Want to know more about how your fellow farriers are running their shoeing businesses? Then find time to visit the American Farriers Journal Web site at www.lesspub.com/afj/AFJ_Only_Online/ this month.
Farriers are invited to participate in the 30th annual American Farrier’s Association Convention, from Feb. 28 through March 3, in Kansas City, Mo. Hosted by the Kansas Farriers Association and the Missouri Farriers Association, the convention promises to have a little something for everyone.
AFA vice president and secretary offices are up for election
December 1, 2000
Horseshoeing has provided me with a fantastic business opportunity, allowed me to leave corporate America behind and to become more involved with my two daughters’ passion—horses.
To say I am pleased with what we have done together in the last three years would be an understatement. In many ways this work has been my life, but I could not have done it without the help of the many American Farrier’s Association (AFA) volunteers, including our office staff and most recently John McCutchen, our executive director.
A few weeks ago, a member of our staff received a telephone call from a farrier desperate for information. He needed help in explaining the horseshoeing business to a family court judge that didn’t have a very good impression of your business.
With schedule changes, a barbecue sauce contest and a rescheduled board meeting, you’ll want to map out your trip early
July 1, 2000
Source: AFA Convention Committee
You can start planning now for the 2001 AFA convention in Kansas City, February 28 through March 3, 2001. You may remember Kansas City from the tremendous convention we had there 5 years ago. Who can forget their famous mouth-watering steaks and the great hospitality everywhere we went.
WALKING DOWN THE trade shoe aisles during the recent American Association of Equine Practitioners annual meeting in December, a number of new products of interest to farriers caught the eye of American Farriers Journal staffers.
In this episode, Mark Ellis, a Wisconsin farrier who learned the ropes with Renchin, recalls Red’s relationships with area veterinarians, his legacy and the second career as American Farriers Journal’s technical editor.
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