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National Holstein Convention Called Off
USAgNet - 04/10/2020
The president of the National Holstein Association announced the group is cancelling its 2020 National Holstein Convention, set to take place in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Corey Geiger said in a statement that the board of directors are grateful to the Pennsylvania Holstein Association's leaders who were able to work out details to host the 2021 convention at the same site next year.
"At this time in which the majority of Americans are conducting only necessary functions to limit the spread of the COVID-19 and protect public health, we also must plan for the time when we focus on restoring our damaged economic health," Geiger said. "For
that reason, I am appointing a special committee to immediately study conducting the 135th Annual Meeting of the Holstein Association USA at a later date this year. This committee will focus on critical elements for both juniors and adults. The meeting will be
planned and guided by the staff and directors of Holstein Association USA."
Ironically, W.S. Moscrip called the 59th Annual Convention of the Holstein-Friesian Association of America to order on June 6, 1944. That was the same day Allied Troops stormed the beaches of Normandy and began liberating Europe," recalled Geiger of
the Association's history. "Dairy farmers have always been essential to our nation's health. If 98-plus-percent of delegates could gather in 1944, we can plan for a day this year that we can safely meet and conduct a no-frills, in-person annual meeting."
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