From the Executive Director

By Dallas Rynd

It’s time to make plans to attend the Ohio Holstein Convention and annual meeting. This year the convention is being held in St. Clairsville. District 3 is hosting the event and the members are working to make this another great event.

While making plans to attend, you might want to consider adding Thursday night to the list of events. Don and Danette Simpson of Plainfield Holsteins are hosting an open house on Thursday evening from 3-7 pm. This would give everyone the opportunity to view an outstanding group of cows. The Simpson family has been breeding and developing a wonderful herd of Holsteins. They are one of our host herds on Friday and have decided to incorporate a sale with Friday activities. They intend to sell approximately 70 head of Holsteins at 11 AM on Friday at the Impact of Plainfield Herd Reduction Sale. Cowbuyer will be providing online bidding and you can see the sale catalog on DairyAgendaToday. com.

Once the sale is over, I encourage you to tour the other host farm, Cain Farms. They are located near Belmont and the farm is owned and operated by Larry and Devin Cain. They milk 110 cows with two robots.

After the farm tours, there will be the virtual sale at the hotel. That starts at 7 PM. Get your reservations in early for the Friday night sale and the Saturday awards luncheon. It’s important to get an accurate head count to plan for the meals.

And while you are thinking about Conventions, I encourage you to consider attending the National Holstein Convention which is scheduled for June 23-27. It’s in Lexington, Kentucky which means it couldn’t get much closer to us. There are lots of interesting things to do in the area for the adults and the juniors have a full schedule themselves. Sarah Thomas has graciously offered to help any junior who wants more information about the contests that go on during the Convention. There is much more for juniors that just Dairy Bowl, even though I would love to see us have a great team to send for that event as well.

Another activity that is coming up quickly is Spring Dairy Expo. Be thinking about that special heifer or cow that could stand a little competition and get your entries in early. I look forward to seeing many of you in the near future at these events!

Dallas Rynd

740-207-5005

Treasurer Nomination

Danette Simpson of District 3 has been nominated and has agreed to run for the Treasurer position on the Ohio Holstein Board of Directors. She is married to Don Simpson and together they own Plainfield Farms in Belmont, Ohio. She was the Holstein Woman of the Year in 2022. Elections will be held on March 4th at the annual meeting in St. Clairsville.