Galloway Friends:
Best wishes for a wonderful July 4th and
midsummer to all. The American Galloway Breeders' Association is more
numerous in its membership than ever, is more numerous in its animals than in at
least three decades and is positioned for a long life span.
Membership and ani
Galloway Friends:
Be sure to read Judy Decker's excellent
piece in the current, July, issue of the Stockman Grass Farmer.
Judy points out that there is no future in
producing beef that is not tender, and that the technology is here to
guarantee tenderness. Whether we choose DNA testing o
Announcement of
American Galloway Breeders
Association
On-Line Searchable Membership and Pedigree
Records
Galloway Friends:
These new and valuable features now appear on the American Galloway
Breeders' Association web site:
An index of all Association members, searchable
by name o
Galloway Friends:
This is a request for a personal
favor. I apologize in advance for using the Association email list for a
personal matter.
Early Monday morning, our son, Steve, will
be flying with his Wisconsin National Guard battalion, the 1st of the 121st
Field Artillery, to 12 mont
Galloway Friends:
Galloway have long been reputed to be
resistant to brisket disease, a condition that kills many commercial cattle each
year at high altitude pasture. Dr. Tim Holt of Colorado State University
is one of the leading experts on brisket disease. Dr. Holt has tested
cattle f
Galloway Friends:
This morning, Monday, July
24, 2006, our only child, Stephen William Castner, was killed in
Iraq while
carrying out his duties as a United States soldier serving in the
121st Field Artillery Regiment, Wisconsin National
Guard.
We honor
Steve as he would have us honor him
Galloway Friends:
The Association Rules and Regulations
state:
(b) No two animals, of the same sex, registered by the same
owner, shall be tattooed with identical
marks.
Duplicate tattoo numbers
have turned up approximately ten years apart in the case of one
owner. Even though
Galloway Friends:
This is a step-by-step update on the reason
some of your Galloway registrations and transfers are being
delayed.
The Association Herd Book Rules require
that a record of genetic identification of each bull born January 1,
2001, or later must be of record with the A
Galloway Friends:
If your transfers and 2006 calf
registrations are pending, Joyce suggests how you may be able to get faster
results. As you know, the Association is awaiting a master report from MMI
Genomics of all bull genetic identifications performed by MMI. If you
have copies of th
Galloway Friends:
The Annual Meeting of members of the
American Galloway Breeders' Association will be held Friday, October 20, in
the Yellowstone Room on the Metra Park Grounds, Billings, Montana. The
tentative time is 5:00 p.m., but the time will be advanced if the group that
reserved t
Galloway Friends:
This is a friendly reminder that your dues
for membership in the American Galloway Breeders' Association for the
current July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007, fiscal year were due and payable
before last July 1.
If you have not paid, you may do so until 30
days before the An
esday, September 13, 2006 6:01 PMTo: Stephen
Castner; [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: RE: Galloway Wins Steer
Contest
Dear Mr.
Castner,
Both the sire and dam
of this steer were bred and raised by Mullendore Beef Program. When Chase
Welner bought the dam from MBP, she was pregnant with this
eders
Association
www.americangalloway.com
8707 Kaehler’s
Mill
Road
Cedarburg,
Wisconsin 53012
Voice:
262-375-1702
Fax:
262-377-5002
Email:
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From: Stephen Castner Sent: Monday,
September 25, 2006 7:23 PMTo: 'Ronald K. Bla
Galloway Friends:
Congratulations to Judy Decker for bringing
star power to the grass-fed beef landscape . . . and for another classy Grass
Genetics conference at the Buffalo County Fairgrounds in Kearney.
Read all about it: http://www.kearneyhub.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17266234&BRD=268&
Galloway Friends:
You may have seen email traffic that
suggests there are problems with the recording of membership fees paid to the
Association. There are not.
One member asked that the fee be charged to
that member's credit card. Credit card procedures are not yet set up,
although th
[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 3:30
PMTo: Stephen Castner;
[EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: AGBA
Memberships
Galloway Members:
Speaking of Breeders Directories.What format will be used for the AGBA
Breeders Directory? Some of us have seen the Canadian's Breeders Dire
Karen and
All:
The Membership Application
form is attached.
Please drop me an email if
there is any document that you need from the web site that you are not able
to access. I will be glad to send it to you as an email
attachment.
It is not unusual to run
into the sort of problem Kare
Galloway Friends:
Dr. Tim Holt from Colorado State University
phoned this morning to say that he is willing to go the extra mile to bring
high-altitude Galloway herds into his brisket disease study.
Tim said he is "getting stepped up" to begin
a cycle of testing animals at 6,000 feet or h
Galloway
Friends:
Here is an interesting
question left by an individual named Keith Jahnsen on the AGBA web
site.
Please drop Keith an email with your own
personal experiences. Keith's email address is listed below. Please
send your reply to him, not to the AGBA members email list.
Regard
Wilson; Mark Stayton;
[EMAIL PROTECTED]; Patricia Pruitt; Stephen Castner; Stewart Dykstra;
Tim HoltSubject: Fw: Brisket Disease ResearchGalloway
Members:This message was sent to Senator Burns office in MT. Please
think about sending this or a similar copy to each of your senators offices to
Kevin:
That article from 1888 was
a good find. A link to the article now is on the main page of the AGBA web
site at www.americangalloway.com. Click
on The Merits of Galloway.
Steve-Original Message-From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
On Behalf Of Kevin FultonSent
n for nomination on at at-large basis for one year. No nomination
was made for an open Pacific Time Zone directorship, and Joyce Jones was
nominated and elected to fill that position on an at-large basis for one
year.
The directors elected/re-elected the
following as officers:
Stephen Ca
n for nomination on at at-large basis for one year. No nomination
was made for an open Pacific Time Zone directorship, and Joyce Jones was
nominated and elected to fill that position on an at-large basis for one
year.
The directors elected/re-elected the
following as officers:
Stephen Ca
I believe I will turn this one over to the membership. Please respond
to Cheryl, not to the members email list.
Steve Castner
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 3:46 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: WWW Form Submiss
Galloway Friends:
This is the last call for entries in the
Galloway show to be held at 10 am, Tuesday, January 9, 2007, at the National
Western Stock Show in Denver.
The entry deadline is Wednesday, November
15, 2006. For more information, including the show schedule and premium
book, t
Galloway Friends:
The University of Alberta reported last month:
In a series of studies lead by Dr. Erasmus Okine of the
University of Alberta, researchers showed that feeding modified diets to
increase conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) in beef cattle resulted in
carcasses with higher level
Galloway Friends:
Today is the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year. Soon we
will begin to see, as our forebears did, that Winter is not an endless
slide into darkness. The prospects for long, sunny, days are now in our
future. It is time to celebrate the festivals of lights. In my
Judy - let me know if the notice on the index page at
americangalloway.com looks OK>
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Judy Decker
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 11:01 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [members] Duane Galloway Cattle
Galloway Friends:
Please let me know your web site address (URL) so we can include the
link on the AGBA web site at:
http://www.americangalloway.com/links.htm. Probably more members have
web sites than the 12 listed.
If your web site address changes, also please let me know so we won't
have de
@www.americangalloway.com
Subject: Re: [members] AGBA Web Site Link to Your Farm/Ranch Web Site
happy to oblige
www.sheepandcattle.com
Sandy and Bill Truckner.Twin Springs Farm, Avonmore, Pa
On Jan 13, 2007, at 10:30 AM, Stephen Castner wrote:
Galloway Friends:
Please let
Mr. Pfeifer:
Thank you for your inquiry. Yes, semen is available from several Galloway
breeders in the U.S.
I will forward this to the members of the American Galloway Breeders'
Association and ask those who sell semen to email you directly.
Regards,
Steve Castner
President
American Galloway
62-377-5002
Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Lisa Kowalyshyn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 4:46 PM
To: Stephen Castner
Subject: galloway transportation help needed
Hello! How're you?
Galloway Friends:
Carl and Deb Smith at Oak City, North Carolina, are converting a 40 acre
row-crop farm to pasture. Deb writes:
We have been researching and want to find true grassfed
genetics for our foundation herd. We would love to have anyone contact
us regarding their Gall
707 Kaehler's Mill Road
Cedarburg, Wisconsin 53012
Voice:262-375-1702
Fax: 262-377-5002
Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Stephen Castner
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 1:35 PM
To: '[EMAIL
Galloway Friends:
Lance Jaeckel, a new Galloway breeder, is on the market for semen. You
can contact him at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Best,
Steve Castner
Galloway Friends:
Here is a plea for help from a Galloway owner who is just getting into
showing. She needs some tips. Please email or phone Christina to help
her get off on the right foot.
Thank you.
Steve Castner
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Galloway Friends:
Here is an inquiry from a gentleman in New York who is interested in
Galloway heifers or bred heifers. Please feel free to call or email Mr.
Mayne.
Steve Castner
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 8:01 PM
Galloway Friends:
Another new DNA tool for the cattle industry is on the market. Like the DNA
markers for calpain and calpastatin, this new product looks to be useful for
breeding stock sales. Tenderness and feed efficiency are a powerful
combination.
When you send hair samples from yo
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