Our next meeting will be a Farm Tour on
Saturday July 7th
starting in the afternoon followed by a cookout.
More details on this event will be posted as
they are finalized.
May 10th Meeting Notes
-- Our guest speaker for the night was Andy Cruse with Novartis. We thank him for volunteering his time as well as sponsoring the meal for the night.
--Discussions for the night consisted of the following......
We welcomed Lee and Stacy Stremsterfer, Lincoln Land Beef Group, in offically joining the HBA. They will combine there group money with ours to allow us to expand our members as well as provide other beef activities throughout the year!
--A committee report was given by Kerianne Short on the upcoming Livestock Judging contest. The committee will be meeting Thursday May 17th to finalize details which will be passed on through e-mail to members.
--Activities were discussed for county fairs as well as "A Day in the Country" to educate Urban families on the beef industry.
--Other items to keep in mind were the
IBA Summer Conference (June 20-22nd)
&
YPC Meeting and Baseball game (June 22nd)
Upcoming Activities
Mason County Fair (July 23-26th)
Obstacle Course for Juniors
"A Day in the Country"
Sunday, July 29th in Rochester
Logan County Fair (July 31st to Aug 5th)
Ag Olympics (Juniors & Adults) (Aug 2nd)
Hamburger Cookout (Sat Aug 4th)
Sweatshirts ($20) and Pullovers ($25) are available from Sew Personal in Atlanta. Please contact Georgia Green for more information. (217)-648-2973 or georgia@sewbizonline.com
A new tab has been added to this website featuring cattle for sale. If you are an HBA member and would like to post pictures of sale cattle please contact Sara @ prescottangus@att.net
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HEARTLAND BEEF ALLIANCE
in Central Illinois
-- currently in Logan, Mason, Menard, Sangamon and Tazewell Counties