/Choice 62.3%
% Sub Select 00.6% % Sub Select 00.6% % Sub Select 3.0%
YG 1s & 2s 51.2% YG 1s & 2s 47.7% YG 1s & 2s 52.3%
YG 4s & 5s 7.1% YG 4s & 5s 6.5% YG 4s & 5s 7.8%
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Mid-Coast Santa Gertrudis Association Members/ Breeders: Have you ever considered advertising in the Santa Gertrudis USA magazine, but found that you’d benefit more from sharing an advertisement with other breeders? With Co-op advertising, you can take part as one of a team of six or twelve breeders to share the cost and print space with other interested breeders. We are canvassing our Mid-Coast membership on behalf of the Board of Directors to determine interest in co-op advertising. For more information, or to express an interest, please contact Allen or Karen Ginnard at 936-878-1825, or [email protected].
We need volunteers from our Association on the following dates and times:
• Thursday, March 9th – 9:00 a.m. – Staff/booth setup. (As many volunteers as we can get!)
• Friday, March 10th – 3:00 p.m. – Set up for aisle party. (3 to 5 volunteers)
• Friday, March 10th – 4:00 p.m. – Aisle party.• Friday, March 10th – 5:00 p.m. – Set up for Sale. (3 to 5 volunteers)• Saturday, March 11th – Tear down booth immediately following show.
We need volunteers from Thursday through Saturday to be available in the International Room and the cattle stalls.
We need Spanish-speaking volunteers for the International Room.
We might also have a need for volunteers to bring their shovels, wheelbarrows, and a broom!
If you can help, please call Debbie Townsend at (979) 541-4989, or
Patti Urbanosky-Ermis at (936) 870-6410
Mid-Coast Santa Gertrudis Association needs volunteers to help at HLSR!
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Hello Jr. Mid-Coast members I hope y’all had a great first major at Fort Worth and
are looking forward to San Antonio and Houston. We had quite a few members
show at Fort Worth and do very well in their respective classes. Congratulations
to all who showed! It was great seeing everyone.
We are in the process of planning a get together for the Houston show and will
post information as it becomes available on our Facebook page. Hope to see y’all
there!
Don’t forget to pay your dues! Also, if you haven’t already done so, Madison and
Parker need your information for the scrapbook, as well as pictures. Please send
this in as soon as possible.
Mark your calendar for the Norval and Anna Sells Mid-Coast show. It will be held
on Saturday, May 6th. We are still planning details.
Remember to be safe on your trips, and have fun!
Sincerely,
Emaline Robinson, Jr. President
Mid-Coast Jr. News February 2017
Upcoming Events
March 9th-12th - HLSR Open Show - Show will be Saturday, March 11th at 2:00 p.m. - West Arena - Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo facility in Houston, TX March 16th-19th - HLSR Junior Show - Show will be Sunday, March 19th at 8:00 a.m. - West Arena - Hou-ston Livestock Show and Rodeo facili-ty in Houston, TX
April 1st - 2017 Mid-Coast Jun-ior Scholarship Applications Due May 6th - Mid-Coast Junior Meeting and Norval & Anna Sells Show June 10 -17th - 2017 National Junior Santa Gertrudis Show; Lake Charles, LA
Graduating Seniors!! The Mid-Coast Santa Gertrudis Association
scholarship application is now available on the Mid-Coast website at (midcoastsantagertrudis.com)!! Start your application process now! Due April 1, 2017!!! For information, call: Joe Fauth (281) 389-1852
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Mid-Coast Junior Association Scrapbook
We need your HELP to make the Mid-Coast Junior scrapbook a reality. PLEASE send information SOON!
In order to get a jump-start on the Mid-Coast Junior Association Scrapbook for completion and judging at the
NJSGHS in Louisiana in June, we would like to start now! We would like you to complete some biographical
information for us and send in several photos as soon as possible so that we can create a junior page for
each exhibitor in Mid-Coast. We hope to create a template page that we input all this information into and then make a collage of your pic-
tures around the templated information. We welcome any suggestions on how to make the scrapbook the best it can bet!
THIS IS A PROJECT FOR EACH MEMBER! We need your help to make this successful. Each person in Mid-Coast will be highlighted and it is a
team project to make it a great book for National competition in Louisiana!
So, please send the following information in as soon as possible for each junior member-
You can fill this out by writing in information OR typing/emailing/scanning and sending to us!
Name
Birthday/age
Hometown
Parents/Grandparents/Guardian
Siblings
School/Grade in school
4-H or FFA
How many years been member of Mid-Coast?
Number of years showing Santa Gertrudis?
Cattle information-
Names of current heifers being shown
Current year awards and accomplishments (June 2016-June 2017)
Other-
Other organizations involved in
Favorite pastimes/other interests/hobbies
Goals
Favorite quote
Any other biographical information you wish to share.
Also, please plan to share 4-5 pictures of you with your heifers, a school picture, family photo or pictures of your other affiliations to be used
on YOUR page!
ADDITIONAL PAGES for scrapbook – we would also like to highlight shows and activities that Mid-Coast members have been involved in as a
group (county fairs, major shows, field days, other cattle events)
If you have been to any events, please send in a report (where, when, who, what you did, etc.) so we can showcase the events you are in-
volved in. We welcome newspaper articles/clippings and photos from these events. Any photos from Nationals 2016 or any other cattle
shows that have happened since June 2016 or will happen in the spring, PLEASE send. We will begin to compile this information and hope
to have a majority of it completed by Mid-Coast show in April and then just add to it to finish up the book by June. Please work on this now
so it won’t be a last minute rush!
Please send all information to:
Parker Mason or Madison Moran
Parker email address – [email protected]
Courtney Mason (979-255-3339)
Madison email address – [email protected]
Christy Moran (979-203-0433)
If you would like to put this information or photos to put in scrapbook in the MAIL, please send to
Moran Family, 2704 Chase Street, Brenham, Texas 77833
Thanks for your help in making the Mid-Coast Scrapbook project possible and successful. We need you!
Look forward to seeing you soon,
Parker and Madison
Mid-Coast Junior Reporters
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For more information about the National Junior Santa Gertrudis Show, contact Amber Robertson at 337-377-9720 with questions.
Follow on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/2017NJSGS/
In the Spotlight By Landon Stem, Mid-Coast Junior Vice President
Getting to know Macie Villanueva… Age: 9 Years Showing: 2 Favorite memory? Getting adopted. What is your favorite song? “Cruz” by Florida Georgia Line What is your favorite color? Turquoise What is your favorite memory from Na-tionals? Getting to go to the beach in Florida, and winning my awards at the ban-quet.
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2016-2017 Mid-Coast Jr. Officers, Queen and Princess!!
President: Emaline Robinson Vice President: Landon Stem Secretary: Trey Stegint Reporters: Madison Moran and Parker Mason
Junior Advisor: David Moran (979) 251-0391
https://www.facebook.com/midcoastsantagertrudis
or... Look on our Association website Home Page at http://midcoastsantagertrudis.com
Don’t forget to look for us on our Facebook site...
Don’t forget that your 2017 Mid-Coast Junior Membership renewal
is due!
Renew now to ensure eligibility
for Junior Show entries!
Note: It was announced at the Mid-Coast annual meeting that the Junior Officers will now serve their
terms from the time of the Mid-Coast annual meeting to the next annual meeting, which is the same timing
as the adult Board Members and Officers.
Queen: Heather Stenson Princess: Madison Moran
Renew on-line on the Membership page at
http://midcoastsantagertrudis.com!
The Mid-Coast Santa Gertrudis Juniors would like to welcome the following NEW Junior members to our Association in 2017:
Skylar Doherty Shelby Ferguson Ryan Hachtel Dawson Moran Jimmie Randall Blair Watz Taylor Watz
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All members have the opportunity to advertise by placing your business card in our newsletter for a nominal fee of
$60.00 per year. A form for 2017 participants is on our Mid-Coast Santa Gertrudis Association website.
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Mid-Coast Brand Ads
www.bierifarms.com
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Mid-Coast Santa Gertrudis Association Karen Ginnard, Editor 15300 McCraven School Rd. Washington, TX 77880
Coming Events
2017 Visit us at: www.midcoastsantagertrudis.com
March 10th - Mid-Coast Santa Gertrudis Association Aisle Party and Super Sale Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo facility in Houston, TX March 11th - Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Santa Gertrudis Show Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo facility in Houston, TX March 25th - Santa Gertrudis Bluebonnet Classic Sale; Halletsville, TX Mar 30/Apr 1st - SGBI Annual Meeting; Tyler, TX April 1st - Junior Scholarship Applications Due May 6th - Norval & Anna Sells Show / Mid-Coast Junior Mtg June 10 -17th - 2017 National Junior Santa Gertrudis Show; Lake Charles, LA Sept. 15 -16th - 2017 Mid-Coast SG Annual Meeting and Cattleman’s Opportunity Sale; Halletsville, TX