Briarwood Angus
Farms, Butler, Mo., Purchases the 2012 Angus Foundation Heifer Package for
$65,000
Proceeds from the sale
of SydGen Buena 9511 and her heifer calf, SydGen Foundation Buena, at the
National Western Stock Show benefit the Angus Foundation’s education, youth and
research endeavors.
Dr. Curtis and Ann Long of Briarwood Angus Farms, Butler,
Mo., bid $65,000 on Jan. 11 to purchase the 2012 Angus Foundation Heifer,
donated by Eddie and Connie Sydenstricker, owners of Sydenstricker Genetics of
Mexico, Mo. More than $1.5 million has been raised from this Angus Foundation
fundraising activity since its inception in 1980.
The heifer package was auctioned during the National Western
Stock Show in Denver, Colo., with all proceeds benefiting the Angus Foundation,
the not-for-profit affiliate of the American Angus Association®
(AAA) that funds and supports programs involving education, youth and research
for the Angus breed and agricultural industry.
This is the second year in a row that Briarwood Angus Farms
has purchased the Angus Foundation Heifer Package. Last year, it purchased the
package for $50,000. Omega Farms of Williamston, Mich., was the 2012 contending
bidder, among other Angus breeders who bid on the package.
“One can only be humbled by the generosity of our Angus
Foundation Heifer Package donors, Eddie and Connie Sydenstricker, and buyers,
Curtis and Ann Long,” says Milford Jenkins, Angus Foundation president. “Their
charitable support, as with that of all of our generous supporters during the
year through the wide array of fundraising activities we offer, is genuinely
appreciated as every dollar our organization invests in education, youth and
research for the benefit of the Angus breed can be traced back to a
contribution to the Angus Foundation.”
As an added bonus to this year’s Angus Foundation Heifer
Package, the heifer calf carried a special incentive for purchase. At the 2011
Angus Foundation Supporter Recognition Event in Louisville, Ky., AAA
registration No. 17 million was purchased for $10,000 by David and Mary Ann
McMahon, of Belle Point Ranch, Lavaca, Ark. McMahon, an enthusiastic supporter
of the Angus Foundation, generously donated the elite registration number to
the heifer calf.
SydGen Buena 9511 sold bred to SydGen Googol, the $25,000
top-selling bull of the 2011 SydGen production sale. The maternal brother to
the popular docility leader SydGen CC&7 is sired by one of the breed’s top
$B sires, DAAR Infinity 313.
In addition to the cow-calf pair, Briarwood Angus Farms will
receive 30 days of free insurance from American Live Stock Insurance Co.,
Geneva, Ill.; free transportation to the buyer’s ranch provided by Lathrop
Livestock Transportation, Dundee, Ill.; and an Advanced Reproductive Technology
Package from Trans Ova Genetics, Sioux Center, Iowa.
“I’d also like to extend a special thank you to American
Live Stock Insurance, Lathrop Livestock Transportation and Trans Ova Genetics
for the generous contributions they made to the successful sale of this year’s
heifer package,” Jenkins says.
For more information about the Angus Foundation, the sale of
the heifer package or the campaign, contact Jenkins at 816-383-5100 or mjenkins@angusfoundation.org.
The Angus Foundation was
established in 1980 as a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization to support Angus
education, youth and research. To learn more about the Angus Foundation and the
programs it supports, call the American Angus Association® at
816-383-5100 or go to www.angusfoundation.org.
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