The Kansas Limousin Breeders Association (KLBA) is a non-profit breed organization working to promote and educate inside the borders of Kansas to the wide uses of Limousin cattle within the beef industry. The KLBA currently has nearly 70 members, many of whom have seen second and third generations continue the family business and tradition in the Limousin breed.
As a group of people dedicated to the improvement of Limousin cattle, our goals are to increase member numbers and involvement, promote the Breed , and develop a bond and lasting relationship between the Jr. and Sr. Associations.
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2012 KJLBA Field Day Show June 2nd and 3rd, 2012 to be held at Randy and Nancy Corns 1355 Anderson Ave, Eureka, Ks. More information will follow |
20th Annual KLBA Spring Sale Salina, Ks. April 1st, 2012 The 20th Annual KLBA Spring Sale will be held on April 1st, 2012 at 1:00 P.M. at the Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Company in Salina, Ks.. For more information contact- Jerry Meek at 913-594-1453 or jerrymeek@crownrealty.com
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A Note from Marvin and Myrtle Jones upon receiving the Hall of Fame
Award We've been sitting here thinking of our years raising, showing, promoting and marketing Limousins, and thinking how amazed we were to be singled out to receive the Hall of Fame award, which was presented to us just after the selection of the Grand Champion steer at the Leavenworth County Fair. You could have knocked us over with a feather! Katie Campbell did a great job with the presentation and there were several in the show ring with big grins on their faces as we entered, including our grandson, Adam. They all kept the secret so well!!!! We did work very hard at keeping Limousin cattle out in front of people, especially here in Leavenworth County, and showed both heifers and bulls in the early years. We showed when our breed was spoken of as "exotics," and we sought out Limousin heifers for our kids and crossbred Limousin calves for their steer projects. Both our son Jeff, and our daughter, Gayla, had champion steers with Limi crosses and we made sure that people knew their lineage. We continued showing particularly heifers until there was no longer room in the show barns for open class cattle due to the increasing popularity of the bucket calf project. Early on, there was no class for Limi steers, and after there was, there were not enough for a "show." This year there were 7 Limousin steers, all good ones. They all came from Rocky Top( Campbell's), so that family deserves some recognition for representing our breed so well in Leavenworth county. Chris was one of Marvin's 4-H boys when he was beef leader for our 4-H Club. One year our club alone had 22 head of beef cattle at the Leavenworth County Fair, so we'd been promoting good beef cattle even before we discovered Limousin. We knew we had done well in getting our Limousin cattle recognized when we showed a very lady-like springer heifer in probably the last year we were able to show at the county fair. A friend of ours, who is a well-known Angus breeder, came to us after the open show and told us if they had selected a supreme champion heifer (which they did not at that time) that our lovely heifer would have gotten his vote. She really was a pretty, and very mannerly, heifer. Little kids were petting her in the show barn. We were happy when NALF started printing the sire summary, and were proud to find that the breeders were submitting highly reliable data that could be used with confidence in making sire selections. We used AI throughout our years of raising cattle and only once did we run into calving ease problems, and that was when we used a young bull with limited data. We were also warned away from using a bull that we had been utilizing due to low total maternal and milking ability stats. Our years of raising, showing, promoting and selling Limousin cattle were great times for us. We now wonder how we did it all, since we both had jobs and were pretty much the " cattle crew." Our son, Jeff, and grandson, Adam, did help us with washing and clipping some, but we did most things on our own, and afoot, and never had a serious injury--not even a broken finger. We were out among our cattle so much that they were very accepting and cooperative with us, for the most part. We never used prods or whips and they trusted us. And we usually had a good "lead cow" who knew the drill and would lead the herd where we needed them to go. Well, so much for that! We'd like to thank the KLBA for conferring this great honor on us. Never did we dream of such a thing. To have our names on the same plaque with the Finger's, the Price's, Ron and Carolyn Holland, Ed Slusher, Corn's, Gail Ratliff and the Raymond's is so great. We did not know Jo Ellen Arnold, but know she was deserving as well. We will treasure the beautiful plaque we get to keep and proudly display the traveling plaque in a place of honor in our home for the year we are allotted. We already have easels for each and they will sit side by side. Thanks again for this wonderful honor. We are truly thrilled. Most Sincerely, Marvin and Myrtle Jones-Double JJ Limousin Ranch |
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Congratulations to KLBA Commercial Producers:
Click here to Read about each Commercial Producers
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Congratulations to Hall of Fame Inductees: Click here to Read Each Inductees Story
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Benefits of being a KLBA member |
KLBA Activities and Functions |
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