May 2016
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holding their annual Regional Forum designed to keep people in touch with Angus Australia and to discuss current develop ments. It is the first time WA Angus has held this forum out of Perth, so your support for this event would be appreciated.
Our New Chairman’s Report Welcome to my first WA Angus News report for 2016. Firstly, my sincere thanks to Andrew Kuss for giving three years of dedication as Chairman of the WA Angus Committee. Andrew was willing to do a third year, where previously the Chairmanship had only been a two year term and has also agreed to continue on as the Treasurer, for which I am very grateful.
On the Friday morning after Lew’s Testimonial there will be a WA Angus Committee meeting at the resort starting at 9.00am. This is open to all Angus members and we encourage you to attend. To book for the dinner please RSVP with your payment to the Mercure Sanctuary Golf Resort, Bunbury, who will be our Being my first report as your Chairman, I will start by giving you host. To help with the planning, they have also kindly offered a bit of my background. to take numbers for the Forum and the Committee meeting. I farm with my very talented wife Liz in the Northampton Shire. With the bull selling season drawing to a close, for those of you I have farmed all my life, leaving school in 1982. We have four who have purchased bulls, on behalf of all seedstock producers beautiful children Georgia, Preston, Lachlan and Madison who in WA I would like to thank you for your support and I hope the range in age from twenty four to fifteen. While our enterprise bulls you purchased gives you many years of service and even is very mixed, comprising of grain production, sheep and stud more contented cows. cattle, it is the cattle side of the business which is my passion. I enjoy the challenge of breeding that elusive perfect animal and I hope the right amount of rain comes your way, the stimulation of engaging with other like-minded people who Tony Sudlow enjoy the challenge of breeding livestock and working in the cattle industry. One of those genuine people is Lew Smit. In this issue you will find an invitation and accompanying details of a very special event the WA Angus Committee is holding on the 28th July - The Lew Smit Testimonial Dinner, where we will celebrate Lew’s contribution to the cattle industry. This promises to be a great event on the 2016 beef calendar and I urge you all to save the date. Please come to share the night with Lew and cattle people from all over Australia. Lew has had an enormous influence on the Angus and Murray Grey cattle breeds throughout WA and Australia. One of the most highly regarded people in our industry; Lew has given up so much of his own time over many decades, for the benefit of the cattle industry in general. It will be a night to pay tribute and say thank you to Lew. In the afternoon preceding the dinner, Angus Australia will be
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