Vetoquinol Canada is returning for their seventh straight year as a Diamond Sponsor of the Angus Gold Show at Old Home Week in Charlottetown, PE.

Some of the products available from Vetoquinol include Bimectin, Calf Lyte II, Electrolytes Plus, Tetracycline, and Vetolice.  You can visit http://www.vetoquinol.ca/ for more information about their product line.

Interesting Articles

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Maritime Electric Returns As A Gold Sponsor

Maritime Electric is returning as a Gold Sponsor to the Angus show at Old Home Week in Charlottetown, PE.  This will be their fifth consecutive year as a sponsor with the PEI Angus Association.

For information on how to conserve electricity, electrical safety, and much more visit www.maritimeelectric.com.

CJAA Showdown 2012 Videos

Check out the selection of the Grand and Reserve Champions at Showdown 2012 at this link, http://www.cattleinmotion.com/lots/gallery/120721Showdown

Diamond Sponsor Merck Animal Health

Merck Animal Health of Canada is returning as a Diamond Sponsor for the 2012 Angus Show at Old Home Week in Charlottetown, PE. Merck Animal Health has been a sponsor of the Gold Show at Old Home Week since 2006.

Merck Animal Health produces the following products among many others for Beef Cattle in Canada; Banamine, Covexin, Estrumate, Nuflor, Ralgro, Revalor, and Tasvax.

For more information about Merck Animal Health Canada and the Beef Cattle Products they have in Canada, click here.

For more information about Old Home Week, visit www.oldhomeweekpei.com.

CAA RFID Tags Are Mandatory for Gold Shows

From the Canadian Angus Association website.

"NEW for 2012-born Gold Show entries: to qualify for Gold Show points and be counted for show grants, entries must be Angus RFID tagged."

 

Old Home Week Information

Click this link to get to OHW Beef Show Information.

Click this link to download the OHW entry form.  No programs or entry forms are being mailed out.

Click this link to download the OHW Regulations.

Entries are due by July 27th.

Passes can also be bought online at this link, https://peitickets.com/venue/pei-provincial-exhibition/show/early-bird-sale-10-day-pass-old-home-weekpei-provincial-exhibition



2012 RATES & TIMES

Passes will be available the week of July 16, 2012.

• During Old Home Week 2012, the grounds will be open from 8am to 11pm. Midway opens daily at 12 noon.
• Daily rate grounds admission: $10.00 (GST Included)
• Weekly Pass: Purchased BEFORE July 31  $21 (GST Included)
• Purchased August 1 or later   $30 (GST Included)
• Passes will be available at Murphy's Pharmacies across PEI, Red Shores Racetrack & Casino Gift Shop and the Old Home Week Office.
• Passes purchased for Ground Admission do not include the Midway rides, pricing is separate

The annual Old Home Week festivities are hosted on the grounds of the Charlottetown Civic Centre & Charlottetown Driving Park Entertainment Centre at 46 Kensington Road in Charlottetown, PEI. Click here to view locator map.

Daily Passes
General Grounds Admission fees (GST Included)
Adults - $10.00
Children Ages 7 to 12 - $5.00
Children Age 6 and under - FREE

Daily passes are available at the Old Home Week admission gates.

Week Long Passes
With even more to see and to do, taking in all of what Old Home Week has to offer can be a task in itself. To save money and to ensure you get to see it all, enjoy Old Home Week everyday with a Week Long Pass-- Only $21*! -- incredible savings!

The passes give you and your family the ultimate in convenience when visiting Old Home Week - you can feel free to come and go as you wish for the entire event! And if you're dealing with hectic summer schedules, you can even leave and come back throughout the same day.

Week Long Passes are available at Murphy's Pharmacies across PEI, Red Shores Racetrack and Casino Gift Shop and The Old Home Week Office.  NEW this year - early bird sale is available online www.peitickets.com

 * When purchased before July 31st.  Passes bought August 1 or later $30  (GST Included in Pass Prices)

Canadian Angus Rancher Endorsed Feeder Sale in Sussex

There will be a Canadian Angus Rancher Endorsed Feeder Calf Sale at the Sussex & Studholm Ag Society Feeder Sale on Wednesday, September 12 at 11:30 at the Co-Op Livestock Barn with auctioneer Steve Liptay.  

To qualify for the Canadian Angus Rancher Endorsed Program, all calves must be tagged with the green Canadian Angus Association CCIA identification buttons.

For more information on the Canadian Angus Rancher Endorsed portion of the sale, contact Canadian Angus Association Fieldman for Quebec and the Maritimes, Wayne Gallup at waynegallup@netrevolution.com

For more information on the Sussex & Studholm Ag Society Feeder Sale, contact Sarah at 506-432-1841.

Upcoming Deadlines

July 14, deadline for 3rd round futurity entries.

July 15, last chance to register 2012 calves online with the CAA for $15/each.

July 27, Old Home Week Entry deadline.

July 31, last day to order/purchase Old Home Week passes for $21 for the entire event. Price goes to $30 on August 1.  Beginning on July 16, go to peitickets.com to order online.

PEI Beef

A great article about PEI Beef and the Atlantic Beef Plant :

http://www.glowbalgroup.com/the-glowbal-traveler-a-weekend-on-prince-edward-island/

 

 

"PEI beef is the top percentage of Canada’s highest grade of beef. It is (of course) potato fed, antibiotic free, absolutely no animal by-products and it is hormone free.

We visited the Atlantic Beef Products plant – whose beef is produced solely by family run and operated farms"

Canadian Angus Green Tag Promotional Signs

The Maritime Angus Association would like to order some of the signs pictured below for members to purchase for promotion and advertisement. There would be some changes such as your individual farm name listed on it and of course in english. They are approximately 2' x 3'. Anyone interested please contact Maritime President Trevor Welch at  trevor@welchsurveys.ca .