Mark Your Calendar--HHCA Annual Gathering And Board of Directors Meeting

The HHCA Annual Gathering and annual membership meeting is being held on Saturday, March 8.
The Meet and Greet is Friday evening on March 7 beginning at 6 p.m. in the Table Rock Room at the Branson Towers Hotel.
The event begins on Sat., March 8 with registration at 10 a.m. in the Table Rock Room.

The first presentation will begin at 11:30 a.m. in the Gazebo Room.

The presentation will be by Michael Senglaub from Oklahoma, and he will speak on the Genetic and DNA testing program the HHCA is implementing.

Following this there will be a Potluck luncheon from 12:30-1:30 a.m. PLEASE BRING YOUR SPECIALTY DISH FOR THE POTLUCK.

After lunch there will be two speakers from the University Extension in Columbia, Missouri, in the College of Agriculture specifically in the departments of Agricultural Business and Policy Education and Agriculture Food and Natural Resources.

Jake Hefley will be speaking on "Budgeting Tools for Understanding the Costs of Direct Marketing Beef."

Taylor Ann Washburn will be speaking on "Positioning Your Farm Business To Succeed on Social Media."

The annual membership meeting will follow their presentations.

Throughout the day, there is a silent auction to benefit the Junior Scholarship Fund.

Junior Scholarship winners will be named and presented with a certificate and check.

The Lee Wolfgang Educational and Promotional Award will also be announced.

HHCA members will receive a letter in the mail as a formal announcement for the meeting and Gathering.

It will include banquet tickets, a candidate ballot and biographies, scholarship raffle tickets, and the agenda for the day.

Members are reminded to make their hotel reservation early, as they book up quickly.

For hotel reservations, contact Branson Towers Hotel,
238 Shepherd of the Hills Expressway,
Branson, Missouri.
The phone number is 417.336.4500.
Mention that you are making reservations for the Heartland Highland

After lunch there will be two speakers, from the Missouri Cattle Gathering.

Reservations must be made by February 7 for the group rate

If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Sutton by email at heartlandhighlandcattle@gmail.com or phone/text 417.345.5075