April 28, 2023

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Michael Butz earns Junior Silver Award

Michael Butz, Reinholds, Pa., has earned the National Junior Angus Association’s (NJAA) Silver award, according to Caitlyn Brandt, events and junior activities director of the American Angus Association^® in Saint Joseph, Mo.

Butz is the 19-year-old son of Timothy and Kristine Butz and attends Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology, where he studies metals fabrication welding and technology. He is a member of the NJAA and the Pennsylvania Junior Angus Association, where he has served as director, treasurer and vice president.

He has participated in state, regional and national shows. At the National Junior Angus Show (NJAS), Butz participated in the team fitting contest. He was also a participant in the mentoring program in 2017.

The Silver award is the second level of the NJAA Recognition Program that began in 1972. Junior Angus breeders must apply for the award, then meet point requirements in many areas of participation before receiving the honor. Applicants are evaluated in areas of junior Angus association activities and leadership, participation in showmanship, contests and shows, using performance testing to improve their herd and their progress in producing and merchandising Angus cattle.

The NJAA promotes the involvement of young people in raising Angus cattle, while also providing leadership and self-development opportunities for the nearly 4,500 active members nationwide.

— Written by Lea Ann Maudlin, Angus Communications

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