NEWSLETTER - JANUARY 2022 RUMINATING REMINDERS JANUARY
COUNCIL CORNER
• Subscriptions due: Doug Maclean, The Treasurer. Treasurer@highlandcattle.org.nz
Wow 2022 has arrived! With a new year, comes new strengths, thoughts and planning. The Spring Calves are here, the Autumn ones are yet to come so plan your numbers for the year, assess your feed requirements and make sure all records are up to date. Whoops, I have just been inspected by Silver Fern meat works and I had not kept any of my vet dockets, as I had not read the back of my sheet properly so I am busy tracking down receipts as he is coming back this month to check! And my pour on was out of date..... Naughty me! I have 21 stock and last year my vet did, a great trade out of me: one bull with laryngitis, a summer pneumonia, and a six month old calf died of pulpy kidney (the vet did not come for that, but we ended up vaccinating the rest of the herd ourselves). Not a normal year for me, but that’s farming!
• Order Society and NAIT tags for Autumn calves • Consider nominations for Council • Send items/notices for web alerts and news to: websupport@highlandcattle.org.nz
FEBRUARY • Bull Assessments April Round applications due. Contact Registrar to request a Bull Assessment Form or download from the website. Cost $60. Send to The Registrar: Cynthia Christie, 145 Somerton Rd, RD2, Ashburton 7772. registrar@highlandcattle.org.nz. Last day 1 March 2022. • Last day for acceptance of remits – 18 February 2022. Send to: Secretary@highlandcattle.org.nz • Send items/notices for web alerts and news to: websupport@highlandcattle.org.nz
- ROSALIE HUTTON, PRESIDENT
It is wonderful to see so many new members, please get in touch with any that come up in your area. They will no doubt appreciate the support and camaraderie. We have a great Council who meet monthly via the wonders of technology (Teams), with sub committees that meet more often îƙ ƑĚƐƭĿƑĚē ƥū ēĿƙČƭƙƙ ƙƎĚČĿǶ Č ƎƑūŏĚČƥƙ ĺîƎƎĚŠĿŠij îƥ ƥĺĚ ƥĿŞĚɍ
MARCH • Return Bull Assessment Requests with payment by 1 March • Fill out your Registration Forms for Spring/Summer calves and send to The Registrar: Cynthia Christie, 145 Somerton Rd, RD2, Ashburton 7772. P: 03 302 2656. E: registrar@highlandcattle.org.nz. • Send items/notices for web alerts and news to: websupport@highlandcattle.org.nz • Remember to take photo’s suitable for Calendar submissions and the Newsletter Photo Competitions and send to: editor@highlandcattle.org.nz
WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST MEMBERS! Zoe Going, Ashburton and Paul Davison, Carterton.
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