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Whole Herd Enrollment Offer Lab Rush Fees Change
In the past, lab rush orders
The deadline for WHE was December 31, 2009. However we are extending an were charged $100, regardless of the
invitation to all cows that have been removed from WHE over the years, but number of samples within the order.
still in your herd. They are welcome back for the 2010 enrollment without pen- However, SRC / GenServe notified us
alty. THIS IS A ONE TIME OFFER. If your WHE forms are already returned to the that they now charge $25 per sample
CLA office, or if you have already posted your inventory on-line, simply contact per rush order. This change is effective
the office by phone, email or fax with your list of cows that you wish to add. immediately.
Please make sure to verify your inventory for new purchases and imported ani- Spring E.P.D.’s
mals as they may not appear. Simply add them at the end of your forms. For Spring 2010 North American
on-line users, notify the CLA office of animals that you wish to add to your in- Limousin EPD’s are now available and
ventory but do not currently show up on line. posted on the CLA website.
Promote enhance
your events your events
with promotion items
If you are hosting an event, here are a
few ideas that can help you promote
to give away to your
it: guests, visitors, etc.
-List the date and details on If you wish to enhance your event with
the CLA website calendar of event. Limousin promotional items, here are
Celebrations You can link a website or a catalogue
The 40th anniversary celebration was posting directly from it
a few free suggestions of items you
can request from the CLA.
a great success. Thank you so much -You can purchase a “flash” Limousin styrofoam
to all who attended and contributed ad on the CLA search pages of the coffee cups
to the fund raiser by consigning and/ website. Your ad will flash in front of
or purchasing. See the complete re- all Animal and Member Search visi-
ports of activities in the next Limousin tors which is several thousand hits Breath mint
Voice. a month. The ad can direct traffic to tins with the
your website or your catalogue post- Lim-Flex logo and slogan
ing. Contact Anne at the CLA office for “A fresh approach to Limousin”
details and price.
-Of course, the Limousin Voice Lip balm (chapstick)
is our National publication. The team with the Limousin logo
Don’t have a subscription to the at Today’s Publishing is working on the and slogan “Limousin
Voice? No problem. Simply call, fax or “Bull” Issue right now. Contact Bryan will put money where
email the CLA office and we will get directly to arrange for your advertise- your mouth is”.
you set up. The Voice is published 4 ment to be included. Print material, commercial brochures
times /year and a yearly subscription Tel.: 306-933-4200 “Why Limousin” and copies of past
is $35. Email: bryan@tbarc.com. Limousin Voice issues.
Make Plans to Attend - AGM released yet. Your presence is a must. Proto Testing
Our next AGM will take place in Remember that three director’s All bulls that are semen col-
Lloydminster, SK/AB at the same time as terms are expiring this year, with only lected, must be tested for Proto. If you
the National Junior Conference. one the current incumbent eligible for need some animals proto tested, simply
All events will take place the re-election. If you are interested in be- inform us by the end of February and
week end of July 31, Aug 1st and 2nd; ing a director on the CLA board, please we will include them in our next round
however the detailed schedule is not let one of the current directors know. of tests in March.
Carcass
Message from Ultra sound
We are pleased to continue the
Canadian Beef Breeds CounCil ultrasound rebate program. We offer
The Canadian Beef Breeds Council (CBBC) resulting calf crop will proceed from birth $5 per head for each animal whose
hopes you may have time over the holiday through the different bull and heifer channels carcass information qualifies for ge-
season to look at the business tools launched to sale, with just the breeding herd remain- netic evaluations (EPD calculations).
this year: The Cost of Production (COP), Prod- ing again at the end. Thus completing the
uct Pricing and Benchmarking Workbook, and "cycle".
In order to qualify, the animal must:
the Sales Price Reporting Workbook. You likely • Enterprise Analysis - This COP work- • Have a unique ID and/or regis-
received these on CD from CBBC… or visit our book is built specifically for purebred opera- tration number and/or parents’ regis-
website to download to your computer the tions, or the "purebred enterprise". What
current version of the COP. On the website
tration numbers
this means, is that within your purebred op-
you’ll also find other business resources and eration there are several "profit centres". In • Belong to a management
tools useful to purebred beef cattle produc- this tool, we have set it up that the breeding groups from birth to yearling
ers. www.canadianbeefbreeds.com herd is actually a cost centre (where the costs • Have performance informa-
of raising purebred calves must be recouped tion such as weaning date and weight
Then join us online to learn more! In the New in the profit centres). The profit centres then
Year – we’ll be hosting more on-line inactive
• Castration date (if applicable)
become, the purebred replacement program,
WebEx sessions to introduce these unique the yearling bull program, and the two year- • Post Weaning Performance
business management tools. The tools take old program. This tool will show you what it (Yearling Date, Weight)
a producer’s financial statement information, costs you to raise a purebred calf, and which • Ultrasound images should be
combines it with their purebred herd produc- area of your operation is the most profitable. collected by an UGC certified field
tion information and creates: detailed cost of Is it your heifer program, your yearling pro-
production information for the purebred op-
technician and must be forwarded to
gram, or your two-year old program? Once
eration, break-even prices, and benchmarks. you know this information you can then make a UGC certified lab. (this includes CUP,
This enhanced information helps a producer decisions regarding management in terms of BIO, Ultra Insights)
to make management decisions. cost control and marketing. • Animal must belong to a con-
Two key approaches to understand in using Join us for a 1 hour introductory session: Jan temporary group of calves between
the the tools are: 14th; or 19th; or 27th or Feb 2nd . All sessions
• Life Cycle Analysis - This is a unique
320 and 430 days of age.
occur at 7:30 pm (MST)
approach to simplify using the COP tool. The
life cycle analysis basically means that the tool
Email us to indicate your interest in partici-
pating, and which date suits you… and we’ll LIMOUSIN IS
analyses a producers operation, on a calf-crop
by calf-crop basis. Therefore, at the start, you
email back the details for participation. Email
our session facilitator: Brian Perillat at brian. THE CARCASS BREED
will have your breeding herd (bred cows and
herd bulls), and you will enter the data as the
perrillat@mnp.ca or call Brian with any ques-
tions: 403-356-1289. LET’S PROVE IT!
XIX International Limousin
Conference
The best meat in the world
Mexico is the host of the XIX Interna-
tional Limousin Conference, October
3-19, 2010. Details can be found on We have not received any printed in- would be glad to print what is avail-
their website at: formation about the congress yet, but able on the site and forward it on to
www.limousinmexico.com/congreso if you do not have internet access, we you.
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