July 29, 2009 – The Women’s Horse Industry Association has announced the dates for their annual conference. The event will be held November 10-11, 2009 in Louisville, Kentucky at the Holiday Inn Airport Express.
This is the first time that the women working in the horse industry have come together to meet and exchange information and ideas and the results should be remarkable.
The theme of this year’s conference is “Marketing And Making The Most Of Your Horse Industry Business”. Speakers and experts from all areas of the horse industry and marketing will be on hand to lead panels and discussions. In addition to panels and speakers, there will also be a limited number of exhibitors with space being offered on a “first come, first serve” basis. We’re expecting a substantial crowd at this event and we know that the networking opportunities will be simply amazing,” states Executive Director, Catherine Masters.
“This event is for everyone who works in the horse industry and for all breeds and disciplines. Our association has members from all aspects of the industry and our conference is designed to give them the information, the contacts and the tools they need to become more successful,” adds Debby Lening, Vice President of the association.
Attendees will have lots of opportunities to promote their products and services during the mass networking session on November 10th and to ask specific questions relating to their type of business.
Early registration is now open and will save attendees money. Additional information and registration forms may be found at http://www.womenshorseindustry.com/ or by calling (615) 730-7833.
The Women’s Horse Industry Association is the largest and only organization for women working in the horse industry. Chapters are now open in the United States, Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom.
Contact:
Catherine Masters
Women’s Horse Industry Association
(615) 730-7833 whra44@yahoo.com
The Florida Veterinary Medical Association, The College of Veterinary Medicine, and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services are working together to establish a volunteer corps of veterinarians and veterinary technicians who will support response measures in the event of an emergency involving animals and animal health.
Florida is continually threatened by natural disasters such as hurricanes and forest fires, by the introduction of foreign emerging animal diseases, and by potential acts of bioterrorism. These threats all affect animal health, public health and safety, and our state and national economies.
In the aftermath of any emergency, veterinarians and veterinary technicians may be needed to assist local, state, and national response teams in meeting the needs of our animals and people. These professionals would be a part of our State Agriculture Response Team (SART), serving under Emergency Support Function (ESF) 17 and our State Emergency Response Team. Veterinary staff may serve in assessing veterinary response capabilities and provide for emergency animal treatment in the aftermath of a natural disaster or may serve in support of disease surveillance and control efforts in combating devastating diseases affecting Florida’s animals.
Although this program is unable to provide salary or benefits to its volunteers, volunteers working in an official capacity would be covered under state liability and workers’ compensation programs.
Florida has a very strong veterinary community and this program is intended to provide greater resources to build our animal emergency response capacity. Please consider joining the Florida Veterinary Medical Association, the University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine, and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services in support of this program.
We hope that you will give serious consideration to volunteering for this program. Please print the application and after competition mail to: Joe Kight, ECO-ESF-17, Room 333, Mayo Building, Division of Animal Industry, 407 South Calhoun Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0800.
WASHINGTON, July 7, 2009 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that eligible ranchers and livestock producers can begin applying for benefits under the provisions of the Livestock Indemnity Program in the 2008 Farm Bill on July 13.
“This program will provide livestock producers with a vital safety net to help them overcome the damaging financial impact of natural disasters,” said Vilsack.
The Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) provides assistance to producers for livestock deaths that result from disaster. Using funds from the Agricultural Disaster Relief Trust Fund established under section 902 of the Trade Act of 1974, the program is administered by the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA). LIP compensates livestock owners and contract growers for livestock death losses in excess of normal mortality due to adverse weather, including losses due to hurricanes, floods, blizzards, disease, wildfires, extreme heat and extreme cold. Eligible losses must have occurred on or after Jan. 1, 2008, and before Oct. 1, 2011.
29 July 2009 Rolex, the world’s leading watch company, has announced a major partnership with Polo Club de Deauville to become the presenting sponsor of “The Rematch” – a rematch of the 2008 Argentine Polo Open between the Ellerstina and La Dolfina teams from Argentina.
Polo photo courtesy of freedigitalphotos.net
The Argentine Polo Open takes place annually in Buenos Aires before 18,000 spectators and is the equivalent of the polo World Cup final. “The Rematch” is the first time a rematch has taken place outside Argentina and it is the only Fédération Internationale de Polo affiliated game in Europe which features eight of the eleven best players in the world with a 10-goal handicap.
Among the eight players will be the greatest of all time, the “Maradona of polo“ as he is called by his compatriots, a player who has had a 10 handicap ever since the age of 19, Adolfo Cambiaso.
Jean-Noel Bioul, Co-Director of Sponsoring at Rolex, said, “‘The Rematch’ will be the highlight of the European polo season and the only time that players with such a high handicap will compete against each other this season. We are very excited about the match and delighted to be the Presenting Sponsor of this prestigious event.”
Patrick Guerrand-Hermès, President of the Fédération Internationale de Polo, said, “This is the greatest polo match to be played outside Argentina ever since the beginning of the modern era of polo, and having the support of such a globally respected world-class brand highlights how very prestigious ‘The Rematch’ will be.”
This historic match will open the month-long Deauville polo season in August, which includes the traditional Silver Cup and Gold Cup. Many other great names from the world of polo will participate with their teams.
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