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43 CALF News • June | July 2018 • www.calfnews.net On the Human Side subjects used by the anti-meat and animal rights activists. My guess is, most of us who have tuned in to television for any reason- able length of time have run across food puritans claiming that cattle are “pumped full of hormones.” Let me repeat the word “pumped.” This is a phrase that infuriates, considering that these people have no facts in front of them, but they have access to the media’s full attention. It is sensational- ism at its worst. Although we cattle producers know our meat is safe, it’s still interesting to see the actual numbers when consider- ing cattle implants’ effect on our meat products. Estrogen is present in other foods and pharmaceutical products, as well. Indeed, our own bodies produce estrogen levels thousands of times higher than we consume in our daily beef intake. About Dr. Hilbig Hilbig grew up at Laverne, Okla., and worked on the family cattle operation in southwest Kansas. He stays involved in the cattle business with his son, Zane, at their ranch in north central Oklahoma. Colorado Colorado Livestock Association members elected new leadership at the 2018 Annual Membership Meeting. New officers are President Mike Veeman ; President-Elect Dwain Weinrich ; Imme- diate Past President Nolan Stone ; and Treasurer Tom Wernsman . Ajay Menon , dean of the Colorado State University College of Agricultural Sciences and director of the Colorado Ag Experiment Stations , was presented with Colorado Livestock Association’s Top Choice Award for his commitment to improving livestock agriculture in Colorado. Kansas Cecil O’Brate of Garden City was presented with an Honorary Doctor of Humane Let- ters at Oklahoma State University recently. In his 89 years, O’Brate has been a farmer, rancher, banker, busi- ness manager, oilman and entrepreneur. O’Brate is involved in multiple projects in Garden City as well as The O’Brate Foundation with his wife, Frances, which provides college scholarships and life skills for students who are graduates of the foster care system or are below the poverty level. O’Brate is truly one of the good guys and CALF News sends him congratulations. The Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City recently presented Ken Odde, DVM , with the Jay B. Dillingham Award for Agricultural Leadership and Excel- lence. Odde recently retired from Kansas State University as head of the depart- ment of animal sciences. Company Advanced Animal Diagnostics has been selected as one of Ten Small RTP Com- panies Changing the World for its role in antibiotic stewardship and work to make livestock production more profitable. This award was presented during the Research Triangle Park Rotary Club’s inaugural Science, Technology, Engineer- ing, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) day of education and recognition at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center. Allflex USA has hired Clayton Mead as Great Plains regional manager. He will oversee sales and marketing in Kansas, Nebraska and Wyoming. BioZyme® Inc. , has hired Cortney Malter as director of marketing outreach. Most recently, Malter was a marketing manager at Boehringer Ingelheim. Compass Ag Solutions recently hired Travis Hickey as business and risk man- agement consultant/data and technol- ogy manager. He was previous a cattle marketer for JBS. Datamars SA signed a conditional acquisition agreement with Auckland- based Tru-Test Group for the purchase of the largest portion of the Tru-Test business. The conditional acquisition involves the R&D, manufacturing, sales, marketing and corporate functions of Tru-Test’s Retail Solutions (primar- ily electric fence, weighing and EID systems) division, and the Milk Meters business. These functions account for approximately 85 percent of current Tru-Test revenues. The acquisition also includes the Tru-Test brand and those of its products. Justin Welsh, DVM , has been named executive director of food animal technical services for Merck Animal Health’s U.S. Food Animal Team. In his new role, Dr. Welsh oversees the technical services and phar- macovigilance groups for the company’s ruminants, swine and poultry businesses. Quality Liquid Feeds, Inc., has hired Terry Long as district sales manager for customers in New Mexico and Texas. Long most recently worked at Zinpro Corp., in territory sales.  Cecil O’Brate Justin Welsh, DVM They run a cow-calf unit and retain ownership of calves. Dr. Hilbig graduated from Okla- homa State University in 1991 and has been married for 29 years to Penny. They have a son and daughter. He likes to hunt and fish, and enjoys wild turkey as the most entertaining of all wildlife. “The difference between profit and not is going to be narrow,” Hilbig advises.“Added efficiency of an implant can ensure your profitability. Calves especially can get a sizeable return. And those are the facts, Joe Friday.  JUST THE FACTS, MA’AM Continued from page 40