It was a busy day at the meetings in Halifax. Bill Carr was the early morning speaker and his comedic and entertaining speech got everyone ready for the day.
Three breakout sessions were held for the rest of the morning with attendees taking in two of the three. Topics were Canadian Angus Rancher Endorsed the Maritime experience, Connecting the producer to the retailer and consumer and Genetic Defects.
Financial reports and resolutions from the floor took the afternoon. Two motions were tabled. The first was to recommend that the board of directors reconsider their decision to possibly allow green tags to be sold to producers with unregistered seedstock. This motion passed.
The second resolution was to recommend that the board of directors allow the registration of cattle with genetic defects. This motion was defeated.
In the evening the awards were handed out. Erica Easton was named the new Angus Ambassador and was selected from a strong group of 5 contestants. Congratulations! (picture above).
Two families were in attendance to accept their 50 years of breeding Angus awards. The Frank Slezina family and the Loanes were the recipients.
Two of this years honorary president's were also in attendance to accept their pins. Gary Harron and Hilda Colodey were the Ontario and Maritimes recipients.
Posted by Tim Dixon for Everything Angus On the Road.
