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44 CALF News • February | March 2019 • www.calfnews.net On the Human Side Trail’s End National More than 50,000 cattle producers have been certified through the Beef Quality Assurance program’s new online learning system since it was first offered in February 2017. Throughout the country, hundreds of thousands have now become BQA certified through in-person and online training, with an estimated 80 percent of the U.S. fed beef supply now touched by BQA-certified operations. Kansas Kansas Gov.-Elect Laura Kelly named long- time Kansas Livestock Association staff person Mike Beam as her secre- tary of agriculture. Beam became interim secretary Jan. 14, and will remain in that capacity until confirmed by the Kansas Senate . Missouri Glen Klippenstein was presented with the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association (MCA) Pioneer Award, the high- est honor of distinction offered by the association, during the Missouri Cattle Industry Convention. Klippenstein has served the Missouri cattle industry for more than 50 years. Company Allflex Livestock Intelligence has hired Jason Irwin as south- east monitoring sales manager. In his new role Irwin will oversee sales and cus- tomer support responsibilities in West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Arkan- sas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida. Brandon Wilson , Royse City, Texas, joined the Certified Hereford Beef ® team as a national account manager. Wilson will work with national accounts to launch the Certified Hereford Beef brand in targeted markets and expand the availability of Certified Hereford Beef products. Diamond V has hired Ashleigh McNeil as ruminant regional sales manager for Michigan. Mike Gauss has been named president of Kent Nutrition Group (KNG). Previ- ous president John Thorpe has been pro- moted to president and chief operating officer for Kent Corporation , the parent company for KNG, Grain Processing Corporation, Kent Precision Foods Group and Kent Pet Group . KUHN was recently awarded two AE50 awards from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers . AE50 awards were given to the KUHN IntelliMix™ advanced mixer control system and the KUHNMM 1300 Merge Maxx ® hay merger, deeming each one of the year’s most innovative designs in engineering products for the food and agriculture industries. Merck and privately held Antelliq Group announced that the companies have signed a definitive agreement under which Merck will acquire Antel- liq, which will be a wholly owned and separately operated subsidiary within the Merck Animal Health Division . TechMix has hired Ryan Proffitt as eastern bovine territory manager. Proffitt will put this experience to work as he consults with bovine customers across the eastern United States. Vets Plus, Inc. , has acquired Merrick’s Inc. , maker of boluses, tablets, powders and electrolytes serving the production animal industry. The new entity, known as Merrick’s Animal Health, LLC, will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vets Plus, Inc.  Tom Bradbury , 82, passed away Jan. 10. He was a well-known Colorado rancher, horseman and businessman. Tom and his wife, Margaret, founded Bradbury Land & Cattle Co., near Byers, Colo., where they made their home for 45 years and where the family continues to own ranches. Tom was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame, proudly served on the National Western Executive Board for over a decade, was a CSU Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, and was inducted into the Colorado Agriculture Hall of Fame. He is survived by his wife and three children.  Betty Jo, I am a past president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association and have been receiving complimentary issues of CALF News for some time. I really appreciate and look forward to the issues. However, it is time to pay my way and, as such, have purchased a subscription. I recall having a visit with you at an NCBA function. You had been to Ontario and visited withWally and Ken Schaus and took pictures of yellow treefoil in pasture fields. I am not involved with cattle politics but am somewhat slowed up and farming with my sons. I always find CALF News very informative and the last issue, Cel- ebrating People, was excellent. Come to Ontario again. There are some excellent operations here, and we will treat you to some “Ontario Corn Fed Beef.” All the best.  Stan Eby Kincardine ON, Canada Letter to the Editor Glen Klippenstein Mike Beam Tom Bradbury