| President/MHB Rep. |
Jason Porteous |
204-642-7159 |
| Vice President |
Darren Hueging |
204-383-5162 |
| Treasurer |
Sharon Bond |
204-886-4404 |
| Secretary |
Hilmar Johnson |
204-861-2022 |
| Director |
Christophe Roulin |
204-344-5490 |
| Director |
Andy Platt |
204-664-5231 |
| Director |
Claudia Hueging |
204-383-5225 |
Interlake Club Yearly Report
29th Annual Seminar was held on Thursday January 27th, 2011 in Teulon. Our keynote speaker was Dr. Dan Undersander who spoke on 4 topics “Necessity of Forage in Corn Based Rations”, “ Selecting Grass Varieties for the Dairy Herd”, Packing Silage in Bunkers, Piles, and Tubes” and “Making Baleage.” Farm Credit Canada donated $1,000.00 towards Dr. Dan Undersander’s speaking fee and travel expenses. There were 132 people in attendance along with 31 agri-business exhibits that paid $100.00 each, unless they were on the IHDC sponsorship program.
Five A.I. studs donated 35 straws of Holstein semen to raise $1,910.00 and nine forage seed companies/forage seed growers donated ten bags of alfalfa seed /corn seed which raised $1,785.00 for the IHDC. Rosser Holsteins donated $350.00 to the club. In total $4,045.00 was raised at this event. Danny’s Whole Hog Barbecue was our caterer to the roast beef luncheon along with the Happy Hour and a vast array of door prizes rounded out the event.
29th Annual Meeting was hosted by Grenkow Holsteins near Rosser on Thursday February 24th, 2011. 68 people attended the meeting which started at 10:45 a.m. with a tour of their new dairy barn and their robotic milking system. Besides the business meeting, there were two guest speakers. Sylvio Tessier discussed “Update on Regulations for Manure Storage” and Clay Sawka Nutrient Management Specialist from MAFRI discussed “An Update on EFP BMP’s on Manure Storage and Handling.”
Portage La Prairie Tour was held on Thursday March 18th, 2011 from 10:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Sixteen dairy producers toured Hi-Tec Industries Inc. PAMI in the morning and Jamesvall Holsteins in the afternoon. Very informative tour.
29th Annual Dairy Cattle Judging Clinic was on Thursday April 6th, 2011 hosted by Rosser Holsteins (Henry and Tony Holtmann and families) in Rosser. 23 dairy people attended, judging two classes of heifers and two classes of milking cows. Jeff Donohoe was our official judge. Cattle were loose in pens. Excellent hosts and facilities.
22nd Annual Awards Banquet was held on Friday April 15th, 2011 at the Balmoral Community Hall. The club recognized production achievements (6 individual cow awards, 4 herd awards, two lifetime production awards, and the highest classified dairy cow award). Pat Donohoe was presented with the Theo Holtmann Dairy Industry Award for his contribution to the dairy industry in the Interlake and Manitoba. The club had a silent auction that generated a lot of interest and participation. Scott Burton, a well known magician and entertainer from Winnipeg, was our entertainment for the evening. A terrific meal was served by executive chef Janet Dydra. 103 people attended the event
30th Annual Summer Picnic was hosted by Lakefield Farms Ltd. (Jeff and Desmond Donohoe and Families) at Petersfield on Thursday July 28th, 2011 from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. 198 people attended the event. Besides a great barbecue there was a lot of entertainment. We hired Bounc’en Good Times to bring their gigantic 30' Giant Slide and Allan Webb from Stonewall provided horse drawn wagon rides. We lucked out once again with a beautiful sunny evening for the picnic. Danny’s Whole Hog Barbecue catered barbecued beef for the event.
Sponsorship Program for 2010-2011 involved three categories: Excellent at $1200, Very Good at $600 and Good Plus at $300. For 2010-2011 we had 3 Excellent sponsors (Landmark Feeds Inc., FCC and Tristar Dairy Centre Ltd.,), 3 Very Good Sponsors (One Insurance, Southeastern Farm Equipment and Penner Farm Service Ltd.) and 10 Good Plus Sponsors (Central Canadian Genetics Ltd., Feed Rite, Steinbach Credit Union, Bricon Safety Grooving, Rockwood Lumber, East Interlake Conservation District Prairie Skies Ag Consulting, United Livestock Systems, Beausejour Animal Hospital and Select Sires Canada). This sponsorship program raised $8400 for our club. The sponsorship program is from September 1st to August 30th each year.