NEWSLETTER - JULY 2022 RUMINATING REMINDERS JULY • Order your Highland Semen ready for Spring mating • Remember to post photos and comments on our Facebook page – New Zealand Highland Cattle Society • Complete your late Herd Return! Detailed instructions are included in this newsletter • Send your 2023 Calendar photo submissions to editor@highlandcattle.org.nz
AUGUST • Bull assessment – October round. Contact the Registrar to request a Bull Assessment form or download from the website. Cost $60. Send your form to The Registrar: Cynthia Christie, 145 Somerton Rd, RD2, Ashburton 7772. P: 03 302 2656. Registrar@highlandcattle.org.nz • Last day for Calendar photo submissions is 14 August • Show season starts in October. Have you applied for your animal passports? • Contact: Cynthia Christie, Registrar. Registrar@ highlandcattle.org.nz
SEPTEMBER • Return Bull Assessment forms with payment by 1 September. The Registrar, Cynthia Christie, 145 Somerton Rd, RD2, Ashburton 7772. P: 03 302 2656. Registrar@highlandcattle.org.nz • Mating will shortly get underway. Keep mating ƑĚČūƑēƙɍ HĚƥ T ČĚƑƥĿǶ ČîƥĚƙ IJƑūŞ NjūƭƑ ƥĚČĺŠĿČĿîŠɈ ċƭŕŕ lease forms etc. • Tag calves as they are born – letter K • Purchase the 2023 calendar from: Anne the Editor! Editor@highlandcattle.org.nz
COUNCIL CORNER What an absolute delight it was to host so many of you in Palmerston North for the annual NZHCS AGM, the weekend of the 27th – 29th May. We kicked off on Friday evening with a meet and greet at The Brewers Apprentice Restaurant and Bar, attended by around 25 enthusiastic members, where old friendships were rekindled and new ones forged. Saturday dawned bright and sunny and saw members gathering at Caccia Birch Homestead for Registration, and morning tea IJūŕŕūDžĚē ċNj ƥĺĚ Hqɍ ¹ĺĿƙ Hq ŞîƑŒĚē ¤ūƙîŕĿĚ OƭƥƥūŠɫƙ Ƕ Šîŕ one as President and Council member, having served six years on the Council, the last two as President. During Rosalie’s term, the B grade assessment scheme, championed by Doug Sheldon, was instigated and voted in at the 2021 AGM. Many members received phone calls from Rosalie, enquiring as to how we were getting on with our cattle and if there was anything the Society could do to help. The many hours she spent on these phone calls enabled the Council to contact a number of members who had not previously received any personal attention. Thank you, Rosalie, for all your efforts and we wish you all the best with your retirement from the Council. We appreciate that you have made the offer to continue with these phone calls. The AGM also saw Judy Smyth (Tauranga) a long-standing Councillor, step up to the role of Co-Vice President. Judy has
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