Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Association

Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Association Michelle Elmore, BCIA Manager 40 County Road 756 Clanton, AL 35045 (205) 646-0115 (205) 646-3607 (fax)

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The Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Foundation (ALBCIF) is sponsoring a fund raising event “An Alabama Summer Evening at the Ball Park,” which is a 3-part raffle for a chance to win 4 tickets to either a Huntsville Stars, Montgomery Biscuits, or Mobile Bay Bears game on Saturday, July 19 at 7:05 PM. This is essentially 3 raffles, as there will be a drawing for a winner for each of the 3 locations. Tickets are just $5.00 each and the individual who buys a raffle ticket chooses their game location. The winning tickets will be drawn on Monday, July 14 and winners will be notified. Wouldn’t you & your family or friends love to spend a summer evening relaxing at the ball park watching a Huntsville Stars, Montgomery Biscuits, or Mobile Bay Bears game? The ALBCIF Board of Directors is asking you to help us in either purchasing or selling raffle tickets for this fun event. An informational flyer and ten raffle tickets are attached. Please send all purchased raffle tickets to Michelle Elmore by Friday, July 11. She will draw the winning tickets for each of the 3 locations on Monday, July 14 and notify the winners. The 4 tickets to each game will be for the best seats available. For the Huntsville Stars, who will play the Tennessee Smokies, seats will be lower level box seats. For the Montgomery Biscuits, who will play the Birmingham Barons, seats will be Super Box seats. For the Mobile Bay Bears, who will play the Chattanooga Lookouts, seats will be Third Base Stadium Club tickets. All proceeds of this fund raiser will go to benefit the ALBCIF and its mission “to educate & facilitate the utilization of performance principles for the cattle industry.” Thank your for your generous efforts for the ALBCIF. Your support will help to move our organization and our industry forward into the future. It is the goal of the ALBCIF to support performance educational programs, research, and activities. Thank you for your help in reaching our fund raising goal and accomplishing the mission of the ALBCIF! Click here for the Fundraiser flyer(pdf) Click here for Fundraiser Raffle Tickets(pdf) Alabama BCIA Announces the Establishment of the ALBCIF! Click here for the ALBIF brochure (pdf) Spring 2008 Newsletter.....click here to open pdf file Breaking News Alabama BCIA Announces New Genetic Verified Heifer Sales The Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Association (BCIA) is offering a new marketing opportunity to cattle producers across the state with the announcement of the BCIA Genetic Verified Commercial Heifer Sales. The sales will target open and also bred heifers with genetic documentation, group age, and source information. Sale dates for the 2008-09 BCIA sale season will be Friday, November 14 at the Alabama Livestock Auction in Uniontown to be held along with the 2008 Fall Round Up Bull Sale and on Friday, February 27 at Montgomery Stockyards in Montgomery to be held along with the 2009 EPD Bull Sale. The November Genetic Verified Commercial Heifer Sale held will feature both open and bred heifers, while the sale held in February will feature open heifers. Heifers must be sired by a properly registered bull that is transferred to the owner of the heifers. The registration number of the bull or bulls must be provided at consignment to the sale. For bred heifers, a properly registered service sire is also required by providing a registration number. Allowance for breeding systems using artificial insemination, leased bulls, and heifer calves resulting from the purchase of a bred heifer will be permissible with documentation. Groups of heifers are encouraged for consignment, but singles will not be excluded. Heifers should be vaccinated and boostered for 7-way blackleg (Clostridial diseases), 5-way Leptospirosis, and IBR-PI3-BVD-BRSV (respiratory complex). All open heifers must also be weaned at least 30 days prior to the sale and must have an average minimum weight per day of age (WDA) of 1.5 lbs. Open heifers will be guaranteed open, and bred heifers will be guaranteed bred (at a minimum of 60 days) at the sale with documentation from a veterinarian at delivery. Bred heifers must also have an average minimum weight of 850 lbs. All heifers must have never been implanted with any growth stimulants. The new BCIA Genetic Verified Commercial Heifer Sales will provide Alabama cattle producers an avenue to expand their marketing of replacement heifers with genetic verification. It is another opportunity offered by Alabama BCIA to expand their mission of serving the state beef cattle industry. For more information, please contact Michelle Elmore, Extension Animal Scientist/Beef Cattle Improvement, at (205) 646-0115. Click here for a complete list of requirements.

Local & National Cattle Industry News Items

ALBCIF Fundraiser!!

The Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Foundation (ALBCIF) is sponsoring a fund raising event “An Alabama Summer Evening at the Ball Park,” which is a 3-part raffle for a chance to win 4 tickets to either a Huntsville Stars, Montgomery Biscuits, or Mobile Bay Bears game on Saturday, July 19 at 7:05 PM. This is essentially 3 raffles, as there will be a drawing for a winner for each of the 3 locations. Tickets are just $5.00 each and the individual who buys a raffle ticket chooses their game location. The winning tickets will be drawn on Monday, July 14 and winners will be notified.

Wouldn’t you & your family or friends love to spend a summer evening relaxing at the ball park watching a Huntsville Stars, Montgomery Biscuits, or Mobile Bay Bears game? The ALBCIF Board of Directors is asking you to help us in either purchasing or selling raffle tickets for this fun event. An informational flyer and ten raffle tickets are attached. Please send all purchased raffle tickets to Michelle Elmore by Friday, July 11. She will draw the winning tickets for each of the 3 locations on Monday, July 14 and notify the winners.

The 4 tickets to each game will be for the best seats available. For the Huntsville Stars, who will play the Tennessee Smokies, seats will be lower level box seats. For the Montgomery Biscuits, who will play the Birmingham Barons, seats will be Super Box seats. For the Mobile Bay Bears, who will play the Chattanooga Lookouts, seats will be Third Base Stadium Club tickets.

All proceeds of this fund raiser will go to benefit the ALBCIF and its mission “to educate & facilitate the utilization of performance principles for the cattle industry.” Thank your for your generous efforts for the ALBCIF. Your support will help to move our organization and our industry forward into the future. It is the goal of the ALBCIF to support performance educational programs, research, and activities. Thank you for your help in reaching our fund raising goal and accomplishing the mission of the ALBCIF!

Click here for the Fundraiser flyer(pdf) Click here for Fundraiser Raffle Tickets(pdf)

Alabama BCIA Announces the Establishment of the ALBCIF!

Click here for the ALBIF brochure (pdf)

Spring 2008 Newsletter.....click here to open pdf file

Breaking News

Alabama BCIA Announces New Genetic Verified Heifer Sales

    The Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Association (BCIA) is offering a new marketing opportunity to cattle producers across the state with the announcement of the BCIA Genetic Verified Commercial Heifer Sales. The sales will target open and also bred heifers with genetic documentation, group age, and source information. Sale dates for the 2008-09 BCIA sale season will be Friday, November 14 at the Alabama Livestock Auction in Uniontown to be held along with the 2008 Fall Round Up Bull Sale and on Friday, February 27 at Montgomery Stockyards in Montgomery to be held along with the 2009 EPD Bull Sale. The November Genetic Verified Commercial Heifer Sale held will feature both open and bred heifers, while the sale held in February will feature open heifers.

    Heifers must be sired by a properly registered bull that is transferred to the owner of the heifers. The registration number of the bull or bulls must be provided at consignment to the sale. For bred heifers, a properly registered service sire is also required by providing a registration number. Allowance for breeding systems using artificial insemination, leased bulls, and heifer calves resulting from the purchase of a bred heifer will be permissible with documentation. Groups of heifers are encouraged for consignment, but singles will not be excluded. Heifers should be vaccinated and boostered for 7-way blackleg (Clostridial diseases), 5-way Leptospirosis, and IBR-PI3-BVD-BRSV (respiratory complex). All open heifers must also be weaned at least 30 days prior to the sale and must have an average minimum weight per day of age (WDA) of 1.5 lbs. Open heifers will be guaranteed open, and bred heifers will be guaranteed bred (at a minimum of 60 days) at the sale with documentation from a veterinarian at delivery. Bred heifers must also have an average minimum weight of 850 lbs. All heifers must have never been implanted with any growth stimulants.

    The new BCIA Genetic Verified Commercial Heifer Sales will provide Alabama cattle producers an avenue to expand their marketing of replacement heifers with genetic verification. It is another opportunity offered by Alabama BCIA to expand their mission of serving the state beef cattle industry. For more information, please contact Michelle Elmore, Extension Animal Scientist/Beef Cattle Improvement, at (205) 646-0115. Click here for a complete list of requirements.