The month of April not only brings warm weather and green grass, but it comes packed with beef checkoff activities leading into summer grilling season! Beef 101, cookoffs, farm tours...all kinds of educational events about our favorite protein, beef, are on the horizon for this busy month!
While that keeps the checkoff staffers busy, other members of the ACA staff are also staying busy to keep up with the many hats of the Alabama Cattlemen's Association. Keep reading to learn more about what's going on around the ACA this week!
Membership
On Monday, ACA leadership hosted a conference call with the regional vice presidents to makes plans for wrapping up membership. We're off to a great start with 10,572 members and 16 "Over the Top" counties, but a number of counties are lagging behind. The RVPs will be contacting their assigned county presidents this week about plans to get in the 2400 non-renewed members. Another conference call will be held on Monday, April 18 to report on the results.Get out and get recruiting; not only will it help the state association, but it could win you some awesome prizes. Just in case you need some incentive to get out and recruit, check out these prizes:
- 5 new members – ACA cap and knife
- 15 new members – ACA shirt
- 25 new members – ACA vest
- 35 new members – ACA Red/Black jacket
- 50 new members - $250
Top Hand Club sponsored by Alabama Ag Credit and Alabama Farm Credit
Just in case you need some more incentive in your recruiting efforts, let your non-renewed friends and neighbors know this! The April Alabama Cattleman magazine is the LAST magazine you'll get if you do not renew by April 15, and if you renew now online, you'll get a package in the mail from us with some nifty ACA gadgets and gizmos such as a hat, iWallet and other goodies. Don't miss out- renew today!
Also, don't forget our John Deere Gator drawing sponsored by John Deere, SunSouth, Tri-Green Equipment, Snead Ag. For every new member you recruit, your name and the new members names go in the drawing. ACA members also have the opportunity to purchase more chances to win by calling ACA at 334-265-1867.
Alabama Jr. and Sr. High School Beef Cookoff
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| Lucas Jones of Chilton County took "Best of Beef" with these delicious Honey Sriracha Beef Kabobs |
county winners from across the state. While the panel of judges spent Saturday morning dolling over the hard task of tasting all the outstanding dishes, the students enjoyed presentations on careers in the beef/meat industry and learned about the carcass fabrication process.
Once the deliberation was over, the winners were announced:
Overall Best of Beef- Lucas Jones of Jemison HS with Honey Sriracha Beef Kabobs
Junior South Division
1st Place
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Chilton County
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Lucas Jones
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Jemison HS
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Honey Siracha Beef Kabobs
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2nd Place
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Clarke County
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Allison Sherman
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Jackson HS
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Alli's Luscious Ribs
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3rd Place
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Baldwin County
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Grace Ellison
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Robertsdale HS
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Surprise Burgers
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Junior North Division
1st Place
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Blount County
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Brianna Stutts
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Appalachian HS
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Cheeseburger Eggrolls
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2nd Place
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Etowah County
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Marshall Thomas
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West End HS
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Grandma's Goulash
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3rd Place
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Calhoun County
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Travis Atchley
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Pleasant Valley HS
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Juciy Luicy
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Senior South Division
1st Place
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Elmore County
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Kayla Taylor
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Holtville HS
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Roast Beef Brisket with a Savory Sauce
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2nd Place
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Coffee County
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Ruben Cortes
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Enterprise HS
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Beef & Couscous Stuffed Bell Pepers
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3rd Place
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Lee County
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Megan Lange
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Auburn HS
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Rosemary & Garlic Roast Beef
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Senior North Division
1st Place
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Chilton county
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Jarrett Price
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Thorsby HS
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Smoked Flank Steak with Chipotle Butter
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2nd Place
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Morgan County
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Krissa Farmer
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Austin HS
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Stuffed Flank Steak
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3rd Place
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Madison County
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Renita Harris
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New Centry Techology HS
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Taco Soup
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If you'd like a picture of your county's winner, contact Kayla.
Alabama Dietetic Association RD Day
ACA's Dr. Billy Powell and Erin Beasley welcomed members of the Alabama Dietetic Association to the building this morning, followed by an overview of the Alabama beef cattle industry by Dr. Powell. The group left from here and headed to Capitol Hill for the day.Culinary Students to CK Cattle
Erin Beasley, Dr. Billy Powell and Kayla Greer spent the majority of the day today with 40 Trenholm State Culinary students at CK Cattle in Hope Hull. Bradfield Evans and Charlie Madaris, the third generation part of CK Cattle, are recent graduates of the Young Cattlemen's Leadership program. Along with touring Alabama cattle operations and receiving leadership training, the graduates were encouraged to pursue a project that encompassed the teachings of the YCLP curriculum.Bradfield and Charlie hit one out of the park as they hosted an incredible tour of their operation and explained the pasture side of the "pasture to plate" process. They covered industry hot topics like animal welfare, handling, antibiotics and hormones, allowed the students to get up close to cattle, explained their herd feeding plan and explained the multiple ways of tracing cattle, including EID tags. These two young cattlemen led an awesome tour to the receptive culinary students.
Special thanks to the folks at CK Cattle for a great tour, good food and some beautiful scenery for the day! Great job, Bradfield and Charlie!
Alabama Legislative Update
Dr. Powell hopped off the bus from CK Cattle just in time to change into his suit and dress boots and head to the State House for a meeting with several Alabama senators.The Senate will meet tomorrow for the 20th day, which will leave them with 10 legislative days, and the General Fund budget has already passed into law. The "talk" is that they may try to get out early, but they have to be done by May 16 by law. We are staying vigilant on watching legislative action as there will be many bills introduced in the last days in an attempt to squeeze them through.
Bama's Best Beef
We kicked off a springtime beef promotion on Monday that highlights Alabama's unique beef dishes. Using the power of social media to drive the contest and by promoting it to Alabama's restaurants and chefs, we've started to receive nominations of those not-so-average beef dishes made and served right here in Alabama. We've got our eyes set on all those unconventional, yet delicious, beef dishes!
If you know of a beef dish from an Alabama restaurant that fits the bill, nominate them here.
Youth BQA
Erin and Dr. Powell will be
meeting with Jacob Davis and Andy Chamness from the State FFA office on
Thursday to discuss the Youth BQA programs achievements for the 2015-2016
school year. So far, over 250 agriscience students have completed the
Youth BQA online training this school year. We will work with Jacob and
Andy to coordinate an awards presentation to certified students and teachers
this summer at the state Agriscience conference in Birmingham.
Busy April Full of Beef: 101
Next month, we will hold 4 of these programs with various influencer groups across the state to learn about beef from “Pasture to Plate." We would like to invite our Board members to attend. Your role in this program is to interact with participants who are “non-cattle” folks so that they leave the program with a bright outlook on our industry.Here are the dates and groups. We have 5 seats at each program
- April 13th- Moody HS and Lawson State Culinary School
- April 19th- Faulkner State Culinary, Wood Fruitticher Foodservice Sales Team Leadership
- April 25th- Trenholm State Culinary
- April 29th- Jeff State Culinary, McAdory Middle School culinary students, American Culinary Federation chefs
YCLP Class III
County Presidents, applications are out now for the Young Cattlemen's Leadership Program- Class III. Send us your nominations asap as the first meeting will be held May 11 in Montgomery. We look forward to another great year with Alabama's young cattle producers. Get the applicationAg Econ Interviews
We are pleased to report that Dr. Dea Cue Fields, the chair of the Agricultural Economics Department at Auburn, has invited ACA leadership to participate in the final interviews of the three candidates in the running to replace Dr. Walter Prevatt. All three candidates come with outstanding resumes, and we are excited and honored to be part of the process.Trip to D.C.
Dr. Billy Powell, ACA President Bill Lipscomb and President-Elect Richard Meadows are finalizing their plans for their trip to Washington D.C. next week. While there, the trio will join with 30 other state cattlemen's associations to attend the Spring Legislative Conference. This trip will provide our state cattlemen's representatives with the opportunity to go on office visits with Alabama's congressional delegation!
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