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CELEBRATING 50 YEARS IN HEREFORDS

More than 700 Hereford breeders from 20 The ranch is just 5 miles from where Kevin’s Norwegian immigrants great
countries, including the United States, gather Grandmother and Father homesteaded. Kevin sold our first Polled Hereford
in Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 22-26, 2025, for Bull in 1976 with bull from a bred heifer we purchased from Watson Walking W
the World Hereford Conference. Missouri Ranch of Barnard, Kansas
Governor Mike Kehoe has proclaimed it In the mid 70’s Kevin’s family bought many females from Jim and Sue Rowland,
Hereford Week.
G&R Polled Herefords, Marysville, Kansas. Jim and Sue were very instrumental
The AHA Educational Forum was held in in developing many young people. Sue is still very active in the junior program
conjunction with the 19th World Hereford while we raised our children and soon grandchildren in the Hereford breed.
Conference (WHC) Six hundred WHC Kevin and Sheila’s children all have been active in the Hereford Junior program
participants celebrated the breed and the and have help many national offices with Brady being Chairman of the Junior
conference during the Global Celebratory Gala at Arrowhead Hereford board and Brooke was National Hereford Queen in 2014 while also
Stadium on Friday evening Oct 24th with dinner and fellowship. being on the National board. Ben, Brooke and Brady attended Pike Valley High
“The World Hereford Conference, which occurred in conjunction with the School and where very active in 4-H, FFA and sports while they remained busy
annual American Hereford Association (AHA) Annual Meeting with the ranch and showing Hereford cattle.
and Educational Symposium comes at a time of increasing In the early 80” s Kevin had a vision and opportunity to purchase
demand for Hereford genetics,” says Jack Ward, AHA executive land to expand his Hereford Fitting business and cowherd. Kevin
vice president. “Especially here in the United States, more and Sheila traveled the US extensively showing Hereford cattle
commercial cow-calf producers are incorporating Hereford which lead them to meet countless Hereford breeders and make
genetics into their herds for the breed’s proven inherent genetic lifelong friends. Jensen’s operation today consists of 300 -350
advantages, which include fertility, docility, longevity and feed head Hereford cows with an extensive ET program. Jensen’s have
efficiency.” been fortunate to have shown and raised many Champions and
The World Hereford Conference takes place every four years have bred and raised numbers Denver Hereford Pen Champions
when delegates of the World Hereford Council meet to conduct and carloads. Jensen’s have sold Hereford bulls many years
private treaty and now host an annual bull sale in March. Jensen
official business aimed at breed improvement and opportunity
development. It is a time for Hereford breeders from around the also participate in the National Reference Sire program and Total
world to network and learn from one another. The Jensen hosted Herd Reporting with the AHA.
a WHC tour stop in 1996 while the attendees were traveling to KEVIN 1979 In fact, the first National Hereford Show in 1899 was the
Fort Collins for the Conference. Kevin, Sheila and their family also traveled to foundation of what later became the iconic American Royal. Kevin Jensen.
Calgary, Alberta in 2011 to attend the World Conference. Sheila and her family Courtland is honored to be the judge for the National Hereford Show during
ranch in Canada showed cattle at the WHC in 1976 at the Show in Calgary. the American Royal, Kansas City, MO during this year’s World Hereford
Conference. Kevin is nationally and internationally knowing livestock judge.
Sites for the World Hereford Conference revolve among World Hereford Council Judged in Canada, Argentina, Australia, and USA
member countries. The first conference was held in 1951 at Herefordshire,
England. The United States hosted the World Hereford Conference for the first Kevin has judged numerous National, State and County Fairs as well as Junior
time in 1960, in Kansas City, Mo. The U.S. also hosted the 12th annual conference Nationals including two Hereford Junior Nationals
in Fort Collins, Colo., in 1996.
Events also include the recognition of many American Hereford producers,
young leaders and industry stakeholders, including the Hereford Hall of Fame
and Hall of Merit indictees, Golden and Centennial Hereford Breeders, Certified
Hereford Beef® award winners, the Hereford Commercial Producer of the Year;
Hereford Youth Foundation of America scholarship recipients and winners in
the National Junior Hereford Association Fed Steer Shootout.
Kevin Jensen and family were recognized on the stage during the American
Hereford Association annual meeting for registering Hereford Cattle for 50 years
and awarded the Century Breeder award. In 1972, Kevin purchased his first
Hereford heifer and it’s been the beginning of a lifetime of raising good Hereford
cattle and living his dream. Kevin has had unwavering confidence in Hereford
cattle that has supported the first generation of Jensen ranch and now the next
as well. Kevin Jensen started with purchased of one Polled Hereford heifer
purchased from RC Polled Herefords of Chester, Nebraska in the fall of 1972.
Kevin was raised and still resides in Republic County, Kansas.

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