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DATE: January 16, 2017 PHONE: 406.587.4531
HODGES RE-ELECTED TO AMERICAN SIMMENTAL ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Bozeman, MT - Gordon Hodges, Hamptonville, North Carolina, has been re-elected by the American Simmental Association (ASA) membership to the Board of Trustees and will represent the Eastern Region.
A breeder of Simmental cattle for 46 years, Hodges owns Pineview Farms, a Simmental/SimAngus™ seedstock operation consisting of 40 cows, located in the foothills of western North Carolina. Since 2006, he has also served as Genetic and Marketing Manager for Gibbs Farms, a Simmental/SimAngus operation of 800 cows, located in Northern Alabama and Georgia.
For purposes of marketing, bull calves are developed and marketed through a cooperative effort between the two progressive operations. A graduate of North Carolina State University with degrees in Animal Science and Agricultural Education, Hodges spent more than a dozen years managing cattle sales throughout the eastern half of the nation.
He has now served nine years as an ASA Trustee, with his first six-year tenure from 1990 to 1996, and spent three years as chairman of the Beef Improvement Committee. Presently, he is completing a three-year term after being elected once again in 2014. Hodges and his wife, Melissa, are the parents of two grown children: Spencer, and Juliana.
Hodges was formally seated at ASA's 49th Annual Meeting held January 15, in Denver. Also seated were newly elected, Randy Moody, New Market, Alabama; Steve Eichacker, Salem, South Dakota; former trustee Tom Nelson, Wibaux, Montana; and re-elected, Erika Kenner, Leeds, North Dakota; and Gary Updyke, Checotah, Oklahoma.
Founded in 1968, the American Simmental Association is headquartered in Bozeman, MT. ASA is committed to leveraging technology, education and collaboration to accelerate genetic profitability for the beef industry. In keeping with its commitment, ASA, along with its partners, formed International Genetic Solutions - the world's largest genetic evaluation of beef cattle.
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