The Herd Book issue in July is always special, it’s the issue we use for all year to reference information and keep at our fingertips to find contacts in our breed. This year’s issue will have some special announcements for the ASA. You may not be aware, but the American Shorthorn Association is the oldest beef breed in the US. We started in Chicago, Illinois in 1872 as the American Shorthorn Breeders Association. And now, the time has finally come to announce activities that will kick-off the American Shorthorn Association’s Sesquicentennial – 150 years – as “America’s First.”