2019 ISA Field Day

The 2019 ISA Field Day was held at the Hansen Center in Ames June 1st & 2nd.
The weather cooperated and it was a beautiful weekend for Simmental families to catch up and exhibit their cattle.

Saturday’s events included cattle check-in, ISA board meeting IJSA board and regular meeting, followed by a Junior Activity that included Pictionary (using common words and phrases from the AJSA Classic contests) and a fun (and competitive) game of dodgeball!

The ISA Board held a board meeting, joining them was ASA Trustee Steve Eichacker and Tom Hook on the phone and many adult members joined their discussion.  Following the meetings and activities, the IJSA Board hosted a “Derby Hat” Parade/Contest and Ice Cream Social.  Attendees were invited to design a “Derby Hat” to get in the mood for the AJSA National Classic themed “Racing to the Bluegrass” coming up in July in Louisville, Kentucky.

Sunday included awards and was show day for both the Futurity Show and IJSA members.  The awards presentation included the announcement of three recipients for both the Iowa Simmental Memorial Scholarships and AJSA Bronze Merit Awards and recognition of the County Simmental Awards.  In 2018 73 youth from 46 counties showed 80 Champion Simmental/ Foundation Simmental Animals at their County Fairs.  See more about IJSA awards on our website at iasimmental.org/awards-scholarships/junior-member-awards-and-scholarships/

Futurity & Junior Show: The Judge for the day was Matt Aggen from Minnesota.  Fourteen exhibitors each had an entry in the Futurity Show.  The Junior Show numbers were down from previous years but still had tremendous quality with 44 IJSA members exhibiting three steers, 21 Foundation heifers, 24 Simmental heifers, three Foundation cow-calf pairs, and five prospect calves.  The showmanship competition rounded out the day.  Congratulations to all our exhibitors and families on a great show!

See full results of the Futurity and Junior Show here:
2019 IJSA Field Day Results w-Photos
2019 Field Day Results Summary
2019 Field Day Results Summary – Condensed
2019 IJSA Field Day Program w-Results

The IJSA would like to thank the ISA Board, our advisors, Iowa Simmental Breeders, and all our supporters for your help and support during the Field Day activities, show, and during the year.

If you would like to sanction your sale or nominate an animal or want more information about the Futurity Show please see the Futurity page or contact ISA Executive Secretary/Treasurer Sherrie Moore.

Full-size photos can be viewed in our Share Site iowasimmental.shutterfly.com.  We invite you to share any photos have of ISA & IJSA Events you’d like to share with the membership through this site .  Photos may be used in the IJSA scrapbook, on the ISA Website or in the IJSA Year-in-review Slideshow.
~Thank you Mallory Espenscheid for taking backdrop and some candid photos, her album can be seen here: www.facebook.com/mallory.espenscheid/media_set?set=a.10220125301108309&type=3

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