What's Going On Wednesday: June 7, 2016

There's a lot of national blue and corn gold floating around the office this week. That's right- it's FFA Convention week in Montgomery, and the Cattlemen's is proud to participate each year. Find your black slacks and blue corduroy jackets and keep reading to find out what's going on at the ACA this week. 

2016 FFA Convention Events

Wall of Honor Luncheon
The ACA is proud to host the 2016 FFA Wall of Honor Luncheon in the Cattlemen's Building. Seven new inductees will find their place on the FFA Wall of Honor. Later that afternoon, Dr. Powell will give his Treasurer's report at the FFA Foundation meeting and will be introduced as a past state officer during that evening's meeting. 

FFA Proficiency Awards
ACA President Bill Lipscomb and SLE President Thomas Ellis are pleased to join us in Montgomery to present the Beef and Livestock Judging Proficiency Awards on Thursday morning. 

FFA Trade Show
ACA Director of Social Media and Communications Kayla Greer and Intern Madison Tew are excited to spend Wednesday and Thursday at the FFA Trade Show alongside other ag commodities and businesses from the state. Come by and visit them if you're there. They'll be promoting the Round-Up, the AJCA and taking names for an "I Love Beef" gift basket drawing! 

Membership Report

The membership number of the day is 10,858 members of the ACA. Don't forget our John Deere Gator drawing sponsored by John Deere, SunSouth, Tri-Green Equipment and Snead Ag. For every new member you recruit, your name and the new member's name will go in the drawing. ACA members also have the opportunity to purchase more chances to win by calling ACA at 334-265-1867.

SASDA Meeting

Dr. Powell spent his Sunday and Monday with the Southern Association of State Departments of Agriculture. Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture John McMillan serves as president this year and invited Dr. Powell to speak at their Monday morning meeting. He spoke to 15 different states agricultural leaders on the Alabama beef industry and the impact of the checkoff dollars used to answer the question, "Where does my food come from?" 

AJCA Round-Up

Want to know more about the AJCA Round-Up? Well you can know TODAY! All information for this year's show is available on our website, including links to registration! Don't forget, you must be a paid AJCA member in order to compete in the Round-Up. Join Today

Learn more, sign up and get ready for the 10th annual AJCA Round-Up to be held July 21-24 at Garrett Coliseum in Montgomery. We can't wait to see all our favorite Juniors, and they'll want to be there because Round-Up Coordinator Madison Tew has ordered some amazing prizes! 

Summer Grillin' With the Beef Girl

On Thursday, Director of Checkoff Programs Erin Beasley will be taping summer grilling segments with the folks from local TV show “Time of Your Life." The recipes that will be featured are Old South Burgers, Grilled Ribeyes with BBQ Rub and Citrus-Marinated Kabobs. These segments will air each week leading up to the big Fourth of July holiday.

Sysco Summer Promotion

Retail Promotion starts this weekend in Birmingham! The beef checkoff will fund the summer grilling contest with independent-Birmingham retailer, Western Supermarkets. This contest awards the stores that have the best summer grilling decorations and sell the most beef this weekend through the Fourth of July holiday. Each year, this contest generates a large increase in beef sales for Western. We are excited to see the results again this year!

 BamaBeef.org - Under Construction!

Grad your hard hat before visiting Kayla's office. The new

BamaBeef.org is OFFICIALLY under construction with a completion date set at none other than the August Board Meeting. 

Get excited as this new streamlined website will offer all the user-friendly functions of a modern site with a good, old-fashioned look! The plan is for it to become your #1 resource to anything related to Alabama's Beef Cattle Industry. 

Kayla and Erin met with their "coach" at the website designer to talk layout, design features, themes and functions this week. Kayla will begin training in the next week or two and will begin building the new site from the ground up after that! Stay tuned. 

Don't Miss Your Chance to Advertise!

The July issue of the Alabama Cattleman offers you the opportunity to maximize your advertising dollars and target your audience with this special magazine issue.

Since 1958, cattle producers have used this informative publication to help keep them abreast of industry happenings and learn about managing their business. Our readers are one of the largest purchasers of equipment, fencing materials, bulls, replacement heifers, semen, animal health supplies, chemicals, guns, ATV’s, boots, farmland and so much more. 

The July issue will be a special one, as it will be mailed to over 17,000 cattle producers and industry-related individuals across the state including the 12,000 members of the ACA. This special issue will include numerous educational feature articles and will be used as a reference for months to come. Please contact Nicky to reserve your space in the July issue by June 10th! 

The MOOseum

The MOOseum is buzzing with activity from summer daycares and is ready and waiting from your family to come learn and play! 

Learn about beef cattle, sit on saddles, play in Cowboy Slim's kitchen and dress up like a rough-and-tumble cowboy for the afternoon. 

Book a tour for groups or just walk on in for individual families. We are located at 201 S. Bainbridge Street Montgomery, AL 36104. Got questions? Call 265-1867 or email Jessica.

Miscellaneous News

• President Zippy Duvall of the American Farm Bureau stopped by for a visit at the ACA Building this morning. He's good friends with Past ACA President Jimmy Holliman! 
• The agenda is being made for the upcoming joint meeting of the ACA Executive Committee and the Alabama Cattlemen's Foundation Board. Just as a reminder, that meeting will be held June 21 at Sysco in Calera. 

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