COMPUTER MAINTENANCE SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY
AJCA computers will be offline starting at 9:00 a.m. Eastern, Saturday, February 7 for network maintenance. Expected downtime is four to six hours.
For updates, check the USJersey Facebook and Twitter pages.
CALIFORNIA GOLD SALE OPENS MONDAY
The California Gold Sale on JerseyBid.com starts Monday, February 9. More than 150 cows and bred heifers will be offered.
Online bidding will close Saturday, February 14 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific (5:00 p.m. Eastern). Live bidding starts one hour later, at 3:00 p.m. Pacific, from Hilmar Cheese Company's banquet room and online at Jersey Auction Live.
Read more about how JerseyBid works, then contact Jersey Marketing Service to get started.
While you're at it, check out the JMS public auction schedule. Things happen quickly at Jersey Marketing Service. Stay up to date by joining the other 3,177 followers of the JMS blog, Inside The Sale Ring.
NATIONAL HEIFER SALE NOMINATIONS DUE MARCH 1
Now's the time to look over your heifer pens and pick out the best for the 58th National Heifer Sale, supporting national Jersey youth programs. Following the huge success of the all-virtual sales the past two years, it will again air live on Jersey Auction Live from the RiverFront Conference Center in East Peoria, Ill., on Friday, June 26.
Call your AJCA-NAJ Area Representative or Jersey Marketing Service today.
NATIONAL YOUTH PRODUCTION CONTEST: ENTER ONLINE TODAY
The National Jersey Youth Production Contest is open to all AJCA junior members, with 20 awards (10 in two divisions) given each year.
To be eligible, juniors must be 9 to 20 years old on January 1, 2014 and own a Registered Jersey that completed a lactation record in calendar year 2014. It's easy to enter online, or you can print the entry form and mail it into the office.
But don't wait. The deadline to submit entries is March 1.
LIVING LIFETIME PRODUCTION CONTEST ENTRIES DUE MARCH 1
Cows alive as of December 31, 2014 are eligible to be nominated for the Leading Living Lifetime Production Contest. Minimum DHIR production of 200,000 lbs. milk or 9,500 lbs. fat or 7,500 lbs. protein is required to enter. March 1 is the entry deadline. Fax DHI cow page(s) to 614/861-8040 or submit by email.
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