:: ACA Staff Announcements

• Heather Counts, ACJ Editor/Director of Shows & Junior program has announced she will be leaving the ACA to spend full time at their family Farm Produce business and spend more time with their two daughters in Warrensburg, Missouri. We certainly appreciate Heather’s 10 years of service to the ACA and the AJCA and wish her well in her new endeavor. Heather’s last day with the ACA will be March 30, 2012. Please help us in thanking Heather for her dedication and service to the ACA.

• Holly Hiebert, ACA Membership Services Director, will take over duties of ACJ Editor/Director of Shows & Junior Programs on April 1, 2012. Holly has done an outstanding job in her first year as the Director of Membership Services and is looking forward to the challenge of her new responsibilities with the ACA. Holly received her BS Degree in Agricultural Communications from Oklahoma State University and is looking forward to working with the AJCA to put on the 2012 NJHS this summer in Lima, Ohio.

:: RESTRICTED BULLS – The following bulls are currently restricted for registration because they are lacking DNA and/or Genetic Testing information. No calves will be registered out of these bulls until the proper testing is on file. If you have any questions, please give us a call.

• Bleeding Purple, Ladies Man, Hollywood, Point Taken & Troubador.

:: ATTENTION SENIORS! The ACA Ladies Auxiliary Scholarship application is now online. Application deadline is May 1. Click here for the application.

:: 2012 Junior National | June 16-22 | Lima, OH | Click here for entry forms & rules!

      • NJHS Camping Request for Lima, OH - Download form here and send in to save your camping space ASAP!

:: March/April ACJ Now Online - Click Here to View

:: Spring 2012 Chianina Connection Now Online – Click Here to View

:: New Percentage Rule for ACA Sponsored Shows

• Breeding cattle born on or after January 1, 2012 must have a minimum of 6.25% Chianina blood in order to participate in ACA nationally sponsored shows or sales. Breeding cattle with less that 6.25% Chianina blood are still eligible for registration and may still be shown or sold at any show or sale other than ACA nationally sponsored shows or sales. Nationally sponsored shows or sales include the following: The Southewestern Stock Show & Rodeo held in Ft. Worth; the Junior National; the National Show in Louisville; and the National Western Stock Show in Denver.
• Please note cattle born before January 1, 2012 that have less that 6.25% Chianina may still show in ACA nationally sponsored shows.
• If you have questions regarding this, please contact the ACA staff or any ACA Board Member.

The American Chianina Association was officially organized in June 1972 in Kansas City, MO. The original ACA office was located in Blue Springs, MO, until November 1982, when a permanent ACA National Headquarters was built in Platte City, MO. The primary purpose of the ACA is to register and transfer seedstock and maintain records of pedigrees in the breed's herdbook. The National staff promotes the breed at various livestock events around the country, as well as publishes a breed magazine and other promotional publications as a service to the association's membership.