NJAA Scholarships
Are you an NJAA member? Become an Angus Foundation Scholar! Through the generosity of Angus Fund donors and those who’ve established endowment funds or temporary funds, the Angus Foundation is able to award dozens of students involved with the Angus breed academic scholarships.
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Disclaimer: Depending on the level of funds available, the respective awards referenced above may or may not be awarded each year.
Read more about eligibility and donors who have contributed to the current Angus Foundation Scholarships.
There are two types of graduate scholarships available to those pursuing additional degrees.
Undergraduate scholarships
The Angus Foundation will award scholarships to young men and women actively involved in the Angus breed who are pursuing an undergraduate degree or attending trade school. No equivalent work will be required from the scholarship recipients.
Winners are announced in conjunction with the upcoming National Junior Angus Show.
The Angus Foundation makes available general scholarships to students pursuing an undergraduate degree in higher education.
Eligible Angus youth meeting the qualifications for the Angus Foundation's Undergraduate Scholarship Program will be considered by the Angus Foundation's Scholarship Selection Committee. These general scholarships for Angus youth are made possible only by the generous financial support from Angus breeders, allied industry interests and friends of the Angus breed through the Angus Fund.
As determined by the Angus Foundation, applicants may also be eligible for other Angus-related named scholarships, permanently endowed and managed by the Angus Foundation. Past recipients of Angus Foundation general undergraduate scholarships can continue to apply for named scholarships unless specified otherwise by the Angus Foundation.
Each year, the Angus Foundation reserves the right to also award scholarship(s) to eligible applicants based on financial need, personal and/or family hardship, physical handicap, medical disability, other extenuating circumstances or combination thereof when determined such sufficiently exists to warrant special consideration by the Angus Foundation Scholarship Selection Committee for this purpose.
The 2012 National Junior Angus Show (NJAS) host states, including Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee, began a scholarship fund with surplus monies raised for the 2012 NJAS themed “In a League of Their Own,” which took place in Louisville, Kentucky. The announcement of this scholarship fund was made during the 2013 National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado. In total, $15,000 was given to the Angus Foundation for undergraduate scholarships to Angus youth from Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee. Funds will be used to support three undergraduate scholarships at $500 each for a total expenditure of $1,500 annually to Angus youth from these three states.
In addition to naming the Angus Foundation as a charitable beneficiary in her estate plans, Camron “Cam” Cooper, owner of the Talon Ranch of Twin Bridges, Montana, has provided outright cash gifts for numerous undergraduate scholarships to Angus youth through the creation of the Angus/Talon Youth Educational Learning Program Endowment Fund. This fund also supports educational internships for Angus youth at host Angus breeders' farms across the United States. The Angus Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship Program application will be used to select the Angus/Talon Youth Educational Learning Program Endowment Fund scholarship recipients. Applicants majoring in animal science and range management with an emphasis on beef cattle production will be given preference. Pre-veterinary medicine applicants indicating plans to become large-animal, specifically bovine, practitioners will also be given strong preference. Academic performance is required for an applicant to be considered for the Angus/Talon Undergraduate Scholarship initially and to continue receiving the scholarship in subsequent years. Recipients may also receive other scholarships from the Angus Foundation or local, state, regional and national Angus-related entities.
The Arkansas Angus Auxiliary’s ambition to create more scholarship opportunities for Angus youth from Arkansas led to its donation of $10,000 to the Angus Foundation to establish the Arkansas Angus Auxiliary Scholarship Endowment Fund in 2011. To be considered for this scholarship, applicants must be entering their sophomore, junior or senior year in college and be a current or past member of the Arkansas Junior Angus Association. Recipients of this award may receive the scholarship up to three times by reapplying each year.
The legacy of Jean Ann (Neumeyer) Bojorquez, 1962-1996, will be carried on in perpetuity in the Angus breed through the Jean Ann (Neumeyer) Bojorquez Memorial Angus Scholarship Endowment Fund. In October 2007, Jean Ann's parents Bob and Hollyce Neumeyer of Jaynbee Ranch at Bonners Ferry, Idaho, established this endowment with a $10,000 gift in memory of their beloved daughter. Jean Ann was very active in the Angus breed and showed Angus cattle and competed in junior activities at local, state, regional and national levels. As a young adult, Jean Ann continued her involvement in the Angus breed and owned cows with her parents at the ranch. The scholarship will be targeted to Angus youth from Idaho, Washington, and Oregon, followed by California, Montana, Nevada, and Utah. A different recipient will receive the scholarship each year.
The Adam and Julie Conover Angus Scholarship Endowment Fund was started in 2017 with a $10,000 gift from Adam and Julie Conover of Holden, Missouri. The Conover's' heart for the Angus community, specifically Angus youth, is evident within one conversation with them. Julie grew up on her parents', Steve and Nancy Thelen, Angus farm where she raised and showed cattle. The family members have been long-time members of the American Angus Association, the Michigan Angus Association, and the American Angus Auxiliary. Adam grew up in Iowa and developed a true passion for the Angus Breed with the assistance of his father, Al Conover. Adam and Julie now reside in Missouri where Adam works for the American Angus Association as a regional manager, and Julie works for the Missouri Angus Association as the Association general manager. Scholarships are available to youth from Iowa, Michigan, and Missouri. The scholarship will be awarded to a different recipient each year.
In admiration of C.L. and Joyce Cook of Bricton Farms, Social Circle, Georgia, and the impact C.L. had on their lives raising Angus cattle, Stacey and Melanie Britt and other long-time friends of the Cooks initiated a fundraising drive and established the C.L. Cook Scholarship Endowment Fund. C.L. and Joyce were overjoyed at the "Georgia Genetics Angus Sale" in April 2015, when more than $35,000 was raised in C.L.'s honor from the proceeds of an Angus female donated by Britt Angus Farms and contributions from other generous Angus breeders. Applicants from Georgia will be given first preference for this undergraduate scholarship with no restrictions to academic major, or student year classification.
The family of Pat Goggins has provided a $11,750 gift, creating the Pat Goggins Memorial Angus Scholarship Endowment Fund. Goggins was a publisher, columnist, auctioneer, livestock market owner, real estate broker and longtime Angus breeder from Billings, Montana. He gained great prestige in the Angus industry working as a fieldman and ringman for Western Livestock Journal, the Montana Farmer Stockman, and Western Livestock Reporter. A self-taught auctioneer, Goggins became one of the leading purebred livestock auctioneers in the U.S. Over the years, Goggins’ keen business sense led him to acquire three auction markets, numerous ranches, and feedlots, the first livestock video auction, a real estate company and other business ventures. Showing their respect and admiration for Goggins, numerous Angus breeders and friends have made memorial gifts to the fund. Selection criteria for the Pat Goggins Memorial Scholarship includes first preference being given to Angus youth from Montana.
The legacy of Oliver A. Hansen, members of the Hansen family and their Laudmere Farm, Durant, Iowa, will continue through the Oliver A. Hansen Family/Laudmere Farm Angus Scholarship Endowment Fund established in 2011, a $10,000 endowment that will allow one college or college-bound Angus junior member from Iowa to receive a scholarship each year. Oliver A. Hansen was an active member of the American Angus Association and friend of the Angus breed. Oliver grew up in Dixon, Iowa, and assisted his father with the Angus herd at Laudmere Farm, which was established in 1931. He held several leadership roles in the Eastern Iowa Angus Association and was a strong advocate for Angus cattle and the agricultural industry. In 2009, he was inducted into the Angus Heritage Foundation. The recipient of the Oliver A. Hansen Family/Laudmere Farm Angus Scholarship must be a resident of Iowa and a member or past member of the Iowa Junior Angus Association for at least four consecutive years.
James and Mary Lou (Bradley) Henderson, with Mary’s mother, Minnie Lou Bradley, own and operate Bradley 3 Ranch in Memphis, Texas. One of only a few herds that have maintained more than 200 registered Angus cows for more than 50 years; Bradley 3 Ranch today has more than 400 Angus cows. James and Mary Lou established the James and Mary Lou Henderson/Bradley 3 Ranch Angus Scholarship Endowment Fund in 2013. Applicants from New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas majoring in agriculture and business fields of study will be given first preference.
Funded during the Vision of Value: Campaign for Angus, a capital campaign for the Angus breed that concluded in 2011, the Howard and JoAnne Hillman/Bon View Farms Angus Scholarship Endowment Fund will support one scholarship to be received by a South Dakota Junior Angus Member and one scholarship designated for members of the Junior Angus Assocation from other states. Howard and JoAnne Hillman of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, are no strangers to the Angus breed. From 1908-1999, their Angus seedstock operation, Bon View Farms in Canova, South Dakota, produced quality, elite cattle through difficulties, financial prosperity and tough economic times, and the sacrifices of many. They had many successful appearances in national show rings over the years and offered genetic advancements to the Angus breed through annual production sales.
Gregg and Lile Blythe established the James E. Horton, Jr. Angus Scholarship Endowment Fund to honor Gregg's long-time friend, mentor and Angus partner, James Edwin Horton. The Fund was started with a gift of $20,000 in 2006. A leader in the Angus breed for many years, Mr. Horton served as a director and President of the American Angus Association during the 1970s. He was instrumental in the acquisition of the Angus Journal, establishing Certified Angus Beef and led the efforts for the eventual creation of the Angus Foundation. First preference will be given to Angus youth from Alabama to receive this scholarship. A different recipient will receive the scholarship each year.
With a significant gift of $25,000 to the Angus Foundation from proceeds left over from hosting the 2008 National Junior Angus Show, the Iowa Junior Angus Association established the Iowa Junior Angus Association Scholarship Endowment Fund in 2009. Through the establishment of a permanent endowment, the Iowa juniors have designated the funds to be used for scholarships through the Angus Foundation’s Scholarship Program. Earnings from the fund will support one scholarship to be received by Iowa Junior Angus Association members, and one scholarship designated for members of the Junior Angus Association from other states.
In 2007, sale proceeds from donated heifers, memorial gifts and other contributions from Angus breeders and friends in Kansas helped the Kansas Angus Association establish the Kansas Angus Association Scholarship Endowment Fund at $10,000. Subsequent gifts to the Fund continue to be made by Angus breeders in Kansas. The Fund provides scholarships to Angus youth from Kansas attending college and/or supports sponsorships for Kansas youth to attend the national Leaders Engaged in Angus Development (LEAD) Conference. When awarded, the Kansas Angus Association selects the LEAD scholarship recipient(s).
Gordon and Robin Keys and their family of Beaver Dam Farm, Middleburg, Virginia, established two scholarship endowment funds in 2015 to honor their families home states – Virginia and Maryland. With a long history in the Angus breed, the Keys wanted to donate to the Angus Foundation in a personal way by establishing two scholarships that will help more youth achieve an education.
The late Doug Kuykendall's legacy is being carried on through the Doug Kuykendall Scholarship Endowment Fund, established through his loving family and the Texas Junior Angus Association. Doug and his brother Sid started the Star K Cattle Company and were very successful in the show barn and active in the local community. Doug enjoyed a 40-year career at University of Texas Arlington, as Assistant Director of Intramural Sports and Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs. Doug was very passionate about doing the right thing, being charitable, and helping the underrepresented. Selection criteria for the Doug Kuykendall Scholarship includes first preferences to Angus youth in Texas, followed by New Mexico and Oklahoma.
Mike McCravy was more than a past AAA Board member, he was a cattleman that walked the walk every day and lived by example. McCravy was from Bowdon, Georgia, and passed away suddenly on November 14, 2022. McCravy was a leader that pushed for progress while serving on various influential boards around the state of Georgia. Most importantly, he was the Uncle Mike to so many of our kids and did everything in his power to help youth involved in agriculture. Fellow Angus cattlemen helped establish this scholarship in his memory.
The late Joe Bill Meng's legacy is being carried on through the Joe Bill Meng Memorial Angus Scholarship Endowment Fund established in 2016. Joe Bill enjoyed a lifetime of happiness as a devoted Angus breeder. He worked and lived on the Meng family farm in Woodburn, Kentucky, for many years and built their Angus herd into a nationally respected seedstock producer. He was known throughout the purebred cattle industry as an expert in Angus pedigrees and cow families and was a respected judge, consultant, and breeder. Meng served on the boards of both the Kentucky and American Angus Association and was an inductee in the Angus Heritage Foundation. He managed the American Angus Futurity for many years and promoted the breed with fervor. Selection criteria for the Joe Bill Meng Memorial Angus Scholarship includes first preference being given to Angus youth from Kentucky.
The Ed and Wilma Minix/Black Witch Farm Angus Youth Scholarship and Activities Endowment Fund was established in 2014, with a $100,000 investment through the Angus Foundation. The fund will generate an annual scholarship, and the balance of the annual investment earnings will be used for youth activities, such as Raising the Bar. Ed and Wilma Minix loved the young juniors in the Association and enjoyed watching them grow into leaders.
The Montana Angus Association and Montana Angus Auxiliary's creation of a $25,000 scholarship endowment fund within the Angus Foundation to establish the Montana Angus Youth Scholarship (MAYS) was based upon the two organizations’ shared goal to award a scholarship to a student continuing at least his or her second year of higher education. The recipient must also be a resident of Montana and a member or past member of the Montana Junior Angus Association. The scholarship was established in 2011.
Established in 2020 with a gift of transferred stock, John Mrotek established the John R. Mrotek Family Technical Education Scholarship Endowment Fund with the Angus Foundation to provide academic scholarships for Angus youth pursuing vocational training in career and technical programs ranging from farm/ranch management and precision agriculture to welding, diesel mechanics and veterinary technicians. This is the first Angus Foundation scholarship fund to specifically target trade schools and supporting vocational careers and students seeking a terminal, technical degree, or certificate program. Recipients of the John R. Mrotek Family Technical Education Scholarship should be enrolled or enrolling in a trade school and preference will be given to applicants from Virginia.
Developed by the 2009-2010 NJAA Board of Directors, the objective of the NJAA Alumni and Friends Scholarship Endowment Fund is to create more scholarship opportunities for deserving Angus youth of the NJAA and to inspire other juniors and alumni to “give back” to the NJAA. Bob and Margaret Duprey of Cherry Knoll Farm, West Grove, Pa., have pledged a total of $25,000 in matching funds to support the NJAA Board Alumni and Friends Scholarship Endowment Fund. A different recipient will receive the scholarship each year.
Tragically killed in an automobile accident on December 10, 2007, Mack C. Olson's legacy will be carried on in perpetuity in the Angus breed through the Mack C. Olson Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund. Spearheaded by his numerous friends and family members, a fund drive resulted in more than $17,000 being raised from in-memory gifts and the proceeds from an embryo auction at the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado. Mack was a member of the American Angus Association, Montana Angus Association, Western Montana Angus Association, and director for the Western Montana Stockgrowers Association. The Olson family raises Angus cattle in the beautiful Mission Valley at St. Ignatius, Montana. The first scholarship was awarded at the 2008 National Junior Angus Show. A different recipient will receive the scholarship each year.
The Pennsylvania Angus Association Scholarship Endowment Fund was initiated and supported by the Pennsylvania Angus Association and its members. The Pennsylvania Angus Association Scholarship is awarded to Angus youth from that state.
Roscoe L. Richardson of Dracut, Massachusetts, was a long-time member and officer of the New England Angus Association. Roscoe was a man who loved Angus cattle and the associations he developed from being an active Angus breeder. He always found time to support Angus activities in New England and help other breeders. A strong supporter of higher education, this scholarship award was established to continue his ideals of helping young people remain connected to agriculture. Funded at his death in 1988 with in-memory contributions to the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, the Roscoe L. Richardson Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund of $10,000 was recently donated to the Angus Foundation. The primary selection criteria and focus for this scholarship is to support Angus youth from New England states. The first scholarship was awarded at the 2007 National Junior Angus Show.
No one embodies the spirit of true Angus breeders more than the John Rucker Family of Hill Crest Farm at Delaplane, Virginia. Started in 1924 by John’s father, Bayard Ambrose Rucker, Hill Crest Farm has consistently produced quality Angus cattle for more than 70 years. John and his wife Marjorie, and their three daughters Connie, Sue and Penny not only bred Angus cattle, but also were involved in positions of leadership and service to the Angus breed. In honor of the Rucker family’s stewardship and involvement, Dwight and Carolyn Houff of Holly Hill Farm, Mount Sidney, Virginia, created the John Rucker Family Angus Scholarship Endowment Fund in 2009 with a $10,500 gift to the Angus Foundation. Developed to provide educational scholarships to deserving youth of the Virginia Junior Angus Association, this fund will pay tribute to the work that the late John and Marjorie Rucker and their daughter Susan Pritchard Rucker did for Angus youth. A different recipient will receive the scholarship each year.
The Joseph and Ruby Schaff/Schaff Angus Ranch Scholarship Endowment Fund was funded initially with a $10,000 gift in 2006 from Joseph and Ruby Schaff of Schaff Angus Ranch of St. Anthony, North Dakota. The Joseph and Ruby Schaff/Schaff Angus Ranch Scholarship will permanently carry the legacy of these long-time Angus breeders. Angus youth from North Dakota who meets the qualifications and requirements for the Angus Foundation Scholarship Program will be eligible for consideration by the Angus Foundation Scholarship Committee for this scholarship. The Joseph and Ruby Schaff/Schaff Angus Ranch Scholarship will be awarded to a different recipient each year. The first scholarship was awarded at the 2006 National Junior Angus Show.
If you were among Angus breeders marketing cattle during the emerging auction methods of the 1950s and 1960s, Col. Ray Sims was likely at the top of your auctioneer list. Sims helped develop purebred auctions into fast-paced and steady marketing venues and helped lay the foundation of many modern auction techniques. During his 46-year career, Sims traveled throughout the United States and sold for both large- and small-scale livestock breeders, senators and three U.S. presidents — more than an estimated 7,000 auctions total. Sims was honored for his contributions to the industry as he received the Saddle and Sirloin Portrait Award in 2010 during a special ceremony in conjunction with the North American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE) in Louisville, Kentucky. Donations exceeding the portrait presentation costs were pooled to create the Ray Sims Angus Scholarship Endowment Fund in honor of Sims. Sims passed away in 2012, but his legacy lives on in the Angus breed through this scholarship endowment and all the lives he has touched. A different recipient will receive the scholarship each year.
The Angus Foundation awards two $5,000 Richard L. Spader scholarships annually to Angus youth. These scholarships are in recognition of the late Richard “Dick” Spader, a former Executive Vice President of the American Angus Association.
As one facet of the ambitious fundraising campaign "The Texas Challenge" by Angus breeders in Texas raising $250,000 to match a generous $250,000 challenge gift by Klaus and Bonnie Birkel of Camp Cooley Ranch, Franklin, Texas, supporting education, youth and research, the Texas Angus Association "Texas Challenge" Scholarship Endowment Fund was initiated in 2007. Contributions to the Angus Foundation designated for this Fund will provide scholarships to Angus youth from Texas. Gifts continue to be made to this Fund by Angus breeders, allied industry interests and friends in Texas through "The Texas Challenge II," an exciting second phase with the Texas Angus Association and Angus Foundation now aspiring to achieve a new fundraising goal of $1 million.
In his leadership role as the Chairman of the National Junior Angus Association (NJAA) Board of Directors, Jonathan “Cory” Watt was widely known and loved by thousands of NJAA members and Angus breeders across the country. Cory returned home to be with the Lord on February 19, 2015, after a prolonged battle with cancer. Cory graduated from Clemson University in December 2014, where he received a degree in animal and veterinary science and focused on agriculture business. He loved Angus cattle and was an active member of the South Carolina Junior Angus Association. Through this scholarship, Cory’s legacy will continue to strive by helping one recipient each year achieve a higher education. Led by the Kevin and Lydia Yon family with the donation of an Angus female, other family, friends, and industry role models have grown the Cory Watt Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund to more than $40,000 in Cory’s memory.
In 2009, the Western States National Junior Angus Show (WSNJAS) organization established a fund in the Angus Foundation to support a future NJAS to be hosted by their organization and provide undergraduate scholarships. To be eligible to receive these WSNJAS scholarships, recipients must be from states in the WSNJAS organization. These states are Arizona, Colorado, California, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
Funded by the American Angus Association in 2017, the Richard and Wanda Wilson Scholarship Endowment Fund was established to recognize Rich’s distinguished 48 years of service to the Association and its members. During Rich’s tenure in the Association’s Department of Finance, the entities Certified Angus Beef LLC, Angus Foundation, Angus Productions, Inc., and Angus Genetics, Inc., were formed. Through his exemplary leadership and guidance as the Association’s long-time Chief Financial Officer, the organization’s consolidated net assets grew to more than $65 million from 1968-2017. The Richard and Wanda Wilson Scholarship Endowment Fund will provide scholarships to Angus youth enrolled in finance, business management, economics or accounting academic major. First preference will be given to continuing students who have completed two years of college. Applicants must have a 3.0 GPA (cumulative) to be eligible to receive this scholarship.
DeEtta (Jones) Wood served as president of the North Carolina Angus Auxiliary and advisor of the North Carolina Junior Angus Association. At the Wood family’s 2015 annual production sale, an Angus heifer was sold, raising more than $20,000 towards starting the DeEtta Wood Memorial Scholarship and Achievement/Leadership Awards Endowment Fund. A scholarship will be given to an undergraduate student in her honor. First preference will be given to students from North Carolina.
Established in 2005 with a $25,000 gift from Blanford and Joan Pierce of Creston, Illinois, the Woodlawn Farms Angus Scholarship Endowment Fund will permanently carry the legacy of this historical Angus herd of 125 years. Angus youth across the United States who meet the qualifications and requirements for the Angus Foundation Scholarship Program will be eligible for consideration by the Angus Foundation Scholarship Committee for this scholarship. The Woodlawn Scholarship(s) will be awarded to a different recipient each year. The first scholarship was awarded at the 2006 National Junior Angus Show.
Graduate scholarships
The graduate student scholarship can only be applied to advanced degree studies. Applicants at one time must have been a NJAA member and must currently be a junior, regular or life member of the American Angus Association. Strong preference and priority will be given to applicants pursuing advanced degrees related closely to the beef industry.
These one-year awards will consist of five graduate student scholarships to young men and women actively involved in the Angus breed who are pursuing an advanced degree in higher education.
In addition to naming the Angus Foundation as a charitable beneficiary in her estate plans, Camron “Cam” Cooper, owner of the Talon Ranch of Twin Bridges, Mont., has provided for a graduate scholarship(s) to Angus youth through the creation of the Angus/Talon Youth Educational Learning Program Endowment Fund. This fund will also eventually support educational internships for Angus youth at host Angus breeders' farms across the United States.
The Angus Foundation Graduate Scholarship Program application will be used to select the Angus/Talon Youth Educational Learning Program Endowment Fund scholarship recipients. All applicants for graduate student support from the Angus/Talon Educational Learning Program must be pursuing advanced degrees related closely to the beef cattle industry (i.e., animal science, meat science, food science, veterinary medicine, plant science, range and forage production, agricultural economics, agricultural communications, biochemistry and molecular biology, etc.).
The Angus Foundation Scholarship Selection Committee reserves all rights in determining number of scholarships awarded and academic field of study requirements. First preference will be given to applicants having received financial support from the Angus/Talon Youth Educational Learning Program Endowment Fund through the undergraduate student scholarship component of the Program and who have successfully maintained academic progress as required thereof with an accumulative 3.0 GPA when awarded their undergraduate degree. Academic performance is required for an applicant to be considered for the Angus/Talon Graduate Student Scholarship initially and to continue receiving the scholarship in subsequent years. Recipients may also receive other scholarships from the Angus Foundation or local, state, regional and national Angus-related entities.
Other Scholarships
Separate from the general Angus Foundation scholarship fund for NJAA members, several scholarships are granted annually to candidates who meet specific criteria determined by the donor or endowment. Each scholarship has unique qualifications and are applied for individually.
The family and many friends of the late Joel Harrison have created the Joel Harrison Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund. Joel Harrison loved ranching and Angus cattle and was a member of the American Angus Association and the Kansas Angus Association. The first Joel Harrison Memorial Angus Scholarship was awarded to the exhibitor of the Grand Champion Bred-and-Owned Cow-Calf Pair at the 2017 NJAS in Des Moines, Iowa.
In 1948, Robert (Bob) Schlutz bought his first registered Angus heifer as a 4-H project. Not long after, in 1953, Bob and his parents, Dale and Esther, formed a partnership that soon become known as Da-Es-Ro (Dale, Esther and Robert). Over the past 50 years, the herd has emerged into the current 125-cow purebred operation that focuses on producing seedstock that excel in economically important traits. The Schlutz family has pledged to continue the family tradition of producing cattle that meet the demands of their customers. But the Schlutzs not only focus on producing excellent cattle, they also hold a place in their hearts for the members of the National Junior Angus Association (NJAA). Because of their love for the youth of the NJAA, the Schlutzs donated $25,000 in 2006 to establish the Robert and Marillyn Schlutz Angus Scholarship Endowment Fund to annually provide a scholarship to the exhibitor of the Champion Bred and Owned Heifer at the National Junior Angus Show (NJAS).
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