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Minnesota Youth Beef Experience Program (MYBEP)
The Minnesota Youth Beef Experience Program (MYBEP) awarded heifer calves to seven FFA and 4-H youth. Each winner is responsible for raising, breeding and maintaining complete records on care of the animal while providing monthly progress reports to the original owner and the Minnesota Beef Expo. Failure to adequately follow these requirements during the course of the year when it is owned in partnership may cause the program participant to forfeit their ownership of the animal.
We received 50 entries for the fifth year of the Minnesota Youth Beef Experience Program. This overwhelming response is a tribute to youth who wish to pursue a future in the beef industry.
Heifers were awarded at the 7th Annual Supreme Sale Female & Steer Selection Dinner on
Saturday, October 17th. The 2009 recipients were:
Jacob Halloway from Fertile, MN receives the Angus heifer donated by Scheel Angus Inc.,
Larry Scheel of New Richmond, WI on behalf of the Minnesota Angus Association.
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Reid Oftedahl from Pemberton, MN receives the Charolais heifer donated by Stony Brook Livestock, Larry & Cathy Balvitsch of Foley, MN on behalf of the MN/WI Charolais Association.
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Brady Akerson from Pennock, MN receives the Hereford heifer donated
by Delaney Herefords Inc., Jerry Delaney & Family of Lake Benton, MN
on behalf of the Minnesota Hereford Association.
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Megan Witt from Mabel, MN receives the Limousin heifer donated by the Cripple Creek
Cattle Co., Ed Bergler of Dakota, MN on behalf of the Minnesota Limousin Association.
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Amanda Schmidt from Alexandria, MN receives the Shorthorn heifer donated by
JDMC Cattle Co., Cody Nelson, Jeff Morris, and Doug Bruns of Renville, MN
on behalf of the Minnesota Shorthorn Association.
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Katherine Steffl from Sleepy Eye, MN receives the Simmental heifer donated by Krueger Simmentals, Paul Krueger of Hastings, MN on behalf of the Minnesota Simmental Association.
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Dakota McClendon from Richville, MN receives the South Devon heifer donated by
the Northern States South Devon Association, Bay City, WI.
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An eighth heifer was donated for a drawing during the MYBEP seminar on Thursday night on behalf of the Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association
Kayla Mulhern from Fountain, MN receives the MYBEP SEMINAR heifer
donated by the Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association.
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An achievement award was presented to Megan Schoenbauer from New Prague, MN. She received the 2008 Minnesota Youth Beef Experience Program Charolais heifer donated by Highview Charolais Farm; Doug, Carter & Mike Feuchtenberger of Morris, MN on behalf of the MN/WI Charolais Association. She received this award for her excellence in management, record keeping, communication to her sponsor and improvement in beef showmanship over the past year.
The purpose of this program is to aid youth in getting a start in the beef cattle business by awarding heifer calves to program participants on the basis of merit, need, future goals and ability to care for the animal. Any youth aged 12 to 16 who is a 4-H or FFA member may apply. Be sure to check back next spring for additional details for the 2010 MYBEP application!
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CLICK HERE to meet the generous sponsors for the
2009 Minnesota Youth Beef Experience Program.
MYBEP Participants Visit U of M
The U of M Beef Team, U of M Meat Lab, Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association, and Minnesota Beef Expo hosted an educational workshop at the U of M for 80 youth and parents who applied for the Minnesota Youth Beef Experience Program (MYBEP).
Beef Team members Ryon Walker, Grant Crawford, Lori Schott, Eric Sonnek, Ryan Cox, and the U of M Meat Lab Supervisor, Pete Nelson, planned the educational portion of the event in association with Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association member Dar Geiss.
The workshop, which took place at the Andrew Boss Meat Lab on the St. Paul Campus, focused on management strategies, facilities, nutrition and carcass evaluation.
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