Dedicated to promoting Herefords in Iowa.

IJHA Directors & Advisors

  • President
  • Kennedy Montag - Grimes
  • Vice President
  • Addison Wall - Pleasantville
  • Secretary
  • Carlee Cremeens - Williamsburg
  • Treasurer
  • T.R. Putz - Otley
  • Iowa Hereford Queen
  • Avari Schroeder - Sumner
  • Director
  • Macy Macke - Lake City
  • Director
  • Kennedy Rife - Columbus Junction
  • Director
  • Logan Schroeder - Pella
  • Director
  • Spencer Suchan - Gowrie
  • IJHA Advisors
  • - Anthony & Katie Monroe - Truro

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2024 IJHA Officers & Directors
2024 IJHA Officers & Directors

2024 Queen
2024 Iowa Hereford Queen - Avari Schroeder - Sumner
Events...

2025 Steer Futurity
April 1 – Nomination Deadline
July 1 -  Qualification Deadline
Steer Futurity Nomination Form
Steer Futurity Rules, Deadlines & Qualifications

2025 IJHA Preview Show
June 6-8, 2025
Webster County Fairgrounds - Fort Dodge, IA

(A block of rooms is available at the Sleep Inn and Suites under "Hereford Association" - (515) 302-8508 Camping is also available at the fairgrounds)
2025 Preview Show Schedule & Details to be posted in future



IJHA Faces of Leadership Conference Sponsorship

Deadline to submit is Deadline to submit is April 1
View/Download Application Forms below...

Again this year, the Wall Family (PAW Livestock) will be sponsoring an IJHA member to attend the National Faces of Leadership Conference. Please see the links below for more information and the application. Applications are due by April 1, 2023, and the recipient will be announced at the Iowa Hereford Preview Show in June. Learn more about the Faces of Leadership Conference here (https://hereford.org/youth/faces-of-leadership/ ).

Faces of Leadership Guidelines
Faces of Leadership Application


IHBA Scholarships

Deadline to submit is August 1
View/Download Application Forms below...

  Beale-Koep Scholarship Application
  Christenson Scholarship Application
  Harms Scholarship Application

IHBA Heifer Grant Program

Awards for 2025 Expo Sale purchases
Deadline to submit application is November 1, 2024

View/Download Application Forms below...

  Heifer Grant Program Guidelines – Application Form

County Champions Award Form

Deadline to submit is October 1
View/Download Application Forms below...

  County Champion Form

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2024 IJHA Preview Show
2024 IJHA Preview Show
Supreme Champion Animal
Champion Cow-Calf
Carlee Schanbacher, Newhall
2024 IJHA Preview Show
2024 IJHA Preview Show
Grand Champion Polled Heifer
Macy Macke, Lake City
2024 IJHA Preview Show
2024 IJHA Preview Show
Grand Champion Horned Heifer
Champion Bred & Owned Horned Heifer
Logan Schroeder, Pella
2024 IJHA Preview Show
2024 IJHA Preview Show
Grand Champion Steer
Lola Lacina, Tama
2024 IJHA Preview Show
2024 IJHA Preview Show
Grand Champion Bull
Kennedy Rife, Columbus Junction
2024 IJHA Preview Show
2024 IJHA Preview Show
Champion Bred & Owned Polled Heifer
Grant Wilson, Donahue
2024 IJHA Preview Show
2024 IJHA Preview Show
Reserve Champion Cow-Calf
Trinity Brincks, Fredericksburg
2024 IJHA Preview Show
2024 IJHA Preview Show
Reserve Grand Champion Polled Heifer
Cole Schanbacher, Newhall
2024 IJHA Preview Show
2024 IJHA Preview Show
Reserve Grand Champion Horned Heifer
Emma Davisson, Calamus
2024 IJHA Preview Show
2024 IJHA Preview Show
Reserve Grand Champion Steer
Silas Koenig, Pleasantville
2024 IJHA Preview Show
2024 IJHA Preview Show
Reserve Grand Champion Bull
Carlee Schanbacher, Newhall
2024 IJHA Preview Show
2024 IJHA Preview Show
Reserve Champion Bred & Owned Polled Heifer
Addison Wall, Pleasantville
2024 IJHA Preview Show
2024 IJHA Preview Show
Reserve Champion Bred & Owned Horned Heifer
Logan Schroeder, Pella

2024 IJHA Preview Show Showmanship Winners

Peewee:

Champion - Caroline Wagner, Hull
Reserve - Wynsten Timm, Guernsey

Junior:

Champion - Claire Schanbacher, Newhall
Reserve - Emmett Lovrien, Clarksville

Intermediate:

Champion - Dax Putz, Otley
Reserve - Grant Wilson, Donahue

Senior:

Champion - Ethan Espenscheid, Marshalltown
Reserve - T.R. Putz, Otley

2024 IJHA Preview Show
From left: seniors Ethan Espenscheid, Marshalltown, champion, and T.R. Putz, Otley, reserve; intermediates Dax Putz, Otley, champion, and Grant Wilson, Donahue, reserve; juniors Claire Schanbacher, Newhall, champion, and Emmett Lovrien, Clarksville, reserve; peewees Caroline Wagner, Hull, champion, and Wynsten Timm, Guernsey, reserve. Showmanship judge (standing behind Caroline) was Craig Moffitt.


2024 IHBA Steer Futurity

2024 IJHA Preview Show
2024 IHBA Steer Futurity
Champion - $1,000
Shown by: Grady Brix
Breeder: Grady Brix
2024 IJHA Preview Show
2024 IHBA Steer Futurity
Reserve Champion - $500
Shown by: Silas Koenig
Breeder: Amos Hereford Farms
2024 IJHA Preview Show
2024 IHBA Steer Futurity
3rd Place - $250
Shown by: Lola Lacina
Breeder: Jackson Hereford Farms
2024 IJHA Preview Show
2024 IHBA Steer Futurity
4th Place - $150
Shown by: Drew Stickley
Breeder: Stickley & Sons
2024 IJHA Preview Show
2024 IHBA Steer Futurity
5th Place - $100
Shown by: Drew Stickley
Breeder: Stickley & Sons
2024 IJHA Preview Show
2024 IHBA Steer Futurity
Top Rate of Gain - $150
(ROG 3.48 lbs/day)
Shown by: Logan Williams
Breeder: R&R Cattle Company

Membership to the Iowa Junior Hereford Association is open to any person under twenty-one (21) years of age, but not to exceed the member's twenty-second (22nd) birthday as of January first (1st) that is interested in promoting or showing Herefords (Horned or Polled). A member must be seven (7) as of January 1st to participate in the June show. Fiscal year runs from September 1st thru August 31st. Annual meeting is held at the June show. Dues for individual members is $20.00, payable to the Iowa Junior Hereford Association and mail to the advisors along with your name, mailing address, and date of birth.
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