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October
2007 | Vol 1, Issue 8 |
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Data Deadline |
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Data must be
submitted by November 1st in
order to be included in the Spring 2008
EPD run. |
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Limousin Voice Winter Deadline |
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Just a
reminder that the deadline for ad
bookings for the Winter (Seasons
Greetings issue) is November 1st.
For more information or to book space,
please contact:
Bryan
Kostiuk
Ph: 306-934-9696
Fax: 306-934-0744
E-mail:
bryan@tbarc.com
Design / Production
T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd.
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Ph: 306-933-4200
E-mail:
info@tbarc.com |
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Important Notice for CLA Members |
The Annual
General Meeting and a Special General
Meeting of the Members of the Canadian
Limousin Association was held on Friday,
August 3, 2007 at the Hilton Hotel in
London, Ontario.
In working with the Minister of
Agriculture and Agri-Food to approve the
November 27, 2003 amendments to the
Rules and Regulations, which were
approved by the Minister in May of 2006,
it was recognized that the CLA’s
Constitution needed to be updated to
reflect changes in the industry and to
make the document consistent with the
Animal Pedigree Act. As such, the Board
of Directors agreed to undertake a
review of the CLA’s Application for
Incorporation, Constitution and Rules
and Regulations and bring forward
revised By-laws for consideration by the
Members.
A comprehensive review of the
Constitution was presented to the
membership at the meeting. Ms. Adrienne
Waller, our legal counsel, walked the
members through a three column table
commenting on the proposed amendments to
the by-laws as they appeared on each
page of the three column document.
During her presentation Adrienne Waller
answered questions from the floor.
During the by-law discussion the members
commented on the proposed by-laws and
suggested edits to a number of the
provisions. Due to the limited amount of
time available at the Annual General
Meeting to review the proposed
amendments in detail it was determined
to table the discussion to allow members
to submit written comments to the
Association with respect to the proposed
amended by-laws.
This three column document was sent to
the active CLA membership in June with
notice of the annual general meeting. It
is also posted on our website at
www.limousin.com
Any members
wishing to review and comment on this
document may do so in writing to the CLA
office no later than December 31,
2007. |
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On-line Billing Details |
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Some of you
may not be aware of a useful function
that is on the home page of your Online
website.
My Account, My Billing – details any
transactions that you submit to our
office or that we bill to your CLA
account (e.g. Registration requests, DNA
kits, WHE installments, etc). It is
particularly useful for December-born
calves that are born close to the next
calf crop year. It enables you to alert
us to the billing error prior to the
invoices/credit cards being processed
and released.
It also will alert you to dams that you
forgot to enroll as it would bill the
Non-WHE fee for those calf registrations
($63.70) – rather than the $0.00 fee.
If you have
any questions, please call the office. |
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Information Packages Sent |
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A package
was recently mailed to you from the CLA
office which includes 2008 female
enrolment forms for WHE participants,
online enrolment instructions for online
Limousin.com users, and application for
registration forms for non-WHE members.
Please remember the very important
deadline of December 31, 2007 for WHE
participants to submit their 2008 female
enrolments. If you have any questions,
or have not received your package,
please contact the office immediately. |
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18th International Limousin Conference:
Italy May 20-28, 2008 |
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Information
on the 18th International Limousin
Conference is now available at
http://www.anacli.it/ |
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Embryo Animals |
Please fill
out an Embryo Data and Registration Form
and forward to the CLA office. Include a
Certificate of Embryo
Recovery/Transplant Form (also called
Flush Form) with your Registration Form.
The form should have the correct Donor
Dam information and Sire along with the
correct date of transplant. It is always
helpful to make clear which Recipient
Dam tag corresponds with your Embryo
animal. The CLA by-laws require that a
Certificate of Embryo Recovery Form be
on file for each embryo animal. Without
this form, your animal will not be
registered.
If possible, when submitting paperwork
to the office, please include a daytime
phone number where you can be reached
should we have questions to complete
your work. Please also ensure that your
address, email and other contact numbers
are current on your account.
If you have
any questions, please call the office. |
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Research
Opportunity |
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A research
project is currently underway to measure
the variability of meat from basic
commodity production versus specific
branded or niche programs. Members or
customers who retain ownership and will
have a consistent supply of cattle to be
harvested over the course of the year
are invited to contact Dr. Susan Markus
403 742-7570 e-mail
susan.markus@gov.ab.ca
Cattle must
be harvested over an entire year. Single
season or group marketings are not
sufficient for the program. The CLA will
also work with these producers who have
adequate pedigree information to
incorporate the data in genetic
evaluation if possible. |
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Wanted: Cattle for Visions Quest Round 3 |
NALF is
looking for cattle for:
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Limousin and Lim-Flex breed
improvement
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Breed and breeder promotion
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Feedyard and carcass education
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Carcass data for reliable EPDs
For more
indepth information on guidelines, etc.
visit
http://nalf.org/programs/vq_guidelines.html
or contact Bo Sexson at
bo@nalf.org
or Frank Padilla at
frank@nalf.org, NALF's marshals to
collect your bounty! They can also
be reached at (303) 220-1693. |
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Lots of Interest in SMARTags! |
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There has been lots of interest
and purchases made of SMARTags! Do you have yours? The
SMARTag program provides an effective marketing and
management tool for purebred and commercial cattle and beef
producers at all levels of the beef supply chain and in any
breed. At present, the SMARTag program offers
ranchers/farmers who have ordered tags the opportunity to
profile calves for sale on-line. Call Program Administrator
Katelin Wildeman at 1-866-999-6385 (toll-free) or visit the
website at www.smartagonline.com to order tags today. |
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Calendar of
Events |
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October 27th |
North American Beef Congress
Limousin Show & sale,
London, ON |
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October 28th |
Top Meadow Heifer Show -
NABC, London, ON |
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October 31-November 4th |
2007 National Limousin Show
and Sale, Brandon, MB |
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November 1-2nd |
Royal Agricultural Winter
Fair, Toronto, ON |
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November 1-3rd |
Lloydminster Stockade
Roundup, Lloydminster, SK |
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Sales and Shows listing |
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