The Levy County Fair in Williston, Florida will be hosting a Miniature Zebu Show Saturday, April 7th at 6:30pm.  All registered (IMZA or AMZA) Miniature Zebu heifers, cows, and bulls are eligible to enter. (The are no steer classes this year).  The show will be sanctioned by IMZA.  

Go to the website  www.levycountyfair.com 

Click on "Livestock" and scroll down to print the Zebu Packet.  It contains all the information about the show and the entry form.  Mail your entry form in with your entry fee postmarked by March 15th.

Hope to see you at the fair.

NEWSFLASH:  The Open Miniature Zebu Show, scheduled for February 8, 2018, and the Southeast Miniature Zebu Show scheduled for February 9, 2018, both at the Florida State Fair in Tampa, Fl. will be fully sanctioned by the IMZA!  Cattle registered with either the IMZA or AMZA are welcome to show in the Open Show.  IMZA registered cattle must also be AMZA registered, in order to show in the Southeast Miniature Zebu Show.  All show wins in both shows will count toward your points and placing for IMZA Show awards, once your cattle are IMZA registered.  (Pursuant to the IMZA Show rules, all previous show wins in qualified shows, including all AMZA and IMZA sanctioned shows, are counted, once your cattle are registered with the IMZA.)
In addition to the normal rosettes, banners, and generous cash prizes, awarded by the State Fair to the Grand Champion animals, the IMZA will also be awarding additional prizes to commemorate the show wins.  

Entries are due by December 1, 2017,  so get your entries in soon.  

For more information, go to  www.floridastatefairag.com/beef-show-rules or contact Rick Bogle of the IMZA Show Committee at 407-468-9002 or  [email protected], or any member of the IMZA show committee.

Hope to see you in Tampa at the Fair!

IMZA Calendars

IMZA Members:  We are happy to announce we will be putting together our first IMZA Zebu Calendar for 2018!  We want your zebu photos!  So, get your cameras out, and get ready to send us your holiday- and seasonal-themed zebu photos.  We will start accepting photos in January through September for the 1018 calendar.  Calendars will be available for purchase in September of 2017.  We will have a dedicated email to send photos-- [email protected] ​

Our registrar, Kathy Petersen, has been working very hard to make sure our members have all the information they need to register, transfer, update, etc. your miniature zebus. 

The IMZA has now added an additional form entitled, "Reclassification from Appearance Certified to IMZA Foundation Pure"  on the on-line registration page, as well as on the page for mail-ins are available in our Registrar Corner.  If you have any questions, please contact Kathy Petersen at [email protected] .  Thanks to all members for your help in keeping paperwork up to date
.

For a limited time, IMZA members may hardship-register an animal for $25!!!

Regular cost is $50 for members and $100 for non members. 

The animal you wish to hardship must be 24 months or older.  Complete the hardship application with as much information as possible, have a measurement listed on the form and you will need 4 photos (front view, rear view, right side view and left side view).  

Please allow 3 weeks for processing.

This reduced fee will expire 12/31/17.  Hurry while this offer lasts!
.

MEMBERS--WE NEED YOUR STORIES and PICTURES FOR THE IMZA CON*NECTION!!!   

Please share your tips, happenings, events and human-interest stories so everyone may benefit from your experiences!!!  Select pictures and stories will be shared on Facebook as well.

Send all pictures, articles, etc to [email protected]

Your contributions are appreciated.
.