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2016 NILE Merit Heifer Recipients Announced
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BILLINGS, MONT. – As the 2015 NILE Merit Heifer Recipients are busy preparing their heifers for the NILE Stock Show this October, all while the 2016 NILE Merit Heifer Recipients have been selected! Applications from Washington to South Dakota and Montana to Colorado were received in late June, sorted, selected, and paired up with a donors from Montana and Wyoming.
The purpose of the Merit Heifer program is to help youth get a start in the beef cattle business by awarding heifer calves to project participants chosen on the basis of merit, future goals, and ability to care for the animal. Any youth age 12 -16, who is a 4-H or FFA member may enter. Entries are not limited to Montana.
Each program participant will own his/her calf jointly with NILE until the completion of the program, at which time NILE officials will sign off and the participant will take full ownership of the heifer and her offspring. During the program duration, participants are responsible for raising the heifer, arranging for her to be bred, completing the record-keeping procedure and bringing the animal back one year later as a bred replacement heifer for exhibit at the NILE Stock Show (October 2016). The program is completed after the heifer is determined bred, all record keeping has been completed and the heifer has been shown at the 2016 NILE.
Congratulations to the 2016 NILE Merit Heifer Recipients!
