Murray Grey Beef Cattle
Official Website for the Benefit of Murray Grey International Association Members;
Provided by Beaver Creek Farms, Inc.
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February 2010 - MGIA News!
- We have new listings on our Links page
for the Schroeder family in Iowa, and also for Piney River Cattle Co in
Tennessee.
- Rex and Danette Shevitski in Florida have changed their address.
- The Tattoo letter for 2010 is "X".
January 2010
- MGIA News!
- Please welcome our new members: the Everharts of Trinity Ranch in
Oklahoma, Russ Wischover and John Rokey of Illinois, Dan and Dana Schroeder
of Iowa, Lana Adams, Mary Pottkotter, John & Beverly Sweeney,
and Ron & Mary Cheyne of Texas.
- Lanette Silvey of Kansas, S&J Farms of Arkansas and Patty Johnson of
Virginia have new email addresses.
- The Schroeders in Iowa have a new listing on "Cattle For Sale"
- The annual report, financial report and a newsletter is in the works. If
you have announcements of general interest, please forward them to our
secretary, Carole J. Brown at
beavercreekfarms@yahoo.com.
October 2009
- MGIA News!
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Welcome to our new members: John Rokey of Eureka, IL, Russ Wischover of
Sidney, IL, Mary Pottkotter of Powderly, TX, and Lana Adams of Commerce, TX!
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We have a new listing on "cattle for sale", a yearling bull from Terry
Anderson of Cameron, MO. Take a look!
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A reminder to members: get your registrations in EARLY to CLRC. They get
swamped with business during late November and December. The tattoo letter
for 2009 is "W" - which is the internationally-recognized symbol for this
year.
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CLRC has a new pedigree reporting system. You can now go back and see up to
6 generations of an animal's pedigree. Go to:
THIS LINK
and click on either "member" or "pedigree" to see the new system. Cool!
- Please contact our secretary, Carole Brown
(beavercreekfarms@yahoo.com) if you
have some fall fair news to report in our next newsletter.
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A reminder to our founding members - your founding membership fee (200.00)
expires with the year 2009. The annual dues notice for $20.00 will be sent
to you after January 1, 2010 when the notice goes out to all the annual
members.
September 2009 - MGIA News!
- Adrian Powell in Wisconsin has a new
email address.
- New listings are on the "For Sale" page---take a look!
- Members are reminded to register their new calves promptly this fall. Our
registrar gets extremely busy in December of each year, so try to get your
applications in early. Click on the "Forms" tab of this website to print the
application and fee schedule.
- A newsletter is being planned and hopefully sent out around the end of the
year. If you have fall fair news to share from your area, please send the
info to our secretary: Carole Brown -
beavercreekfarms@yahoo.com.
May 2009
- MGIA News!
- New ads are posted on our "Cattle For Sale" page - take a look!
- The new breeder directory is being assembled. Make sure your dues are up
to date so your ranch/farm can be included!
March 2009 - MGIA News!
- Welcome our new member from Tennessee,
Lee McCormick of Piney River Cattle Company.
- Gearld Fry in Arkansas has a new email address.
- Check the Cattle For Sale section: Fred Mastel has 50 yearling heifers for
sale.
- Annual members: Please make sure your dues are up-to-date! We are planning
a new Breeder Directory soon, and you need to have your farm/ranch listed.
"Founding Members" are counted as having their dues paid through 2009.
February 2009 - MGIA News!
- See the new listings on the Cattle for Sale page. Jerry and Shirley Stull are totally retiring and having a complete herd dispersal sale. Ron Herpich has five purebread yearling heifers for sale. Take a look!
- Annual members please pay your 2009 dues. A new Breeder Directory is coming out soon and you will want to be included. Founding Members are counted as having their dues paid through 2009, but thereafter their dues will also be the same as annual members.
- We have added a new link to the website of Texas member, Hoofin Wings Ranch!
December 2008 - New Members and MGIA News!
- NEW “FOR SALE” listings are posted on our “cattle for sale” page…
TAKE A LOOK!
- Please welcome our new members: Kevin Lineweber of Liberty, Nebraska,
Rex and Danette Shevitski of Alva, Florida, Ron Herpich of Harrington,
Kansas, and Wallace and Kay Crispin of Thomas, OK.
- Good News: The unit cost for our registrations by CLRC will remain the
same for the 2009 year!
- A 2009-2010 Breeder Directory is being planned, as well as a newsletter
to be
sent out early in 2009. Please consider an ad for your farm/ranch---and be
sure your dues are up to date so you can be included!
- New email addresses for Walnut Ridge Farm in Missouri and Prairie Hill
Farm in Wisconsin have been posted on their member listings.
- A phone number and email address has been added to the member
listing for Regan Puryear in Arkansas.
- On the “Links” page we have added a link to the MGIA registration
rules,
and a link to the website for Nature’s Harmony Farm in Georgia.
August 2008 - New Members and MGIA News!
October 26th to November 1st - 2008 Internet auction of Murray Greys, (purebred and cross) semen and embryos. Auction site is: www.murraygrey.net/cgi-bin/auction.pl
Call or email for more info: 580-357-0285 or beavercreekfarms@yahoo.com
Please welcome our new members - Jeff & Angie Nason of Wisteria Farms in Illinios, and Nathan and Ellen Melson of Sloan's Creek Farm in Dodd City, Texas.
MGIA member Van De Boom in Wisconsin have changed their email address; the Silveys in Kansas also changed their email and street address.
The Andersons in California have a new 'For Sale' ad on this website and their farm website.
Our registration rules have changed to now allow registration of animals over three years of age. The other standard requirements have not changed.
A new breeder directory is being planned. Please be sure your dues are paid up to date and reserve an Ad for your farm or ranch in this publication. Contact our secretary Carole J Brown at beavercreekfarms@yahoo.com
Feburary 2008 - New Members and MGIA News!
Please welcome our two newest members: Thomas and Dana Bryant of Kansas and Raymond Yutzy of Iowa!
2008 annual dues are due! Please send your dues in to CLRC ($30.00 Canadian) with your registrations/transfers - or send them to MGIA Secretary ($20.00 US dollars). Send to:
Carole Brown
501 SW C Avenue, #301
Lawton, OK 73501
December
2007 - MGIA News!
- Please welcome our newest association
members - Tim Young of Georgia, Chris and Dana Kenney of Oklahoma, Regan
Puryear of Arkansas, and John and Sindy Baker of Missouri.
- Mick & Leah Wright's address in New Zealand has changed.
- Clem Moenster in Ohio has a new photo by his member listing.
- Daniel Lightner and Pam Millen's address in Wisconsin has changed.
- Larry Rasure of Oklahoma has changed his email address.
- Remember to get your registrations in to CLRC! Click on the "Forms" button
on this site's home page to go to the registration forms and fee schedule.
Animals up to 3 years old can be registered.
September
2007 - MGIA News!
Please welcome our new members: David Hilbert of Walters, OK, Gerald Unruh
of Hillsboro, KS, and VDB Organic Farms (Bob & Beth Van De Boom) of Delavan,
WI.
MGIA members remember the Fall 2007 auction - starting Oct 7th and ending on
Saturday, October 13th. Here is a link to the opening page:
http://www.murraygrey.net/cgi-bin/auction.pl
On the right side of the page,( under the
heading "Browse") if you click on the words "Gallery Auctions" it will take
you to a page where all the thumbnail photos of all listed animals are
shown.
July 2007
- Auction News + New Members!
The Fall 2007 auction is set for October 7 through 13th. Click this link to
the auction site:
http://www.murraygrey.net/cgi-bin/auction.pl
Also please welcome the Harpt family of
Kansas and the Raney family of Oklahoma to our family of breeders!
May 2007 - New Members!
Welcome to our two new members: Eric and
Allan Sexton of Illinois and Houston Giles of Missouri!
April 2007 - New Member and News!
- Welcome to our new member from North Carolina, Arthur J. Garutti, Jr!
- The Conners in Oklahoma have a new email address.
- The Dietz family in West Virginia have a new email and post office address.
- Two Rivers Organic Ranch in Oklahoma has a new photo beside their listing.
- Rebecca Brown's mailing address has changed from Virginia to Massachusetts.
- There has been several changes on our "For Sale" page - take a look!
February 2007
- Web
Update!
Check our the “For Sale” page of this website. There are new listings of
bulls and heifers for sale.
The January 2007 newsletter, President’s 2006 annual report, 2006 financial
report and billing for annual members has been sent out. Please send in
photos and news items to the Secretary for inclusion in the next
publication:
beavercreekfarms@yahoo.com!
We are doing a member survey to find out if our membership has any interest
in participating in an EPD system. Contact the Secretary if you think you
might be interested in participating.
January 2007
- New Members!
Welcome to our newest members to the MGIA family of breeders: Carroll De
Nooy of Iowa
and Vincent Lubbers of Kansas.
November 2006 - New Update!
--Welcome to our new members:
Lazy May Cattle Co., Dustin, Oklahoma
Lynda Nicholas, Richardson, Texas
Robert & Carolyn Elias, Effingham, Kansas
John & Jean Sellers, Corydon, Iowa
William & Leila Jenkins, Checotah, Oklahoma
James E. Holtz, Raymondville, Missouri
---Your Board of Directors has reinstated our original policy regarding
acceptance of AMGA and CMGA registered animals into our registry. You
will need to attach a copy of those papers to your MGIA registration
application when you send it in to CLRC.
---It's almost year-end! Time to get all your paperwork in order and send in
registrations to CLRC for your 2006 calves; don't forget to add in the
annual dues if you have not already paid directly to our Secretary.
Take a look at the Cattle For Sale page!
There are several new listings of young bulls for sale.
September 2006
- New Members and Auction News!
Welcome to our new members: Herondale Farm in
New York, Mallorie Walsh in
California, Tom Marquardt in Wisconsin, and David and Paulette Mastin from
Tennessee!
Don't forget the Internet auction! October 9th through 15th -- join the
action at:
http://www.murraygrey.net/cgi-bin/auction.pl
July 2006
- Welcome New Members & Other Happenings!
Please welcome our new MGIA breeders for this month: Rick Vanderweide of
Atchison, KS,
Mark Sprouse of Hammondsville, OH, Lee & Michelle Arnold of Mechanicstown,
OH, and the
Brandeberry family of Siloam Springs, AR.
Other items of interest:
- The Bensons in Oklahoma have added an email address.
- Jack Dees in Texas changed phone numbers.
- Jim & Vale Ann Mayo changed email addresses.
- Adina Farms in Ohio added a photo to their member listing.
- Glory B Farm in Washington added an email address.
- Mick and Leah Wright in New Zealand changed their address.
- Frazier Creek Farm added a photo to their member listing.
MGIA Members: Start planning now for the October 2006 internet auction!
June 2006 - MGIA Happenings!
Don't forget to plan ahead for our Fall
2006 internet auction. The host website can be found at:
http://www.murraygrey.net/cgi-bin/auction.pl Of course at this
time there are no animals listed, but you can go through the site to
investigate the system, and register at any time.
Watch your mail for the June 2006 newsletter. Hopefully it will be mailed
out before the end of the month. We also have new members from
Oklahoma and Washington! Please welcome Jim & Barbara Benson and
Duncan & Nancy Breithaupt!
April 2006 - MGIA Happenings!
There were approximately 70 new
registrations of cattle with the CLRC during the first quarter of
2006, so we are well ahead of the 2005 figures. Most of our breeders
register their calves in the fall of each year, so we are anticipating a
steady growth of the number of our registered murrays.
New Oklahoma member! Please welcome Mark and Elizabeth Roach of Calvin, OK!
March 2006 - Welcome New Members!
We send a warm welcome into our family of
Murray Grey breeders to Robert Warner of Hardin, Texas, Earl Kennedy of
Kidder, Missouri, and Paul Bachmann of Independence, Wisconsin.
The Mayos in Kansas have changed their email address; and the Wilsons in
Ohio have added an email address. Update your records!
Michael and Leann Springer of Arkansas have launched a new website for their
farm(very nice!). Take a look at:
www.springerfarms.com
Febuary 2006 - Welcome New Members!
2006 is getting off to a great start!
Welcome to our new members, i.e. Don Dean S.A. of Costa Rica, Dennis & Becky
McDonald of Missouri, Rebecca Brown of Virginia, Mike & Erin James of
Louisiana, and Jon Handy of Kansas. Everyone should take note of the new
flag added to
our website: Costa Rica! Our 2006 Breeder’s Directory and reports to the
membership are going out this month…watch for your mail!
January 2006
- Welcome New Members!
Please welcome our new MGIA members: Eagles Run Ranch in Livermore,
California; Ralph & Teresa Wilson in Lisbon, Ohio; and Larry Eisenbeis
of Marion, South Dakota.
Good News! The price structure for our registry services and
membership fee will be unchanged from 2005 amounts---what a bargain! Only
$10.00 Canadian dollars
for a registration! Our members are reminded that the "Forms" link on this
site will take you to printable forms for registrations and also for the fee
schedule,
which is designated as Canadian dollars on the CLRC site. The exchange
rate for US/Canadian dollars may vary from week to week, but generally
a $10.00 Canadian dollar price is approximately $7.00 to $8.00 US dollars.