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FARM & RANCH
THE NORTH PLATTE TELEGRAPH
NOVEMBER 2021
Whitman man to lead American Angus board
Jerry Connealy says breed is set to continue to lead beef industry
and LoranWilson, Orleans, Indiana. Elected to his second term is JimBrinkley, Milan, Missouri. Directors can serve up to two three-year terms and, if elected, serve addition- al one-year terms in office as president and chairman and/ or vice president and treasurer. Bennett is a fourth-genera- tion seedstock producer who grew up on his family’s oper- ation, Knoll Crest Farm Inc. He graduated fromVirginia Tech with an animal science degree, then returned home to run the farmwith his broth- ers, JimBrian and Paul, and nephew, Dalton. KCF focus- es on annually generating 400 high-quality bulls to supply the commercial beef industry. A lifetime cattleman, Bennett has served as president of the Beef Improvement Federation,
Beef Cattle Improvement Association, as well as a board member of the Virginia Angus Association and the National Beef Cattle Evaluation Consortium. Brinkley was born and raised in northernMissouri on his family’s farming op- eration. Today, the family’s diversified farming opera- tion is made up of more than 1,300 acres and 400 regis- tered Angus cows. During Brinkley’s time on the Board, he has served on the Finance & Planning, Commercial Programs, Communications & PR, andMember &Affiliate Services committees, and as Chairman of the Commercial Programs committee. He also served on the Boards of the Angus Foundation, Angus Genetics Inc., and as the Association’s representative on the National Cattlemen’s
Beef Association live cattle marketing policy committee. Dickinson is a fifth-gen- eration Angus breeder and a former National Junior Angus Board chairman. He attended the University of Illinois and obtained a bachelor’s degree in animal science. After graduating, he served as a regional manag- er for the American Angus Association. During his ten- ure, he coordinated the 2002 National Angus Conference and Tour in California, host- ed one of the first Angus Boot Camp seminars at Cal Poly State University and performed some of the first age-and-source audits for the AngusSource program. In 2007, Dickinson formed Parnell Dickinson, Inc., a full- service marketing firm that works in all facets of promo-
Connealy says the Angus breed is positioned to continue leading the industry. “It’s so important that we keep thinking forward, that we keep coming up with new ideas, that we don’t become complacent,” Connealy said in a new release. “The Angus breed is at the top of the pyra- mid. The cattle industry has some really good years ahead of it … I’m excited to be in the position where I can help keep us moving in the right direc- tion.” Elected to their first terms on the Board of Directors are Paul Bennett, RedHouse, Virginia; JohnDickinson, Sacramento, California; Greg McCurry, Sedgwick, Kansas;
By WHITNEY WHITAKER Angus Communications ANebraska producer will serve as the new president and chairman of the American Angus Association board. Jerry Connealy of Whitman was among the new officers elected at the association’s an- nual convention Nov. 8 in Fort Worth, Texas. In all, five directors were elected, as well as a presi- dent and chairman, and a vice president and vice chair- man. Chuck Grove of Forest, Virginia was named vice pres- ident and vice chairman of the board. Barry Pollard of Enid, Oklahoma, will serve as trea- surer for the 2021-22.
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