UPCOMING EVENTS

January 1
HAPPY 2012!

January 11-14
106th National Western Stock Show
Denver CO

January 19-21
Virginia Farm Show
Augusta Expo
Fishersville, VA

January 21
NVAA Annual Meeting
Boyce Firehall, Boyce, VA

February 4
Virginia Angus Association's
Annual Meeting
Natural Bridge Hotel
Natural Bridge, VA

February 10
Virginia Beef & Dairy Convention
Roanoke, VA

NOW AVAILABLE
*2012 Gestation Table with Next Heat and Next Heat Due Dates*
Click here to view and print the table

NEW - VAA Membership Survey
Please take a minute to fill out this membership survey.
The board of directors and staff are always looking for ideas or ways to improve our current services and ideas on new services.  Please fill out this electronic survey by January 31, 2011.  If you would prefer a hardcopy mailed to you please call Felicia at the VAA office at 540-337-3001.

2012 VAA SPRING SALE SEASON PREVIEW
Are you having a sale this spring or an event???  Would you like to spread that word to hundreds of VAA members and local Angus Friends?

If so, please call the VAA office to reserve your spot in the 2012 Spring Sale Season Preview.

DEADLINE:  JANUARY 23, 2012

2012 VIRGINIA ANGUS ANNUAL MEETING
One day event in 2012
Saturday, February 4, 2012
CLICK HERE TO VIEW & PRINT THE REGISTRATION FORM & SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Schedule of Events
9:30 a.m. - Junior Interviews
10:30 a.m. - VA Junior Angus Meeting
Noon - Lunch on your own
1:00 p.m. Junior training session for newly elected officers and board members
2:00 p.m. - Eastern Regional Junior Angus Show Meeting - Juniors (All Junior and Adult members are encouraged to attend)
3:00 p.m. - Virginia Angus Association Business Meeting
(3:00 - 4:30 - Dinner tickets will be sold and available for pick up - Tickets must be picked up by 4:30 p.m.)
4 PM Social and Trade Show, Silent Auction Opens
5 PM Handbook, Semen, Embryo Auction
6 PM Dinner
7 PM Awards
8 PM Barn Party (DJ, Dancing, Trade Show, Cash Bar)
9:15 PM Silent Auction Ends and high bidder is announced
11 PM Barn Party Ends

2012 VIRGINA ANGUS HANDBOOK
We are currently taking ads for our 2012 VAA handbook.  This handbook is sent out to over 800 VAA memebers, cattle producers and Angus friends.  This is a great opportunity to advertise your business, event, farm etc.  Please call the VAA office to reserve your ad today.

If you would like to have a preferred space ad, we will hold the auction once again at our Annual Meeting on February 4, 2012!!

Deadline for ads requiring layout - February 10, 2012
Deadline for camera ready ads - February 17, 2012

2012 VAA Genetic Investment Sale
Friday, April 20, 2012 in conjunction with the 23rd Annual VA Beef Expo
Harrisonburg, VA

It is time to start thinking about your consignments to the 2012 Genetic Investment Sale.  Please send in your consignment intentions to the VAA office by MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2012.   If you should have any questions please feel free to call Felicia Roberts at the VAA office at 540-337-3001 or any one of sale committee members:  Tom McCall - 540-292-0192, Buddy Shelton - 434-251-7149,  Anne Jones - 434-665-7554 or Paul Bennett - 434-376-3567.

2012 VAA HANDBOOK PHOTO CONTEST
We will once again have our annual photo contest during our Annual Meeting.  Please have your cameras handy to snap some of those must have moments and email them to the VAA office at vaangus@vaangus.org.  We will have all entries available for voting.  The winner will have the honor of being on the front cover of the 2012 VAA handbook.  All entires will be held to be used in other publications throughout the year.

VIRGINIA ANGUS 2011 COMMUNITY PROJECT
For the past three years, Virginia Angus has adopted a local family to help during the Holiday Season.  This year we adopted a family of a single mother with three children, two girls, ages 4 and 12 and a 10 year old boy.  The Virginia Angus board of directors, some members of our community and myself donated an entire box of food, an entire Holiday Meal with a turkey, presents for the children and the mother and a stocking full of goodies for each one of the three children.  Thank you to everyone who helped make this years project another success.

2012 MEMBERSHIP DUES
You should receive your 2012 membership dues information around the end of December.  There will be lots of other very important information regarding some of our upcoming events and deadlines in there as well.  Please keep in mind that NEW for 2012, we are requiring all membership dues be paid in full by March 31, 2012.  This is in attempts to keep an up to date membership list throughout the year. If you receive your dues information and no longer wish to be a member please contact Felicia at the VAA office at 540-337-3001 or email her at vaangus@vaangus.org. 

If your membership dues are unpaid as of March 31, 2012, we will mark you as an inactive member.

Thank you in advance for your help with this.

We invite you to take a moment to review the benefits of
membership as well as the multitude of services we provide to
cattlemen throughout the Mid-Atlantic area.