Happy Christmas to one and all

Here's hoping your shopping is done, the feathered beef tastes great and the weather cooperates for family and friends to visit. May all your cows find a dry, soft spot to calve on and choose to do so in daylight hours.
Season's best to one and all. On to 2010 - a year full of possibilities for the Angus breed and Angus breeders!

Calgary Bull Sale Entries Extended

Weather conditions in Alberta also caused the Calgary Bull Sale to extend its entry deadlines to Monday, December 7th at 4:00 PM. Traditionally a large percentage of breeders drive their entries in to the Stampede Grounds and that was rather impossible last Friday.
I'm already worn out shoveling snow - and its not even officially winter yet!

Wild Weather: Alberta Angus Annual Meeting Postponed

The Alberta Angus Association Annual Meeting scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 5 at Crossfield has been postponed (future date yet to be determined). To read the full text of the emergency email circulated, click the headline above or HERE. We can only hope weather clears for the sales scheduled. The JoNomn Hereford Sale at Clyde has been postponed and it certainly could happen to others. Be sure to double check any event before heading out on the road.
The EA internet is down, but the 2009 World Angus Forum came to the rescue. How? In order to update results as they happened during the WAF this past summer, an internet stick had to be purchased. Turns out it still works, though rather slowly, during raging blizzards and 70 km/hour winds when every other source is buried in snow. Hooray for the Bell network (about the only time I'll ever say that!).
Remind me again why we live here (just kidding) . . .