62nd Annual National Convention

62nd Annual National Convention
Bring your cows to college...
State College, PA
June 20-22, 2013
The 62nd gathering promises to have something for everyone. There is a Highland farm tour, cattle show, knowledgeable speakers from Penn
State University and a chance to tour the famous Creamery on the PSU campus. Our host hotel is a lovely State College landmark. Don’t miss
out on this opportunity. Come experience the stress-free environment that gave State College the nickname Happy Valley.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Wednesday, June 19
8AM-2PM
AHCA Committee Meetings
2-5PM
HCF Board of Directors’ Meeting
6PM
AHCA & MAHA Directors’ & Guests’ Dinner
Thursday, June 20
8AM-3PM
AHCA Board of Directors’ Meeting
12-3:30PM Registration & Trade Show
3:30-5PM Keeping Your Herd Healthy & Productive, a Veterinarian’s View – Robert Van Saun, DVM, PSU Extension Veterinarian
5-7:30PM Cocktails, Dinner & AHCA General Membership Meeting
Selecting Sound Cattle Workshop – speaker to be determined
Friday, June 21
7-8:30AM
Breakfast, Registration & Trade Show
8:30-11AM
Tour of Berkey Creamery at Penn State
The largest university creamery in the nation, each year approximately 4.5 million pounds of milk pass through their stainless steel holding tanks.
About half comes from a 225-cow herd at the University’s Dairy Production Research Center with the balance purchased from an independent milk
producer.
Reasons to Cull Animals Out of Your Herd – John Comerford, PhD, PSU Associate Professor of Animal Science
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Exhibitors in the 2013 MAHA Show Prepping Cattle
11AM-12PM
Lunch on Your Own
12PM
2013 MAHA Spring Classic & Junior Show
6PM Picnic Buffet & Bar in the AG Arena with Maidens IV Celtic Band
Celticly contagious Maidens IV, an all-sister band, kicks up high-action Celtic and folk rock music, mixed with world, gypsy and a rock solid sister
sensibility. Layer two classically trained fiddlers, a sweetly hard core guitarist and acappela virtuosa, infuse one pulse-peddling percussionist and eight
dancing feet and you’ve stirred up a fancy dessert of Celt rock celebration.
Saturday, June 22
7-8:30AM
Breakfast Buffet & Trade Show
7-8:30AM
NEHCA Annual Meeting
8:30-11:30AM
Visit PSU Haller Research Farm including their Angus Herd – Pete LeVan, Haller Unit Manager
11:30AM-12:30PM Lunch on Your Own
1-9:30PM Trip to Foxtail Farmstead & Highland Herd Visit
Update on our Highland Beef Research Study – Dr. Bryon Wiegand, University of MO Associate Professor Meat Science
Farm to Table Banquet & Auction – Lots of “good stuff” to benefit the Highland Cattle Foundation, AHCA & MAHA.
AHCAj Members... a full program is in the works for kids ages 5-16. Stay tuned!
Anyone wishing to participate in the MAHA Spring Classic Show please contact Jacquelyn Becker Chotkowski at
chotbeck@stny.rr.com or (607) 732-0448. You may download entry forms from MAHA’s website mahighlandcattle.org.
Hotel Accommodations & Camping Facilities
Contact the Nittany Lion Inn at (800) 233-7505 or book online at www.nittanylioninn.psu.edu/. Be sure to use the group code AMEF13C to receive
the great rate of $112/night (1-4 people). This AAA Four Diamond hotel is a Penn State landmark, rich in history and tradition. A proud member of
the National Trust Historic Hotels of America, this Colonial-style inn houses two award winning restaurants and is centrally located on Penn State’s
University Park campus. The hotel is at 200 West Park Ave., State College, PA 16803. For camping and RV parks check out www.visitpennstate.org
(Accommodations tab - Campgrounds). The three closet to the hotel: 1) Gram and Pap’s Fort Bellefonte (814) 355-9820; 2) Bellefonte/State College
KOA (800) 562-8127; 3) Seven Mountains (814) 364-1910.
The registration fee covers all activities and meals listed unless otherwise indicated.
If you do not receive the registration flyer or have any questions please contact AHCA.
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Greg & Teri Eberhart Welcome You
Maidens IV
Celtic Folk Rock Celebration
Penn’s Cave
Popular Tourist Destination
Historic Nittany Lion Inn
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