Members of the board of directors of Holstein Association USA met earlier this month in Indianapolis, where they honored outgoing President Chuck Worden of New York and Director Leroy Eggink of Iowa, both who are retiring.
During the event, held during the National Holstein Convention and Annual Meeting, staff also presented updates on the 2013 Management-by-Objective Business Plan and year-to-date financials, noting that 279,434 cows were enrolled, a gain of 1,739 cows since June 2012.
Other business included:
- The association and its subsidiaries show year-to-date net consolidated revenues of $452,000, according to CFO Barbara Casna, who presented the group’s financial statements through May and reviewed its reserve-fund report for the same period.
- A report on the feed efficiency research project for which the association is providing Type Evaluation Services. During July and August, the classification team will score herds participating in the project at Iowa State University, the University of Florida and Virginia Tech.
- Feedback of an association-funded and directed research project intended to find haplotypes of elite Holstein females associated with their phenotypes. The first significant outcome of this research is that genome samples from 620 phenotypically elite cows, owned by 354 association members, will be contributing to the genetic evaluations in August.
- As of June, AgriTech Analytics (ATA), which continues to expand the number of states in which it doe business, saw an enrollment of 872,144 cows, according to ATA General Manager Bill VerBoort.
- The board approved a new fee schedule for the family and non-family whole herd transfer of animals in a single account or herd to a single ownership. Significant savings will be realized in herds larger than 200 animals, the board said. For more details, call (800) 952-5200. PD
—From Holstein Association USA news release
