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Owen, Dugger win champion Horned Hereford female titlesRanda Owen, Ft. Payne, Ala., took home national champion horned female honors at the ninth annual Junior National Hereford Expo, July 19 in Kansas City. Tyler Cates, Modoc, Ind., judged 701 owned heifers, including 181 horned females. In the championship drive Cates commented, "I admire your breed for being able to excel in many facets of the beef industry, whether it is commercial bulls, raising powerful females, or outstanding youth." The grand champion horned female, Purple Clover L25T, owned by Owen, is a March 2007 daughter of Purple Tonic 10M and showed with expected progeny differences (EPDs) of birth weight (BW) 2.7; weaning weight (WW) 48; yearling weight (YW) 76; milk (MM) 20; and milk and growth (M&G) 44. Grand champion horned female honors were sponsored by UMB Bank and the R.C. Kemper Charitable Trust, Kansas City, Mo., W-4 Ranch, Morgan, Texas, and Hoffman Herefords, McArthur, Calif. The reserve champion horned female went to Josh Dugger, Whitesboro, Texas, with CRR 420 Kelly 728. She is a February 2007 daughter of CRR D03 Shiner 420 ET and showed with EPDs of BW 4.9; WW 51; YW 76; MM 14; and M&G 39. Reserve grand champion horned was sponsored by The Stream Family, Chariton, Iowa, and Vita Ferm, St. Joseph, Mo. The premier breeder and exhibitor awards stayed in the Lone Star State with Kandi Knippa, Sequin, Texas, winning the junior premier breeder and exhibitor award and Texas junior members captured the State Group of 5. DeShazer Cattle Co., Hearne, Texas, claimed the adult premier breeder title and Star Lake Ranch, Skiatook, Okla., claimed breeder group of three. The 2008 VitaFerm Junior National Hereford Expo was sponsored in part by Biozyme Inc., St. Joseph, Mo., Fort Dodge Animal Health, Overland Park, Kan., and UMB Bank and the RC Kemper Charitable Trust, Kansas City, Mo. The NJHA is one of the most active junior programs in the country with approximately 3,000 members. The NJHA's mission is to create and promote enthusiasm for the breed while providing opportunities through leadership, education and teamwork. For more information about the NJHA, visit www.jrhereford.org. 8/11/08 Date: 8/7/08
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