THE HERD LETTER FOR 2024 IS "M"

TOTAL HERD ENROLLMENT (THE) DEADLINES  

To prevent late enrollment and incurring any late fees, 2025 Total Herd Enrollment (THE) must be submitted by December 15, 2024. All active females in your herd will need to be enrolled.

THE herds enrolled by this date pay $22.00 per female. Online Simmental.com users benefit by saving $2/head when enrolling online by December 15th, 2024.

Members enrolling their herds by December 15, 2024 will be invoiced in two equal installments: the first on April 1st, 2025 and the second October 1st, 2025.

Enrollments received between December 16th, 2024 and February 15th, 2025 will be charged a $27.00/head enrollment fee, payable in full April 1st, 2025.

Enrollments received after February 15th, 2025 will be charged $38.00/head, payable in full on April 1st, 2025 or at time of submission. Applicable taxes will be added to all prices.

Fees are not refundable, except for 1st calf heifers, providing complete performance and disposal information and written request for refund is submitted. For all other females that are disposed of between installment billings, the second installment is due and payable by the member who enrolled the female.

CREDIT CARD USERS

Please ensure your credit card information is current in the office. If your card expires or has changed numbers, please contact the office so your work can be processed with no delays. Online.Simmental.com users are required to keep a valid working credit card on file with the CSA.

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CANADIAN SIMMENTAL ASSOCIATION

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Contact the office at 403-250-7979 or dleavitt@simmental.com for more information or to purchase

2024 Award of Excellence

For more information, including how to rent the carcass model, please email fcsf@simmental.com or go to www.simmentalfoundation.com

YOUNG CANADIAN SIMMENTAL ASSOCIATION (YCSA)

2024 CSA REBATE PROGRAM

The Commercial Country magazine's January issue is always one of the most popular and largest magazine issues with a greatly expanded circulation that includes regular subscribers as well as past Simmental bull buyers. No beef industry publication has a larger target market for your Simmental bulls with as much value for your advertising dollar than the January Commercial Country!

Don't miss out on this opportunity to advertise your upcoming bull sales, semen sales, commercial bulls for sale by auction or private treaty, or a chance to promote some of your herd bull prospects at an extremely reasonable cost.

Ad booking deadline: December 1^st, 2024

Camera-ready ads in: December 13^th, 2024

Mailing date: January 2^nd, 2025

For more information or to discuss your advertising plans, contact Sue Giles at sgiles@simmental.com or cell phone: (403) 793-0409

Check out our events page for a listing of all the upcoming bull sales http://www.simmentalcountry.com/

This months Simmental photo of the month takes us back to the YCSA National Show hosted during the WSFF Congress in Alberta this summer. It was wonderful to see such a strong peewee class!



If you would like to submit a photo for the photo of the month the photos must include the following:

·    Have a Simmental influence

·    A caption or description if you have one

·    All photos submitted maybe used in future Simmental marketing material

Please submit all photos to lshuttleworth@simmental.com

CSA OFFICE CLOSURE DATES 2024 and 2025

Monday, November 11th - Remembrance Day

Wednesday, December 25th-Friday December 27th - Christmas

Wednesday, January 1st - New Years Day