2012 ACA Convention March 30-31

Earlier this month, ACA staff and volunteer leaders from around North Alabama met in Huntsville to discuss plans for the 2012 ACA Convention & Trade Show to be held March 30-31 at the Von Braun Center in the Rocket City.

For more information on the 2012 convention, check out its page on bamabeef.org by clicking here. Vendor and sponsor details are already online and the official schedule and program are coming soon.

Be sure to mark your calendar for Friday and Saturday, March 30-31, to be with us in Huntsville for the 2012 ACA Convention.

Below are pictures from the walk-through of the facility:

Bull Sale Season is Here

Each Fall, cattlemen congregate to a number of bull sales all around the state of Alabama. These events offer not only the opportunity to add the best in beef genetics to your herd, but also the chance to visit with your fellow cattlemen. The stories of the summer's hay harvest and calf marketing along with the trials of securing fertilizer and fuel are often shared with a sale catalog in hand.

Have you been to a sale already? If so, please share a few pictures on the Facebook wall of the Alabama Cattlemen's Association. You can visit ACA's page by clicking here. While you're there, join the ranks of the 750+ members of our Facebook group.

Haven't been but would like to? Check out The Alabama Cattleman magazine and see all the ads on upcoming bull and replacement female sales (these really are some of the best in the country).

In the meantime, please enjoy these pictures from a recent sale hosted by 1988 Alabama Cattlemen's Association President Buck Compton in Nanafalia, AL. Remember, please share your own pictures on our Facebook wall.

Scenes from the AL National Fair

Each year, the Alabama National Fair hosts one of the state's largest junior beef cattle shows. Young people come to Montgomery from across the state to show their steers and heifers and also compete in showmanship and the Supreme Competitor contest. Below are scenes from this year's junior show:

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Great County Chapter Fundraiser

The Lowndes County Cattlemen's Association recently held a fundraiser in Hope Hull to raise money for the county's scholarship fund. Board members organized a barrel racing and team roping with participants coming from around the region to compete for trophy buckles and cash awards. If you'd like help in getting more activities started in your county, please contact the Alabama Cattlemen's Association. Below are scenes from the event.

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Alabama's Best Burger - Top 5 Announced

Five restaurants in four Alabama cities have been voted as serving one of the best burgers in Alabama through an online contest hosted by the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association. The contest, titled “Alabama’s Best Burger”, drew more than 800 voters. After counting the ballots cast from July through September, the five top vote-getters were announced yesterday on the Facebook page of the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association.

“We have really been overwhelmed with the response this contest has drawn. People love beef and they love hamburgers,” says Erin Beasley, Consumer Marketing Director for the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association.

Over the course of the next month, judges will visit each of the five finalists to sample their wares and crown the champion restaurant in the “Alabama’s Best Burger” contest. The finalists include:

- Callaghan’s Irish Pub, Mobile
- The Stockyard Grill, Montgomery
- Hamburger King, Montgomery
- Rattlesnake Saloon, Tuscumbia
- Mugshots, Tuscaloosa

The “Alabama’s Best Burger” contest is part of a larger effort to celebrate October as Beef Month in Alabama. Following a proclamation signed by Governor Robert Bentley designating it as such, the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association will ramp up its beef promotion efforts to put America’s #1 protein in front of consumers in a variety of ways.

“From the Rick & Bubba Show to tailgate promotions at the University of Alabama and Auburn University, we’re putting beef front and center with consumers during the month of October. We want folks to know that beef is wholesome and nutritious, and it’s the product of hard working cattlemen right here in Alabama,” says Beasley.

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October is Beef Month in Alabama

"Beef Month" has kicked off in Alabama. Each year, the Alabama Cattlemen's Association uses the month of October to ramp up its promotion efforts and keep beef on the minds of consumers across the state. Below is a video from the first promotion event of the month, the 2011 Montgomery Half Marathon.

For more information on upcoming promotion events, visit the ACA Cattlemen's Calendar.

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