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42 CALF News • December 2019 | January 2020 • www.calfnews.net On the Human Side Trail’s End Letter to the Editor National Inductees for the 2020 Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame are Carl Stevenson, Red Rock Feeding Company , Red Rock, Ariz., and the late Don Oppliger , Oppliger Land and Cattle , Amarillo, Texas. Dr. Robert Hummel, founder of Animal Health Internationa l in Greeley, Colo., will receive the Hall of Fame’s Industry Leadership Award. The Red Angus Association of America and Santa Gertrudis Breeders International are collaborating to provide the beef industry with a unique blend of maternal traits, adaptability, growth and marbling – all packaged with a heat-tolerant, red hide – into a new program for the commercial beef producer called American Red. American Red has been tested and proven at the King Ranch ® . Numerous other breeders in the southern United States have also begun using this strategic cross to combat the harsh environment with marked success. Santa Gertrudis Breeders International (SGBI) has hired Webb Fields as associate director. Fields will work alongside SGBI Executive Director John Ford on associa- tion programs and ongoing activities, while also representing the association at sales, field days and related activities. Fields joins the association in advance of executive director John Ford’s retirement. Over the next five months, Fields will work directly with Ford before transitioning to lead the association as its executive director in April 2020. Kansas Kansas Livestock Association (KLA) Vice President of Communications Todd Domer retired Oct. 31 after more than 34 years with the organization. Since February 1985, he has served as editor of the Kansas Stockman and KLA News & Market Report , was the voice of KLA radio and televi- sion programs, contributed to KLA social media properties and was the lead media spokesperson for the organization. He will be succeeded by KLA Communications Program Manager Scarlett Hagins . The Kansas Livestock Association received the Don L. Good Impact Award Oct. 4 during the Kansas State Univer- sity Animal Sciences and Industry ( ASI) Family and Friends Reunion in Manhattan. Presented by cohost Livestock and Meat Industry Counci l (LMIC), the award recognizes a person or entity that has had a positive impact on the livestock and agricultural industry. It is named in honor of Good, a former ASI department head. Company Vets Plus, Inc. announces that the Wonewoc, Wis., facility of its subsidiary Merrick’s Animal Health, LLC , has received a BERT LOUIS HARTMAN , 89, passed away Nov. 4, 2019. A lifelong Vineland, Colo., resident, he was a hardworking cattle feeder and businessman who loved his family, his church and faith, and his work. He was a lifelong cattle feeder, initially working with his dad and later with Hartman Land and Cattle. Hartman was actively involved in cattle industry leadership, serving as the president of the Colo- rado Cattle Feeders Association (CCFA) from 1986-1987, was a director of the Colorado Beef Council, a member of the National Cattlemen's Association's Food Safety and Labeling Committee and an ex officio member of the CCFA Board of Directors. Hartman is survived by his wife, Joan, and three children.  Certificate of Compliance from the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) under its Safe Feed/Safe Food Program. Tyson Fresh Meats announced its Holcomb, Kan., beef plant that was damaged by fire will begin operations the first week of Decem- ber and be fully operational by early January 2020.  Dear JimWhitt, I just finished your Whitt andWisdom column CALF News [“The Power of Collaboration,” Sept./Oct]. I have always enjoyed them and look forward to a continuing education each reading. After my five years of leadership and president of the Florida Cattlemen’s Association, I have had the opportunity to continue with public speaking and appreciate the opportunity to plagiarize some of your great thoughts. If I don’t use your exact words, is that still stealing? We keep your book, Riding for the Brand , close to the dining room table. I have loaned it to many and refer to it often. It’s a must read for all grandkids before they are allowed to saddle their own horse! I Just got back from speaking at my old college and was asked to speak to the football team. Not sure I relate as well to that bunch as we do to our industry family, so I reverted to the old playing days, still not sure they get it! If those will be the leaders of our nation we need to continue to expand our efforts. Appreciate all you do and have done.  Bo Hobby Williston, Fla. Webb Fields Todd Domer