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American Pinzgauer Association
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The American Pinzgauer Association is the American Herdbook Affiliate for the Pinzgauer Cattle International. The Association has as its primary objective; the development, registration, and promotion of the Pinzgauer breed of cattle in the United States of America. The ultimate goal of the Association is to ensure that the Pinzgauer breed will make an important contribution to the improvement of the cattle industry in America.
The Association is open to all cattle breeders who wish to import purebred Pinzgauer cattle and/or engage in a supervised pedigree program for the development of the Pinzgauer breed in the United States. The Association shall establish and maintain efficient systems for the registration, recordation, and evaluation of qualified pedigree Pinzgauer cattle. One of the primary aims of the Association will be to maintain high breeding standards with emphasis placed on beef production.
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We thank you for your interest in the breed. We hope that this website will help you learn more about our breed and that you will come back and visit or contact some of our breeders.
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Message from the APA President:
This is my first column as your new president. It is a great honor for me and thank you to the Board for their confidence in me. You have my pledge that I will work very hard to make this year a time of growth and positive actions for our association.
That said, we are in a difficult time and it will take the full cooperation from all of our members for this to happen.
I see the economy as our biggest hurdle, but there are many ways for us to promote Pinzgauers! Please see the minutes from our meeting at the National show in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for a wealth of information on what's happening and get to work in your region. - fro using the advertising reimbursement from the APA to registering your cattle.
I would call your attention to the USDA label soon to be available to your ranch when you meet the requirements of the committee. The final rules will be available by the end of this year. Clayton Haskell has worked very hard to put all of this together for us. This will be an excellent way to market your Pinzgauer Beef.
We're asking all of our Lifetime Members to contribute $25.00 when the rest of you pay your regular dues to help us over our financial "crunch". Registrations and transfers are both down for the year and we hope this will help make up some of the deficit.
The National Show was great! Thanks you to the South East Pinzgauer Association and to Jerry Desmidt and the Midwest region for working together to make it a success. Next year the National Show will be in Tyler Texas hosted iby the Southwest Pinzgauer Association.
I hope to hear from each of you with ideas and positive ways to keep our association going forward. My email and phone are both in the Breeder's Directory.
Until next time, may all of your calves be above average, your expenses below average and you days sunny and bright.
Donna
Message from the APA Treasurer
At the annual meeting the budget for the current year (7/09 - 6/10) was reveiwed and noted that income may not meet expenses for this year. We have many set fees and only a few areas that can be adjusted to reflect the current soft economy. With that said, we have been working hard to keep expenses down to keep in line with the decreased revenue.
Much of our income from registrations and transfers, so please register your cattle and transfer the registrations when you sell cattle. Please send payment, as the APA office will not complete your work without payment. The APA office will accept credit cards. We also have been working at collecting past due accounts.
The current budget was approved at last year's annual meeting. With the soft economy, we have delayed final approval for the 2010 - 2011 budget until a later Board of Directors meeting.
Clayton Haskell
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