Manitoba Limousin News & Views Christmas 2021

With the r i s i n g c o s t of p r o d u c t i o n , it has never been more a d v a n tag e o u s for operators to c apitalize on L i m o u s i n genetics.

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& s a m t s i r h C y r r e M a e r Y w e N y p H ap Thank you to all that supported our program in 2021 and we look forward to serving you in 2022!

The BULL PEN looks great with some fresh genetics and if you’re in the market for fEmaLEs we are happy to discuss your needs as well.

T L D I M N OUSIN O M A I D Travis, Rilla, Dillon & Brodie Hunter

H: 204-838-2019 C: 204-851-0809 diamondtlimo@gmail.com

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GREETI NGS FROM T HE PRESI D EN T S e a so n G re e t in g s f ro m th e M a n i to ba L im ousin Assoc iat ion. As I s it d own to w r ite th i s repo r t th e weather out sid e is b eaut iful for thi s ti m e a ye ar. We h ave recei ved so me muc h need moist ure to he lp k e e p c at t l e ou t o n gra ss l o n ger whic h will help wit h limited wi nte r fe e d. Wit h th e r i si n g co st o f grains and feed hop efully eve r yo n e w il l h ave en o u gh to get th em t hrough.

Th i s pa s t m o nt h M a n i to ba h o sted Ag Ex in Brand on. There was no Li mo u s in s h ow th i s yea r. Ho pef u l l y we have a show again in 20 2 2 .

G o o d Lu c k to e ve r yo n e w h o pa r ti ci pate d in t he 50t h at Agr i bi ti o n .

I f a ny b re e d e rs wou l d l i ke to a dver ti se in t he News and Views, p le a se co nt ac t o ne o f th e di rec to rs a n d t hey will b e more t han happy to h e l p yo u. We a re a l ways l o o k ing for new memb er s also, if i nte re s te d i n j o i n i n g th e bo a rd pl ea s e cont ac t anyone of t he di rec tors.

Wi th se l l s e as o n s ta r ted o r o n th e n ea r fut ure just want to remi n d al l m e m b e rs th at fema l e sa l e season will b e coming up qui c k so k e e p an e ye o n th e M a n i to ba Limousin Faceb ook p age for bree d e r ’s p o s t o n fema l es th ey h ave for sale by p r ivate t reat y or i n up co m in g s a l es.

I n t h e n e w ye ar we w i l l be h av i n g o u r annual AGM. No d ec ision has be e n m ad e i f i t w i l l be a zo o m st y le meet ing or face to face.

I would like to wish ever yone a good calving season and a good 2022.

Till Nex t Tim e Kyle Wr ight

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20 2 1 MLA D I RECT ORS President

Kyle Wright Brandon, MB Ph: 204.305.0221

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commercial LIMOUSIN producer profile livestoc k hab it.

Th e b a ck b o n e of any breed of cat tle is th e co m m e rc i a l p roducer s wit h t heir bo o ts o n th e gro u n d ra is ing beef.

M a n i to b a L i m ous in N ews & Views wo u ld like to h i g hl i ght Three -Way Lim ou sin o f L a ke Franci s, M B. D i a n n e R i d i n g a n d G a r y Wi l k i n so n I a l ways s ay L imo u si n cattl e a re a gir l ’s b est f r i en d - b e t te r th a n di a mo n ds.

Ye s I s e e t h e o dd eye ro l l w h en I say t his!

I gre w u p o n a da i r y f a r m, h ere i n Lake Fra n c i s, M an i toba . We ow n my pa rent s f a r m p l u s t wo qu a r ters o f l a n d th at once belo n g e d to my G o d Fath er ’s f a mi l y. O ur la nd b as e is i n a n i ce bl o ck .

H e re, we rai s e cattl e, h o rses a n d goat s. I wa s fi rs t int ro du ced to th e l i mo u si n b reed ba c k o n my p arents’ da i r y f a r m. As a te e n ag e r my pa rents wo u l d A I so me of t he H ols te in cows a n d h ei fers to beef bulls.

O ve r t h e ye ars th ere were An gu s, H ereford, S h or t h o r n , S i mmenta l, Ch a ro l a i s a nd L i m o u s i n u s e d. B y f a r th e f avo r i te c ross wa s L im o u s i n .

A co m m e rci al h erd o f beef cows was sta r te d wi t h h ei fers f ro m th ese di f ferent bree d s. Th e s e h ei fers w h ere bred to easyc a lvi n g R e d L imo u si n bu l l s. Al o n g t he way cows an d h ei fers were a dded f rom d i sp e rs al s al e s.

Af te r H ig h S c h o o l, I h a d o f f - f a r m e m p l oy m e nt fo r 17 yea rs to su ppo r t my

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Along t he way G ar y and I met, we b o t h enjoyed hor ses, c at t le and far mi n g. G a r y also wor ked off-far m as a welde r u nt i l h i s ret irem ent.

O ver t he year s we b uilt a nice co mme rc i a l herd of cows.

When BSE hit we were c alving 2 2 0 cows.

We, like many ot her s t ightene d o u r b e l t s and t he fac t t hat G ar y was st ill wo r k i n g off-far m, we were ab le to mak e i t t h ro u g h BSE. O ver t he year s we have used a l o t o f ve r y good Limousin R ed b ulls we b o u g ht fro m p ast and p resent b reed er s in M a n i to b a .

O ver t he year s, we have mad e ma ny ve r y good fr iend s.

One of G ar y ’s d ownfalls is he di s l i ke s g o at s and is a d ie -hard C harolais ma n !

S o in ord er to keep p eace we s o me t i me s r un some White C harolais b ulls.

We found over t he year s, C haro l a i s / L i mo and Limo/C harolais c rosses we re a ve r y good fit for our p lace.

I n 2011, we were affec ted by t h e L a ke M anitob a flood ing and d owns i ze d o u r h e rd to 150 cows. M ost of our hayf i e l ds we re comp letely und er water.

O ver t im e, we went d own to 1 2 5 cows whic h was st ill a good am ount o f wo r k fo r t he t wo of us. But t hroughout t h e ye a r s we always had 3 or 4 R ed Limo u s i n Bu l l s walk ing our p ast ures, t he p ast t h re e ye a r s we had six R ed Bulls.

We have always sold our c alve s i n l ate S ep temb er into O c tob er at eith e r t h e Winnipeg Livestock S ales or Asher n Auc tion M ar t where our Limousin- cross (cont’d on p. 7)

pi c ture submi tted by T hre e Way L imo u sin

ca lve s are we l l re cei ved. Th e ca l ves sell ver y we l l.

Wh e n ou r n e p h e ws M att, Wyatt a n d Co le a nd our n i e ce s M i c h el l e, L a r i ssa a n d R ebecc a wh e re yo u n ger, th ey spent a l ot of time h e re at t h e f a r m.

Th ey a l l ro d e an d s h owed h o rses th ro u gh ou r sm al l l o cal f airs a n d th ro u gh th e M an i tob a 4- H h o rs e pro gra ms.

M att a n d M ich e l l e a l so sh owed h o me - grown stee r s a n d h e i fe rs i n th e M a n i to ba 4- H B eef Pro gra m .

As a f a m i l y we al s o sh owed o u r ow n steer s in th e J ack p o t c l asses.

O u r ho m e - grow n L i mo u si n Cattl e pl a ce d

and showed ver y well.

O ver t he year s, t he k id s have had so me Grand C ham p ions and c arc ass c lass w i n n e r s.

We are ver y p roud of our nep hews a n d nieces, and our c at t le.

We have many, many hap py memor i e s o f a l l of us p laying and wor k ing toget her.

O ver t he year s, we t r y to keep 15 to 2 0 heifer s to t ur n into up p lacement s fo r our herd. O ur c at t le are q uiet a n d easy c a l v ing and we find t he cows are gre at mot her s.

And t his is why we have c hosen t he Limousin genet ic s for over 45 year s.

p ic tu re s u b mitted by

T hre e Way Limous in en tr ies 2 0 1 7 M B Summer Pen S h ow Por tag e la Pra ir ie

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Dianne R id ing and G ar y Wilk inson

off the cow do so the day of shipping and avoid pulling calves off a few days before hand. Clean up the rough calves. D e -hor n, THE MARKET castrate, watch for bad eyes or feet. Frozen ears or tails will get discounted. Vaccinated calves give the buyer ease of mind when the purchase is in play!

When it comes to getting top dollar at the 3: communication: the sooner your mar ket mar ket place there are several things to take of choice k nows that you are think ing of into consideration. shipping the better job they can do for #1 mar ket conditions: many fac tors play you! Wor k with your mar ket rep! We can’t into the daily trade ie: cur renc y, commodit y control the pr ice level but the more we k now pr ices, futures, truck availabilit y and weather the more we can adver tise your cattle to to name a few. I encourage sellers of cattle to maximize your profits watch sales across the countr y to get a feel 4: Auc tion M ar t: choose a mar ket place of things a few weeks before br inging calves that handles your cattle appropr iately. The to mar ket. Keep in mind and be honest with local sale bar n is of ten a better option vs yourself that you compare your weight class, truck ing. Calves need less stress to avoid breed and qualit y of cattle to other sales. shr ink so inter n the shor ter the r ide the less #2 Condition of cattle: as the mar ket place shr ink and stress will be realized. We offer changes some producers look at pre -weaning low stress handling and a show list method to reduce stress or feed calves till mid winter of mar keting your calves which can reduce or spr ing. I ndividual far ms are each in a stress and shr ink of cattle it might cost a few different situation. S ome far ms can produce dollars but having your calves put on feed their own feed while others buy in feed and water for night will drastically reduce the which can be a calculated cost difference shr ink and put dollars in your jeans! to either far m. S ome far ms are limited to Brad Kehler pen space. I f you are selling calves direc tly Grunthal Livestock Auc tion M ar t

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LIMOUSIN FOOTPRINTS

Nicol l e S cott & Kira A xl ey w ith C J L A don ar Ken G il l es at Ken D oc D i spersa l

The Canad ian Junior Limousin As s o c i at i o n i s c ur rent ly selling a cook b ook as a fu n dra i s e r.

The cook b ook would make a gre at Ch r i s t ma s gif t or t hank you for someone. Th a n k yo u to ever yone who p urc hased d ivi de r s a n d b usiness c ard s and to Connie Bab l i t z fo r h e r Ha ppy B elated d esign wor k .

60 t h B i r th d ay to We would like to t hank Ken Gillie s o f Ke n - D o c M a r i a R o dger s of Lim ousin who has generously do n ate d t h e Tr i pl e R L i mousin! p roceed s of a steer sold at his di s p e r s a l s a l e D o n’t co u nt t he in ear ly Novem b er. The steer b ro u g h $ 2 2 0 0 yea rs, co u nt t he t hat will b e d onated to t he C JLA to fu n d w i sh es a n d all t he junior op p or t unit ies. ch eers!

The C JLA will b e t ak ing p ar t in t h e N at i o n a l Lim ousin S ale in Novem b er at Agr i b i t i o n t h i s year, where t he d onat ion d am L i mo l yn Co l e t te Special occasions, and her heifer c alf C JLA Junior Pr i de w i l l b e Limousin Family sold. All p roceed s will go to t he Ca n a di a n notices, birthdays, Junior Limousin Assoc iat ion to h e l p p rovi de anniversaries, fund ing for sc holar ship s, t r ip op p o r t u n i t i e s, m eet ings and C JLA ac t ivit ies. engagements, The C JLA would like to say a b ig t h a n k yo u graduations to all b reed er s who have help ed u s ma ke t h i s or noted p rogram p ossib le. Thank you to t h e gro u p accomplishments of b uyer s who d onated Limolyn Co l e t te to are welcomed. t he C JLA in 2015 and to Lynn Co mb e s t fo r Phone Cheryl d onat ing t he p roceed s of her sa l e. Sh e wa s 204-736-2878 or p urc hased by B Bar Cat t le, Ed en M e a dows email: info@cherwaylimousin.ca Far m , Hollee Limousin, Vent ure L i ve s to c k , R ic hm ond R anc h, Anc hor B Limo u s i n , H i l l vi e w MB BU L L T E ST S T A TI ON Far m s, Pinnac le View Limousin, Jo n e s Cat t l e Co. , Jaym arand y Livestoc k , Payn e L i ve s to c k , J. Yorga Far ms, And rew R anc hes, G re e nwo o d Th e nu mber o f b ul l s a re up a bi t thi s ye a r at Dou g las Lim ousin, Car p enter Cat t le Co. , a n d B e e Ze e wi t h 132 bul l s a n d 5 4 he i fe r s. O n the l i mo usin s id e, Ac res. Thank you to B Bar Cat t le a n d Ede n the re a re 4 b reed ers consi gni ng 1 2 bul l s. The b u lls M ead ows Far ms for c ar ing for Limo l yn Co l e t te went o n tes t Novem be r 1 a nd the 8 4 day we i gh is s et and c alving out our C JLA t at tooe d a n i ma l s. for J a nu a r y 2 2 . Th e o l d fe e de r s we re beyond rep air s o Thank you to Plains Limousin and An c h o r B n ew fe e d ers were purcha se d at the e nd of l a st year Lim ousin for p rep ar ing and show i n g C JL A 1 F. and a re n ow i n p l a c e. Thi s ye a r, the fe e d i s a p ellet Thank you to Hollee Limousin fo r p re p a r i n g rat io n s u ppl i ed by Fee dM a x i n K i l l a r ney. If th ere and showing C JLA 1G. Thank you to Pl a i n s Lim ousin for p rep ar ing and show i n g C JL A 1 J. are a ny q uest i o n s, ma na ge r Cod y Nol a n o r a ny b oard Last ly, t hank you to eac h and eve r y p e r s o n memb e r s wo ul d be h a ppy to he l p. who sup p or ted t his p rogram whe t h e r i t b e 8 4 DAY W E I G H - Jan ua r y 2 2 , 2 0 2 2 b id d ing on a C JLA animals or p u rc h a s i n g OF F TEST - Februar y 1 9 & 2 0 , 2 0 2 2 t ic ket s for a C JLA animal. Wit hou t yo u r S EM EN TE S T I N G Week of M a rch 1 8 th, sup p or t t his p rogram would not h ave b e e n a s 2 022 U LT R A S OU N D I N G We e k of Fe b 2 7 th, 2022 successful Wishing ever yone a M er r y Chr istmas!

Sale Day March 26, 2022 email: bulltest@mynetset.ca

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Bred and Fed for theReal World

Our bulls are bred and fed for the real world. Genetic planning and well managed development make for good bulls.

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Our 2021 bulls will once again be marketed completely by PRIVATE TREATY. Expect all of the same great information that you have received in the past – monthly weights, carcass evaluations, all other data collection and DNA testing. Sired by Wulfs Amazing Bull, Amaglen Fargo, Amaglen Game Changer, Hunt Credentials and 777 Cattle Jack Daniels.

Check it all out on www.amaglenlimousin.ca.

Our bulls are raised on pasture with only momma’s milk and grass – no creep feed! Once weaned they are hand fed. Amaglen bulls are fed for success not excess!

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Real

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World

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AJH 16J

Darlingford, MB Clint & Amanda: 204.246.2576 Amanda Cell: 204.823.2286 Ian & Bonnie: 204.246.2312 Ian cell: 204.823.1240 .

One of the Platinum Elite Herds in Canada What you measure, you can manage. amaglen@inetlink.ca www.amaglenlimousin.ca Follow us on Facebook and Twitter

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Thank you to Carlsruhe Cattle Co. for their investment in a group of bred heifers.

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2021/2022 WINTER FEEDING With 2021 being one of the driest years on the prairies in decades, we like most cattle producers are facing challenges to find winter feed sources. With the growing season behind us and grazing season finished, producers will be moving into winter feeding mode. This year many producers are saying feed them what?

With some areas getting moisture later in the season roughage sources have become more accessible. One positive from the extreme drought conditions and hot temperatures was the slough and swamp bottoms turned into an oasis being the only areas that were still green in early summer. If producers had access to the grasses, cat tails and other plants that grew in the swamp bottoms, and were able to harvest early in the season, this roughage source can meet the nutrition requirements for a dry cow in the first and even part of the second trimester thru the winter. Our farm took advantage of this opportunity and harvested what we could.

With straw being in short supply we made many calls to grain producers asking for an opportunity to bale up any straw that was available. We had one producer offer us their corn stover. After the corn was combined, the producer then swathed the remaining stalks into the windrow the combined dropped. We then raked the field on top of those swathes trying to gather as many leaves and husks as possible and then baled.

The cereal crops we planted and intended to combine suffered greatly from the drought conditions, with the condition of the crop we choose to silage half of those acres. With our 2021 silage and some extra that we carried over from 2020, we plan to stretch the roughage sources as far as we can. All our feed has been or will be tested and with the help or our nutritionist our goal will be to match the feeds to a class of cattle that can utilize it the best.

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per head thru out the winter feeding and still achieve the gains we target. Feed testing and a good nutritionist are very much worth the effort and costs, for a year like this. It is the best way to utilize feed you have.

Matching the different feed qualities that we have, to the right class of cattle at the time that they can best be utilized will be a challenge. With limited high-quality feeds, we will be looking at cattle performance and what that could be and what makes the most sense economically. For our operation this means sorting the cow herd into different feeding groups. Those that only need to maintain their current BCS and those that need to increase it. The rations will be developed for those management groups and adjusted throughout the feeding periods as needed.

We will be backgrounding our 2021 calves to market them in 2022. Once they are settled after weaning we plan to put them on a lighter gaining ration compared to other years. This will reduce the amount of high energy feeds (barley/concentrates) that are required and will help keep feed costs more manageable. This will possibly change our marketable product for 2022, however managing costs are more prevalent at this time.

To my fellow producers we are all in this together. Chins up! And let’s hope for moisture in the future months. pictures and information by Poplarview Stock Farm

Seasons Greetings

Thank you to those who purchased bulls in 2021 Manitoba Bull Station Sale March 26, 2022 Bulls sired by: - Wulfs Amazing Bull Greenwood Canadian Ways

Lundar Bull Sale April 2022

Bulls sired by: -Greenwood Canadian Ways -KAD Zazzabar 10Z

The Davey's Bob & Jackie-Ken Tim & Amber-Kaitlyn

Bob: 204-274-2490 Ken: 204-274-2634 Tim: 204-871-0996 Kaitlyn: 204-871-3489 Westbourne, Mb maplehurst@inetlink.ca Limousin

Simmental

Speckle Park

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CA N A D I A N L I M O U S IN AS S O C I A T I O N An oth e r ye ar is beh i n d u s a n d w h at a year it wa s. Th e o f f i ce wa s moved to i t ’s n ew lo c at i o n in M e d i c i n e Hat, th e CL A l o go and I m pa c t S h ow l o go were u pdated a n d we int rod u ce d t h e L i mo u si n Lega c y Pro j ec t.

I t wa s gre at to s ee a f a l l sh ow a n d sa le se a so n af te r a yea r o f f. Th e exci tement in th e ba r n s o n s h ow day at Agr i bi ti o n was a welco m e p o s i t ive a n d a go o d remi n de r of th i s gre at i n d u s t r y we a re a l l i nvo l ved in.

I wo uld l i k e to co n gratu l ate o u r m e m b e rs h i p o n a n i n credi bl y su ccessful L i mo u s i n Le g ac y Pro j ec t. Fro m th e ti m e it l a un c h e d to i t ’s w ra p u p th i s mo nth th i s pro j e c t h as exceed a l l expec tati ons, sur pa s s i n g t h e o r i gi n a l go a l o f gen o t yp ing 3 ,0 0 0 h e ad. Th e re a re n ow L i mo u si n herd s in Ca n ad a t h at h ave D N A o n a l l o f th eir a c t i ve fe m al e s and bu l l s. Th ro u gh o u t th e pro j e c t we h ave f u l l y pa rent ver i f ied a ni m al s w h e n e ver po ssi bl e a n d i n th e ot her c a se s s ire ve r if i e d. Th i s wo r k h a s l ea d to co r rec t p e d igre es ba cked by a 100K DNA pro f i le. Th is i s a w i n -w i n fo r th e L i mo usin bree d an d s h ows th e pro gressi ve n ature of o ur b re e d e rs. Th a n k yo u to th e bo ard for t h e i r wo r k o n th e pro jec t devel o pment a nd to N i co l e S co tt, CL A R egi stra r fo r her wo r k i n g e t t i n g DN A su bmi ssi o n fo r ms and sa mple co l l e c to r s to th e members. This pro j e c t was a s ign i f i ca nt u n der ta k i n g b ut a n i m p o r t ant s te p fo r wa rd.

As we h e ad into th e n ex t yea r pl ea se b e m i ndf u l o f t h e n e w D N A requ i rements bei ng e n fo rce d.

-H e rd s i re s b o r n o n o r a f ter Ja n u a r y 1, 2021 n ow re q u ire fu l l pa renta ge ver i f i cati on in ord e r to re s i s te r pro geny.

-D o n o r d am s w ith a f l u sh date o n o r af ter J a nua r y 1, 2021 now requ i re f u l l pa rent age ve r i f i cat io n an d pro to i n o rder to register pro g e ny.

Pa rent ag e Ve r i fi c ati o n mea n s th e su bjec t a ni m al q u al i fi e s by D N A to bo th th ei r Sire a nd D a m . I n o rd er to a ch i eve pa rentage ve r i f i cat io n , t h e l a b mu st h ave a sa mple ( e i t h e r t is s u e o r h a i r) o f a l l th ree a n i m als S i re, D am an d t h e su bjec t a n i ma l. As a GGP-100K bree d we h ave requ i red si re ver i fAi cati on for ma ny ye ars a n d h ave a l a rge data b ase

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of sires on file. To successfully move to p arent age ver ific at ion, we now n e e d D N A of t he d am d one as well. When b u yi n g a n d selling b ulls t his season t his step s h o u l d b e ad d ed to your c hec k list. I f you a re l o o k i n g over an animals DNA t ab in t he D i gi t a l B e e f regist r y and are unsure if t he req u i re me nt s have b een met p lease give us a c a l l. I t ’s always b et ter to comp lete DNA o n h e rd sires b efore you have your c alf c ro p o n t h e ground.

From my family to your s have a wo n de r fu l holid ay season and a successful s t a r t to 2022 c alving!

Laura Ec k lund

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1. All Active CLA members are able to participate in the project 2. Both Bulls & Whole Herd Enrollment Females Qualify for the special testing price 3. A limited number of GGP-100K tests at the special rate will be available between October 6, 2020 and December 31, 2021.

This is a powerful project that will deliver accurate genomically enhanced EPD’s backed by a parentage verified pedigree. Have confidence buying and selling Limousin animals with the Limousin Legacy Project.

The special rate will be offered on a first come, first served basis.

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