August 2015 - Herd Reference Edition

August 2015

The Official Magazine of The Canadian Hereford Association

The Art of Fitting Then Then and and now now

Cattleland Influence Strathmore Strathmore and and Beyond Beyond

Kootenay Cattlemen

The The business, business, personal personal and and political political lives lives of of Ed Ed Conroy Conroy and and Murray Murray Gore Gore of of Kootenay Kootenay Polled Polled Herefords Herefords

Young Guns XI

Faces and Perspectives of a New Generation

2015 Herd Reference Edition

RVP STAR 533P UNEQUALED ET 53U

Our top 2015 calves include several from this mating. Please visit us at Armstrong’s IPE and at the West Coast Mark of Excellence (MOE) show in Aldergrove in September; Or see us at the Canadian National Hereford Show at Agribition in November.

GO 3196 ADVANCE S109

KCL WPF THE PROFESSOR 7110ET TH 71U 719T MR HEREFORD 11X x KCL 29R MARY ANNE 23G 5R ET

2014 U.S. National Junior Bull Calf Champion *At Both Denver and Fort Worth*

Soundness * Pigment * Performance

Canadian semen rights owned by Copper Creek Ranch Semen inquiries welcomed.

$50/straw minimum 10 straw purchase

We have a good selection of calving ease, high performing bull calves available for sale on the ranch. Visitors always welcomed.

Owners - The Stevenson Family

Ranch Phone: (250) 295-4099 Ranch Fax: (250) 295-4079 P.O. Box 817 Princeton, British Columbia V0X 1W0 Email: coppercreek@xplornet.ca

Managers Phil & Catherine Brown Phil’s Cell: (250) 293-6857 Catherine’s Cell: (250) 293-6858

Bob Proulx . Kevin Clements . Shawn Galloway

Yo u’ r e I n v i t e d ! Autumn Alliance XXXIII Sale September 20, 2015 At The Farm 12:00 Noon

MHPH 521X

Action 106A (

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3.4

66.5

109.2

23.4

56.7

MHPH 106A

MHPH 106A

Radiance 103C (

DLF IEF HYF)

Carla 109C (

DLF IEF HYF)

Born: Jan. 9, 2015 BW: 2.5 WW: 61.1 YW: 95.6 M: 25.3 TM: 55.9

DLF IEF HYF)

Born: Jan. 3, 2015 BW: 3.6 WW: 61.7 YW: 98.3 M: 23 TM: 53.8

Pebbles 216C ( BW: 4.2 WW: 58.7 YW: 98.1 M: 25.8 TM: 55.2

MHPH 106A

Born: Feb. 16, 2015

DLF IEF HYF)

PlAn An OnTAriO Weekend!

River Valley “Genetic Designs XI” Sale - September 18, 2015 Elm-Lodge Sale - September 19, 2015 AUTUMn AlliAnCe SAle XXXiii - SePTeMBer 20, 2015

MHPH 106A

Tori 211C (

DLF IEF HYF)

Born: Feb. 11, 2015 BW: 3.2 WW: 55.7 YW: 95.9 M: 22.1 TM: 50

Sale Management Office: 306-933-4200 Chris: 306-220-5006 Ted: 306-221-2711

View the catalogue online at www.BuyAgro.com

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Sale of the East Sunday September 13, 2015 - 1:00PM #240 Wilmont Road, Wilmont, NB

2015 Consignors

AXA Farms Hampton, NB Allan Marshall (506) 636-1877 allan@axafarms.ca

Glenvale Polled Herefords Glenvale, NB Philip & Shelly Thorne (506) 756-3649 philshel_3@hotmail.com

Loon Point Herefords Cambridge Narrows, NB Sandra & Luke McFarland (506) 488-3100 j.luke.mcfarland@gmail.com Youngs Polled Herefords Ripples, NB Scott Young (506) 999-1912 thomasscottyoung@gmail.com

Hidden Meadow Farms Riceville, NB Ben & David Alward (506)-272-2959 benalward@hotmail.com

Feature Heifer

Feature Cow

AXA P606 705X NELLIE 506C

SVF ZIPPEDY 8Z

Slipp Farms 1784 Ltd. Central Hampstead Larry Slipp (506) 488-8904 slippfarms@xplornet.ca Sharlo Farms Public Landing, NB Lloyd and Sharon Francis (506) 333-3160 powerbythehour@gmail.com Blacks Polled Herefords Wilmot, NB Dale Black (506) 323-8085 dale@axafarms.ca Feature Bred Yearling

AXA 704X TINA 115B

Catalogue is available at www.AXAFarms.ca Sale of The East would like to acknowledge the passing of

Jim McFarland

at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital, on Sunday, October 19, 2014 surrounded by his loving family.

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contents August 2015 Volume 73 | Number 2

Submitted by: Krista Smith, Patricia, Alberta

features

contents B R A D D U B E AU

C AT H E R I N E B R OW N

Cattleland Influence

Young Guns XI Faces and Perspectives of a New Generation

Strathmore and Beyond

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Sarah Darraugh Myles Jones

C AT H E R I N E B R OW N

C AT H E R I N E B R OW N

Canada’s Oldest Breed Magazine

The Art of Fitting

The Canadian Hereford Digest Celebrates 60 Years

Then and now

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Who Am I?

104 Bonanza 2015 Results 114 Residual Feed Intake Research Project - Trial Summary 115 Sale Results 130 2014 Sale Trends 131 Junior Show Results 134 Maritimes Provincial Report 136 Ontario Provincial Report 138 Manitoba Provincial Report 139 Saskatchewan Provincial Report 140 Alberta Provincial Report

B R A D D U B E AU

STEPHEN SCOTT

141 British Columbia Provincial Report

Kootenay Cattlemen

AUSSIE ADVENTURE

142 CJHA Report

The business, personal and political lives of Ed Conroy and Murray Gore of Kootenay Polled Herefords

CHA Executive Director’s 149 CJHA Honour Roll f i r s t- h a n d a c c o u n t o f Australia’s Hereford and 150 Future of the Breed CJHA KGF “Future of the Breed” Scholarship Winners beef industry

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152 4-H Achievements

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UpFront

143 Canadian Beef Breeds Council Report

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President’s Message

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Message du Président

172 Auctioneers, Consultants and Services

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Hereford Horizons

174 Hereford EPD Averages

102 KGF 132 Executive Director’s Report 133 Rapport du Directeur Exécutif

144 CHA Honour Roll

151 All-Star Members Report 2015

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Quick Reference

175 Digest Subscription Form & Ad Booking Deadlines

154 Year-End Statistics 156 Breed Builders 2014 157 New Annual, Young Guns & Junior Members 2014 158 Canadian Hereford Association 2014 Financial Statements 166 Hereford Farewells 169 Baxter Black 170 Hereford Cooking

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AUGUST 19-20 – ON .....................Hastings Plowing Match, Chadwick Farms Inc, Tyendinaga 20 – AB .......................................21st Annual Hardisty Field Day, Hardisty 20-22 – PEI ................ Old Home Week and MOE Show, Charlottetown 20-23 – QC ................................................. Expo Cookshire Fair, Cookshire 21-23 – BC ............................. Nechako Valley Exhibition and MOE Show Vanderhoof 27-30 – QC .............................................................................Expo Ayer’s Cliff 28 ......................................October Digest Advertising Booking Deadline 28 – NB ............. Kent County Exhibition, MOE Show, St Marie de Kent 29 – PEI ..........Dundas Plowing Match & Fair and MOE Show, Cardigan 29 – ON ..................... Barrie Fair MOE Show, Ontario West Zone, Barrie SEPTEMBER 30 Aug-7 Sept ON ........................The Windsor Fair MOE Show, Windsor 1-5 – NS........................................ Cumberland County Exhibition, Oxford 2-6 – BC ............. Interior Provincial Exhibition, MOE Show, Armstrong 4 – BC ................................. British Columbia Hereford Association AGM Prestige Hotel & Conference Centre, Vernon 4-7 – QC ..................................................................................Expo Brome Fair 5 – QC ..................................... Expo Shawville Fair, MOE Show, Shawville 6 – ON ............................................................. Orangeville Fair - Orangeville 12 – QC .......................... Expo Richmond Fair and MOE Show, Richmond 11-13 – BC ...............................................Lakes District Fall Fair, Burns Lake 12 – ON ............... Ottawa Valley Hereford Zone Banner Show, Renfrew 12 – ON .........................................................................Arthur Fall Fair, Arthur 12 – BC .........West Coast Hereford Club Show, MOE Show, Aldergrove 13 – NB ............................................. AXA Farms Sale of the East, Wilmont 17-20 – BC ........................Richardson Ranch VI Annual Online Sale, Tlell 18-27 – NS ............. Hants CountryExhibition and MOE Show- Windsor 19-20 – AB..................................................Southern Alberta Hereford Tour 18 – ON ...............................................................................Genetic Designs X River Valley Polled Hereford Sale, Newburgh 19 – ON ....................................Source for Success XIV Sale, Indian River 19 – NB ............................New Brunswick Beef Expo, MOE Show, Sussex 24 – ON ............................Lindsay Fair, East Central MOE Show, Lindsay 20 – ON .........Autumn Alliance XXXII Sale, Medonte Highlands, Orillia 26 – BC............................ Pacific Invitational Female Sale, Williams Lake 26 – ON ........................ Carp Fair, Ottawa Valley Zone, MOE Show, Carp 27 – ON .................. East Central Ontario Hereford Zone Futurity Show, Roseneath Fair OCTOBER 4 – ON .................................................Ottawa Valley Zone Show, Metcalfe 7 – 12 NS...................................Maritime Fall Fair and MOE Show, Halifax 8-9 – AB.............................................. Harvie Ranching Internet Sale, Olds 10 – QC .............................................Expo-Boeuf Victoriaville , MOE Show 10 – AB ............................................... Remitall West Production Sale, Olds 15 – SK ...............................................3rd Annual Elite Genetics Online Sale, Leveldale Polled Herefords & RSK Farms 16 – SK ..................Hereford Harvest, Lone Pine Cattle Services, Vibank 20 – 23 ON ..............Breeder’s Choice Online Hereford Sale, Walkerton 17 – SK...... ANL Polled Herefords & Guests Production Sale, Steelman 17 – SK...............C&T Cattle Co. & Guests, “Take the Next Step”, Kisbey 18 – SK ....... Blair-Athol, Haroldson’s & Friends Production Sale, Arcola 19 – SK .............................................. Square-D Production Sale, Langbank 20 – AB .............................19th Annual British Breeds Rancher Calf Sale, Balog Auction, Lethbridge

5160 Skyline Way NE, Calgary, AB T2E 6V1

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24 – SK ... Section 7 Ranch Complete Hereford Dispersal, Whitewood 24 – QC ...............Partners for Progress, Maple Hill Herefords, Shefford 24 – NS ............................................................... Atlantic Bonus Sale, Nappan 29-31 – MB ............ Manitoba Livestock Expo, MOE Show, Brandon 31 ..................................................................... Hereford Show NOVEMBER 3 – AB .................................................British Breeds #2 Rancher Calf Sale, Balog Auction, Lethbridge 10-15 – AB .................Farmfair International MOE Show, Edmonton 11.................................................................... Hereford Genes Event 12 ..............................................Western National Hereford Show 6-15 – ON...................... The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, Toronto 6... Ontario Hereford Assoc. Futurity & Junior Showmanship 7 ....................................... Eastern National Hereford MOE Show 14 – AB ....................... Brost Land & Cattle Co. LTD & Guests Annual Fall Production Sale, Irvine 14 – ON............East Central Ontario Zone AGM, Omemee Curling Club 18 – AB .................................. The Amigos Production Sale, Medicine Hat 19 – AB ..................LCI Doenz Ranches Annual Production Sale, Warner 21 – AB ........ Fenton Hereford Ranching 51st Fall Production Sale, Irma 23-28 – SK.............................. Canadian Western Agribition, Regina 26 ..............................................................Agribition Hereford Sale 27 ....................................................National Hereford MOE Show 27 ........................................................Agribition Red Coat Classic DECEMBER 1 – AB................................................Stromsmoe Herefords & Black Angus 31st Annual Production Sale, Etzikom 2 – AB .....................................Gemstone Cattle Co Production Sale, Gem 4 – MB ........................................................ Manitoba Hereford Association “Good As Gold” Sale, Brandon 4 ........................................ January Digest Advertising Booking Deadline 19-20 – AB ..............................................All Beef Pen Show, Medicine Hat

Consult with the CHA website www.hereford.ca for changes and/or additions to provincial field days, MOE shows and other events.

Phone: 1.888.836.7242 Fax: 1.888.824.2329

Email: herefords@hereford.ca

Cover Photo Features: CHA staff photo taken at MN Herefords, Airdrie, Alberta

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Eight Years of Herefords and have never looked back 100 Purebred & 100 Commercial

For sale by Private Treaty

Bob & Diana Gristwood

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P: (306) 837-4504 F: (306) 837-4472 RBG@Sasktel.net Box 399 Loon Lake, Saskatchewan S0M 1L0

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DONORAH 77J SUPER LAD ET 8B

DONORAH 77J SUPER LAD ET 18B

Feature junior herd sire. A tremendous yellow Superman son backed by our strongest cow family. 8B could very well be the best bull ever raised here. Thank-you to Hickory Corner Farms for purchasing 8Bs' flush mates.

Another top Superman son. Dam is a near perfect cow. It was hard to part with 18B, but we made a deal to use him before he went to a great home.

Thank-you to Joe Burgess not only for purchasing 18B but giving us the opportunity to use him.

DONORAH 631 STANDARD LAD 4Y

NJW PMH 66X 156T LUX 203A ET

Our 2013 high selling bull to Hickory Corner Farms. After seeing the demand for his sons and especially after calving his daughters we felt we had to use 4y again. Dam is still here at 14 years of age. Thank you to Hickory Corner Farms for the opportunity to use 4y.

Our pick of NJW 2015 Bull Sale. The only Mr Maternal son in Canada. Cow family is one of Wards best. We looked a long time for a polled herd bull like 203a. We are excited to see his calves this spring. Homozygous polled.

DONORAH 299U SILVER PRIDE 8A (owned with David Abrahamson) • DONORAH 138U ULTIMATE LAD 40X (owned with Brost Land and Cattle) DON 0192 DOMINO LAD 16Z ( owned with Hickory Corner Farms) • DONORAH 77J SUPER LAD ET 49B • DW STANDARD 45Y LAD 1A ( owned with Scott White) CC 129D SUPERMAN 77J • SENSATION • FP ONE TEN DOMINO 110N • UNTAPPED • CL 1 DOMINO 929W • CL 1 DOMINO 0192X

Donnie & Laurel Gillespie & Boys (306) 774-3636 Wymark, Saskatchewan Email: donniewaynegillespie@gmail.com

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Donald Gillespie (306) 773-0073

Swift Current, Saskatchewan

MN Herefords Straight Canadian Genetics

EHF 6S BRITISHER LAD 11W PURCHASED FROM EUREKA HEREFORD FARMS AT THE 2011 CALGARY BULL SALE

MN 24R BIG JOHN 343X HOME RASIED AND BUILDING US A SPECTACULAR HERD OF FEMALES Also in Use

By AI

FE 43T EMPEROR 72Z LO 16T STANWAY LAD 59X ZZB 46M RIB STANDARD 64W MVF 499X BRIT DOMINO LAD 211A

MN 3W STAN BRITISHER 665Z MN 71W DOMINO LAD 12A MN 11W RUSTANDARD 75A MN 17P STANDARD 833Z

LO 931N ASTER LAD 6S

MN 26R STD LAD 128W

Stop In Anytime • Cattle For Sale By Private Treaty

Austin Nixdorff 403-200-4781

aknixdorff@hotmail.com

Clark & Cindy Nixdorff Chalsie, Marvin, Kiersty

Edna Nixdorff

403-948-5229 Ph 403-948-7559 • Fax 403-948-7486 • Cell 403-803-1584 R.R. 2, Airdrie, Alberta T4B 2A4 Email mnhereford@platinum.ca

Located from Yankee Valley Blvd turnoff on Hwy 2, 6 mi. E. & 1/4 mi. S. or from Trans Canada Hwy. 14 mi. N. on Conrich turnoff

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Newsworthy and notable stories from the Canadian Hereford industry Jesse Donald Lloyd was born June 14, weight 8 lb 12 oz, 22 inches long.

Pictured here at 14 hours old with proud parentsJamie Richardson and Bill Lloyd with even prouder grandparents Don and Les. •

Going to Mexico

50 Consecutive Years

Dalynn and Carl Ramsay present a decorated bull skull to Mike Wurtz and Andy Wurtz from Hillsvale Colony in recognizing 50 consecutive years of buying bulls from Carlrams Ranching. •

Watch www.hereford.ca for new Merchandise coming soon to the Hereford store!

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PINS PINS PINS

Congratulations to PJ Budler and Roger Peters for orchestrating a successful export of Canadian Hereford Bulls to Chihuahua, Mexico •

50-Years Harold and Maurice Oddan

CHA Director Murray Andrews presents Harold and Maurice Oddan with their 50-Year pins at the 2015 Misty Valley Farms Annual Production Sale. •

50-Years Shar-Lo Farms

Lloyd and Sharon Francis are presented with their 50-Year pin at the CHA Annual General Meeting by CHA President Daryl Kirton.•

25-Years Ken Rutledge

CHA Director Andy Schuepbach presents Ken and Michele Rutledge with their 25-Year Pin at the Alberta Hereford Association Annual General Meeting. •

50-Years XTC Ranches

XTC Ranches (Byron & Caroline Templeton and Jocelyn & Travis Wasco) are presented with their 50-Year pin at the Medicine Hat Bull Sale by CHA Executive Director Stephen Scott and CHA Director Blain Brost. •

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Lloyd & Sharon Francis

4L3 | (506) 333-3160 | powerbythehour@gmail.com

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Welcome to the CHA Staff...

The Canadian Hereford Association is pleased to announce that Karen Schiml has joined the CHA staff as the new Programs and Media Coordinator. Karen was raised on a straight bred Hereford commercial cattle ranch in Southern Saskatchewan where she was a member of both the CJHA and 4H beef club. She received her B.S.A. in Animal Science from the University of Saskatchewan. She spent the last several years in the feed industry in a variety of positions, most recently in a regulatory and nutrition role for a small premix manufacturer. With a strong technical background, she collaborated with industry experts to provide nutrition and management solutions to producers. As Programs and Media Coordinator for the Canadian Hereford Association, Karen is excited to meet and work with CHA members. She will be supporting the HBI and Show Committees, working with research projects and assisting with design for the Digest. Welcome Karen! • The Canadian Hereford Association is pleased to announce that Libby Laycraft has joined the CHA staff as the new Youth Programs and Foundation Manager for the Canadian Junior Hereford Association (CJHA) and the Keith Gilmore Foundation (KGF). Libby has worked as a consultant to the industry since 2006, when she left the Canadian Angus Association as their Breed Development Coordinator, to spend more time with her young family. Laycraft, has worked with the CHA in previous years, most recently as project coordinator of the RFI research project. Libby will provide administrative support to the CJHA throughout the year, and be involved in the planning and organization of Bonanza. Libby will also be working with the KGF Trustees to raise awareness of the KGF scholarships and develop new fundraising initiatives, directing our outreach to industry, academia, students and alumni.

2015/2016 CHA Board of Directors Front row (L-R) - Executive Director Stephen Scot t; Andy Schuepbach, AB; Vice President Doug Mann, SK; President Daryl Kirton, BC; Albert Rimke, MB; David Reid, SK. Back row (L-R) - Jean Tetreault, QC; Blaine Brost, AB; Murray Andrews, SK; Nels Nixdorff, AB; Wally Pugh, ON; Philip Thorne, NB; Leon Silk, ON.

HEREFORD MISS WORLD 2014

Cayley Brown, a young Hereford breeder in Princeton, British Columbia was presented with the “Hereford Miss World” title for her bred and owned two-year-old cow CB 122L Lady B 222Z, in a ceremony in Fort Worth Texas on February 3rd.

The cow she bred and currently owns with Shar-Lo Farms in New Brunswick, was named Supreme Champion Female across all breeds at the 2014 Armstrong Interior Provincial Exhibition (IPE) and Canadian National Champion Hereford Female late last year at Regina’s Canadian Western Agribition. Shortly afterwards, Herefordbreeder.net named the female “Miss North America” after evaluation by four online judges, an anonymous judge on-site at the national show and Facebook voters. The female competed against a U.S. National Champion and other world national champions. •

Correction: Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Eastern National Hereford Show Female Grand & Reserve Grand Champions

Grand Champion Female Senior Yearling Female Champion MHPH 521X DAINTY 105A Exhibited By: Ridgeview Farm / Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords / Hailey Goble

Reserve Grand Champion Female Intermediate Yearling Female Champion GRO-JDL TEMPTATION 11X 214A Exhibited By: Grosvenor Farm / JDL Cattle Co

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The Program Marches On On 2015 Spring Bull Bull Sale Sale Highlites Highlites Calgary Bull Sale Reserve Grand Champion JNHR RED STAN 128A Sold to MJT Herefords, Edgerton, AB JNHR ALL RED STAN 290A - Selling to Jim Newton, Del Bonita, AB JNHR RED LAD 89A - Selling to Donalda Colony, Donalda, AB

JNHR RED STAN 128A

2015 Production Sale Features: Feature Pen of 10 from our sale sold to new breeders Ryan and Rhael Hodgins, Barrhead, AB JNHR RED EYE 131A - Sold to Shane Truby, Durango, CO for $9,400.00

JNHR ALL NEW 153A - sold to Pibroch Colony, Westlock, AB for $8,750.00

JNHR 511W MAX 194A - Sold to Reg Minchau, Millet AB for $10,600.00

JNHR TAKE AIM 680A - Sold to Stuart Busmann, Fort Macleod, AB for $8,750.00

Norm, Joanne, Michael, Marc Parrent Box 111 Clyde, Alberta, T0G 0P0 Phone: 1-780-348-5835 Fax: 1-780-348-5839 Norm Cell: 780-307-6586 Mike Grimmeyer: 780-307-3385 jonomnherefordranch@gmail.com grimm1@mcsnet.ca 3 miles East of Clyde on Hwy. 18 then 2.5 South on RR 244 ~ or ~ 5 Miles East of Hwy 2 on TWP Rd 594 then 1/2 mile South on RR 244 14

THANK YOU TO ALL BUYERS AND BIDDERS FOR YOUR SUPPORT! Thank you to Posta El Quatro, Acatic, MX for purchasing 15 bred heifers from our program!

Watch for 2016 Highlites from all leading Sires Polled & Horned in upcoming issues!

WALNUT DRIVE FARMS

Original Gene Pools‌maintained, perfected, multi trait selected Raised on the basis of SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST

RANGE READY AND USER FRIENDLY

CIRCA - 1952

Spidel 700A C02991937

WDF Tone Tracer 570A C02991936

Spidel 475A C02992962

Spidel 143A C03004585

BLOODLINES: Woodrow Mischief 48 Spidel & Four Square

GREAT SELECTION OF BULL CALVES BY 90Y and HIS BROTHER 73Z

Breeding approximately 125 females in 2015 VISITORS WELCOME!

Spidel 90Y C02913188

COME TAKE A LOOK! Thanks to everyone who attended our 2014 Production Sale making it the top grossing sale east of Saskatchewan. Special thanks to Courtenay Herefords, B.C. for purchasing two herd bull prospects; Mic Kubinec of Three Hills who purchased a Future Roundup daughter and special thanks to Wayne & Hillary Brednor, our volume buyer, also Tom McGrady from Texas who purchased several lots of Spidel genetics.

JOHN VANCISE & SONS R.R.#4 Stayner, ON L0M 1S0 One Mile West & Three Miles North of Stayner

705-445-0407

We raise COMPETITIVE CATTLE...

They compete with: ....Economics ....Mother Nature ....Each Other ....And ME! J.V. 15

Consigning 4 Yearling Heifers to the

Autumn Alliance Sale September 20, 2015

LMPH 201B Sire: Durango SOD: Trust

LMPH 132B Sire: Trimark SOD: Wonderer

CJVK 125B Sire: Absolute SOD: Boomer

LMPH 122B Sire: Trimark SOD: Warrior

Lian Mor Polled Herefords Wallace & Fern Pugh

Trevor & Amy Pugh

Phone: (519) 943-0278 Phone: (519) 941-8515 594324 Blind Line, Mono, ON L9W 5N3 553245 County Road 16, Mono, ON L9W 6M1 mail: lianmor@sympatico.ca 16

CBB SHAR-LO 719 SHAMELESS 308B EPD

BW

WW

YW

MM

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+61.5

+99.3

+25.3

+56.1

H PAYBACK 3092 ET EPD

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+59.9

+83.3

+33.8

+63.8

Owned with Caylynne Brown and Shar-Lo Farms Princeton, BC Public Landing, NB

Also in Use

MW VOLTAGE LAD 22A BW

WW YW

MM TM

EPD +7.0 +53.8 +84.7 +16.7 +43.6

MW MISTER RIB 24B BW

WW YW

MM TM

EPD +5.5 +54.7 +83.3 +16.5 +43.9

MW SIR RIBSTONE 94B BW EPD -1.5

MW ARROWWOOD 35A EPD

BW

WW

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MM

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+58.0

+94.5

+19.8

+48.8

Grand Champion Bull at the 57 Annual Medicine Hat Spring Bull Show and Sale th

WW YW

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+50.6 +85.9 +24.8 +50.1

Thank you to our 2015 Buyers!

Little Fort Herefords John & Beth MacGougan Scott Livestock Ron Guenther Miller Ranches Rocking G Land & Cattle

Baron Ranch Mcintyre Ranching Roworth & Cameron Ranch Bernatchez Ranching Jesse Wagner

MERLE & NEELTJE WYATT AND FAMILY

403-534-2277 Cell 403-485-8289 Box 30, Arrowwood, Alberta T0L 0B0

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Friday, Sept. 18, 2015 At the Farm, Newburgh, ON SELLING 60 LOTS

Bulls • Show Prospects • Bred Heifers • Pairs Featuring the get and service of Trust, Boyd Masterpiece, MSU TCF Revolution 4R, Remitall Online 122L and TH 122 71I Victor 719T

MOHICAN BLOSSUM Z71 EPDs

BW 4.0

WW 54.7

YW 84.4

MM 24.3

TM 51.7

RVP 100W CHEERS 6C EPDs

BW 5.6

WW 63.8

YW 103.4

MM 26.2

RVP 100W RV MISS CATALINA 9C TM 58.1

RVP 100W CADENZA 39C EPDs

BW 3.8

WW 60.0

YW 101.5

MM 24.6

EPDs

BW 2.6

WW 56.8

YW 95.0

MM 26.8

TM 55.2

RVP 122L TAKE CHARGE 13C

TM 54.6

EPDs

BW 3.6

WW 49.1

YW 79.1

MM 22.9

TM 47.5

RVP 100W CARMEN 10C EPDs

BW 2.7

WW 58.7

YW 100.1

BW 4.7

WW 57.3

YW 99.7

Elwyn, Donald and Pauline Embury 240 Embury Rd., R.R. 1 • Newburgh, ON K0K 2S0 Main Office 613-378-6632 Fax 613-378-1646 Donald Embury Cell 613-328-9065 Cattle Office 613-378-2791 Res. 613-378-2224 Dale Stith Auctioneer 918-760-1550

rivervalleyherefords@kos.net • www.rivervalleyherefords.com

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TM 53.3

RVP 0220 CHECKBOOK 1C EPDs

NJW 91Z

View our sale live on the Internet at

MM 23.9

Catalogs available on request.

MM 21.6

TM 50.3

RVP 4R BEDAZZELED 2B EPDs

BW 4.2

WW 66.9

YW 105.9

MM 25.2

TM 58.7

RVP 6138 Bell 77B EPDs

NJW 73S R117 DREAMIN 149X EPDs

BW 2.6

WW 52.8

YW 84.1

MM 29.7

TM 56.1

BW 3.8

WW 51.6

YW 88.7

MM 25.8

WW 52.0

YW 82.1

MM 22.4

TM 48.4

RVP 51X MISS ALBA 6A EPDs

RVP 100W ABBEY 51A EPDs

BW 0.4

RVP 100W HEARTLAND BEAT 18B

BW 5.2

WW 54.0

YW 82.4

MM 17.9

EPDs

BW 4.2

WW 64.1

YW 111.2

MM 21.5

BW 2.9

WW 59.8

YW 97.1

MM 26.0

TM 55.9

RVP 51X SHE’S ALL THAT 40A TM 44.9

RVP 100W ZIPPER 63Z TM 51.6

EPDs

EPDs

BW 6.2

WW 67.1

YW 95.2

MM 21.6

TM 55.2

MC P316 JEWEL W9118 ET TM 53.6

EPDs

BW 4.0

WW 43.7

YW 66.2

MM 11.1

TM 33.0

Genetic Designs XI Friday, Sept. 18, 2015

At the Farm, Newburgh, ON

SELLING 60 LOTS

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president’s message

By Daryl Kirton

PR E SI D EN T O F T H E CA N A D IA N H ER EFO R D A S S O CIATI O N

Our 2015 year has been an exciting time to be in the cattle business.

Bull sales by both private treaty and public auction have been the best we have had in many years. It is very encouraging to see bull buyers who haven’t used Herefords for many years come back again because of our breed’s maternal strength and excellent disposition.

The auction markets’ calf prices are finally where they should be and the slaughter cattle are also very strong.

The export market to Europe has slowed down due to our economy but I thought that this would help us build up our cow herd again as it is the lowest it’s been on record.

Global warming is hitting us from a different angle.

The west has had very little moisture during the winter and spring with many breeders having no pasture for turnout.

Many breeders have had to feed animals throughout the summer. This also means no hay to cut and very little hay available in the west. Many breeders have already sent replacement animals to the market and have started to cull less efficient cows to try to make feed last.

Crops were planted with many not germinating. Some started growing but with no moisture, are not amounting to anything. You only have to watch the news to see that the west is burning up, big time. This will mean many breeders will not have range to graze on for a number of years. In the east it has been almost the exact opposite of the west – with lots of snow and rain.

It has been a wet year at the office in Calgary! In November, a water line broke to the water dispenser, causing major damage to the main floor and basement area, followed by a second flood in May when a plastic fitting to an upstairs toilet broke, causing damage to the upper floor and the walls and fixture that had just been repaired. Due to the repairs, the office had to be temporarily closed, as the dust and noise was too much for the staff.

I would like to thank the staff for all their extra efforts and time put in, due to the floods.

The board has had fewer face-to-face meetings, in a concerted effort to curtail costs. Conference calls have made up the balance. The executive has been polled in order to make many decisions during the repairs and renovations at the office.

The most exciting week held each year is Hereford Week in Canada – at which Bonanza and the Canadian Hereford Association AGM is held. This event took place this year in Federicton, from July 28th to August 1st. A sincere thank you to the organizing committee and all the volunteers.

In closing, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the CHA board for putting their trust in me for the past year as it has been an honour to be your President.

I would like to thank Stephen Scott and Brad Dubeau for all they do for our association.

And finally, to the office staff in Calgary - Thank you! You are a great supportive team to our association. A heartfelt thank you to all of you.

Remember - your provincial director is your voice on the board of directors. If you have any concerns, please contact him or her or give me a call.

I hope to see many of you at the shows or at the fall sales.

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message du président

Par Daryl Kirton

PR É SI D EN T D E L’A S S O CIATI O N CA N A D I EN N E H ER EFO R D

Jusqu’à maintenant, l’année 2015 a été excitante pour ceux d’entre nous qui sont immergés dans le commerce de bétail. L’intérêt renouvelé pour les animaux de reproduction a été le sujet d’actualité parmi les éleveurs Hereford tout au long du printemps.

Les ventes de taureaux, soient privées ou aux enchères publiques, ont atteint des niveaux que nous ayons eus depuis de nombreuses années. C’est très encourageant de voir les acheteurs de taureaux, qui n’ont pas utilisé notre race depuis nombreuses années, revenir encore une fois vers la génétique Hereford pour ses caractères maternelles et sa docilité.

Les prix des veaux commerciaux aux enchères sont enfin où ils devraient se situer, et le bétail d’abattage est aussi en forte demande.

Je pense que le fait que notre marché d’exportation vers l’Europe soit ralenti en raison de notre économie, nous aidera à promouvoir l’expansion ou le repeuplement des troupeaux canadiens, qui sont présentement à des niveaux les plus bas comme jamais vus.

Le réchauffement climatique nous frappe maintenant sous un angle différent.

Les regions de l’ouest ont eu très peu de précipitations durant l’hiver et au printemps laissant plusieurs éleveurs sans pâturage pour leurs animaux. Pour certains, la situation est de sorte qu’ils ont dû nourrir au foin toute l’été.

Cela a entrainé des pénuries d’aliments pour le bétail de l’ouest. Conséquemment, plusieurs têtes destinées comme animaux de remplacement, ont été mises sur le marché ainsi qu’une sélection sévère des vaches de réforme a été faite, pour maximiser l’utilisation des ressources qui sont disponibles. Un grand pourcentage des cultures qui ont été semées au printemps, n’ont pu germiner dû au manque d’eau et d’autres ne sont pas très développées. Il suffit de regarder les nouvelles pour voir que l’ouest canadien est en flamme un peu partout. Cela signifie que plusieurs éleveurs n’auront pas de pâturages pour de nombreuses années à venir. Pendant ce temps, dans l’est du pays, on observe presque le contraire – avec beaucoup de neige et de pluie.

Le bureau de l’association à Calgary, a eu ses propres problèmes d’eaux ! En novembre, une conduite a éclaté dans le distributeur d’eau, causant des dommages importants à l’étage principale et au sous-sol. Cet incident a été suivi d’une deuxième inondation en mai, quand un raccord de plastique pour une toilette au deuxième étage s’est cassé, causant des dommages à l’étage et aux murs qui venaient juste d’être réparés. Pendant les réparations, le bureau a dû être temporairement fermé parce que la poussière et le bruit dérangeaient trop le personnel. Je tiens à les remercier tous pour leurs efforts supplémentaires pendant ces problèmes d’inondations.

Le conseil d’administration a conséquemment tenu moins de réunions en personne dans l’effort concerté de réduire les coûts. Nous avons donc fait recours aux conférences téléphoniques pour continuer les discussions. L’exécutif a été consulté au sujet des décisions requises pour les réparations et les rénovations du bâtiment qui appartient à l’association.

La semaine la plus excitante pour la famille Hereford rassemble annuellement le Bonanza et l’assemblée générale annuelle de l’Association canadienne. Cet événement a eu lieu cette année à Fredericton au Nouveau Brunswick du 28 juillet au 1er août. Merci à tous ceux qui ont fait un effort pour assister et soutenir nos juniors ainsi que prendre part à notre assemblée annuelle.

En terminant, je tiens à saisir cette occasion pour remercier le Conseil d’administration pour la confiance qu’ils ont investi envers moi ces derniers 12 mois. Ce fut un honneur d’être votre président. Je tiens aussi à remercier Stephen Scott et Brad Dubeau pour tout ce qu’ils font pour notre association.

Et en terminant, à tout le personnel du bureau de Calgary - Merci ! Vous êtes une équipe de soutien formidable à notre association.

Un grand merci à vous tous.

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NJW 73S W18

DOWNHOME 21Z ET

Price: $30.00/Straw Minimum 10 Straws FOR SEMEN ORDERS CONTACT

Registration No.: C02983932

Born: February 5, 2012

Scrotal: 38.9 cm.

MR FELT 3008 KCF BENNETT 3008 M326 RRH KCF MISS 459 F284 SHF WONDER M326 W18 ET MM RSM STOCKMASTER 512 SHF GOVERNESS 236G L37SHF INTERSTATE D03 G80 BOOMER 46B PW VICTOR BOOMER P606 REMITALL PW VICTORIA 964 8114 NJW P606 72N DAYDREAM 73S RU 20X BOULDER 57G NJW 94J DEW 72N NJW D32 CLAIRE 94J EPDS CE BW WW

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Lyons Polled Herefords (519) 764-9560 OR Dalmuir Farms (705) 324-7045 DOWNHOME was Junior Champion at Agribition 2013, and Supreme Champion at the 2014 Royal Winter Fair in Toronto. His full brother HOMETOWN 10Y was National Champion at Denver in 2013 and Reserve National Dam of Downhome Champion in 2014. Maternal brother to 2012 Denver National Champion TRUST 100W.

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Owned by Lyons Polled Herefords, Dalmuir Farms & NJW Polled Herefords

Bulls & Females Available this Fall

out of Downhome!

William and Audrey Lyons

10893 Mill Rd. RR 7, St. Thomas, ON N5P 3T2 Phone: 519-764-9560 Cell: 519-639-8991 Fax: 519-764-9615 Email: ablyons@amtelecom.net 22

Thank You to our customers for a great year!

Our heifer sale at Balog’s was amazing.

Special thanks to Dustin & Jodi Aebly for purchasing heifers & to bull buyers Pat Clark, Barry Cocks and Ken & Winston Webb.

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Fondly remembering summers past When the cows were belly deep in grass

Sure hope that we all can survive This dry dry year – two zero one five New Herd sires working in our pastures this year AGA 203Y GREGORY PETE 10A • WA 77T ALL STAR 21A • TIDE-CREEK 826U SCAR BOY 38A WINDIMUIR 42X EXACT 154A • WINDIMUIR 42X EXACT 160A • CR 136W LAD 350A DAG 49W ROBIN LAD 602A

Other Herd sires used in the Purebred herd

MVF 56U STANDARD DOM LAD 104Y • FE 144T EXTRA SILVER 278Y • MN 17P CHIEF BRIT 947Y

Very proud of our Purebred & Commercial Cow Herd.

Bred Heifers for Sale!

Long Yearling Bulls Sold Out!

Stop by for a visit - We are happy to show you around!

Jim and Georgine Westgard

Phone (403) 676-2167

Cell (403) 664-9412 Email jgwestgard@netago.ca Box 27, Sibbald, Alberta T0J 3E0 28448 Rge Rd 20 - 4 km N of Sibbald 23

SNS 3P SKY BRIT 44S FE 44S RED SKYLINE 24U SGC 69E HAWKEYE LASS 29H AGA 20J STANMORE 21M CFH 21M LASS 954W CFH 82N MISS GENIE 752T

Corbiell’s High Selling Bull at their 2015 Production Sale.

Owned jointly with Misty Valley Farms

MN 532H STANMORE 17P MN 17P BRITISHER VALLEY 516Y MN 532H BRITISHER LASS 516S F STANDARD 85A DOMINO 24R MN 24R ASTER LADY 931X MN 532H MISS ASTER 931L

Purchased at the 2015 Calgary Bull Sale from MN Herefords.

L-O Herefords is excited to be a part of the

2016 Misty Valley Farms Production Sale in February

FHR 166W

A strong set of FE 29S ASTER LAD 166W sons will be on offer

Thank-You to all the bidders and buyers for their support this past year!

Lanni & Virginia Bristow Ph/Fax (780) 943-2236 24

Cell (780) 614-1268

RR 1, Heinsburg, Alberta T0A 1X0

We go out of our way to ensure that your expectations are surpassed!

“Working for You - Working with You”

Cattlemen from throughout Western Canada consign to our market regularly.

THERE ARE REASONS!

• Located in the Heart of Alberta’s feedlot industry and convenient to the border for U.S. export • More buyers – the feedlot owners, not their order buyers. Wednesday is Regular Sale Day – check our web site for the many special Calf Sales and Female Sales this fall.

Fall Sale Schedule Every Wednesday (10:30 AM) Every Monday (1:00 PM) - Regular Fat & Feeder Sales

-November 2nd thru to Monday, December 21st - Stock Cow & Bred Heifer Sales

Every Wednesday (1:00 PM)

Every Friday (10:30 AM)

- Special Yearling Sales

Rancher Calf Sales - October 2nd thru to Friday, December 18 th Plus Tuesday Calf Sales - October 20, October 27, November 3, November 10 th

Special Sale Dates: Tuesday, October 20th 10:30 AM

Tuesday, October 27th 10:30 AM

Tuesday, November 3rd 10:30 AM

19 th Annual British Breeds Rancher Calf Sale.

9th Annual Angus Appreciation Rancher Calf Sale.

Featuring All British Breeds and British Crossbreds

Featuring Angus & Angus cross calves

British Breeds #2 Rancher Calf Sale

Saturday, December 5th 1:00 PM MAJESTIC CATTLE COMPANY LTD. - Jim J. Henderson 2nd ANNUAL COMMERCIAL COW SALE & PUREBRED BULL SALE

Balog Cow Palace, Lethbridge AB

• 350 – Fancy Red Angus X Simmental & Black Angus Heifers Synchronized to Mohnen Long Distance 1639 & Crimson Jewel • 100 – Young Black Angus & Black Brockle cows bred to white Charolais Bulls **PLUS** 25 – Coming Two Year Old Angus - Black Simmental & Black Charolais Bulls FOR MORE INFO CALL JIM J. HENDERSON 403-741-7378 www.majesticcattle.com

Balog Auction Video Cattle Sale

Friday, September 18th 1:00 PM THE FALL ROUND UP: BRAND OF EXCELLENCE #2

Balog Cow Palace, This sale will feature calves and yearlings for immediate and forward delivery.

Lethbridge AB Viewing & hospitatlity Lunch – Noon till 1:20 PM – Video Auction – 1:30PM

Sale will be broadcast at www.dlms.ca Two Sales Every Week! IN HOUSE EVERY WEDNESDAY! FULL NORTH AMERICAN COVERAGE EVERY THURSDAY! THE CATTLE SELL RIGHT AT YOUR RANCH.

**BRING THE WORLD TO YOUR CORRAL** Call any member of the Balog team to discuss your marketing needs

Call us at 1-877-320-1988

or (403) 320-1980

Fax (403) 320-2660

Email: sold@balogauction.com Web site: www.balogauction.com Box 786, Lethbridge, AB T1J 3Z6

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hereford horizons

By Brad Dubeau

D I R ECTO R O F CO M M U N I CATI O N S

What a whale of a bull sale season!!!

It was powerful and exciting.

Hereford sales started very strong in early February with the Northwest Saskatchewan run and only got stronger throughout the winter and spring. By the end of April, when I calculated the averages, there was a nearly $2,000 increase over last year at the same time. The best part is that we saw a lot of new and returning customers to the Hereford breed.

There has been a lot of talk about commercial cattlemen returning to the Hereford breed for bull power but this past year, it was demonstrated on a regular basis. Each commercial producer has their own reasons for re-introducing Hereford bulls back to their herd. Depending on their cowherd, it may be for greater weaning weights, to produce the sought-after baldie female or for better temperaments in the cowherd.

Many have simply said: “It’s time – we need some of those good Hereford cows back in the herd.” For whatever the reason, it has been a welcomed trend for Hereford breeders.

Their diligent efforts to improve the breed while maintaining the traits for which Herefords are best known, are paying off.

Talking to many Hereford breeders across the country while preparing the August 2015 Digest, I was told on many occasions that “I’m sold out”. Others have told me that the inquiries for bulls is way up in comparison to years past. This is a very good indication that the perception of Hereford cattle is changing and that they’re an essential component to the cattle industry. We’ve seen this trend in the United States for the last few years and now that trend seems to have taken hold in Canada.

Hereford females are also getting extra attention and they, too, continue to be in great demand. More efficient cows with good temperaments are traits the commercial producer is looking for. This bodes well for purebred and commercial female sales this fall. Unfortunately, a large portion of western Canada is

Unfortunately, a large portion of western Canada is battling drought, testing the patience of farmers and ranchers once again. Efficiencies the likes of what Herefords can offer are welcomed in times of drought and low feed supplies.

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battling drought, testing the patience of farmers and ranchers once again. Efficiencies the likes of what Herefords can offer are welcomed in times of drought and low feed supplies.

The beef industry is facing some difficult challenges and many in the industry are weighing their options. Most that I’ve spoken to are in a “wait and see” mode.

“Maybe the rain will come,” I’ve heard. Hay prices as high as $250 plus/ ton (delivered and undelivered), may signal more changes to the beef industry over the next year, depending on whether or not moisture levels are restored.

Some producers see this as an opportunity to continue to improve the core of the cowherd with additional culling this fall. Market price for cull cows continues to offer additional incentive to do so.

Even with the drought, current prices remain very strong at all levels of the industry and for the most part, are fairly steady. It’s still a great time to be in the cattle industry, and more specifically, in the Hereford breed.

Even with the drought, current prices remain very strong at all levels of the industry and for the most part, are fairly steady. It’s still a great time to be in the cattle industry, and more specifically, in the Hereford breed.

Before closing, I want to bring attention to the 60th Anniversary of the Canadian Hereford Digest. This will be the 60th Herd Reference issue, formerly known as the Herd Sire Issue. It’s amazing to be part of a team that produces the longest running purebred beef magazine in Canada.

The Canadian Hereford Digest is world-renown and one of the most recognizable beef magazines in Canada. I hope Keith and Kurt Gilmore would be pleased with its continued presence, promoting Canadian Hereford cattle across Canada and throughout the world. Many thanks to Catherine Brown and Samara McBain for all their hard work and dedication to the CHD and to all the staff at the CHA who have to put up with the Digest team at production time. It gets noisy and a bit crazy as the final days draw near and the final touches are placed on each issue. Their patience and participation is always appreciated.

See ya down the road!

The Doerksen Family We’ve been raising our own herd bulls.

The Pedigrees are Similar, The Cattle are Consistant.

1st Annual Gemstone Cattle Hereford & Angus Bull & Female Sale

foundation sire

son

December 2, 2015 • Bow Slope Shipping Association, Brooks, AB • 1:00PM

Grandson

AD 33H STANDARD LAD 135R

F-R 8020 LAD 33H

GranddauGhters of f-r 8020 Lad 33h

AD 131P LASS 106T

KGA 135R LASS 36X

KGA 135R LAD 25W

KGA 135R LASS 53X

KGA 127T LASS 58X AD 135R LASS 140W www.GEMSTONECATTLE.com Daniel & Kimberly Doerksen

P.O. Box 13 Gem, Alberta, T0J 1MO Res (403) 641-2886 Cell (403) 633-0530 Email: daniel@gemstonecattle.com

Arno & Wanda Doerksen

P.O. Box 1 Gem, Alberta, T0J 1MO Res (403) 641-2498 Cell (403) 363-0253 Email arno@gemstonecattle.com

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CONGRATULATIONS

ON A GREAT

BONANZA 2015!

Congratulations Kylee Dixon Reserve Grand Champion Female with OLTN 4T BELLE OF THE BALL 11B

Congratulations Christin Dixon and Sydney Perlinger on winning 2nd Place in Team Juding

Congratulations to Wyatt Oulton on winning Jr. Champion Female, and Supreme Champion Bred and Owned with OLTN 100W Bombshell 30B a daughter of Blair Athol 80 Priscilla 29X. Wyatt purchased 29X at the 2010 Blair-Athol/Haroldsons and Friends Sale for Bonanza 2011. She went on to be Reserve Jr. Champion Female in 2011 and now her daughter is a winner in 2015. Congratulations Wyatt!!

Thank you to Victor, NovaDawn and Wyatt Oulton for your hard work and dedication to Bonanza 2015!

Plan ON ATTENDING OLDS BONANZA 2016 WITH THESE LEADING GENETICS!

EKD 233C

DVL 10C

DVL 1C

These heifers sell October 18 AT THE BLAIR- ATHOL/ HAROLDSONS & FRIENDS SALE!

The Lees Family Box 386 Arcola, SK S0C 0G0

Established 1882 28

Duncan & Val Jeff, Grace, P/F: 306-455-2619 Christin, Kylee, Jackson & Hannah C: 306-577-9703 C: 306-577-1375 www.blairatholfarms.com

Blair Blair Athol Athol Haroldsons Haroldsons

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Mil Wray, Old Burchill, Roselawn, Til Toba Polled Herefords

dd a a Bred Heifers, Heifer Calves & e e H H r rSelect group of Bull Calves, Embryos, and e e f 7755 O f f f O Cow/Calf Pairs o onn Consisting of:

Haroldson's Polled Herefords Established 1882 www.blairatholfarms.com

www.haroldsons.com

The Lees Family

Lenna, Kristy & Chad Wilson

Box 386 Arcola, SK S0C 0G0

Box 372, Wawota, SK S0G 5A0

Duncan & Val P/F: 306-455-2619 C: 306-577-9703 Mil-Wray Polled Herefords Wanda Wray & Family P: 204-686-2295

Jeff, Grace, Christin, Kylee, Jackson & Hannah C: 306-577-1375 Old Burchill Farm Greg & Sentura Freitag C: 306-485-9044

P: 306-577-1256 F: 306-739-2902 C: 306-577-1256 chad_wilson@hotmail.com Roselawn Polled Herefords Wally & Jackie Mitchell C: 204-534-8204

Til-Toba Polled Herefords Ken & Judy Wray C: 204-522-6117 29

OTHER SIRES IN USE RUT 42W RED LAD 74A AGA 127Y YES ARCHIBALD 313A FE 152S FRONTLINE 254Z GR STANDARD LAD 149Z RIVERBRIDGE 28S LAD 33B J-BAR-B Z400 BRIDGETOWN 12B L B H 2 36U R I B S TON E 36 4X THANK YOU TO THE BUYERS WHO MADE OUR PRIVATE TREATY SALE SO SUCCESSFUL. DOUGLAS LAKE CATTLE COMPANY (3 BULLS) ROWORTH & CAMERON RANCH (2 BULLS) AYREY HEREFORDS ROSS HARMEL

LARRY ALBERT HARRY BACON OD RESOURCES SHANE BEATCH

BULLS LIKE THIS FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY. SIRED BY

AGA 114L GENERAL 28S LBH 236U RIBSTONE 364X BIG-GULLY 47R STANMORE 753W YV 232N SILVER EDITION ET 943W DAVID & MAXINE

BERNICE

Phone (306) 893-2838 e-mail riverbridge @ sasktel.net

Phone (306) 893-2846

DONNIE & KERRY Phone (306) 893-2548

MAIDSTONE, SASKATCHEWAN From junction of hwy 16 & 21, 8 miles South, 1/2 mile West, 1/2 mile South 30

“Legendary Hereford Progeny”

CAlves on the Ground from yv 28Z, fAAA 128Z, AGf 25Z. LRD DAKOTA LAD 25Z EPDs

BW

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LPG 38Z COMMAND LAD 33L

MH DAKOTA 0230 Sire: MH DAKOTA LAD 6238 1ET MH MISS PATRIOT 971

Dam: LRD COMMAND LASS 59W LRD HOME MAKER ET 75K

Introducing Our New Herd Sire purChAsed At denver stoCk show

YV 915W SILVER STRUCK 28Z EPDs

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SNS 109L SILVER STONE 81N Sire: YV STAR STRUCK 915W {DLF IEF HYF}

AGA 167L SILVER 232N Dam: YV 232N SILVER LASS 924W

AGA 72M MISS SUNSHINE LAD 282P

YV 82R RED EXTRA DANDY 706T

4V NORTH KANSAS 405B USA

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CL 1 DOMINO 955W Sire: R 955W NORTH STAR 12Z {DLF IEF HYF} R STARLETTE 052

FA SCRIPT BRITISHER 128Z EPDs

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+93.9

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CJH HARLAND 408 Sire: SR SCRIPT 187 SR RAPTIA 363

FA 109L BRITISHER 71S Dam: FA 71S BRITISHER LADY 9U FA 72K BRITISHER LADY 5R

All ClAsses of CAttle for sAle! stop by And CheCk them out

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MCR HARLANDS DOMINO 8107

Dam: 4V 20 43 MS HARLET Z49 4V MS E 2O 43 DOMINO T91

Wilf, Deb & Hayley Edgar (403) 227-4541 Cells Wilf (403) 318-4791 Deb (403) 350-5936 Email wilfedgar@gmail.com George & Marjorie Edgar (403) 227-2392

35240- Range Road 13 Red Deer County, Alberta T4G 0J2 Directions to farm: Take the new #365 overpass south of Innisfail.

Go west following signs to Cottonwood Road. On Cottonwood Road, go west 4.5 miles to Range Road 13 and then 1 mile north 31

Building Quality with Form & Function...

These Feature Lots Will Sell!

Remitall W Rio Lobo ET 26C Sire: Remitall West Havana ET 33A Dam: Remitall West Yellow Rose 2Y

Remitall W 50 Shades ET 12C Sire: Boyd Banker 0015 ET Dam: Remitall Marvel 78T

Remitall West Marvel ET 25C Sire: NJW 73S W18 Hometown 10Y Dam: Remitall Marvel 78T

Remitall W GD Lawless ET 37C Sire: NJW 73S W18 Hometown 10Y Dam: Remitall Marvel 78T

Remitall W Yellow Rose ET 11C Sire: Remitall West Havana ET 33A Dam: Remitall West Yellow Rose 2Y

Remitall W Cashback 45C Sire: Remitall West Chicago ET 83Y Dam: Glenlees 101N Bailey 78Y

Remitall W GD Marvel ET 16C Sire: Boyd Banker 0015 ET Dam: Remitall Marvel 78T

Sires Include: Remitall West Game Day ET 74Y Remitall West Chicago ET 83Y Remitall West Havana ET 33A Remitall West Beliveau 6Z CB 57U Can Doo 102Y Owned with Glenrose Polled Herefords MHPH 521X Action 106A Remitall W GD Waterloo ET 12B Boyd Banker 0015 ET The first AI services and sired embryos will NJW 73S W18 Hometown 10Y ET sell from this exciting, new, total outcross sire! TH 512X 719T Playmaker 14Z

The Remitall West Production Sale th Saturday October 10 2015 1:00PM at the Farm

Remitall W Start Me Up ET 7B

Selling October 10, 2015

Herd Bull Prospects • Fancy Heifer Calves Bred Heifers • Embryos

Last Year’s High Selling Bull Calf Bidding will be available on at $165,000 to Topp Herefords, Bryan & Annette Latimer & Family ND. and Castle Herefords, OK. Box 16 Site 2 RR 4 Olds AB Canada T4H 1T8 The first AI services and sired (403) 556-0301 • ablatimer@xplornet.ca

embryos will be featured October 10th 2015!

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CATTLELAND I N F LU E NC E Strathmore and Beyond

By Brad Dubeau

D ire c to r of C o m m u nic atio n s

From the road, you see a large cat t le feeding operation. But there is more to Cattleland Feedyards Ltd. than meets the eye. When you think about diversified family livestock operations, feedlots don’t come first to mind but Cattleland is owned exclusively by the Gregory Family.

This family takes on the role of breeder, buyer and seller, feeder, far mer and researcher, among other titles all in the name of risk management.

facilities, located about 50 kilometers east of Calgar y, just nor th of Strathmore, Alberta. It has a total capacity of 33,000 head between an owned and a rented facility.

The rented lot, just four miles south of headquarters, is owned by the Hilton family.

It’s an expensive time to be in the feedlot business. Lower margins prevail in a “bull” cattle market. So risk management is key to survival.

So what drives the program of this large, widely known feedlot?

The Gregorys say that while they run their operations as a business, they always try to maintain the “family farm feeling” in all divisions of the company; particularly with their staff and customers.

The Gregorys say that while they run their operations as a business, they always try to maintain the “family farm feeling” in all divisions of the company; particularly with their staff and customers.

“Our objective is to operate a successful large company without losing the personal touch,” says Keith Gregory.

Sometimes feedlots get a bad rap.

“A common misconception that the cow/calf sector has about feedlots is that the feedlots make all the money and don’t pay fairly for their product,” says Keith. “Feedlot operators sometimes feel the same way about packers. But unless you are directly involved, it is hard for producers to realize that margins can be very small at every level.”

Cattleland is one of Canada’s largest and most prog ressive custom bac kg r ou nd i ng a nd f i n i sh i ng

What kind of cattle do they buy? Where do they buy them and how?

And how do Herefords fit in?

According to research manager William Torres, they can’t really tell you what percentage of Herefords occupy the yards most of the time. They just don’t discriminate like that.

They don’t look for specific breeds. They like crossbreds, based partly on availability but also on the hybrid vigour they offer. Straightbred cattle are purchased only if the economics are right because the bottom line is, 90 per cent of the profitability of their

feeding operations comes from how well they buy and sell their cattle on feed, according to Joe Gregory.

That being said, Joe’s son Keith Gregory says he purchased 41 head of straight Hereford yearling heifers last fall from one ranch. There was no death loss and they were the highest performing animals in the feedlot when they didn’t adjust for yield.

Adjusting for yield, they were the highest performing females against all females fed out to-date.

Cattle are sourced directly off ranches from the same producers each year, when possible. In some cases, forward contracting is used for these acquisitions. Cattle buyers help purchase the cattle sourced at Alberta auction markets and Cattleland tries to stay as local as possible to the Strathmore area when sourcing these cattle as well.

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Purchased calves typically weigh 500 to 650 pounds but that’s not an absolute.

“It’s economics that dr ive the purchasing program,” says Karen Gregory, Chief Financial Officer of Cattleland operations and Joe’s wife.

As the market fluctuates on live cattle and futures markets, their break-even is calculated and re-calculated, she explains.

Last feeding season, between August and March, more heifers than steers were purchased, based purely on economic forecasts. Every feedlot has its own break-even and determines what will work for them.

operation of 750 cows, a farming operation consisting of 16,000 acres with a trucking division and a new commercial mechanic shop and dealership.

At peak times, upwards of 50 staff members work on these combined operations.

Mick Taylor manages the Gregorys’ cowherd and shares the role of Research Manager with William Torres. The cowherd is primarily Angus-Black Simmental based and bulls used are Angus, Simmental and Limousin. Hereford bulls are used on heifers. A moderate-sized Britishcross cow is the ideal and these cows

The Gregory family owns a ranching operation of 750 cows, a farming operation consisting of 16,000 acres with a trucking division and a new commercial mechanic shop and dealership.

This feedlot, formerly named “High Chapparell” was purchased and renamed in 1975 by former Canadian Cattleman’s Association President and well-known Alberta producer, Ben Thorlakson and his business partner Pat Fisher. Thorlakson eventually took full ownership of Cattleland in 2003, but later that year, during the BSE crisis, the operation sold to Greg Appleyard and the Gregory Family. By 2012, the Gregorys purchased Appleyard’s interest in the feedlot.

Joe Gregory is the President of Cattleland while his wife Karen is the Chief Financial Officer. Their son Keith is the Vice President and General Manager of the operation, while younger brother Tom has recently joined Cattleland in 2015 with the title Manager of Finance.

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are bred to terminal breed sires.

The cropping operation runs under the name Creekstone Farms and includes 400 acres of hay land. Chris Hart – a nephew of the Gregorys - is the Farm Manager. The farm produces 3,500 acres of the feedlot’s silage and 15-20 per cent of their own barley.

Wheat and canola are seeded and sold on the commodities market.

The feedlot is supplemented with purchased feed, mostly consisting of barley. The trucking division operates under Creekstone Farms and it hauls grain and cattle with a fleet of five trucks.

A new company that was recently formed is called JPM Mechanical. It is a commercial mechanic shop and dealership. A large new building has just been erected west of the feedlot that is the headquarters for JPM Mechanical.

About 44,000 head are fed at Cattlelands annually.

Custom backgrounding or finishing is offered at both owned and rented facilities, representing 60% of the cattle on feed. The other 40 per cent is cattle the Gregorys have raised or purchased. diversif ication balance out the company’s operations and overall financial picture. Cattleland consists of several divisions.

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The other 40 per cent is cattle the Gregorys have raised or purchased.

Typically, yearlings make up 30-40 per cent of their owned cattle, while calves make up the remainder. The yearlings spend about 180 days on feed, while calves take about 200 days.

Pat Fisher, once involved as an owner, is back and looking after Cattle Procurement for Cattleland, while Carl Carlson is the Operations Manager.

Unique to Cattleland’s operations is their participation in the Natural Beef Program. They feed about 6,000 to 8,000 head per year, which qualify as “all-natural” beef animals that are certified for Whole Foods, a Global Grocery Chain. These cattle are also EU certified. To their knowledge, they are the largest feedlot in Canada which is certified and has the privilege of shipping to member countries of the European Union.

Cattle fed under the Natural beef

prog ram are not administered hormones, antibiotics or beta agonist supplements. Ranchers who raise the calves must also be certified. All processing of “Natural Beef” sourced from Cattleland is done at Canadian Premium Meats (CPM) in Lacombe, Alberta. The Gregorys see “natural beef” and “organically raised” beef as growing sectors of the market. The main difference between “natural” and “organic” beef is that “organic” animals must be fed organic feed that is certified by CFIA (Canadian Food Inspection Agency). Cattleland has been researching the organic market but has yet to introduce it, due to economics and the lack of availability of organic feed.

One newly adopted technolog y at Cattleland is a GPS-monitored mechanical feeding system. This Micro-Beef Feeding System, which is newer technology to Canada, rationalizes the distribution of feed and supplements, eliminating waste

Unique to Cattleland’s operations is their participation in the Natural Beef Program. They feed about 6,000 to 8,000 head per year, which qualify as “all-natural” beef animals that are certified for Whole Foods, a Global Grocery Chain. These cattle are also EU certified. and improving quality control in terms of ensuring the proper feed and feed amounts are delivered to specific pens. This new system along with everyday feeding at Cattleland is under the direction of Jody Prodger, Feed Manager.

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cab which identifies their location in the feedlot at all times. The computer recognizes the bunk being fed and won’t allow a truck to unload if the driver is at the wrong bunk. The system also alerts drivers to speed up or slow down to ensure equal distribution of feed in the bunks. A new supplement distribution system sprays a concentrate mixed with water, onto feed in the trucks, after which it is mixed in the truck before distribution.

When cattle arrive at Cattleland, they flow through a state-of-the-art chute system with a heated floor, complete with drainage. Processing time is recorded and the average time each animal is in the headgate for processing is 45 seconds. An all-woman team is hired for this processing, which avoids, in Torres words, “cowboy attitudes”. They are gentler on the cattle as well as on the handling facilities, he says. Chute levers are hydraulically controlled.

Cattle leave the headgate to step onto a 4 x 4 area of soft sand, to avoid slips and falls. And computers that read electronic i.d. automatically open the correct gates down the alley for specific groups of cattle, as they leave the chute, to avoid additional handling and interference as the newcomers go into their assigned pens.

Cattleland also cooperates with i ndu st r y a nd r e sea rc her s b y designating a good portion of their yards to research projects, a tradition first established by Thorlakson.

Torres works with assistant research manager and bull test manager Christine Burgess.

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backed by the Canadian Hereford Association, happens at Cattleland.

Hereford bulls on trial have their feed intake measured with the help of the computerized GrowSafe system. And this data contributes, ultimately, to a feed efficiency EPD for the breed.

At Cattleland, there are 50 pens that hold 20 head each for a total of 1,000 head on trial at once. They have worked with the University of Saskatchewan, the University of Alberta, the Un iver sit y of Calgary and the Un iver sit y of British Columbia and have participated in trials on feed additives, drugs and feed efficiency.

In conversation about new genomics technolog y, the Gregorys speak of it positively, saying it will likely contribute real economic benefits to producers. But its benefits are currently lost on feedyards which are obligated to purchase all types and styles of cattle, according to the Gregorys. From a feedlot vantage point, the Hereford breed has room

for improvement in terms of carcass yield, they say. That being said, the Gregorys say the Herefords compare well to Angus in a three-way cross.

When it comes to marbling, “very little money is made in grading,” says Keith Gregory. “You don’t necessarily get paid more for AAAs.” You simply get larger discounts if you don’t hit the sought-after targets, he says.

But there is better communication about value parameters between

that will better perform in the feedlot.

As mentioned previously, the rubber hits the road at buying and selling decisions.

“Feed is reasonable; it’s the cost of the cattle that makes it more challenging to turn a profit,” says Keith. Most feedlots use contracting and hedging as risk management tools, he says.

Many bought lighter calves to offset the cost of heavier calves and to average down the total cost of procurement on animals during the fall of 2014 and w inter of 2015. More cull cows occupy the feedlots, which is also a sign of current markets and slim margins.

The good news for the industry prevails in the Gregorys’ belief that regardless of market fluctuations, a new market floor has been created in the cattle industry. They also see the cattle industry continuing to grow with increasing consumer demand for beef worldwide.

The practical work of the three-year Residual Feed Intake (RFI) trials backed by the Canadian Hereford Association, happens at Cattleland.

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livestock sectors than there was 10 to 20 years ago, according to the Gregorys. Within the past five years, Cattleland has introduced more communication with the their customers and suppliers – especially those they purchase from directly. Feedlot performance and carcass information on specific cattle is shared with sellers. It allows producers to learn and adjust breeding programs to produce cattle

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Polled BBSF 465Y BRUX 5B

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bred heifers calves C & T Cattle Co. Offersand204 heifer Walking Sires

MOHICAN STROKER Z81 BW 3.6 WW 51.0 YW 86.3 Milk 17.5 TM 43.0

MHPH 118U ZAPPA 218Z C & T 218Z Bella 68B MHPH 118U Zappa 218Z X PW Victor Boomer P606 BW 3.4 WW 46.1 YW 71.4 Milk 22 TM 45.1 Bred to PCL Zircon 719T 25Z

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YV 30U TRIPLE THREAT 71Y {DLF IEF HYF} Triple Threat comes from an outstanding cow family with top SNS Genetics. His mother raised the Champion bull for YV Ranch at the Calgary Bull Sale as a two year old Cow. AGA 191G STANDARD ET 73L LBH 73L STANDARD 268P LBH 22B MISS RED DOMINO 102M Sire: LBH 268P STANDARD 30U AGA 121G STANMORE 20J LBH 20J MISS STANMORE 92S AGA 277D MISS STANDARD 803H

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CTY BRIGADER 22B AGA 22B RED STANMORE 40L AGA 40E MISS STANMORE 80G Dam: SNS 40L RED TEARDROP LASS 22P SNS 48D PRAIRIE DANDY 12F SNS 12F TEARDROP LASS 19M C02814168 DBHR 22A TEARDROP LADY 47D

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Canada’s Oldest Breed Magazine August 2015

The Official Magazine of The Canadian Hereford Association

The Art of Fitting Then Then and and now now

Cattleland Influence Strathmore Strathmore and and Beyond Beyond

Kootenay Cattlemen

The The business, business, personal personal and and political political lives lives of of Ed Ed Conroy Conroy and and Murray Murray Gore Gore of of Kootenay Kootenay Polled Polled Herefords Herefords

Young Guns XI

Faces and Perspectives of a New Generation

Celebrates 60 Years

2015 Herd Reference Edition

Celebrating 60 years of publication, we honour the late Keith and Kurt Gilmore, who gave life to a fledgeling publication that would become the Canadian Hereford Digest. They did so by establishing community among Hereford breeders, east to west, and by showcasing their cattle and operations. We stand on their shoulders, as we work on this, the 20th edition of the Digest, since ownership passed to the CHA. Like the cattle folk and Herefords that have made this publication work, we not only survive; we thrive!

The Evolution of the Digest • 1920 – First attempt to publish a breed paper by the CHA. • May 1922 – The Canadian Hereford Journal was the second attempt to publish a breed paper by F.W. Darby, holder of the controlling interest in the Canadian Shorthorn Journal.

Support lagged for the publication and distribution declined with each issue.

• December 1922 – Herefords – a monthly publication, was launched by former Canadian Shorthorn Journal employee J.A. McIntyre of Guelph, Ontario. The final issue of this publication was volume 2, number 2, issued in January 1924.

• 1934 – The American Hereford Journal began publishing a special Canadian edition. A total of 750 CHA members subscribed through a special arrangement through the CHA which lasted until 1959.

• 1943 –The first issue of what is now the Canadian Hereford Digest was published by Miss Pearl

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Helman of Regina, Saskatchewan.

This publication consisted of 16 pages and it originally held the title of “Saskatchewan Hereford Breeders Association”. A $5 prize was offered for the best name for the publication. The October edition sported the new name: The Hereford Digest. The fourth issue was named The Canadian Hereford Digest.

1946 - Helman sold the publication to Miss Dora Dibney of Regina.

1947 – Digest named the official organ of the CHA and mailed out to all members.

1948 - The Digest was sold to The Examiner Press Ltd. of Calgary.

1954 – The Digest was sold to Hopkins Publications 1956 – Ownership changed again to Hayes Walker Jr., publisher of the American Hereford Journal.

The first herd sire edition was published. This was the first issue put out by Walker Publications Ltd., the publishers from 1956-1961. Mr.

Keith Gilmore, a former employee of the American Hereford Journal was hired to manage the Digest in Calgary.

• May 1961 – Keith Gilmore, managing editor of the Digest took ownership of the Digest. Circulation at that time was 161,698.

• 1980 – Keith Gilmore sold the company to his son Kurt Gilmore and Gilmore Publications was established. New offices were e s tablishe d at the new CHA offices in Calgary at 5160 Skyline Way NE. Too many people to name contributed to the success of the Digest in Canada since 1961 but the longest serving employees of the magazine were Elinor Else and Janice McCurdie. Laureen TeskyHarper, wife of Prime Minister Ste p h e n H a rp e r, intro d u ce d computer imaging and design to the magazine.

• 2009 – The Canadian Hereford Digest purchased by the Canadian Hereford Association.

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Making the most of what we all have in common

HEREFORD SOLIDARITY Gate Closures Kurt Gilmore’s Story - 38 years of marketing the Hereford breed

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Stewardship, Balance and Responsibility

Branded Freezer Beef

Airing Out A look at the roles and responsibilities behind grooming products and routines

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Bieber Herefords

Thank you West Central Pelleting Ltd for purchasing Aiva’s home grown purebred Hereford steer Finished at 14 ½ months, 1397 lbs, Hormone Free, 3.11 WDA

Selling Offspring of

Hi-Cliffe WLB SAMMY 13X Bred Yearling Heifers & a Heifer Calf at the Hereford Harvest Sale October 16, 2015

Box 382 Outlook, SK S0L 2N0 C: 306-867-4231 C: 306-270-5524 E: carm.dvm@sasktel.net W: hmshicliffe.com

Thank you Bill Potts, Ron Henty, Ron & Marge Sebastian, Ferland & Hannah Raketti, Kris, Crissy, Luke & Kate Webb, and PFRA for buying our two-year-old bulls this spring.

Selling females at the Hereford Harvest Sale, Friday, October 16th, 2015 at Lone Pine Cattle Services, Vibank, SK. Service Sires: HDB 2U’S QUANTUM 301A SQUARE-D LANDMARK 210B WCC 42S WELLS FARGO 9575A HDB BRONCO 324A WMB YOUNG BLOOD 101B

AI Sires: CHURCHILL STUD 3134A MHPH 521X ACTION 106A

Wally & Kathy, Herman & Christina, Aiva and Ann Bieber Herman‘s Cell #: (306) 727-3127 or Home Phone #: (306) 698-2956 Website: www.bieberherefords.com Email: bieberherefords@gmail.com

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HF 102S FCC 503W STING 15Y Females Sired By

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Females from these Sires sell October 16,2015 at the

Hereford Harvest Sale Steve, Fran, Matt, Mark, Paul, James & Michelle Hordos

Box 310 Raymore, SK S0A 3J0 James C: (306)835-7492

P: (306)835-2007 Matt C: (306)450-4713

Hereford Harvest

hosted by Lone Pine Cattle Services

October 16, 2015

2:oopm - Vibank, SK Consignors Lone Pine Cattle Services Rob & Dawn O’Connor (306) 762-4543 Vibank

Git-R-Done Ranch Trygve & Jill Eidem (306) 728-3339 Neudorf

Mission Ridge Herefords Steve, Fran, Matt, Mark, Paul, James & Michelle Hordos (306) 835-2007 Raymore

MHR Polled Herefords Lynn Madsen (306) 452-3878 Redvers

Bieber Herefords Wally, Kathy, Herman & Christina, & Ann Bieber (306) 727-3127 Wolseley

HMS-Hi Cliffe Carmen, Brenda, Hunger, Morgan & Sydney Millham (306) 867-4231 Outlook

Triple H Farms Ltd Lyle and Michell Heidecker (306) 367-2016 Middle Lake JHF Herefords Raymond Johnson (306) 675-6137 Leross

XLP BOGART’S SAPHIRE 7B

Class winner at Agribition and Manitoba Ag Ex. Sold in the 2014 Hereford Harvest Sale to Jesse Procyk.

ANL A XLP ACTION ET 75Z

Supreme Champion Bull MAnitoba Ag-Ex, Agribition Reserve Grand Champion Bull and RBC Supreme top ten finalist. Service and Progeny sell

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Double Deuce Herefords Ian & Margaret Haynes (306) 545-3992 Regina Airriess Acres Trevor & Sara Airries (306) 338-3496 Wadena

NJW 78P TWENTYTWELVE 190Z ET Some of the first services in Canada offered for sale.

Sale Management: T Bar C Cattle Company Office: 306-933-4200 Chris Poley: 306-220-5006 Ted Serhienko: 306-221-2711 Shane Michelson: 403-363-9973

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Purchased at the Calgary Bull Sale in 2015. His sire is one of the leading bulls for Residual Feed Intake (RFI). We flushed two cows to him, and will have 30 calves in 2016. He is a smooth moving and good footed bull with an excellent disposition.

High selling bull at the Calgary Bull Sale in 2015. His mother is nothing short of exceptional, and is being flushed at the YV Ranch. This bull has loads of performance and style.

Zam has left an excellent set of progeny.

He takes off white, and really does a job with improving birth weights while at the same time has good performance. We will have several very good sons going to the Williams Lake Bull Sale next year. His calves were our best marbling cattle at test.

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LFH ACTION 226Y 11A {DLF IEF HYF} YV 915W SILVER STRUCK LAD 37A YW

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11A is a unique bull. He was used on heifers and cows this year. We had excellent success with his sire, and expect the same from 11A.

AI Sires

YV STAR STRUCK 915W MCCOY 58G JACKPOT ET 105X GH 8052 MVP 67Y

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A moderate framed Star Struck out of a top YV cow. We used this bull on some of our best cows this year.

Also in Use:

GH 7101 ROCK SOLID 5Z LBH 157K RIBSTONE 40W MH DAKOTA LAD 6238 1ET

Marie, Kam & Pam Jim Little Fort, B.C. V0E 2C0 Phone (250) 674-1516 Fax (250) 677-4474

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This is the third bull that we have used from the 50T cow. He did not disappoint, as he has some of our best calves. He had an actual RFI of -0.53.

Natural Sires

CGC 99R YOUNGBLOOD 67Y LRD BRONCO 7Y

The Jim Family

Horned and Polled Herefords Located 90 km North of Kamloops on Hwy 5

Committed to Cattle

LFH HOMETOWN 10Y 40B

The Complete Performance Package.

ADJ. Measured Values: BW 101, WW 686, YW 1208, REA 13.05, IMF 3.01, RFI -1.47 (One of the best we have tested.)

Kee & Camille Jim (403) 995-3580 Kym Jim (403) 358-8935 Kyn & Melissa Jim (780) 897-7079

www.littlefort.ca

MVF 161R STD BRIT LAD 108U (DLF, IEF, HYF)

Tattoo: MVF 108U Sire: MN 532H BRIT VALLEY 161R

50+ daughters retained.

Sons have sold to record demand.

Legendary Horned Sire.

AGA 26T YEAH JARROD 153Y (DLF, IEF, HYF)

Tattoo: ALNK 153Y Grand Sire: CC 129D SUPERMAN 77J

2013 Ulrich Sale High Seller.

Bulk & muscle with length and lighter birthweight. A new look, exciting set of sons sell in February 2016.

LPG GENERAL MARJO LAD 30A (DLF, IEF, HYF)

Tattoo: AHXX 30A Grand Sire: AGA 13G GENERAL 114L

2015 Calgary Bull Sale Intermediate Champion Superior dam, a great young Henderson sire.

Thank-You to our Annual Sale Supporters!

2015 Sale Highlights

Volume Buyer - Douglas Lake Cattle Co., Douglas Lake, B.C. purchased 11 Bulls $11,000 Sale Topper by 108U, BANNERLANE 108U STD BRIT 67A sold to Ulrich Hereford Ranch, Claresholme, AB $7,000 High Selling Bred Heifer by 108U sold to Misty Valley Farms, Maidstone, SK 10 Bred Commercial Heifers at $4000/head sold to Rene & Lana Laye, Cadogan, AB

17th Annual Production Sale: Tuesday February 9, 2016 “Our promise to you.....Quality cattle” Bill & Ruth Bannerman (306) 845-2445

Box 148 Livelong, SK S0M 1J0 Chase Bannerman (306) 248-1214 email: bannerlane@littleloon.ca

Rob & Joanne Bannerman & Sons Ph/Fax: (306) 845-2764 Cell: (306) 845-7790 (306) 845-9464 47

THANK YOU

To these leading cattlemen for selecting MJT Breeding to work in their pastures.

Private Treaty - ACE

Herefords Ltd and MJT had A great Calgary Bull Sale •Grand Champion Bull Hirsche Herefords and Angus •Best Pair of Bulls •Get of Sire Triple A Herefords Murray & Bridgette Andrews

MJT NITRO DUKE ET 78A • • • •

National Horned Hereford Grand Champion Bull Canadian Western Agribtion 2014 Supreme Champion - Lloydminster Stockade 2014 Reserve Champion All Breed - 2014 Camrose Bull Congress as a yearling Grand Champion All Breeds 2015 Camrose Bull Congress

MJT NITRO NUGGET ET 79A Sold to

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MJT NITRO KENTUCKY ET 75A MJT HEAVY HITTER ET 76A Sold to

E v e r g r e e n Fa r m s

We are excited to have these bulls walking our pasture:

FCC 503W LINCOLN 3Z *2013 & 2014 National Champion*

MJT

JNHR RED STAN 128A *2015 Reserve Calgary Champion* from

JoNomn

Hereford

R anch

Mick & Debbie Trefiak

“Back to the Basics”

Kurt, Shannon, Matthew, Ryan & Casey, Mark & Kristi

February 13, 2016

14 miles East of Wainwright and 11 1/2 miles North on Hwy 894

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R.R. #1, Edgerton, AB T0B 1K0 P: (780) 755-2224 • F: (780) 755-2223 • C: (780) 842-8835 mick@mjt.ca kurt@mjt.ca www.mjt.ca

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Cattlemen The business, personal and political lives of Ed Conroy and Murray Gore of Kootenay Polled Herefords

By Brad Dubeau D ire c to r of C o m m u nic atio n s British Columbia Hereford A s so c iat ion P r e sident Murray Gore grew up with Herefords in Langley, BC. When he was younger, he worked for Ken Dicken of Fernie, BC, as ranch manager for his operation called Ghost Rider Polled Herefords.

E d C on r o y g r e w up on h i s g randfather’s dair y far m near Castlegar, BC. He simply had a passion for cattle and farming. He purchased a farm property in 1972 with his first wife and maintained a group of registered Hereford cattle there under the name Norns Creek, named for the river that runs through it.

On one fateful day in 1988, Ed travelled with Murray, a casual acquaintance in the breed, to the Evergreen Sale. Ed hoped to buy one of the heifers in the Ghost Rider string – Ghost Rider Banner 7W. Ultimately,

Murray & Nina Gore with daughter Alexis

Ed and Murray devised a plan to purchase the heifer together and that signaled the beginning of the partnership Hereford operation called Kootenay Polled Herefords.

Banner 7W had a bull calf that went on to be the high selling polled Hereford bull at the Kamloops Bull Sale. And 7W herself was ultimately sold in 1990 to the late Dr. Arthur Johnson of Castlegar, BC. To help supplement the farm in its early years, Ed worked as a Skipper of a tugboat that grouped logs for transport to the sawmills that were situated on the banks of the Columbia River. In 1977, Ed met Katrine (pronounced “Katrina”) and they were married in 1981. Together they share four children - Jennifer, Wylie, Sasha and Ben. They have eight grandchildren.

Norns Creek Farm now consists of

Ed & Katrine Conroy

about 100 acres. The original farm is about 40 acres and 50 acres of pastureland nearby was jointly purchased by Ed and Murray.

Murray is married to Nina and together they have one daughter Alexis.

Today, the Kootenay Polled Herefords operation runs 15 to 20 Hereford cows on any given year, as each partner fulfills their other professional obligations.

Both Ed and Murray have dedicated a major portion of their lives working hard to make the lives of others a little better, by holding elected positions in government, their chosen lines of employment or being active on committees and governing boards.

Ed was a Member of the BC Legislature from 1991 to 2001, serving in the NDP government at that time. He served in Cabinet as Minister of Agriculture,

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Food and Fish, was the Minister in Charge of BC Assets and Land Corporation, the Minister in Charge of the Columbia Basin Trust and the

received a call from the BC Premier at that time asking him if he would accept the role as BC’s Minister of Agriculture, which he did accept.

Both Ed and Murray have dedicated a major portion of their lives working hard to make the lives of others a little better, by holding elected positions in government, their chosen lines of employment or being active on committees and governing boards.

Columbia Power Corporation, as well as the Minister of Rural Development.

While attending one of Square D’s Production sales in Saskatchewan, Ed

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Ed’s wife Katrine also has a passion for serving the BC public. Katrine is a current MLA for Kootenay West and was first elected in 2005 as a

member of the opposition NDP and has been re-elected ever since. She is the opposition critic for Economic Development for the Southern Interior, critic for the Columbia Basin Trust, Columbia Power Corporation and Columbia River Treaty. She also does the books for both Norns Creek Farm and Kootenay Polled Herefords.

Murray’s political journey started in 1991 when he worked at a warehouse trucking company as a shipper/ receiver. He was elected by peers as the work place steward which ultimately led to a phone call from Buzz Hargrove, President of Canadian Auto Workers (CAW). Murray was offered a position as an organizer with the national staff in 2007. In 2013, CAW and the Communication, Energy and Paper Workers Union joined forces on Labour Day and formed Unifor. Murray sat on the committee to help organize the union, which took two years to complete. He is currently a National Representative for Unifor and works in the organizing department. His main role is to support communities and help people build a union at their own workplace. His therapy is his daughter’s soccer games. She plays in the highest level of soccer in their provincial league. His other therapy involves raising Herefords.

Ed and Murray’s partnership in Kootenay Polled Herefords is mostly based on a hand shake and mutual respect for one another. Murray, who lives in Surrey, BC, plays the role as front-man and marketer. He is very proficient with Hereford pedigrees

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and is mostly responsible for the print and internet advertising. His main role is to sell the program. Ed maintains the herd and looks after the day-to-day duties involving the cows, including the record-keeping.

When it comes to deciding what stays and what goes every fall, both are involved. The running joke between the two of them, however, is that Murray comes to the farm from Surrey and tells Ed what his opinions are and how things should be handled but when he leaves, Ed does as he feels best.

Kootenay Polled Herefords is located in the west Kootenays of British Columbia, just off highway #3 – the Crowsnest Pass. The Town of Castlegar is about half way between Vancouver, BC and Calgary, Alberta.

It’s about 45 minutes north of the Canada-US border. The west Kootenay is not cattle country. The nearest large animal veterinarian is at Grand Forks, one and a half hours west, or at Creston, two hours to the east and over a very high mountain pass.

“I’ve learned how to be my own vet,” says Ed. The area is mountainous and heavily treed and the main industries there are forestry and mining for lead and zinc. This area is an interior wet belt where you can find nearly every species of tree in the West Kootenays, with an abundance of fruit trees.

Ed and Murray’s replacement heifers are sent to Southern Plus Feedlots in the south Okanogan, a custom feeder, at Oliver, BC, about 3 and a half hours’ drive west of Castlegar. Calves not

making the cut are sold as feeder calves through an auction mart in Okanagan Falls – about four hours west. This is also the market to which cull cows are sent.

Ed and Murray have researched and selected genetics to improve the cowherd since the herd’s inception.

“There isn’t a cow in the herd that I don’t believe can produce a winner or produce a calf that can go on and do well for someone else,” says Ed. The cows at Kootenay calve in January and February as weather in the west Kootenays is conducive to outdoor calving at that time of year.

Sometimes the heifers will be brought in during a cold snap. The cows are

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With their confidence in the quality of their cowherd, Ed and Murray have recently increased their attention on the types of bulls they are using.

A.I. and natural service sires are used. But the size of the cowherd makes it a challenge to invest in high-caliber bulls. Ed and Murray have surmounted this challenge by teaming up with other Hereford breeders to buy the kind of genetics that will keep them moving forward.

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BC. On occasion, Kootenay and North Bluff have teamed up with Square D Herefords at Langbank, Saskatchewan, on bulls.

When selecting a bull, they tend to look for dark, more solid coloured bulls, although they aren’t averse to the more traditionally marked bull if he’s the right type. The market seems to prefer that style but they never give up on quality for colour. The bull must have good feet and be sound. They also look for depth, stretch and plenty of width across the top. EPDs are utilized in the selection of animals but are never used by themselves.

It is a tool that can give them some indication of what they can expect but visual appraisal guides them to their final decision.

They sell about five or six yearling bulls per year. They have a small market - mainly hobby farms in their area - which are good for a few bull sales each year. Others are moved through their advertising efforts. They are advertisers in the Canadian Hereford Digest and say those ads have led to bull sales and repeat customers for them. Other advertising efforts include a recently revamped website and utilizing local BC newspapers to get the word out, blanketing the interior. This year, they had a US cattle producer purchase a

yearling bull from them. When that gentleman looked at their pen of bulls, he commented that he didn’t realize there were Hereford bulls that could be that good.

Ed and Murray also participate in southern BC Hereford sales and Mark of Excellence (MOE) shows. When exhibiting at the Interior Provincial Exhibition in 2010 at Armstrong BC, which is the largest cattle show in BC, they were honoured to show the Supreme Champion over all breeds.

Showing their cattle makes up a large part of the advertising budget because it puts their program in front of other cattlemen, creating sales.

It also gives them the opportunity to compare their animals to other breeders’ animals, which gives them some indication of how they stack up in comparison.

Ed and Katrine’s youngest son Ben has also developed an interest in the cattle and he recently purchased the 50 acres of pasture adjacent to Norns Creek Farm, from Ed and Murray.

Ben enjoys his time on the farm with the cattle and enjoys participating in shows when he is able to be away from his off-farm employment.

Ed can sometimes use the support, when his health challenges get the better of him. In just the past few years, he has had two liver

transplants and a kidney transplant.

He was also on dialysis for four years and has fought off a number of cancers, caused mainly by his necessary anti-rejection medication.

“It’s the cows that have helped to keep Ed alive,” says Katrine.

“The cows give me a reason to get off the couch,” says Ed. “The cows are the last thing that will suffer.”

Fa m i ly a nd f r iend s a re a l so important. Ed and Katrine host an annual Horseshoe Tournament at the farm where over 200 family and friends come together in August each year. It includes barbecued beef and a hot breakfast for those who stay at the farm in RVs. Ed and Murray are happy about where the Hereford breed is headed.

“We were the underdogs, but we’re now working our way back to the number one spot,” says Murray.

“The Hereford cow may not be the number one calf producer for carcass but has many traits that can take any producer’s program forward and create profitability.” They stand behind BC-born registered stock and like to remind cattle producers that BC has top quality Herefords that will work across the country.

The fol lo w i ng s t at ement on their website demonstrates that pride………

“British Columbia is home to some of the best genetics in the Hereford breed. But because our province is so far from where our National Shows are held and where most of the herds are located there are an awful lot of undiscovered gems. Those who take the time to research and to make the contact to buy these genetics will profit. Now with technology you can be an explorer without leaving your home. You can be the one who discovers that animal that goes onto win National Champion or is the sire or dam of your high seller, without even leaving home. With our great transportation links you will find it is quite easy to get your purchase home with ease. If you are in the area we look forward to taking you through our pastures and visiting with you and your family.”

-www.kootenayph.com

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NATIONAL HEREFORD SALE NATIONAL HEREFORD SALE

Friday, January 15, 2016 • 6:30 p.m. MST Friday, January • 6:30 p.m.

MST On the Stadium15, floor2016 - NWSS • Denver, Colo.

On This the Stadium floor -have NWSS • Denver, Colo. sale will again a superior offering

This sale will again have a superior offering of some of the finest Hereford seedstock to be found of some of the finest Hereford seedstock to be found in North America. in North America.

Offering will include herd bulls, females—open heifers, Offering will include herd bulls, females—open heifers, bred heifers and donor cow prospects, bred heifers and donor cow prospects, pick of herds and pick of pens/carloads from the NWSS yard show. pick of herds and pick of pens/carloads from the NWSS yard show.

ForFor more information Rickabaugh 816-218-2280 816-218-2280oror785-633-3188.

785-633-3188. more informationcontact contactAmerican AmericanHereford HerefordAssociation Association •• Joe Joe Rickabaugh AHA Field Staff: AHA Field Staff: John Levi Landers Landers308-730-1396 308-730-1396 JohnMeents Meents419-306-7480 419-306-7480••Mark MarkHolt Holt 208-369-7425 208-369-7425 •• Levi Tommy 817-992-7059 TommyColey Coley815-988-7051 815-988-7051 •• Juston Juston Stelzer Stelzer 817-992-7059 Dustin Layton 405-464-2455 Dustin Layton 405-464-2455

FROZEN SALE FROZENHEREFORD HEREFORD GENETICS GENETICS SALE Thursday,January January14, 14,2016 2016 •• 7:30 7:30 p.m. MST Thursday, MST

Cocktailhour hour6:30 6:30p.m. p.m.

Cocktail DoubleTree-Stapleton Tree-StapletonNorth North(the (theold old Red Red Lion Lion Hotel) Double 4040Quebec QuebecSt., St.,Denver, Denver,CO CO 80216 80216 4040 Selling mostelite elitefrozen frozenHereford HerefordGenetics Geneticsin in the the Hereford Hereford breed today.

Selling thethemost today.

A fine selectionofofflush flushopportunities, opportunities,embryos, embryos,confirmed confirmed pregnancies pregnancies and A fine selection and semen. semen.

For moreinformation informationcontact: contact:Justin JustinB. B.Stout Stout 913-645-5136 913-645-5136 •• Cody For more Cody Lowderman Lowderman309-313-2171 309-313-2171 American Hereford Associtaion—Joe Rickabaugh 785-633-3188.

American Hereford Associtaion—Joe Rickabaugh 785-633-3188.

SHOW SCHEDULE SCHEDULE SHOW THURSDAY, JANUARY 14 THURSDAY, JANUARY 14

National Hereford Bull Show — 8:00 a.m. .......................................................................... On the hill National Hereford Bull Show — 8:00 a.m. .......................................................................... On the hill Junior Hereford Show — noon or immediately after conclusion of National Hereford Bull Show Junior Hereford Show — noon or immediately after conclusion of National Hereford Bull Show

FRIDAY, JANUARY 15

15 Hereford Pen of Three Female ShowFRIDAY, — 8:00 a.m.JANUARY ..............................................................In the yards Hereford Pen of Three Female Show — 8:00 a.m. ..............................................................In the yards Hereford Carload and Pen Bull Show — 9:30 a.m.

Hereford Carload and Pen Bull Show — 9:30 a.m.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 16

JANUARY 16 National Hereford Female Show SATURDAY, — 8:00 a.m. ......................................................................

On the hill National Hereford Female Show — 8:00 a.m. ...................................................................... On the hill 54

Brost Land & Cattle Co. Ltd. Annual Production Sale November 14, 2015

New to the line up:

DCR 713 Iconic 312

MH 9126J Domino 383 1ET

Bulls used in 2015 Remitall-West Havana ET 33A • T Bar K 902W Homerun 3A • Square D John Wayne 465Y LBH 162W Sterling 95Z • Big-Gully 36N Outlander ET 54B JNHR Unique Stockston 680Y • TH 104U 719T Victor 164X Donorah 20X Domino Lad 42Z • BBSF 719T Adeem 76A • BBSF 39T Berkley 404B

Stetson

Resistol

-Irvine 4-H Beef Club Champion -Overall District Champion Thank you to Deluxe Meats for buying Stetson!!

Thank you to Landmark Feeds for buying Resistol!!

Brost Land & Cattle Co. Ltd. Blaine 403-834-2262 Cell 403-502-5626

Box 96 Irvine, AB T0J 1V0 Fax (403) 834-2146 Email bsbrost@shockware.com

www.brostcattle.com

Glenn 403-834-2253 Cell 403-580-9363 55

Pine Butte Ranch Producing a complete chain of true Hereford genetics for Maximum Production of High Quality Beef

Over 60 years of study

under semi-­‐arid, large pasture conditions

JGW 208W

ARVS 43U

BRF 52Z

MN 744A

The next links in our production plan.

FE 216A Also: ARVS 137Z VCH 2A ARVS 37Z ARVS 41Z

We sincerely appreciate the support and loyalty of a tremendous group of B.C. commercial ranchers.

Thank you!

21st Annual Production Sale ~ Saturday, February 20, 2016 1:00pm @ BC Livestock Co-­‐op Kamloops, B.C.

~ Our Business is Bull Business ~ Ray Van Steinburg Ranch Phone Hugh McLuckie 250.421.1221 250.427.3408 250.427.0859 3025 Foster Road, Cranbrook, BC, V1C 7C8 ~ pbrltd@gmail.com

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Nels & Terri Nixdorff Halvard, Adam & Coleman

RR2, Airdrie, Alberta T4B 2A4 www.yvranch.ca YV 35X ZAM 15Z EPDS

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SNS 109L SILVER STONE 81N

YV 82R POWER SOURCE 710T

YV 710T SUN POWER LAD 35X

AGA 72M MISS SUNSHINE LAD 282P

YV 7X

YW 79.9

Phone: 403-948-5604 Fax: 403-948-3300 Nels’ Cell: 403-510-2771 Email: bulls@yvranch.ca

YV 81N SILVER SKY LASS 7X SNS 24K SKY BRIT LADY 93M

Check out his numbers. Zam is becoming a tremendous light birth weight bull. He produced 3 of our highest performing calves in his first calf crop. In his second calf crop we have lots of great prospects. Zam’s mother YV 7X has produced 1 of our top calves every year and is in our ET program now. Owned with Little Fort Herefords, B.C.

YV STAR STRUCK 915W

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BW 7.5

WW 69.6

YW 102.1

Milk 8.6

REA 0.33

XTC 38J SUNSHINE LAD 72M

K 64H RIBSTONE LAD 109L

SNS 109L SILVER STONE 81N

SNS 67F SILVER SKY LADY 107H

AGA 72M MISS SUNSHINE LAD 282P AGA 191G MISS STANDARD ET 147L

Star Struck daughter’s are quickly becoming our top producing cows with beautiful confirmation and udder structure.

ALNK 282P Dam of 915W and 31A

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YV 30U MR STAN SUNSHINE ET 31A EPDS

BW 2.9

LBH 73L STANDARD 268P

LBH 268P STANDARD 30U

LBH 20J MISS STANMORE 92S

WW 45.1

YW 74.2

Milk 17.5

REA 0.05

XTC 38J SUNSHINE LAD 72M

AGA 72M MISS SUNSHINE LAD 282P AGA 191G MISS STANDARD ET 147L

YV 31A was our top 30U son out of Star Struck’s mother ALNK 282P. We have great YV 31A prospects on the ground and a lot more to come in 2016. Owned with Darrel & Floyd Anderson of Delbonita.

LBH 102T SUPER RIB 148X EPDS

BW 6.3

FE 101J SUPER RIB 129P

SGC 129P SUPER LAD 102T SGC 24L SUPER STD 7P

WW 63.8

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Milk 12.7

PERFORMANCE SIRE

REA 0.52

XTC 15Z ENERLAD STAN 5C

LBH 5C MISS ENERLAD 19P

LBH 111K MISS BRITISHER 71M

LBH 148X is our performance and high yielding bull. He leaves lots of pigment.

YV 148X SUPER SILVER 39B

Grand Champion Hereford bull at the Alberta Junior Hereford Provincial Show - Son of 148X 57

Square d herefordS NJW 34S 38W BEEF 15Z ET

SQUARE-D CENTURY 957B

Square d Production Sale Monday, October 19th, 2015 at the SQ D Sale Site.

Service and Progeny Sell from theSe SireS: Square-D Ranchman 257R Square-D Milestone 44P Harvie WSF Victor 83Z NJW 34S 38W Beef 15Z LJR MSU 137S Miles 32Y Square-D John Wayne 465Y NJW 73S W18 Home Grown 8Y Square-D Northline 129X NJW 73S 22Z Mighty Max 69B

Where quality runS

generationS deeP!

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RESERVE CHAMPION FEMALE @ BEEFARAMA 2015

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Young Guns XI

By Catherine Brown

A S S O CIAT E ED ITO R

Sarah Darraugh

Myles Jones

Sarahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother Peggy, Constable Sarah Darraugh and her father, Constable Brent Darraugh

Myles Jones

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Sarah Darraugh Yo u haven’t seen det er minat ion un le s s you’ve witnessed the face of little four-foot-tall Sarah Darraugh, at just a few years of age - and as a teenager and beyond strong-arming her way through the showring, exhibiting sometimes “bull-headed” animals nearly 20 times her weight. With all her will and might, Sarah recovers and finds her balance and perseveres with one goal in mind – that of having her animal appreciated and on a good day, of winning the show.

“I’ve always been ver y small!” says Sarah. “I was definitely at a disadvantage in size and for some reason I always managed to pick the biggest heifers with the worst attitude who tested every nerve and muscle I had.”

“I loved my bulls, they were my gentle giants. I’d take any bull into the show ring before a snotty cow,” she says.

purebred Hereford s i s a passion that Sarah st ill has today and one for which the moments in the spotlight are preceded by years in the trenches.

S a r a h d o e s n’ t mind the “dirty” work; the long hours, the physical labour and the sacrifices. In fact, she cherishes the process and even the unpredictability of it all.

Now, at 26 years of age, 4’11” tall and 115 pounds, as an Ontario Provincial Police off icer (OPP), Constable Sarah must strategically manage “mammals” of a more clever and unpredictable kind.

“There is something new and unexpected every day,” she says. “It keeps you engaged.”

She has done her policing job on

“I’ve always been very small! I was definitely at a disadvantage in size and for some reason I always managed to pick the biggest heifers with the worst attitude who tested every nerve and muscle I had.”

“Height and weight meant nothing to them. It’s like it was a female thing,” she says smiling. “My 4-H project and show heifer 10T was nicknamed “Moose” because she was soooo big. Everyone questioned me about showing her but we proved all the negative opinions wrong. We made it to the finals in senior showmanship at the national beef heifer show.”

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Sarah at 7 years of age at Renfrew Fair with BAR JM LADY’S CHOICE 1F

foot, on horseback, on a bicycle and in a cruiser. She must deal a lot with mental health issues as part of the job. And she has worked in “plain clothes”, undercover for the crime unit in special projects on surveillance.

If she knows one thing for sure, it’s that no officer can ever say they know the job inside and out. Ironically, the same is true for livestock agriculture.

Sarah’s father is an O.P.P. officer. But plans to follow in her father’s footsteps were the furthest from S a r a h’s i m ag i n at i o n .

Growing up in remote nor t heaster n Ontar io, she imagined a career as a veterinarian. She was accepted at the University of Guelph but the eight years of study ahead along with managing cattle and a professional practice were not at all appealing. The

following year, she studied business marketing at Georg ian college, which would ultimately help her manage and market in the purebred cattle business. She went on to do a work stint for Community Futures, helping business owners apply for small business loans, among other things. And that’s when she heard about openings in the Police force.

She applied and was accepted in December 2009; began Police College in December of 2010 and was sworn in as a Toronto Police Officer on May 12th, 2011. She was on duty on the streets on May 16th.

Her parents, Pegg y and Brent Darraugh, supported her. Police work, ironically, happened to be an unrealized goal of her mother’s.

Working for the Toronto Police, says Sarah, has been her biggest lifetime challenge to-date.

“But stepping back from the farm was not an option,” she says, pragmatically. The day she applied to the force was the day she decided she would commit to juggling this professional life and her life at home raising Herefords. The one career will help her support the other.

Sarah particularly appreciates the career growth opportunities the Police force offered her. She continued taking courses and lining herself up for an internal transfer and as of June 2015, Sarah left the Toronto Police force and became an O.P.P. officer, to be stationed closer to her hometown of Whitney, Ontario.

When she worked in Toronto, Sarah worked a rotation of eight days on and six days off. On her days “off”, you could find her on the farm.

She basically has no social life, she says. But when she goes home, she says………as soon as she drives in the laneway…..she can breathe again.

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grandparents John and Barb Mastine brought Sarah along with them to multiple cattle shows every year.

They had her in the show ring at two years of age. She often slept on straw bales under a blanket in alleyways.

In a similar fashion, her grandma supervised her naps in the barn at

The day she applied to the force was the day she decided she would commit to juggling this professional life and her life at home raising Herefords. The one career will help her support the other. grandparents’ care, as she gravitated to the farm and lifestyle that they had. Her parents are not in the cattle business but they come out to shows and cheer her on and help out where needed. Her brother Andrew only had a casual interest in the farm, though he often willingly helped out at shows.

“And since I’ve been in Toronto, mom has been filling in on the farm when needed and when I cannot be there,” says Sarah.

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home. Ultimately, Sarah worked on the farm for her grandparents and because she attended all the industry events with them, she was largely believed to be their daughter. Barb and John still get Christmas cards addressed to “John, Barb and Sarah”.

Her grandpa John was born and

raised on a Quebec dairy and hog operation as one of 17 children. At 16 years of age he came to Ontario to work for a lumber company and to this day, remains employed by the same company. He and his new wife Barb, bought farmland, and a lot of bush land that he cleared himself and started building the existing operation.

Sarah is now an integral part of that operation. She owns 10 of the 75 Hereford cows, one Angus cow and one donkey. She has her own prefix but her cattle remain under her grandparents’ herd name, BarJ-M. They are currently processing the paperwork to make it a joint membership and set the operation up for Sarah to eventually take over.

Sarah now has a say in all breeding decisions. She handles the purebred cattle paperwork and helps decide what cattle they will take to shows.

Sarah is also active on the farm during calving season. She breaks and grooms the show cattle and her grandmother feeds them. While they are trying to reduce the herd to a more manageable size, recently selling a core group of 20 cows, they keep retaining heifers and “unintentionallyon purpose” manage to keep numbers consistent.

This year, Sarah plans to

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attend five or six shows with her grandparents with Bar-J-M cattle in Ontario and Quebec, ending up at Toronto’s Royal Winter Fair and possibly Regina’s Agribition. She and her grandma will also prepare consignment animals for the Autumn Alliance Sale in September in Ontario and for the Partners for Progress Sale in October in Quebec.

Future plans involve being more involved in the programs that helped shape her interest and skill in the cattle business.

Sarah was an active 4-H participant

someday be a 4-H leader.

Sarah also played an act ive role in t he Ca nad ia n Junior Hereford Association for 17 yea r s, attending f i v e n at i o n a l Bonanza shows in four different provinces, culminating in her f inal year in 2010 when she was named Grand Champion Show p er son and showed t he Champion steer and the Reserve Champion Bull Calf. Sarah is a member of the CJHA Honour Roll.

These activities strengthened Sarah’s communication skills and helped her get connected in the industry. They also taught her the value of patience.

She says she hates to see kids get so defeated, at a young age, when they don’t happen to win or place well in a particular show. The task of “excelling” is a process that requires determination and patience.

[Sarah] has her own prefix but her cattle remain under her grandparents’ herd name, Bar-J-M. They are currently processing the paperwork to make it a joint membership and set the operation up for Sarah to eventually take over. for 15 years, serving as President for Renfrew County for one of those years. She still goes back to help out at the Beachburg Fair where her club’s Achievement Day is hosted.

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In college, Sarah received an award for most improved soccer player and won a Sports Excellence Award for maintaining the Dean’s list average while playing competitive sports. She also loved baseball but gave up time she could have spent in the sport for working with cattle.

Sarah raves about her mentors. Jill McNeely (now Jill Harvie) was like a “big sister” to Sarah, teaching her the “ropes” at s ho w s a n d teaching her how to talk about and market cattle in competitions and in real life. Jill

taught her that you might have great cattle but until you speak, you can’t prove it to anyone else. Jill had a goal to marry a western rancher and be an active participant in her industry and those dreams and goals have come true for her.

Sarah also names Juanita Elmhirst as being highly influential in terms of teaching Sarah clipping skills. And James Hayes, now deceased owner of Northern Fitting Services, she says, was one of her biggest mentors.

“He wanted the best for me. He was old school and knew his cattle.

He supervised me through a lot of showmanship classes and clipping sessions and always sternly told me when I screwed up,” she says.

A n d t h e n t h e r e i s S a r a h’s grandparents. They are her “rocks”, she says. Sarah descr ibes her grandpa John as very “old school” and talented in his building and welding skills, having built all their own cattle housing and handling facilities and making it easier for her and her grandma to handle the herd.

Grandma Barb “is my best friend,” says Sarah. “She is 69 years old and eats, sleeps and breathes cattle.”

Sarah inher ited t hat passion.

Together, they continue to raise competitive Herefords that are talked about from coast to coast.

Sarah describes her work with cattle as her piece of heaven and finds breeding and raising them up and developing the herd to be extremely rewarding. Being part of the purebred industry allows her the added bonus of traveling and meeting people. It satisfies her competitive drive. And her work at home satisfies her passion for the lifestyle.

In a word, Sarah describes herself as “Independent”. But she easily connects with people and finds life an endless opportunity. As her own life indicates, she says we often end up on paths we couldn’t have imagined.

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Myles Jones No 4-H. No Junior Hereford Association involvement.

No farm background or family support.

Just cows down the road; owned by a couple of welcoming mentors, who encouraged a young boy, who is now a legitimate cattleman up the highway with 100 Hereford cows and a commercial herd to-boot.

It’s the result of the influence of a Hereford cow; the influence of kindhearted mentors; and the influence of a determined and a motivated young man.

Now 26-year-old, Myles Jones grew up a couple miles down the road from the Canadian Hereford Association’s 2014 Manitoba Commercial Breeders of the Year, Marvin and Lawrence King, near Warren, Manitoba.

Myles’ mother was a nurse and his dad, a journeyman carpenter but when he was 19 years old, his father died and his mother re-married and moved to the U.S. with her new husband. Myles stayed home and made a living for himself. His brother Nolan, four years his senior and his sister Jeri-Lee, five years his senior, had already left home.

For at least eight years, Myles went over to the Kings t o he lp t he m with chores and fa r m work on their all-Hereford commercial herd. One of his grandpa’s ran a ho g op e r at ion but it was closed down in 2001. It was the Kings who introduced Myles to cattle and farming.

After high school, Myles attended Red River College and got his Journeyman ticket after four years of schooling in carpentry. For eight years since, he has worked seven days a week running his carpentry business which now employs four other men. After work, for several years, he continued to help Marvin and Lawrence, whom he looks up to now as “father” and “grandfather” figures. Myles never got into sports of any kind. Nor was he involved in any other “extra-

curricular” activity.

Myles has been mar r ied for about a year now to his high school sweetheart “Stephanie”.

Stephanie grew up in town but now works with the cattle herd, does the haying and works yearround as part of the construction crew in their carpentry business. Myles and Stephanie now own 10 0 pu rebred Herefords and 100 commercial cows.

Five years ago, the Kings took them to the Square D production sale in Saskatchewan and they were so impressed that they came back prepared the following year and purchased one female from

Myles and Stephanie

The cows were accommodated at the Kings before Myles had his own land base. But it wasn’t long before the ambitious Myles and Stephanie bought their own acreage – 2,000 acres in all - just 20 minutes up t he highway from the Kings in St. Laurent, Manitoba. They also now ow n eig ht t ractor s, two balers and t wo haybi ne s.

They make their own hay and rent out some hayfields.

And they run their purebreds together with those of fellow producer Brian Fossey, on their pastureland.

To make up for the current lack of facilities and time, they also have an arrangement with Fossey to calve out their better purebred females.

The purebreds are bred by A.I. to calve in February and March. Myles believes that making use of A.I. sires is one of the best tools available to them to advance the genetics of the herd.

Myles and Stephanie still live in

Myles has been married for about a year now to his high school sweetheart “Stephanie”. Stephanie grew up in town but now works with the cattle herd, does the haying and works year-round as part of the construction crew in their carpentry business. Myles and Stephanie now own 100 purebred Herefords and 100 commercial cows.

Square D and one from the Mannlees.

Four years ago, they bought their first 10 commercial Herefords from the Kings.

The next spring, they visited the Biglienis of WLB Livestock, where they purchased three bred heifers and three open heifers. They slowly built their herd that way, through auction sale and on-farm purchases. And then they purchased the complete cowherd of Dave and Rod Guilford, adding an additional 65 purebred cows to the mix.

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“Then I do what I have to on the farm

Hereford to be more popular at local sales.

Myles’ outlook is not limited by borders, however. He hopes to someday travel to other North

Ask Myles what it is about Herefords that make him stick with the breed and he says “their nature.” He says he has 70+ exotic crosses in his commercial herd and that “their temperaments are totally different”. when I get home,” says Myles. But he and Stephanie don’t work without a plan in mind. The two of them would rather be cattle ranching and farming full time, so they keep planting seeds in that direction.

While t hey plan to g row t he commercial herd, the purebred herd size of 100 cows is ideal for them.

“We’re slowly learning how to show cattle,” says Myles. They will start with field days this year, which will be their first chance to exhibit their own cattle. Fossey will help them.

Myles and Stephanie attend as many Manitoba cattle shows every year as possible and plan to be at Brandon’s Ag Ex where they will assist Fossey with his cattle. They attend Hereford production sales in the spring and fall. Myles says he already feels as though people recognize him in Hereford circles in the provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

Myles has been a director on the Manitoba Hereford Association for two years now and is one of four members on the Good As Gold Sale committee, which plans the sale, calls consignors and coordinates production of the sale catalogue.

Ask Myles what it is about Herefords that make him stick with the breed and he says “their nature.” He says he has 70+ exotic crosses in his commercial herd and that “their temperaments are totally different”.

He says he appreciates being able to go up to a newborn Hereford calf with virtually no risk of getting hurt in the process.

Myles’ mentors in the business are Brian Fossey and the King family.

The latter, he says, taught him how to work with cattle, among other things.

Myles says he and Stephanie breed for medium framed, dark red and pigmented cattle with no feather neck because he has noticed that type of

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time in a day to do all that I want to do.”

He advises would-be future cattle producers to go ahead and work toward their ultimate goal.

“If you don’t try, you’ll never succeed.

And you’ll never know if you don’t try.”

The best thing that’s ever happened to him?

“Getting into the cattle business,” says Myles. “I’d rather do it full time.”

American sales and would like to someday meet Ned and Jan Ward of U.S. Hereford fame, whom he admires as the ultimate consummate Hereford breeders.

His biggest challenge to-date?

“Every day’s a challenge in it’s own way,” he says. “There’s not enough

Myles and Stephanie would rather be cattle ranching & farming full time, so they keep planting seeds in that direction.

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Selling 30 Hereford Bull Calves 20 Hereford and Black Angus Yearlings 30 Angus Bull Calves

LCI 311W Total 185A Sire- MJT Total ET 311W Dam’s Sire- LCI 6H Waldo 125P

A stylish, stout, well muscled, home raised bull. Calves carry extra muscle and will sell in our annual fall sale.

BW WW YW M TM FAT REA MARB 3.5 49.3 88.2 20.6 45.3 0.016 0.39 -­‐0.11

JEN 195T Silver 30Z Sire- FA 109L Britisher 195T Dam’s Sire- LBH 20J Stanmore 56M

He’s a goggle eyed, well marked, thick muscled bull with loads of hair. First calves on the ground and are looking good.

BW WW YW M TM FAT REA MARB 2.1 41.7 78.9 18.5 39.4 -­‐ 0.001 0.08 0.00

MHPH 521X AcGon 106A Sire- TH 122 71I Victor 521X ET Dam’s Sire- MHPH 102S Wyatt 301W

LCI 157K Ribstone 107R Sire-K6H Ribstone Lad 157K Dam’s Sire- LCI Kahlua 82H

Was the highest selling bull calf in Canada and reserve naGonal champion in 2013. Calves on the ground are very stylish and have lots of eye appeal.

BW WW YW M TM FAT REA MARB 3.7 67.5 110.6 23.7 57.5 -­‐0.006 0.59 0.07

Tried. Tested. True.

www.doenzranches.net PO Box 362 Warner, AB. T0K 2L0 Brad Doenz: 403.642.7694 Nelson Doenz: 403.642.7696 Please Stop By For the Field Day at the Ranch on Josh Pickett: 403.642.7686 September 19 2015 at 9:30 am. Lunch will be provided.

Email: doenzranches@gmail.com

A proven great 157K Ribstone son with outstanding numbers and we will have his sons for our annual bull sale.

BW WW YW M TM FAT REA MARB 3.9 63.7 103.1 40.7 72.6 -­‐0.025 0.36 0.26

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SNS 5S STANMORE 79Y Owned With Braun Ranch Ltd MHH 262B VOLTAGE LAD 19L JHR 19L VOLT LAD 5S JHR 226J GEN STAR LASS 68L NORTHFORK 69E BLAZER 14M SNS 14M PRINCESS 26S SNS 490 BEAU PRINCESS 35P

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EPDs: CE BW WW YW MILK TM REA MARB -2.3 +5.7 +51.0 +81.3 +15.7 +41.2 +0.13 +0.05

BBSF 52U ALTA’S UNION 5X Owned With Alta Genetics

GHC VOLUME III ET 139S GHC-TABOO COALITION 52U GHC MISS NANCY 98P JUSTAMERE BALANCER BANKER 430H BBSF 430H QUEEN ET 3M SVR SPIRIT QUEEN 179J EPDs: CE BW WW YW MILK TM REA MARB -0.5 +3.6 +41.3 +80.5 +21.1 +41.8 +0.39 +0.15

PAHL 37W ARCHER 19A NORTHFORK 3P CINCINATI LAD 1S FE 1S ROYAL STANDARD 37W WINDY-HILL 15J PRINCESS 81R DUNROBIN 56N SABER 82S DUNROBIN SHERI 8U DUNROBIN 75L REDLADY 76R EPDs: CE BW WW YW MILK TM REA MARB +0.8 +3.1 +45.9 +80.8 +16.1 +39.1 +0.18 +0.04

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ECR L18 EXTRA DEEP 9279 XTC GUINESS ET 38Z BBSF 821W ZOOM IN 256Z LJS MARK DOMINO 1321 CHURCHILL SENSATION 028X CL DOMINO 955W

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GV TIMES UP A152 MCCOY 58G JACKPOT ET 105X XTC 54Z BROCK 13B

Travis and Jocelyn Wasko Byron and Carolyn Templeton P: (306) 295-4000 Travis’ Cell: (306) 295-7246 P: (306) 295-3357 Byron’s Cell: (403) 308-9971 Directions to Ranch: 10 KM North of Eastend on 614 Grid Box 15 Eastend SK S0N 0T0 XTC Ranches 66

Brittany & Jaredâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wedding at the Ranch in June

BAR-RZ 85U ROLEX 56X {DLF IEF HYF} Homozygous Polled

Other Pasture Bulls: BAR-RZ 85U ZEUS 20Z {DLF IEF HYF} Homozygous Polled

DCR 713 KOOTENAY 308 {DLF IEF HYF} Purchased from Durbin Creek Ranch, Wyoming

AI Bulls in Use: NJW 73S W18 HOMEGROWN 8Y ET {DLF IEF HYF} Homozygous Polled

BAR-RZ 59T MR BOJANGLES 70B BAR-RZ 19Z BRIAN 25B

BAR-RZ 61Y AVERY 4A {DLF IEF HYF}

Look for our offering at the Brost Land & Cattle Co. Production Sale November 14, 2015

Visitors Always Welcome!!

Stuart and Sherri Zoeteman Box 532, Fort Macleod, AB T0L 0Z0

Cell: 403-330-6490 Home: 403-553-2687 Fax: 403-553-2699 Email: barrz2@telus.net

Ranch Location: Located 9 miles east of Fort Macleod on Hwy #3 to RR 250 and 3 miles north on Pearce Road

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Glenlees 719T Baron 41Z

BW: 4.0 WW: 53.2 YW: 89.2 Milk: 22.1 TM: 48.7 High seller from the 2013 Wilson-Lees Bull Sale. A moderate framed bull that leaves thick, stout calves. His sire group will be a feature of our 2016 bulls for sale

JEN 195T KAP 20X

BW: -0.5 WW: 38.7 YW: 70.3 Milk: 19.4 TM: 38.8 Our Newton bull is a calving ease specialist. He sires light birth weight calves that get up and grow. Excellent daughters also.

McCoy 70Y Landscape 23A

BW: 3.0 WW: 55.9 YW: 88.5 Milk: 23.7 TM: 51.7 A real impressive young sire. Thick and easy fleshing from the outstanding Kalla 61W cow - the mother of many herd bulls.

Glenlees 9W Tanker 74B

BW: 2.3 WW: 39.7 YW: 69.8 Milk: 22.8 TM: 42.7 Our pick of the 2015 Wilson-Lees Bull Sale. A complete young sire. Thick and long with a moderate birth weight.

Additional Sires: LCI 107R Stonewall 25X, Harvie Traveler 85X, BarRZ Yosemite 25Y, LCI 8116 Ranger 80Z, CC 85X Trooper 47A

Breeding Quality Hereford Cattle Since 1944

Box 1, Site 10, R.R. 1, Bowden, Alberta T0M 0K0 From Bowden underpass, 7 mi. East, 2 mi. South, 1/2 mi. East Web site: couleecrest.ca 68

Randy & Sandra Radau Ph (403) 227-2259 Fax (403) 227-5278 Randyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cell (403) 588-6160 Frank & Nancy Radau Ph (403) 224-2292 Email: couleecrestfarm@gmail.com

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DP BRITISHER AGA 46E

VERBEEK 531X ASTER MO LE 82A EHF 46E BRITISHER LAD ET 6B VERBEEK 209E MO LE BELL 82N Also

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1 full brother to EHF 46E BRITISHER LAD ET 6B • 1 Heifer Bull by DLR 13U STANDARD 121Y

Open and Bred Females, Commercial & Purebred are always on offer.

2016 Calves By: VERBEEK 531X ASTER MO LE 82A • MN 17P STAN ZENTO 733Z • DLR 13U STANDARD 121Y

TOM BASNETT Ph/Fax 780-685-2102

Box 41 Eureka River, AB T0H 1K0 Email: TJbasnett@gmail.com

Cell 780-834-8170

From the corner of Hwy 64 and #730, go 11 km N. on #730, 1.6 km W. and 4 km N. on Range Rd. 54

and Christin and Kylee Dixon Congratulations Wyatt Oulton on a super Bonanza 2015!

Wyatt would like to thank his crew for all of their help: Samantha and Levi Rimke, Connor Morse and Matthew Charlton Res. Grand Champion - OLTN 743 Bam Bam 6B Res. Grand Champion Female Also Wyatt won Supreme Bred and Owned, Grand Aggregate and Premier Breeder.

OLTN 4T Belle of the Ball 11B Exhibited by: Kylee Dixon

Victor, Novadawn & Wyatt Oulton P: (902) 798-4440 F: (902) 798-4440 C:(902)792-8151 4956 Hwy. 14, Martock RR#1, Windsor, Nova Scotia, B0N 2T oulton.farm@ns.sympatico.ca

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Who Am I? Name That Hereford & Win a $200 CHD Credit*!

All of the Herefords featured on these two pages appear in breeder advertisements in this issue. Match the faces with their names, identify them by picture number on a separate piece of paper and mail, fax or email it to the CHA office.

Be sure to let us know your name, address and phone number as well! Note that some images have been enlarged or shrunk to fit the space but none have been flipped. The deadline for entries is November 1, 2015. A winner will be drawn from all of the correct entries submitted and will be announced in the January 2016 Performance Edition of the Digest. *Credit may used towards any Digest project, including Digest advertising, sales catalogues, business cards, brochures or any other promotional material. The certificate is non-transferable & cannot be exchanged for cash.

To Enter: Email: samara@hereford.ca â&#x20AC;˘ Fax: 1.888.824.2329 â&#x20AC;˘ Mail c/o The Canadian Hereford Digest: 5160 Skyline Way N.E. Calgary, AB T2E 6V1

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Stromsmoe Herefords and Black Angus, we take our role as Seed Stock producers very seriously, always striving for perfection. We have bred our entire herd A.I. to the very best maternal bulls in North America for 42 years. We have performance tested our entire calf crop for weaning weight and yearling weight since 1974. We have scale weighed every calf at birth for the past 36 years. We have ultra-sounded our entire calf crop since 2006 and we have udder scored every cow the day she calved for the past 10 years. We have blood tested and are free from the dilutor gene as well as I.E. We have culled many, many, many 2,3, and 4 year old cows over the years – not the way to make money – but you should see our herd today. We think it is a pretty special herd. Please come for a visit and see if you agree.

31th Annual Production Sale

Tuesday, December 1, 2015 At the Ranch

Nyle & Vicki

(403) 666-3957 Cell (403) 878-3957

email: nstromsmoe@yahoo.ca Box 505,Etzikom,AB T0K 0W0 Ranch location: 1 ½ mi. s. of Etzikom

PERKS 0003 NICKELBACK 4009

Owned with Perks Ranch, Rockford, Illinois Nickelback was purchased in January out of the stall at the 2015 Denver Stock Show. Perks Ranch kept a semen interest in him. We are using him on our elite horned cows this summer.

Clint

Ph/Fax (403) 666-2186 Cell (403) 647-6088

BBSF 100W ALLUSION 48A We used our polled bull, Allusion, last year as a yearling and have some impressive calves on the ground from him.

Stan Stan && Susan Susan Lock Lock

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2015 HERDSIRES BR 79Y BIG AND RICH 180B Sire: SNS 5S STANMORE 79Y Dam: BR 24W STANDARD LADY 179Y

TS TOP NOTCH 212

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4V NORTH KANSAS 405B Sire:R 955W NORTH STAR 12Z Dam: 4V 20 43 MS HARLET Z49

LFH STANMORE 29W 7Y Sire:LFH STANMORE 56M 29W Dam: LFH TINA 711T 2W Jon McKenzie Box 89 Warner, AB T0K 2L0 403-642-7256 mckenziecattle@gmail.com

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A heartfelt THANK YOU to all the bidders and buyers from our 2015 Sale - the best yet!!

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By Catherine Brown A s s o ciate Edito r

Photo by Brianna Bathery

It’s an art. And like the art of stockmanship, it always has been.

Kirk Stierwalt, of Stierwalt Cattle & Clinics and spokesperson for Weaver, based in Oklahoma, USA, recognizes this. While his grandpa was a Hereford man, his dad was a fine artist and Kirk himself grew up in town. But through his experience in 4-H, beginning in the 1970s, everyone came to know that Kirk possessed the fine art of cattle grooming, passing up a paintbrush for a rice root brush and set of clippers.

He started clipping at the age of six and continued doing his own clipping through the seventies and eighties.

He had the knack for it and more and more people hired him to get their cattle fit and ready for competitions.

Kirk soon travelled out-of-state and beyond. He worked for a purebred outfit in Nebraska and then for a rancher in Oklahoma, where he met his wife Juli. In rural Oklahoma Kirk held clinics for “ag” teachers and students. Stierwalt’s now-famous clinics, have been held regularly across North America for the past 28 years and Stierwalt himself has become somewhat of a “rockstar” to young competitive stock people and cattle marketing enthusiasts.

Kirk now resides on his own familyoperated ranch in Oklahoma where they host two sales annually. He’s on the road 250 days a year going to shows and running his very popular clinics.

Dave Hasson of Gold-Bar Livestock, near Guelph, Ontario, started the first fitting service in Canada back in 1970.

According to Dave, this coincided with the import of exotic cattle – Charolais, Limousin, Maine Anjou, Simmentals and Blonde d’Aquitaines.

The business of importing these exotics was expensive and the novelty attracted big business people and investors who had no history in livestock production and lacked the necessary equipment to handle these cattle. They needed help with their new imports, especially when it came to hands-on preparations for marketing them. Dave was their guy.

He, Darwin Weideman, José Massey, Levy Jackson and sometimes Barney Bruton worked together to fill the market demand for cattle fitters for sales and shows. Dave says he copied a guy in Texas by incorporating donkeys into his halter-breaking regimens for these tough-to-break exotics and that trend later caught on throughout Canada.

Dave was said to turn animals into “gold”. He would spend hours of concentrated attention at the chute with clippers in hand and was admired and sought-after for his skills that would transform his subjects into superior models of the breed.

Juanita Elmhirst (formerly Benkhe), of Elmlodge Polled Herefords of Indian River, Ontario, has been showing cattle since the age of 12. Her dad would tell her to keep an eye on Dave Hasson in order to learn from him. She is now 46 years of age and admired for her professional clipping and fitting skills. Even in her 34 years of showing, she has witnessed t remendous change in f it t ing practices.

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and crowded hotel rooms to save money. Trained in radio broadcasting, Mark now hosts many of Sullivan’s Stock Show University’s events, along with his cousin John. The program, which is now a North American phenomenon, was created to educate kids on proper fitting techniques. The clinics cover feeding, showmanship, clipping and fitting. A popular line of Stock Show U apparel is now sold by Sullivans, based out of Texas, Iowa and California, to help subsidize Stock Show U events. Mark has also been witness to tremendous industry fitting trend changes and now works to stay on the cusp of those trends, through many of his family business innovations.

Kirk, Dave, Juanita and Mark are all innovators, artists and stock people extraordinaire.

They are also accepted and ensconced members of the “fitter-clipper club”, to which a whole new generat ion of livestock kids a s p i r e . I t ’s a culture unto its ow n ; somewhat of a phenomenon; a way to join the “cool” club.

What’s behind all of that?

“They want to make their mark,” says Stierwalt. They are jockeying for their place in the sun. “These kids are trying to make an impression; to be noticed,” he says. “They’re trying to prove themselves to the world.”

“It’s generational,” says Stierwalt.

Kids that show more often than not come from moms and dads that show and grooming is part of that culture.

Juanita believes that today’s fitters are better appreciated for what they do.

“It’s hard work,” says Stierwalt. “It’s not for the light-hearted. You gotta work.”

“It’s an art,” says Juanita. “An art that first requires the artist to have a good eye for cattle.”

Juanita says her son who previously was lukewarm about showing and fitting cattle, preferring work with the machinery on their farm, recently attended a Stock Show U clinic and came out wanting a double comb and is now glueing legs with his dad,

pointing out new fitting techniques.

The Evolution of Fitting Dave says the best fitter of Herefords in the UK was John Vaughn. He used to come to the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto and to Agribition in Regina.

It is believed, however, that fitting cattle is largely a North American phenomenon.

Fitting was popularized in the seventies in Oklahoma and Texas.

Monte Soules, former manager of Star Lake Cattle Ranch in Oklahoma, started a fitting service about the same time as Dave Hasson did in Canada. Kevin Jenson also gained notoriety as a fitter in those days. So did Ted Serhienko of T Bar C Cattle Co, based in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Fitting was popularized in the seventies in Oklahoma and Texas. Monte Soules, former manager of Star Lake Cattle Ranch in Oklahoma, started a fitting service about the same time as Dave Hasson did in Canada. Kevin Jenson also gained notoriety as a fitter in those days. So did Ted Serhienko of T Bar C Cattle Co, based in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Well before that, in the 1940s, American Frank Farley wrote a book titled Hereford Husbandry, in which he features a chapter on “Fitting and Showing Registered Herefords”.

But “fitting” had a whole different meaning in that era.

“The purpose to be accomplished in fitting and showing is to demonstrate, in the best possible manner, the qualifications of the cattle to yield a maximum amount of good-quality beef most economically,” said Farley.

Fitting was about feeding and to a large degree, fat cover.

“The ability of an animal to lay on a thick, firm, smooth covering of flesh is very essential,” says Farley. “The best proof of an animal’s ability to do this is for that animal to have been put into high condition.”

“Feeding qualities are indicated by a short head with plenty of width at the muzzle and plenty of thickness behind it, especially in the heart girth. Shortness of leg and closeness to the ground, together with natural

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thickness of loin and smoothness of hips and quarters, are also good indications of feeding qualities,” said Farley.

You might say that fitting techniques, at that time, lay in the feed bucket.

Farley talks about feeding to overcome “defects” w h i l e w at c h i n g f o r patchiness or unevenness.

In his chapter on fitting, he recommends nurse cows for calves whose dams “fall short” (until one year of age!). He recommends feeding oats, corn, bran, barley and oil cake along with alfalfa hay with a timothy and clover mix, chopped finely – a modern ruminant 1875 nutritionist’s nightmare.

About 30 years later, fitting techniques were largely recognized as grooming techniques. And fitting, as we know it today, has evolved over fifty years to be the sophisticated practice that it

is. Fitting trends largely followed beef industry and judging trends.

The early eighties ushered in a carcass grading adjustment that paid more for lean meat yield, according to

Dave. This coincided with the import of exotics and the race for Herefords to “measure up”. In the world of show and sale fitting, that meant clipping off bellies and tops and balling tails

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to give the illusion of added height.

Show stalls changed from straw beds to wood chips or packed, elevated beds of shavings. Genetics could only make the conformation change

so fast so g rooming techniques gave the illusion of height and leanness.

“In the late seventies and early eighties, we shaved the necks on steers but now we block it in,” says Stierwalt. “We still shaved off bellies in the nineties but we started looking for deeper flanks and we started lowering tails. By the late nineties, tails were left down and hair was left on bellies like it currently is.”

“When Simmental cattle started dominating in U.S. beef markets, the trend for straight-legged, big boned cattle that were “squared all over” 1959 caught on, according to Mark Sullivan.

“They called it picture framing,” he says.

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with feminine females and useful breeding cattle, according to Mark.

Finessing the Art with tools Fitting tools and technology have come furthest of all. Those dedicated to the art of fitting in the seventies toiled and grappled with glycerin (saddle soap) bars for keeping hair in place and narrow-tooth combs. Cattle were brushed, not blown dry.

“Mom used wax for tailheads and legs and Sweet Georgia Brown (a coloured, sticky paste-like hair product),” says Juanita. “As a kid, we had no blower.”

Mark Sullivan remembers his family reversing their mom’s old vacuum cleaner to blow instead of vacuum air. He also remembers the first adhesives – the industrial grade 3M spray glue and the Oster clippers. The 3M glue, made for mouldings on cars, was “way overkill”, in the words of Stierwalt. Sheepheads and flatheads were large and heavy, tired your arms out and burned hands after lengthy use.

“And everyone used Orvus soap,” says Mark, laughing. One of the first innovations he recalls is that of different coloured glycerin bars.

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Mark’s family and ot her companies ultimately perfected adhesives for ever y use and the Sullivans modified the scotch comb for more versatile purposes.

Dave Hasson recalls the days of shows that had interludes between classes.

Classes were not back-to-back as they are today. Extra show day help was not required and you just needed one show halter, which was adjusted as the day went on, for each consecutive animal in the ring.

Glycerin soap had a short life span, according to Dave. It wasn’t strong enough and was hard to clip, once applied.

behind gates or panels to do their tails, so chutes were devised to hold cattle for this purpose.

“Show boxes used to be small,” says Stierwalt. “And now they’re like big ole’ fridges!”

The tools, as they evolved, allowed for better attention to detail.

Among the best, says Stierwalt, are the little clippers.

“When all that was available were big sheepheads, fitting was adult and male driven,” says Stierwalt. “Little clippers got a lot more people involved.” By that, he means more youth and more young women. Stierwalt calls these clippers powerful and says they’ll move as fast as your hand can go. They give animals a smooth finish with detail and precision.

With the little clippers come the multiple blades – one for every purpose.

Barry Hall, well-known steer fitter from North Battleford, Saskatchewan, has shown cattle all his life and ran a fitting service for years. He says blowers were one of the best innovations in his time.

Blowers, rice root brushes and good adhesives, he adds.

Dave Hasson says he himself could have done without the adhesives.

“Using glues is one of the dumbest things

“When all that was available were big sheepheads, fitting was adult and male driven. Little clippers got a lot more people involved.”

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Someone Dave worked with – Gord Evans – was the first person that Dave knew that used clippers for fitting.

“He used Sunbeam flat head clippers,” says Dave. “Relative to the ones used today, this was painstakingly slow as those clippers pushed more hair than they cut but they were still a step up from hand shears and scissors.”

Yet through the years, with each fitting tool innovation, “we always thought we were on the cutting edge, pushing the line,” says Stierwalt.

“There were no aerosol oils in the early days of fitting so we applied oil to rags and rubbed it on cattle,” says Stierwalt.

“That’s where we get the term ragoil.”

“Blocking chutes had nothing to do with grooming,” says Stierwalt, who explains that when the industry balled tails, fitters had to get cattle

we ever did in fitting,” he says. Dave says he has seen lots of cattle that came out of sales in their new homes with bedding sticking all over their legs and wherever else the glue was applied. “It’s not a very nice looking sight,” he says. But as Barry points out, the trend has moved to a natural look without glues for most sales, at least.

The very worst thing, according to Barry, was the short-lived trend of using graphite powder on Black Angus cattle.

It was in the air everyone breathed, was caked in the pores of fitters and all over their clothes and Barry remembers one show at Edmonton at which the powder got into the air ducts and came out all over someone’s Charolais cattle.

This is before the advent of good black paint, according to Stierwalt.

Juanita thinks back to the worst product or trend she remembers and that, for her, was balling tails and clipping bellies, which she says just made animals look fake.

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What has made the biggest positive impact, over the years, she says, is the realization that most of the work is done at home, well before show day.

“The management of show cattle has changed 110%, since I began showing,” she says.

Why all the fuss?

In his 1941, book Hereford Husbandry, Farley explains why the trend to fit cattle prevailed, even back then.

“Show animals should be representative samples of the produce of the herd,” he says. “They should be fitted to the height of perfection, as nearly as possible, to prove their beefanimal characteristics.”

Juanita concurs.

“The whole premise of fitting cattle and for that matter, showing cattle, is to maximize the value of the bovine which in turn enhances the status of a breeder’s program,” she says.

“A fit job is supposed to hide flaws and highlight the positive attributes to make the animal more eye appealing and more saleable. There has never been a perfect one yet, so it’s up to the fitter to help make each animal closer to the ideal through ethical fitting

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At t he sa me t i me, Juan it a says that even f it ter s c a n’t c h a ng e fundamental st r uc t u re, so upon closer examination there really shouldn’t be any deception.

“Fitting helps the animal become more ap p e a l i ng t o buyers, which starts the conversation and hopefully Before the Paint leads to more marketing opportunities,” says Juanita. “It’s no different than feeding commercial sale bulls a little more than is practical, which also hides a few sins.

And have you ever seen a skinny bull outsell a fat one?”

She says it’s the same reason people

prefer leather seats and chrome grills on pick up trucks. “They don’t change the usefulness of the truck but people sure like to buy ‘em!”

“It’s sheer marketing,” says Stierwalt.

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on market day price, as Stierwalt reasons.

“In the show world, cattle value is based on their worth the day of the show,” he says. Nevertheless, he adds that we’re as close as we’ve ever been to intersecting the commercial and

show cattle world.

In the world of juniors showing cattle, “it’s all about raising kids with livestock and working with family and you can’t put a value on that,” says Kirk. And the competitions teach them how to deal with success and

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disappointment.

I t ’s a b o u t w o r k e t h i c a n d determination and setting goals.

“The hair on cattle either braggs on you or it tells on you,” Stierwalt likes to say.

It’s the same reason he doesn’t mind no-fit shows. Contrary to popular belief, Stierwalt says no-fit shows do NOT equalize the playing field. They might even make it worse for those not dedicated to the task of show preparation at home.

“Those shows usually don’t change who does well,” he says.

Where fitting skill and know-how is concerned, Stierwalt swears that he no longer sees a difference between Canada and the U.S.. He attributes that to the world of social media, in which the current generation can keep up with trending techniques and tools.

Juanita was in Denver showing cattle two years ago and she did, however, sense a whole different level in the sophistication of show preparation, compared to practises of many Canadian show herds. Among the differences are refrigerated cooler

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rooms for show cattle, extra people hired for the task of managing show cattle ahead of the show and “one person per leg and two on the topline on show day; not a hair out of place.”

So while the same tools might be used, there is a whole different level of investment south of the border where competition is that much more intense.

As a teenager, in 1981, Stierwalt rode the train with his show steer to Denver. He had never been to the big show before. He won the show and that got his phone ringing, he says.

So what is the goal, for those who have experienced a little showring success?

“Fitting helps the animal become more appealing to buyers, which starts the conversation and hopefully leads to more marketing opportunities,. It’s no different than feeding commercial sale bulls a little more than is practical, which also hides a few sins. And have you ever seen a skinny bull outsell a fat one?”

-Juanita Elmhirst “To win just one more time,” says Stierwalt, smiling.

“It’s been a fun ride for me,” he says. “None of this was planned.”

The funnest part? “Running into someone with a god-gifted talent for [fitting] and they don’t even now they have it.”

Juan ita star ted f it t ing professionally with Jim Hayes of Northern Fitting Services, alongside “Chub” Lundago and Dave Lasby, among others. She was the “little guy” and feared “digging in” next to the better fitters in Jim’s group.

“Bulls**t with that,” Jim said to her. “He’d tell me I’m every bit as good as those guys and would tell me how to fine-tune my skills,” says Juanita.

“If you’re willing to learn, there are still a lot of people willing to take you under their wing,” she says.

In today’s world of networking, it’s easy to get in touch with many others with the skills and know-how we need to take us to the next level. It just starts with an “eye”; an appreciation; and a love for the art.

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A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING PUREBRED BREEDERS FOR PURCHASING LBH GENETICS FOR THEIR TOP HERDS. JOHN & DWAYNE FULTON NEIL TURNER JACK SUMNER & ACE DIEMERT MARK LAW MCINTYRE RANCHING CO. LTD. PHILLIP MOON TERRY & REGAN BERGER

LBH 106T STANDARD 43A & LBH 397W STANDARD 350A LBH 147W STANDARD LAD 405A LBH 20J STANMORE 94A LBH 162W STERLING 96A LBH 6Y ANCHOR 229A LBH 162W STERLING 399A LBH 162W STERLING 4A

Andy & Margaret Schuepbach

WALDORF RANCH LTD. HAUETER & SONS LIVESTOCK CHANEY BOWEN HOMESTEAD HEREFORD RANCH

LBH 2042 SENSATION 52B LBH 47R STANMORE 104A LBH 827 EXTRA GENETIC 71B LBH 105X JP GALAXY 194B

AND OUR FEMALE CUSTOMERS:

MARK LAW 5 HEIFERS & 6 PAIRS • XTC RANCHES 5 HEIFERS • PINE BUTTE RANCH 12 PAIRS • JONITA SOMMERS 1 HEIFER • ACE DIEMERT 1 HEIFER • DAVID VALNES 12 HEIFERS

Ruth, Michelle and Daniel Phone: (403) 625-4693 Cell: (403) 625-6316 Fax: (403) 625-1500 Box 2044, Claresholm, AB T0L 0T0 10 miles (16 km) East of Claresholm to sign, then 4 1/2 miles (7.2 km) North

Email: andy@lilybrookherefords.com

Hans Ulrich (403): 625-2237

www.lilybrookherefords.com

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DDA 24U YAHOO 3Y

3Y is a solid breeding son of our old FE 24U sire. His first sons sold near the top of our 2015 sale. He again has a powerful set of yearlings and calves.

C 31S EXPLOSIVE 45X

This moderate framed home raised son of our old 31S sire is doing just what we thought he would. Siring hair, pigment and lots of thickness.

Canadian & US semen Available!

C 45X EXPLOSIVE LAD 47A

One of our new stars! A home raised son of 45X who has left us a termendous set of calves in 2015! Bone, pigment and lots of thickness. You will see a lot of this bull.

MVF 219T STD TURIN LAD 81Y

81 Y has developed into a big, free moving, loose hided bull.

Siring extra length, hair and lots of muscle! His first sons will be a feature in our sale.

Also in Use:

MW DAKOTA LAD 121Z LCI BD 311 TOTAL 355B

C 326N YES I CAN 127Y LCI 028X Sensation 121B

Special Thanks to All Bidders & Buyers who helped make our 2015 spring bull sale one of the BEST in Canada!

2016 Sale - Thursday, February 18 BRAD & TAMMY, TY & MELISSA

403-734-2111 Box 337, Cluny, AB T0J 0S0 Bradâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cell: 403-934-8714 Email corbiell@pcc-inet.ca Ty, D.V.M.: 403-934-0297 6.4km N., 1km W. of Fas Gas Service Station on Hwy 1 at Hwy 842, Cluny, AB

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BRETON WEST HEREFORDS Since 1974

We Are Proud of These

H O M E G R O W N H E R D S I R E S

New Sires: COURTENAY Lad 15A

A unique pedigreed, easy fleshing polled bull from the Lewis family on Vancouver Island.

DW Advance 30U Lad 52A

This Fraser bull really impresses us with his length, muscle, correctness, 44cm perfect scrotum, markings and hair with a nice disposition.

HIGHMARK Baltimore 2B

This polled bull was purchased from Ralph Eggins. He was our #1 pick of all the bulls in the RFI Trial #5 at Olds College. He has excellent structure, length, muscling, pigment, hair,and disposition.

NESP 39Z

BRETON WEST 75W Zeal 39Z Zeal is the real deal and definitely one of the very best we’ve raisedl. We have 2 crops of calves by this impressive bull and 4 from his sire Victory 75W, so YOU could use 39Z next year! He is an easy keeper with an excellent disposition, perfect feet, length, correctness, great hair and pigment.

BRETON WEST 52Y Alex 12A

This son of our homegrown Yahoo 52Y is breeding 25 heifers and a few cows. His pedigree is full of perfect udder'd cows.

LLPH 23A

BRETON WEST 52Y Bold 57B

This Yahoo son had top end raw RFI data in Trial #6. He is beefy and correct, with excellent scrotal shape and size. His dam is a big volume beautiful cow with a terrific level udder.

Purebred Females for Sale

BRETON WEST P 42X Apache 23A This Polled bull is being used on heifers for the 2nd year. His calves were born very easily and are like peas in a pod. He has a unique pedigree, excellent growth, is from a top family as we’ve used sons of 5 out of the first 6 cows along the bottom line of his pedigree. We feel he is good enough for ANY herd. Consider him for yours!

Any Age Any Day Any Number of Females

BULLS FOR SALE including Homegrown Herdsires at all times

Thank-You to all of our Customers!

We appreciate your business.

NESP 137Y

BRETON WEST 1U Prince 137Y This son of our popular 2008 Supremacy Sale topper is an easy keeping, easy fleshing, and easy calving bull that’s also very easy on the eyes. He has perfect feet, full pigment and an excellent dam. He has never had grain in his life!

Eugene, Norma, and Leonard Poholka Ph: (780) 696-3878 Leonard’s Cell: (780) 898-9590 Fax: (780) 696-3777

GE EPD 94

Box 325, Breton, Alberta TOC OPO Email: bretonwest@gmail.com http://bretonwestherefords.com

5 mi. W. of Breton on #616, 2 mi. S. on Rge Rd. #50, 1 mi. W. on #474, 1 1/2 mi. S. on Rge. Rd. #51, 1/2 mi. W.

Thank you to the Alberta Hereford Association for selecting us as Purebred Breeder of the Year 2015!

New Herd Sire

FE 60X STANMORE LAD 334A Owned with Crone Herefords

Thank you to this year’s buyers!

RUT 42W RED LAD 74A Sold to David Mitchell, Maidstone, SK

RUT 10X AMIGO LAD 81A Sold to Don Hopaluk, Wainwright, AB

RUT 42W SUPER RED LAD 87A Sold to Miller Ranches, Haneceville, BC

RUT 42W SUPER RED LAD 76A Sold to Blair Fenton, Irma, AB

RUT 42W RED LAD 83A Sold to Clinton Brost, Consol, SK

RUT 204X GOLDEN LAD 131A Sold to Bennett Ranch, Clive, AB East Central Bull Sale Champion

RUT 10X AMIGO LAD 78A Sold to Fenton Hereford Ranch Inc, Irma, AB

RUT 10X AMIGO LAD 86A Sold to Crone Hereford, Hardisty, AB

RUT 1Y LANDLORD LAD 3B Sold to Little Poplar Grove Herefords, Forestburg, AB

Ken & Michele Rutledge and Family

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F STANDARD 85A DOMINO 24R Sire: MN 24R ASTER BRIT 217U MN 64F STANETTE 6217H

EHF 217U ASTER BRIT 23X

MN 239H STANDARD LAD 10R Dam: EHF BUSHMAN LADY 30T EHF 27G BUSHMAN LASS ET 78P

LO 114J STD LAD 37N Sire: WINDIMUIR 37N LAD 4S WINDIMUIR HELMA 84L

HZ 4S STANDARD LAD 15X

WINDIMUIR LEGACY 19K Dam: HZ 19K DORA 6N CRM 2P DORA 903J

MVF 63A STANDARD LAD 229L Sire: HZ 229L STAN LAD 22T MVF 022J STAN DOM LASS 31R

HZ 22T STD DOM 35Z

MVF 25G STANDARD VOLT LAD 226L Dam: MVF 226L STD DOM LASS 871U MVF 112J STD DOM LASS 810R

Select Bull and Heifer calves ~“Pure Bred” and “Commercial” ~ For SALE this Fall

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Thank you for the support and confidence you have shown in our program this past year!

Misty Valley Farms Buyers 2015:

Garrett Ranch, Landis, Sask.

Brost Land & Cattle Co., Irvine, Ab. MN Herefords, Airdrie, Ab. Wilson Bros., McCord, Sask.

Douglas Lake Cattle Co., Douglas Lake, B.C. Spring Meadows Ranch, Lion’s Head, Ont. Peggy Herman, Bindloss, Ab. Bar X Ranch, Kirriemuir, Ab. Bar T Livestock, Earl Grey, Sask.

Carl Russwurm, Mildmay, Ont. Tomahawk Ranch, Duffield, Ab. Bill Day, Consort, Ab. OK Ranch, Mankota, Sask.

Keith Lawrence, Keremeos, B.C. Guenther Ranch, Consort, Ab. Crow Cattle Co. Ltd., Wiarton, Ont.

Crandall Ranch, Winnipegosis, Mb. Karla Crandall, Alonsa, Mb. Shane Wilkinson, McDowell, Sask.

Raymore Colony, Raymore, Sask.

Jeff Hyam, Claydon, Sask.

Sugarloaf Ranch, Kamloops, B.C. Holloway Farms Ltd., Castor, Ab. Keith Davies, LaCorey, Ab. Pinebutte Ranch, Cranbrook, B.C. Bob Gristwood, Loon Lake, Sask.

Cal Ramsay, Cutknife, Sask.

Lawview Herefords, Cypress River, Mb. Bannerlane Herefords, Livelong, Sask.

Kevin Scott, McCreary, Mb. Lanni Bristow, Heinsburg, Ab. Harvey Zeiger, Barrhead, Ab.

Jeremy Nelson, Maidstone, Sask.

Dexter Slugoski, Loon Lake, Sask.

Birch Meadows Ranch, Ashern, Mb. KJ Larre Ranching, St. Walburg, Sask.

Jackson Ames, Birsay, Sask.

Hannah Ames, Birsay, Sask.

Norway Valley Farms Ltd., Heinsburg, Ab. Curtis Goehring, Schuler, Ab. Harvey Hlavka, Minton, Sask.

Darren Hannis, Paradise Hill, Sask.

Ross Harmel, Maidstone, Sask.

Calerdon Farms, Vegreville, Ab. Bobbie & Kelly Doepker, Maidstone, Sask.

Simkin Ranch, Veteran, Ab.

High Selling Heifer 2015:

High Selling Bull 2015:

MVF 21R STD DERMOT LAD 32A

MVF 141X STD LASS 41A

Sold to Garrett Ranch, Landis, Sk.for $12,000

Sold to PineButte Ranch, $8,000.

Cranbrook, B.C. for

HERDSIRES IN USE IN THE PUREBRED PASTURES:

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BBSF 46P TURIN 219T RC 51S MAGNUM LAD 51Y BAR-OM 106S STANDARD LAD 604W RUT 30U CLASSIC LAD 44Z YV 232N SILVER STONE 923W MN 6S MO LE LAD 75Z - NEW LBH 39T STERLING 29X BRETON WEST 75W LAZER 83Z

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MVF 219T STANDARD LAD 235X - NEW BAR-OM 604W STANDARD LAD 606Z - NEW AGA 2U BRITISHER 16Y C 24U RED ARROW 81A - NEW BANNERLANE YANKEE VALLEY 36Y LBH 106T STANDARD 121A - NEW AGA 109U RIB STANDARD 38Y BBSF 40X ATTACKER 207A -NEW

PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR 40TH ANNUAL PRODUCTION SALE ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH, 2016

Harold, Alice & Merle Oddan Ph/Fax 306-893-2783

Maurice, Ellen, Mark & Tracy Oddan Ph 306-893-2737 Fax 306-893-2777 R,R, #1 Maidstone, SK S0M 1MO 20 km N. of Maidstone on Hwy 21, 6.5 km W. on Hwy 303, then 6 km N. on Range Road 3241 OR 38.5 km E. of Lloydminster on Hwy 303, then 6 km N. on Range Road 3241.

Email mvf@sasktel.net

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CHA Executive Director’s first-hand account of Australia’s Hereford and beef industry - the result of a trip to attend BEEF 2015 and the Wodonga National Show and Sale

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I was very excited to be able to experience, firsthand, another country’s beef industry in which I had always been interested. I knew quite a bit about the Australian beef industry’s extensive reliance on exports and the structure of Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) – its national cattle association. But the similarities in the challenges faced by Australia’s and Canada’s purebred and commercial producers on a daily basis, was very eye-opening. Even though this massive country seems worlds away in distance, our similarities shed new light on why the global Hereford fraternity is made up of strong relationships and partnerships.

The Australian beef cattle industry is made up of 13.4 million beef cows and heifers and 70% of their total beef and veal production is exported.

Whereas Canada’s cowherd is smaller at just over 4.3 million beef cows and heifers, Canada also relies heavily on exports. About 46% of Canadian beef production is exported annually. The main difference is, Canada’s finishing practices allows us to produce 20% more beef per carcass. The differences in size and scale aren’t really as

important as our united reliance on export markets, however. In the absence of those markets, domestic cattle prices would suffer significantly in both countries.

My stay was two weeks long and I attended a variety of initiatives and shows that were supported by the Australian Hereford Association and its breeders. At the halter show at BEEF 2015, the tradeshow pens of Hereford and Hereford cross bulls, the Hereford Influence display at BEEF 2015 and the 2015 National Show and Sale at Wodonga, we had the opportunity to meet many breeders and Hereford enthusiasts.

“BEEF” is a week-long event that takes place every three years. It is a largescale beef industry and trade show where producers and industry come to meet. Over 18,000 visitors from Australia and around the globe were in attendance. During the halter show at BEEF 2015, 31 breeds were displayed with a total of over 1,800 head being shown on the halter. This includes about 40 Hereford and Hereford influence cattle.

The Hereford Halter Show at BEEF 2015 was well attended and supported. After the dust settled,

Kanimbla Miss K H100 with calf at side, exhibited by the Holt family of Tondara Herefords, NSW, was “sashed” Champion Female. Tondara Clines Vendetta J303, exhibited by eight-year-old Thomas Holt was “sashed” Champion Bull.

At Wodonga, 144 bulls exhibited by 48 breeders took part in the National show and sale. The show was judged

by Canadian Lance Leachman, of Big Gully Farms, Saskatchewan. Lance’s wife Sheri was also there.

Judge Leachman named Ivybank John J10, bred by Allan and Colleen Green of Ivybank Poll Herefords, NSW, Grand Champion Polled Bull. EDR Civil War, bred by David Russell, EDR Herefords, of Tasmania, was named Champion Horned Bull. The Reserve Champion Horned Bull was awarded to Mawarra Calibre, sired by Big Gully 611 Bounty 517U, bred by the Sykes family of Mawarra Herefords. The Sykes family brought a big string of high quality bulls to Wodonga and were rewarded with top placings throughout the show. Days Whiteface of Bordertown, South Australia, took home Reserve Champion Polled Bull with Days Carbine J141 and went on to be the most decorated polled string.

Caitlyn Warner, Chris Lees, Shari Leachman, Stephen Scott, Peter Sykes, John McKew, Steve Reid

Kanimbla Miss K H100 - Grand Champion Female at Beef 2015

$40,000 Yarrandabbie Jingle J018; Purchased by YavenVale Herefords

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The sale averaged $7,587 and grossed over $1 million with the high-seller going to Yarrandabbie Jingle J018, bred by Yarrandabbie Poll Herefords, NSW. Yarrandabbie Jingle J018 sold for $40,000 to YavenVale Herefords and Poll Herefords, of NSW. The beef industry in Australia has definitely embraced the use of EPDs to a higher level than what we see in North America. That is especially the case with carcass EPDs. That being said, there is still the dichotomy in breeding focus by breeders. For some breeders the uptake on EPDs is extreme, while others are on the other end of the spectrum, where phenotype and conformation are king - very similar to the spectrum we see in our Canadian system.

On sale day, there was a ver y notable premium given to bulls with exceptional carcass and maternal EPDs. The focus on using EPDs for breed improvement from all breeds of cattle was very apparent.

A long w it h a ver y successf ul

The Canadian Hereford Association took this opportunity to present a banner congratulating the Association and Wodonga Sale Committee on organizing this successful event for 50 years. In Canada, there are only a few consignment bulls sales similar to Wodonga left. Anyone involved in these sales will appreciate the organization and breeder support needed to continue these great events.

My message to the breeders in the room revolved around building r e l at ion s h ip s , a s s o c i at ion t o association, breeder to breeder and Hereford youth to Hereford youth.

During the AGM, Herefords Australia CEO John McKew also called the membership to look to the future on creating a better all-around product through a focused effort on data recording and the overall acceptance of EPDs – a struggle that is mirrored by the whole beef industry. That being said, there wasn’t a stall that I visited at BEEF 2015 or Wodogna

On sale day, there was a very notable premium given to bulls with exceptional carcass and maternal EPDs. The focus on using EPDs for breed improvement from all breeds of cattle was very apparent. sale, the 50th anniversary of the Wodonga Show and Sale was marked by a wonderful banquet at which organizers went out of their way to welcome the international contingent.

50th Wodonga National Show and Sale; judged by Lance Leachman

that didn’t have extensive EPDs and ultrasound data available for all to see. From my perspective, the willingness to collect data seems to come f rom a w ider ac c ept a nc e of EPDs due to the national cattle organization, MLA (similar to our CCA) having a vested interest in the genetic improvement of the Australian cattle population.

A f t e r v i s it i ng Yavenvale and Centennial Farms and inquiring about ho w b r e e d i ng decisions were made, I was astounded to hear answers

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that I’ve only heard out of the mouths of geneticists - the translation between research and application has been very successful in Australia.

While traveling, I had the chance to inquire about the Hereford legacy in Australia. It was expressed that Hereford cattle dominated in Australia as much as the tropical breeds. While the bos-indicus cattle can better handle ticks, heat and the challenges of an extreme environment, these breeds are plagued by the eating quality of their beef. Since their introduction to Australia, Bos-indicus cattle represent the largest segment of the cattle industry in the Australian states of Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia.

The majority of the cattle in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania are Bos-taurus cattle such as Herefords and Angus. In Australia, the Hereford Legacy is similar to that of Canada - the once dominant white-faced cattle having been replaced with a wide variety of other breeds, as the competition in the cattle industry intensified.

Similar to North America, Angus is a very prominent breed, due to the demand of a very effective beef marketing campaign. But despite the

G 1947Maternal Since Sound Correct

Horned Herefords

LO 931N ASTER LAD 25U ◊ MN 17P STANDARD LAD 535Y ◊ VERBEEK 9T SILVER CHIEF 70Y Thanks to our Williams Lake Bull Sale and Private Treaty Buyers

Also in Use

Bob & Colleen Gowans & Family 202 Campbell Range Road, Kamloops, BC V2C 6W4

Phone: 250.573.4088 email: deanfieldranch@yahoo.ca

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long standing focus on Angus beef, other breeds have stepped to the plate to show their “steak” in the industry.

Hereford Australia has launched a new competitive line of Hereford branded products. Hereford True beef is a high end, straight Herefordbred, grass finished product which we had the opportunity to taste at its unveiling at BEEF 2015. Compared to the branded products offered from Angus, Speckle Park and Shorthorn, the Hereford True product shined as the clean winner with superior flavour and tenderness in the headto-head taste test.

“It wouldn’t be possible without the processing and market ing partnership we have formed with our processor, Atron Enterprises,” says McKew, stressing the importance of the relationship Hereford Australia

50th Annual Wodonga Bull Sale

has with Atron Enterprises, to get Hereford True off the ground, give it the momentum it needs and sustain the program, long term.

I’d like to thank my Canadian travel companions from the Agribition delegation, including Sheri Leachman and Chris Lees. During this trip, I had the opportunity to discuss possible ways to align the Canadian and Australian Associations in their support of Hereford youth programs and in keeping youth engaged in the Hereford breed. Genetic data transfer between the associations was also discussed, in the interests of a more seamless marketplace. We also had the opportunity to extend a warm Canadian welcome for Australian breeders and enthusiasts to take advantage of the incoming buyers programs at both Agribition and

FarmFair.

I received many positive comments about peoples’ exper ience and memories from World Hereford Conference 2012. I’d like to extend a huge thank you to all the breeders who warmly welcomed us into their stalls, to John McKew and the Association staff for looking after us on our tour and a special thanks to Kanimbla Poll Hereford, Centennial Herefords and YavenVale Herefords for touring us through their great operations – I look forward to our next visit and welcome any members of the Australian Hereford fraternity to Canada at any time.

Farmfair International is an amazing opportunity to market your operation to thousands of potential buyers. From livestock genetics to the latest equipment, this is where the world’s agricultural community comes together to be seen and make businesses grow.

Definitely worth the trip.

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Kootenay 8X Bonnie 53C

Kootenay 15Z Beefman 10C Performance with low birth weight

Kootenay 15Z Willow 3C

Kootenay 15Z Progress 52C Out of a Traveller 2 Year Old

Kootenay 8X Forever 30A and her 15Z heifer calf: Kootenay 15Z Daydreamer 17C

itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all coming together...

From Northwestern, to Duramax, to Beef 15Z and now Century,

Ed Conroy (250) 365-3270

Box 3171, Castlegar, BC V1N 3H5

www.Kootenayph.com Kootenayph@gmail.com

Murray Gore (604) 582-3499

www.kootenayph.com

for more details go to our website

We have a good group of herd sire prospects for sale at the farm, birthweights range from 74 lbs to 88 lbs.

Kootenay 15Z Rita 60C and Dam

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eith Gilmore

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$1

Congratulations to the KGF 2015 Scholarship Winners!

Ellen Crane Cardigan, PEI

Cassandra Gorrill

Cody Garrett

Heather Fisher-Leblanc

Lindsay, ON

Landis, SK

Williams Lake, BC

Donated by: Victor and Novadawn Oulton of Oulton’s Farm Purchased by: Jeff & Debbie Paul from Aldergrove, BC

Embryo Lots Donated by: Allan Marshall of AXA Farms

Embryo Lot 1 - $900 Embryo Lot 2 - $900 OLTN 90X COVER GIRL 8C

Purchased by: NCX Polled Herefords from Brosseau AB

Purchased by: Peter Bekker from Antigonish, NS

{DLF IEF HYF}

OLTN 90X COVER GIRL 8C - $5000

Dam of Embryo lots REMITALL NADINE 3S

KGF Heifer & Embryo Fundraising Auction

Sire of Embryo lots NJW FHF 9710 TANK 45P

$2500 Hereford Youth Scholarships

Opportunities to Contribute Fundraising Auction

21 Annual Hardisty Field Day August 20, 2015 st

Hardisty, Alberta

Bar Pipe’s Pick

Southern Alberta Hereford Tour September 20, 2015 at the

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Conference Early Bird Registration Deadline September 15, 2015.

Visit www.hereforduruguay2016.org for details PROGRAM 16 Saturday, 17 Sunday Pre-Conference Tour 17 Sunday Welcome drinks - Sheraton Hotel 18 Monday Visit to Hereford breeder farm and KiyĂş Test Station.

19 Tuesday Meeting WHC at Rural Association Countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Reports Keynote Conference Opening Ceremony 20 Wednesday Conferences Network Gathering 21 Thursday Show and Jury Gala Sales 22 Friday Show and Jury Gala Dinner 23 Saturday, 24 Sunday & 25 Monday Post Conference Tours Visit to Hereford breeders farms

www.hereforduruguay2016.org

Group Departure Options Group airline seats have been blocked on American Airlines from Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Montreal for travel April 14-23, 2016 for the pre-tour and the conference. For those wanting to stay for the post tour a deviation may be made to the group space.

Limited Space Available. Book by Dec. 15, 2015 (subject to availability).

Below are the airfares from the origins.

Please note that only the airfare is guaranteed. Taxes fluctuate and will be confirmed at the time of ticketing.

Origin

Calgary Toronto Vancouver Montreal

Guaranteed Airfare:

$1619

$1573

$1739

$1565

Approximate Taxes:

$181

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$168

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Total CAD per person: $1800

All prices are in Canadian Dollars. A service fee of $50 + gst per person will apply to the above rates.

View flight details and current airfares at

Hereford.ca Secure your space today by contacting Monica Hillis Independent Travel Manager direct (403) 203-9266 toll free 1 (866) 703-3041 monica.hillis@TierOnetravel.com 303, 37 Richard Way SW Calgary AB Canada T3E 7M8

To book your flights!

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BONANZA 2015 SPONSORS

DIAMOND

Copper Creek Ranch

New Brunswick Dept. of Agriculture

PLATINUM

Cavendish Agri Services

GOLD

Bonanza GIC Fund - Junior Account Maritime Junior Hereford Association Province of New Brunswick- Gold

SILVER

Nova Scotia Hereford Club Hillspring Farms

AXA Polled Herefords and Allan Marshall and Associates Keith Gilmore Foundation John Deere

BRONZE

Alumni of Nova Scotia Junior Hereford Association Lawrence Kidney Memorial Shur-Gain Old Dutch Foods Maritime Hereford Association Blueline New Holland Media Smart AC Stevenson and Partners Ltd. Dalhousie Faculty of Agriculture

Cattle in Motion LLC Masterfeeds Brook Field Lime OVHF SK OVHF AB F Hub International Atlantic Ltd. Livestock Media Plus Farm Credit Canada Cox & Palmer

Show Sponsors Manitoba Junior Hereford Association Willow Pond Farm AM Ranching Blair-Athol Thunderbrook Farms Carter’s Auction Services and Mid-Way Farm Herefords Today T Bar C Cattle Company Goodine Farm Polled Herefords Jay Rimke Early Bird Farm Canadian Hereford Digest

Barefoot Polled Herefords Guilford Farms and Xports International 3-D-L Farm BNC Polled Herefords The Cliffs Farms Corp Creek Farms Samantha and Levi Rimke, MB Hidden Meadow Farms Glenvale Polled Herefords Mission Ridge Herefords Young’s Polled Herefords Oultons Farm

FRIENDS

Thank You Judges

ABS South East Hereford Club in memory of Vance Wilson Purina

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Showmanship Scott Gaunce Open Grooming Kurt Duncan Open Show Stephen & Jennie Mutch Open Judging Ellen and Bennett Crane Team Judging Trevor & Taylor Welsh

Team Marketing Brian Trueman & Brendon Crane Team Show Basics David and Ben Alward Little League Grooming Catherine Brown & Adam Fraser Great Griller CJHA Adult Advisors

Hugh J. Cameron Professional Corporation DVL publishing Cyril Hiltz - Balsam Country Farm Photography Thaddeus Holownia Public Speaking Beth Trueman, Bobby-Jo Hickey, Ashley Black Art, Literature & Scrapbook Jenna Bailey, Kristina Parkinson, Kim Culberson Advertising Competition Stephen and Christine Myer - Standard Hill Livestock

Ring People Ashley Black, Bennett Crane and Jay Rimke Marshals Don Hess, Kevin Fraser, Paul & Jennifer Mastine, Adam Fraser, Michael Goodine Clerks Michelle Rimke, Bobby Jo Hickey

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Bonanza 2015

Living the Hereford Dream!

The 36th Annual Canadian Junior Hereford Association Bonanza was held in Fredericton, New Brunswick, July 28th to August 1st, at the Fredericton Exhibition Grounds. Organizers of Bonanza 2015 included Victor and Nova Dawn Oulton, Dale and Lisa Black and several CHA and CJHA members and volunteers. The organizers put together a fantastic show with its own Maritime flair, including a traditional lobster supper, courtesy of AXA Polled Herefords.

The theme - “Living the Hereford Dream” - captures the experience of attending Bonanza as a junior, making lasting memories and creating opportunities for juniors to establish their own Hereford dreams.

This year’s Bonanza featured 110 head of cattle and 86 juniors who demonstrated that the future of the breed is in capable hands.

We look forward to Bonanza 2016, which will be held in Olds, Alberta August 9th to 13th, 2016 at the Olds Exhibition Grounds.

Ellen Crane Maritime Hereford Association President

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Pee Wee Showmanship & Grooming Sponsored by: Alumni of the NS Jr Hereford Club Champion Pee Wee Grooming Jack Raymond, NB

Reserve Champion Junior Showman Gabrielle Cheremshynski, AB

Reserve Champion Pee Wee Grooming Brock Black, NB

Champion Junior Grooming Gabrielle Cheremshynski, AB

Champion Pee Wee Showman Rebecca Hess, ON

Junior Showmanship & Grooming Sponsored by: AXA Polled Herefords

Reserve Champion Pee Wee Showman Mercedes Mastine, QC Reserve Champion Junior Grooming Dallas Hunter, NB Champion Junior Showman Owen Grundy, ON

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Bonanza 2015 Results Intermediate Showmanship & Grooming Sponsored by: Cavendish Agri Services

Champion Intermediate Showman Andrew Mastine, QC

Senior Showmanship & Grooming Sponsored by: Dalhousie Faculty of Agriculture

Bred & Owned

Champion Senior Showman Grand Champion Showperson Sponsored by: Copper Creek Ranch, BC Justin McLaughlin, ON

Grand Champion Bred & Owned Female Supreme Champion Bred & Owned Animal Sponsored by: Masterfeeds Wyatt Oulton, NS with OLTN 100W BOMBSHELL 30B by NJW 73S M326 TRUST 100W ET

Female

Reserve Intermediate Showman Kylee Dixon, SK Reserve Champion Senior Showman Reserve Grand Champion Showman Sponsored by: Cavendish Agri. Services Cassandra Gorrill, ON

Champion Intermediate Grooming Orianna Hyndman, MB

Reserve Grand Champion Bred & Owned Female Sponsored by: AXA Polled Herefords Justin McLaughlin, ON with KIDS 521X CHARITY 1T 8C by TH 122 71L VICTOR 521X ET Male

Champion Senior Grooming Grand Champion Grooming Dylan Mastine, QC

Grand Champion Bred & Owned Male Sponsored by: Masterfeeds Ethan Stone, ON with EJH 3W COMMOTION 14X 1C by NBG 69T THE WONDERER 36R 3W

Reserve Champion Intermediate Grooming Bennett Foster, MB

Reserve Champion Senior Grooming Reserve Grand Champion Grooming Colt Mastine, QC

Reserve Grand Champion Bred & Owned Male Sponsored by: Maritime Hereford Association Wyatt Oulton, NS with OLTN 13X COPPERHEAD ROAD by HI-CLIFFE WLB SAMMY 13X 107

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Semen Donation Commercial Show Market Steer Show Semen Donation Female Sponsored by: Livestock Media Plus

Commercial Hereford

Straight Bred Hereford Steer

Champion Semen Donation Female & Grand Champion Semen Donation Animal Sponsored by: New Brunswick Dept. of Agriculture Wyatt Oulton, NS with OLTN 100W BOMBSHELL 30B by NJW 73S M326 TRUST 100W ET

Champion Commercial Hereford Sponsored by: Cavendish Agri Services Hayley Kemp, PEI withFROSTY TIPS by BURNSIDE RIBEYE 13Z

Grand Champion Market Steer Sponsored by: Hillspring Farms, NB Nicholas Cheremshynski, AB with NCX BRUNO by HEREFORD

Reserve Champion Commercial Hereford Sponsored by: Nova Scotia Hereford Club Dallas Hunter, NB with DREAM GIRL by ANGUS

Reserve Grand Champion Market Steer Sponsored by: John Deere Canada Christopher Bell, ON with DOUBLE-KNOT BOTTOMS UP 7B by REMITALL PURE LUCK 155U

Junior Yearling Heifer

Senior Yearling Heifer

Champion Junior Yearling Heifer Sponsored by: T-Bar C Cattle Company Wyatt Oulton, NS with OLTN 100W BOMBSHELL 30B by NJW 73S M326 TRUST 100W ET

Champion Senior Yearling Heifer Open Reserve Grand Champion Female Sponsored by: Herefords Today & Copper Creek Ranch, BC Kylee Dixon, SK with OLTN 4T BELLE OF THE BALL 11B by HAROLDSON’S WLL ANCHOR 4T

Semen Donation Male Champion Semen Donation Male Re s e r ve G ra n d C h a m p i o n S e m e n Donation Animal Sponsored by: Maritime Jr Hereford Association

Wyatt Oulton, NS with OLTN 13X COPPERHEAD ROAD by HI-CLIFFE WLB SAMMY 13X

Open Show Heifer Calf

Champion Heifer Calf Sponsored by: Manitoba Jr Hereford Association Rebecca Hess, ON with KIDS 521X CHARITY 1T by TH 122 71L VICTOR 521X

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Reserve Champion Heifer Calf Sponsored by: The Cliff’s Farm Will Raymond, NB with EARLYBIRD 26A 7U VICTORIA 10C by GHC MACH 11 26A

Reserve Champion Junior Yearling Heifer Sponsored by: AXA Polled Herefords Allison Mastine, QC with BLACK-RIVER BACARDI 36B by CCR 57G STAMINA ET 199S

Reserve Champion Senior Yearling Heifer Sponsored by: BNC Polled Herefords Ethan Stone, ON with EJH 69T BYNTALIA 14X 1B by NBG 69T THE WONDERER 36R ET 3W

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Bonanza 2015 Results Senior Female Sponsored by: Guilford Farms & Xports International INC

Champion Senior Female Open Grand Champion Female Sponsored by: Carter’s Auction Services & Copper Creek Ranch, BC Gabrielle Cheremshynski,AB with NCX MISS ALEXIS 2A by TRIARA UNLEASHED 893U with NCX MISS CLARITY

Bull Calf Three Head From One Family

Champion Bull Calf Open Grand Champion Bull Sponsored by: Thunderbrook Farms, NS & Copper Creek Ranch, BC Caitlyn Brake, NB with AXA 10Y HOMETOWN ET 704C by NJW 73S W81 HOMETOWN 10Y

Sponsored by ShurGain 1) The Oulton Family, NS 2) The Cheremshynski Family, AB 3) The Mastine Family, QC Group of Five From One Province

35C by BARE MR YOU TUBE 4Y

Reserve Champion Senior Female Sponsored by: Hidden Meadow Farms & Province of New Brunswick Mitch Best, NS with LCPH 5T MISS EMERALD 8Y by CCR 57G STAMINA ET 199S with MAST-R

Reserve Champion Bull Calf Sponsored by: Oulton’s Farm, NS Mitch Best, NS with BENTVILLE GREASER 4C by LCPH 804 CASH-IN 7A Junior Bull

Sponsored by Cattle in Motion 1) Maritimes 2) Quebec 3) Alberta

Premier Breeder

CATHY 323C by WLB LEGO 83T 90X

Champion Junior Bull Open Reserve Grand Champion Bull Sponsored by: Corp Creek Farm, ON & Blueline New Holland Wyatt Oulton, NS with OLTN 743 BAM BAM 6B by CRR ABOUT TIME 743

Sponsored by Cavendish Agri. Services Wyatt Oulton, NS

Reserve Champion Junior Bull Sponsored by: Farm Credit Canada Memphis Mastine, QC with STONEWOOD BUERHLE 9B by THR THOR 4029

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Open Judging

Sponsored by: Dalhousie Faculty of Ag.

Team Judging

Sponsored by: Maritime Hereford Association

1. Alberta 2. Saskatchewan 3. Maritimes Pee Wee 1. Luke Andrews, SK 2. Teegan Hyndman, MB

Junior 1. Gabrielle Cheremshynski, AB

Team Show Basics Sponsored by: Cattle in Motion

Public Speaking

Sponsored by: The Keith Gilmore Foundation Prepared Speeches

Pee Wee 1. Brock Black, NB 2. Teegan Hyndman, MB 3. Jeanathan Cheremshynski, AB

2. Owen Grundy, ON

Intermediate 1. Maggie Jo Hickson, ON 2. Orianna Hyndman, MB

Senior 1. Adam Smith, ON 2. Cassandra Gorrill, ON

Little League Grooming

Sponsored by: Farm Credit Canada

1. Maritimes 2. Manitoba 3. Ontario

Team Marketing Sponsored by: AC Stevenson & Partners LTD

Junior 1. Lane Findlater, NB 2. Terry Ennis, ON 3. Dallas Hunter, NB

Intermediate 1. Makayla Hunter, NB 2. Brandon Fraser, AB

Senior 1. Larissa Lupul, AB

1. Manitoba 2. Saskatchewan 3. Maritimes

1. Alberta 2. Manitoba 3. Ontario

Stall & Booth Competition

Impromptu Speeches Intermediate 1. Emma Cross, AB 2. Levi Rimke, MB 3. Maggie Jo Hickson, ON

Senior 1. Adam Smith, ON 2. Cassandra Gorrill, ON 3. Connor Morse, NS

Friday - Manitoba

Open CJHA Promotional Video

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Photography

Section A: Hereford Cattle Only Sponsored by: DVL Publishing Pee Wee 1. Abigail Hunter, NB 2. Jordan McFarlane, NS 3. Cameron Grundy, ON

Junior 1. Prairie McNeely, AB 2. Gabrielle Cheremshynski, AB 3. Lane Findlater, NB

Intermediate 1. Christopher Bell, ON 2. Maggie Jo Hickson, ON 3. Jake Matheson, PEI

Intermediate 1. Jade Ouellet, QC

Junior 1. Katelyn Mastine-Grandsire, QC

2. Maggie Jo Hickson, ON 3. Christopher Bell, ON

2. Owen Grundy, ON 3. Katelyn Mastine-Grandsire, QC

2. Jason Mastine-Grandsire, QC 3. Larissa Lupul, AB

Senior 1. Jason Mastine-Grandsire, QC

Intermediate 1. Makayla Hunter, NB

Section B: Hereford Cattle With One or More Persons Pee Wee 1. Rebecca Hess, ON

2. Samantha Rimke, MB 3. Allison Mastine, QC

2. Kylee Dixon, SK 3. Andrew Mastine, QC

Section C: Commercial Hereford Event Pee Wee 1. Brock Black, NB

Senior 1. Colt Mastine, QC

Senior 1. Colt Mastine, QC

2. Gavin Bradley, ON 3. Teegan Hyndman, MB

Junior 1. Katelyn Mastine-Grandsire, QC

2. Teegan Hyndman, MB 3. Rebecca Hess, ON

2. Jason Mastine-Grandsire, QC 3. Samantha Rimke, MB

2. Owen Grundy, ON 3. Austin Fraser, NS

Hereford Art

Sponsored by: Hub International Atlantic Limited

Section A: Cattle Sale or Event Poster Pee Wee 1. Teegan Hyndman, MB 2. Teegan Hyndman, MB 3. Luke Andrews, SK

Junior 1. Matthew Charlton, SK 2. Matthew Charlton, SK 3. Terry Ennis, ON

Intermediate 1. Shae-Lynn Bell, ON 2. Orianna Hyndman, MB 3. Kylee Dixon, SK

Senior 1. Larissa Lupul, AB 2. Allison Mastine, QC 3. Allison Mastine, QC

Section B: Collage Pee Wee 1. Teegan Hyndman, MB 2. Camryn Grundy, ON 3. Brock Black, NB

Junior 1. Owen Grundy, ON 2. Austin Fraser, NS 3. Austin Fraser, NS

Intermediate 1. Christopher Bell, ON 2. Andrew Mastine, QC 3. Makayla Hunter, NB

Senior 1. Allison Mastine, QC 2. Wyatt Oulton, NS 3. April-Jean Hickson, ON

Section C: Hand Drawn Pee Wee 1. Abigail Hunter, NB 2. Brock Black, NB 3. Teegan Hyndman, MB

Junior 1. Dallas Hunter, NB 2. Katelyn Mastine-Grandsire, QC 3. Gabrielle Cheremshynski, AB

Intermediate 1. Makayla Hunter, NB 2. Makayla Hunter, NB 3. Sadie-Jean Hickson, ON

Senior 1. Allison Mastine, QC

Section D: One Page Advertisement for Magazine Pee Wee 1. Brock Black, NB 2. Teegan Hyndman, MB 3. Teegan Hyndman, MB

Junior 1. Katelyn Mastine-Grandsire, QC 2. Austin Fraser, NS 3. Katelyn Mastine-Grandsire, QC

Intermediate 1. Jade Ouellet, QC 2. Andrew Mastine, QC 3. Orianna Hyndman, MB

Senior 1. Larissa Lupul, AB 2. Colt Mastine, QC 3. Colt Mastine, QC

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Literature

Sponsored by: Keith Gilmore Foundation Section A: Poem Pee Wee 1.Brock Black, NB 2. Brock Black, NB 3. Rebecca Hess, ON

Junior 1. Austin Fraser, NS 2. Gabrielle Cheremshynski, AB 3. Gabrielle Cheremshynski, AB

Intermediate 1. Kylee Dixon, SK 2. Shae-Lynn Bell, ON 3. Orianna Hyndman, MB

Senior 1. Cassandra Gorrill, ON 2. Samantha Rimke, MB 3. Adam Smith, ON

Section B: Report about an event or true store (3000 words or less) Pee Wee 1. Brock Black, NB 2. Gabrielle Cheremshynski, AB 3. Gabrielle Cheremshynski, AB

Junior 1. Terry Ennis, ON

Intermediate 1. Orianna Hyndman, MB

Junior 1. Austin Fraser, NS

2. Orianna Hyndman, MB 3. Shae-Lynn Bell, ON

2. Terry Ennis, ON 3. Katelyn Mastine-Grandsire, QC

Senior 1. Larissa Lupul, AB

Intermediate 1. Orianna Hyndman, MB

2. Jason Mastine-Grandsire, QC 3. Samantha Rimke, MB

2. Andrew Mastine, QC 3. Kylee Dixon, SK

Section C: Fiction (3000 words or less) Pee Wee 1. Brock Black, NB

Senior 1. Cassandra Gorrill, ON

2. Teegan Hyndman, MB 3. Teegan Hyndman, MB

2. Samantha Rimke, MB 3. Allison Mastine, QC

2. Gabrielle Cheremshynski, AB 3. Gabrielle Cheremshynski, AB

Scrapbook Competition

Provincial Scrapbook

Pee Wee 1. Teegan Hyndman, MB

1) Quebec

Sponsored by: Media Smart

2. Mercedes Mastine, QC 3. Rebecca Hess, ON

Junior 1. Katelyn Mastine-Grandsire, QC

Sponsored by: Media Smart

Great Griller Sponsored by: Steward McKelvey

Intermediate 1. Orianna Hyndman, MB 2. Makayla Hunter, NB 3. Jade Ouellet, QC

Senior 1. Allison Mastine, QC

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1) Alberta 2) Manitoba 3) Ontario

The Winning Ad can be viewed on page 178

2. Nathan McNeely, AB 3. Austin Fraser, NS

2. Jason Mastine-Grandsir, QC 3. Wyatt Oulton, NS

Advertising Competition Sponsored by: Standard Hill Livestock

1) British Columbia 2) Maritimes 3) Ontario

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Individual Aggregate Friends of Bonanza Award

Pee Wee Sponsored by: CJHA

Teegan Hyndman, MB (second from Left)

Junior Sponsored by: MJHA

Gabrielle Cheremshynski, AB

Victor & Novadawn Oulton of Oulton Farms, NS

CJHA Honour Roll

(second from Right)

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T Bar C Donation

Owner of T Bar C, Chris Poley, presents CJHA President Larissa Lupul with a cheque for $14,214.30 - the CJHAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s portion of funds raised in the T Bar Invitational.

Beef Inovation

KGF Scholarship

Intermediate Sponsored by: Province of New Brunswick

Orianna Hyndman, MB (Right)

Senior Sponsored by: AC Stevenson & Partners LTD

Wyatt Oulton, NS (Left)

Grand Aggregate Sponsored by: Copper Creek Ranch

Wyatt Oulton, NS

CJHA President Larissa Lupul (L) Presents Colt Mastine, QC (R) and Cassandra Gorrill, ON (R) with CJHA Honour Roll Plaques.

CJHA KGF Future

Provincial Aggregate of the Breed Sponsored by: NB Dept. of Agriculture Scholarship

KGF Board member Jay Cross presents Ellen Crane with the $10,000 Keith Gilmore Beef Innovation Scholarship.

Hereford Youth

KGF Scholarship

1. Manitoba

Major Jay Fox

Ambassador Award Sponsored by: The Fox Family

(L-R) Morgan Heidecker, SK, Heather Fisher-LeBlanc, BC, Allison Mastine, QC and Adam Smith, ON Recipients of the $2,500 Hereford Youth Scholarship Cassandra Gorrill and Heather Fisher Le-Blanc. (Missing Cody Garret)

Allison Mastine, QC Pee Wee - Emily Thorne, NB Junior - Owen Grundy, ON Intermediate - Bennett Foster, MB

*The CHD would like to extend a special thank-you to Grant Rolston Photography for taking all of the photos used in our Bonanza Results.*

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A Good News Story

This RFI Project Update shows industry-wide benefits

By Stephen Scott E xe cu tive D ire c to r, C a na dia n H e refo rd A s s o ciatio n Karen Schiml C H A Pro g ra m s & M e dia C o o rdina to r Over the past three years, the Canadian Hereford Association and its members have participated in research evaluating the variation for Residual Feed Intake (RFI) in the Hereford breed. Through the course of six trials, data has been collected on over 1,000 animals with the goal of producing EPDs for feed efficiency that can be used by Hereford breeders. The NSERC (Natural Sciences and Research Council)-funded project has now finished. It was competed with the cooperation of the University of Alberta, Olds College and Cattland Feedyards.

RFI has good heritablity at 0.36 (36%) and little influence or correlation with other traits. Research has shown that selecting for RFI may result in as much as a 9-10% reduction in cowherd maintenance costs, a 10-12% reduction in feed intake, a 2530% decrease in methane emissions and a 15-20% decrease in manure production.

RFI is a measure of the variation in feed intake that remains after the requirements for maintenance and growth have been met. Efficient animals eat less than expected and have a negative or low RFI, while inefficient animals eat more than expected and have a positive or high RFI. Residual Intake and Gain points to cattle that eat less than expected when considering their rate of gain. RFI has good heritablity at 0.36 (36%) and little influence or correlation with other traits. Research has shown that selecting for RFI may result in as much as a 9-10% reduction in cowherd maintenance costs, a 10-12% reduction in feed intake, a 25-30% decrease in methane emissions and a 15-20% decrease in manure production.

November 2014 marked the start of Trials 5 with Trial 6 beginning February 2015. The final trial had the participation of 22 producers and another 330 bulls. The bulls entered the 77-day test after a 21-day warm up period. Data collected includes weight, hip height and ultrasound results for backfat thickness, ribeye area and marbling score. The final measurements were taken April 29th and all data was submitted to Dr. John Basarab and

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Dr. John Crowley, so EPDs could be generated for RFI. Over the six trials, 63 producers provided over 1,000 yearling bulls for testing. Ultimately, phenotypic and genotypic data was collected on 1,031 animals and was used to calculate EBVs and EPDs. With the help of Ellen Crane and Little Fort Herefords we were able to add another 90 animals from BC and the Maritime provinces to the RFI dataset in order to calculate RFI EPDs. These animals were tested privately. A total of 5,655 Hereford pedigrees were included in the data to account for relationships among animals and EPDs were generated for over 4,200 head. Of those, nearly 1,500 received functional EPDs with an accuracy of at least 10% (0.1) with some as high as 44% (0.44) accuracy.

Results from the three-year trial showed a 1.73 lb per day difference in feed consumption between the most and least efficient bulls. Using a cost of $0.065/lb of feed, the less efficient bull would cost you $40.04 more each year to feed. Imagine the value of using low RFI sires in your herd to increase you cow herd efficiency? The payback could conceivably be quite substantial.

The next stage of the project will take place during the summer/early fall of 2015. Researchers at the University of Alberta are going to use the feed intake and growth data as well as the genotypes of all the animals that were on test, to make genomically enhanced EPDs. This research will make RFI evaluations more accessible in the future to all breeders. Getting an RFI evaluation could be as easy as submitting a hair sample for analysis.

The CHA would like to extend our gratitude to the following breeders across Canada that have been involved in the RFI Trial.

Richardson Ranch ABH Farms Rock’n “H” Herefords AM Ranching Scott Alta Farms Bar Pipe Hereford Ranch Six South Acres Ltd. Batho Farms Ltd Stauffer Farms Ltd. Breton West Herefords Chestermere Herefords Triangle Acres Copper-T Ranch Ulrich Herefords Courtenay Herefords XTC Herefords Crone Herefords YV Ranch Cutbank Cattle Greg Barber Fenton Hereford Ranch Ronald and June Berg FGP Cattle Donna Beutler Flyer Cattle Co. Gabriel Cheremshynski Gemstone Cattle Co. Neal Church Guilford Farms C. Gordon Church Guilford Hereford Ranch Dace Cochlan Highmark Ranching Dan Gullett Lamport’s Polled Herefords Jeff and Kristina Just Lilybrook Herefords Brad Lamport Little Red Deer Hereford Farm John McElroy Lone Pine Cattle Services Ken Prichard Steven Prichard Los Toros Ranchero Nathan Reimer LV Farms Ltd. Ken Rutledge NBG Herefords Mel Thomson NCX Polled Herefords Doug Troop Noble Butte Farms Inc Ottawa Valley Hereford Farm Michael Volk Phantom Creek Livestock Randy Wagner

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salesresults sales index Hill 70 Quantock Ranch Ltd ............................................................................116 3rd Annual Premier Hereford Bull Sale ..........................................................116 Bannerlane Sale #16 .........................................................................................116 Misty Valley Farms Production Sale with Guest LO Herefords ................117 6th Annual Moving On Bull Sale .....................................................................117 Corbiell Herefords Bull Sale ............................................................................117 Pine Butte Ranch...............................................................................................118 9th Annual Ulrich Herefords Bull and Female Sale .....................................118 Beck Farms & McCoy Cattle Co. 6th Annual Bull Sale ...............................118 Holloway Farms Ltd 5th Annual Hereford Rancher’s Bull Sale ................119 115th Annual Calgary Bull Sale .......................................................................119 4thAnnual Chittick Family Bull Sale ..............................................................120 96th Annual Lloydminster Bull Sale ...............................................................120 Standard Hill Connection Bull Sale ...............................................................121 Harvie Ranching 6th Annual Bull Sale...........................................................121 JoNomn Hereford Ranch & Just-EZ Charolais Joint Bull Sale ....................121 1st Annual Elite Genetics Bull Sale .................................................................122 2015 Fraser’s Total Performance Bull Sale ...................................................122 57th Annual Medicine Hat Spring Bull Show and Sale ...............................123 11th Anual Ranch Ready Bull Sale ..................................................................123 60th Annual East Central Bull Sale .................................................................124 Canada’s Red White & Black Bull Sale ..........................................................124 ANL Polled Herefords Annual Bull Sale ........................................................125 City View Simmentals & Ivanhoe Angus 5th Annual Bull Sale ................125 Bulls Eye Sale .....................................................................................................125 WLB Livestock - 11th Annual Bull Sale ........................................................126 4th Annual K-Cow Ranch & Poplar Bluff Stock Farm Bull Sale .................126 Stockman Select - Triple A Herefords & Anderson Cattle.........................126 Wilson Lees Value Added Bull Sale ...............................................................127 2015 Top Grade Bull Sale .................................................................................127 T Bar K Ranch Annual Bull Sale .....................................................................127 106th Annual Lacombe Bull Sale .....................................................................128 78th Annual Williams Lake Bull Show & Sale ..............................................129

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Hill 70 Quantock Ranch Ltd Barn Burninâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Bull Sale February 7, 2015

Lloydminster, Saskatchewan

Top Sellers 50 Horned and Polled Hereford Bulls Averaged $6325 351 Bulls Averaged $6340

LOT 514 $10,500 - KOTOWICH EVERGREEN FARMS, AB LOT 386 $10,500 - MURRAY LAKE FARMING, AB LOT 271 $9500 - JASON DECPIEGOLAORE, MB

AVER AGE

3rd Annual Premier Hereford Bull Sale

39 Two Year Old Bulls $5,060.00 39 lots grossed $197,350.00 76 Commercial Heifer Calves $2,135.00

February 9, 2015 Lloydminster Exhibition Grounds, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan Auctioneer: R.C. (Bob) Balog

Top Sellers $9300 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 16 - ACE KILO LAD 5A Larouche Farms, Chauvin, AB MJT TOTAL ET 332W GH ADAMS NEON TRACKER ET 507T

$8000 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 3 - LF 85X ALLSTAR 9A Birkenhagen Farms, Carrot Creek, AB FA YANKEE BRITISHER 85X BBSF 216M ROCHESTER 239R

$8750 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 5 - LF 85X ASSIST 17A Birkenhagen Farms, Carrot Creek, AB FA YANKEE BRITISHER 85X LF HAMBONE 9U

$8000 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 23 - ACE TRACKER LAD 31A Hawkins Ranch, Strome, AB MJT TRACKER 33X DUNROBIN LEGACY 8N AVER AGE

Bannerlane... Sale #16

23.75 Two Year Old Bulls $5,413.00 3 Registered Bred Heifers $5,667.00 1 Registered Heifer Calf $3,500.00 27.75 lots grossed $149,050.00 averaging $5,371.00 31 Commercial Bred Heifers $3,594.00

February 10, 2015 At the Ranch, Livelong, Saskatchewan Auctioneer: R.C. (Bob) Balog

Top Sellers Two Year Old Bulls $11,000 Lot 9 - BANNERLANE 108U STD BRIT 67A Buyer: Ulrich Herefords, Claresholm, AB Sire: MVF 161R STD BRIT LAD 108U SOD: BBSF 114L NuMAN 251N

Bred Heifer $7,000 Lot 24 - BANNERLANE 108U MS BRIT 101A Buyer: Misty Valley Farms, Maidstone, SK Sire: MVF 161R STD BRIT LAD 108U SOD: BBSF 114L NuMAN 251N

$9,000 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Heifer Calf $3,500 Lot 23 - BANNERLANE 1Y MS SPORT 89B Buyer: Bob Gristwood, Meadowlake, SK Sire: BANNERLANE 117w ExTRA 1Y SOD: MvF 161R STD BRIT LAD 108u

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Lot 12 - BANNERLANE 108U GEN BRIT 102A Ron Gervais, St. Walburg, SK MVF 161R STD BRIT LAD 108U C 80G L SARGENT 78K

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64 Two Year Old Bulls 35 Bred Heifers 3 Heifer Calves 102 lots grossed $497,250 Commercial bred heifers 53 12 Commercial heifer calves

With Guest L-O Herefords

$5,551.00 $3,806.00 $2,933.00 $4,875.00 $3,176.00 $1,950.00

February 11, 2015 At the Ranch, Maidstone, Saskatchewan Auctioneer: R.C. (Bob) Balog

Top Sellers Bulls $12,000 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 5 – MVF 21R STD DERMOT LAD 32A Garrett Ranch, Landis, SK MHH 826M STAN LAD 21R MVF 25G VOLT BRIT LAD 237K

$9,100 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 2 – MVF 29X STD STERLING LAD 2A Finley Cameron, Lions Head, ON LBH 39T STERLING 29X BBSF 46P TURIN 219T

$9,000 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 49 – MVF 232T STD DOMINO LAD 803A Douglas Lake Cattle Company, Douglas Lake, BC MVF 37N STD POWER LAD 232T DIAMOND-T 1K LAD 32S

Bred Heifers $8,000 Lot 72 – MVF 141X STD LASS 41A Buyer: Pine Butte Ranch, Cranbrook, BC Sire: WINDIMUIR 89T STD LAD 141X SOD: RIVERBRIDGE 1F LAD 15J

6 Annual Moving On Bull Sale th

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33.5 Two Year Old Hereford Bulls $7,218.00 13 Angus Bulls $7,942.00 46.5 lots grossed $345,050 $7,420.00 47 Commercial Bred Heifers $3,153.00

February 12, 2015 At the Ranch, Cut Knife, Saskatchewan Auctioneer: Louis Balog

Top Sellers $14,500 Buyer: Sire: SOD: $11,000 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 170A - ½ int, ½ poss. – CARLRAMS 87R STD ROYAL 170A Braun Ranch, Simmie, SK CARLRAMS 139L STD 87R SGC 76P ROYAL AMIGO 174S Lot 202A – CR 501R LAD 202A Hillsvale Colony, Cut Knife, SK JTB 157K RIBSTONE 501R C 15E L SUPER STAND LAD 145K

$10,750 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 95A – CR 181U LAD 95A Willow Park Colony, Tessier, SK CARLRAMS 174S KAPTAIN 65W BVHR DUSTER LAD 34F

$10,000 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 133A – CR 87R LAD 133A Long Valley Ranch, Morris, SK CARLRAMS 139L STD 87R K 64H RIBSTONE LAD 157K

Corbiell Herefords Bull Sale

AVER AGE

39 Two Year Old Bulls $8,827.00 39 Lots grossed $344,250 40 Commercial heifer calves $1,925.00

February 19, 2015 Bow Slope Shipping, Brooks, Alberta Auctioneer: R.C. (Bob) Balog

Top Sellers $25,000 Lot 81A - C 24U RED ARROW 81A Buyer: Misty Valley Farms, Maidstone, SK & LO Herefords, Heinsburg, AB Sire: FE 44S RED SKYLINE 24U SOD: AGA 20J STANMORE 21M 12,500 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 107A – C 062X GOGGLE LAD 107A White Lake Colony, Granum, AB BCD 326N GILMORE 062X C 82K KAPTAIN HIGHLINER 4R

$11,000 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 50A – C 45X EXPLOSIVE LAD 50A Red Willow Colony, Stettler, AB C 31S EXPLOSIVE 45X C 82K KAPTAIN HIGHLINER 4R

$10,500 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 166A – C 127Y YES LAD 166A Ovalyn Ranch, Medicine Hat, AB C 326N YES I CAN 127Y MHH 66N SUNRISE LAD 31S

$10,500 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 171A – C 127Y YES LAD 171A Kozlinski Ranch, Provost, AB C 326N YES I CAN 127Y C 8L MR SUNDOG 40U

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33 Two Year Old Hereford Bulls $5,135.00 33 lots grossed $169,450.00

Pine Butte Ranch 20th Annual Production Sale February 21, 2015 B.C. Co-op Yards, Kamloops, British Columbia Auctioneer: Larry Jordan

Top Sellers $7000 Buyer: Sire: SOD: $7000 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 2 – PINE BUTTE STANMORE 5A Douglas Lake Cattle Co., Douglas Lake, BC LBH 157K RIBSTONE 66T LBH 20J STANMORE 31R Lot 28 – PINE BUTTE 208 BRITISH 158A Douglas Lake Cattle Co., Douglas Lake, BC WINDIMUIR 82S PRINCE 208W WINDIMUIR MYSTIC 67E

$6750 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 5 – PINE BUTTE STD BRIT LAD 23A Mike Bayliff, Alexis Creek, BC PINE BUTTE D STANDARD LAD 16W PINE BUTTE 5N STDLAD 108T

$6750 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 22 – PINE BUTTE BRITISHER LAD 113A Peter Phillips, Knutsford, BC MN 6S SILVER BRITISHER 118X LCI 28N SLIVER KNIGHT 21R

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9th Annual Ulrich Herefords Bull & Female Sale

40.5 Two Year Old Bulls 40.5 lots grossed $285,000.00

$7,037.00

February 24, 2015 Balog Auction Market, Lethbridge, AB Auctioneer: R.C. (Bob) Balog

Top Sellers $14,500 Buyer: Sire: SOD: $15,000 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 39A - ½ Int, ½ Poss AGA 72S BERT’S ANDY 39A Tide Creek Herefords, Jenner, AB 96 ANDY 72S AGA 79H BRIT DOM ET 70N Lot 74A - AGA 203Y GREGORY PETE 74A Carzan Land & Livestock, Sauthey, SK GCC PETE 203Y ET CC 77J JARROD 26T

$11,000 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 19A - AGA 72S BERT’S ANDY ANCHOR 19A White Lake Colony, Granum, AB 96 ANDY 72S AGA 26R STANMORE 5T

$10,750 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

LOT 13A - AGA 2U BRITISHER 13A Joe Westover, Nebraska AGA 46E BRITISHER ET 2U CC 77J JARROD 26T

Beck Farms & McCoy Cattle Co.

6th Annual Bull Sale

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24 Hereford Bulls $6,077.08 37 Charolais Bulls $6,439.19 26 Gelbvieh Bulls $5,269.33 87 lots grossed $521,100.00 averaging $5,989.66

February 25, 2015 Milestone, Saskatchewan Auctioneer: Chris Poley Sale Management: T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd.

Top Sellers Hereford Bulls $11,250 Lot 45 - MCCOY 5Z CLASSIFIED 53B Buyer: Leveldale Polled Herefords, Douglas, MB Sire: MCCOY 743 FACEOFF 5Z $9,000 Buyer: Sire:

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Lot 43 - MCCOY 5Z DUEL 75B Chinnook Ranch, Longview, AB MCCOY 743 FACEOFF 5Z

$9,000 Buyer: Sire:

Lot 63 - MCCOY P20 ESCAPE 47B Evergreen Cattle Co., Ituna, SK SHF PROGRESS P20

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Holloway Farms Ltd 5th Annual Hereford Rancher’s Bull Sale

27 Two Year Old Bulls $4,705.00 2 Yearling Bulls $5,500.00 3 Registered Bred Heifers $4,833.00 32 lots grossed $152,550.00 averaging $4,767.00 24 Commercial bred heifers $3,292.00 25 Commercial heifer calves $1,830.00

February 26, 2015 Dryland Cattle Trading, Veteran, Alberta Auctioneer: R.C. (Bob) Balog

Top Sellers Two Year Olds $9250 Lot 98A – HOLLOW 161X ANDY 98A Buyer: Lazy M Bar Ranch, Byemore, AB Sire: FA 68R BRITISHER 161X SOD: RIVERBRIDGE 79L LAD 19R

Yearling $5500 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 28B – HOLLOW 161X ANDY 28B Crone Herefords, Hardisty, AB FA 68R BRITISHER 161X BP 146D SANDMAN 108J

$7750 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

$5500 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 46B – HOLLOW 868Y STOCK 46B JoNomn Hereford Ranch, Clyde, AB JNHR STOCKTON 868Y RIVERBRIDGE 79L LAD 19R

Lot 52A – HOLLOW 26X BERT 52A CJS Farms, Hanna, AB HOLLOW GILBERT 26X RH STANDARD RIBSTONE LAD 69S

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115th Annual Calgary Bull Sale March 4-5, 2015 Judge: Murray Andrews, Moose Jaw, SK

77 Two Year Old Bulls $8,815.00 7 Yearling Bulls $7,250.00 84 lots grossed $729,500.00 averaging $8,684.52 8 Ranch Horses grossed $9,062.00 10 Pens Replacement Heifers $11,200.00

Stampede Park, Calgary, Alberta Auctioneer: R.C. (Bob) Balog

Grand Champion Bull

Reserve Grand Champion Bull

Sire: GH ADAMS NITRO DESIGN ET 377X SOD: K 45D SUPER LAD 106G Consignor: MJT Herefords & Angus, Edgerton, AB Sold for $23,000 to Triple A Herefords, Moose Jaw, SK

Sire: JNHR RANCHER 17Y SOD: AGA 26R STANMORE 101T Consignor: JoNomn Hereford Ranch, Clyde, AB Sold for $11,000 to MJT Cattle Co. LTd, Edgerton, AB

Lot 85

MJT NITRO KENTUCKY ET 75A

Lot 60

JNHR RED STAN 128A

Top Sellers Two Year Old Bulls $26,000 Lot 15 – YV 915W SILVER ADDITION 40A Buyer: KLJ Farms, Little Fort, BC Sire: YV STAR STRUCK 915W SOD: AGA 167L SILVER 232N Consignor: YV Ranch, Airdrie, AB

Yearling Bulls $11,500 Lot 10 – YV 2Y Tom Cat ET 29B Buyer: Gustafson Herefords, Junction City, Kansas Sire: YV 34W Major Mark Lad 2y SOD: XTC 38J Sunshine Lad 72M Consignor: YV Ranch, Ardrie, AB

$19,500 Lot 98 – SNS 40W WESTERN LAD 10A Buyer: XTC Ranches, Eastend, SK Sire: PAHL 3S WESTPOINT 40W SOD: JHR 19L VOLT LAD 5S Consignor: S Nixdorff and Sons, Airdrie, AB

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4th Annual Chittick Family Bull Sale

Yearling Hereford bulls $5,055.00 Yearling Red Simmental bulls $5,187.00 Yearling Black Simmental bulls $5,865.00 Yearling Red Angus bulls $4,070.00 Yearling Full Blood Simmental bulls $4,925.00 Black Angus bulls $5,164.00

99 lots grossed $482,750.00 averaging $4,876.00

March 6, 2015 Mayerthorpe Ag Barn & Diamond Centre, Mayerhorpe, Alberta Auctioneer: Travis Rogers

Top Sellers Hereford Bulls $6600 Lot 94 – RCHR PONTOON 39B Buyer: Ken Steinke, Warburg, AB Sire: HARVIE TRAVELER 69T SOD: FCC 7R NATIONAL 6U $5600 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

$5500 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 95 – GCHR TRAVELER 79B Leedale Valley Ranch, Rimbey, AB HARVIE TRAVELER 69T DUNROBIN 921J CENTURY 51L

Lot 98 – RCHR SPLASH 13B Danny Tonhauser, Sangudo, AB HARVIE HIGH ROLLER ET 66X DUNROBIN 921J CENTURY 51L AVER AGE

96th Annual Pride of the Prairies

Lloydminster Bull Sale

1 Polled Hereford $7,500.00 4 Horned Hereford $4,775.00 5 lots grossed $26,600.00 averaging $5,320.00 4 head Polled Hereford Pen of 1 sale $6312.00 6 head Polled Hereford Pen of 3 sale $5500.00 3 head Horned Hereford Pen of 1 sale $4566.00

March 8 - 9, 2015 Lloydminster Exhibition Grounds, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan Judge: Terry & Dale Adamson, Makwa, SK Auctioneer: Dan Skeels

Grand Champion Polled Bull

Grand Champion Horned Bull

Sire: BAR-RZ 64N STOCKTON 43S SOD: GLENROSE 62D HANK 32H Consignor: SS Cattle Co Inc., Irma, AB Sold for $7,500 to Many Brands Ranch Ltd., Lloydminster, AB

Sire: PDHR 20J STANMORE 47R SOD: FE 236J SILVER 183M Consignor: SS Cattle Co Inc., Irma, AB Sold for $6,200 to OC Ranch Ltd., Hardisty, AB

Lot 1

SS-TOPLINE AVALANCHE 359A

Lot 14

SS-TOPLINE ALL STAR 322A

Grand Champion Polled Pen of 1 Bull SS Cattle Co Inc., Irma, AB

Grand Champion Horned Pen of 1 Bull SS Cattle Co Inc., Irma, AB

Grand Champion Polled Pen of 3 Bulls Sampson’s Thunderbird Ranch Ltd, Lloydminster, AB

Grand Champion Horned Pen of 2 Bulls CS Ranching, Cherhill, AB

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Standard Hill Connection Bull Sale

22 Hereford Bulls $5,534.00 39 Angus Bulls $5,336.00 5 Open Hereford Heifers $4,000.00 20 Open Angus Heifers $3,120.00 86 lots grossed $412,250.00 averaging $4,794.00

Standard Hill Livestock and Double P Angus March 8, 2015 Maidstone, Saskatchewan Auctioneer: Ryan Dorran

Top Sellers Bulls $9000 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 17 - STANDARD-HILL GUARDIAN 56A Chad Haddow, Bay Tree, AB GHC-CT-GUARDIAN 40X PAR 916K DAVIS 150P

$8000 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 1 - STANDARD-HILL PAT 49B NCX Polled Herefords, Brosseau, AB SQUARE-D PAT 2N 7S GHC-CT-GUARDIAN 40X

Heifers $5400 Buyer: Sire: SOD: $4300 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 35 - STANDARD-HILL LOGAN 187B Riverbridge Ranch, David Mitchell, Maidstone, SK BARE MR YOU TUBE 4Y SQUARE D STYLUS 328U Lot 31 - STANDARD-HILL VANESSA 86B Riverbridge Ranch, Donnie Mitchell, Maidstone, SK FCC 2U HARLAN 7Y SQUARE-D PAT 2N 7S

Harvie Ranching 6th Annual Bull Sale

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28 Yearling Hereford Bulls $7,098.00 26 Yearling Charolais Bulls $7,510.00 18 Yearling Simmental Bulls $7,408.00 72 lots grossed $52,350.00.00 averaging $7324.00

March 10, 2015 At the Ranch, Olds, Alberta Auctioneer: Ryan Dorran

Top Sellers 16,000 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 25 – HARVIE LUCKY STREAK 219B Neil Perry, Airdrie, AB HARVIE ALL IN 14Z HARVIE DAN RICOCHET 167U

$12,500 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 4 – HARVIE GUNNER 51B W.A. Ranches Ltd., Calgary, AB HARVIE GUNNER 54Z HARVIE DAN HIDALGO ET 193U

$15,000 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 9 – HARVIE AD HARLEN ET 199B RSK Farms, Brandon, MB NJW 73S W18 HOMETOWN 10Y ET HARVIE RAFTSMAN 16R

$12,500 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 8 – HARVIE SMOKE STACK ET 195B Bar Star Cattle, Havre, MT, USA NJW 73S W18 HOMETOWN 10Y ET HARVIE RAFTSMAN 16R

JoNomn Hereford Ranch & Just-EZ Charolais

Joint Bull Sale

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28

Hereford Bulls

$6,533.93

Pen of 10 Purebred Yearling Heifers $2,325.00

38 lots grossed $206,200.00 averaging $5,426.32

March 14, 2015 North Central Livestock Exchange, Clyde, Alberta Auctioneer: Travis Rogers

Top Sellers $10,600 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 194A - JNHR 511W MAX 194A Reg & Kathy Minchau, Millet, AB JNHR STOCKTON 511W JNHR STOCKTON 511W

$8,750 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 153A - JNHR ALL NEW 153A Pibroch Colony, Pibroch, AB JNHR UNIQUE STOCKTON 680Y AGA 26R STANMORE 101T

$9,400 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 131A - JNHR RED EYE 131A Shane Truby, Durango, CO, USA JNHR RANCHER 17Y FA 121M BRITISHER 224S

$8,750 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 680A - JNHR TAKE AIM 680A Stuart Busman, Fort Macleod, AB JNHR STOCKTON 511W JNHR NEW LINE 491M 121

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sales results 1st Annual Elite Genetics Bull Sale

25 Yearling Hereford Bulls $4,812.00 5 Two year old Hereford Bulls $5,170.00 1 Mature Hereford Bull $5,000.00 31 lots grossed $151,500.00 averaging $4,875.00 33 Commercial Open Heifers $2,054.00

RSK farms & Leveldale Polled Herefords March 14, 2015 Ag Complex, Neepawa, Manitoba Auctioneer: Ward Cutler

Top Sellers Yearlings $7000 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 4 - LCC GODFATHER 1Y 8B Rednex Ranch, Wildwood, AB PCL Y NOT ME R117 ET 1Y JUSTAMERE 64L SHOWTIME 829T

$6600 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 20 - RSK 4Z FREESTYLE 54B Pedersen Farms, Neepawa, MB RSK 719T FREESTYLE 4Z HARVIE TRAVELER 69T

$6600 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 31 - RSK 154U WALK HARD 4B Le Sann Land and Cattle, The Pas, MB HARVIE OVHF WALK HARD 154U REMITALL HIGHWAY ET 157H

Two Year Old $6500 Lot 15 - LEVELDALE AYWON ACE 34X 21A BUYER: Roy Savage, Eden, MB Sire: LEVELDALE-AYWON STURGIS 34X SOD: LEVELDALE RESISTOL 15L 18R

Fraserâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Total Performance Bull Sale

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18 Two Year Old Hereford Bulls $7,139.00 51 Two Year Old Black Angus Bulls $7,496.00 21 Yearling Black Angus Bulls $5,938.00 90 lots grossed $635,500.00 averaging $7,061.00

March 16, 2015 Bow Slope Auction Market, Brooks, Alberta Auctioneer: Ross Annett

Top Sellers $9500 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 9 - DW ROYAL RED LAD 29A Alvin Sandum, Hussar, AB LCI ROYAL RED ET 83A CC 56M EASY 115R

$9000 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 3 - DW STANDARD 45Y LAD 8A Ben Morrison, Rosedale, AB DW STANDARD 268P LAD 45Y MVF 656 65U STD DOMINO LAD 87D

$9250 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 14 - DW ADVANCE 30U LAD 52A Breton West Herefords, Breton, AB DW ADVANCE 77J LAD 30U CC 56M EASY 115R

$9000 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 12 - DW ROYAL RED LAD 39A Alvin Sandum, Hussar, AB LCI ROYAL RED ET 83A DW 33H LAD 3N

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57th Annual Medicine Hat Spring Bull Show & Sale

59 Two Year Old Hereford Bulls $9,058.00 3 Yearling Hereford Bulls $8,333.00 19 Two Year Old Angus Bulls $7,053.00 20 Yearling Angus Bulls $7,388.00 101 lots grossed $841,200.00 averaging $8,329.00

March 17-18, 2015 Cypress Centre, Medicine Hat, Alberta Judge: Alvin Pawlitza, Hazlet, SK Auctioneer: R.C. (Bob) Balog

Grand Champion Bull

Reserve Grand Champion Bull

Sire: MW KRUNCH 12S SOD: MH DAKOTA LAD 6238 1ET Consignor: Wyatt Herefords, Arrowwood, AB Sold for $35,000 to Rocking G Land & Cattle, Gull Lake, SK

Sire: AGA 114L GENERAL 66X SOD: LPG BRIT 38R LAD 48U Consignor: Little Poplar Grove Herefords, Forestburg, AB Sold for $10,750 toOvalynn Ranches, Medicine Hat, AB

Lot 109

MW ARROWWOOD 35A

Lot 70

LPG GENERAL 48U LAD 11A

Top Sellers Two Year Olds $19,000 Lot 99 - BJâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S GOGGLES 5A Buyer: Corbiell Herefords, Cluny, AB Sire: FA 109L BRITISHER 195T SOD: LBH 20J STANMORE 56M Consignor: BJ & Jody Scheirlinck, Del Bonita, AB $15,000 Lot 94 - PAHL 37W ARCHER 19A Buyer: XTC Ranches, Eastend, SK Sire: FE 1S ROYAL STANDARD 37W SOD: DUNROBIN 56N SABER 82S Consignor: Pahl Livestock, Medicine Hat, AB

$13,000 Lot 59 - LBH 106T STANDARD 65A Buyer: Triple L Ranch, Irvine, AB Sire: LBH 268P STANDARD 106T SOD: LBH 157K RIBSTONE 198T Consignor: Lilybrook Herefords, Claresholm, AB Yearling $10,000 Lot 75 - J-BAR-B Z400 BRIDGETOWN 12B Buyer: River Bridge Ranch, Maidstone, SK Sire: TDP CROSSOVER Z400 SOD: J-BAR-B 1S MR UNIVERSE 3U Consignor: J Bar B, Warner, AB

11th Annual Ranch Ready Bull Sale

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Braun Ranch & Bar CR Angus

19 Yearling Hereford Bulls $8,211.00 14 Two Year Old Hereford Bulls $6,392.00 27 Two Year Old Angus Bulls $7,011.00 3 Simmental/Angus Bulls $5,833.00 63 lots grossed $452,300.00 averaging $7,179.00

March 19, 2014 Hearland Livestock, Swift Current, Saskatchewan Auctioneer: Donnie Peacock

Top Sellers Yearling $14,000 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 4 - BR 15Z BATTLE ROYAL 155B Matt Hanson, Shaunavon, SK BR 9279 EXTRA DEEP 15Z DBHR 31R STANMORE 4W

Two Year Old $9000 Lot 22 - BR 80X STANDARD BRIT 161A Buyer: Stewart Johnson, Eastend, SK Sire: BR 52U CLASSIC LAD 80X SOD: DBHR 31R STANMORE 4W

$14,000 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 6 - BR 028X NEW SENSATION 13B Log Valley Ranch, Morris, SK CHURCHILL SENSATION 028X ECR L18 EXTRA DEEP 9279

$9000 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 29 - BR 24W STANDARD LAD 34A Kusler Ranch, Piapot, SK DBHR 268P WATCHMAN 24W DBHR 35N STANDARD LAD 129S 123

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30 Two Year Old Bulls 30 lots grossed $202,750.00

60th Annual East Central Bull Sale

$6,758.00

March 20, 2015 Dryland Cattle Trading Corp., Veteran, Alberta Judge: Glenn Brost, Maple Creek, SK Auctioneer: R.C. (Bob) Balog

Grand Champion Bull

Reserve Grand Champion Bull

Sire: RUT 97T RED LAD 204X SOD: JNHR GOLD RUSH 279J Consignor: Rutledge Herefords, Hardisty, AB Sold for $14,000 to Bennett Ranch & Cattle LTD, Clive, AB

Sire: BBSF 104W YUMA 407Y SOD: LFF STAN BRIT LAD 17L Consignor: Fenton Hereford Ranch Inc, Irma, AB Sold for $8,500 to Laverne Weiss, Maple Creek, SK

Lot 7

RUT 204X GOLDEN LAD 131A

Lot 26

FE 407Y YUMA LAD 182A

Top Sellers $8,500 Lot 4 - LPG GENERAL 182S LAD 18A Buyer: Allan Code, New Bridgen, AB Sire: AGA 114L GENERAL 66X SOD: MJT SKY LAD 182S Consignor: Little Poplar Grove Herefords, Forestburg, AB

$8,250 Lot 3 - LPG 31W A71U LAD 7A Buyer: Mike Sorlienko, Alliance, AB Sire: LPG MARIO RANCHER LAD 31W SOD: LPG BRIT 59K LAD 71U Consignor: Little Poplar Grove Herefords, Forestburg, AB

$8,500 Lot 38 - GLENROSE 6X AVATAR 9A Buyer: Leggett Farms, Edgerton, AB Sire: FCC 40U SPRINT 6X SOD: WLB FOR REAL 7M 40S Consignor: Glenrose Polled Herefords, Camrose, AB AVER AGE

Canada’s Red, White & Black Bull Sale March 21, 2015 Johnstone’s Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Auctioneer: Scott Johnstone

5 Yearling Hereford bulls $4,540.00 23 Two Year Hereford bulls $4,628.00 2 Two Year old Limousin bulls $4,925.00 3 Yearling Limousin bulls $4,333.00 2 Yearling Charolais bulls $5,500.00 1 Yearling Salers bull $4,600.00 6 Yearling Black Angus bulls $4,500.00 5 Yearling Red Angus bulls $4,220.00 99 lots grossed $215,600.00 averaging $4,587.00

Top Sellers Yearling $7500 Lot 31 – SSAL BENNY 19B Buyer: Joel Miller, Avonlea, SK Sire: OVHF 196T ELLIOT 6Y SOD: HARVIE TRAVELER 69T Consignor: Six South Acres, Milestone, SK Two Year Old Bulls $7000 Lot 20 - M-R 118U STRIKE ONE 2A Buyer: Welch land & Cattle Inc. Govan, SK Sire: MHPH 101S UMPIRE 118U SOD: HI-CLIFFE 262L PROFIT 51P Consignor: Mission Ridge Herefords, Raymore, SK 124

$6300 Lot 19 – M-R 9050 INTERNATIONAL 1A Buyer: Welch land & Cattle Inc. Govan, SK Sire: BOYD WORLDWIDE 9050 ET SOD: CLAYRIDGE RADAR 9W Consignor: Mission Ridge Herefords, Raymore, SK $6250 Lot 27 – LV Magic Mike L 4A Buyer: Roderick and Chasta Ward, Mortlack, SK Sire: ANL SBS 122L CATTLELAC 3N SOD: HARVIE RAFTSMAN 16R Consignor: LV Farms Ltd., Midale, SK

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ANL Polled Herefords Annual Bull Sale

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1 Two year Old Bull $7,500.00 17.5 Yearling Bulls $6,032.00 18.5 lots grossed $113,050.00 averaging $6,110.81

March 22, 2015 Steelman, Saskatchewan Auctioneer: Chris Poley Sale Management: T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd.

Top Sellers Yearlings $12,500 Lot 1 - ANL 425X Untapped 58W 36B Buyer: Six Mile Red Angus, Fir Mountain, SK Sire: TH 89T 743 Untapped 425X ET $10,000 Buyer: Sire:

Lot 2 - ANL R 425X Untapped 1238 14B Laird Edwards, Craik, SK TH 89T 743 Untapped 425X ET

$8000 Buyer: Sire:

Lot 20 - ANL C HAR 10Y Hero 86R 61B High Plains Ranch Ltd., Whitewood, SK NJW 73S W18 Hometown 10Y ET

Two Year Olds $7500 Lot 7 - ANL C 425X Untapped 33W 86A Buyer: Pinto Creek Cattle, Ponteix, SK Sire: TH 89T 743 Untapped 425X ET

City View Simmentals & Ivanhoe Angus

5th Annual Bull Sale

With Guest Consignors: Wascana Herefords and Sunnyside Simmentals

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4 Hereford Yearling Bulls $3,780.00 15 Hereford Two Year Old Bulls $4,707.00 31 Simmental Yearling Bulls $7,000.00 21 Black Angus Yearling Bulls $5,129.00 3 Black Angus Two Year Old Bulls $6,167.00 8 Black Angus Open Heifers $2,700.00 82 lots grossed $450,535.00 averaging $5,494.00

March 24, 2015 Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Auctioneer: Scott Johnstone

Top Sellers Herefords $7500 Lot 1 – WCC 42S PLATINUM 213A Buyer: Square D Herefords, Langbank, SK Sire: REMITALL SUPER DUTY 42S SOD: HB STAR BATTLE GROUND 2013 $7500 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

$7500 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 7 – WCC 362T MR TUSCON 8125A Trygve Eidem, Neudorf, SK SQUARE-D TUSCON 362T SQUARE-D STABILITY 512M

Lot 5 – WCC 362T RAMBO 25A Randy Blaschuck, Chaplin, SK SQUARE-D TUSCON 362T GH RAMBO 279R

36th Annual Bulls Eye Sale

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22.75 Two Year Old Hereford Bulls $6,824.00 22.75 lots grossed $155,250.00

March 24, 2015 Bow Slope Shipping, Brooks, Alberta Auctioneer: Ross Arnett

Top Sellers $9000 Lot 23 – TIDE-CREEK 163X RACEY X LAD 5A Buyer: Musgrove Enterprises, Jenner, AB Sire: BR 52U MONTANA STANDARD 163X SOD: TRIPLE-A 59K SCOOTER 1S Consignor: Tide Creek Herefords, Jenner, AB

$8500 Lot 69 – XE STAND LAD 68A Buyer: Terrill & Linda Pierson, Wardlow, AB Sire: PIERAN POSITIVE LAD 19W SOD: PINE-BUTTE SLVR STD 37N Consignor: Grant Musgrove, Halkirk, AB

$8500 Lot 36 – TIDE-CREEK 163X VIRGY LAD 42A Buyer: Lost Lake Ranch, ST. Lina, AB Sire: BR 52U MONTANA STANDARD 163X SOD: TIDE-CREEK 21M TOMAHAWK 24T Consignor: Tide Creek Herefords, Jenner, AB

$8250 Lot 63 – XE SILVER LAD 26A Buyer: Gerry Conners, Patricia, AB Sire: PIERAN POSITIVE LAD 19W SOD: SILVER 26E KNIGHT 23K Consignor: Grant Musgrove, Halkirk, AB 125

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18 Yearling Hereford Bulls $ 6,344.00 16 Yearling Black Simmental Bulls $10,259.00 18 Yearling Red Simmental Bulls $ 6,892.00 52 lots grossed $402,400.00 averaging $7,738.00

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WLB Livestock 11th Annual Bull Sale March 24, 2015 At the farm, Douglas, Manitoba Auctioneer: Jerry Kanewisher

Top Sellers $15,750

Buyer: Sire: SOD: $9,750 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 44 – WLB WINCHESTER EASY RIDE 27B

Glenlees Polled Herefords, Arcola, SK WLB EASY STREET 90X 100Z REMITALL ALLIANCE 503W Lot 53 – WLB BULL 13X 98B Manns Polled Herefords, Austin, MB HI-CLIFFE WLB SAMMY 13X WLB QUAKER 10H 21T

$9,300 Buyer: Sire: SOD: $8,500 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 50 – WLB BULL 13X 126B Alton Malone, KS; Trent McMillan & AbraKadabra Cattle Co., MO HI-CLIFFE WLB SAMMY 13X WLB ELI 10H 83T Lot 48 – WLB BULL 980 232B Bar H Ranch Ltd, Gladstone, MB CRR Helton 980 Shell River WLB 7R MAC 36T

4th Annual K-Cow Ranch & Poplar Bluff Stock Farm Bull Sale

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9.5 Hereford Bulls $5,752.00 24 Angus Bulls $4,616.00 39 Charolais Bulls $7,016.00 5 Hereford Open Heifers $2,780.00 6 Angus Open Heifers $2,467.00 83.5 lots grossed $439,300.00 averaging $5,261.00 13 commercial open heifer calves $2,135.00 14 commercial cow/calf pairs $3,514.00

March 27, 2015 At K-Cow Ranch, Elk Point, Alberta Auctioneer: Darcy Sheets

Top Sellers $8200 Buyer: Sire: SOD: $9500 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 12 – ½ int, ½ poss.

K-COW BAZINGA 737B Valley Hog Farms Ltd, Dewberry, AB K-COW YESMAN 22Y HF 4L BEYOND 36N

$7250 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 7 – K-COW BRONCO 60B Lazy HE Ranch Ltd., Czar, AB BOYD WORLDWIDE 9050 ET K-COW NAVAJO MOON 166N

Lot 6 – K-COW BUCKANEER 54B Lakeford Polled Herefords,Killiam, AB K-COW YESMAN 22Y DYNAMITE ACRES SOLID GOLD 402R

Stockman Select

AVER AGE

Triple A Herefords & Anderson Cattle

7 Yearling Hereford Bulls $9,643.00 19 Two Year Old Hereford Bulls $6,514.00 39 Yearling Angus Bulls $6,101.00 65 lots grossed $429,325.00 averaging $6,605.00 45 commercial open heifers $2,230.00

March 28, 2015 Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Auctioneer: Ryan Dorran

Top Sellers Yearling $14,000 Buyer: Sire: SOD: $13,000

Buyer: Sire: SOD: 126

Lot 1 – TRIPLE A 2059 BROADWAY ET 8B Poplar Dell Hereford Ranch, Edam, SK C STOCKMAN 2059 ET TRIPLE A 87J MAXIMUS 4M Lot 4 – TRIPLE A 2059 BOARDWALK ET 14B

Lloyd Clark, Bar Cee Angus, Spyhill, SK C STOCKMAN 2059 ET TRIPLE A 87J MAXIMUS 4M

Two Year Old $13,000 Lot 25 – TRIPLE A 16Y Adventure 71A Buyer: Hickory Corner Farms, Briercrest, SK Sire: TRIPLE A 47R STANMORE 16Y SOD: CL 1 DOMINO 9121W $11,25 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 21 – TRIPLE A 9121 ADMIRAL 5A Summitt Creek Angus Ranch, Central Butte, SK CL 1 DOMINO 9121W 1ET DUNROBIN LEGACY 8N

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Wilson Lees Value Added Bull Sale

AVER AGE

54.16 Hereford Yearling Bulls $6,953.11 3 Hereford Two Year Olds $6,833.33 00 lots grossed $397,150.00 averaging $6,948.04

Friday April 3, 2015 Kisbey, Saskatchewan Auctioneer: Chris Poley Sale Management: T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd.

Top Sellers $20,000 Lot 11 - ⅔ Interest and Full Possession HAROLDSON’S APOTHIC 521X 38B Buyer: Wooden Shoe Farm, ID Sire: TH 122 VICTOR 521X ET $18,000 Buyer: Sire:

Lot 32 - ¾ Interest and Full Possession BLAIR-ATHOL 10Y STALLONE 51B Glass Land & Cattle Co. Ltd., Chaplin, SK NJW 73S W18 HOMETOWN 10Y ET

$15,500 Buyer: Sire:

Lot 20 - HAROLDSON’S MOTIVE 41Y 19B Brooks Farms, Alameda, SK HAROLDSON’S WLC MOTIVE ET 41Y

$13,500 Buyer: Sire:

Lot 14 - HAROLDSON’S WLC JOLT ET 4B Red Willow Ranch, Cut Knife, SK BOYD MASTERPIECE 0220

2015 Top Grade Bull Sale

Gemstone Cattle Company & Rebel Creek Angus

AVER AGE

19 Two Year Old Hereford Bulls $5,645.00 45 Yearling Angus Bulls $5,422.00 5 Two Year Old Angus Bulls $6,600.00 69 lots grossed $347,500.00 averaging $5,036.00

April 7, 2015 Bow Slope Shipping, Brooks, Alberta Auctioneer: Ross Annett

Top Sellers $8250 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 58 - KGA 125R LAD 52A OLE Farms, Athabasca, AB KGA 33H LAD 125R AD 33H STANDARD LAD 135R

$7750 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 59 – KGA 125R LAD 73A Russell Pickett, Bassano, AB KGA 33H LAD 125R KGA 10A STANDARD LAD 96G

$8000 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 56 – KGA 125R LAD 48A Ulrich Herefords, Claresholm, AB KGA 33H LAD 125R AD A33H STANDARD LAD 50N

$7250 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 55 – KGA 125R LAD 45A DW Herefords, Hussar, AB KGA 33H LAD 125R AD A33H STANDARD LAD 50N

T Bar K Ranch Annual Bull Sale

AVER AGE

23 Hereford Bulls $6,084.00 39 Red Angus Bulls $9,709.00 62 lots grossed $518,600.00 averaging $8,365.00

April 9, 2015 At the Ranch, Wawota, Saskatchewan Auctioneer: Brent Carey

Top Sellers $13,500 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 46B – T-BAR-K 125Y PREMIUM 46B Carzan Land & Livestock, Southey, SK MW DAKOTA 125Y DBHR 31R STANMORE 4W

$9,250 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 30B – T-BAR-K 125Y SUMMIT 30B Steve Hardy, Edam, SK MW DAKOTA 125Y BCD 140L DOM LAD 326N

$8500 Buyer: Sire: SOD: $7600 Buyer: Sire: SOD:

Lot 20B – ½ int, Full Poss T-BAR-K 125Y DAYTONA 20B Travis Houff, Wawota, SK MW DAKOTA 125Y MHH 66N SUNRISE LAD 33S Lot 32B – T-BAR-K 125Y DESIGN 32B Al Grieve, Fillmore, SK MW DAKOTA 125Y BCD 140L DOM LAD 326N 127

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AVER AGE

106th Annual Lacombe Bull Sale

3 Shorthorn 33 Herefords 37 Angus 73 lots grossed $351,000.00 19 Commercial Heifers

April 14, 2015 Central AB Agricultural Society, Lacombe, Alberta Judge: Brad Dallas, Bowden, AB Auctioneer: Dan Skeels

Grand Champion Polled Bull

Grand Champion Horned Bull

Sire: CHSF 52U BRIAN 5Y SOD: J-BAR-B 37N MR T 28T Consignor: Ross Bricker, Didsbury, AB Sold for $6,000 to Kraus Bros., Duchess, AB

Sire: TRIPLE-A TURBO’S SUPERSTAR 19Y SOD: BAR-N CENTURION 921J Consignor: Matejka Farms, Ponoka, AB Sold for $6,000 to Ron Guenther, Hanna, AB

Lot 82

XX MISSION 5Y 25B

Lot 66

MHF SUPERSTAR 150A

Reverve Grand Champion Polled Bull

Reserve Grand Champion Horned Bull

Sire: VG KLONDIKE 515L 640Y SOD: S7R RANCH HAND 513R Consignor: Cutbank Cattle, Three Hills, AB Sold for $8,000 to Darcy Erion, Castor, AB

Sire: JNHR BANDIT 664W SOD: BP 146D SANDMAN 108J Consignor: Gary Seutter, Millet, AB Sold for $4,750 to Armand Berube, Leduc County, AB

Lot 83

CUTBANK 640Y KKLONDIKE 20A

Top Sellers $6000 Lot 61 – HUXLEY 430U PRAIRIE LAD 30A BUYER: Dale Zimmerman, Wetaskiwin, AB SIRE: BIG-GULLY F UPSHIFT 430U SOD: LPG INDEPENDENCE 26E LAD 47R CONSIGNOR: Clarence Peters, Huxley, AB

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Lot 71A

TANGA BANDIT 62A

$4,733.33 $4,787.88 $4,832.43 $4,808.00 $2,250.00

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78th Annual Williams Lake Bull Show & Sale

26 Two Year Old Hereford Bulls $6,677.00 11 Yearling Hereford Bulls $4,809.00 67 Angus Bulls $5,660.00 3 Simmental Bulls $2,233.00 2 Gelbvieh Bulls $6,925.00 109 lots grossed $613,200.00 $5,791.00 3 commercial open Hereford Heifers $2,900.00

April 16-17, 2015 BC Livestock Producers Co-op Assoc. Williams Lake, British Columbia Judge: Ron Crosby, Vanderhoof, BC Auctioneer: Larry Jordan, Wilf Smith, Wayne Jordan, Wayne Pincott

Grand Champion Polled Bull

Grand Champion Horned Bull

Sire: LBH 268P STANDARD 226Y SOD: BN 87P SANDSTONE 15U Consignor: Little Fort Herefords, Little Fort, BC Sold for $5,750 to Cliff & Lois Hinsche, 150 Mile House, BC

Sire: SAF 55K NORTHERN ET 235Y SOD: FCC 36N KODIAK 20R Consignor: South Alder Farms, Aldergrove, BC Sold for $6,000 to Bonny Morley, Quesnel, BC

Lot 110

LFH ACTION 226Y 17A

Lot 94

SAF 235Y ABBOT 261A

Top Sellers Two Year Old $9,500 Lot 116 – LFH SUN POWER 35X 62A Buyer: Fred Bowers, Kamloops, BC Sire: YV 710T SUN POWER LAD 35X SOD: SNS 67F SKY LAD 75K Consignor: Little Fort Herefords, Little Fort, BC $8,750

Lot 104 – DEANFIELD 18P STANDARD LAD 24A Buyer: Stirrup Ranch Ltd., Quesnel, BC Sire: DEANFIELD 18K STANDARD 18P SOD: JHR 117D STANDARD LAD 96K Consignor: Deanfield Ranch, Kamloops, BC

$8,250 Lot 109 – LFH ACTION 226Y 11A Buyer: William George Mulvahill, Alexis Creek, BC Sire: LBH 268P STANDARD 226Y SOD: SR SCRIPT 187 Consignor: Little Fort Herefords, Little Fort, BC Yearling $7750 Lot 120 – TLELL 0219 BLUEPRINT 22B Buyer: Nic & Tyra Schalles, Ashcroft, BC Sire: KOANUI ROCKET 0219 SOD: TLELL 19M LITTLE ROCK 8R Consignor: Richardson Ranch, Tlell, BC

Year by Year Sale Summary 2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

1,107.25

Bulls

Total($) $3,597,961.81

Average ($) $3,249.00

975.5

Females

$2,066,641.50

$2,119.00

2,082.75

Total Animals

$5,664,603.30

$2,719.00

1,197.92

Bulls

$3,677,889.75

$3,070.00

1,441.5

Females

$3,320,056.00

$2,303.00

2,639.42

Total Animals

$6,997,945.75

$2,651.00

1,238.25

Bulls

$4,659,297.16

$3,763.00

828.5

Females

$2,357,288.50

$2,845.00

2,066.75

Total Animals

$7,016,585.66

$3,395.00

1,291.5 898.5 2,190 1,304.25 707 2,011.25 1,239.25 1,016.5 2,255.75

Bulls Females Total Animals Bulls Females Total Animals Bulls Females Total Animals

$5,823,355.50 $3,060,245.50 $8,883,601.00 $5,312,788.75 $2,676,129.00 $7,988,917.75 $5,902,529.75 $4,144,887.00 $10,047,416.75

$4,509.00 $3,406.00 $4,056.00 $4,073.00 $3,785.00 $3,972.00 $4,763.00 $3,785.00 $4,454.00

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2014 Top Consignment Sales Lots

Average

Lots

Average

1. Remitall West Production Sale

32.5

$13,247.00

1. Agribition Hereford Sale

20.5

$6,356.00

2. Big Gully Farm Online/Live Sale

20

$7,850.00

2. Calgary Bull Sale

87

$5,789.00

3. Harvie Ranching Internet/Live Sale

16.5

$7,297.00

3. Medicine Hat Bull Sale

72

$5,029.50

4. Brost Land & Cattle Co. Production Sale

53

$6,360.00

4. East Central Bull Sale

29

$4,284.00

5. Stromsmoe Production Sale

65

$5,915.00

5. 14th Cattlemen's Classic Bull Sale

16.5

$3,951.00

POLLED HEREFORD TOP SELLERS Name Bull Calf

Month

REMITALL-W START ME UP ET 7B October

Price

Seller (Sale)

Buyer

$165,000.00

Remitall West

Topp Herefords & Curtis & Jackie Castle

Remitall West Production Sale

Yearling Bull

ANL 425X Untapped 98W 22A

Coming Two-YearOld Bull (or Older)

PCL Y Not Me R117 ET 1Y

Heifer Calf

Haroldson's HLV Marvel 48Y 12B

March

$15,000.00

October

$16,500.00

ANL Bull Sale

ANL Polled Herefords

Blairs.Ag & Topp Herefords

Leveldale Polled Herefords

Bob Strunk

2nd Annual Elite Genetics Online Sale

October

$40,000.00

Haroldson's Polled Herefords

Star E Cattle Co

Blair Athol & Friends

Bred or Open Yearling Heifer

Blair's Xkeona 521X 1A

November

Cow

SHF Progress P20 U06 ET

$18,000.00

Blairs.Ag Cattle Co.

Clay Enterprises

Agribition Hereford Sale

October

$11,000.00

Crittenden Bros Polled Herefords The Shape of Things to Come Sale

Cow/Calf Pair

Haroldson's Philis T100 51W/ GHC Miss Unique 136B

October

$15,750.00/ $10,750.00

Crittenden Bros Polled Herefords The Shape of Things to Come Sale

Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords

Lakes Ranch Inc/Blairs.

Ag Cattle Co

HORNED HEREFORD TOP SELLERS Name Bull Calf

Month

BIG-GULLY 517U MCCLINTOCK 631A December

Price

Seller

Buyer

$12,500.00

Big Gully Farms

Red Willow Ranch

Big Gully Online/Live Sale

Yearling Bull

ZZB 166W RIB ASTER 34A

November

$21,000.00

Fenton Hereford Ranching Inc.

Shane Truby

Fenton Hereford Ranch Production Sale

Coming Two-YearOld Bull (or Older)

RUT 10N RIBSTONE LAD 26Z

March

$19,000.00

Heifer Calf

BANNERLANE 1Y MS SPORT 95A

February

Bred or Open Yearling Heifer

BIG-GULLY 8151 MONA LISA 312A

December

Cow

SFL 853U PRINCESS 101Y

November

Cow/Calf Pair

N/A

Rutledge Herefords

Dallas Farms

Calgary Bull Sale

$2,500.00

Bannerlane Herefords

Crone Herefords

Bannerlane Production Sale

$9,500.00

Big Gully Farms

Little Fort Hereford Ranch

Big Gully Online/Live Sale

$5,500.00

Stauffer Farms A Moment in History Stauffer Farms Dispersal

Little Fort Hereford Ranch

*Calculations are based on Possession only

ALL TIME RECORDS – POLLED HEREFORDS Bull Calf

Name

Year

Price

Seller

Buyer

PRL 930K Hotline 347N

1981

$515,000

(1/2) Ponderosa Ranch Ltd.

Ponderosa Ranch, Falklands Farms

Verlou Marathon 26M 12P

1982

$335,000

(1/4) Verlou Farms

Kilmorlie Farms, Verlou Farms, HRS & Rawly’s Ranch

Yearling Bull

PRL 394E Advance

1978

$55,000

Ponderosa Ranch Ltd.

Kilmorlie Farms Inc.

Coming Two - year Old Bull (or older)

Gereli Gold-Bar Rifle 67K 306R

1984

$200,000

Gold-Bar Livestock, Gereli Farms, Fairacres Farm

Lone West Management

PRL 582C Ned 842G

1978

$200,000

Ponderosa Ranch Ltd.

Louada Farms, Wilgor Farms, Strathnaver Farms, Jomaber Farm, Side Hill Farm, Findley Farms

Kilmorlie 12P Stacey

1964

$52,000

Kilmorlie Farms

Beartooth Ranch, Pharris Hereford Farms, Lazy G Ranch

Heifer Calf

ALL TIME RECORDS - HORNED HEREFORDS Name

Year

Price

Seller

Buyer

Bull Calf

GH Buck ET 26H

1998

$235,000

Hirsche Herefords.

66 Fires Ranch

Yearling Bull

HR General 65D

1995

$62,500

Hansons Ranches

Adams Ranch, Ridder Hereford Ranch

Coming Two-Year Old Bull

B&H Calgary 81 42L

1981

$280,000

B&H Hereford Farms

Calgary 81 Syndicate

Heifer Calf

GH Ginger ET 10G

1997

$16,000

Genetic Influence Dispersal

Pied Pier Farms, Mill Creek Ranch

Bred or Open Yearling Heifer

CGD 42L Ribstone Lass 165N

1982

$30,000

C.G., Brad Dallas

Ed Rutledge

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Lloydminster, Alberta

Grand Champion Heifer: CMS SODA POP 425B Sire: Drake Poker Face 2X Dam: HPF Cream Soda 410 Exhibitor: Toby Noble, Lloydminster, SK

Sponsored by Justamere

Reserve Champion Heifer: CCCJ BEAUTY 4B Sire: Sooline Motive 9016 Dam: Six Mile Beauty 803U Exhibitor: Chance Jackson, Sedley, SK

Grand Champion Steer: Breed: XBred- Walks Alone Exhibitor: Chance Jackson, Sedley, SK Reserve Champion Steer: Breed: Crossbred Exhibitor: Brandon Hertz, Maymont, SK

The 5th Annual Beef-A-Rama

Champion Bred & Owned Female: LKW Amy 1B Exhibitor: Luke Webb

Champion Bred & Owned Bull: Kirby-Lone Pine Energy 168C Exhibitor: Lexie Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor Grand Champion Female: Remitall-West Belle 36B Exhibitor: Emily Latimer Reserve Grand Champion Female: K-Cow Sophia 5Z Exhibitor: Kailey Wirsta

Judge: Steven Prichard, Camrose, AB

Grand Champion Bull: YV 148X Super Silver 39B Exhibitor: Coleman Nixdorff

Wetaskiwin, Alberta

Reserve Grand Champion Bull: LBH 335X Super Rib 63B Exhibitor: Daniel Schuepbach

July19-21, 2015

Reserve Champion Bred & Owned Female: JustAcre Sarah 1C Exhibitor: Jillian Just

Reserve Grand Champion Female: Square-D Reiss 237A Exhibitor: Ayla Duke

AJHA Provincial Show

Judge: Levi Jackson, Sadley, SK

Reserve Champion Bred & Owned Bull: EM Seb TJ Exhibitor: Emily Sebastian

Vibank, Saskatchewan Grand Champion Female: RU BA 0124 Cinnamin 230B Exhibitor: Kylee Dixon

July 11, 2015

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executive director’s report Canadian Hereford Association

By Stephen Scott

E X ECU TIV E D I R ECTO R , CA N A D IA N H ER EFO R D A S S O CIATI O N

I’d like to start my report by welcoming to the CHA two new staff members.

Karen Schiml, who began at the end of April, took on the role of Programs and Media Coordinator. Karen will be working with the team at the office to deliver Hereford Breed Improvement (HBI) initiatives, our Mark of Excellence (MOE) Show program and member recognition programs. Karen will also deliver back-up help to the registry and Digest. Karen is a past CJHA member and has a passion for the beef industry.

The CHA also hired Libby Laycraft into the role of Youth Programs and Foundation Manager. In the past, Libby has worked alongside the Hereford and Angus Associations. Libby will be taking over the organization for the Canadian Junior Hereford Association (CJHA) programs and working with the Keith Gilmore Foundation trustees to develop and implement fundraising efforts. We are very excited to have these two talented ladies join the CHA and look forward to having them as part of the team.

It’s been a busy spring and start to summer at the CHA office. In November, the CHA office experienced a large flood and the rebuilding/repair process took most of the spring. On May 1st we had another water leak that affected the upstairs. We are now wrapping up the last parts of the top floor water damage repair. As it turned out, some of the modifications to our office space were much needed, to the keep the building in working order.

Bonanza 2015 was a great success and I’d like to thank the Bonanza planning committee and the membership of the Maritime Hereford Association for hosting a great event. Bonanza is a large event that is lead primarily by volunteers. Thanks to all those who committed their personal time to continue making Bonanza the most successful junior program in Canada. In all, 86 youth and 110 head took part in the shows and activities. The CHA held it’s summer Board, committee meetings and AGM in combination with Bonanza. Thank you to all those who were in attendance. I’d like to extend a welcome to everyone to attend next year’s Hereford week in Canada - August 9-13, 2016 to be held in Olds, Alberta. Once again, our CHA summer board meetings and AGM will be held in combination with Bonanza and we look forward to a large gathering as the Bonanza planning committee is striving to host the largest commercial show ever hosted at a Bonanza in 2016.

Looking ahead to 2016, President Daryl Kirton and I will be heading to Montevideo, Uruguay, to attend the 2016 World Hereford Conference. I’d like to invite all those who are interested in attending this great event.

Looking ahead to 2016, President Daryl Kirton and I will be heading to Montevideo, Uruguay, to attend the 2016 World Hereford Conference. I’d like to invite all those who are interested in attending this great event. Uruguay is home to some six million Hereford cows, more than half of the nations beef cattle population. This should be a very interesting trip that will provide breeders the opportunity to network with other Hereford breeders and enthusiasts from around the globe. The CHA is working with Tier One travel to align flights so that we can offer reduced rates to those wishing to travel to Uruguay. Please contact Monica Hillis at Tier One to book your flights.

Please visit the 2016 WHC website at www.hereforduruguay2016.org to find booking deadlines; the first Early Bird deadline for registration is September 15th 2015.

In closing, I’d like to wish everyone a good end to summer and we all look forward to seeing strong prices at the early fall female sales. I look forward to seeing everyone over the fall as I travel to shows and sales across the country.

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rapport du directeur exécutif Association Canadienne Hereford

Par Stephen Scott

D I R ECTO R E X ÉC U TI F, A S S O CIATI O N H ER EFO R D CA N A D IA N

Je voudrais commencer mon compte-rendu en vous présentant deux nouveaux membres du personnel de l’association. Karen Schiml, qui a débuté à la fin du mois d’avril, a pris le rôle de coordonnatrice des programmes et des médias. En collaboration avec l’équipe déjà en place, Karen se dévouera à l’exécution des initiatives d’amélioration de la race Hereford ainsi que le programme Marque d’Excellence (MOE) et les programmes de reconnaissance des membres. Elle sera aussi en mesure d’assister le département des registres et la publication du Digest au besoin. Karen est une ancienne membre de l’association junior et elle a toujours gardé une passion pour l’industrie du bœuf. L’ACH a également embauché Libby Laycraft pour le rôle de directrice des programmes juniors et de la Fondation. Dans le passé, Libby a travaillé pour les associations Hereford et Angus. Libby sera en charge de l’Association Canadienne Junior Hereford et travaillera avec les administrateurs de la Fondation Keith Gilmore pour développer des activités de levées de fonds. Nous sommes très ravis d’avoir ces deux dames talentueuses au sein de l’équipe du personnel de l’association canadienne.

En novembre, le bureau de l’ACH a été inondé et le processus de reconstruction et de réparation s’est prolongé pendant l’hiver et le printemps. De plus, le 1er mai, nous avons eu une autre fuite d’eau qui a touché l’étage supérieur. Nous finalisons maintenant la réparation des dommages d’eau au dernier étage. Il s’est avéré que ces évènements malheureux nous ont permis de faire certaines modifications nécessaires à nos bureaux pour un meilleur fonctionnement.

Bonanza 2015 a été un grand succès et je tiens à remercier le Comité de planification et les membres de l’Association Hereford des Maritimes pour leur accueil. Le Bonanza est un événement à grand envergure et qui est dirigée principalement par des bénévoles. Merci à tous ceux qui ont commis leur temps personnel pour continuer à faire du Bonanza le programme junior plus réussi au Canada. En tout, 86 juniors et 110 têtes ont pris part aux concours et activités. Le conseil d’administration de l’ACH a tenu sa rencontré d’été, ainsi que des réunions de diverses comités et l’assemblée générale annuelle en conjonction avec le Bonanza. Merci à tous ceux qui étaient présents.

Planifiez d’avance votre présence à la semaine Hereford 2016 qui aura lieu du 9 au 13 août à Olds (Alberta). Comme d’habitude la semaine sera remplie de rencontres avec le Bonanza en vedette au programme. Nous vous invitons à vous joindre à ces évènements. Il est intéressant de noter que le comité de planification 2016 s’efforce d’accueillir le plus grand nombre d’animaux commerciaux jamais vu dans le cadre d’un Bonanza.

Le nouveau Président de l’association; Daryl Kirton débutera ses fonctions en m’accompagnant à la Conférence Mondiale Hereford à Montevideo en Uruguay. Ce rassemblement est un évènement à ne pas manquer pour tous les amateurs de Hereford de partout au monde. L’Uruguay abrite plus de 6 million de vaches Hereford, donc plus de la moitié de la population de bovins de boucherie du pays. Cela devrait être un voyage très intéressant qui

Le nouveau Président de l’association; Daryl Kirton débutera ses fonctions en m’accompagnant à la Conférence Mondiale Hereford à Montevideo en Uruguay. Ce rassemblement est un évènement à ne pas manquer pour tous les amateurs de Hereford de partout au monde. permettra aux éleveurs l’occasion d’échanger avec d’autres mordus du Hereford. L’ACH travaille en collaboration avec Tier One Travel pour coordonner les vols d’avion afin d’obtenir des tarifs réduits pour ceux qui souhaitent se rendre en Uruguay. S’il vous plaît contacter Monica Hillis à Tier One pour vos besoins de réservations. Veuillez consulter le site CHM 2016 à www.hereforduruguay2016.org pour trouver les dates limites de réservation. La première échéance d’inscription est le 15 septembre 2015.

En terminant, je tiens à souhaiter à tous une bonne fin d’été et espérons une continuation des prix élevés tout au long des ventes de femelles. J’ai hâte de vous voir au cours de l’automne aux différentes expositions et vente à travers le pays.

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provincial reports Maritimes

By Ellen Crane M a ritim e s H ER EFO R D A S S O CIATI O N PR E SI D EN T Bobby Jo Hickey M a ritim e s H ER EFO R D A S S O CIATI O N S EC R E TA RY/ M A N AG ER Well, after digging out from 17 feet of snow this spring, we had a bit of a late start. Haying season has been underway and the show season will be starting up before you know it.

But first….

Wow! Bonanza 2015! What a great time in Fredericton, New Brunswick this year! A huge thank you goes out to the organizers, Victor and NovaDawn Oulton, Dale and Lisa Black and everyone who volunteered their time over the week in order to make a successful Hereford Week in Canada.

We also want to thank the parents and guardians who took the time to bring their Junior members and their animals to Bonanza. The support given for the CJHA is amazing and will help to further the Hereford breed. I know it is not said enough but it really is greatly appreciated.

of Shar-Lo Farms, New Brunswick, on receiving his 50 year pin. Great job, Lloyd! We wish you many more years of success.

Congratulations, also, to Lloyd Francis of Shar-Lo Farms, New Brunswick, on receiving his 50 year pin. Great job, Lloyd! We wish you many more years of success.

Our provincial directors are as follows: NB – Lloyd Francis, Philip Thorne, Gordie Raymond NS – Brian Trueman, Andy Carter, Mary Dewar PEI – Ellen Crane, Brendan Crane, Jeff Matheson

Big news in Nova Scotia – this year marks the 250th Anniversary for Windsor Exhibition, in Hants County.

This is the oldest, continuously running exhibition in North America! Many are very excited to be a part of this celebration. Congratulations on reaching this amazing milestone!

Big news in Nova Scotia – this year marks the 250th Anniversary for Windsor Exhibition, in Hants County. This is the oldest, continuously running exhibition in N o r th A m e ric a! M a ny a re ve r y excited to be a part of this celebration.

Congratulations on reaching this amazing milestone!

Congratulations, also, to Lloyd Francis

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The Maritime President is Ellen Crane and Vice President is Lloyd Francis for 2015-2017.

Our Maritime provinces will host the following two sales this fall: Sale of the East in September.

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By Kevin Brown O N TA R I O H ER EFO R D A S S O CIATI O N PR E SI D EN T Ron Wells O N TA R I O H ER EFO R D A S S O CIATI O N S EC R E TA RY/ M A N AG ER The beef industry continues to fuel both optimism and pessimism at the same moment. How you view it depends on your experience and disposition.

I participated in a two-day seminar recently, which encouraged attendees to plan ahead five to ten years. I was always told that planning was meant to relieve stress, not create it. It may be that looking too far down the road will mean we are incapable of seeing events that may change through time, thus creating more stress that the planning was meant to eliminate. I prefer the following statement – ‘When we engage fully in whatever we are doing at the present time, then the stress of the past and the dread of the future vanish in the work at hand.’

The following are som e H ereford Highlights since our last report in January: A) OHA-AGM Holiday Inn Waterfront, Peterborough, ON, April 10 & 11, 2015 Our annual meeting continues to build momentum as this year’s attendance exceeded last year’s of one hundred plus.

A very enthusiastic group of juniors is always a vital part of this annual meeting as the Friday evening activities included the 2015 Ambassador competition

2015-16 Ontario Hereford Association Board of Directors Left to right: Leon Silk, CHA Rep.; George Wilson; Laura Cox, Vice-President; Dave Cavanagh; Wallace Pugh, CHA Rep.; Kevin Brown, President; Lois Batty; John Nuttall; Jill Corp and Ron Wells, Secretary Manager. Absent from the picture, Karen Paszternack.

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with entertainment and a great time of socializing.

The following Saturday morning started with a 7:00 a.m. breakfast meeting with the OHA board and zone president, zone secretaries and junior advisors to openly discuss any matter of significance that anyone may wish to bring forth, as well as words of encouragement. This enables the whole province to get a snapshot of the membership activities and zone involvement.

The registration table is usually a beehive of activity as the general meeting convenes, chaired by President, Kevin B rown. Stephen Scot t, CHA Executive Director and Tom Hamilton, r e p r e s e n t i n g O M A F R A (O n t a r i o Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs) from New Liskeard, both made interesting presentations. Ontario Show Bull and Show Female of the year for 2014 were awarded and the junior executive was introduced, along with many other activities that filled the day. Interjected into some serious concentration was the appearance of a rising star in the music industry - Naomi Bristow - who is a country and gospel music artist that is also a renowned yodeler. Naomi’s appearance was sponsored by Grand Valley Fortifiers.

the addition of 14 new members. It is certainly an encouragement to realize that these members have chosen to build their heritage with the Hereford foundation.

C) OJHA Beef-A-Rama – 2015 It takes more than a threat of inclement weather to dampen the spirits of 33 OJHA (Ontario Junior Hereford Association) members who along with moms and dads, grandmas and grandpas, brought out 66 head, to make it a very rewarding weekend at Norwood, Ontario on June 26th, 27th & 28th. To recognize the competitiveness, integrated with friendships that our juniors enjoy, was certainly worth the efforts of our leadership. Thanks goes to Lois Batty, our OJHA adult advisor and OJHA president Cassandra Gorrill and the executive for their commitment.

B) Membership New membership in the Association is certainly a bright spot for Ontario with

D) Association Beef Workshop In conjunction with the above noted junior show, the Ontario Association hosted a Beef Workshop at Norwood on June 27th. Thanks to Lance Leachman from Maidstone, Saskatchewan, for sharing his expertise with approximately 200 people comprised of 4-H members, junior members and their families and many other cattlemen from across Ontario.

Lance covered various aspects of building and improving the breeding stock business. Following the presentation,

2014 OHA Ambassador Shae-Lynne Bell presenting Alyssa Snodden the 2015 Ambassador with a bouquet of flowers; runner-up Jessica Swanston; Ambassador chairperson; Jennifer Hess; Judges, Jill Van Kessel and Laura Cox

Naomi Bristow with Ron Wells, Kevin Brown and Jamie O’Shea

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four Ontario Cattlemen’s Associations sponsored a scrumptious BBQ that was organized by OHA Board Director, Dave Cavanagh and his good wife Fran. This was truly a great event that will benefit many of us for years to come.

E) CHA Honour Roll – 2015 Our congratulations to our Ontario Hereford Association representative to the Canadian Hereford Association board of directors, Dr. Wallace Pugh, on being placed on the CHA Honour Roll this year. It is truly a deserving honour as our Ontario board of directors and many others, worked on this nomination that was presented to our Canadian board.

Wally and Fern and their family have been a huge link in the operations of Lian Mor Polled Herefords and their ties with the Ontario Association. Thank you for your steadfast commitment. You may read more on this elsewhere in this edition of the digest.

It seems to me that the summer is moving faster than the beef business as the shows and sales are already taking place. We do look forward to meeting you at these many events, but until then remember – ‘Never bet on a horse named TRIPOD!’

OJHA Beef-A-Rama 2015

Ontario Show Female of the year 2014 presentation

by President, Kevin Brown to Shirley and David Lasby for JDL JANICE 303T 201X to Justin, Josh & Jessica Lasby.

Ontario Show Bull of the Year 2014 presented to Audrey & Bill Lyons of Lyons Polled Herefords and Wendy & Brian Fagan of Dalmuir Farms for NJW 73S WA8 DOWNHOME 12Z ET.

President, Kevin Brown with Lance Leachman, Cassandra Gorrill and Ron Wells

J u n i o r S h o w m a n s h i p Grand aggregate winner Judge: Lance Leachman Rebecca Hess receiving tr o p hy f r o m M a r c i e Reavie

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provincial reports MANITOBA Manitoba Hereford Association Site 520, Box 7 Brandon, Manitoba R7A 5Y5 Phone: (204) 763-4459 bblaine2002@yahoo.ca www.mbhereford.ca

By Vivian Jones The Manitoba Hereford Association (MHA) began the year with its AGM on January 3rd, in spite of the cold weather. It was decided at a previous Director’s meeting that each voting member, who was in attendance, would be given a Hereford thermometer.

Elected to the MHA Board for a two-year term, was Michelle Allison of Leveldale Polled Herefords. Brent Blaine was reelected President, Steven Manns is the Vice-President and Albert Rimke continues as the CHA Director. The remaining Directors are Doug Troop, Bryan Fossay, Myles Jones, and Vivian Jones. At that meeting, Dan Gullett of Wawanesa was presented with the 2015 Ambassador Award, and Doug and Marlene Lyon of Roblin were named Commercial Breeder of the Year.

This was followed by calving season which fortunately wasn’t as cold as the previous year and of course, bull sale season.

In March, we started with the 1st Annual Elite Genetics Bull Sale hosted

by Leveldale Polled Herefords with RSK Farms. The weather was fantastic for March 14th. No winter parkas were needed but rubber boots helped. Sale results are as follows: 25 lots of Yearling Hereford Bulls averaged $4,812; 5 lots of 2-year-old Hereford Bulls averaged $5,170; one mature Hereford Bull sold for $5,000 and 33 commercial open heifers averaged $2,054.

On March 24th WLB Livestock held their 11th Annual Bull Sale at the farm of Bill & Nancy Biglieni. The weather, of course, had changed by this time.

After all, it is Manitoba. Brad Dubeau thought he might have to plow his way back to Winnipeg. The 18 lots of Yearling Hereford Bulls averaged $6,344.

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Saskatchewan, hosted in part by Tiltoba Polled Herefords and Mil-Wray Polled Herefords. Lundar held its 47th Annual All-Breed Beef Cattle Sale. The following breeders had bulls in the sale: Fossay Herefords, Gliech Herefords, JJBD Herefords, Greenridge Farms, and Rawcliffe Grange Stock Farms. The Hereford Heifers sold were from Fossay Herefords and Rawcliffe Grange Stock Farms.

In June, the MHA Summer MOE Show was held at the Lundar Summer Fair.

Results are as follows: Grand Champion Hereford Bull – Manns Herefords Reserve Champion Bull – Fossay Herefords Grand Champion Hereford Female - JJBD Herefords Reserve Champion Female – Greenridge Farms Thanks to all the MHA members who were able to participate.

Summer is always busy for a number of reasons. Congratulations to all the Manitoba Juniors who participated in Bonanza 2015 in Fredericton, New Brunswick. And good luck to the Juniors participating in the MB Beef Youth Roundup in Neepawa. A big thanks to all the parents who contribute in so many ways to see that our youth continue to be involved in these events. These events go a long way toward making life-long connections and learning how to network, which will serve them well in the future.

The next exciting event is the MHA Annual Field Day on August 15th (a non-Halter MOE Show).This year it is being held at the Delta Wings Lodge at St. Ambroise. It is hosted by Winchester Cattle Company of St. Ambroise and Deephaven, MN & Fossay Herefords of Woodlands, Manitoba. They have managed to have a pretty spectacular fundraiser this year. Thanks to the

members who posted flyers for us, as we went “old school” as well as all the social media routes! We hope to see you there.

On August 22nd, Leveldale Polled Herefords and RSK Farms are holding a pasture tour.

On October 15th, they will hold the Elite Genetics Female Sale at Douglas.

On October 29th- 31st, the Manitoba Ag-Ex is being held in Brandon at the Keystone Centre. There will be a Hereford MOE Show during the Ag Ex as well.

The Annual “Good As Gold” Sale will be held December 4th.

The MHA Marketing and Promotions Booth has been at several events this year. The booth was set up at the Manitoba Beef Producers AGM, The Gladstone Auction Mart, the 1st Annual Elite Genetics Sale, and the SWBD Sale.

The booth will be set up at Killarney Auction Mart, Winnipeg Livestock Yards, Good As Gold Sale, and other events as they come along. Nothing is set in stone for the booth. It has proven to be a worthwhile venture over the years as it has made for a “grass roots” connection with members who are not able, for whatever reason, to attend meetings and field days. It also puts us in closer touch with the commercial cattlemen. Printed materials are always left at the Auction Marts. More that once, the comment has been that they are glad we are leaving materials as certain people who were not there on that particular day, would be able to pick up the material when they visited again.

Haying season is progressing in spite of heat, humidity, smoke and rain (or a lack of rain in some cases). The crops are looking good as long as that “great white combine” stays away.

Hopefully the Fall sales are as strong or stronger than they have been.

Take care. Enjoy the summer. Be safe.

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provincial reports S A S K AT C H E WA N Saskatchewan Hereford Association P.O. Box 713 Weyburn, Saskatchewan S4H 2K8 Phone: (306) 842-6149 skhereford@sasktel.net www.saskhereford.com

By Marilyn Charlton The Saskatchewan Hereford Association (SHA) held its annual general meeting on July 11th, 2015, in conjunction with Beef-A-Rama, which was held at the farm of Rob & Dawn O’Connor, Lone Pine Cattle Services, Vibank, Saskatchewan.

Elected to serve a three-year term on the SHA Board of Directors was: Karen Wagner of Maple Creek, Lyal Heidecker of Middle Lake, Chad Wilson of Wawota and Kurtis Reid of Hepburn. Dale Shillington was re-elected President and Stephen Myer was re-elected Vice-President, to serve a one year term. Re-elected to the Canadian Hereford Association Board was Murray Andrews of Moose Jaw. The board would like to thank outgoing director Gordon Gustafson for his longtime service on the Saskatchewan Board.

The Saskatchewan Hereford Association repor ted a positive year for the association. The board continues to focus on developing a realistic and relevant budget that delivers sustainable results in terms of strengthening the organization and increasing growth potential.

The fifth Annual Beef-A-Rama 2015 was another huge success with 31 participants and 69 head of cattle exhibited. Thank you Dawn and Rob O’Connor for all of your hard work in organizing this event again for our juniors!

Results from the day are as follows: Grooming Judge: Carmen Millham, Outlook, SK Pee Wee: 1st: Kriselly Webber; 2nd: Lexie O’Connor Junior: 1st: Emma Lees; 2nd: Ashtyn Webber Intermediate: 1st: Kylee Dixon; 2nd: Brett Grieve Senior: 1st: Colin Piwarski; 2nd: Tyson Scott Showmanship Pee Wee: 1st: Kriselly Webber; 2nd: Kate Webb Junior: 1st: Emma Lees; 2nd: Jessie Procyk

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Intermediate: 1st: Kylee Dixon; 2nd: Jillian Just Senior: 1st: Colin Piwarski; 2nd: Tyson Scott Public Speaking Pee Wee: 1st: Delaney Sebastian; 2nd: Lexie O’Connor Junior: 1st: Emily Sebastian; 2nd: Jessie Procyk Intermediate: 1st: Jillian Just; 2nd: Kylee Dixon Judging Pee Wee: 1st: Kriselly Webber; 2nd: Delaney Sebastian Junior: 1st: Ashtyn Webber; 2nd: Emma Lees Intermediate: 1st: Kylee Dixon; 2nd: Brett Grieve Senior: 1st: Angel Grieve; 2nd: Colin Piwarski Show Results Judge: Levi Jackson, Sedley, SK Champion Heifer Calf XLP Reese’s Action 500C - Lexie O’Connor Reserve Champion Heifer Calf XLP 145X Blanche 119C - Remi Mitchell Junior Champion Female RU BA 0124 Cinnamin 230B - Kylee Dixon Reserve Junior Champion Female RVP 91Z Blue Ribbon 99B - Emma Lees Senior Champion Female Square-D Reiss 237A - Ayla Duke Reserve Senior Champion Female XLP CLF 57U Blanche 168Z - Lexie O’Connor Grand Champion Female RU BA 0124 Cinnamin 230B - Kylee Dixon Reserve Grand Champion Female Square-D Reiss 237A - Ayla Duke Champion Bull Calf XLP Stone 108C - Delaney Sebastian Reserve Champion Bull Calf XLP Action Time 721C - Jessie Procyk Junior Champion Bull XLP KPH LC Tribute ET 707B - Lexie O’Connor Reserve Junior Champion Bull XLP 75Z Kelsey 55B - Colin Piwarski Senior Champion Bull LV Project X L 14A - Ashton Webber Reserve Senior Champion Bull XLP 91S Tearrius 768A - Remi Mitchell

Grand Champion Bull XLP KPH LC Tribute ET 707B - Lexie O’Connor Reserve Grand Champion Bull XLP Stone 108C - Delaney Sebastian Champion Female Bred & Owned LKW Amy 1B - Luke Webb Reserve Champion Female Bred & Owned JustAcre Sarah 1C - Jillian Just Champion Bull Bred & Owned Kirby-Lone Pine Energy 168C - Lexie O’Connor Reserve Champion Bull Bred & Owned EM Seb TJ - Emily Sebastian Champion Commercial Cow/Calf Angel Grieve Reserve Champion Commercial Cow/Calf Emma Just Champion Commercial Yearling Female Colin Piwarski Reser ve Champion Commercial Yearling Female Emily Sebastian Grand Champion Commercial Female Colin Piwarski Reserve Grand Champion Commercial Female

Emily Sebastian Grand Champion Steer Colin Piwarski Reserve Grand Champion Steer Emma Lees Three Head from one Family Emma & Kyla Lees Grand Aggregate Winner Kylee Dixon

Beef-A-Rama 2015 Participants

Saskatchewn Hereford Association Board From L-R: Dale Shillington, SHA President; Stephen Myer, Vice President; Lance Leachman; Karen Wagner; Corey Lees; Murray Andrews, CHA Directors; Doug Mann, David Reid & Chad Wilson; James Hordos; Jeff Lees. Missing: Tina Lees, Lyal Heidecker, Matt Lohner and Kurtis Reid.

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provincial reports A L B E R TA Alberta Hereford Association RR #2 New Norway, AB T0B 3L0 Phone: (780) 855-3912 abherefords@xplornet.ca www.albertaherefords.com

By Blair Fenton A LB ER TA H ER EFO R D A S S O CIATI O N PR E SI D EN T & Susanne Fankhanel A L B ER TA H ER EFO R D A S S O CIATI O N M A N AG ER President Blair Fenton

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I have to say that the Beef Industry was very impressive these past months. Congratulations to all the purebred and commercial breeders on their successful sales this past year.

Now, the challenges of making the feed to provide for these wonderful critters!

The Alberta Hereford Association (AHA) has sponsored the following events in the past year: Balog Auction British Breed Event â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Calf Sale Sponsor and Lunch; Hereford Genes Event; Medicine Hat Pen Show; Peace Country Beef

4-H Members across the province. The extra awards are for 4-H projects that won Grand Champion, Reserve Grand Champion or Rate-of-Gain awards at the Club, Regional and Provincial Levels.

This year, the AHA has selected a print from artist Shelley Kudera from Rednex Ranch to award the 4-H members for the 2015-2016 4-H year. Please make your clubs aware of these awards as the AHA would like to recognize members with Hereford-influence projects.

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I would like to congratulate the following honorees that were recognized at the Annual General Meeting held in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, which was hosted by the Northern Alberta Hereford Club: Hall of Fame: Al & Lori Fenton Commercial Cattleman of the Year: Guenthner Ranch Purebred Breeder of the Year: Rutledge Herefords Congress; Canadian Bull Congress; Chinook Jr. Stock Show and the Calgary Stampede. We plan to support these events again in the coming year. I was able to attend the Hereford Genes Event, Farmfair in Edmonton, the Medicine Hat Pen Show, the Canadian Bull Congress in Camrose, the Oyen Pen Show and the Calgary Bull Show & Sale, with the booth. It was great seeing everyone there. I enjoyed the Hereford stories that were told.

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honorees that were recognized at the Annual General Meeting held in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, which was hosted by the Northern Alberta Hereford Club: Hall of Fame: Al & Lori Fenton Commercial Cattleman of the Year: Guenthner Ranch Purebred Breeder of the Year: Rutledge Herefords The meeting was held in conjunction with the AJHA Provincial Show. It was great to see the Alberta members there to support the Junior Association. All the juniors did an amazing job in their show this year. Good luck for the rest of the year.

Next year, the AJHA is hosting Bonanza 2016 in Olds, Alberta As the winter came to a close in April,

Next year, the AJHA is hosting Bonanza 2016 in Olds, Alberta calving and spring seeding had started.

This year is going to be a challenge for many with current market prices and the challenges of having enough pasture and feed for the animals. I wish everyone the best for the coming months â&#x20AC;&#x201C; at home and through sales.

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By Murray Gore B C H ER EFO R D A S S O CIATI O N PR E SI D EN T & Janice Tapp S EC R E TA RY O F T H E B C H ER EFO R D A S S O CIATI O N President Murray Gore

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JANUARY TO JUNE IN BC THE WEATHER! It’s been a top topic since the beginning of January. No snow, lots of snow many of us in Southern BC were quite happy that we didn’t see the snow this past winter. Though it was a lot easier to get around without the snow, we are now paying the price with water restrictions and streams which should be at their peak levels never having reached normal and drying up already.

Now hot dry weather and forest fires seem to be the topics of discussion throughout the west and in BC this is not an exception. From North to South, East to West, we are experiencing unprecedented heat and lack of rain.

On Haida Gwaii, the Richardson family reports only one evening of rain since early May—this in a region known for its daily showers and rainforest vegetation.

Their pasture and hay supplies are in desperate situations. On a call to Catherine Brown of Copper Creek Ranch in Princeton the other day, she mentioned the hordes of grasshoppers they are fighting along with the heat.

In the Fraser Valley, by July 5th, Daryl Kirton had already taken off his third cut of hay-it was either take it or let it dry up and lose it. Will there be the usual fourth cut? Yes the weather certainly is the topic of discussion again this year.

THE BULL SALES! Our bull prices were up this Spring with bulls sold for higher prices than we’ve seen in years. Averages were above previous years at all the sales. The Van Steinburg’s Pine Butte Bull Sale in late February saw a good average of $5,135 on 33 bulls. Williams Lake Bull Sale saw Little Fort Herefords have the high selling two-year-old Hereford, LFH Sun Power 35X 62A by YV 710T Sun Power Lad 35X at Williams Lake at $9,500.

Richardson Ranch had the high selling

yearling Hereford bull in BC with TLELL 0219 Blueprint 22B by Koanui Rocket 0219 selling for $7,750. Private sales off the ranches saw good returns. Overall, prices were higher and breeders were happy with the increased returns. The most common comment: “It’s about time and I hope it lasts!”

THE FIELD DAYS! The West Coast Hereford Club Field Day was held on Sunday, May 31st, 2015, at Peter Herefords in Langley, BC. The weather was perfect for a Field Day with a core group of Hereford enthusiasts attending. Jim Wright did an excellent job judging a select group of heifer and bull calves in the pen show. North Bluff Farms corralled both the Grand Champion and Reserve Champion Bull Calf banners. Hlusek Farm’s entry won the Grand Champion Heifer Calf banner with Peter Farm’s heifer calf being awarded the Reserve Champion Calf banner. The banners were generously sponsored by KPMG. Following the pen show, guests enjoyed a BBQ and social.

A huge thankyou to the Greg Peter family for their generosity and hospitality in hosting this event for another year.

On Saturday, June 27th, 201 5, the Thompson Valley Hereford Club held its annual field day at the home of Stewart and Sue Ringdal in Armstrong.

About 25 people gathered in the late afternoon and then headed next door to Riverbreeze Farm for a tour of a robotic dairy facility. Following that, there was time to check out the Ringdal’s dairy and beef operation. A potluck supper was enjoyed in spite of the intense heat.

Those in attendance felt privileged to have CHA Executive Director Stephen Scott as guest speaker. He gave an interesting and informative presentation on the current research and the value of measuring residual feed intake in cattle.

It was great to visit with everyone, thanks to all who attended!

THE REST OF THE YEAR? MOE SHOWS: The Yellowhead Hereford Breeders’ Association, our north-central BC club, will be hosting a Mark of Excellence Show at the Nechako Valley Exhibition in Vanderhoof, on August 22nd.

The Thompson Valley Club’s MOE show will be held at the Interior Provincial Exhibition in Armstrong, on September 5th. Herefords are the feature breed at the IPE this year. We are hoping to get as many breeders as possible to exhibit their best stock at this show as Armstrong is in an area where there are a lot of large commercial herds; plus there are about 150,000 people who go through the gates.

The final BC MOE show of the year will be hosted by the West Coast Hereford Club on September 12th, 2015, at North Bluff Farms in Aldergrove, BC. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: Our AGM will be held in Vernon, BC on September 4th. The meeting will be on the day before the MOE show in Armstrong.

SALES: September will see two annual sales. The first will be an internet sale for TLELL Polled Herefords, September 17th-20th. The Pacific Invitational Female Sale will be in Williams Lake, September 26th. Heifer calves and bred heifers will be on offer at this sale from our breeders.

The quality of Herefords in BC has never been higher. For those who are looking to increase quality in their herds, be sure to take a long look at the cattle consigned to these sales.

Field Day: The Yellowhead Club will be hosting its field day in early October.

And the Weather? No doubt it will continue to be a topic of discussion for all of us!

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By Larissa Lupul Greetings fellow junior Hereford enthusiasts!

I’d like to start off by welcoming Libby Laycraft to the Canadian Junior Hereford Association (CJHA) team. Libby has been hired as our new Adult Advisor and we are very excited to work with her!

I’m sure that I share a similar feeling to many other juniors when I say that I had an amazing time at Bonanza 2015 in Fredericton, New Brunswick! If you’ve never attended a Bonanza, I’d highly recommend it. The friends that you meet, skills that you learn and memories that you make will stay with you forever!

On behalf of the CJHA, I’d like to thank the sponsors and organizers who make Bonanza an outstanding event, year after year. Your sponsorship money and volunteer hours help develop juniors into well-rounded and enthusiastic young cattlemen. I’d also like to thank the parents, grandparents, neighbors, friends and families who help our juniors prepare for and get to Bonanza. Without your support, our show wouldn’t be the first class event that it is today. I’d like to recognize Copper Creek Ranch as a continuous Diamond sponsor of Bonanza. The juniors appreciate their support more than they could ever imagine!

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If you are interested in placing an ad in the 2016 CJHA Calendar, please contact your provincial delegate.

On behalf of the CJHA, I’d like to thank the sponsors and organizers who make Bonanza an outstanding event, year after year. Your sponsorship money and volunteer hours help develop juniors into well-rounded and enthusiastic young cattlemen. I’d also like to thank the parents, grandparents, neighbors, friends and families who help our juniors prepare for and get to Bonanza. Without your support, our show wouldn’t be the first class event that it is today. The CJHA would also like to extend a huge thank you to the organizers, sponsors and participants of the T Bar Invitational Golf Tournament that took place on June 23rd & 24th.

Bar Invitational Golf Tournament that took place on June 23rd & 24th.

Manitoba delegate Samantha Rimke and her dad, Albert, represented us at the tournament and had a great time.

The T Bar Invitational has also been a continuous sponsor and this year, donated $14,214.30 to our association!

As usual the national council members have been busy working on their annual projects. This year the heifer lottery was a huge success with 50 sales/breeders participating and $5,000 in sale credits given out! The heifer lottery winners were announced at Bonanza, where the silent auction and 50/50 projects also took place.

Ontario delegates are currently in the process of creating some new and exciting factsheets for juniors to use, which will be available in the fall. If you would like to donate semen to the semen donation project, please contact Heather FisherLeBlanc at heatherfisher1@hotmail.com.

While my report comes to an end, so does my position as the CJHA President.

I am sad to step down but am excited to announce that the new CJHA President is Cassandra Gorrill from Ontario and the new Vice President is Wyatt Oulton, from the Maritimes. Samantha Rimke from Manitoba will continue to be the CJHA Secretary and Allison Mastine from Quebec has been elected as the Communications Director. I would also like to welcome Allison Booth as the new delegate for the Maritimes, taking over Bree Curry’s spot. Welcome, also, to Jade Ouellet, from Quebec, who steps in as Quebec’s national delegate, taking Colt Mastine’s position. And welcome, Andrew Cross, from Alberta, who took over my spot.

Thank you once again to everyone who supported me and made my year as President such a great experience!

See you down the show road!

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By Michael Latimer As always, summer is a great time of year in the cattle business. The cattle are out on pasture and the junior shows are creating a lifetime of memories for both parents and kids. The Hereford breed has always been a leader in youth development with the Bonanza show

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One of the core activities of CBBC since its inception in 1994 is the development of international markets for Canadian livestock and genetics. This continues to

Many of you may have experienced a longer than expected delay in obtaining an import permit for cattle or genetics coming from the USA into Canada this past spring. This was caused by a change in organizational structure at CFIA which is part of their ongoing modernization process. continuing to be the gold standard for the industry. Good luck to all the juniors participating this summer and into the fall.

Many of you may have experienced a longer than expected delay in obtaining an import permit for cattle or genetics coming from the USA into Canada this past spring. This was caused by a change in organizational structure at CFIA which is part of their ongoing modernization process. The import permits are now issued through a centralized Centre of Administration and are no longer issued by regional offices. As with any change, there were a few issues experienced as a result of higher than expected peak requests from February to May for import permits. It should be noted that other animal species and products also use this new system, compounding the delays. The Canadian Beef Breeds Council along with industry partners are working closely with CFIA to continually improve the system to avoid prolonged delays for bringing new genetics into

be a focus even in an era of historically low cattle numbers and record high prices. We feel it is impor tant to maintain trade relations with countries interested in our product as well as to further maximize the value of our cattle to keep farms and our human resource infrastructure in place. We have worked and will continue working close with the Canadian Hereford Association, other beef breed associations, export

of our industry.

This past June, CBBC and a number of breed associations including the Canadian Hereford Association, attended the Beef Improvement Federation Conference in Biloxi, Mississippi. This was the 47th consecutive conference and has been hosted on three occasions in Canada with the latest in 2008. The BIF organization is responsible for setting the guidelines for the North American beef industry under which breed associations, researchers, and government officials assess cattle from a scientific aspect. Without these standards, it would be difficult to compare research as something as simple as a hip-height measurement could have been taken using a different system and yielding different results.

This conference is also a great opportunity for Canadians to network with other breed association staff, breeders, researchers, and government officials from around the world. It is important for Canada to remain a global leader in order to develop markets for our genetics and consistently deliver

The BIF organization is responsible for setting the guidelines for the North American beef industry under which breed associations, researchers, and government officials assess cattle from a scientific aspect. Without these standards, it would be difficult to compare research as something as simple as a hipheight measurement could have been taken using a different system and yielding different results. companies and government agencies to develop these markets as an integral component to the long term profitability

a high quality product which is a key component in our Canada Beef Advantage.

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Legacy Award Memorial Scroll Honour Roll

The Canadian Hereford Association honours individuals who are recognized as leaders in the development of the Hereford breed in Canada.

This Award is not limited to Hereford breeders. Guidelines for the award recognize that many people on the perimeters of the Hereford industry make outstanding contributions as employees, elected representatives, research scientists, livestock specialists, etc. For these reasons, it is the intention of the Canadian Hereford Association to consider everyone associated with the Hereford industry in bestowing such awards.

We place on the Honour Roll those living persons who we deem to have been most instrumental to the well being of the industry. A Memorial Scroll recognizes leaders who have passed on.

It is not a coincidence that those persons who have made an outstanding contribution to the Hereford industry are also very much involved with their families in community affairs. In many instances, while we know them best for their leadership in the Hereford industry, they are also leaders in other phases of agricultural production.

The assistance and knowledge of such men and women improves the well being of everyone who comes in contact with them. Many of our Canadian Hereford industry leaders have been recognized nationally and internationally for their unselfish dedication to the improvement of life for their fellow man.

The Board of Directors, CANADIAN HEREFORD ASSOCIATION

Honour Roll Bob Balog

Hereford breeders congrat ulate auctioneer Bob Balog of Balog Auction Services, for being named to the Canadian Hereford Association’s Honour Roll.

Balog grew up on the Balog Hereford Ranch (BHR) at Milk River, Alberta and remains in the business under the name BHR, where Herefords play a prominent role.

Hereford breeders say Balog has done more for the Hereford breed in Alberta and beyond, than any auctioneer in the province – bar none.

“Everybody likes him,” says longtime Hereford breeder Ron Hanson.

“He always comes across as an honest farm kid,” says Hanson. “He is trusted and sincere with everyone – buyers and 144

sellers alike.”

“He has a dynamic voice and he’s always on time and he keeps his word.”

Hanson says Balog takes pride in his purebred sales and still runs the best sales in western Canada.

Hereford breeder Gordon Church calls Balog “the voice of Herefords”. Church has always been impressed with Balog’s knowledge of the breed’s bloodlines.

“Balog has put his heart and soul into the Hereford and livestock industries – more than anyone I know,” says Hereford breeder Al Fenton.

Balog studied Animal Science at Olds Agricultural College, with intentions of becoming a veterinarian. He changed his plans in his last semester, however, heading to the Western College of Auctioneering in Billings, Montana.

He set his sights on selling at purebred Hereford sales.

Back in Lethbridge, Alberta, Balog got his start at a southern Alberta Auction Market and did his first Hereford sale in 1974 at the Powesland Production Sale. He established his own yards, strategically close to Lethbridge-area feedlots in 1980 when it was tough times in the cattle business but he never quit. He built the business with

his family. His sister Maureen has been his office manager for 28 years.

Together, the family has worked hard to service both industry buyers and sellers.

“Bob doesn’t favour the buyer,” says customer Hans Ulrich.

Balog has now run millions of cattle past the block and has sold at almost every major Horned Hereford sale in Canada and a dozen States in the USA. He has also sold many polled Hereford sales in Alberta and beyond.

He has represented Canadian Herefords across the world.

Along the way, Balog Auction was named Southern Alberta Business of the Year in 2005 and Bob himself was named the Canadian Livestock Industry Leader of the Year by the Record Stockman at the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado, the same year. These awards recognized Balog’s outstanding contributions to the livestock industry and his “25 years of service to commercial and seedstock producers in both countries.”

He has done so with a personal touch.

Bob has received many awards throughout his career, but most recently he was named 2013 Lethbridge Citizen

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“No one has tried harder for his customers,” says friend and customer Al Fenton.

As a colleague, Donnie Peacock says Balog always makes him feel welcome.

Balog was Peacock’s idol when entering the business of auctioneering.

Colonel Steve Dorran started his business about the same time as Balog. He calls Balog “one of the most enthusiastic auctioneers” he knows and says Balog brings that enthusiasm to every sale that he does.

Donnie Raffin, who used to sell the Calgary Bull Sale with Balog, says Balog is professional in every way.

“He is Mr. Hereford,” says Raffin, “and he has integrity and honesty above reproach.”

Customer Walter Blume says Balog

“takes every auction seriously” and is someone with a lot of “integrity”. He can work fast or he can work slowly, according to need, says Blume, who also describes Balog as “extremely professional.”

The late Kurt Gilmore, former publishing editor of the Canadian Hereford Digest, says community support is an integral part of Balog’s life, outside and inside cattle circles.

He has purchased 4-H steers in Alberta and beyond and has supported numerous junior activities, for years.

He has given financial support and inkind support to Hereford field days and tours in western Canada, where he sometimes announces free of charge and donates his sound system, says Gilmore.

“Balog pulls cattle from four western provinces,” says Gilmore. “Bob gets our

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Hereford breeders more money for their feathernecks, and gives them an option to sell Hereford cattle in a Hereford market,” – that is, Balog Auction Services.

Maurice and Ellen Oddan of Misty Valley Farms say “Bob Balog is one of the Hereford industry’s greatest assets.

His enthusiastic support and promotion of the breed is unwaver ing. His warmhearted hospitality is generous and genuine. We are fortunate to have Bob as our ally.”

Ladies and gentleman, please put your hands together to recognize Mr. Bob Balog, The Canadian Hereford Association’s latest inductee to the Canadian Hereford Association Honour Roll.

Honour Roll Lyal Fox

The Canadian Hereford Association congratulates Mr. Lyal P. Fox, for his induction into the 2015 Honour Roll.

Lyal was born December 26th, 1941 in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, to Molly and Jonathan Fox III of Justamere Farms. In the early years, Lyal kept busy helping grandfather Jonathan Fox II feed his Irish Wolfe Hounds.

Through Lyal’s involvement with the farm’s Holstein herd, he met fellow 4-H Dairy Club member Don Jarrett who would eventually become partners in the Ponderosa Ranch, breeding polled Herefords with Lyal, younger brother Charlie (Bob) and his father, Jonathan III. Another “Holstein” connection was made with Alan and Murray Haight who

came to be good friends and with whom he travelled, to many dairy shows in Western Canada. Their friendship led to the Haigts becoming Polled Herford Breeders.

During the depression years, when Lyal and Bob were still youngsters, Just a mere vent u red i nto ma ny difference facets of livestock to help make ends meet. Among the many species they raised were Great Dane dogs, Poland China Hogs, Border Cheviot Sheep, Percheron Horses, Coon Hounds, and Uncle Frank Fox’s free range flock of turkeys. They also grew grain and large plots of potatoes both to sell and to feed themselves.

Lyle Graduated from Lloydminster Comprehensive High School in 1959, then attended Graham School in Hays, Kansa in 1967. On October 23rd, 1965, Lyal married Virginia C. Millington in Medicine Hat, Alberta. They had six children (Lyal P Fox II, A.J. Fox, Jonathan Fox IV, Stirling A. Fox, Ben E. Fox, M. Jay Fox) and are the proud grandparents to 16 grandchildren.

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Lyal and his Father recognized that the current type of cattle didn’t fit where the industry was heading. The “belt

buckle” animal was maturing too early and did not utilize Canadian prairies feedstuffs efficiently. This consensus led them to search for a growthy, latermaturing animal with a larger frame that could produce more pounds of beef. Justamere Stock Farms LTD was already well known for its high quality Percherons and dairy animals, so when Polled Herefords came onto the farm in 1954, they were bound to receive that same notoriety. Lyal helped expose Justamere and Canadian Herefords throughout North America, exhibiting at major shows such as the Royal Winter Fair, the Pacific National Exhibition, the American Royal, the Forth Worth Stock Show, the Houston Stock Show and Rodeo, the Dixie National Show, the North American International Livestock Exposition (N.A.I.L.E), the National Western Stock Show and of course, the Canadian Western Agribition. At one time in Lyal’s career, he had ownership and leadership roles in six different Hereford operations. Those operations were Justamere Farms Ltd, Ponderosa Ranch Ltd, Queenie Creek Ranch Ltd, Nupar Cattle Developments, 4U Ranch and Circle T Ranch. He and his partners were responsible for breeding and 145

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marketing close 2,400 head of purebred Polled Herefords.

Lyal sold his cattle throughout nine provinces, one territory, 45 states and 14 countries. Through tireless efforts and with the ability to connect with potential customers, Lyal was able to market Canadian genetics in large quantities, selling truckloads of registered Herefords into numerous, never-before-visited markets.

Some of Justamere’s highlights during Lyal’s watch include the 1972 Justamere Dispersal – the first Million-Dollar Hereford Sale in Canada; having the high selling bull in Canada, Justamere Spectacular 800B for $55,000 in 1972; and exhibiting many National and Reserve National Champion animals including World Hereford Congress Champion Female in 1972. Lyal has also bred and selected numerous breed foundation cattle throughout the years.

A great supporter of 4-H and junior activities, Lyal often donated his time and equipment, driving potloads of cattle to Bonanzas in Brandon, M a n it o b a , A b b ot sford , BC a nd

London, Ontario. In 2013, seven of his grandchildren participated in their first Bonanza in Brandon.

Lyal was very active on both the provincial and national Hereford scene.

He was a director on the Northwest Hereford Zone of the Saskatchewan Hereford Association and director on the Canadian Hereford Association board for many years. He served as CHA President in1978. Notably, Lyal helped initiate the Sasketchewan Hereford Center, north of Regina and was the developer of the Mark of Excellence Program, “Go with M.O.E.” in the mid seventies. Internationally, Lyal represented Canadian Hereford Breeders on several trips to the United Kingdom and Argentina where he promoted Canadian Genetics and learned new, helpful practices. His extensive travel to the United States helped open markets never before seen to Canadian Herefords. Justamere often hosted international delegations that toured the ranch, giving the delegates tremendous exposure to Canadian agriculture and to how Canadian

Herefords were managed. Justamere employed 15-20 men and women in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and many carried on to have cattle operations of their own.

In addition to his tireless service to t he Hereford Indust r y, Lya l believed in serving his community, demonstrated by his involvement in many organizations. He was Councilor for the Reg ional Municipalit y of Wilton, was Director and President of the Lloydminster Exhibition, Director of the Dauphin Exhibition, Director for the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association, Director for the Canadian Sheep Breeders Association, Founding Director in the Canadian Sheep Federation and he spent 19 years as a Director for Canadian Western Agribition (CWA). He served as President of the CWA in 1990. He continues to be an active leader in his church and is an inductee to the Saskatchewan Livestock Hall of Fame.

Honour Roll Duncan Lees

The Canadian Hereford Association congratulates Mr. Duncan Lees, for his induction into the 2015 Honour Roll.

Duncan was born September 26th, 1948, at Arcola, Saskatchewan, where he and his family still live on the quarter his great grandfather Thomas Lees homesteaded Blair Athol in 1882.

Their first Herefords were registered in 1910 by Thomas, who passed away in 1929. Duncan’s grandfather continued to ranch and register calves until his 146

death in 1936. Duncan’s father Thomas and his brother Harold continued breeding Hereford cattle separately and later under the partnership name Lees Brothers until 1964, when the partnership was dissolved. Tom continued to operate under the name Blair Athol until his death in 1974. From 1974 to 1984, Blair Athol continued as a partnership between Duncan and his brother Chris. In 1985 Duncan took over sole ownership of Blair Athol with his wife, Val and their family. Blair Athol continues to this day operated as Blair Athol Farms, owned by Duncan and Val, and Jeff and his wife, Grace. There have been 5 generations of family who have continuously registered Herefords for 105 years on this farm.

Duncan attended grade one through eight at Percy School then completed grades 9 through 12 at Arcola High School. In 1968, he attended the American Herdsman Institute in Blue

Springs Missouri and in 1972 completed his Certified Artificial Insemination Technolog y Course in A lameda, Saskarchewan.

Duncan married Valerie Mamchur on August 9th, 1971 and they had four children; Lynne, Arden, Jeff and Jarrett.

They are the proud grandparents of Christin and Kylee Dixon, Callie and Aidan Senger, Matthew, Jade, and Andrew Charlton, and Jackson and Hannah Lees.

Showing is an integral part of the operation. Blair Athol has been an exhibitor at Canadian Western Agribition 41 out of 43 years and their children showed at 13 Bonanzas!

Duncan is always happy to support the Juniors. His grandchildren, along with other Juniors, have been loaned cattle in six shows and they attended four other shows to support Juniors showing Blair Athol cattle. The family showed cattle at two American Junior National Shows

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and has shown at the National Western Stock Show in Denver four times.

Duncan was instrumental in starting two sales the farm holds with other breeders. Their annual production sale, “Blair Athol, Haroldsons’ and Friends” started in 1998 and has been running for 17 years; and the “Wilson/Lees Value Added Bull Sale” was first held in 2005 and run for 10 consecutive years. Two Blair Athol Herd sires have been used across North America through semen sales: Blair Athol 20 The Rock ET 19M and Blair Athol 13K Major 101N. Duncan has been an active Hereford supporter at both local and national levels. He was a Director for the Canadian Hereford Association from 2000-2007, served as President in 2005-2006; was Director and President of t he Sa sk at c hew a n Her eford Association; Director and President of the Eastern Saskatchewan Mainline Hereford Association; Director for the South East Saskatchewan Hereford Breeders Association; Director and President for the Sale of Distinction; Director and President of the South East Saskatchewan Hereford Zone; Director and Vice President for the Regina Bull Sale; President for the Percy Clare, Saskatchewan Stockgrowers Association; and Adult Adviser to the Saskatchewan Juniors from 1980-1982 and again from 1990-1998.

Duncan has been invited to Judge shows in Heming, Denmark; the World Beef Expo in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Farmfair in Edmonton; Canadian Western Agribition in Regina; ExpoBoeuf in Victoriaville, Quebec; the Royal

Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto; the Lindsay Fair All-Breeds, in Lindsay, Ontario; the Hardisty Field Day in Hardisty, Alberta; and numerous small fairs and regional and local 4H shows.

Herefords are a major part of life for the Lees family who have all been involved on various governing boards at many different levels. Val was a member of the Southeast Hereford Ladies, Secretary for the Eastern Saskatchewan Mainline Hereford Association and ran the Hereford booth at Agribition from 1985-1991. Lynne served as Treasurer and Secretary for the SJHA, and Arden served as President for both the SJHA and the CJHA. Jeff has been President for the Southeast Zone Hereford Association, a SHA Board member, a Redcoat CHA Chair, and was Oral Reasons Judge at Agribition. He was also on both the Dodge City Livestock Judging Team and Oklahoma PanHandle State College Livestock Judging Team.

He was awarded a Canadian Western Agribition Scholarship, and a Keith Gilmore Scholarship. Jarrett was on the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture Livestock Judging Team, was Canadian Ambassador to Oregon State University Livestock Judging Team, won the Overall Grand Aggregate at Bonanza in ‘98 in Lloydminster and was also awarded a Canadian Western Agribition Scholarship.

Duncan and his family hosted the Southeast Hereford Zone Field days in 2004 and 2014 and hosted many judging demonstrations for the Arcola Kisbey 4-H club over the years. He has donated semen to the CJHA Semen

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Donation Program numerous times, and the leading sire BBSF 101N Wrangler 29W was a result of Blair Athol semen donation.

Internationally, Duncan has promoted Herefords in Argentina at the Palermo Show, and throughout Europe in Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway. He has also attended many of the major American shows including Denver, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Kansas City, Missouri, and Billings, Montana. The Lees have exported live cattle to Kazakhstan, Russia, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Japan, and the USA, with embryos and semen being exported to Finland, Germany, Australia, and the USA. The family also hosted bus tours from Australia and New Zealand.

In addition to his many years of involvement in the Hereford industry, Duncan has been an active volunteer for other communities. He has been leader and assistant leader for the Arcola Kisbey 4-H Club, Member of the Arcola Curling Club, served as President and Treasurer on the Arcola Optimist Club, and was an Arcola School Board member. He was a Steward at St. Andrew’s United Church for 25 years, Member of Session for 10 years, and since 2012 has been serving as Chairman of the Board. Duncan is a CWA beef Committee member and is a volunteer at the Arcola Fair and Rodeo.

Over the years, Duncan has had many mentors whom he respects and was able to learn from, the main being his father, Tom Lees.

Honour Roll Wally Pugh The Canadian Hereford Association congratulates Dr. Wallace (Wally) Pugh, for his induction into the 2015 Honour Roll.

Wally was born to Margaret and Lloyd Pugh in Stouffville, Ontario, as the middle child with an older sister and younger brother. The Pugh family raised Herefords on a mixed farm in Claremont, Ontario until 1970 when the farm was sold and livestock dispersed.

Even from an early age, Wally knew he wanted to be a veterinarian and raise Hereford cattle.

A gifted student, Wally attended public school at Mount Pleasant Secondary School #12 and then Pickering High School. He was Honourably Graduated from high school and was accepted at the age of 17 to the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph University. After two years, he was accepted into the 147

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Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) where he completed his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 1972 at the age of 23.

Upon receiving his DVM, Wally joined a mixed veterinary practice in Forest, Ontario, where he practiced for four years. In 1976, he joined the Dufferin Veterinary Hospital in Orangeville, Ontario, to be closer to his family and shortly thereafter had the opportunity to buy into the practice.

In the mid-nineties, the large animal practice was sold. Wally and a partner purchased the small animal division which would ultimately expand into multiple locations, supporting a large staff. In 2009, Wally sold his interest in the practice but continues to work parttime, retaining loyalties to long-term clients.

While attending university, Wally met fellow student Fern and the couple married in 1972. Wally and Fern had two children - Trevor and Katie - and have since been blessed with four grandchildren. Trevor and Katie are still actively involved in the Hereford breed.

Trevor has recently become a partner in the family Hereford operation, while Katie still enjoys helping at shows.

She also helps announce at the local MOE show. Six-year-old granddaughter Abigail is continuing the tradition. She showed at her first Bonanza in Lindsay in 2014.

In 1984, with the purchase of the Pughs’ first Herefords, Lian Mor Polled Herefords was formed. Over the years, the herd has grown to 45 head and now supports a second farm just down the road where Trevor and wife Amy live. Cattle are marketed through the Autumn Alliance Sale, through the Breeders of Wellington County Club Hereford influence sales, through Zone sales and by private treaty.

The Pughs exhibit and show their cattle at Mark of Excellence (MOE) Shows, including the Royal Winter Fair and Agribition. A couple show highlights over the years include winning the National Reserve Grand Champion Bull at the Royal, Grand Champion at the Royal and Champion Female at the Knob Hill Farm Show. Many cattle with the Lian Mor prefix have gone on to be

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Lian Mor Herefords have been sold across Canada, the USA, Russia and Kazakhstan. Wally attends sales in Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta.

As a strong supporter of the Hereford Breed, Wally has been active on many boards and committees over the years. He is on the Barrie MOE Show Committee and he Chairs the Orangeville MOE Show Committee.

He has been a Director of the WestCentral Zone since 1986 and a Director of the Ontario Hereford Association board since the early nineties, on which he served as President in 1999/2000.

In 2004, he chaired the National Hereford Show at the Royal Winter Fair. Nationally, Wally has served as a Director on the board of the Canadian Hereford Association since 2006 and has led the board as President in 2008/2009.

He has been a member of every CHA committee and Chaired both the Show and Marketing Committees. An active member of other beef and 4-H show committees, Wally rarely misses a meeting. Wally has also been invited to judge many beef cattle shows, some 4-H shows and some Hereford MOE shows.

To promote Canadian Herefords, Wally attends the National Western Stock Show in Denver and has travelled to Ireland, England, New Zealand, Australia, Russia and Kazakhstan.

When Canadian Herefords were exported to Russia and Kazakhstan he assisted with the shipments and was instrumental in placing Canadian Expertise into Russia. When Canada hosted the World Hereford Conference in 2012, Wally organized Ontario’s participation.

Growing up, Wally was a 4-H member and continued to be involved as Leader of the Dufferin Veterinary 4-H Science Club for over a decade. An active youth, he played hockey until Junior level and has enjoyed curling for over 20 years, serving the Orangeville Curling Club as executive board member. Wally is also a Life Member of the Orangeville Agricultural Society and has been acting President and Secretary of the Abby Investment Club for the past 15 years.

He also volunteers for the Salvation

Army at Christmas for the Kettle Drive and Food Hamper distribution.

Wally has always volunteered a large portion of his time and for nearly 40 years, the Lions Club has been a big part of his life. He holds a Lifetime Membership for the Orangeville Lions Club and has served in many capacities including Governor for District 9, which covers a large part of Ontario. Wally spent 15 years on the board of directors for Lions Homes for the Deaf and was the Ontario Chair of Fundraising for the Lions Canada Foundation where he led a campaign that raised over four million dollars to benefit their Dog Guides Program. He chaired the campaign to elect a Director for Lions Club International and chaired the Youth Exchange for Ontario and Quebec.

Wally has received three awards for his High Level of Leadership and was awarded the prestigious Helen Keller Fellowship Award for his involvement with hearing and sight impairment.

Wally is a Melvin Jones Fellow – a significant award from the Lions Clubs International.

A fantastic representative for Ontario and the Hereford breed, Wally is always happy to support juniors and welcome new breeders to the Hereford family.

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CJHA Honour Roll Colt Mastine Colt Mastine, son of Paul and Jennifer Mastine, and twin to brother Dylan, is from Melbourne, Quebec.

Colt attends the Lennoxville Vocational Center where he intends to graduate from the welding program in 2015.

Born and raised on the family farm, Colt has always had an interest in the cattle industry and particularly the Hereford breed through his experience with his grandparents’ purebred operation - Joycliff Farm.

Colt has been actively involved with Herefords from the age of four, attending his first Bonanza at the age of four, along with his twin brother. Colt has been a Canadian Junior Hereford Association (CJHA) member

for 14 years and has attended 10 Bonanzas, taking part in many different events. He has been a National Delegate on the CJHA National Council for four years, representing Quebec and has been on the Board of Directors for the Quebec Junior Beef Show for four years. His 2010 Bonanza entry, Triara Wideload, has gained a lot of fame over the years. Wideload semen has sold internationally to Russia, Argentina, Brazil and throughout North America. Colt enjoys playing sports and has been involved in curling, basketball, soccer and rugby teams. He is also active within his community, 4-H Beef and Poultry Clubs and other junior breed associations. Colt’s dedication and involvement within the Hereford breed, with fellow cattleman, and with the CJHA, is very much appreciated. Congratulations Colt!

CJHA Honour Roll Cassandra Gorrill Cassandra Gorrill, daughter of Dr. Lois Batty and Thomas Gorrill, is from Lindsay, Ontario and is the younger sister to three brothers.

Cassandra is enrolled in the Animal Science Program at the University of Guelph and has plans to apply to the College of Veterinary Medicine. She grew up on the family farm, Cedarwood Polled Herefords and has been showing Herefords since the age of five.

She attended her first Bonanza in 2008 and hasn’t missed one since. Cassandra is an active member of the provincial and national Junior Hereford Boards and has acted as Ambassador for the East Central Ontario Hereford Zone and the Ontario Hereford Association. In 2014, she was one of the three co-chairs who organized Bonanza in her hometown of Lindsay.

Never one to pass up an opportunity, Cassandra has been a member of many sports clubs and organizations.

She is still actively involved in figure skating at the University of Guelph, while also being involved in

the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC/University of Guelph) Judging Club, the Beef Science Club and the Dairy Science Club. She participates in numerous 4-H clubs and spends her summers working at her mother’s practice - Cambray Veterinary Services. Yet Cassandra always makes time to travel to Bonanza and show her Herefords at other fairs. The Hereford breed has always been close to her heart and will remain so as she continues to grow her own herd.

Cassandra has been the recipient of numerous leadership awards and scholarships, including both the Keith Gilmore Scholarship and the “Future of the Breed” scholarship at Bonanza in 2014.

Congratulations Cassandra!

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FUTURE OF THE BREED CJHA KGF “Future of the Breed” Scholarship Winners This scholarship is presented annually to deserving CJHA members. This year the number of scholarships bestowed was increased to four $1000 awards. Applications are available at www.hereford.ca and applications must be postmarked by May 15th of the year of application. Congratulations to Heather, Morgan, Allison and Adam, the 2015 “Future of the Breed” recipients!

Heather Fisher-LeBlanc

Heather is the daughter of Leonard LeBlanc and the late Angela Fisher, from Williams Lake, British Columbia. She is enrolled in her second year Bachelor of Engineering program at the University of Victoria and plans to transfer to the University of Calgary in September 2015. Heather has been an active CJHA member since the age of 5, has been a member of the National Council since 2011, and has served on the executive since 2013. She is currently involved in planning the next Bonanza held in British Columbia. In addition to her Hereford activities, Heather is actively involved in 4H and enjoys volunteering with many associations. Congratulations Heather!

Morgan Heidecker

Morgan is the daughter of Lyal and Michell Heidecker, from Middle Lake Saskatchewan.

She has recently graduated from Three Lakes School and will be attending the University of Saskatchewan in the fall in Agriculture and Bioresources program.

Morgan has been a member of the CJHA for the past five years and attended her first Bonanza in 2010. She is an active member of the SJHA and CJHA and organized the 50/50 lottery for Bonanza 2015. A gifted piano player and singer, Morgan has performed at numerous event and competitions and recently completed her Grade 8 Practical Piano exam through the Royal Conservatory of Music. Morgan is also involved 4H and competes on many sports teams. Congratulations Morgan!

Allison Mastine

Allison is the daughter of Michael and Pamela Mastine, from Pierrefonds, Quebec.

She recently graduated from the Creative Arts Program at John Abbott College (Cegep) where her final photography project is on display at the Media Arts Department.

She is now enrolled in her first year of Kindergarten and Elementary Education at McGill University. Allison has been a CJHA member for 12 years and has attended nine Bonanzas. She has been the CJHA National Delegate for Quebec for the past four years and is the current CJHA Vice-President. Allison’s first Bonanza introduced her to scrapbooking and photography, which led to her organizing the Provincial Bonanza Scrapbook. Allison is actively involved in 4-H, enjoys both dancing and teaching ballet, and volunteers with various theatre productions. Congratulations Allison!

Adam Smith

Adam is the son of Craig and Sue Smith, of Mount Hope, Ontario. He recently graduated from Westmount Secondary School and is enrolled at the University of Guelph in the Food and Agricultural Business program. Adam has been involved with the CJHA for three years, and has been active at the provincial and national levels, attending many shows including Bonanza 2014 in Lindsay, ON. He has been heavily involved with 4H showing Herefords, completing over 20 different club projects and serving on the executive numerous times. He has been actively involved with Scouts Canada since the age of six, and considers himself an avid football fan. He was a member of his high school football team which he Captained in 2013. Congratulations Adam!

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All-Star Breeders

Purpose: To recognize those breeders who fully comply with the THE (Total Herd Evaluation) mandate of complete and accurate reporting of performance data on their animals.

For more information contact the CHA office or visit www.hereford.ca

Three Star Breeders

Four Star Breeders

Five Star Breeders

ACHESON, ANDREW AIRRIESS ACRES ANDRUCHOW, ARTHUR BENSON, RONALD & MOIRA BIRD’S HILL BRAY, CHARLES & MARY BRISTOW, LANNI BROOKS FARMS CRONE HEREFORDS DORRANCE, KEVIN B DUNMORE FARM FGP CATTLE GILMAR, GLEN GOWANS, JORDAN HIDDINK, HANK & TINA JENSEN FARMS KRESS, PAUL J LEES, DUNCAN LOON POINT HEREFORDS LOS TOROS RANCHERO W BAR M FARMS - W & M Martens MARTINA, TODD NOBLE BUTTE FARMS LTD RAYMOND, ALLYSON & GORDON REIMER, WENDELL RIBEY, BRUCE & HEATHER SANDY RIDGE FARMS SHADY BIRCH FARM TROOP, KEITH E TROOP, VICTOR A VEY JR, JOE WELLS, RALPH JACK WHISKEY LANE LIVESTOCK

1392357 ONT INC 3-D-L FARM BELL, DONALD & BRENDA BOOSE, GARY & NORMA JEAN BRAUN, DICK BROWN, CAYLYNNE COPPER CREEK RANCH D W HEREFORDS DOUBLE DEUCE ACRES GLENNETHY FARMS HALVORSON, HARVEY HOFFMAN, DIANE K C L HEREFORDS KOOTENAY POLLED HEREFORDS LONE FIR RANCH LYNDS, MILTON D LYONS, WM & AUDREY MATHESON, JAKE MARK MC KERRICHER FARMS INC MUELLER, ROBERT NEWTON, JAMES E NICHOL, ANGELA DAWN POGANY, CLIFFORD & KARI-ANN PUGH, WALLACE & FERN RANKIN, BLAIR & BOBBI RED ROCK POLLED HEREFORDS RIVER VALLEY POLLED HEREFORDS ROSS-SHIRE FARM SMITH, JAKE SPRING MOUNTAIN STOCK FARM TAPP, TREVOR L TARA MEADOWS THOMSON, MELVIN E THORNTON, ROBERT B TIM HORTON CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION V AND G POLLED HEREFORDS VAN CAESEELE, WESLEY WALKER, COURTNEY WINDY HILL FARMS WYLIE, L J

A M RANCHING ANDERSON, FLOYD ANDREWS, MURRAY CLARK - Triple A Herefords RUSSELL & FAYE ANDREWS BAR PIPE HEREFORD RANCH BIG GULLY FARM BRICKER, ROSS A CORNELL FARMS COURTENAY HEREFORDS DOENZ RANCHES LTD DORBAY POLLED HEREFORDS ECHO VALLEY FARM FISHER, JOAN NBG POLLED HEREFORDS HIGHMARK RANCHING HORDOS, RENA & KAYLA MAGNUM RANCHING - Meggan & Jordan Laidler JBLC HOLDING INC LEVELDALE POLLED HEREFORDS LILYBROOK HEREFORDS INC LOHNER, MARK LOST LAKE RANCH MANN, DOUG & WANDA MC CRACKEN, THEODORE & SHIRLEY MEDONTE HIGHLANDS POLLED HEREFORDS

MILLHAM, HUNTER, MORGAN & SYDNEY MISSION RIDGE HEREFORDS MITCHELL, DAVID P MORESBY THREE STARS NIXDORFF, NELS & TERRI & FAMILY O’SHEA, JAMIE OTTAWA VALLEY HEREFORD FARMS PRICHARD, KENNETH REID, DAVID G RICHARDSON RANCH RSK FARMS SMITH, ALICIA H SPRING VALLEY FARMS STRANGE, DENISE STROMSMOE, NYLE & CLINT TRIPLE H FARM LTD ULRICH, PETER ZOETEMAN, STUART & SHERRI

Deadline: June 1st of each year.

Program: Breeders will be recognized based on an All-Star scoring system for reporting performance data: (3 Star Breeder – report CE, BW, WW) (4 Star Breeder – report CE, BW, & WW plus one additional trait.)(5 Star Breeder – report CE, BW, & WW plus two additional traits.)

Reward:-Primary Member’s Name included in the THE All-Star list published in the August issue of the Digest.

-Primary Member’s Name included in special web search and illustrated under Membership Details and Breeder/Owner with THE Star logo on the web.

-Logo can be used in the breeder’s own advertising / promotional materials until August of the following year.

The key to this program is to pay attention to your Compliance Reports. These reports are returned along with any Performance reports at birth, weaning or yearling, and will identify any missing data. (Online users have access to these reports at any time.) After submitting weights for the June 1st Pan American Cattle Evaluation (PACE), review and return any missing data immediately so that you are not excluded from the All-Star list which debuts in the August 2013 issue of the Canadian Hereford Digest.

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4-H achievements

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Reserve Champion for the Commercial 2 yr old class Exhibited by: Abbey Slorstad Club: Dusty Plains 4-H Multi Club, Alberta

Dusty Plains 4-H Multi Club Grand Champion Newell District 4-H Beef Show Grand Champion Jr. Reserve Showmanship and Grooming awards Exhibited by: Kendal Pierson Club: Dusty Plains 4-H Multi Club, Alberta Kytt Henry (Market Steer) Thor Slorstad (Breeding project) Club: Dusty Plains 4-H Multi Club, Alberta

Best Carcass Award for all steers at the Nechako Valley Exhibition.

Exhibited by: Kolby Page Club: North Country 4-H Club, British Columbia

2nd Intermediate Steer Showmanship and Grooming at Club Level Two year old Project Heifer Project Steer Project Exhibited by: Daniel Schuepbach Club: Claresholm 4-H Beef Club, Alberta

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Rate of Gain for Club 3.55 lbs / day Exhibited by: Nolan Wever Club: Claresholm 4-H Beef Club, Alberta

1st in Record Keeping Senior Exhibited by: Austin Wever Club: Claresholm 4-H Beef Club, Alberta

Grand Champion Open Steer Exhibited by: Riley Sharp Club: East Lacombe 4-H Beef Club, Alberta

2nd in the 2 Year Old class Exhibited by: Lexi Wirsta Club: Elk Point 4-H Beef Club, Alberta

Club Champion Female Exhibited by: Kailey Wirsta Club: Elk Point 4-H Beef Club, Alberta

Supreme Champion Female -Northeast Regional 4-H Show Exhibited by: Kailey Wirsta Club: Elk Point 4-H Beef Club, Alberta

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4th in Comfromation, 1st in Best Trained, 2nd in Grooming and Champion Jr Showmanship Exhibited by: Deion Hronek Club: Eagle Hill Beef and Multi Club, Alberta

1st in his Confromation class Sr Showmanship Champion Exhibited by: Garret Crawford Club: Eagle Hill Beef and Multi Club, Alberta

Grand Champion Maple Creek Regional Fair Grand Champion Club Achievement Day Exhibited by: Ricki Banford Club: Bear Creek 4-H Club, Saskatchewan

Grand Champion Female, Cymri Club Achievement Day Exhibited by: Kriselly Webber Club: Cymri 4H Club, Saskatchewan

First place three year old cow calf pair Vermilion 4H achievement day/Vermilion 4H Interclub Show Exhibited by: Brie Watson Club: Vermilion 4H Beef Club, Alberta

Reserve Grand Champion Steer & Champion Intermediate Showman at the Prairieland Junior Ag Showcase Exhibited by: Morgan Millham Club: Saskatoon 4-H Beef Club, Saskatchewan

Reserve Grand Champion steer at the Argyle 4-H Beef Club Achievement Day Exhibited by: Austin Martens Club: Argyle 4-H Beef Club, Manitoba

Second place for Grooming and Showmanship at the Argyle 4-H Beef Club Achievement Day Exhibited by: Cadyn Martens Club: Argyle 4-H Club, Manitoba

Exhibited by: Zane Gunderson Club: Holden 4-H Beef Club, Alberta

Grand Champion Grand Champion Jackpot Heifer, Female, Kennedy Sk., Grand Saskatchewan Jr. Champion Jackpot Hereford Beef-aHeifer, Weyburn Sk.., Rama, Champion Champion Hereford Hereford Jackpot Heifer, Club Calf Cruz, Heifer, Yorkton Sk., Champion Hereford Reserve Champion Female, Weyburn Hereford Heifer, Regional Fair, Reserve Yorkton Spring Steer Champion Heifer, All and Heifer Show Breeds, Weyburn Regional, Reserve Champion Female, Arcola-Kisbey Exhibited by: Kylee Dixon Beef Club, Champion Hereford Heifer Yorkton Spring Steer and Heifer Club: Arcola-Kisbey Beef Club, Saskatchewan Show, Reserve Champion Hereford Jackpot Heifer, Yorkton Sk. Exhibited by: Christin Dixon Club: Arcola-Kisbey Beef Club, Saskatchewan

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Canadian Hereford Association 2014 year-end statistics Annual Young Guns Active Life Total CHA Members Junior Total

BC 76 1 2

AB 222 14 48

SK 162 10 50

MB 75 4 14

ON 201 11 9

PQ 41 1 0

MP 51 3 1

Total 828 44 124

79

284

222

93

221

42

55

996

40

115

134

43

165

32

67

596

-1.49%

119

399

356

136

386

74

122

1592

-4.21%

Year

Registrations

2001**

25,552

8,039

1,945

2002**

23,393

8,383

1,767

2003**

19,259

6,735

1,749

2004**

16,621

5,192

1,579

2005**

17,531

5,845

1,308

2006**

15,839

6,078

1,202

2007**

11,962

5,529

1,126

2008**

17,964

7,506

1,014

2009**

15,038

5,483

970

2010**

13,100

5,662

934

2011**

14, 130

5, 963

878

2012**

14,133

5,756

858

2013**

12,873

5,516

865

2014**

12,698

5,720

828

Transfers* Annual Members

*Includes Title Transfers up to & including the year 2000

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2014 % Growth -4.28% -27.87% -5.34%

**Includes Foreign Registrations

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Financial Situation 5 year Comparison 2010 1,026,667 1,019,341

2011 1,060,712 1,010,466

2012 1,793,980 1,678,751

2013 1,101,060 1,163,045

2014 1,159,713 1,161,612

7,326

50,246

165,909

($61,990)

(1,899)

Cash A/R Inventory Prepaid Expense Investment (short) Capital Assets Investment (long) Assets Liabilities Balance

(26, 941) 54,620 27,818 45,821 0 583,418 150,000 834,736 137,077 697,659

102,877 55,125 28,476 96,253 0 555,032 150,000 987,763 239,858 747,905

321,364 30,401 21,354 37,015 0 541,640 150,000 1,101,777 187,963 913,814

113,784 35,642 18,293 46,304 0 512,083 253,279 979,385 127,561 851,824

78,507 42,252 13,665 61,357 0 482,450 265,785 944,016 94,082 849,934

Current Assets Current Liabilities Working Capital Ratio

158,291 194,050 (35,759) 0.82

282,731 239,858 42,873 1.18

410,137 187,963 222,174 2.18

317,302 127,561 189,741 2.49

311,566 94,082 217,484 3.31

Revenues Expenses Profit

Registration (by age of animal) and Transfers by Province â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2014

BC Male Female Alberta Male Female Saskatchewan Male Female Manitoba

0-6 mo.

6-12 mo.

438 192 246 3,421 1,351 2,070 1,742 616 1,126 815

197 70 127 1,723 763 960 1,034 390 644 309

12-18 mo.

37 9 28 265 117 148 433 138 295 67

18 + mo.

Foreign

Total

Transfers

Title Transfers

59 22 37 129 40 89 152 62 90 11

2 0 2 31 11 20 17 4 13 5

733 293 440 5,569 2,282 3,287 3,378 1,210 2,168 1,207

211 150 61 2,208 1,186 1,022 1,482 613 869 345

0 0 0 301 14 287 322 23 299 38

Male

211

95

4

2

2

314

153

1

Female Ontario

604 849

214 248

63 50

9 63

3 46

893 1,256

192 502

37 54

Male

155

59

13

16

10

253

81

1

Female Quebec Male Female Maritimes Male Female TOTAL Male Female

694 145 34 111 224 47 177 7,634 2,606 5,028

189 87 22 65 83 19 64 3,681 1,418 2,263

37 6 1 5 7 2 5 865 284 581

47 1 1 0 2 0 2 417 143 274

36 0 0 0 0 0 0 101 27 74

1,003 239 58 181 316 68 248 12,698 4,478 8,220

421 53 13 40 174 31 143 4,975 2,227 2,748

53 0 0 0 0 0 0 745 39 706

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breed builders 2014 Members who have registered 50 or more head in 2014

156

LILYBROOK HEREFORDS INC

395

DONALD WAYNE GILLESPIE

73

FENTON HEREFORD RANCH INC

219

D W HEREFORDS

71

STEWART G CRONE

184

GARRETT RANCH

69

HOLLOWAY FARMS

161

ALLEN S HENDERSON

67

BAR PIPE HEREFORD RANCH

146

CRAIG DOUGLAS BRAUN

65

JOHN VANCISE

137

GEMSTONE CATTLE CO

65

BROST LAND & CATTLE CO LTD

135

MC COY CATTLE COMPANY LTD

64

HARVEY DALE DUKE

125

DUNCAN LEES

64

CRITTENDEN BROS

123

ANL POLLED HEREFORDS

64

DOENZ RANCHES LTD

116

STAUFFER FARMS LTD

63

NELS & TERRI NIXDORFF & FAMILY

106

M N HEREFORDS

63

HARVIE RANCHING

104

S NIXDORFF & SONS

63

CR BAR RANCHING

104

BENWYN FARM LTD

62

FLOYD ANDERSON

102

MC INTYRE RANCHING CO LTD

60

KEN RUTLEDGE

102

LAMPORT’S POLLED HEREFORDS

60

DOUG & WANDA MANN

100

WLB POLLED HEREFORDS

59

EUGENE S & NORMA E POHOLKA

100

XTC RANCHES

58

ALVIN C PAWLITZA

98

M C QUANTOCK LIVESTOCK CORP

57

JO NOMN HEREFORD RANCH

96

DOUGLAS TROOP

56

HILL 70 QUANTOCK RANCH LTD

94

STUART & SHERRI ZOETEMAN

55

PETER ULRICH

92

COPPER CREEK RANCH

54

STANDARD HILL LIVESTOCK

91

HAROLDSONS POLLED HEREFORDS

54

COULEE CREST HEREFORDS

91

SAMPSON’S THUNDERBIRD RANCH LTD 53

TWIN VIEW POLLED HEREFORDS

86

MISTY VALLEY FARMS

53

GUILFORD HEREFORD RANCH

85

MERLE W WYATT

52

JBLC HOLDING INC

83

RAYMOND CHITTICK

52

JAMES SPENCER DUKE

81

C GORDON CHURCH

52

RIVER VALLEY POLLED HEREFORDS

79

HIRSCHE HEREFORDS & ANGUS LTD

51

REMITALL WEST POLLED HEREFORDS

78

JIM & GEORGINE WESTGARD

51

BLAIR FENTON

78

CORBIELL HEREFORDS

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New Annual Members, Young Guns & Junior Members 2014 Maritimes KENNETH R BERRY SUSSEX, NB HEIDI CONSTANTINE HAVELOCK, NB BRYCE CUNNINGHAM PICADILLY, NB DYLAN HUNTER BAINS CORNER, NB SARAH HAYES & GARFIELD MORROW ROACHVILLE, NB SLIPP FARMS 1784 LTD LARRY SLIPP HAMPSTEAD, NB AUSTIN BAKER AMHERST , NS PETER BEKKERS ANTIGONISH, NS MAGGIE DEWAR PUGWASH, NS ROBIN DEWAR PUGWASH, NS AUSTIN C FRASER PICTOU CO, NS BRODY LYNDS AMHERST, NS MEGAN THOMPSON OXFORD, NS MOLLY LOANE MONTAGUE, PE Quebec DORE, REJEAN ST ALEXANDRE, QC FERME CARL LABBE CARL LABBE ST CYRILLE DE WENDOVER, QC DANIEL LIEBRECHT DANVILLE, QC Ontario ALGONQUIN POLLED HEREFORD FARM

DUAINE MC KINLEY BROCKVILLE, ON JACOB BALL COLDWATER, ON ANDREW BARFETT WALLACETOWN, ON DANIEL BARFETT WALLACETOWN, ON LAURA BARFETT WALLACETOWN, ON SCOTT BARFETT WALLACETOWN, ON JOSHUA BELL COLDWATER, ON KAITLYN BELL CARRYING PLACE, ON AUSTINA BELLAMY TIVERTON, ON DENVER BOLTON LANSDOWNE, ON

MASON & LANDON BRADLEY-GARDINER ALEXANDRIA STONE

TERRY & DEE DICKSON PEERS, AB CODY WADE FANKHANEL NEW NORWAY, AB PAYTTEN DAWN FANKHANEL NEW NORWAY, AB SHANA LEE MARIE FANKHANEL NEW NORWAY, AB WYATT JAMES FANKHANEL NEW NORWAY, AB DELANIE KNULL CROSSFIELD, AB ASHLEY NELSON DIDSBURY, AB JOSH PICKETT WARNER, AB THIERRY RAGGENBASS CLARESHOLM, AB Manitoba SAMANTHA RICHMOND PHIL & LESLEY ALLEN RUMSEY, AB ROBLIN, MB LYNDSEY SMITH BENNETT & BOBBI-JO FOSTER CAMROSE, AB DROPMORE, MB KAREN & RON SOBEY LEVELDALE CATTLE COMPANY STURGEON COUNTY, AB CODY & MICHELLE ALLISON JANE STAFFORD BROOKDALE, MB PENNER, KAILEY JENEA MITCHELL IRVINE, AB RYLAN STAFFORD KILLARNEY, MB IRVINE, AB RICHAUD STOCK FARMS MYLES VAN SICKLE OAKVILLE, MB VAN KOOTENS BIG ROCK RANCH IRMA, AB WESTVIEW RANCH DON VAN KOOTEN TRAVIS SCHATZ GREAT FALLS, MB FAIRVIEW, AB PAVOL & RENATA ZALKOVIC Saskatchewan ARDROSSAN, AB AIRRIESS ACRES British Columbia TREVOR & SARA AIRRIESS CHARLES RANCH WADENA, SK DR GAVAGA QUINN BRENDON ALM CACHE CREEK, BC ROCKHAVEN, SK CHIMNEY CREEK HEREFORDS JAYDA BLASCHUCK WILLIAM CL, ROSS & JAMES CHAPLIN, SK STAFFORD MIKAYLA BLASCHUCK WILLIAMS LAKE, BC CHAPLIN, SK ADRIENNE DICKSON COURTNEY L COCHRANE HOUSTON , BC MOOSE JAW, SK OAKRIDGE FARMS MINDY HOCKLEY JEFF & DEBBIE PAUL YELLOW GRASS, SK MANCHESTER POLLED HEREFORDS ALDERGROVE, BC DARREN & KARI-RAE MANCHESTER ASHLEIGH RINGDAL ARMSTRONG, BC SENLAC, SK ELIZABETH STUBBS & SCOTT MACDONALD TYSON RINGDAL T BAR C CATTLE CO (2013) LTD GUELPH, ON ARMSTRONG, BC SASKATOON, SK LAURA SCOTT TOM & SUSAN SCHAAD KELLY WEBBER OXFORD MILLS, ON MERVILLE , BC MIDALE, SK BRITTANY SHERRY JODY SIEMENS DURO-DUMMER, ON HOUSTON , BC Alberta HOLLY SOMERVILLE JAKE SMITH AVERY CHURCH MOUNTAIN, ON ABBOTSFORD, BC CALGARY, AB KELLY SOMERVILLE WEST RIDGE FARMS DACE COCHLAN MOUNTAIN, ON DARYL & ED REIMER STAVELY, AB ABBOTSFORD, BC

CASSELMAN, ON GAVIN BRADLEY CASSELMAN, ON RHETT BRADY NAPANEE, ON JESSICA BUKOWSKI CAVAN, ON CONCORDIA HEREFORDS ROBERT & SUZANNE PASSOW JARVIS, ON JASON CORNISH INDIAN RIVER, ON SHELBY CORNISH INDIAN RIVER, ON SHELBY CRAWFORD GLENCOE, ON CSF FARM CHAD & SARAH HARVEY ODESSA, ON NICOLAS DEROME PONTYPOOL, ON PHILIPPE DEROME PONTYPOOL, ON DESTINY FARMS BONITA MERCER MONETVILLE, ON RONALD DOYLE COLDWATER, ON SAMUEL GALE FENELON FALLS, ON JARRETT HARGRAVE PROTON STATION, ON JAMIE HENDERSON ST GEORGE, ON ABIGAIL MAC DONALD ORANGEVILLE, ON LAVERNE MARTIN HOLSTEIN, ON ABBY MURRAY AMARANTH, ON MAGGI MURRAY AMARANTH, ON JOHN & BARB NUTTALL PRESCOTT, ON LANE PALSSON CARP, ON ROSS-SHIRE FARM DAVID ROSS CAMBRIDGE, ON SCOMAC LIVESTOCK

PRESCOTT, ON PATRICK STRANKS BOGNOR, ON DORIS & DALE SWANICK UXBRIDGE, ON JESSICA SWANSTON ARISS, ON BRANDY THAXTER WOODVILLE, ON BRETT THAXTER WOODVILLE, ON COURTNEY WALKER COLDWATER, ON WINDY HILL FARMS SCOTT & NANCY WALKER ST GEORGE, ON

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REVIEW ENGAGEMENT REPORT

To the Members of Canadian Hereford Association We have reviewed the statement of financial position of Canadian Hereford Association (the "Organization") as at December 31, 2014 and the statements of operations, changes in net assets and cash flows for the year then ended. Our review was made in accordance with Canadian generally accepted standards for review engagements and, accordingly, consisted primarily of inquiry, analytical procedures and discussion related to information supplied to us by the Organization.

A review does not constitute an audit and, consequently, we do not express an audit opinion on these financial statements.

Based on our review, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that these financial statements are not, in all material respects, in accordance with Canadian accounting standards for not-forprofit organizations.

The financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2013 were audited by another accounting firm who expressed an unmodified opinion on those statements on August 1, 2014 and are presented for comparative purposes only.

Calgary, Alberta June 30, 2015

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Statement of Financial Position December 31, 2014 (Unaudited) 2014

2013 (Audited)

Assets Current Cash Portfolio investments (Note 2) Accounts receivable Inventory Prepaid expenses

$

78,507 115,785 42,252 13,665 61,357

$

113,784 103,279 35,642 18,293 46,304

311,566

317,302

Restricted assets (Note 3)

150,000

150,000

Capital assets (Note 4)

399,950

429,583

82,500

82,500

Intangible assets (Note 5) $

944,016

$

979,385

$

63,452 9,606 21,024

$

103,198 5,889 18,465

Liabilities Current Accounts payable and accruals Government remittances payable Unearned receipts and member revenue

Net assets Unrestricted operating Internally restricted Invested in capital assets

$

94,082

127,552

217,484 150,000 482,450

189,750 150,000 512,083

849,934

851,833

944,016

$

979,385

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

_____________________________ Director _____________________________ Director

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CANADIAN HEREFORD ASSOCIATION Statement of Operations Year Ended December 31, 2014 (Unaudited) 2014 Budget

2014

2013 (Audited)

(Note 9)

Revenue Registry revenue Memberships Registrations Total Herd Evaluation Transfers (live) Provincial association fees Other registry income A.I. permits and certificates Donor dam permits Export certification Extended pedigrees Miscellaneous registry HD SNP testing Parentage testing Transfers (title and lease) Non registry income ALMA SNP parentage project CCIA tags CJHA mission Computer services Contract services Interest Ketchum Legacy travel Merchandise sales Miscellaneous non-registry RFI trial Rent Sales - tags Canadian Hereford Digest Advertising income Brochures Catalogue Miscellaneous income Semen & Embryo Directory Subscription income Website

$

132,450 360,000 95,000 75,000 (91,000) 571,450

$

125,878 353,375 94,210 76,815 (89,100) 561,178

$

132,155 362,770 94,835 70,815 (87,070) 573,505

16,000 5,000 4,500 10,000 10,000 70,000 6,000 121,500

17,730 8,200 2,800 30 5,767 73,594 6,130 114,251

16,120 4,100 5,300 30 7,155 71,594 6,220 110,519

12,500 1,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 500 6,000 1,050 75,000 65,000 170,050

14,383 2,956 3,335 2,363 14,689 402 20,656 14,884 810 69,388 65,108 1,216 210,190

3,937 3,323 4,819 8,938 497 75,369 64,268 8,203 169,354

184,900 1,000 36,000 12,000 5,000 4,000 242,900

183,796 2,453 67,316 750 6,750 5,594 7,435 274,094

180,063 3,588 39,697 13,500 5,184 5,650 247,682

1,105,900

1,159,713

1,101,060 (continues)

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CANADIAN HEREFORD ASSOCIATION Statement of Operations (continued) Year Ended December 31, 2014 (Unaudited) 2014 Budget

2014

2013 (Audited)

(Note 9)

Expenses Operational department Amortization Annual meeting Bank charges and interest Building and liability insurance Building maintenance Building utilities Canadian Beef Breeds Council CCIA tags Computer maintenance and supplies Cost of merchandise sales Dues, subscriptions and training Forms, stationery and supplies HD SNP testing Legacy travel Miscellaneous Office equipment lease Parentage testing Postage, shipping and courier Professional fees Property tax Refunds and write-offs Salaries and benefits Telephone Training and education Travel directors Travel general manager and staff World Hereford Council Marketing department Advertising, media, graphics and photography Dam of Great Distinction Award Junior and 4 H Mark of Excellence (recovery) National show NMDP promotion NMDP travel Promotional brochures and materials Sponsorship Hereford breed improvement program Genetic consulting PACE/Global evaluation RFI trial

30,000 4,000 27,000 11,000 20,000 22,000 10,000 650 52,000 4,620 1,500 15,000 8,500 14,500 2,000 3,500 44,250 20,000 14,500 14,500 500 380,000 8,500 1,000 25,000 19,000 2,160 755,680

29,633 3,049 27,430 10,718 26,065 25,581 10,000 1,155 47,137 14,388 1,526 13,638 17,637 1,616 3,078 30,715 17,672 8,964 15,542 186 376,200 8,807 28,740 20,200 2,267 741,944

37,304 6,319 26,663 10,445 24,872 21,357 10,000 6,140 47,229 18,576 1,394 15,636 9,283 2,733 8,329 30,471 16,589 22,860 14,296 5 358,511 8,420 200 33,804 36,367 1,995 769,798

20,572 200 750 2,500 2,500 1,000 9,500 5,000 42,022

20,651 750 (424) 1,350 2,871 382 10,375 3,066 39,021

20,440 160 900 (580) 2,250 2,486 777 7,874 4,617 38,924

10,000 10,000 75,000

6,545 13,503 75,228

9,912 9,929 75,369 (continues)

See notes to financial statements 4

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CANADIAN HEREFORD ASSOCIATION Statement of Operations (continued) Year Ended December 31, 2014 (Unaudited) 2014 Budget

2014

2013 (Audited)

(Note 9)

95,000

95,276

95,210

14,000 4,000 2,000 500 27,500 75,500 85,000 2,000 15,000 500 226,000

13,203 4,392 1,363 969 24,257 108,729 89,035 3,451 19,564 264,963

14,090 4,565 126 1,971 623 18,213 81,693 84,719 4,379 19,338 229,717

1,118,702

1,141,204

1,133,649

Canadian Hereford Digest Contract salaries Contract travel Courier/Shipping Miscellaneous Office supplies Postages Printing Salaries Telephone Travel Training

Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenses before other projects Other projects ABRI stayability Move from Maxxam to Genserve Recruitment of General Manager Development of mobile app Develop new ad campaign Support Legacy Governance and business plan

Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenses

$

(12,802)

18,509

(32,589)

12,500 10,000 12,000 34,500

8,910 11,498 20,408

18,567 5,021 4,545 1,263 29,396

34,500

20,408

29,396

(47,302)

$

(1,899)

$

(61,985)

CANADIAN HEREFORD ASSOCIATION Statement of Changes in Net Assets Year Ended December 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

nrestricted operating

Internally restricted

Invested in capital assets

Tota

Total

2014

2013

Net assets beginning of year Deficiency of revenue over expenses Amorti ation

$

189,750 (1,899) 29,633

$

150,000 -

$

512,083 (29,633)

$

851,833 (1,899)

$

913,818 (61,985) -

Net assets end of year

$

217,484

$

150,000

$

482,450

$

849,934

$

851,833

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CANADIAN HEREFORD ASSOCIATION Statement of Cash Flows Year Ended December 31, 2014 (Unaudited) 2014 Operating Excess of revenue over expenses Item not affecting cash: Amortization

$

(1,899)

2013

$

(61,985)

29,633

37,304

27,734

(24,681)

(6,610) 4,628 (39,746) 2,559 (15,053) 3,717

(5,241) 3,064 (55,030) 2,205 (9,289) (7,582)

(50,505)

(71,873)

(22,771)

(96,554)

(12,506) -

(103,279) (7,747)

(12,506)

(111,026)

Increase (decrease) in cash resources

(35,277)

(207,580)

Cash resources, beginning of year

113,784

321,364

Changes in working capital accounts: Accounts receivable Inventory Accounts payable and accruals Unearned receipts and member revenue Prepaid expenses Government remittances payable

Investing Purchase of portfolio investments Purchase of capital assets

Cash resources, end of year

$

78,507

$

113,784

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CANADIAN HEREFORD ASSOCIATION Notes to Financial Statements Year Ended December 31, 2014 (Unaudited) Incorporation and nature of the organization Canadian Hereford Association (the “Organization”) was incorporated under the Animal Pedigree Act as a Not-For-Profit organization, and as such is exempt from Incorporation and nature of encouragement the organization income taxes.

It’s principal activities relate to the and regulation of the breeding of pure-bred Hereford cattle in Canada.

1. SignificantCanadian accounting policies Hereford Association (the "Organization") was incorporated under the Animal Pedigree Act The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Canadian accounting standards for not-for-profit organizations, which are part of Canadian generally as a Not-For-Profit organization, and as suchpolicies: is exempt from income taxes. It's principal activities accepted accounting principles, and include the following significant accounting

relate to the encouragement and regulation of the breeding of pure-bred Hereford cattle in Canada.

Fund accounting In order to ensure observance of limitations and restrictions placed on the use of resources available to the Organization, the accounts are maintained on a fund accounting basis. Accordingly, resources are classified for accounting and reporting purposes into funds. These funds are held in accordance with the objectives specified by the contributors or in accordance with the directives issued by the Board of Directors.

1.

Significant accounting policies

Three funds are maintained: Capital Fund, Internally Restricted Fund and an Unrestricted Operating Fund.

The Capital Fund is used to account for all capital and intangible assets of the Organization and to present the flow of funds related to their acquisition and disposal, The financial have been prepared in accordance with Canadian accounting standards for unexpended capital resources statements and debt commitments.

The Internally Restricted Fundorganizations, is held as reserve to which account for short termof unforeseen circumstances whichaccepted may occur in the future. not-for-profit are part Canadian generally accounting

principles, and

The Operating Fund includes the Organization’s services accounting and all unrestricted contributions. Contributions specifically provided for capital asset are reported in the include the following significant policies: applicable fund as revenues after all significant restrictions have been satisfied.

Cash and cash equivalents Fund accounting Cash and cash equivalents include balances with banks and cash on hand. Cash subject to restrictions that prevent its use for current purposes is included in restricted cash.

Inventory order tolower ensure limitations and restrictions placed on Net therealizable use ofvalue resources available Inventory isIn valued at the of costobservance and net realizableof value.

Cost is determined by the first in, first out method. is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business, less selling costs. to the Organization, the accounts are maintained on a fund accounting basis. Accordingly, resources Capital assets are classified for accounting and reporting purposes into funds. These funds are held in accordance Purchased capital assets are recorded at cost. with the objectives specified by the contributors or intheaccordance with directives Amortization is provided using the declining balance method at rates intended to amortize cost of assets over their the estimated useful lives.issued by the

Board of Directors.

Buildings Building improvements Computer equipment Vehicles Furniture and fixtures AAFC Capital Projects ABRI system Leasehold improvements

Rate 5% 5% 33 % 30 % 20 % 20 % 20 % 33 %

declining balance method declining balance method declining balance method declining balance method declining balance method declining balance method declining balance method declining balance method

Three funds are maintained: Capital Fund, Internally Restricted Fund and an Unrestricted Operating Fund.

The Capital Fund is used to account for all capital and intangible assets of the Organization and to and

the flow of funds related to their acquisition and disposal, unexpended capital resources Intangiblepresent assets Intangible assets of archives, mailing lists, the use of the Canadian Hereford Digest name and goodwill associated with regards to this digest. debt consist commitments.

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the proportionate share of the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired in a business acquisition. In accordance with CICA 3064 Goodwill and Intangible Assets, these items are not amortized but are subject to an impairment test annually or more frequently if events or Internally Restricted held as to account short of term unforeseen circumstances changes inThe circumstances indicate that the assetFund may beis impaired.

The reserve impairment test consists of afor comparison the carrying value of the Organization’s reporting units with their fair value, and anyoccur excess in is recorded as a charge to net earnings. which may the future.

Long-lived assets and discontinued operations Long-lived assets consist of capital assets and intangible assets with finite useful lives. Long-lived assets held for use are measured at cost less accumulated amortization The Operating Fund includes the Organization’s services and all unrestricted contributions. as described in the applicable accounting policies. When the Organization determines that a long-lived asset no longer has any long-term service potential to the Contributions specifically provided for capital asset are instatement the applicable as revenues organization, the excess of its net carrying amount over any residual value is recognized as an reported expense in the of operations.fund Write-downs are not reversed.

Unearned after receipts member revenue alland significant restrictions have been satisfied.

Unearned receipts represent the total of breeder account balances arising when cash receipts for registry functions have exceeded the services performed. These services will be performed in the following year and revenue will be recognized at that time. Unearned membership revenue represents proceeds received during the current year in andfees cash equivalents payment ofCash membership applicable to the following year.

Internally restricted funds The Organization internally restricted funds to hold in reserve to fund unforeseenwith expenditure in future Theseon internally restricted amounts are not available for Cashhasand cash equivalents include balances banks andyears. cash hand.

Cash subject to other purposes without approval by the Board of Directors.

restrictions that prevent its use for current purposes is included in restricted cash.

Revenue recognition The Organization follows the deferral method of accounting for contributions.

Inventory Restricted contributions are deferred and matched with related expenses as incurred. Unrestricted contributions are recognized as revenues when received or receivable.

Revenues from memberships and total herd evaluation are recognized on a calendar basis in the period to which it relates.

Inventory is registrations valued atand the lowerareofrecognized cost and net value. Cost is determined by the first in, first Revenues from services, transfers when the realizable service is performed.

Rental revenues are recognized each month as value the rent becomes due. out method.

Net realizable is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business, less Revenue for A.I. permits, certificates and donor dam permits are recognized when the permits and certificates are issued to the member. selling costs.testing are recognized when the laboratory results are delivered to the member.

Revenues from parentage Revenues from merchandise, including the sale of tags, are recognized when the items are delivered to the customer.

Revenues from advertising are recognized when advertising is provided to the customer. (continues) Interest is recognized as it accrues.

Collection of the revenue streams described above must be reasonably assured before revenue is recognized.

Financial instruments The Organization recognizes its financial instruments when the Organization becomes party to the contractual provisions of the financial instrument. All financial instruments are initially recorded at their fair value, including financial assets and liabilities originated and issued in a related party transaction with management. Financial assets and liabilities originated and issued in all other related party transactions are initially measured at their carrying or exchange amount in accordance with CICA 3840 Related Party Transactions (refer to Note 8).

The Organization subsequently measures investments in equity instruments quoted in an active market and all derivative instrument at fair value. Fair value is determined by published price quotations. Investments in equity instruments not quoted in an active market are subsequently measured at cost less impairment. All other financial assets and liabilities are subsequently measured at amortized cost.

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Transaction costs and financing fees directly attributable to the origination, acquisition, issuance or assumption of financial instruments subsequently measured at fair value are immediately recognized in the excess of revenues over expenses for the current period. Conversely, transaction costs and financing fees are added to the carrying amount for those financial instruments subsequently measured at amortized cost or cost. The Organization has classified the following financial assets and liabilities as held for trading: cash, investments and restricted assets.

Financial asset impairment: The Organization assesses impairment of all of its financial assets measured at cost or amortized cost. The Organization groups assets for impairment testing when available information is not sufficient to permit identification of each individually impaired financial asset in the group; there are numerous assets affected by the same factors; no asset is individually significant, etc.. Management considers whether the issuer is having significant financial difficulty; whether there has been a breach in contract, such as a default or delinquency in interest or principal payments; etc. in determining whether objective evidence of impairment exists. When there is an indication of impairment, the Organization determines whether it has resulted in a significant adverse change in the expected timing or amount of future cash flows during the year. If so, the Organization reduces the carrying amount of any impaired financial assets to the highest of: the present value of cash flows expected to be generated by holding the assets; the amount that could be realized by selling the assets; and the amount expected to be realized by exercising any rights to collateral held against those assets. Any impairment, which is not considered temporary, is included in current year excess of revenues over expenses.

The Organization reverses impairment losses on financial assets when there is a decrease in impairment and the decrease can be objectively related to an event occurring after the impairment loss was recognized. The amount of the reversal is recognized in the excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenses in the year the reversal occurs.

Measurement uncertainty The preparation of financial statements in conformity with Canadian accounting standards for not-for-profit organizations requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.

Accounts receivable are stated after evaluation as to their collectibility and an appropriate allowance for doubtful accounts is provided where considered necessary.

Amortization is based on the estimated useful lives of capital assets.

These estimates and assumptions are reviewed periodically and, as adjustments become necessary they are reported in excess of revenues and expenses in the periods in which they become known.

2. Portfolio investments Portfolio investments consist of mutual funds held in the Mawer Balanced Fund. As of December 31, 2014, the Organization had 4,943 units for a closing market value of $115.785 (original cost -$100,000).

3. Restricted Assets The Organization’s board of directors has internally restricted a GIC in the amount $150,000 (2013 –$150,000) to be held for as security for the authorized line of credit as disclosed in Note 6. The GIC is bearing interest at 1.50% and matured January 21, 2015.

4. Capital assets

Cost Land Buildings Automotive

88,200 595,739

Accumulated amortization 403,809

2014

2013

Net book value 88,200 191,930

Net book value 88,200 202,032 1,932

21,900

20,547

1,353

Computer equipment

198,906

193,005

5,901

8,808

Furniture and fixtures

220,695

210,770

9,925

12,406

Leasehold improvements

22,257

21,952

305

3,890

AAFC capital projects

21,984

19,092

2,892

3,615

ABRI system

119,815

99,452

20,363

25,453

Building Improvements

150,037

70,956

79,081

83,247

1,439,533

1,039,583

399,950

429,583

5. Capital assets Archives and mailing lists Goodwill Use of name

2014

2013

12,500 50,000 20,000

12,500 50,000 20,000

82,500

82,500

6. Bank indebtedness Bank indebtedness includes an operating line of credit authorized to a maximum of $150,000 (2013 -$150,000) and bearing interest at the bank’s prime lending rate plus 1.50%. The amount drawn on the line of credit as at December 31, 2014 was $nil (2013 - nil). Internally restricted asset totaling$150,000 and a general security agreement covering all assets of the Organization has been pledged as security. The operating line of credit is subject to certain financial covenants. As of the year end the organization was in compliance with these covenants. The prime rate as of December 31, 2014 was 3.00%.

7. Related party transactions The board of directors are members of the Organization and as such are eligible to use the services offered by the Organization. The transactions with the related parties are at the same market rates as charged to other members and are measured at the exchange amount.

8. Financial instruments The Organization, as part of its operations, carries a number of financial instruments. It is management’s opinion that the Organization is not exposed to significant interest, currency, credit, liquidity or other price risks arising from these financial instruments except as otherwise disclosed.

9. Budget Information During the year, the Board approved its operating budget based on planned expenses relating to the current year funding and other current year sources of revenue. The budget information has not been audited or reviewed by the external accountant.

10.Comparative figures Some of the comparative figures have been reclassified to conform with current year’s presentation.

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Hereford Farewells Aurica Hawkwood April 22, 1935 – October 11, 2014 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Aurica Hawkwood, beloved wife of the late Joseph Hawkwood of Calgary, on Saturday, October 11th, 2014, at the age of 79 years.

Aurica was born April 22nd, 1935 in Calgary. She grew up in Bridgeland and worked for the City of Calgary Planning Department. She married Joseph Hawkwood in 1955 and gave up her city girl life to become a farm wife. She lived on their farm for the rest of her life. Aurica was a great volunteer with the Glendale Wisconsin, Chinook Hereford Belles, the Calgary Stampede “Ag-tivety in the City” committee and any other community event that needed help. She was a lifetime member of the Cochrane Art Club. Art was one of her great passions in life. She loved her evenings out at the theater and the ballet. She also loved to travel with her group of friends. Aurica lived to entertain and cook for her friends and family. Her door was always open and a place set at her table for her many friends and family.

Aurica is survived by her children, Howard (Nelle) Hawkwood of Cochrane, Greg (Janice) Hawkwood of Cochrane, Joanne (Kevin) Fraser of Cochrane, and Todd Hawkwood of Calgary; grandchildren, Eran (Aliston) Machan, Joe Hawkwood, Scott Hawkwood, Dan Hawkwood, Megan Hawkwood, Garrett Fraser, and Brandon Fraser; great grandchildren, Hayden, Denton, and Kaitlynn Machan; sister-in-laws, Margaret Chalack, Leona Hawkwood and Doreen Hawkwood; and many nieces and nephews. Aurica was predeceased her beloved husband, Joseph Hawkwood; parents, Catrina and Constantin Cholak; and sister, Jean Blackwell.

Vera Esther Sutter 1922 – December 6, 2014 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Vera Sutter. She died peacefully on Saturday, December 6th at the age of 92. In the days prior, she had been full of excitement, joy and anticipation about attending her grandson’s wedding in Toronto the following Saturday. Vera was predeceased on March 14th, 2014 by her adoring and adored husband of 68 years, Christian (Chris) Sutter. Vera was a loving and devoted mother to her 5 children - Jill (Gordon), Spence (Janice), Maureen, Dean (Gail), and Cal (Gayle); proud grandmother to Edward (Kali), Katherine, Lee, Sara, Sally (Aaron), Jock, Chelsea, Graham, Shari (James), Christopher (April), Clark, Blake (Kimberly), and T.J. (Jennifer); and great grandmother to Kyler, Hunter, Samuel, Benjamin, Grady, Will, Luke, Easton and Linden. Vera was predeceased in 2013 by her sister Kay Reeve (Dennis). Vera was born in her family’s farm home just south of Wauchope, Saskatchewan to Harriet Ann (Mason) and Alexander Gradwell who emigrated from England just after Alexander returned from World War I. She and her sister moved to Redvers to properly complete their grades 11 and 12. Vera graduated from teacher’s college in Regina and went on to teach in southeast Saskatchewan. After the war, and after Chris returned from active duty with the Royal Canadian Air Force, Chris and Vera were married on November 21, 1945. They moved to the family farm just north of Redvers and established Aqua Hollow Hereford Farm. Chris and Vera were looked to as leaders and promoters of the Polled Hereford industry in Saskatchewan, across the country and eventually around the world. Chris always said most of the credit for their success and the accolades that came his way were due to Vera.

Vera loved her community and took great pleasure in her friends and neighbours in the Redvers district. She served on the Library board, the Housing board, the Haven board and was an active member of the Annandale Ladies Circle and the Knox United Church for many, many years. But, it was always her large and growing family who absorbed most of Vera’s love and attention. Vera and Chris moved to a retirement community in Calgary in 2009.

Vera learned to play bridge, helped to organize the library and made some very good new friends. She spent what was to be the last evening of her life at dinner and a concert with her dear friends at Staywell Manor. They chatted about Vera’s upcoming trip to Toronto where she would see all her children and grandchildren and then, as they approached their separate doors, she turned and happily waved, “Good night.”

DR. Robert (Bob) Thurston 1947 - January 15, 2015 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Dr. Robert Earl Thurston, of Carleton Place and formerly of Arthur Township and Drayton, at home, surrounded by his family on Thursday, January 15th, 2015, in his 68th year.

Bob owned the Drayton Veterinary Clinic serving Mapleton, Ontario and surrounding area for over 30 years. More recently, Bob worked with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency for 10 years. Hereford cattle became his passion in later years and he took lots of pride in his purebred herd registered under the name Thurston Livestock, in Arthur and later in Carleton Place, Ontario. Bob served as President of the Ontario Hereford Association 2012-2013. His quiet strength in leadership roles, his friendliness and his enthusiasm for the breed will never be forgotten by fellow

breeders.

Beloved husband of Nancy Thurston (Gibb) for 30 years; dear father of Rick Thurston and Linda Forbes of Fergus, Dena Comley and John McIntyre of Carleton Place, Fran Thurston of Fergus, Ivor Thurston of Lanark and John Thurston of Ottawa. Grandfather of Tom and Sam Thurston; Abigale and Leia McIntyre. Brother of John and Barb Thurston of Orillia, Barb and Harry McKillop of Hamilton and Ken and Carol Thurston of Wasaga Beach. Brother-inlaw of Cindy and Norman Bilyea of Granton, Gail and Tom Cottenie of Stratford, and Andy and Karen Gibb of Stratford. Bob will be fondly remembered by many nieces, nephews and friends.

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Donald Jamieson December 3, 1934 – January 12, 2015 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Donald Jamieson on January 12, 2015 at Rosefield Centre surrounded by his family. Don was born in McAuley, Manitoba on December 3rd, 1934. Don’s passion for cattle stretched into the Hereford business and in the early 1950s he purchased his first purebred.

Don was an outstanding ball player in the Manitoba Senior league, and was scouted by the St Louis Cardinals in 1955 as a pitcher. He supported minor baseball both as a coach and umpire for many years, known in Manitoba and on the ball diamonds as “Duck”. In 2009 he was inducted into the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame. Don had a love for music and played multiple instruments by ear. He enjoyed square dancing and played in several small bands in the McAuley area. Don also enjoyed curling and later in life took up golfing in his retirement years.

Don and Bev (Thompson) were married on April 18, 1956. They operated a mixed farm and raised their family just east of McAuley. They had four children - Sherry, Pat (deceased), Kim, and Kevin.

In 1969, the Jamiesons moved west to Innisfail where Don became herdsman for LRD Hereford Farm and gained his reputation as a respected cattleman in the Hereford industry. He moved to Bar Pipe Farms at Okotoks in 1980 where he managed the farming and purebred cattle operations. During that time, Bar Pipe produced several Calgary Bull Sale Champions and high-sellers, and hosted successful production sales. His dedication to the Hereford Breed and the livestock industry allowed him to acquire many friends worldwide. Don was an active board member and served as President of both the Alberta Hereford Association and the Alberta Cattle Breeders.

Don and Bev retired back to Innisfail in 1997 where Don continued on as a cattle consultant until Bev’s passing in 2000. Don later met his companion Bert Popovich and enjoyed Stick curling, horseshoes, golf, and traveling until his health deteriorated.

Don will be remembered for his integrity, his commitment to helping others and for his ability to take life as it came. He is survived by his daughters Sherry Graham (Ted), Kim Lewis(Garry), and son Kevin(Lorie) and 4 Grandchildren, Sholeh Fabbri, Sarah Stahl, Katie Rauckman, and Lance Lewis and 4 great grandchildren, Claudia & Dante Fabbri, Tulsa Stahl, and Allie Rauckman. He is also survived by his two brothers Ross Jamieson (Anna) and Sam Jamieson (Donna).

Don Wray June 13, 1955 – January 26, 2015 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Don Wray on Monday, January 26th, 2015, at the Brandon Regional Health Centre at the age of 59. He was born in Reston on June 13th, 1955, the third son of John and Mabel Wray of Tilston. He was raised on the farm at Tilston with his elder brothers, Bill and Ken and his younger sister Sharon. He always felt very lucky that his grandma, Ethel Moir, lived with their family, off and on, for most of his growing up years. Don was a true farm boy, milking cows from an early age and doing chores and whatever other tasks his parents assigned. Don had a deep love and true respect for his Mom and Dad. Don started school at Tilston and finished at Pierson, graduating in 1973. Don loved sports and played baseball and hockey into his adult life. After school, Don began farming with his Dad and brother Ken, raising mixed grains, cattle and sometimes pigs.

Their registered polled Hereford herd eventually become known to many as Mil-Wray Polled Herefords. In 1974, Don began dating Wanda Millions and they were married in 1981. Their son Tyler was born in 1987, and daughter Lenna in 1990. This began the most important, all-consuming job of Don’s life. His family, and especially his kids, were always his first priority. Don truly was a big bear of a man, who would do anything to help anyone. He was predeceased by his Father John, Brother Bill, Grandma Ethel Moir, in-laws Marie & Garnet Millions, and sister-inlaw, Judy Millions. His memory will live forever in the hearts of his wife Wanda, his children Tyler and Lenna, Mother Mabel, Brother Ken(Judy), sister Sharon (Gerry) Brick and sister-in-law Valorie; also by Wanda’s siblings, Deanna (Ron) Hoffman, Brian Millions, Blaine (Debbie) Millions, Clare (Aggie) Millions, Lorraine (Brad) Kellington, Vern (Corrine) Millions, and Vaughn (Lori) Millions, and numerous nieces, nephews, and great nieces and nephews, both Wray and Millions. Don’s memory will be cherished by everyone who knew him.

Mary Duke September 5, 1927 - February 1, 2015 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Mary Duke, of Langbank, Saskatchewan, on Sunday, February 1st, 2015 at the South East Integrated Care Centre, Moosomin, Saskatchewan, at the age of 87.

Mary was born on September 5th, 1927, at Whitewood, to Andrew and Julia Peroska. She was predeceased by her parents, infant son, James, at birth, her stepmother Alice Peroska and her beloved husband of 57 years, Murray, on July 12th, 2005.

Mary farmed with her husband Murray on the family operation north of Langbank for 57 years.

Mary leaves to mourn her children: Carol Adair (Jim), Moosomin and their family Sarah Patoine (Tony), Jinny Adair (Reg) and Ian Adair; Harvey Duke (Shery) Regina and their family Susan Burgess (Brad), Bradley Duke(Kim); Eileen Blyth (Bill) Saskatoon and their family Charlene McLoughlin (Greg), Greg Blyth (Heather) and Nolan Blyth; Jim Duke (Lori) Langbank and their family Jason Duke (Meghan), Stephen Duke (Abbi), Deanna Beck (Ryan), Megan Duke (Nolan); Gerry Duke (Paula) Calgary and their family Kelly, Reid, and Tel Duke; Ken Duke (Shelley) Langbank and their family Rhett, Clint and Julie Duke, 13 wonderful great-grandchildren, sister Thressa McRae (Don) Brandon, sisters-in-law Annie Duke, Regina, Edna Heighington, Red Deer, and many beloved nieces and nephews.

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Emma Leona Anne Hasson 1928 – April 12, 2015 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Emma Leona Anne Hasson. Emma passed away peacefully at Riverside Glen in Guelph, Ontario, on April 12th, 2015 at the age of 87.

She will be dearly missed in the Hereford community as a gracious host and an amazing cook and the matron of the Hasson livestock legacy.

Emma (Strobbe) Hasson was the beloved wife of Joseph P. (Joe) Hasson; loving mother of Linda and her husband Thomas Bird; David and his wife Angela, of Gold-Bar Livestock; Beth; Nancy and her husband Peter Dickieson, Joseph and his wife Diane; and the late Judy. Dear mother-in-law to Bruce Feil. Dear sister of Frank Strobbe. Cherished grandmother of 15 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

Leslie (Les) Gilmore July 25, 1922 – April 14, 2015 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Leslie Gilmour, beloved husband of Marguerite Gilmour, at the Bethany Care Centre, Airdrie, Alberta, on Tuesday, April 14th, 2015, at the age of 92.

Leslie will be lovingly remembered by his wife Leslie, his children Terry (Vicki ) Gilmour and their children Craig and Ryan Gilmour of Sydney, Australia: Linda (and Gary) Allen and their children Sherri and Michael (Anna) of Kapiti Coast, New Zealand; and Gale Wilson and her children Aly and Zane of Airdrie, Alberta. He is also survived by three great grandchildren - Aaliyah, Noelle, and Sophia and special friend Vi Jones of Balzac.

Tom Stromberg September 23, 1950 – April 23, 2015 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Tom Stromberg at his home on April 23rd, 2015. Tom was born on Sept. 23rd, 1950, in Minot, North Dakota, to Douglas and Caryl Stromberg.

Tom was a long-time Gallatin Valley resident. His career in the agriculture and cattle industry spanned several years and took him to many states and provinces across the U.S. and Canada. It was through these connections that he developed some of his closest friendships.

On Jan. 10th, 2003, Tom married Pamela Allgier and they made their home in Manhattan, Montana.

Tom had a special connection with his four grandchildren. They were his pride and joy. Rarely did he miss a school or sports-related function as he became a fixture at many baseball/softball fields and basketball courts around Bozeman. Tom enjoyed spending time with his horses and going on horseback rides with his granddaughters.

Tom leaves behind his wife Pam of Manhattan, Montana; his son Travis and daughter-in-law Karsen of Bozeman, sister Cheryl Moore (Dave Kraft) of Bismarck, North Dakota; sister Ina (Randy) Gowin of Ottertail, Minnesota; brother Dan (Nyla) Stromberg of Minot, North Dakota; sister Darla (Andy) Fimrite of Burlington, North Dakota; sister-in-law Sue Stromberg of Westfield, Indiana; grandchildren Libby, Karly, Kendall, and Harris all of Bozeman; several nieces and nephews; and many special friends.

Tom was preceded in death by his parents Doug and Caryl Stromberg and his older brother Larry Stromberg.

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The Silent Partner Her name’s on the note at the Valley Bank, boys, Though she might have questioned the loan She signed her John Henry ‘neath yours on the line And she will ‘til the kids are all grown.

Nobody’s counted the pickups she’s pulled Or measured the miles she’s put on the rake Kept track of the pancakes or lunches she’s packed Or the number of times she lay there awake Praying her prayers for the man in her bed.

God only knows, ‘cause He’s keepin’ track.

She’s buildin’ up interest somewhere down the line To use in a trade on your first cardiac.

She puts up with cows she knows you should cull Scourin’ calves on the livin’ room floor, Tracks in the bathroom and mud on the sheets, Flies in the kitchen from broken screen doors.

She patiently listens to stories you tell Recounting the skill of your blue heeler mate.

She wishes, herself, if that dog was so smart You could teach that pot licker to open a gate!

She offers opinions that seldom sink in ‘Til time, oft’ as not, proves she was right.

But it’s darn hard to figger how she could’a known?

You’re not the only one who worries at night.

She’s old as the mountain and young as the spring Timeless in labor and wisdom and love.

Of all of God’s creatures that man gets to share The wife of a cowman was sent from above.

So lay there tonight when you go to bed.

Remember your partner, she’s tried and she’s true.

You’re lucky, my man, to have such a friend Take care of her, ‘cause she takes care of you.

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Cooking Hereford Japanese Coleslaw

Porcupine Meat Balls

Ingredients: 2 Tbsp. Sesame Seeds, toasted ½ Cup Slivered Almonds 1 Bag Chopped Cabbage (or) 4 Cups Shredded Cabage 2 Small Green Onions 1 Large package Beef Ichiban Noodles (crushed) Dressing: 1 Flavor package from noodles 1 tbsp. Sugar Pepper ½ cup Oil 3 tbsp. Vinegar, 2 tbsp. Soy Sauce (or to taste)

Ingredients: 1lb.

Ground beef 1 Egg ½ cup Milk 2 tbsp. Onion Soup Mix (or ½ tsp. oregano, ½ tsp. dry onion and ½ tsp. dry garlic) ½ cup Long Grain Rice.

Submitted by Val Lees

Submitted by Val Lees

Form into meat balls and put in 9 x13 cake pan sprinkle soup mix over top or top with ½ cup brown sugar, sprinkle of lemon juice and 1 cup ketchup over.

Top with 48 oz tomato juice or 2 cans tomato soup mixed with1 cup water.

Cover and bake in oven at 350 for 50 min.

Serve with salad ..

Mix and pour over salad just before serving as it will get soggy if too early. Toss well.

Pumpkin Pie Dessert Submitted by Val Lees

Ingredients: Crust: 1 Yellow Cake Mix (Set 1 Cup aside for Topping) 1 Egg ½ cup Melted Butter Filling: 3 cups Canned Pumpkin 2 ½ tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice (or 1 ½ tsp. cinnamon & 1 tsp. cloves) ½ cup Brown Sugar 2 Eggs 2/3 cup Milk Topping: 1 cup Yellow Cake Mix ¼ cup Melted Butter ¼ cup White Sugar 1 tsp Cinnamon

Mix crust of yellow cake mix, egg and melted butter. Press into a greased 9 x 13 pan .

In a large bowl mix pumpkin, spice, sugar, eggs and milk.

Pour over crust.

Mix and sprinkle on top.

Bake for 45 min or until knife comes out clean. Serve with whipped cream.

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Brad & Kathy Dallas Ph.:(403) 224-2162 Fax: (403) 224-3738 Box 89, Bowden, Alta. T0M 0K0 1/4 mile East of Bowden underpass on #587

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BOX 1450, ELK POINT, ALBERTA T0A 1A0

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Evan Roberts

Visitors Welcome Anytime S. Nixdorff & Sons R.R. 2, Airdrie, Alta. T4B 2A4

Farm 780-349-6861 Cell 780-206-6802 Box 5279, Westlock, Alberta T7P 2P4 Located 1 mile North of Westlock on Hwy. 44

Box 382 Outlook, SK S0L 2N0 C: 306-867-4231 C: 306-270-5524 E: carm.dvm@sasktel.net W: hmshicliffe.com

Paul (403) 935-4334 Fax (403) 948-3300 SASK ATCHEWAN

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Box 102 Brosseau, AB T0B 0P0

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Box 25, Landis, SK S0K 2K0 Email: grltd@yourlink.ca Verne (306) 658-2022 Bill & Luke (306) 658-4750

Wes, Bernie, Dustin, Cody & Austin Phone: (306) 658-4535 Cell: (306) 948-9663

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Don, Diane Guilford & Family

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Hereford EPD Averages Fall 2015

CE (%)

BW (lbs)

WW (lbs)

YW (lbs)

Milk (lbs)

TM (lbs)

MCE (%)

SC (cm)

CW (lbs)

Stay (%)

MPI

FMI

REA (in2)

FAT (in)

MARB

Active Sires*

0.8

3.3

49.0

79.0

20.0

45.0

1.2

0.8

88.0

-0.3

143.4

125.4

0.32

0.004

0.08

Active Dams**

0.4

3.6

44.0

72.0

17.0

40.0

0.8

0.7

84.0

-0.3

136.7

120.0

0.23

0.002

0.05

Calves***

1.0

3.3

48.0

78.0

20.0

44.0

1.2

0.8

86.0

-0.3

140.4

122.7

0.30

0.003

0.08

CE- Calving Ease BW - Birth Weight WW - Weaning Weight YW - Yearling Weight MILK - Milk TM - Total Maternal (1/2 WW + Milk) MCE - Maternal Calving Ease SC - Scrotal CW - Cow Weight Stay - Stayability MPI - Maternal Productivity Index FMI - Feedlot Merit Index REA - Rib-Eye Area FAT - Back Fat MARB - Marbling Score * Active Sires: Those sires that have sired at least 1 calf in the last 2.5 years **Active Dams: Those dams that have had a calf reported in the last 2.5 years ***Calves are those animals born from 2010 to 2012 inclusive. These are the averages on the website.

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Alta Genetics ........................................................................ 172 American Hereford Association ........................................... 54 A.X.A. Polled Herefords .................................................... 4, 173

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Balog Auction Service Ltd. ............................................ 25, 172 Bannerlane Herefords ............................................................47 Bar Pipe Hereford Ranch........................................................77 Bar-RZ Polled Herefords ........................................................67 Bieber Herefords ................................................................... 44 Blacklock, John B. ................................................................. 172 Blair-Athol Polled Herefords ........................................... 28, 29 Body Condition Scoring .........................................................74 Bradley Farms ....................................................................... 173 Braun Ranch ............................................................................79 Breeders’ Choice Online Hereford Sale ................................ 41 Breton West Herefords ......................................................... 94 Brost Land & Cattle Co. Ltd. ..................................................55

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C & T Cattle Co. ....................................................................... 41 Canadian Farm Ins. Corp ...................................................... 173 Chestermere Herefords ........................................................171 Church Ranch..........................................................................38 Copper Creek Ranch..............................................................IFC Coppertone Farms Ltd. .........................................................171 Corbiell Herefords ..................................................................93 Coulee Crest........................................................................... 68 Courtenay Herefords............................................................. 96 Crone Herefords .....................................................................76

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Dallas Farms ...........................................................................171 Davis-Rairdan Embryo Transplants Ltd. ............................. 172 Deanfield Ranch .................................................................... 99 Dorbay Polled Herefords ................................................85, 173 Dorran, Ryan ......................................................................... 172 Double Deuce Acres Polled Herefords ................................ 44 Durbin Creek Ranch ...............................................................87

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Elmlodge Polled Herefords ......................................................5 Eureka Hereford Farms inc. .................................................. 69

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Farmfair International ......................................................... 100 Fenton Hereford Ranch Inc. .................................................. BC Fulton Herefords ....................................................................171

g Garrett Ranch Ltd. ................................................................ 172 Gemstone Cattle Company....................................................27 Gillsepie Hereford Ranch ....................................................... 10 Grant Rolston Photography Ltd ....................................84, 173 Guilford Hereford Ranch ...................................................... 172

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Haroldson’s Polled Herefords ................................................29 Harvie Ranching .....................................................................53 HBM Polled Herefords .......................................................... 173 Highmark Ranching Polled Herefords .................................171 HMS Hi-Cliffe ..................................................................44, 172 H.S. Knill Company Limited ................................................. 173 Holloway Farms Ltd. .............................................................. 40 HZ Herefords ................................................................... 96, 171

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Johner Stock Farm .................................................................171 Jones Hereford Ranches .......................................................171 JoNomn Hereford Ranch ........................................................ 14

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K-Cow Ranch ..........................................................................171 Kootenay Polled Herefords .................................................. 101

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Lakeford Polled Herefords ....................................................171 Lakes Ranch Polled Herefords............................................. IBC Lamport’s Polled Herefords ..................................................171 LCI/Doenz Ranches ........................................................ 65, 171 Leveldale Polled Herefords ......................................................9 Lian Mor Polled Herefords ..................................................... 16 Lilybrook Herefords........................................................ 92, 171

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Mahjam Farm ........................................................................ 173 McKenzie Herefords ...............................................................73 Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords ....................................3 Mission Ridge Herefords ...................................................... 44 Misty Valley Farms .................................................................97 MJT Cattle Co. Ltd. Herefords & Angus ............................... 48 MN Herefords...........................................................................11 Myalta Farms ........................................................................ 172

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NBG Polled Herefords........................................................... 173 NCX Polled Herefords ..................................................... 83, 172

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Oulton Farm .................................................................... 69, 173 O’Shea Farms .................................................................. 36, 173

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Pahl Livestock Ltd. .................................................................37 Phantom Creek Livestock ...................................................... 91 Pine Butte Ranch ....................................................................56

Skelton Cattle Co. ................................................................. 172 SNS Herefords .................................................................42, 172 Southern Alberta Hereford Tour ...........................................78 SS Cattle Company Inc......................................................... 172 Standard Hill Polled .............................................................. 178 Stith, Dale .............................................................................. 172 Stockmen’s Insurance .......................................................... 173 Stromsmoe Herefords & Black Angus ..................................72 Square-D Herefords................................................................58

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Taboo Polled Herefords ........................................................ 173 Triple H Herefords ................................................................ 172

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Ulrich Hereford Ranch Inc. ............................................ 75, 172

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Walnut Drive Farms ................................................................ 15 Westgard Windimuir Herefords .................................... 23, 172 Wildbear Herefords ................................................................73 Wood-B Herefords ....................................................................8 World Hereford Conference #17 .........................................103 Wyatt Farms ............................................................................ 17

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YV Ranch .................................................................................57

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Remitall West .........................................................................32 Richardson Ranch........................................................... 89, 171 River Bridge Ranch ................................................................ 30 River Valley Polled Herefords ................................................ 18 RSK Farms .................................................................................9 Rutledge Herefords ................................................................95

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S. Jones & Sons ..................................................................... 172 Sampson’s Thunderbird Ranch Ltd. .................................... 172 Shar-Lo Farms ..................................................................13, 173

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KLR SONIC’S DREAM GIRL 5U

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Leading edge Herdsires!

6 of the best donors cows at GHC in 16C’s pedigree.

WR DOMINO LAD 309 0614 GHC EB WESTWARD 145W GHC MISS CARLOTTA 76N Sire: GHC MONOPOLY 162Z GHC CHUNK 113L GHC MISS BLANCHE ET 37S KLONDIKE BEAUTY 789C MCCOY 151L OPPORTUNITY 47N MCCOY 47N THROTTLE 98S MCCOY 58G WILMA 80K Dam: GHC MISS WILMA 112X GHC PREMIER 152M GHC MISS KAREN 29T GHC MISS KALLI 78R

Mother: AKJA 112X

GHC LRL BOARDWALK 16C

KCF BENNETT 3008 M326 NJW 73S M326 TRUST 100W ET NJW P606 72N DAYDREAM 73S Sire: NJW 100W FOUNDATION 54Z ET NJW Z17 VAQUERO 25C NJW 25C 1A VACA 12E NJW 563 NICKETTE 1A GHC VOLUME III ET 139S GHC-TABOO COALITION 52U GHC MISS NANCY 98P Dam: GHC-TABOO MISS SARAH 25X

Donor Mother: AKJA 25X

STARAMERICABNMHPH SS MKS 68M

HAROLDSON’S SARAH 68M ET 38P HAROLDSON’S SARAH 2Z ET 39J

GHC LRL CHURCHILL CORP 99C

Embryos by AFSY 51W and GERBER ANODYNE 001A selling at the Hereford Sale during Agribition.

Embryo’s Pedigree CL 1 DOMINO 9126J 1ET KCF BENNETT 9126J R294 KCF MISS 3008 N344 Sire: GERBER ANODYNE 001A GERBER SQUIRE 627S GERBER 627S HOLLY 096Y GERBER 116K HOLLY T115

HAROLDSON’S PHILIS T100 51W

Cattle Since 1909 and Polled Herefords Since 1975 In partnership with Almer Weinmeier Phone: 780.635.4979 • Cell: 780.210.0476 PO Box 120, Ashmont, AB, T0A 0C0 8 Miles East of Ashmont on Hwy 28, Range Road 102

GERBER ANODYNE 001A Lakes Ranch is eight miles east of Ashmont, on Highway 28.

Two hours from Edmonton on Highway 28. Two hours from Lloydminster.

P.O. Box 120 Ashmont, Alberta, TOA OCO.

Winston (Win) Stothert Phone: 604.922.9652 • Email: wstothert@shaw.ca 1107-2222 Bellevue Ave., West Vancouver, B.C. V7V 1C7

SHF RIB EYE M326 R117 SHF TAHOE R117 T100 SHF LADY 512 L73 Dam: HAROLDSON’S PHILIS T100 51W GHC STAR MOOSE 59M GHC MISS PHILIS 50R GHC MISS LASSIE 5M

Crittenden Bros.

Polled Herefords Box 158, Imperial, SK S0G 2J0 Howard & Sharon 306.963.2414 Howard Cell:

306.963.7880

Gordon & Shirley 306.963.2622 Fax: 306.963.2493

h.s.crittenden@sasktel.net

Fall Production Sale November 21, 2015

FE 43T EMPEROR 232Z

FE 96U ROYAL RIBSTONE 28Z

SGC 30U RIB STANDARD 83Y

FE 24U RED SKYLINE 192A

The 2015 Sale Offering

7 Yr Old Sale Gelding

Al & Lori Fenton Becky & Curtis Snethun Ray-Lynn Phone/Fax: 780-754-2384 Cell: 780-842-7806

bulls registered bred heifers commercial bred heifers Broke Ranch Geldings fancy foals

“Saint Apollo” New Imported Buckskin Stallion Raised by Shane Truby, Colorado

Conrad & Janel Fenton Dalee, Prior, Emerson & Beau

Blair & Jessica Fenton Gray, Tayva & Laney

Phone: 780-754-3321 Cell: 780-209-3600

Phone: 780-754-2891 Cell: 587-281-0900

Email: fentonherefordranch@gmail.com • Box 479, Irma, AB T0B 2H0 • www.fentonherefordranch.com 7 miles East of Irma on Hwy. #14 or 11 miles West of Wainwright - Look for the Hereford Sign