Canadian Junior Angus Ambassador

Hello, all Angus Breeders and Juniors!

Calving season is definitely under way for many breeders and I hope it is going great for ever yone. I always enjoy seeing the calves grow up and it's enjoyable to see who will be the favourite each year. Good luck to ever yone as they work through their calving seasons.

I have been busy since the start of this year with a new semester of school at the University of Alber ta. I excited to be able to travel to Toronto for GOAL in Februar y! It will be great to see juniors from all over Canada there

It was a ver y busy time throughout the fall when I went to many of the fall shows with my family. Some of these being Lloydminster Stockade Roundup, Farmfair International, and Canadian Western Agribition. Agribition was full of people and I was not able to be there for long but I made it for the All Star Angus Sale which was a crazy successful sale! From the Canadian Junior Angus perspective, I would like to thank ever yone who bought tickets on the donation heifer as all the proceeds went to the junior scholarship fund – it was amazing! Another one of my highlights of the fall was the 50th Annual Red Roundup Sale; this show and sale was in the making for the past fe w years and it really built up to a monumental weekend I rounded out the year by going to one last cattle event, the New Year's Resolution Sale - the reason I mention this is because of the amazing Angus genetics that were being sold in this sale; it is exciting to see where this breed is going.

Since then, I haven’t been to many events and have just been in school, as well as helping my family calve and prepping for sale season. It's exciting to see all of the bull sale catalogues come out and browse through them. I wish you all luck and success in your upcoming bull sales as I know how dedicated people in this industry are.

I hope to see and chat with some breeders throughout the next year whether that be at spring bull sales or other Angus or agriculture events. I also hope to see many people at the 2023 National Angus Convention in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan this upcoming June where the new Ambassador will be named – I strongly encourage any interested junior members to apply and juniors should keep all of these deadlines in mind:

Junior Angus Stockman nominations

April 15th

Canadian Angus Foundation - Robert C McHaffie Junior Ambassador applications

April 30th

The Dick Turner Memorial Scholarship applications

May 15th

U S Exchange program applications

May 31st

Canadian Junior Angus Scholarship applications

June 15th

More information is available on the website, or reach out to me or any of the CJA directors if you want to talk about these programs. See you soon!