Barnesville, Minnesota
June 1, 2002
British White Cattle Sale & Banquet

Sale & Banquet Co-Hosted by Field & Alison McConnell and Dean & Teri Benson.

Alison & Field McConnell

Field & Alison live near Glyndon, Minnesota. Field is a member of the Board of Directors and Vice President of the British White Cattle Association of America.

Dean & Teri Bensen

Dean & Teri live near Fargo, North Dakota. Dean is a member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer of the British White Cattle Association of America.

Speakers
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Avalon Farm Sign

Field & Alison McConnell's Farm Entrance Sign. Avalon British Whites, Glyndon, Minnesota

Master of Ceremonies.

Field McConnell, back to camera. In addition to hosting and managing the sale, Field introduced the speakers, made all the routine schedule announcements and announced the trophy presentations.

Leslie Cook, UK.

Les gave us a brief history of British Whites, including how most of them got started in the USA.

John Wood, Grassland Beef Missouri.

John gave a real interesting talk on his Grassland Beef program and how they are being successful with their Internet marketing program. Take a look at www.grasslandbeef.com.

Jim Lents, Oklahoma

Title of Jim's program was "Messing With Perfection," an interesting approach to keeping us spellbound with his Line Breeding knowledge.

Angela Hamilton, UK

Angela is secretary of the British White Cattle Society, UK. She gave us the details on how British Whites have escaped the Foot & Mouth outbreaks.

Charles Walters, Acres USA Publication.

Check out www.acresusa.com. Chuck told a few stories and introduced Gearld Fry.

Gearld Fry, Arkansas USA

Gearld's topic was "The Perfect Beef Cow". Gearld www.bovineengineering.com and uses Linear Measurements and Sonogram Evaluations to help see that Perfec Beef Animal.


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