The Canadian Hereford Digest 2016 Herd Reference Edition

August 2016

The Official Magazine of The Canadian Hereford Association

The Next Generation

A A successful successful move move for for the the Calgary Calgary Bull Bull Show Show and and Sale!

Sale!

4000-Plus Votes of Confidence Misty Misty Valley Valley Farms’ Farms’ Long Long Standing Standing Hereford Hereford Tradition Tradition

Pound-Maker Ag Ventures Fueling Fueling Integrated Integrated and and Sustainable Sustainable Beef Beef Production Production

Young Guns XIII

Faces and Perspectives of a New Generation

2016 Herd Reference Edition

MSU TCF REVOLUTION 4R

A New Mating……

and a whole new generation of power on the ranch, like we’ve never seen before. See the daughters of this mating our new brood-females-tobe, along with the strong influence of Professor 7110, Victor 719T, CCR 9500 BARCODE 38B , Can Doo 102Y and Victor Boomer P606, at IPE, the West Coast MOE show and at our National Hereford Show - Agribition 2016.

Owners - The Stevenson Family

STAR KKH SSF GOTTAWANT 237Y ET

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

See our consignments in the following sales:

* 2016 Agribition Hereford Sale, Nov. 24, Regina, SK * 2016 inaugural The Season Finale Hereford Event, Dec 11, Olds, AB

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September 18, 2016 :: At The Farm :: 12:00 Noon

MHPH 10Y

Lot 1 BD: January 2, 2015

 NJW 73S W18 Hometown 10Y ET

BW 3.1

DLF IEF HYF

Chizel

WW 57.7

::

YW 100.8

1021C (DLF IEF HYF) MM 28.3

 MHPH 301W Dainty 205Y

His dam is the 2013 World Hereford Champion. Chizel is a maternal brother to MHPH 521X Action 106A

Office Chris Ted Shane Ben

MHPH 11X

Henrietta

307B DLF IEF HYF

Born: March 7, 2014 BW: 3.6 WW: 55.4 YW: 89.3 M: 29.8 TM: 57.5 Bred back to Action 106A

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TM 57.2

DLF IEF HYF

306-933-4200 306-220-5006 306-221-2711 403-363-9973 519-374-3335

View the catalogue online at www..com

River Valley “Genetic Designs XII” Sale - September 16, 2016

MHPH 2Z

Western Star1202B

DLF IEF HYF

Born: January 20, 2014 BW: 3.3 WW: 49.1 YW: 87.3 M: 20.4 TM: 45.0 Bred back to Action 106A

Elm-Lodge Sale - September 17, 2016 AUTUMN ALLIANCE SALE XXXIV - SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

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Every once in a while, along comes a bull that we pin our hopes on RUT 1Y LANDLORD LAD 9B

Ken

& Michele

(780) 888-3644 4

Also using this year in the pastures: SGC RANCHLAND LAD 6B, RIVERBRIDGE 943W LAD 42Z, SGC 42W SUPER RED LAD 62Z, FE 60X STANMORE LAD 334A

Rutledge and Family

Box 188 Hardisty, AB T0B 1V0 Ken’s Cell (780) 888-7178 kmrutledge@xplornet.com

Sale of the East Saturday September 10, 2016 - 1:00PM #240 Wilmot Road, Wilmot, NB

Feature Bull

Feature Heifer Calf

Selling 50%

AXA 10Y HOME RUN ET 703C

AXA 10Y MS UNIQUE ET 708D

Feature Bred Heifer

Feature Bred Heifer

Selling 50%

AXA 719T VENUS ET 709C

AXA 200Z GLORIA 110C

2016 Consignors

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

GF Polled Herefords Bear Island, NB (506) 449–8050 Mikegoodine1@hotmail.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

Slipp Farms 1784 Ltd. Central Hampstead Larry Slipp (506) 488–8904 slippfarms@xplornet.ca

Birds Hill Farm Wilmot, NB Jocelyn Barrett (506) 328–7011 jocelynb@barrettcorp.com

View the catalogue, videos, location and trucking assistance online.

www.AXAFarms.ca

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contents August 2016 Volume 74 | Number 2

Submitted by: Jay Bradley, Bradley Farms, Casselman, ON

features

contents B R A D D U B E AU

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J U DY F I N S E T H

The Next Generation

Pound-Maker Ag Ventures

A successful move for the Calgary Bull Show and Sale

Fueling Integrated and Sustainable Beef Production

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B R A D D U B E AU

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

4000 Plus Votes of Confidence

Young Guns XIII

Misty Valley Farms’ Long Standing Hereford Tradition

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108 A New & Improved Maternal

Productivity Index 117 Show & Sale Results 128 2015 Sale Trends 129 Junior Show Results 130 CHA News and Notes 136 Ontario Provincial Report 137 Manitoba Provincial Report

Faces and Perspectives of a 138 Saskatchewan Provincial Report New Generation Becky Page 139 Alberta Provincial Report Jordan Krause 140 British Columbia Provincial Report

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

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

Land of Herefords

Due Diligence

142 CJHA Report 143 CHA Legacy Award

Why It’s a Good Idea to 144 CHA Memorial Scroll Transfer Ownership 145 CHA Honour Roll

Uruguay hosts the 17th World Hereford Conference

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74 Who Am I?

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columns

148 CJHA Honour Roll 150 Future of the Breed

CJHA KGF “Future of the Breed” Scholarship Winners 152 4-H Achievements

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UpFront

151 KGF

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President’s Message

171 Quick Reference

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Message du Président

172 Auctioneers, Consultants and Services

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Hereford Horizons

174 Hereford EPD Averages

154 Year-End Statistics 156 Registered 50 or more Head in 2015 157 New Annual, Young Guns

& Junior Members 2015

135 Rapport du Directeur Exécutif

158 Canadian Hereford Association 2015 Financial Statements 166 Hereford Farewells

141 Canadian Beef Breeds Council Report

170 All-Star Members Report 2016

134 Executive Director’s Report

175 Digest Subscription Form & Ad Booking Deadlines

178 Baxter Black 6

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AUGUST 18 – AB........................................ 22st Annual Hardisty Field Day, Hardisty 18-21 – QC ................................................... Expo Cookshire Fair, Cookshire 19-21 – BC..................................... Nechako Valley Exhibition, Vanderhoof 20 - MB .................................... Manitoba Hereford Field Day, Wawanesa 20 – PEI....................... Old Home Week and MOE Show, Charlottetown 24-25 - ON................Hastings County Plowing Match, Queensborough 25-28 – QC . ............................................................................Expo Ayer’s Cliff 26 .......................................October Digest Advertising Booking Deadline 27 – PEI...........Dundas Plowing Match & Fair and MOE Show, Cardigan 27 – ON ...................... Barrie Fair MOE Show, Ontario West Zone, Barrie 28 – NB .............. Kent County Exhibition, MOE Show, St Marie de Kent

SEPTEMBER 31 Aug-4 Sept – BC................. Interior Provincial Exhibition, MOE Show, Armstrong 1 – AB..........................Harvie Ranching Private Treaty Embryo Sale, Olds 1 - 5 – QC ....................................................... Expo Shawville Fair, Shawville 2 - 5 – QC ................................................................................Expo Brome Fair 3 – NS....................... Cumberland County Exhibition MOE Show, Oxford 9 – BC . ................................ British Columbia Hereford Association AGM Best Western Plus Country Meadows Inn, Aldergrove 4 – ON ............................. Orangeville Fair and Banner Show, Orangeville 9-11 - ON...............................................................The Windsor Fair, Windsor 9-11 – BC....................Lakes District Fall Fair and MOE Show, Burns Lake 9-11 – ON ......................................................................Arthur Fall Fair, Arthur 10 – BC..........West Coast Hereford Club Show, MOE Show, Aldergrove 10 – QC.......................... Expo Richmond Fair and MOE Show, Richmond 10 – NB.............................................. AXA Farms Sale of the East, Wilmont 12 – ON ............... Ottawa Valley Hereford Zone Banner Show, Renfrew 16 – ON ..............................................................................Genetic Designs XII River Valley Polled Hereford Sale, Newburgh 18 – ON ........ Autumn Alliance XXXIV Sale, Medonte Highlands, Orillia 17 – ON .....................................Source for Success XIV Sale, Indian River 21-25 – ON ..........................................Carp Fair, Ottawa Valley Zone, Carp 22 – ON . ...........................Lindsay Fair, East Central MOE Show, Lindsay 22-25 – BC.......................Richardson Ranch VII Annual Online Sale, Tlell 24 – BC............................. Pacific Invitational Female Sale, Williams Lake 25 – NB............................New Brunswick Beef Expo, MOE Show, Sussex 25 – NS ....................Hants CountryExhibition and MOE Show, Windsor 25 – ON . ................. East Central Ontario Hereford Zone Futurity Show, Roseneath Fair 27 - 30 - ON ............Breeder’s Choice Online Hereford Sale, Walkerton OCTOBER 30 Sept-2 Oct - SK..... Take the Lead Bid Off, The Cliff’s Farm, Hepburn 2 – ON........................................Ottawa Valley Zone MOE Show, Metcalfe 6 – 10 - NS.............................................................. Maritime Fall Fair, Halifax 8 – QC................................................Expo-Boeuf Victoriaville , MOE Show 8 – AB.................................................. Remitall West Production Sale, Olds 9 - SK........................ Genetics for Generations Hereford Sale, Vegerville 14 – SK...................Hereford Harvest, Lone Pine Cattle Services, Vibank 15 – SK...... ANL Polled Herefords & Guests Production Sale, Steelman 15 – SK...............C&T Cattle Co. & Guests, “Take the Next Step”, Kisbey 16 – SK........ Blair-Athol, Haroldson’s & Friends Production Sale, Arcola 17 – SK................................................ Square-D Production Sale, Langbank 18 – AB................................20th Annual British Breeds Rancher Calf Sale, Balog Auction, Lethbridge

5160 Skyline Way NE, Calgary, AB T2E 6V1

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19 - AB.................................................Hirsche Herefords & Angus Ltd. Sale 20 - MB ................... WLB Livestock Complete Herd Dispersal, Douglas 21 – MB............................. 4thAnnual Elite Genetics Online Sale, Douglas Leveldale Polled Herefords, RSK Farms & Arthur Polled Herefords 22 - MB...........Twin View Polled Herefords Production Sale, Strathclair 22 – QC................Partners for Progress, Maple Hill Herefords, Shefford 22 – NS................................................................ Atlantic Bonus Sale, Nappan 28 – MB....................................... Manitoba Livestock Expo, Brandon 27.........................................Western National Hereford Sale

28.............................Western National Hereford MOE Show NOVEMBER 1 – AB...................................................British Breeds #2 Rancher Calf Sale, Balog Auction, Lethbridge 2 - 5 - SK.Lloydminister Stockade Roundup MOE Show, Lloydminister 4-13 – ON...................... The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, Toronto

4... Ontario Hereford Assoc. Futurity & Junior Showmanship

5........................................ Eastern National Hereford MOE Show 9-12 – AB....................Farmfair International MOE Show, Edmonton

9.............................................................Hereford Genes Gala Event

10.......................................................................Hereford MOE Show 12 – AB........................ Brost Land & Cattle Co. LTD & Guests Annual Fall Production Sale, Irvine 12 – ON.............East Central Ontario Zone AGM, Omemee Curling Club 17 – AB...................LCI Doenz Ranches Annual Production Sale, Warner 18 – AB................................... The Amigos Production Sale, Medicine Hat 19 – AB ......... Fenton Hereford Ranching 51st Fall Production Sale, Irma 21-26 – SK............................... Canadian Western Agribition, Regina

24...............................................................Agribition Hereford Sale

25.....................................................National Hereford MOE Show

25.........................................................Agribition Red Coat Classic DECEMBER 2 .......................................... January Digest Advertising Booking Deadline 2 – MB . ....................................................... Manitoba Hereford Association “Good As Gold” Sale, Brandon 3 - AB .......................................... British Connection Bull Sale, Lethbridge 6 – AB................................................Stromsmoe Herefords & Black Angus 32st Annual Production Sale, Etzikom 7 – AB......................................Gemstone Cattle Co Production Sale, Gem 8 - SK.........Big Gully’s Online/On Farm Bull and Heifer Sale, Maidstone 10-AB...................................................... First Choice Female Sale, Camrose 11 - AB .................................................. Season Finale Hereford Event, Olds 16-17 – AB ................................................All Beef Pen Show, Medicine Hat 17 - SK............................................Guilford Hereford Ranch, Swift Current Complete Hereford & Angus Dispersal

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 XTC Ranches by Dwane Morvik, Dwane Morvik Phototography, Eastend, SK

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BRETON WEST HEREFORDS Since 1974

FEMALES FOR SALE!!

Horned Sires

Your pick of our herd is available to start or add to your purebred herd.

Any age, Any time, Any number of females.

Thankyou to all of our

DW ADVANCE 30U LAD 52A

Sire of our largest sire group in 2016.

Breton West 52Y Alex 12A

Surefire Heifer Bull from a terrific line of cows.

LPG Standard Pieran Lad 76B

First calf of an excellent young cow and sired by Ulrich & Ramsay sire, 4R. Pick of calves at Hardisty Field Day 2014, purchased at 2016 Calgary Bull Sale.

BRETON WEST 75W Zeal 39Z

Customers

We are proud to have this homegrown herdsire go to work at DW Herefords, Hussar

SGC Ranchland Lad 135B

Grand Champion at the ECHC Bull Sale in Veteran.

Sired by 2013 Calgary Grand Champion, LPG 1Y and out of the 2nd highest selling cow at the Gordon & Cathy Klein Dispersal.

Bulls For Sale Every Day

Polled Sires COURTENAY LAD 15A

Highmark Baltimore 2B

“Islander” is a super thick bull with a unique pedigree from the Lewis family on Vancouver Island

Breton West P 42X Apache 23A

Long and muscular. His full sister is an excellent young cow and he has sired some really nice calves.

This sire from Ralph Eggins has sired some real tough, growthy, dark calves.

Breton West P 42X Accurate 42A

Very impressive Surefire Heifer Bull from a top producing cow family.

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

GE EPD 8

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.

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Charles & Mary Lynn Bray

DV Auctions

Charles & Mary Lynn Bray lonespruce@wightman.ca 519-881-4273

CMB 21B

LONE-SPRUCE 21W KANDY 21B Bred to Remitall-West Mainstreet ET 5B

Full brother to the $165.000 high selling bull in the Remitall-West 2014 sale

Bellamy Cattle Company John, Marcelle & Austina Bellamy

bellamymarcelle@gmail.com

519-368-5657

CMB 23C

Maple Stone Farms

Dan Harrison bizdan@live.ca 519-389-1950

Donald Bellamy maplestonefarms@yahoo.ca 519-376-1581

Dunsmore Family Farm Robert Dunsmore baggerbob65@gmail.com 519-301-7568

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LONE-SPRUCE 12A CHA CHA 23C

Bred to TH 711 Victor 719T

A FCC 7R Global 11T daughter

Lone-Spruce Polled Herefords

226-974-0936

Dam: LONE-SPRUCE 11T KANSAS 2A

Kevin Aitken mapledalefarms@yahoo.ca 519-321-9724

Jeff & Kelly Marshall

cedarcreekherefords@hotmail.com

A Trust 100W son

Maple-Dale Farms

Cedar Creek Herefords

Sire: LONE-SPRUCE IMAGE MAKER 12A

The following sale consignors have chosen their consignments from the heart of their herds

Bred to Boyd Masterpiece 0220.

A McCoy 55M Absolute 49S daughter

Presented by

Sire: MISTY-RIVER PROTOCOL 21W Dam: DURALTA 42H OMEGA 35N

CMB 9B

LONE-SPRUCE 21W OMEGA 9B

2007 Reserve All Canadian Polled Hereford Champion Female.

R. R. # 2 Walkerton Phone 519-881-4273 Email lonespruce@wightman.ca

Sire: MISTY-RIVER PROTOCOL 21W Dam: LONE-SPRUCE 49S KANSAS 7Y

Opens on Tuesday, Sept. 27th and closes on Friday, Sept. 30th

Consigning six top quality females into the Breeders Choice Hereford online Sale.

Selling 2 Exportable Embryos

S: NJW 73S W18 Hometown 10Y ET D: CLF GCC Eastcoast Girl W215 (A top performing Grandaughter of Star MKS Western Star 55) Expected Average Progeny Value CE -1.3

BW 3.6

WW 60.5 YW 101.9 M 28.0

TM 58.3 MCE 1.9

SC 1.1

STAY -0.9 MPI 110.8 FMI 124.4

CW 115.8 RFI -

PWG 41.4 FAT 0.030 REA 0.54 MARB 0.26

An example of what we raise PCL ZIRCON 719T 25Z 2016 Calves By:

Calving Ease Growth

Feed Efficiency Udders

PCL MISS JADE 657G ET 37T

Dam of DAWM 25Z Pictured at 9 yrs old

Current Weight: 2600 lbs EPDs CE +5.8 BW +1.6 WW +53.5 YW +76.7 M +23.9 TM +50.7

SHF ALL STAR 42X A191 NJW 73S W18 HOMEGROWN 8Y ET REMITALL-W START ME UP ET 7B TH 89T 743 UNTAPPED 425X ET MHPH 101S UMPIRE 118U PCL YUKON R117 ET 49Y PCL ZIRCON 719T 25Z PCL JADEN W18 63A

Cattle, Semen & Embryos for Sale at all times.

Inquiries and visitors welcome Doug & Wanda Mann

Box 1256 Swift Current, SK S9H 3X4 P: 306.773.7136 C: 306.741.1265 E: w_mann@xplornet.ca Watch for our consignment of females for sale Oct. 15 at the C&T Sale

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Newsworthy and notable stories from the Canadian Hereford industry Donation Heifer at the Braun Ranch “Ranch Ready” Bull Sale James Blakley of Consul, SK purchased lot 43 BR 126W DANDY GIRL 182C on March 11, 2016 for $5,000. Braun Ranch donated the funds to the Children’s Hospital Foundation of Saskatchewan - Something special to mark their 40th year of ranching in Simmie and the first year for the sale to be held at the ranch.•

Alberta Hereford Hall of Fame

Alberta President Kevin Fraser inducts Dennis and Andrea Babiuk of NCX Polled Herefords into the Alberta Hall of Fame at the Alberta AGM in Bashaw. •

J err y H ofer (L), honoured to receive Canadian Stockman of the Year 2016, and Bob Balog (R) take time out from the Western National Show in Denver to pose with 2016 Miss Rodeo Canada Samantha Stokes.•

Luke’s older brother Andy riding the pony

Fu n d r a i s i n g P o n y a t t h e Carlrams Ranching Ltd. Bull Sale Luke Wurtz of the Hillsvale Colony wanted to give back to Stars Air Ambulance as a thank you for their help when he was injured. The broke gelding sold twice - the first time to a group of buyers for $6,450 who then re-donated the lot. Fenton Hereford Ranch of Irma, AB, purchased the gelding a second time for $2,500.

Private donations added to these sales resulted in a total donation of $11,000+ to STARS Air Ambulance. •

Thank You Directors

Executive Director Stephen Scott presents Doug Finseth and Andy Schuepbach with plaques immortalizing their time as Directors on the CHA Board. •

Calgary Bull Show & Sale Judge John Ridder presented with a gift by CHA Board Member Andy Schuepbach. •

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CHA Legacy Award

CHA President Daryl Kirton presents Tony and Barrie Bayliff with the CHA Legacy Award Hereford Print at the Williams Lake Bull Sale•

Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Foods Lawrence MacAulay at the Calgary Stampede Cat tle Trail with CHA Executive Directory Stephen Scott •

Manitoba Stewardship Award

Connie Gleich is presented with the Manitoba Stewardship Award at the All Breed Beef Cattle Sale in Lundar, MB

by Manitoba President Steven Manns.•

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Take the Lead Bid Off

Noon Sept 30 - 5 pm Oct. 2

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Join us Oct 1 for an

Open House Come and & Social view the cattle!

Select Hereford Heifers + Top Steer and Heifer Prospects 11am - 5pm The Cliffs Farm, Outside of Hepburn,SK

Consignors: The Cliffs Farm Piwarski Show Cattle Schlacter Simmentals Greenwood Limousin and Angus Lazy RC Ranch G2 Cattle Co Tim Davey Sale Management: Kurtis Reid kreid@masterfeeds.com (306) 220-2226 *We will help get cattle across the USA border, take advantage of the exchange!*

upfront

50-Years Oli Olson

PINS PINS PINS

Manitoba Hereford Association President Steven Manns presents Oli Olson with his 50-Year pin at All Breed Beef Cattle Sale in Lundar, Manitoba •

50-Years Church Ranch

CHA Executive Director Stephen Scott and CHA Director Nels Nixdorff present Gordon and Rosemary Church with their 50-Year Pin at the Calgary Bull Sale. •

50-Years Gordon Otto

25-Years Birch Hill Herefords

Manitoba Hereford Association President Steven Manns presents Gordon Otto with his 50-Year Pin at All Breed Beef Cattle Sale in Lundar, Manitoba•

Don Richardson, President of the Yellowhead Hereford Breeders’ Assn. presents Martin & Sheila Solmonson with their 25-Year pin at the Yellowhead Annual General Meeeting.•

50-Years Wyatt Farms

50-Years Braun Ranch

CHA Executive Director Stephen Scott and CHA Director Nels Nixdorff present Merle Wyatt with his 50-Year Pin at the 2016 Calgary Bull Sale. •

CHA Board Member Murray Andrews presents Dick and Lorraine Braun with their 50-Year pin at the Braun Ranch Production Sale.

(Photo by: Kyla Tetreau Photography•

Have you subscribed to our monthly eNewsletter?

50-Years Ron & Nadine Well

Jill Corp (center) presents Ron and Nadine Well with their 50-Year Pin at the Ontario Hereford Association Annual General Meeting. •

Visit Hereford.ca under the Digest tab to join “Digest Forward”.

Saskatchewan’s new Road Sign

Keep an eye out while driving East of Valjean on the North side of Hwy #1 •

Correction from the January 2016 Digest: Correct Owners for Tribute on page 117 and 118 are Little Creek Polled Herefords and Lonepine Cattle Services 13

Genetic Designs XII

Friday, Sept. 16, 2016 At the Farm, Newburgh, ON SELLING 70 LOTS

RVP 27C HE SELLS!

Jan. 19, 2015, son of SHF Wonder M326 W18 ET Dam’s sire is Remitall Online 122L

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

RVP 16B SHE SELLS!

Two year old by NJW 73S M326 Trust 100W ET Dam is donor “Touch of Gold 10T”

SHE SELLS!

SHE SELLS!

SHE SELLS!

January yearling by MSU TCF Revolution 4R

RVP 62B 2-year-old by Boyd Worldwide 9050

RVP 81C

RVP 28C

March yearling by RVP 9050 Architect 46A

RWA 14A

RVP 80A SHE SELLS!

3-year-old by Remitall Online 122L

SHE SELLS!

3-year-old by GH Col Patton 20P

Featured service sire TDP Crossover Z400

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 613-378-2701 Res. 613-378-2224 Dale Stith Auctioneer 918-760-1550

rivervalleyherefords@kos.net • www.rivervalleyherefords.com

View our sale live on the Internet at 14

Catalogs available on request.

RVP 31D

RVP 27D

RVP 77D

HE SELLS!

HE SELLS!

HE SELLS!

Jan. 2016 son of Trust 100W Dam by Revolution 4R, she also sells

Jan. 2016 ET son of Trust 100W Dam is our donor “56Y”

Feb. 2016 ET son of Trust 100W Dam is our donor “L3”

RVP 44D

RVP 20D

RVP 68D

SHE SELLS!

SHE SELLS!

SHE SELLS!

Sire: TH 122 71I Victor 719T

Sire: RVP 9050 Architect 46A

Sire: MSU TCF Revolution 4R

RVP 7D

RVP 80D

RVP 18D

SHE SELLS!

SHE SELLS!

SHE SELLS!

Sire: Boyd Masterpiece 0220

Sire: MSU TCF Revolution 4R

Sire: MSU TCF Revolution 4R

Genetic Designs XII Friday, Sept. 16, 2016 At the Farm, Newburgh, ON

SELLING 70 LOTS

Bulls • Show Prospects • Bred Heifers • Pairs 15

DDA 24U YAHOO 3Y

An impressive, tremendously long son of old 24U. He has an exceptionally powerful and uniform group of bulls in our 2017 sale.

C 31S EXPLOSIVE 45X

45X is meeting all of our expectations. His first son to sell at Carlrams topped their 2016 sale at $18,000. His daughters have neat, tidy udders with lots of milk.

C 45X EXPLOSIVE LAD 47A

This home raised son of 45X has left us a super group of calves and yearlings. His first sons will be a sale feature.

MVF 219T STD TURIN LAD 81Y 81Y has now done it all! His first sons topped our 2016 sale and averaged over $9,000. His first daughters have calved and are exciting! Great udders and lots of milk.

Also in Use:

C 326N YES I CAN 127Y • MW DAKOTA LAD 121Z LCI 028X SENSATION 121B • LCI BD 311 TOTAL 355B New for 2017!

BCD 26Z CRACKER JACK 517C • MN 11W STD LAD 763B

A heartfelt thanks to all our bidders & buyers who helped make our 2016 sale a great success!

Plan to attend our sale in

February 2017, Brooks, AB

BRAD & TAMMY, TY & MELISSA

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403-734-2111 Box 337, Cluny, AB T0J 0S0 Brad’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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EPDs CE -0.5 BW 4.3 WW 36.5 YW 54.4 Milk 16.7 TM 35.0

EPDs CE -2.4 BW 5.7 WW 46.4 YW 71.9 Milk 17.0 TM 40.2

HOLLOW 42P WALLY 64Z

BANNERLANE 153Y SUPER STD 38B

EPDs CE -0.1 BW 5.1 WW 46.2 YW 80.5 Milk 22.5 TM 45.6

EPDs CE -3.7 BW 6.8 WW 62.2 YW 115.8 Milk 20.7 TM 51.8

RIVERBRIDGE 364X LAD 81B

BBSF 465Y BRUX 5B

Look for progeny from these Bulls at our February February 2017 2017 Sale: Sale: our ULH 1U, 1U, WLN WLN 26X, 26X, CC CC 57Y, 57Y, ULH PTT 868Y, 868Y, WLN WLN 34Z, 34Z, WLN WLN 64Z, 64Z, WLN WLN 140Z, 140Z, PTT PTT 768Z, 768Z, WLN WLN 54A 54A PTT Thank you you to to Leroy Leroy and and Rosemary Rosemary Helbling Helbling of of Mandan, Mandan, ND ND who who Thank purchased High High Selling Selling Bull Bull 33B 33B at at our our February February 2016 2016 sale. sale. purchased

Anthony & Samantha Plett Ph: (403) 882-3416

EPDs CE -1.8 BW 7.5 WW 66.0 YW 130.3 Milk 24.1 TM 57.1

Les & Karen Holloway Fax: (403) 882-3417

HOLLOW 161X ANDY 33B

Eric & Rebekah LeClair

Cell: (403) 740-0380

Located 1 mile north of Castor on Highway 36 and 5 miles east on secondary Highway 599

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www.hollowayfarmsltd.com

SGC RANCHLAND LAD 6B

Sire: LPG RANCHLAND LAD 1Y Dam: K 279J GOLDEN LADY 203S

FE 60X STANMORE LAD 334A

Sire: SNS 5S STANMORE LAD 60X Dam: FE 89P ALBERTA RIBSTONE 141W

Thank-You to all of our 2016 customers!

SGC RANCHLAND LAD 2B

Sire: LPG RANCHLAND LAD 1Y Dam: SGC 24L SUPER LASS 100U

RVP 100W BUDDY 30B

Sire: NJW 73S M326 TRUST 100W ET Dam: WLL WISH 4W

Homozygous Polled

HARVIE HISTORY MAKER ET 61C Sire: REMITALL KEYNOTE 20X Dam: HARVIE MISS PERFECTION 30P

Stewart, Cathy & Family Ph/Fax (780) 888-2168 Cell (780) 888-1002 Box 378, Hardisty, AB T0B 1V0 Located 5 mi. E. of Hardisty on Hwy. 13 and 3/4 mi. S. Email croneherefords@xplornet.com

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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

Congratulations to Hereford breeders across Canada on a very successful winter and spring of sales. Averages were up slightly across the board, for both consignment and production sales.

Many ranchers of other breeds came to town to buy Hereford bulls as they receive a premium for their baldy calves.

The demand for our Hereford bulls might encourage some breeders to retain more bull calves but we must remember that to keep our breed strong, we should only keep the ones that we would gladly use in our own programs.

Please also remember to transfer pedigrees of bulls to their new owners, giving them assurance of a registered, purebred animal with reliable performance stats. It also ensures that the new owners receive the Canadian Hereford Digest, going forward, allowing them to follow the breed and gain positive insights into our industry news. It is also good marketing practice to visit or follow up with your bull buyers to check on how the bulls are doing.

There is still a lot of erratic weather across the country due to unseen and unfamiliar weather patterns. Hopefully all crops were planted and harvest will be on time with good yields. Hay crops look good on the west coast, to-date, with earlier than usual baling.

I was privileged to attend the World Hereford Conference in Uruguay on behalf of the Canadian Hereford Association.

Our CHA Executive Director, Stephen Scott and I were the official delegates representing Canada at the council meetings. The world council now has representation from 18 countries, with Paraguay joining this year.

During the week in Uruguay, there were many interesting speakers and tours. But heavy rainfall significantly affected both pre and post-conference tours. Six days prior to our arrival, Uruguay had 36 inches of rainfall. During our days

Please also remember to transfer pedigrees of bulls to their new owners, giving them assurance of a registered, purebred animal with reliable performance stats. It also ensures that the new owners receive the Canadian Hereford Digest, going forward, allowing them to follow the breed and gain positive insights into our industry news. at the conference, we had more showers. The exhibition grounds, where many of the conference events were held, were quite large. When the bull pen show started, the infield area was lush green grass but it didn’t take long before it was muddy. For the open show, on the final day, the clouds moved on and it was a sunny warm day.

Many North American bloodlines were represented in the show cattle and on some of the ranches toured.

Uruguay Hereford breeders, like all Hereford breeders, love to talk about their Herefords and they are very proud of their cattle. In 2012 in Olds, if we had had that much rain in that short of time I don’t think we could have recovered as quickly as they did to make the 2016 conference such a success. In 2020, the World Hereford Conference will be hosted by New Zealand.

As the summer and fall shows are fast upon us, please remember to get out and show your program off to other breeders and ranchers. When you show your cattle, regardless of your show placings, it is all about marketing your cattle.

Thanks to everyone who participated in another successful CHA AGM, along with our juniors’ Bonanza event. Thank you to the Alberta Hereford breeders and juniors who made it all possible.

I have been honoured to serve the past two years as your President and thank you for your feedback and support.

I hope to continue seeing many of you at our fall shows, sales and Hereford events.

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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

Félicitations aux éleveurs Hereford de partout au Canada pour une saison de ventes de taureaux très bien réussie. Les moyennes de ventes étaient légèrement à la hausse autant pour les ventes de production que celles de consignations. De nombreux producteurs commerciaux étaient à la recherche de taureaux Hereford pour continuer de produire des veaux avec du blanc sur la tête, puisque ceux-ci reçoivent une prime aux encans.

Il se pourrait que la forte demande pour nos taureaux Hereford, encourage certains éleveurs à retenir plus de veaux mâles, mais nous devons nous rappeler que pour garder une position de choix pour notre race, il faut maintenir une sélection sévère et ne jamais offrir des animaux qui sont inférieurs.

Je vous prie de transférer les papiers d’enregistrement des taureaux vendus à leurs nouveaux propriétaires, ce qui leur donnent l’assurance d’un animal enregistré, pur-sang avec des statistiques de performances fiables. Il garantit également que les acheteurs recevront la revue le Canadian Hereford Digest, leur permettant de suivre la race et d’acquérir des connaissances positives. On vous recommande aussi de prendre la peine de visiter vos acheteurs commerciaux ou de faire un suivi auprès d ceux-ci pour vérifier leur niveau de satisfaction avec les taureaux qui se sont procurés.

Il semble qu’il y a encore beaucoup de températures erratiques dans tout le pays en raison de conditions météorologiques imprévues et inconnues. J’espère que les semences se sont bien passées et que les récoltes seront ponctuelles avec de bons rendements. Les foins paraissent bien sur la côte ouest à date, et mis en balles plus tôt que d’habitude.

J’ai eu le privilège d’assister à la Conférence mondiale de Hereford en Uruguay pour représenter l’Association canadienne.

Je vous prie de transférer les papiers d’enregistrement des taureaux vendus à leurs nouveaux propriétaires, ce qui leur donnent l’assurance d’un animal enregistré, pur-sang avec des statistiques de performances fiables. Il garantit également que les acheteurs recevront la revue le Canadian Hereford Digest, leur permettant de suivre la race et d’acquérir des connaissances positives.

Accompagné de notre directeurs exécutif, Stephen Scott nous étions les délégués officiels représentant le Canada aux réunions du Conseil. Le Conseil mondial compte maintenant 18 pays, avec le Paraguay qui s’est joint cette année.

Au cours de la semaine en Uruguay, il y avait plusieurs conférenciers captivants et des visites intéressantes. Toutefois, des pluies abondantes ont affecté l’itinéraire de visites avant et après la conférence. Six jours avant notre arrivée, l’Uruguay avait reçu 36 pouces de précipitation. Au cours de notre séjour, les averses ont continué. Le parc d’exposition, où un bon nombre des événements de la conférence ont eu lieu, était de dimensions impressionnantes. Quand le concours de groupes de taureaux a débuté, la zone de l’entre piste était une belle pelouse verte, mais celle-ci s’est rapidement tournée en boue. Heureusement les nuages ont passé à la toute fin pour le jugement des animaux au licou et nous avons été gâtés avec une journée chaude et ensoleillée. Nous avons vu plusieurs animaux de lignées nord-américaines lors du concours et des visites de ranch.

Les éleveurs Hereford de l’Uruguay, comme tous les amateurs de la race, aiment bien parler de leurs animaux et ils en sont très fiers. Si nous avions reçu tant de pluie en 2012 à Olds, je ne pense pas que nous aurions pu atteindre le même succès que nos amis en charge de la conférence de cette année. La Conférence mondiale Hereford de 2020 se déroulera en Nouvelle-Zélande.

La saison des expositions approche rapidement. N’oubliez pas les avantages de sortir vos animaux et de montrer votre programme d’élevage aux autres éleveurs et producteurs. Quel que soit votre classement, exposer votre bétail est la première étape envers leur marketing.

Merci à tous ceux qui ont participé au succès de l’assemblée générale annuelle de l’association et au Bonanza mettant en vedette nos juniors. Merci aux éleveurs Hereford de l’Alberta et aux juniors qui ont rendu le tout possible.

J’ai été honoré de servir au cours des deux dernières années entant que président et je vous remercie pour vos commentaires et votre soutien.

En espérant de continuer de vous voir aux expositions, aux encans et aux autres évènements Hereford cet automne.

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BBSF 42Z BILLY 237B

Bulls,Semen and Females for Sale at all Times

R 2Y NORTH STAR 25C

Working the Lilybrook Pastures in 2016 are Horned:

CC 77J SterLInG 39t • LBH 268P StanDarD 106t • LBH 102t SuPer rIB 47X • LBH 38t StanDarD 223y • LBH 20J StanMore et 265y • GenetIC 827 LaD 1123 • uu SenSatIon 2042 • LBH 268P StanDarD 438Z • LBH 174S royaL aMIGo 162a • LBH 40W rIBStone 171a • LBH 198t rIBStone 256a • LBH 38Z GuInneSS 270B • LBH 1123 eXtra GenetIC 211a • BBSF 42Z BILLy 237B • LBH 955W DoMIno 7C • LBH 256a rIBStone 24C • r 2y nortH Star 25C • LBH 38Z GuInneSS 250C

Polled:

MCCoy 58G JaCkPot et 105X • anCHor 6y • JDH tS 20W CraCker JaCk 23a et • BBSF 164X BoSS 105B

LBH 38Z GUINNESS 270B

Thank You to All of our Commercial Buyers!

A SpeciAl ThAnk You To The Following purebred breederS For purchASing lbh geneTicS For Their Top herdS. Stuart Crone DeXter SLuGoSkI MISty VaLLey FarMS terry & reGan BerGer SHane truBy PIne Butte ranCH neIL turner tHoMaS & tyreL PaHL ken & nora BaLoG Mark LaW kyM JIM XtC ranCHeS

LBH 1123 eXtra GenetIC 6B LBH 028X SenSatIon 7B LBH 335X SuPer rIB 63B LBH 955W DoMIno 158B LBH 162W SterLInG 318B LBH 66t rIBStone 366B LBH 40W rIBStone 383B LBH 40W rIBStone 389B LBH 40W rIBStone 457B LBH 827 eXtra GenetIC 41C LBH 955W DoMIno 67C LBH 106Z eXtra DeeP 96C And our FemAle cuSTomerS: XtC ranCHeS • Lorne SCHroeDer • Mark LaW • GreG & CaSSIDy SMItH • GIBraLter enterPrISeS LtD.

Andy & Margaret Schuepbach

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

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LBH 236U RIBSTONE 364X RUT 42W RED LAD 74A FE 152S FRONTLINE 254Z RIVERBRIDGE 28S LAD 33B J-BAR-B Z400 BRIDGETOWN 12B AG A 1 27Y Y E S ARC H IB AL D 3 13 A THANK YOU TO THE BUYERS WHO MADE OUR PRIVATE TREATY SALE SO SUCCESSFUL.

BULLS FOR SALE IN 2016 SIRED BY LBH 364X RIBSTONE 364X , FE 152S FRONTLINE 254Z and RIVERBRIDGE 28S LAD 3A

A LOOK TO THE FUTURE! We are excited about the quality of calves from our new herd sires RUT 42W RED LAD 74A and AGA 127Y YES ARCHIBALD 313A Bull calf sired by 313A

DAVID & MAXINE

Bull calf sired by 74A

DONNIE & KERRY

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

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

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.

Regular Slaughter & Feeder Sales

Regular Stock Cow & Bred Heifer Sales

Every Wednesday - 10:30AM

Every Monday - 1:00PM October 24 - December 19

Special Rancher Calf Sales

Special Rancher Calf Sales

20th Annual British Breeds Rancher Calf Sale

10th Annual Angus Appreciation Rancher Calf Sale

Every Friday - 10:30AM October 7- December 16

Tuesday October 18 - 10:30AM Featuring all British Breeds and British Cross Breeds

British Breeds #2 Rancher Calf Sale

Tuesday November 1 - 10:30AM

Tuesday Calf Sales - 10:30AM October 18 - November 15

Tuesday October 25 - 10:30AM Featuring Angus and Angus Cross Calves

Balog Auction Video Sales with DLMS

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Friday September 23 - 1:00PM Balog Cow Palace, Lethbridge, AB This sale will feature calves and yearlings for immediate and forward delivery.

Sale will be broadcast at www.dlms.ca

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Call any member of the Balog team to discuss your marketing needs

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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

The 2016 winter and spring bull sales continued to be steady and strong. The renewed enthusiasm from commercial producers to incorporate Hereford genetics back into their programs continues to be a trend that Hereford breeders enjoy and appreciate.

My travels throughout the winter and spring take me from British Columbia to Manitoba attending bull sales and giving me the unique opportunity to communicate with many commercial bull buyers. What’s interesting, is that their comments are often similar. Those re-introducing Hereford bulls into their herds are looking to improve temperament

As your association develops breed improvement programs such as RFI, breeders themselves can improve the marketability of their calves by consigning to exclusively Hereford and Hereford-Influence calf sales this fall. Large numbers of Hereford calves give the cattle buyers more opportunity to buy groups and create uniform pens. within the cowherd, as well as improve feed efficiency and marketability of their calf crop. They believe that Hereford bulls are helping produce high quality crossbred calves.

Crossbred calves continue to be the most desired calves to feed on the market and “Half-Hereford” gives them the added advantage for increased profitability, regardless of which breed they are being crossed with.

Research backed by the Canadian Hereford Association on feed efficiency will soon offer tools to select for the most efficient cattle in our population, thereby ultimately adding increased profitability in the feedlot. Programs such as this take time to produce useable data, implement results through the membership and eventually communicate their benefits to the commercial cattle industry at large. After four years of data collection, the association is now moving to educate and inform the membership and commercial industry on the newly created RFI (Residual Feed Intake) EPD. Hereford is the first breed to research and adopt this technology in Canada.

See page 132 in this Digest for the most recent RFI update.

As your association develops breed improvement programs such as RFI, breeders themselves can improve the

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marketability of their calves by consigning to exclusively Hereford and Hereford-Influence calf sales this fall. Large numbers of Hereford calves give the cattle buyers more opportunity to buy groups and create uniform pens. Large groups of quality Hereford calves streaming in front of the cattle buyers through the ring is also the best way to show them how the Hereford breed has changed. Feedlot owners and managers can’t always be at sales themselves, so it’s the cattle buyers who are their eyes and who potentially have the biggest buying influence.

Working together as a Hereford community and taking advantage of Hereford calf sales is a step toward changing the attitude and perception of this breed and what it has to offer.

I encourage Hereford breeders to visit commercial operations – particularly those not using Hereford bulls.

The Canadian Hereford Digest team is growing. Karen Schiml, Programs and Media Coordinator for the CHA, is now also an active participant in the creation of the Digest. Karen has been actively creating catalogues since she joined the CHA in 2014 and we are excited to have her join the Digest team.

Welcome Karen!

You might also notice that I will be cutting my time back in the office as I continue travelling to industry events on behalf of the CHA. But rest assured that I will still be getting my emails and voicemails when out of the office.

Working together as a Hereford community and taking advantage of Hereford calf sales is a step toward changing the attitude and perception of this breed and what it has to offer.

There is a great deal of excitement going into the fall purbred sales. Some incredible females will be available this fall, giving Hereford breeders the opportunity to make a lasting impact on their herd programs. These opportunities are in the form of herd dispersals and female reduction sales, as well as existing annual production sales. Many of these sales are advertised in the pages of this Digest.

See ya down the road!

Born Jan. 16, 2016

Remitall W Sweet Deal ET 12D

View the video of “Sweet Deal” at www.remitallwest.com

New GeNetics iN a Powerful PackaGe!

The 2016 Remitall West Production Sale is fast approaching. Leading off this year’s Remitall W GD Waterloo ET 12B sale is Remitall W Sweet Deal ET 12D, one of the most dynamic and exciting herd sire prospects we’ve ever produced. His muscling, stoutness and eye appeal are simply incredible! Looking for a new line of genetics to add to your program? “Sweet Deal” has it! His sensational sire Waterloo 12D is a total outcross to any North American bloodlines. The dam of Sweet Deal 12D was the 2011 Canadian Jr. National and 2011 Canadian Western National Champion female and is a prolific donor female at Remitall West. Sweet Deal 12D is a great one, check out his video and see for yourself why we are so excited about the future of this next herd sire! If you are interested in Sire of REM 12D being a part of Sweet Deal’s future contact us at Remitall West for more information.

This year’s Remitall West Production Sale will feature our top 2016 born herd sire This exciting total outcross sire has really left his mark on his first calf crop. A great prospects, ET heifer calves, bred heifers and select embryos. looking bull packed full of muscle, strength of Catalogs will be available on request or can be viewed at remitallwest.com

The Remitall West Production Sale Saturday October 8th 2016

bone, pigmentation and soundness. 2015 Olds Fall Classic Grand Champion bull and 2015 Canadian Agribition Reserve Jr. Champion.

Dorbay Miss Whitney 411W

Bryan & Annette Latimer & Family

For more information or to request a sale catalog please visit www.remitallwest.com

Box 16 Site 2 RR 4 Olds AB Canada T4H 1T8 (403) 556-0301

ablatimer@xplornet.ca

Dam of REM 12D This powerhouse donor female was the 2011 Canadian Jr. National and 2011 Canadian Western National Grand Champion female.

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“Arrow 35A”

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EPDs BW 3.4

EPDs BW 3.4

WW 58.4

WW 54.8

YW 96.1

YW 88.7

MILK 32.4

MILK 14.5

TM 61.6

TM 41.9

REA 0.42

REA 0.27

MARB 0.35

MARB 0.24

EPDs BW 2.0

EPDs BW 5.8

WW 46.9

WW 53.9

YW 70.4

YW 86.6

MILK 20.1

MILK 19.1

TM 43.6

TM 46.1

REA 0.16

REA 0.57

MARB 0.11

MARB -0.11

EPDs BW 3.2

EPDs BW 5.2

WW 55.6

WW 60.4

YW 89.0

YW 95.4

MILK 27.5

MILK 15.1

TM 55.3

TM 45.3

REA 0.39

REA 0.23

MARB 0.17

MARB 0.21

“Hurley”

“Duke”

Owned with MJT Cattle Co. Ltd.

“Dynamite 8D”

Hirsche Herefords & Angus Ltd. POTENTIAL FEMALE PROSPECTS *Some of the best Female Ever Produced*

EPDs BW 2.0

Ped. Est. BW 3.7

WW 46.9

WW 52.9 YW

YW 70.4

“253W”

Owned with Billy Paul

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MILK 25.9

MILK 20.1 TM 43.6

TM 52.3

REA 0.16

REA 0.53

MARB 0.11

MARB 0.15

“60D”

Her Daughter

“162B”

Owned with Landon Smith

EPDs BW 3.1

EPDs BW 4.4

WW 65.4

WW 66.7

YW 110.0

YW 104.0

MILK 20.2

MILK 20.2

TM 52.9

TM 53.6

REA 0.92

REA 0.65

MARB 0.03

MARB 0.01

“112D”

Her Daughter

“91A”

EPDs BW 4.7

EPDs BW 5.7

WW 45.9

WW 61.2

YW 81.2

YW 100.9

MILK 30.6

MILK 27.5

TM 53.6

TM 58.1

REA 0.25

REA 0.32

MARB 0.13

MARB 0.20

Owned with Billy Paul

“25D”

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AGA 72S BERT’S ANDY 39A - First calves look great PIERAN POSITIVE LAD 44X - Great yellow curly hair BR 52U MONTANA STANDARD 163X - Fantastic female sire TIDE-CREEK 1S ADVANCE LAD 10Y - Bought back from Brosts TIDE CREEK 163X LOPPY LAD 10A - Used on heifers

Longevity and Consistency Pays Off!

TIDE-CREEK 28H LOLLIPOP 23L

Sire: PIERAN PROMISE LAD 28H Dam: TIDE-CREEK 9B CASPER 22E Going strong at 15 yrs old

TIDE-CREEK 163X LOLLY LASS 32B

Sire: BR 52U MONTANA STANDARD 163X Dam: TIDE-CREEK 1S LOLLY LADY 30X One of numerous granddaughters of 23L

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TIDE-CREEK 1S LOLLY LADY 19Z

Sire: TRIPLE-A 59K SCOOTER 1S Dam: TIDE-CREEK 28H LOLLIPOP 23L One of many daughters of 23L

TIDE-CREEK 24T BRIT LASS 9X

Sire: TIDE-CREEK 21M TOMAHAWK 24T Dam: MHH 39D BRITISHER LASS 5L A sample of the udders we are striving for

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Stop in anytime to have a look or view the bulls on our website www.tidecreekherefords.com Ranch directions: 6 mi. South of Jenner on HWY 884 4 mi. West on HWY 544 1 1/4 mi. South on RGE RD 101

Blaine & Sue Hudec Cassie, Ben & Emerly Phone (403) 898-2192 Cell (403) 362-0542 Box 61 Jenner, Alberta T0J 1W0 30

Brad & Kirby Stensrud Hayes & Huntley 403-363-9894 blainejhudec@gmail.com

Square d herefordS NJW 73S 22Z MIGHTY MAX 69B

SQUARE-D CENTURY 957B

Square d Production Sale Monday, October 17th, 2016 at the SQ D Sale Site.

NJW 51U 4037 DURAMAX 8X

Service and Progeny Sell from theSe SireS: Square-D Century 957B Square-D Power Point 716B Square-D Precision 376Y NJW 51U 4037 Duramax 8X Square-D Mr Beef 465 A Square-D John Wayne 465Y LJR MSU 137S Miles 32Y NJW 73S 22Z Mighty Max 69B NJW 34S 38W Beef 15Z

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Square d herefordS Jim & lori duke and family

RR #2, Langbank SK. S0G 2X0 306-538-4556 home, 306-736-7921 cell website: square-dpolledherefords.com email: square.d@sasktel.net

Ayla, Bowen and Julia with SQUARE D REISS 237A & calf SQUARE D CINNAMON 577D, sired by NJW MIGHTY MAX 69B

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The Next Generation

A successful m ov e f o r the Calgary Bull Show and Sale!

By Brad Dubeau

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

When the gavel dropped for the final lot at the 2016 Calgary Bull Sale at its new location of Century Downs Racetrack and Casino, the gamble had paid off.

A total of 103 bulls grossed $918,050 with an average selling price of $8,580 – an increase over the previous year’s average of $8,685 and gross sales of $729,500 on 84 bulls.

Consignments were up. Attendance was up. And more bidders registered.

“There were 80 more registered bidders over the previous year,” says Neal Church of Church Ranch and chairman of the Alberta Cattle Breeders’ Association (ACBA). “The sale was a resounding success and greatly exceeded our expectations in the new venue.”

“It was a very successful transition and there was easy access for the crowd,” says Judy Finseth of Bar Pipe Hereford Ranch and coordinator of the ACBA. Finseth says that Century Downs was very accommodating to their needs. She is also grateful to Hi Hog Farm & Ranch Equipment, who significantly helped the event by coming on board as a major sponsor and who provided all the steel for stalling, as well as the squeeze and scale.

“The new venue was easier to get to [than the Calgary Exhibition grounds] and buyers that I spoke to agreed,” say Bruce and Karen Butler of Lone Pine Ranch who

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were first-time consignors to the sale. “The sale committee and other consignors were very helpful to the new kids on the block,” Bruce said.

“I was pleasantly surprised how everyone worked together.”

Growing pains? There were a few of

the organizing committee was officially re-named the Alberta Cattle Breeders’ Association (ACBA).

That first sale was held at R.C. Thomas’ Frontier Stables in Calgary, close to the CPR rail line, according to Joanne Jones-Hole, author of the

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There have been other changes along the way. The sale once also featured dairy cattle. And consignments of Shorthorn, Charolais, Simmental, Gelbvieh, Salers and Galloway bulls, along with Angus and Herefords, were once common. More recently, Herefords have dominated the sale. At some point, the sale also opened up to consignors outside the province of Alberta.

The past two years have seen record sale averages, which were due, in part, to stronger cattle markets and a renewed excitement for Hereford genetics in the commercial industry.

With today’s ever-shrinking cattle population and the growing popularity of production sales and fewer of them, the Calgary Bull Sale is now one of only a few consignment bull sales left that offers significant

“There were 80 more registered bidders over the previous year. The sale was a resounding success and greatly exceeded our expectations in the new venue.”

- Neal Church those, according to British Columbia Hereford breeder Neil Turner. But Neil, for one, was happy to see the sale outside of the city of Calgary and thinks the new location will also be more appealing to buyers, going forward.

It is widely accepted that the Calgary Bull Sale is the longest running consignment bull sale in North America and quite possibly the world.

The event maintained the reputation of selling top quality bulls since 1901, when the first sale was orchestrated by the Territorial Purebred Cattle Breeders’ Association, prior to Alberta and Saskatchewan becoming official Canadian provinces. After those provinces joined confederation,

book Calgary Bull Sale 1901-2000, a historical account of the sale. That first sale featured a high-selling Shorthorn bull at $250 and an average selling price of $85.17.

In 1907, the show and sale was moved to Calgary’s Exhibition Grounds at Victoria Park, where it remained until 2015. For the past several years, only

It is widely accepted that the Calgary Bull Sale is the longest running consignment bull sale in North America and quite possibly the world.

Angus and Hereford bulls have been consigned. In 2006, to encourage more buyer participation, horses were added as an offering in the sale, as were groups of commercial replacement heifers.

returns for the bulls on offer.

But the location of the Calgary Bull Sale and the need for change has been debated over the past several years. As the city of Calgary grew (current population is nearly 1.1

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million), many questioned the viability of the sale in a very urban area. Both consignors and buyers struggled with traffic and the ever-growing costs associated with being in downtown Calgary.

Attendance from the traditional customer base remained strong but the ACBA and the sale’s consignors were questioned about whether or not they were drawing new customers to the sale. There was a growing consensus that if the sale were to survive, a new facility must be found.

Century Downs was a fitting new venue just north of the city and east of Balzac, just minutes east of the Queen Elizabeth Highway (Hwy 2) the main corridor between Calgary and Edmonton.

Parking is free and is spacious enough for trucks and trailers.

Facilities can house both the bulls, heifers and horses, with space for consignors’ tack.

There is a weighing area and a

“In all the years I’ve been selling, this year, I could feel a new excitement.

People embraced the new facility; the weather was great; and the cattle market was still great. In two words, very successful!”

- Bob Balog show and sale ring and ample display space for commercial booths.

This year marked the 116th anniversary of the Calgary Bull Show and Sale.

Bob Balog has been the sale’s

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longest running auctioneer.

“In all the years I’ve been selling, this year, I could feel a new excitement,” says Balog. “People embraced the new facility; the weather was great; and the cattle market was still great. In two words, very successful!”

It was a capacity crowd – so much so that concerns were raised about the capacity for seating around the ring. The ACBA plans to add seating for 2017. The old crowd attended the sale and was joined by many new faces - from across Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.

“It’s different from the old place and will take some getting used to,” said Ken Guenthner, commercial cattleman from Consort, Alberta, who misses the spacious seating area at the old venue. But overwhelmingly, the comments were positive.

“We will tweak a few things for next year but we had to go through it once,” says

Finseth. In fact, organizers believe this next chapter in the sale’s history will take it to its 200th anniversary in 2100 and beyond.

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By Brad Dubeau D ire c to r y of C o m m u nic atio n s

The barn was filled to capacity with over 400 cat t le producers on February 10th, 2016, when the Oddan family hosted their 40th Annual Production Sale at Misty Valley Farms headquarters, about 50 km east of Lloydminster.

Theirs is one of the longest running production sales in any breed in Canada – a testament to their customer loyalty. Coming twoyear-old bulls and registered and commercial bred heifers went under the gavel of Auctioneer Bob Balog and at the end of the day, MVF cattle and consignments of LO Herefords and Lawview Herefords, were sold to customers in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario. In fact, the Oddans have sold into all five provinces every year since about 1990, making their program one of very few of any breed to accomplish

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this feat.

Th is year, 66 bu l ls averaged $5,755; 42 registered bred heifers averaged $3,943 and four registered heifer calves averaged $3,750. Ten commercial heifer calves averaged $1,755 and 60 commercial bred heifers averaged $2,767. The sale grossed $744,000 - all under the watchful eyes of brothers Harold and Maurice Oddan.

The Oddans have a reputation for hard working, honest, functional, performing cattle that adapt to the mountainous regions of BC as well as they do to the pastures of Manitoba and Ontario. Their buyers return, year after year.

To-date, Misty Valley Farm (MVF) has sold over 1,200 bulls and nearly 1,500 registered females. Douglas Lake Cattle Co., Canada’s largest working ranch, has purchased about 275 bulls themselves.

In 1988 and for about three years, MVF commercial heifers were sold alongside consignments of some customers’ heifers, until their own cowherd was large enough to support a good heifer offering strictly from their own program. About 1,300 commercial heifers have sold since then. Much of the credit goes to Harold and Maurice Oddan and their families but foundations for the success of Misty Valley Farm were laid by their late father, Ole Vick Oddan and their mother, Agnes.

Ole Vick Oddan - better known as Vick - was born in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, in 1918 and grew up in the southwest part of the province.

His working career starting when he was about 15 years of age. From 19351937, he worked on the Dixon Bros.

Ranch - a horse and cattle operation - which is now the PFRA’s (Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration’s)

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-Harold Oddan

community pasture at Maple Creek, Saskatchewan.

When Vick’s parents and siblings moved to the Lloydminster area in 1937, Vick travelled back and forth from his family’s operation to the Dixon Bros. operation in Maple Creek, for a couple years. During that time, Vick also travelled a stud horse throughout the country, offering to get neighbours’ mares bred, as most farms didn’t have their own stud.

Vick joined the army in 1939 but got pneumonia three times and was discharged for medical reasons in 1941. He met Agnes – a neighbour in southwest Saskatchewan - in his younger years. Agnes also was born in Maple Creek in 1919. The couple remained in contact and following Vick’s discharge from the army, decided to marry. The newly wed couple bought a half section of land at Lone Rock, south-east of

Lloydminster, where they farmed and had a few head of registered Shorthorn. They remained there until 1952, when they sold their half section and purchased a section near Marshall, Saskatchewan, about 10 miles east of Lloydminster on Highway #16.

Through land acquisitions, they grew their farm in Marshall to nine quarters. It was all bare land when they purchased it. The original home that they built still stands today.

Underneath the carpet in the middle of the living room, is the original hardwood floor in which there is a diamond-shape pattern in darker coloured hardwood inside of which are the words: “Oddan’s Home”.

They continued to farm and raise cattle and horses at Marshall and it was there that the first Hereford cattle were introduced, around the year 1953. The Shorthorn herd was phased

out. Their first registered Hereford cattle came from Alex Mitchell of Battle River Ranch, a predominant Hereford breeder of the t ime, located just south of Lloydminster.

In 1956, Vick and Agnes added to the registered Hereford cow herd by purchasing Oscar Peterson’s entire heifer calf crop from Marwayne, Alberta. More females were added again in 1958 from Dick Hines’ dispersal - also of Marwayne. Shortly thereafter, Vick and his younger brother Glen decided to buy Oscar Peterson’s entire heifer calf crop for the second time. Vick travelled to production sales, purchasing females here and there until their registered Herefords numbered 70 head, adding to their horse herd and farming operations all the while.

By 1965, Vick and Agnes’ sons Harold and Maurice were showing interest in the farm and the registered

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Merle, Rosalyn, Rachele, Alice, Harrold

Hereford cattle. They had si x children altogether - Faye, Carol, Harold, Maurice, Frances and Virden.

Everyone but Harold and Maurice found their own careers away from the family farm. (Frances went on to marry Buddy Leachman of Big Gully Farm.) It was Harold and Maurice that eventually took the reins of Misty Valley Farm.

Wit h his sons involved, Vick needed to expand their operations but purchasing land that close to Lloydminster proved too difficult. The decision was made to move to t he Dr y Gully School District, near Maidstone, where three to four quarters could be purchased from the sale of one quarter at Marshall and where the ranch continues to be headquartered today.

Eight quarters were purchased and another four quarters were rented.

The farm at Marshall was called Marview Farms and Vick wanted to keep his prefix of MVF so the process of coming up with a name for the new property that matched the initials

Maurice, Carter, Ellen, Lincoln, Tracy, Mark

MVF was underway. A family friend and co-worker from the Dixon Ranch - Nestor Hucalak - suggested “More of Vick’s Foolishness” and “Mud Ville Flat”, in gist. The landscape at the new headquarters eventually inspired the name that stuck. The property is nestled in a natural valley with a creek on the east side of the yard site that runs through their pastures to the North Saskatchewan River. The valley often filled with thick fog in the early summer mornings. Hence the

are bulls and a long yearling program.

In 2006, Harold and his son Merle incorporated Oddan Ranching Ltd. which is the commercial cattle side of Misty Valley Farms. However, Misty Valley Farm and Oddan Ranching Ltd. run as one melded operation.

Registered and commercial cattle from each business, run together.

The machinery is jointly used and the entire operation is managed together

by Harold, Maurice and Merle.

Harold married Alice Larre in 1972.

The t wo of them met t h roug h t he 4-H beef club, showing their cat t le. They have one son Merle - and he and his partner Rosalyn Hall share a daughter, Rachele.

Maurice met Ellen Pike at High School and they were married in 1975. They share one son - Mark - who married Tracy Kirsch and together they have two sons - Carter and Lincoln.

Maurice and Ellen live at the original headquarters where Vick and Agnes first moved to in Maidstone. Harold and Alice live south and east about 15 minutes and three miles east of the

There are three major social events at Misty Valley Farms that the Oddan families look forward to. One is their annual production sale in February and the other are two major brandings held in the last part of June. They still have traditional style brandings at which calves are heeled and dragged to the fire.

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name - Misty Valley Farms.

By 1968, Vick and Agnes nearly doubled the size of MVF to 17 quarters.

Since then, more acquisitions, along with those of Harold and Maurice, have resulted in a total of 47 deeded quarters and 18 quarters of leased land.

Over 3,000 acres of cereal crops are planted each year and the cow herd now numbers 637 head. Added to that

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corner of highway 303 and highway 21. Merle and Rosalyn are on the ranch, several miles north of Harold and Alice. Each place has a full set of working corrals and each family has its own responsibilities for different aspects of the cattle operation. Mark and Tracy reside in Saskatoon and have their own careers off-farm but are back to MVF often, to help when needed.

In the registered herd, there are 290 cows and 91 heifers. There are 182 commercial cows and 74 commercial heifers. That’s a total of 637 Hereford females to calve - all bred to reg istered Hereford bulls.

There are a total of 250 head of registered and commercial heifers that were bred in 2016.

Calving is timed for the first week in April, for both registered and commercial heifers. The cows start around the third week in April.

Birth weight, weaning weight and yearling weights are collected on all calves. And all calves - including the commercial ones - get a tattoo. They are all tagged, tattood, dehorned and castrated at birth. Nearly all members of the family have their own tattoo so it is a great way of identifying which

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calves belong to who.

There are three major social events at Misty Valley Farms that the Oddan families look forward to. One is their annual production sale in February and the other are two major brandings held in the last part of June. They still have traditional style brandings at which calves are heeled and dragged to the fire. At both brandings, there are typically about 30 people to help get the job done. You have to pay attention at a MVF branding as there are four brands used. Calves are sorted into branding groups and

are backgrounded separately on a ration of tub ground hay and ground oats. When the grass is ready in the spring, they are then moved to grass for the summer.

The registered and commercial heifer calves are backgrounded together and handled the same.

“We don’t have a purebred herd,” says Harold. “We have a commercial cow herd with papers.”

They tub grind tame hay and straw and use an electric cable feed line to background the calves. It’s moved just a few inches each day or as needed.

Heifer s a lso receive a separate grain rat ion daily, consisting of oats mixed with a little dried distillers grain that comes from an Ethanol plant in Lloydminster for a protein supplement. The sale bulls are fed the same ration as the heifers but they receive a slightly higher percentage of grain.

Bull calves’ horns are tipped at 11 ½ months to 12 ½ months of age.

Yearling bulls go to grass the end of June and when grass production decreases, they start supplementing them with a bit of grain. Sale bulls remain grazing in the same pasture

The Oddans are very proud of the fact that they are averaging over 90% repeat customers. Many are very long-term, second and third-generation buyers. the brands for the day are on display to reduce errors. Misty Valley Farm carries the brand “Bar Over MV on the left hip. Oddan Ranching is H Bar O on the left rib. Maurice Oddan’s brand is MV on the left rib and Mark and Ellen have Bar Over OM on the left rib.

The heifer bulls are turned out on or about the 25th of June and bulls are turned out with the cows around July 10th. In 2016, they turned out 32 breeding bulls.

Calves are weaned in the first half of November. The steers and bull calves

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up until sale time and as the grass diminishes, they are fed hay.

Up until only a short few years ago, all the females at Misty Valley still carried their horns. But there has been increasingly more demand for dehorned females, so the decision was made to dehorn all the females at birth. This was one of those decisions for the Oddans that was very difficult but necessary.

The cows and the heifers winter together. They start to receive a bit of hay before weaning and hay or silage up until about New Years, when they are turned into the corn to graze.

They will graze there for about two months. They have found that the cows will clean up best during the colder months. Then they are back t o h ay a nd silage for the remainder of the winter.

The Odda n s pregnancy test all heifers at the end of September and selection for replacement registered and commercial females takes place before Christmas. Open heifers are then sold through Balog Auctions in Lethbridge, Alberta, with the females coming off grass that weren’t chosen as breeding stock. Long yearling steers come off grass and are also sold at Balog’s in August or September.

The Oddans are very proud of the fact that they are averaging over 90% repeat customers. Many are very longterm, second and third-generation buyers. When they hosted their first sale, it was at the Lloydminster

Stockade and was in partnership with Willow Flat Ranch, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Larre & Sons, Alices’ family Hereford farm. On offer at the first sale were 33 bred females, three heifer calves and 20 long yearling bulls sold by auctioneer, Jock Blacklock.

They held nine more sales at the Stockade in Lloydminster, before moving the sale home, in 1986. A few notable bulls coming out of their production sales include MVF Standard Lad 5K, who sold to L-O Herefords for $21,500; Bar OM 1087 Dom Lad 225X who sold to Riverbridge Ranch for $21,000; and MVF 656U Std Dom Lad 87D, who was not their highest selling bull but had a major lasting impact on their herd and in other herds. The bull sold for $10,400

their best to stop and see their buyers.

Those they don’t get a chance to visit, they try to touch base with at least once a year.

The Oddans have exhibited cattle at Agribition, attending annually for nearly 20 years. They also consigned to the Maple Creek Bull Show & Sale for 43 consecutive years, showing every year. They were consignors and showed every year at the Red Carpet Sale while it lasted and they participated in the Stockade Round Up Show in Lloydminster. Both Mark and Merle were Canadian Junior Hereford Association members who attended a few Bonanzas. They have enjoyed success in the show ring. But since then, resources used to show have been redirected into travelling and v isit ing customers personally. The Oddans also felt that the feeding regime required to be competitive in the ring was not compatible with their program goals.

EPDs have never been fully adopted on this operation. Maurice questions the correlations to actual performance and to progeny performance, after watching EPD movement on specific bulls for five to six years.

“We recog n i ze we may have diminished our opportunity to sell more herd bulls into purebred operations but we focus on the commercial industry and selling bulls to ranchers,” says Maurice.

“We will look at them when buying

Delivery of sale animals starts within a week of the sale. As the Oddans tour the country delivering cattle, they do their best to stop and see their buyers. Those they don’t get a chance to visit, they try to touch base with at least once a year.

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to Sky Track Ranch and Bannerlane Herefords in 1995. He worked and bred cows in various herds up until the age of 13.

“When 90% of our customers come back, we would like to think that the product is working,” says Harold. The Oddans sell females into Ontario that run with Charolais bulls and bulls into Ontario that run with Simmental cows. They sell bulls into Manitoba that run with Black Angus cows.

Delivery of sale animals starts within a week of the sale. As the Oddans tour the country delivering cattle, they do

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a bull but we’ll still buy the bull even if the [right] EPDs aren’t there,” adds Harold. “You still have to look at and like the bull.”

Why have they stuck with Herefords all these years?

Both Maurice and Harold agree that it is about tradition for them. The breed is docile and nice to be around and the farm has done very well by the breed, after all, they say.

“Hereford’s can adapt and thrive over five provinces with very different environments,” in the words of one of their customers. “They can stand up to the swamps of Manitoba to the rocks in British Columbia.”

Harold and Maurice have served on local and provincial clubs and provincial associations for both Hereford and other cattle industry groups. The Hereford tradition, both on and off the ranch, continues with both Merle and Mark and their families.

Among several other awards of recognition, Vick Oddan will forever be recognized in the archives of the Northwest Saskatchewan Hereford Association for joining its breeder

Honour Roll in 1982. In 1986, he was inducted into the Canadian Hereford Association Honour Roll. Both Harold and Maurice have received their 50year pins from the Canadian Hereford Association.

The biggest honour of all time, however, has been that of repeat customers – hundreds of them.

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CHA Director Murray Andrews (center) presents Maurice (L) and Harold (R)with their 50 year Pin

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Glenlees 719T Baron 41Z

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STANDARD-HILL HEMI 180B

BIG-GULLY 6Z MANGO TANGO 617B

BIG-GULLY 0248 DUNDEE 9A

Our Pick of the Top End Heifers from Big Gully Farm

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Bob & Diana Gristwood

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Uruguay hosts the 17th World Hereford Conference

By Catherine Brown

F r i e n d l y, h o s p i t a b l e and very proud! – The Ur ug uayans d id t heir absolute best to host Hereford breeders from across the globe, despite torrential rainfall and resulting agenda changes. They are beef producers and wine makers extraordinaire.

“The conference was hurt badly due to the weather and the 40 inches of rain which put most of the country

under water and spoiled the ranch visits in most cases,” says former Canadian Hereford Association G e n e r a l M a n a g e r, G o r d o n Stephenson.

While the rain was prolific, it didn’t stop our Canadian group from seeing very strong Hereford genetics and solidifying ties with fellow world Hereford breeders.

Stephenson attended the conference with current CHA Executive Director

A s s o ciate Edito r

Stephen Scott, CHA President Daryl Kirton and CJHA President Cassandra Gorrill. Joining them were several producers from across Canada – Ellen and Bennet Crane from P.E.I., John Vancise from Ontario, Frances and Sherry Leachman of Saskatchewan, Jay Cross and Andy Schuepbach of Alberta, along with four breeders from British Columbia – the Tapps, the Richardsons, Daryl Kirton and ourselves – the Browns.

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WLB Livestock Bill & Nancy Biglieni

COMPLETE DISPERSAL

WLB Winchester Powerball 27A sells with international semen inventory!

As well as two years of progeny. Powerball’s 2016 brother also sells!

1:00 CDT at the farm Douglas, Manitoba

October 20, 2016 Stacked generations of WLB breeding just waiting to be outcrossed!

WLB Mr Canada 10Z 15B sells Along with his dam, his sister, and his first offspring

The WLB cowherd is yours for the picking!

WLB 34Y - WLB Quaker 10H 21T daughter Sells with her Powerball heifer calf

WLB 9001B - Lego’s two-year old full sister Sells with her Mr Hereford heifer calf

WLB 1A - WLB Deep Red 76Y daughter Sells with her Sammy heifer calf

www.wlblivestock.com Catalogue and videos will be online

WLB 57B - Lego two-year-old Sells with her Tonka bull calf

WLB 84B - WLB Easy Street 90X 100Z daughter & Maternal sister to Powerball’s dam. Bred Tonka

WLB Tonka 11X 60B sells along with his dam(WLB 20W) and his progeny. She’s bred to Mr Canada

WLB 76A - Sells with her Mr Canada heifer calf She’s bred back to Mr Canada

WLB 1501Z - WLB Global daughter and maternal sister to WLB Mr Canada 15B. Sells with her Tonka heifer calf

WLB 31A - Same cow family as 2012 World Hereford Conference Gr Champion Female And 1st Miss Hereford World Gr Champion Female

wlblivestock@gmail.com

Breeder of both 2012 World Hereford Conference Grand and Reserve Grand Champion Polled Females

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Ellen Crane says she will remember the beautiful scenery and the pride of the Uruguayans in their Herefords.

The Leachmans appreciated the kindness and hospitality of our hosts.

And Cassadra Gorril says she could have stayed forever in “the land of Herefords” where she says her experience was extraordinary and insightful.

We will remember the rain at Valle Chico Ranch near Punta del Este, where tour buses had to be pulled from the water by tractors on the ranch before leaving! But we’ll also remember the Herefords. They were strong, well-made and moderate in size.

We were pleasantly surprised to find North American influences in the herd, which included progeny from WLB bulls, Leachman bulls and Ned and Jan Ward bulls. Conformation of the animals was impressive.

Hospitality was over and above at the Chilco Ranch. Visitors were welcomed into a beautifully prepared yard decorated with flowers and burlap covered bales, though most of us huddled under the tents while cattle were paraded in front of us by the local gauchos (Uruguayan cowboys).

At Valle Chico, we learned about Uruguayan production systems – all cattle being 100% grass finished; cows being as important to the beef market as finished steers; heifers being bred in order to have their first calf at three (vs. two) years of age, due to demanding range grazing conditions; steers being marketed at about 22 months of age (50% of all grazing land supports the fattening of steers); and insofar as Herefords are concerned, there is considerable and growing Canadian and American influence in Urugayan Hereford bloodlines. Polled cattle are increasingly popular. And pigmented cattle are sought-after as a preventative measure taken to avoid cancer-eye.

As mentioned, close to 50 per cent of annual income of Uruguayan cattle operations is derived from cull cows.

Cows are taken out of production at five to seven years of age and are fattened on grass for the fat cow market. Therefore, all breeding operat ions are also f inishing / fattening operations – a distinct difference from North American operations. As Andy Schuepbach of Lilybrook Herefords says, “a prime grass fattened cull cow hanging on

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the hook is valued at only 10 cents less per pound carcass weight than the best young steer.”

Carcass quality and feed conversion, however, are sought-after traits. The Kiuy bull test station (established in 1976 and a stop on the pre-conference tour) actually features the GrowSafe system from Canada, which we currently use to establish baseline feed efficiency measures in our Canadian Hereford population. The Urugayans are actively establishing similar baseline measurements in their own populations.

Leachmans were “impressed with the extent to which Uruguayan breeders have embraced EPD-directed selection toward large spread cattle from a growth standpoint that have positive carcass attributes while remaining visually functional.”

The Uruguayan cattle, on average, show a slighter muscle conformation t han do most moder n Nor t h American Herefords and that is expressly desired. In other words, many Uruguayan breeders do not want to push performance too hard in their genetics in order to balance demands on pasturelands.

The pre-conference tour included a planned visit to El Ceibal Stud (La Macarena Ranch) which was cancelled due to flooding. However, Phil and I joined the Montana/ American group in a van on one of the conference days for a private tour and visit to the El Ceibal operation.

Our hearts went out to these people who were prepared to host and show cattle to 500 people two days before.

(Ranch owners hired comedians and had a party for ranch staff after the stop at this location was cancelled, after they had been pressured for weeks to prepare the operation for the tour.) While there, the owners and their “gauchos” on horseback paraded and commented on 2,100 head of Herefords for our benefit.

Ranch owner, Miguel Martirena, is a staunch horned breeder believing that he can achieve more uniformity in his herd by sticking strictly with horned lines of Herefords. In fact, the uniformity of the herd was striking and very impressive. We have never before seen anything like it. The cowherd and bulls on display were impressively strong. This herd featured lines from the Montana herd of Holden Herefords.

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At Valle Chico, we learned about Uruguayan production systems – all cattle being 100% grass finished; cows being as important to the beef market as finished steers; heifers being bred in order to have their first calf at three (vs. two) years of age, due to demanding range grazing conditions; steers being marketed at about 22 months of age (50% of all grazing land supports the fattening of steers); and insofar as Herefords are concerned, there is considerable and growing Canadian and American influence in Urugayan Hereford bloodlines. Polled cattle are increasingly popular. And pigmented cattle are soughtafter as a preventative measure taken to avoid cancer-eye.

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barbecued a whole animal for this occasion and we sampled some of their best beef, and tried Trype and sweetbreads for the first time!

At the opening ceremonies at the Rural Association Fairgrounds in Montevideo and at meal after meal, we were introduced to some of the best of Uruguay’s wines. A growing industry in Uruguay, they are proving very capable wine makers.

The pen shows at the Conference location at the agricultural grounds,

techniques are being adopted, slowly.

About half the sire groups represented in the show were of Uruguayan decent but progeny from bulls such as MSU TCF Revolution 4R, NJW 1Y Wrangler 19D, SHF Vision R117 U38, NJW 73S M326 Trust 100W ET, TH 122 71l Victor 719T, WLB Lego 83T 90X, SHF Wonder M326 W8 ET, STAR KKH SSF Kamikazee 41W, Domino breeding and several Holden Hereford bulls were also represented.

So a little bit of home was experienced

Cows are taken out of production at five to seven years of age and are fattened on grass for the fat cow market. Therefore, all breeding operations are also finishing/fattening operations – a distinct difference from North American operations. carried on in the pouring rain and mud! The commercial sale, however, was cancelled due to rain.

The weather cleared the next day for the all-day outdoor Halter show of Horned and Polled Herefords. And while other cattle are 100% grassfed, show cattle are fed g rain and were significantly fattened. Many North American show trends and

by North American breeders present.

“There is a basic similarity between the beef industry in Canada and Uruguay,” says Dr. Jay Cross, owner of Bar Pipe Hereford Ranch, who attended the conference. “Both are major beef exporters competing for the same markets.” Cross says he was a bit envious, however, of the support for research and innovation in the

Horned Herefords Sound

Correct

Since

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Maternal

New

Herd Bull

SGC 324U SILVER LAD 47B Crones lead off bull at the 2016 Calgary Bull Sale

Special thanks to our buyers and bidders at the William Lake Bull Sale and also to private treaty buyers Bob & Colleen Gowans & Family

202 Campbell Range Road, Kamloops, BC V2C 6W4

Phone: 250.573.4088 email: deanfieldranch@yahoo.ca

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Uruguayan beef industry, relative to ours. He also admired the country’s conviction to implementing full traceability, which also favourably d i st i ng u i she s Ur ug uay ’s b e ef industry.

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was stated that there are six million head of Herefords in Uruguay – more than all the beef cattle we have in Canada of all breeds.”

The 2020 World Hereford Conference will officially be hosted by New Zealand.

Back Row L-R: WHC Secretary General José (Pepe) Bonica, Andy Schuepbach, Gordon Stephenson, John Crowley, Trevor Tapp, Francis Leachman, Sherri Leachman, CJHA President Cassandra Gorrill, Bennet Crane, Ellen Crane, CHA Executive Director Stephen Scott, Don Richardson, John Vancise.

Front Row L-R: CHA President Daryl Kirton, Eugenia, Hereford Uruguay President Ing. Agr. Patricio Cortabarría Rovira, James Cross (Missing: Janice Tapp, Phil & Catherine Brown, Leslie Richardson)

C & T Cattle Co.

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Offering 15 Bred Females and Heifer Calf Show Prospects

C&T 106A NESSA 26C Born March 5, 2015 MHPH 521X Action 106A x HF 4L Beyond 36N EPDs BW 4.8 WW 55.1 YW 90.1 Milk 21 TM 48.6 Bred to Stroker

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Tina’s Cell: 306.577.1238

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Peru

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Interesting facts about

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Population: 3.3 million (stable for many years), half of which resides in Montevideo.

Cattle population is 12 million.

Beef consumption in Uruguay is about 155 lbs or about 70 kg/person (only 10% of meat consumed is fish) versus less than 40 lbs or 18 kgs/person in Canada.

Beef is Uruguay’s #1 export commodity. It is sold into 100 countries. Value proposition rests on grassfed beef (CLA/vit. E, omega 3, etc), trust, ethical standards, environmental efficiencies and 100% traceability. About 70% of meat produced in Uruguay is exported. It is mostly all Hereford and Hereford-cross or British breeds Of the estimated 5 million Herefords in Uruguay, 10,000 are registered Herefords.

The average cattle operation sells 530 head annually (cows, heifers, steers and finished calves). Cull cows are not a biproduct of the Uruguay market. They are a sought-after/valued commodity.

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• Uruguayans claim to be first to market cattle by video online in 1999. This now accounts for 20% of cattle sales by auction. Foot and Mouth disease eradicated in country but herds still vaccinate for it. BSE is insignificant. Biosecurity protocols are generally established by veterinarians.

• Legumes and phosphorus is scarce in pastures. Cultivated pastures include white clover, tall fescue and Birdsfoot Trefoil.

Ryegrass and oats are also used but only survive about two years.

• Uruguay is relatively flat and rolling; highest elevation is 500 metres. The flat meadows are called Pampas.

• Cattle, sheep and goats are grazed together on most pastures. Janice Tapp of Copper-T Ranch in BC, Canada, comments that “it was nice to see large herds of Herefords grazing no matter where we travelled.” Gordon Stephenson concurs. “My best memory is travelling down the roads and highways and seeing one pasture after another filled with only Hereford cattle,” he says. The country is 90% grasslands and focused on raising beef as its main industry. “It is cattle country from one end to the other,” says Stephenson.

• Hills and short bushes with thorns are common near the river.

Only two per cent of their tree species are native to Uruguay; 98 per cent are imported. The Eucalyptus and Sycamore are seen everywhere (both imported). Eucalyptus roots are damaging to soil so they are kept away from cattle grazing areas.

• Uruguayans are easy-going….patient people….never in a rush. Food is fresh and freshly prepared but be ready to wait for it!

• Gauchos – the Uruguayan cowboy – originally the so-named children of Spanish and Native Uruguayans – were rejected by both Spanish and native societies and often by their own families and sent to live lonely lives on the plains as animal herders and stockpeople; generations of gauchos came to be known as stockpeople and horsemen extraordinaire. Many find work on ranches throughout Uruguay. The standard of living is lower in Uruguay, in general and the discrepancy between the rich and the poor is large and there is seemingly no middle class. Land owners are a privileged few and most of the lower class are SEPT. 18/16 employed in cities or by land owners in rural ORILLIA, ON areas.

As Schuepbach discovered, it takes one weaned calf of between 360 and 460 pounds to pay a gaucho’s monthly wage at $400 USD, compared to about 12 times that amount to pay for a hired hand TWO OF SEVEN SPECIAL LOTS SELLING: in North America.

Uruguay has a plan to convert to 100% renewable Dorbay energy sources as it currently imports 100% of Miss Dolly 401D its oil. It is currently at 95% renewable sources, 719T X KEYNOTE 20X which include wind turbine (30%), and biomass (10%). They are only five per cent dependent on oil.

Electric cars are popular.

Buildings throughout Uruguay are largely cement or brick construction due to lumber shortage and rain. Styles are minimalist and have a block/ square construction.

All levels of education are paid for by the Dorbay Uruguayan government.

AXA Miss Clara 417C Casinos are prevalent throughout Uruguay. All but CHICAGO 83Y X YANKEE 39X one (Conrad – Hilton, in Punta del esta) is owned by government.

The drink of the country is Yerba Matte tea.

Rarely did we see a Uruguayan NOT carrying the traditional matte cup, straw and accompanying thermos and/or tote to carry these items.

Otherwise, it was espresso, Coca-Cola, wine and FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON SALE CATTLE: bubbly water!

ROB FLACK I rob.flack@dorbay.ca I 519-268-2617 REED CRAWFORD I riverpointcc@hotmail.com I 519-857-7333

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WLB LEGO 83T 90X WLB WINCHESTER POWERBALL 27A WLB 503W ALICE ET 8401Y REMITALL NATION WIDE ET 93N REMITALL GRAVES JUNO 204S REMITALL JUNO 64N EPDs:

CE -1.6 MILK +23.1

BW +4.9 TM +53.7

WW +61.1 REA +0.66

YW +106.9 MARB -0.04

WLB RED ROVER 27A 15C

SNS 109L SILVER STONE 81N YV STAR STRUCK 915W AGA 72M MISS SUNSHINE LAD 282P SNS 40L RED SILVER 82R YV 82R RED BELL LASS 825U YV 40L RED BELL 514R EPDs:

CE +0.8 MILK +11.5

BW +6.0 TM +37.2

WW +51.3 REA +0.14

YW +87.8 MARB -0.03

YV 915W BELL LAD 89B Horned:

ECR L18 EXTRA DEEP 9279 BBSF 821W ZOOM IN 256Z LJS MARK DOMINO 1321 CHURCHILL SENSATION 028X CL DOMINO 955W MH 9126J DOMINO 382 1ET

Also Using

Polled:

GV TIMES UP A152 GOLDEN OAK OUTCROSS 18U BBSF 52U ALTA’S UNION 5X

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 58

MN Herefords

EHF 6S ASTER LAD 11W

FE 43T EMPEROR 72Z

MN 11W STAN ZENTO 833B

MN 24R BIG JOHN 343X

Other Sires in Use MN 17P STANDARD 833Z MN 11W STANDARD 516Z MN 71W DOMINO LAD 12A LO 16T STANWAY LAD 59X MN 12A STD ASTER 331C AI Sires MN 11W RUSTANDARD 75A MN 17P ASTER BRIT 531X MVF 499X BRIT DOMINO LAD 211A MN 26R STD LAD 128W Austin & Meg 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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MW DAKOTA LAD 62A {DLF IEF HYF}

Sons of 62A

22D

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YV Star Struck 915W, LBH 157K Ribstone 40W, MH 9126J Domino 382 1ET, GH 7101 Rock Solid 5Z, UPS Uptown 0342

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

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Calves Pictured At 3 Months

Natural Sires:

YV 35X Zam 15Z, SNS 40W Western Lad 56B, YV 148X Super Silver 39B, LFH Script 29Z, LBH 955W Domino 67C, LFH 915W Star Struck 59C, LFH Zam 15Z 86C

The Jim Family

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

Committed to Cattle

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

www.littlefort.ca

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glenrose@syban.net Camrose, AB

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Ken Prichard & Family (780) 608-6080 Jonathan Prichard (780) 781-5137 Steven Prichard (780) 678-4770 East of Camrose to Highway #56, 1.5 miles south and .5 miles west Bred Heifers & Heifer Calves at: Genetics for Generation October 9, 2016 @ 1 PM Cheremshynski Farm Vegreville, AB

All heifers are bred to REMITALL-W GD WATERLOO ET 12B

Heifer calves from WATERLOO, BBSF BROKER 68B

(Agribition Reserve Junior

and GLENROSE 56X ASHTON 126A

Bull Calf Champion)

REMITALL-W GD WATERLOO ET 12B {DLF IEF HYF}

VERBEEK 531X ASTER MO LE 82A (owned with Verbeek Herefords)

(straight Canadian pedigree)

MN 17P ASTER BRIT 531X x VERBEEK 209E MO LE BELL 82N

Main Herd Bull in use in 2016

also DLR 13U STANDARD 121Y on heifers

(straight Canadian pedigree)

2016 Calves by: 82A, 121Y and EHF 46E BRITISHER LAD ET 6B (owned with Verbeek Herefords)

TOM BASNETT

Ph/Fax 780-685-2102 Box 41 Eureka River, AB T0H 1K0 Cell 780-834-8170 tjbasnett@gmail.com 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

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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

Owned jointly with Misty Valley Farms Good calves at L-O Horned Herefords and at 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

Outstanding calves on the ground.

AGA 21M STANMORE 106S BAR-OM 106S STANDARD LAD 604W BAR-OM 67M SOPHIA 604T BAR-OM 252K SILVER BONUS 634S BAR-OM 634S SILVER STD 644W ASR STANMORE LASS 30E

Owned jointly with Misty Valley Farms Excellent set of Yearling Bulls coming to:

The Misty Valley Farms 41st Annual Production Sale February 8, 2017

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

Lanni & Virginia Bristow Ph/Fax (780) 943-2236 Sarah with brother Andrew Darraugh 62

Cell (780) 614-1268

RR 1, Heinsburg, Alberta T0A 1X0

Nels & Terri Nixdorff Halvard, Adam & Coleman

RR2, Airdrie, Alberta T4B 2A4 www.yvranch.ca

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

YV 915W SILVER STRUCK LAD 37A BW 6.4

EPDS

WW 52.7

YW 80.8

Milk 14.2

Stay -1.7

MPI 83.2

REA -0.10

SNS 40L RED SILVER 82R

SNS 109L SILVER STONE 81N

YV STAR STRUCK 915W

AGA 72M MISS SUNSHINE LAD 282P

YV 82R SILVER GAL 920W

SNS 24K SKY POWER GAL 90M

YV 37A’s mother has raised several herd sires and is in our ET program.

YV 37A is siring our top calves this year. Come take a look.

YV 920W Dam of YV 37A - embryo flush cow

YV 35X ZAM 15Z BW 0.8

EPDS

WW 56.6

YW 87.7

Milk 15.7

MPI REA 141.0 -0.06

SNS 109L SILVER STONE 81N

YV 82R POWER SOURCE 710T

YV 710T SUN POWER LAD 35X

Stay 1.6

AGA 72M MISS SUNSHINE LAD 282P

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.

Our high selling calf last year, YV 22C, was a Zam son that sold to G. Gustafson of Kansas, USA. We A.I. extensively with YV 22C so there will be calves on the ground in 2017.

YV 7X Owned with Little Fort Herefords, B.C.

YV 30U MR STAN SUNSHINE ET 31A BW 2.9

EPDS

WW 44.8

YW 81.9

Milk 17.3

LBH 73L STANDARD 268P

Stay 0.1

MPI 132.7

REA 0.03

XTC 38J SUNSHINE LAD 72M

LBH 268P STANDARD 30U

LBH 20J MISS STANMORE 92S

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 2017.

Owned with Anderson Ranches Ltd, AB.

YV STAR STRUCK 915W EPDS

BW 7.7

WW YW 69.7 104.1

K 64H RIBSTONE LAD 109L

SNS 109L SILVER STONE 81N

SNS 67F SILVER SKY LADY 107H

Milk 7.9

Stay -2.0

MPI 76.8

REA 0.27

XTC 38J SUNSHINE LAD 72M

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.

GE EPD

ALNK 282P Dam of 915W and 31A

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Pound-Maker Ag Ventures

Fueling Integrated and Sustainable Beef Production

By Judy Finseth

Fre e la n c e Write r

Pound-Maker Ag Ventures, of Lanigan, Saskatchewan, is a rural development success story – the result of a group of farsighted Saskatchewan farmers who, in 1970, built an agricultural corporation to ensure the viability of their own farms and the long term sustainability of their rural community.

The operation is predominantly a feedlot, with a capacity of 28,500 head.

All cattle are finished and are then sold under a marketing arrangement with JBS. Secondly, Pound-Maker is an ethanol producer, processing wheat into fuelgrade ethanol that is sold to a variety of gasoline retailers in Saskatchewan.

More recently, the company has expanded to buy grassland and farmland for forage production and to raise yearling grass cattle in the summer.

Pound-Maker ’s in it ial goal of providing local farmers an alternative market for their grain has triggered

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secondary benefits of increased local employment and a thriving rural community. The operation currently has about 50 employees, 75 percent of whom were raised in the local area.

In the late 1960s, a lot of grain was backed up on prairie farms. Grain prices were very depressed and there were no international markets.

“When I was a young boy, I remember in the summer we’d be building all kinds of temporary storage to hold the crop that was coming off that year because we hadn’t sold last year’s crop yet,” recalls Brad Wildeman, manager of Pound-Maker. Initially, 40 and later 50 grain farmers got together and established Pound-Maker Feeders to create a local market for their barley.

These initial shareholders provided the cash and labour to establish the project and with cash in short supply, they could pay for their shares with a combination of cash, labour and grain.

Wildeman’s first off-farm job, when he was 16 years old, was to help

construct the feedlot pens for the new venture. Between 1970 and 1990 more pens were added, increasing capacity to 8,500 head by 1990. That’s when Pound-Maker decided to get in the ethanol business.

“Although we had created a pretty good local market for barley, a lot of people were looking for a better market for their wheat,” says Wildeman. Producing ethanol was deemed a good fit, enabling PoundMaker to establish a market outside of agriculture, allowing it to diversify revenue sources and distance itself somewhat from the cyclical nature of agriculture. The ethanol venture was to create a local market for wheat producers. The expansion, financed by share capital, called for a 10,000head increase in feedlot capacity and construction of a 10-million litre ethanol plant. A couple more expansions in the 1990s brought the feedlot to its current capacity of 28,500 head and the ethanol plant to 15 million litres of production.

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“The focus still remains the same, to create opportunities for our shareholders to sell product to us,” explains Wildeman.

The additional spin-off has been job creation in the area. Many PoundMaker employees are sons and daughters of shareholders. “ We r e a l l y tr y to focus our business opportunities in our local area because that’s where our shareholder base is,” says Wildeman, who credits the patience and perseverance of shareholders as instrumental in the long term success of the enterprise.

“We’ve been successful over some pretty tough times. The cattle industry in general hasn’t always been kind and we have persevered because our shareholders decided long ago that, for the company to continue to operate and provide opportunities, they needed to support [us] and be patient in the tough times.” Now that the corporation has turned into a dividend-paying company, many of t he init ial shareholders, now retired, are getting a return on their investment.

The type of cattle that Pound-Maker prefers to buy and feed is a crossbred animal – preferably a British-exotic cross. Wildeman has certainly seen the Hereford influence throughout his years in the business and contends that the Hereford breed is always going to be one of the base blocks that upholds the commercial cowcalf sector. He recognizes the breed’s

contribution to our country’s good quality mother stock – “hardy enough to withstand our Canadian winters, raise a calf and easy to be around,” he says. “All those things are important.”

The preference for crossbreds is marked and he admits that they don’t feed a lot of straight Hereford cattle.

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Wildeman adds that they don’t see the variance that they did 15 years ago, which has made the job of processors and meat retailers a lot easier.

“Learning how to cut meat differently so that we can raise the carcass a little heavier and feed them a little longer has also contributed to improvements in meat q u a l i t y, a s have changes in proper processing and aging,” he says. Wildeman adds that it’s been a long time since he has heard or read anything about the inconsistency of the beef product. The attention has shifted to price, he says, with more of a focus on sustainable production.

Wildeman identifies one of the

Wildeman has certainly seen the Hereford influence throughout his years in the business and contends that the Hereford breed is always going to be one of the base blocks that upholds the commercial cow-calf sector.

Since 1985, when Wildeman took over as full-time manager, he has found that people are doing more crossbreeding than ever for the betterment of the industry. He reflects on the ups and downs in cattle size over time – getting them too small and then adding the exotic influence; then making them too big and too lean. Now, he thinks most cow-calf producers have it right.

“In my time, I’ve never seen cattle that are as good and as uniform [with] the right quality, carcass size and meat quality [as we see right now],” he says. “We’ve come a long ways. I think we’ve done a pretty good job of taking all those breeds and getting them distilled down [to] a really good uniform set of cattle in Canada now.”

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“In my time, I’ve never seen cattle that are as good and as uniform [with] the right quality, carcass size and meat quality [as we see right now]. We’ve come a long ways. I think we’ve done a pretty good job of taking all those breeds and getting them distilled down [to] a really good uniform set of cattle in Canada now.”

-Brad Wildeman challenges that the beef industry has had that no other animal agriculture commodity has faced, which is that of industry segmentation. We have purebred producers, the cow-calf industry, backgrounders, grassers, the feedlot industry and the packers, each with its own stake in the industry, with no method of transferring value information up and down the chain.

Since most cattle get sold through the auction market system, information to identify elite cattle is scarce if not non-existent.

“If you had superior genetics, how would you communicate that through the value chain to the buyer? ” asks Wildeman. “It’s a way bigger challenge than people think.” He hopes that as younger, more techsavvy producers enter the industry, there may eventually be solutions to this problem.

When it comes to buying cattle, Wildeman acknowledges that “beauty is still in the eye of the beholder.”

“If you go to Agribition or another show, you have a judge that walks around and looks at the physical characteristics and judges them that way and it’s the same way when they come to the auction mart system or if a cattle buyer comes to the yard,” says Wildeman. “He looks at the cattle

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based on his perception of quality. So I think it is going to take a huge change - a paradigm shift in the industry if we are going to start selling cattle based on what their genetics are.”

The volume of cattle and the size of operations also makes that difficult but he points out that producers making improvements are probably already getting some return for that within their own herd.

“You need to make those adjustments based on the value they are going to bring you, rather than ask someone else to pay for that. I’m not saying that’s right. I’m just saying it’s the reality.”

Wildeman uses t he follow ing example to highlight a typical industry conundrum: A really good cow/calf producer with 200 cows will have roughly 50% heifers and 50% steers. If he or she keeps 20 heifers for replacements, there will be 180 left to market. The weight spread on those calves is typically 200 pounds. PoundMaker weighs calves and sorts them in 75-pound increments, because they want to feed them according to weight and ideally have them finish at the same time, with the same finish.

Therefore, those 180 calves end up in six groups and Pound-Maker pens are blended, with 350 head per pen.

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Wi ldeman poi nt s out t hat it takes about ten of those cow/calf producers to be able to fill a pen and that that alone makes it difficult to communicate information on individual animals and promote the fact that you might have superior genetics.

“That’s why we depend on the purebred industry to worry about those things, because we don’t have time to read the lineage of 28,500 head,” he says, believing that there is more opportunity to make improvements in our industry through genetics than through changes in production practises.

He stresses the importance of quantifying genetic information on purebred operations.

“We are seeing lots of changes,” he says. “For one thing, those yearling cattle that came off grass used to be in a big fall run. The auction markets used to be full. Now most of those big herds are not going to the ring. They are forward-contracted to people like us.” The other scenario is that of feedlots owning their own cowherds.

Pound-Maker has a couple thousand head of cattle out on grass right now.

“Social license is the new buzzword in our industry,” says Wildeman. “We have gone through the antibiotic and hormone-free issue and I think it is past its heyday,” he says, believing it to be driven by non fact-based, internet fear mongering. Wildeman is hopeful now, that false statements are increasingly challenged by people

Wildeman is hopeful now, that false statements are increasingly challenged by people advocating for our industry via social media and by other means.

He thinks that the science is being presented in a way that consumers can understand.

Another reality in our industry, according to Wildeman, is less and less competition. There are fewer buyers, fewer feedlots and fewer packers.

“When I first started, there were 14 packing plants that we sold to every week,” he says. “Now there are two and you are aligned with [either] one or the other. Finding a fair price takes some work.” Wildeman predicts that moving forward, we may need to figure out a better way to assess value when there are no cash auction markets involved in the transaction.

That is certainly the way the feedlot business is going, although it is a little ways off in the cow/calf industry.

advocating for our industry via social media and by other means.

He thinks that the science is being presented in a way that consumers can understand.

“A decade ago, we thought that as long as we had the facts behind us, people would believe us,” says Wildeman.

“The reality was that people didn’t know the facts, because we didn’t tell them. Sustainability is the issue that will remain with us moving forward, according to Wildeman.

“What are we doing to make sure our environmental footprint the best it can be?” he asks. “We want to be able to have our supply chain as part of a sustainability initiative where there is

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[documented action and protocols] to back this stuff up.”

Wildeman believes the industry has done good work with things like the Verified Beef Production program, qualifying and quantifying its practices. Pound-Maker itself was the very first in Canada to be verified. Initiatives like these led to the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association Environmental Stewardship Award for Feedlot Operators.

Pound-Maker is now keeping an eye on bio energy – the use of technology to generate power from manure. This power could conceivably be used to run their ethanol plant in the future.

Looking into the future, Wildeman can also see the value in marketing a program that encompasses an animal’s entire life, from birth to slaughter, on one operation but at this point, he says he believes that the cow/calf producers are doing a better job than they (at Pound-Maker) could.

“Cow-calf operators have a dedication to their cows that is hard to hire!” he says.

On a personal level, Wildeman is planning to slow down by the end of the summer as a succession plan takes effect at Pound-Maker Ag Ventures. Wildeman will stay involved, for now, to help orient the new management team. In the meantime, he is looking for opportunities to give back to the industry that he says has been so rewarding to him personally.

“I could never have dreamed of the opportunities or experiences I would have as a dustbowl farm kid from central Saskatchewan,” says Wildeman. “I’ve gotten to travel the world and meet some great people.”

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Faces & Perspectives of a New Generation

Young Guns XIII

By Catherine Brown

Becky Page Didsbury, Alberta

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Becky Page B e ck y Page and her husband Travis’ biggest pride is their cowherd.

“Of all the things we do, I think we enjoy breeding season the best…..getting semen on new bulls and coming up with new matings,” says 26-year-old Becky, former Canadian Junior Hereford Association (CJHA) member and co-owner of Redline Livestock near Didsbury, Alberta. “We love searching for new genetics that will improve our herd.”

“We also love get t ing out to production sales for both bulls and females,” says Becky.

Becky and her husband of six years – Travis - are as groundroots as you get.

They do all the hard work themselves, the way generations did before them, on a shoestring budget, building the herd, building their land base when possible, building cow families and raising their own family. They are reaching into the next generation with an emphasis on good cattle genetics in purebred circles. Their sphere of influence widens every year.

This past January, they graced the cover of Cattlemen’s magazine, inspiring other young Canadians in the livestock industry.

They raised and showed the Reserve Grand Champion Bull at the 2013 Calgary Bull Show and Sale and the Reserve Grand Champion Bull at the 2014 Futurity Red Roundup sale. They also raised and exhibited the 2014 National Reserve Senior Red Angus Bull Calf Champion at Agribition in 2014.

Flash back to 2007 – At the age of 17, Becky started working for Jim and Lori

Duke of Square D Polled Herefords in Saskatchewan.

They introduced her to the seedstock industr y, taking her to the National Her eford Show at Agribition. It was a side of the cattle industry to which Becky had pr e v iou s ly not been exposed, g row ing up on her parents’ commercial cowc a l f o p e r at i o n in Grenfell, Saskatchewan, where she wasn’t even involved in 4-H. By t he age of 18, t he Dukes encouraged Becky to participate in the CJHA’s national Bonanza event, which widened her horizons further.

She bought her first purebred cow from the Dukes, with the help of her parents.

Between bull sales, cattle shows and working on the farm, Becky’s social circles grew. It was exciting, competitive and there was so much more for her to learn! A novice to the art of purebred cattle production, this young lady became a force in her industry with a mission.

You c ou ld c a l l it C hut z p a h (pronounced “hutzpah”) – a Jewish word describing “guts”, nerve and boldness. Becky didn’t have the refined cattle presentation and marketing and evaluation skills

that a lot of other kids learned if they grew up in the purebred industry. But she dug in and started participating anyway. She learned from her mistakes. Asked to describe herself in a word, if she could, she uses the words “determined” and “perfectionist”.

“Stubborn!” Travis jokingly adds.

She often jumps with both feet in, she admits. And she likes to try new things.

“Find some stubbornness. Be stubborn about finding that thing that you can contribute that will create abundance for you and abundance for others,” says blogging expert Sonia Simons – co-founder of copyblogger.com.

Becky inspires others through her stubbornness.

Her mom and dad – Ed and Leona Johnston, as well as Jim and Lori Duke, all supported and encouraged

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After high school, Becky attended Olds College and studied Agricultural Production. In college, she met Travis, who was there to study Agricultural Business. The couple married in 2010 – the year of their graduation. She says Travis was someone who was in almost an identical situation to hers, with little experience and wanting to break into the purebred industry.

“Combined, we soon realized we could do better if we were t og et her,” she says. Becky now calls Travis the glue that keeps their ent ire operation going.

B e c k y w ork e d for the Canadian Beef Breeds Council and later for ALTA Genetics Inc. as a herdsperson and collecting bulls. These jobs gave her yet another perspective on the breeding industry.

She worked at ALTA Genetics until the birth of her first child, Joni, in September 2012. Becky and Travis’ second child - Grady - arrived in

December of 2013 and their son Morgan was born in July of 2015. All the while, the couple worked full-time on the cattle operation that the two of them started on Travis’ home farm.

Travis’ parents were grain and cattle farmers but they sold the herd before Travis and Becky met.

The young couple set up home in Travis’ grandmother’s house on the operation, as she had recently moved

parents – Dan and Debbie Page.

Four years after getting started, Becky’s parents sold their farm and Becky and Travis acquired the females from their commercial herd back in Grenfell – the original herd that Becky grew up with.

Polled Herefords now represent about 70 per cent of their current 200-cow commercial herd. The balance of the commercial herd is made up of F1 red baldies that are direct daughters of the Hereford herd.

Their purebred herd consists of about 65 Hereford females and about 110 Angus.

“The Herefords are hardy,” says Becky. “We tr y to push our commercials to forage the majority of the winter until calving season, for as long as we can maintain good condition on the cows.”

“Every breed has its weaknesses but the Herefords don’t back down from cold weather and they can have their calves at side from March

You could call it Chutzpah (pronounced “hutzpah”) – a Jewish word describing “guts”, nerve and boldness. Becky didn’t have the refined cattle presentation and marketing and evaluation skills that a lot of other kids learned if they grew up in the purebred industry. But she dug in and started participating anyway. She learned from her mistakes. to town. The cows they started with were 12 Herefords of Becky’s and a dozen Red Angus cows that Travis had previously acquired. Travis and Becky own a half section of land and they rent pastures, some of which are up to an hour away. They make most of their own hay, together with Travis’

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feature story until November without sacrificing body condition,” she says. “On the purebred side, the Herefords add excellent hair coats and of course, great dispositions.”

Becky and Travis call their baldies their “super cows” – the ones with the best influences of both breeds.

Their heaviest calves often come from their F1 red baldies, which are bred Hereford. Becky believes they are particularly superior in terms of feed efficiency.

Becky and Travis’ operation is a mixed purebred and commercial cow/ calf operation. Neither one of them works off the farm. Travis handles the production side, including rations, feeding and day-to-day work, while Becky handles administering the operation, along w it h helpi ng with the handson cattle work.

The two of them work together to manage cashflow, using AgExper t to do their books, wh ic h B e c k y learned to use with the help of her mom.

“We just try our best to stay on top of things and pay down as much debt as possible each year,” says Becky.

What advice would Becky have told her younger self, years ago?

“I would say ‘This too, shall pass!’ and ‘Start where you are, use what you have and do what you can.’”

“The first of those lines is one we need to hear often, when we’re having a run of bad luck,” says Becky. “We have learned a lot of lessons the hard way and sometimes when it feels like everything is against you, instead of walking away, you just need to remember you will get through it and it will get better.”

“When you are young and starting, you have no money, no land base, no reputation, no experience and no cattle compared to the people you compete with. You just have to start somewhere, buy what you can afford and use it to its fullest potential.

Recognize your mistakes and cut your losses and learn everything you can along the way.”

“Our original cows were not at all expensive or fancy but they had little things in their pedigrees or their body

types that we figured we could build on,” says Becky. “If you always breed to good bulls, those cows soon build a herd for you and can raise you the type of calves you couldn’t afford in the first place.”

Growing up, Becky’s parents had a grain operation on 1,000 acres and a herd of 130 cows. It was the livestock that Becky was attracted to most and she and her family did most of their chores on horseback and fed hay through the winter months with a team and wagon. She grew up with a good work ethic and her parents valued quality over quantity in their commercial cowherd, emphasizing conformation, health and daily care.

Travis and Becky frequently consult with both of their families for advice

bull customers, with the intention of looking after them well. After participating in two consignment bull sales in 2012 and 2013, Becky and Travis have moved to selling their bulls by private treaty. They marketed 35 bulls off the ranch in 2016 and have 10 bulls left to sell. They also sell groups of baldy females each year.

Becky says they had to learn everything from scratch - how to feed the bulls to get them into the right condition for breeding; how to clip cattle, show them and present them for marketing and how to photograph their bulls and have them semen tested. Getting a handle on cow fertility and the intricacies of A.I. and embryo transfer work was also a learning process. About 45 per cent of the purebred cows are bred annually

by A.I. on their first cycle, which both Becky and Travis are skilled to do themselves.

Becky says she feels well supported by other purebred breeders and has a lot of friends from her college days at Olds.

The goal is to expand their land base, finish paying for the cows, increase the quality of the cowherd and make the bullpen better.

“And get the kids involved,” adds Becky. •

“When you are young and starting, you have no money, no land base, no reputation, no experience and no cattle compared to the people you compete with. You just have to start somewhere, buy what you can afford and use it to its fullest potential. Recognize your mistakes and cut your losses and learn everything you can along the way.”

-Becky Page regarding cattle, equipment and all other aspects of their operation.

Becky has one brother – Clay – who is married with children and who works as a heavy duty mechanic in the oil fields near Red Deer. Travis is the youngest of seven, with three sisters and three brothers, only one of which is still involved on the family farm.

Becky didn’t ever participate in 4-H or in any junior cattle organizations, with the exception of her later short-term involvement with the Canadian Junior Hereford Associat ion.

Neither were there many kids at Becky’s school who had ag r icultural backgrounds.

At home, on her parents’ o p e r at i o n , t h e y a l l par t icipated in local branding s, just as neighbours helped her family at branding time.

The ability to cooperate with neighbours serves Becky well today as she and Travis work hard to get to know their

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At the Farm, Steelman, SK

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Jordan Krause Sometimes people start out big. In Jordan Krause’s case, it was baptism by fire.

In a span of 17 years, from the age of 11, Jordan Krause was introduced to cows for the first time, started a roadside berry business, a commercial cow/calf and a purebred Hereford operation, a feedlot, a facility to custom raise dairy heifers, and he grows 60 acres of potatoes.

Oh ya…… and there is the layer and broiler operation.

The layers and meat birds are raised on the coast while the cattle and potato operations are in British Columbia’s interior, near Cache Creek. Jordan is now 28 years old and married to Pamela (nee Bradner) and the couple now have three children – Jacob, 5, Bailey, 3, and Hazel, who was just born on June 7th. Jordan was the second of four children himself – the son of Harvie and Suzie Krause. He is the only one of his siblings currently married with children.

An older sister – Kourtney – was into horses and she now works in the offices of the family business.

Of Jordan’s two younger brothers, M it c he l he lp s with the family berr y business wh i le Spencer now does custom far m work and grows strawberries.

Spencer also helps Jordan get cattle ready for shows and sales and both Jordan’s brothers help him a bit with cropping.

Jordan had opportunity. He had access to family support and financial resources. But he did have to step

up to t hose opportunities to make his d reams come true. He had to put the work in and that, he has done in spades.

Jordan’s paternal grandpa immigrated to Abbotsford, BC, Canada from Germany.

He was a car penter but he also started a raspberr y operation and raised chickens Jordan with his wife Pamela and son Jacob and Holstein steers. Jordan’s parents have operated than in berries. a blueberry farm on the coast which “I could connect with the cattle,” says turned into a diversified and very Jordan. successful large berry operation. When he sold his first steer, he bought Jordan worked for his parents as a cows. Soon, he had six pairs. And young boy. He inherited the family then the goal turned to producing top love of agriculture and a determined quality cattle. work ethic.

Jordan also became involved with the At the age of 11, Jordan’s parents Canadian Junior Hereford Association and was a BC delegate to the national council for a few years.

He at tended three national junior shows – two in BC and one in Regina, asked him if he wanted to become Saskatchewan. involved with 4-H, and the answer After graduating high school, he took was an enthusiastic “yes”, following a couple years off to work in heavy which two Hereford steers were construction. His parents wanted acquired. Jordan discovered that he him to come to work at home in the was a lot more interested in cattle family’s berry business but Jordan

Jordan had opportunity. He had access to family support and financial resources. But he did have to step up to those opportunities to make his dreams come true. He had to put the work in and that, he has done in spades.

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had his sights on animal agriculture.

He was the one to manage and feed the cows through the winter months.

He grew corn and started a roadside stand to sell it for extra income and

He and Pamela married in 2011. She had been enrolled in Animal Science at the University of Saskatchewan but gave that up to help run their business and raise a family.

His parents wanted him to come to work at home in the family’s berry business but Jordan had his sights on animal agriculture. He was the one to manage and feed the cows through the winter months. later added strawberries. But he still couldn’t afford the land base that he knew he needed for cows in the Aldergrove area or anywhere near Vancouver.

Jordan met his wife Pamela in 4-H. She showed dairy heifers. Her family had a history with Herefords and Charolais cattle and ran a concrete business but they were primarily ensconced in dairy and chicken farming. Her father was the catalyst in establishing local organic dairies, organic chicken production and organic beef as well. They run a 1,500head feedlot. Pamela inherited the Charolais herd.

Pamela’s family owned land and a dairy heifer raising facility in Cache Creek – an area with a good growing climate. Jordan noticed how well the cows did in that area.

At 19 years of age, Jordan enrolled in agricultural production at the University of Fraser Valley, taking the courses he wanted to take but his formal education lasted only one year. He knew he wanted to work for himself and he wanted to get started.

The two of them moved to the Cache Creek area where they established Semlin Valley Ranch.

They run a mixed farming operation, backgrounding 1,300 head of cattle for area ranchers. About 200 of those feeder calves are their own. They have a commercial cowherd of 200 and they custom raise dairy and beef heifers. They also cultivate 60 acres of potatoes on irrigated land. The operation also includes a purebred Hereford herd under the name South Alder Farms Polled Herefords, owned together with Jordan’s parents, Harvie and Suzie Krause.

time guys are brought in at cropping time. A total of 700 acres of irrigated cropland include corn, alfalfa and grass, mostly to supply the feedlot.

The cowherd is winter grazed on corn stubble and on the hayfields, from November 1st to the first of March when they are brought into close-up pens at calving time.

They have about 120 acres of pastureland close to home and lease another pasture two hours away in William’s Lake.

With help from family and a good business plan, Jordan and Pamela set their goals and have persevered.

When Jordan showed 4-H steers, he remembers touring herds to select his calves from breeders in Alberta.

He prides himself on having picked strong calves that went on to win 4-H steer shows and carcass competitions at home. It was the family’s first foray into cattle of any kind and Jordan helped transform a “crappy old chicken barn into a show cattle barn.” His dad thought it was a joke at the time. But he made a bedding pack and set it up to be able to wash

Jordan swears by diversification and is focused on top production and quality in both the crop and livestock sectors, using the top technologies available to him.

Jordan swears by diversification and is focused on top production and quality in both the crop and livestock sectors, using the top technologies available to him.

Four full-time employees help him run these operations and more part-

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2009 Agribition Reserve Junior Polled Female

into the local market.

Jordan says he prefers the slow-paced

Pamela make the decisions together, along with his parents.

The f a m i ly pu r ebr e d Hereford herd consists of 45 cows and 10 replacement heifer s. What t hey appreciate most about their Herefords is temperament and feed efficiency and Jordan says the Herefordinfluence cattle perform exceptionally well in their feedlots with better overall health.

Jordan enjoys hunting and fishing but with a young family and a demanding business, these hobbies

When Jordan showed 4-H steers, he remembers touring herds to select his calves from breeders in Alberta. He prides himself on having picked strong calves that went on to win 4-H steer shows and carcass competitions at home. It was the family’s first foray into cattle of any kind and Jordan helped transform a “crappy old chicken barn into a show cattle barn.” environment of the interior of BC. Pamela runs the chicken operations on the coast, near Abbotsford. Jordan looks after all the feedlot and field operations in Cache Creek and Pamela helps administer the business.

Jordan’s favourite time of year is springtime when he can get out onto the fields. He loves seeding and prides himself on stockpiling top quality silage.

When it comes to the breeding cattle operation, Jordan says he and

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are not on the radar these days.

Asked to describe himself in one word, Jordan says “determined”. But he adds the description “multi-tasker”.

Indeed, diversification is part of his overall strategy. He has no regrets in life, to-date, but if he were to go back and do one thing over again, he says he would have taken more accounting courses.

Jordan values honesty as much as he does top production and quality. The goal in agricultural production is to maximize quality and quantity, he believes. But he will abide by ethical standards in his pursuits.

There also comes a time, says Jordan, when “you have to realize that you can’t do everything on your own.”

And managing staff can be another of farm life’s greatest challenges, he admits.

What Jordan is most proud of? “My three awesome kids and a great wife who stands beside me all the time,” he says.

Jordan says he has been well accepted into purebred Hereford circles, though he admits that it’s tough to introduce modern Herefords to the old-time ranching community of the interior.

Though not many of Jordan’s peers are involved in agriculture, he maintains many friendships across Canada that were established through the Junior Hereford Association. He, like his friends, are making their way on this multi-layered landscape of careers in livestock and agriculture.

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Bieber Herefords

Thank you Bill Potts and Gauley Polled Herefords for buying our two-year-old bulls this spring.

Selling females at the Hereford Harvest Sale, Friday, October 14th, 2016 at Lone Pine Cattle Services, Vibank, SK. Service Sires: HDB 2U’S QUANTUM 301A WCC 42S WELLS FARGO 9575A SQUARE-D LANDMARK 210B JJPH 106A FORCE 503C AI Sires: MHPH 521X ACTION 106A HARVIE COOL WATER ET 190B HARVIE 40Y WINSTON 252C Wally & Kathy, Herman & Christina, Ann Bieber and Family Herman‘s Cell #: (306) 727-3127 or Home Phone #: (306) 698-2956 Website: www.bieberherefords.com Email: bieberherefords@gmail.com 92

Selling Offspring of

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

Hereford Harvest

hosted by Lone Pine Cattle Services

October 14, 2016 2:oo pm - Vibank, SK

Consignors Lone Pine Cattle Services Rob & Dawn O’Connor (306) 762-4543 Vibank

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

Triple H Farms Ltd Lyle and Michell Heidecker (306) 367-2016 Middle Lake

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

JHF Herefords Raymond Johnson (306) 675-6137 Leross

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

GWG Polled Herefords Gordon Gustafson (306) 963-2638 Imperial

XLP 75Z KELSEY 55B

XLP REESE’S ACTION 500C

High selling bull at the Canada Red, White & Black Sold in the 2015 Hereford Harvest Sale to Mission Sale. Half interest sold for $18,000. His service sells! Ridge Herefords and HMS-Hi Cliffe. Reserve Senior Heifer Calf Champion at Agribition

Double Deuce Herefords Ian & Margaret Haynes (306) 545-3992 Regina Airriess Acres Trevor & Sara Airries (306) 338-3496 Wadena Jesse Procyk (306) 722-3512 Fillmore Hereford GRLZ Kayla Hordos & Rena Leier (306) 835-2525 Raymore

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

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

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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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“Survival of the Fittest”

The Proof is in Cow Longevity Walnut Drive Farms Polled Herefords

We work with the best Historical Cow lines and maintain original gene pools primarily sourced from Spidel, Becks, Four Square + Circle T Ranches Lines that work consistently and fulfill our requirements of quality + production with a minimum of management.

WDF MISCH LAMP 25F

25F and his sire 19Z left perfect udders every time regardless of the cows they were used on.

They had balanced udders and thumb sized teats with lots of milk. We have used their influence many times to enhance that quality.

They can do the same for you. In 2016 we have 4 excellent sons of 25F to choose from.

DOB: One will be used here to continue the quality 14/05/1974 udders we covet so much. They all have similar back grounds to 25F and 19Z dating to Circle T Woodrow Mischief 35P several times. They are AWDH 14D, AWDH 40D, AWDH 325D and AWDH 690D. TF BEAU ROLLO 4 CIRCLE T WOODROW MISCH 35P WALNUT DRIVE ROLOMOLD 19W WALNUT DRIVE MISCH LAMP 14V FT ROLOMOLD LADY 22 FHF MISS LAMPLIGHTER 8P Sire: WDF ROLOMOLD MISCH 19Z Dam: WDF MISS ROLLO LAMP 10X CIRCLE T WOODROW MISCH 35P CMR PLUS ROLLO 39 WALNUT DRIVE MISS MISCH 4T EEG MISS ROLLETTE 3 STROHS ROLLETT 34 WALNUT DRIVE MISS ZENTO 2L

DOB: 14/03/16

JV DIAMOND EXTRA 747D DOB: 06/01/2016

DOB: 28/05/16

Dark red colour, red scrotum, from a 23 month old dam that has all the attributes you could ask for. 73B is a maternal sister to our 73Z herdbull, she has a perfect udder and teat size. Again this is the cow line that has produced for us so many sires over the last 50 years and 257D will add to that list. Both 73B and 257E are from the same line of sires. 257E was born in 1963 the year of Spidel’s dispersion. 73B has a strong Spidel heritage. Cattle that require a minimum of management. Raised on the Basis of Survival of the Fittest.

Sire: SPIDEL 257E LADY SPIDEL 436A

SPIDEL 142V

LADY SPIDEL 346H SPIDEL 647 LADY SPIDEL 486

JV 647 SPIDEL 189X

SPIDEL WC 6477

WDF 100I LADY SPIDEL 189T Dam: JV 189 LADY SPIDEL 73B WDF WOODROW MISCHIEF 58P WDF MISS WOODROW 73T WDF 635 LADY SPIDEL 473N

CV 25U ROUNDUP SPIDEL 2047D

PREDOMINANT 25U

DOB: 27/05/16

Sire Predominant 25U (pictured) sired 3 of the 4 US National Champions or Reserve Champions in 1970. He had a valuation of $240,000. 25U sired Future Roundup 34A, Justa Spectacular 800B the $55,000 sale top in the 1972 Justamere dispersal. 2047D’s dam is the same cowline that produced 257N, 507S, 93J herdsires. 25U is from the Don Juan Domino Lass cowline that was the basis of the Beck herd at Duchess.

SPIDEL 175 JV TROJAN’s TACHOMETER 140M ROUNDUP DOMINO 3L 100I Spidel 320U WDF 100I LADY KALM 320N LADY ARCHER DOMINO 8D Dam: CV MISS WOODROW MISCH 1047B SPIDEL 100I WDF MISCH LAMP 25F MISS VICTOR DOM MIXER 43J WDF MISS WOODROW MISCHIEF 1057R SARCHER DON JUAN LASS 7D WDF 46L LADY SPIDEL 057K

Sire: PREDOMINANT 25U

Linebred to the 1983 Regina Bull Sale Champion 3 times giving him the influence from some very top cow lines including Peaches 12E double bred to Peaches 5G one of Lomoor ’s very best. This line traces in short order back to Giant and the Beginnings of Polled Herefords 100 years ago. That is longevity. 21D is by our JV 734 Spidel 143A bull (pictured) with a strong Woodrow Mischief 48 background.

WDF 46L SPIDEL 507S GHC MODEL MAN 21N JV 46L SPIDEL 734X WDF WOODROW MISCHIEF 47K JV TROJAN’S TRISHA 473S WDF LADY ASTER 47D Sire: JV 734 SPIDEL 143A Dam: WDF MISS WOODROW MISCHIEF 121R GHC MODEL MAN 21N WDF HURON CHIEF 147C WDF 24J MISS WOODROW ET 140Y WDF L1 MISS CHIEF 21K WDF 100I BR EYED SUSAN 140Z CH 481 DOMINETTE 21W

Original Spidel Genetics

JV SPIDEL 257D

SPIDEL 215A

JV 21N MODEL MAN 21D

JV 734 SPIDEL 143A

CXT 47S dam of 747D was a feature in the 2004 Amigos sale. Her mother was Templeton’s celebrated flush cow. Sired by the 3200lbs Extra Lad 18H. If you are interested in Extra: 747 will deliver.

FA SILVER CANADIAN ET 37D VIKING SILVER LAD 3H FE 412 DANDY 56X Sire: LPG EXTRA LAD 18H Dam: XTC 3H VIKING DIAMOND LASS 47S LCI ET HIGH VOLTAGE 80S NTV 90G RIM ROCK 2K LPG VOLTAGE LASS 26X XTC RIMROCK DIAMOND 104N 2048 LASS 59T XTC 9A TEMP DIAMOND 36D CTY EXTRA 335C

BP 203U EXTRA 18A

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CV 51Z SPIDEL ANX 51D

The last son of the Gold medal, Gold seal sire Oak Ridge Anx 51Z (pictured). 51D is out of a sister to a bull sold to John Lewis in Coquitlam, BC in 2014 (251B). Her great grand dam is double bred to 51Z from the 78L cow line that produced the Junta Sterlings in the 1960’s. 78L’s grand daughter was the Junta Sugar 445 by DOB: Roundup Domino 3L making her double bred 14/05/16 Spidel 175. 51D traces to these good cows on his bottom line. 51Z’s sire was the Old 40 bull that was the best milk bull Davis Bros raised. John E Rice & Sons used him for many years. This whole line descends from Domestic Anx Jr known for great udders. 51Z is a maternal brother to Future Roundup who was also a gold trophy gold medal sire. We just happen to have a large bank of Future Semen.

OAKLAND RIDGE ANX 78 WDF C5 WESTWIND WARRIOR 3838E OAKLAND RW ANX 40 WDF C6 WESTWIND WARRIOR 3838X HILLPARK ANX ROSE 24N WDF ASTER LASS 3385 Sire: OAK RIDGE ANX 51Z Dam: JV WARRIOR PRINCESS 251B SPIDEL 344F JV TROJAN’S TROOPER 303K HILLPARK SPIDEL 55P JV TROJAN’S TALKER 251S HILLPARK MONT RUBY JV TROJAN’S TALKER 251K

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JV CLAYTON NUMODE 511D

Same cow line as 257N, 507S, 475A, 239B, 73Z

DOB: 25/05/16

410F is an own son of F18 but more to the point he is a linebred Mossy Plato 26 through Victor Domino, Buster Domino and his intensely bred Plato Domino 36th dam, a cow with a perfect udder and longevity. The 157 cow produced on the New Mexico range into her late teens. 511D’s dam is a powerful, good uddered two year old that has volume and range ability.

MRF VIC DOMINO A14 RWJ VIC DOMINO F18 MRF LADY DOMINO B8 Sire: CLAYTON NEWMODE 410F CLAYTON NUMODE 21 PRINCESS NUMODE 157 PRINCESS NUMODE 10

Master Piece Cow Family

JV 647 SPIDEL 189X

SPIDEL WC 647T

WDF 100I LADY SPIDEL 189T Dam: JV 189 LADY SPIDEL 321B WDF 46L SPIDEL 507S JV 507 LADY SPIDEL321Y WDF 700 LADY SPIDEL 320T

JV 46L SPIDEL 90Y

A large framed, dark red bull, well marked with extra length. His dam 90L was a beautifully uddered Chief 147C daughter. Her granddam Bell-L-1087 Domino Lass 90Y was the top selling female at the Bell L dispersal in 1993 at $10,000 to Bar Pipe. Her full brother Bell-L Masterpiece, DOB: topped the 1987 Calgary Bull Sale at $100,000.

11/02/11 90Y has a great set of feet, legs and an easy stride. On his sires side his grandsire was the Polled cover bull on the 2005 50th anniversary edition of the Canadian Hereford Digest. His grandmother was Bell-L Ge Lass 100A, Agribition heifer calf champion in 1992 Bell-L Diamond 12Z that topped the Bell-L dispersal at $20,000 was bred much like 100A. She was the 2nd top female at the 1993 sale at $9,000. 90Y’s sons and daughters are all very much like him.

JV TROJAN’S TRIUMPH 306G WDF ROLOMOLD MISCH 19Z JV TROJAN’S TRUST 1000J WDF HURON CHIEF 147C WDF HURON PRINCESS 100G LADY SPIDEL F 47R Sire: WDF 46L SPIDEL 507S Dam: WDF MISS CHIEF 90L WDF FACSIMILIE ET 811A SNS GENERATOR 28X WDF HIGH FIDELITY 057F BELL-L GE LASS 90A WDF WESTWINDETTE 57W BELL-L 1087 DOMINO LASS 90Y

GOODRIDGE 71G

WDF SPIDEL 700A

Line bred to the Original Spidel 700 who was a mother son mating to Lady Spidel 621A one of Spidel’s best cowlines. Spidel used many sires from this cow family including 3 from 621A. Only one DOB: 10/02/13 other cow and cow family rivaled this production and influence in the Spidel herd. The 1973 Reserve Grand Champion female at the USA National was a granddaughter of Lady Spidel 621A. The 1974 National Champion female was out of a Spidel 700 daughter 11 years after the Spidel dispersal. 700A’s cowline is from the 1992 Agribition Heifer Calf Champion Bell-L-Ge Lass 100A. His sire Goodridge 71G (pictured) was Reserve Grand Champion at the 1976 Agribition. 71G;s dam was reserve senior champion at the 1976 World Hereford Conference show in Calgary and Grand Champion female at 1977 Farmfair. 700A is a well marked young sire doing an excellent breeding job. His ½ sisters by 71G are great uddered and excellent producers.

SPIDEL 353Y PEONAN SPIDEL 6V LADY SPIDEL 34A Sire: REMITALL GOODRIDGE 71G KD SILVER ANXIETY 32A HB ENID ANXIETY 42D HB ENID L 30Y

SPIDEL 700J

WDF 700 SPIDEL 797G

WDF LADY ROUNDUP 097C Dam: WDF 700 LADY SPIDEL 1100R JV TROJAN’S TRIUMPH 306G JV TROJAN’S TEACHER 1100K WDF HURON PRINCESS 100H

DOB: 09/02/13

WDF TONE TRACER 570A

The very best Choice Anxiety blood both sides of 570A’s pedigree and a strong Woodrow Mischief 48 influence through his dam. Add to that the top Voltage 80S line and the best of Four Square. This bull is also from our long serving Challenger cow line that has produced 15 herd Bulls over 50 years for us.

CIRCLE T CHOICE ANXIETY 41H WDF 3Z WIND TRACER 05H FOUR SQUARE LEONARD 25L WDF 05H WIND TRACER 140L FOUR SQUARE ELNORA 6E WDF 100I BR EYED SUSAN 140Z Sire: WDF JAEGER TONE 3B Dam: WDF MISS WIND TRACER 570P FOUR SQUARE MODERN TONE 42M WDF FACSIMILIE ET 811A REMITALL MISS TONE 31Z WDF HIGH FIDELITY 057F FOUR SQUARE PRINCESS 26V WDF WESTWINDETTE 57W

Strong Spidel Background

JV 797U SPIDEL 475A

Dark red bull, red scrotum, lots of length, good feet and legs with a strong Spidel Heritage. From a top line of cows. Calving ease and aerodynamics are impressive.

DOB: 01/04/13 SPIDEL 624 A SPIDEL WC 57R WDF ASTER LASS 57D Sire: SPIDEL V 797U RSM WILLIAM LAMP 45B WDF WILMA LAMPLIGHTER 797K WDF 700 LADY SPIDEL 797D

Udder Perfection

SPIDEL 239C WDF 239 SPIDEL 17N WDF ASTER LASS 17D Dam: WDF 635 LADY SPIDEL 473R JV TROJAN’S TEMPEST 603J WDF JV TROJAN’S TRISHA 473N WDF MISS MODEL MISCHIEF 47G

JV 320 SPIDEL 800B

800B is agile, long, on a great set of legs and feet. He has eye pigmentation a large solid red scrotum, inset eyes and an easy stride.

He is a standout in all areas.

His polled head comes from the Spidel and Woodrow Mischeif 24J heritage but DOB: 15/06/14 make no mistake he is solid Britisher background.

His full sister has a perfect udder and teat size. His dam is an easy fleshing, easy moving tank with a striking “Mountain Mitch” heifer calf this year. 800B’s sire left an impressive set of daughters with great udders and teat size. 800B is excitement personified!

JV TROJAN’S TRUST 1000J FOUR SQUARE LEONARD 25L JV TROJAN’S TACHOMETER 140M FOUR SQUARE JACK ET 93J WDF 100I BR EYED SUSAN 140Z WDF HIGH FIDELITY 057F Sire: 100I SPIDEL 320U Dam: FOUR SQUARE JACKALINE 180R WDF KAHN 140K WDF HURON CHIEF 147C WDF 100I LADY KAHN 320N WDF MISS CHIEF 108L WDF 540 LADY SPIDEL 320J WDF ENERGETIC LADY ET 108A

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Supportive traits include feet, legs & bone, pelvic circumference, aerodynamics, calving ease, mothering ability, feed efficiency, wintering ability, fertility, disease resistance, temperament etc.

JV WARRIOR 102B

This bull is big, long and agile. He has an awesome background with many of our foundation females in his lineage. He has loads of aerodynamics and longevity in his female heritage. He is the bull we chose to carry on the DOB: 03/06/14 Westwind line. His dam is a granddaughter of the 1992 Agribition Heifer Calf Champion.

100G his granddam has a major influence here through 1000J and her daughters.

Of Special Note the Westwind and Woodrow Mischief combination marble very well. It may not be a factor Hereford breeders have high on their want list but we have had bulls of their combination as high a 7.67% IMF in the ribeye add 1% for testosterone and you are in the vicinity of US and Canada Prime.

WDF C7 WESTWIND WARRIOR 17C SPIDEL WC 57R WDF C5 WESTWIND WARRIOR 3838E SPIDEL WC 647T C4 WESTWIND LADY 38K JV TROJAN’S ASTER 647P Sire: WDF C6 WESTWIND WARRIOR 3838X Dam: JV 647 LADY SPIDEL 1000X JV TROJAN’S THRUST 257N WDF HURON CHIEF 147C WDF ASTER LASS 338S WDF HURON PRINCESS 100G WDF ASTER LASS 38D BELL-L GE LASS 100A

JV 239 SPIDEL 239B

239C was the $15,000 top selling bull in the Beck Dispersal in 1969. He was also one of the Spidel’s reference sires in their 1963 dispersal. Lady Spidel 624A appears DOB: several times through her sons in 239C’s 01/05/14 background. She was from a top cowline at Spidel’s. 239C and Spidel 189J are from a cow family that was the result of mating the Champion bull and Champion female both Cubas Panama’s from the first Calgary Industrial Exhibition (The Calgary Stampede) in 1913. They were exhibited by ABC Ranch AB Cook Townsend, Montana. Cubas Panamas were the best in the breed for many years. His sire was a double bred Beau Bremmel touted as the second coming of Anxiety 4th. 239B’s dam is a 239C granddaughter from the same cow as 475A. This bull should propagate excellent udders and extra longevity. Original Spidel genetics by one of Spidel’s own herd sires.

SPIDEL 540Y Sire: SPIDEL 239C

SPIDEL 635

LADY SPIDEL 153

SPIDEL 385L LADY SPIDEL 525Y LADY SPIDEL 197

SPIDEL 239C WDF 239 SPIDEL 17N WDF ASTER LASS 17D Dam: WDF 635 LADY SPIDEL 473R JV TROJAN’S TEMPEST 603J WDF JV TROJAN’S TRISHA 473N WDF MISS MODEL MISCHIEF 47G

JV 05 LAMPLIGHTER 100C

100C’s sire was known as “The Bear”. 05 was a Herdsire for Little Beaver Creak Ranch, Montana USA. The grandsire HPM DOB: Lamplighter 20 was born Mar 3, 1954 and was 19/03/15 the sire of the 1965 US National Champion.

His dam is a big beautiful polled three year old with an excellent udder. She is a maternal sister to 102B’s dam. Her granddam 100A was Agribition Heifer Calf Champion in 1992. Loads of Longevity. 100C is thick, easy fleshing and breeding heifers in 2016.

H PM LAMPLIGHTER 3 H PM LAMPLIGHTER 20 SUPREME LADY 51 Sire: BW LAMPLIGHTER 05 WOODFORDS CHOICE 65 MISS WOODFORD 165 BERTHA CHOICE 65

K 61Z SUPER LAD 15E PDHR 15E DYNAMIC 30J PDHR MISS 40B DIAMOND 17E Dam: WDF 2N DYNAMIC PRINCESS 100A WDF HURON CHIEF 147C WDF HURON PRINCESS 100G BELL-L GE LASS 100A

JV 100I SPIDEL 400B

Very dark red with eye pigment and large dark red scrotum. 400B is linebred to Spidel 100I, one of the best 4 sons of HSF Beau Victor 10. 100I set down a wonderful Spidel base in the Beck Herd (Duchess Alberta) his sons and daughters were breed DOB: builders. He was the maternal grandsire of 15/07/14 Predominant 25U, “Lomoor” Domino Lad 25T was a direct descendant and 515C’s dam was double bred 100I all in 400B’s pedigree. 515C’s maternal sister was the dam of CeeBee Roundup Lad 8U, a famous bull sold to AN Knull for $10,000 in the early sixties.

There were so many cows in the Beck dispersal that produced herd sires for top breeders in Canada + USA. 3K was one of the best. 515C was purchased by Klondike Farms and later acquired by Glenkirk. We used a son, 540F, for many years and 400B is from that very same cowline. 515C was the grandsire of Lazy BL Viking 30K the USA 58th National Champion.

400B will breed great udders. He is the Walking definition of Excitement!

OAKLAND RIDGE W ANXIETY 19 PREDOMINANT 25U QCS ANXIETY 177Y BT FUTURE ROUNDUP X20302052 S SHARRON NUGGET 15U HILLPARK SPIDEL 55P Sire: HNH SPIDEL ANX 515C Dam: JV LADY ROUNDUP 400Z CHARLES 5N JV TROJAN’S THRUST 257N SPIDEL DOMINO LASS 7S WDF LADY SPIDEL V 400U VICTOR DOUBLE LASS 3K WDF SRCL SUSANNE 400N

The #1 trait for female longevity is balanced udders &thumb size teats “It is a culminating factor”

JV WILLIAM SPIDEL 474B

Smooth made, powerful Butt, great feet, excellent Bone 474B is not only a son of 45B but his maternal grandsire 797U is also a 45B Grandson. 45B’s grandsire DOB: 11R was the famed Britisher’s Image 38J 14/07/14 and Regal Britisher 1B combination. 10Z 45B’s sire was out of one of the best cows in the Beck dispersal in 1969.

She was double bred Spidel 175 out of the same cow line as Predominant 25U. 45B sired the Agribition Bull Calf Champion in 1973, as well as the Agribition Heifer Calf Champion and the Champion Pen of Bulls 1973.

He also sired record priced bull at the “Bed” Bluff Bull sale in California.

45B’s maternal sister was a standout at DJN Salmon Arm B.C. with a perfect udder and teat size. This is a very unique and powerful young sire.

SPIDEL WC 57R BRITISHER MISCHIEF’S IMAGE 11R SPIDEL V 797U WILLIAM 10Z WDF WILMA LAMPLIGHTER 797K BAR W A MISS RR 23U Dam: JV 797 LADY SPIDEL 474Y Sire: RSM WILLIAM LAMP 45B JV TROJAN’S TEMPEST 603J BAR BQ LAMPLIGHT 22 WDF JV TROJAN’S TRISHA 473N QCS MISS LAMPLIGHTER 65W AHR PRINCESS REAL 35 WDF MISS MODEL MISCHIEF 47G

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“Survival of the fittest”

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By Catherine Brown

A s s o ciate Edito r

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the October 2010 edition of the Digest. Some modifications have been made.

“Pretty well all the pedigrees of the bulls we buy are transferred to us because we request it,” says Stan Jacobs, manager of Douglas Lake Cattle Ranch, Canada’s largest working cattle ranch.

“We make this request to support the association and its registry,” says Jacobs. “If we don’t support it, it won’t be there forever.” Jacobs supports what the association stands for and what it does for the industry.

Receiving the paper pedigree, says Jacobs, is immaterial. And while the ranch looks at and tracks performance records, more important than numbers is pedigree recognition. Over the years, Jacobs says they have determined which lines don’t do well under their conditions. In other words, they know which bloodlines to avoid.

When first interviewed, Douglas Lake Cattle Ranch purchased 40 to 50 Hereford bulls annually, along

This is particularly the case since the advent of semen certificates, which increases the cost of some registrations. While this is the case, it is the non-transfer of registered bulls to their buyers, which most concerns the Canadian Hereford Association (CHA).

The cost of ownership transfer within six months from the selling date is $15 per animal. After six months from the date of sale, the transfer fee is $30. Whether the bull buyer is or

The question should not be “Do you want the pedigree transferred?” but rather “Who do we transfer the pedigree to?” Pedigrees differentiate purebred cattle from commercial cattle. Not transferring them diminishes their value.

Transfering Hereford pedigrees to new commercial owners is actually the only official way, through the association, to support your provincial association’s financial wellbeing. Provincial associations are funded through the transfer of animals in their respective provinces.

Prospective breeders who hope to encourage Douglas Lake as a customer for the first time won’t have a chance of selling bulls to the ranch if they do not transfer pedigrees of bulls to their new owners.

with another 35 Angus and Charolais bulls, to service its cowherd of 6,500.

But that herdsize has since nearly doubled with the acquisition of neighbouring ranches.

The question should not be “Do you want the pedigree transferred?” but rather “Who do we transfer the pedigree to?” Pedigrees differentiate purebred cattle from commercial cattle.

Not transferring them diminishes their value.

Many bulls bred for the commercial industry are not registered at all.

is not a CHA member is irrelevant.

A farm business or individual can own pedigreed animals with or without an active membership.

Neither is it necessary for the bull seller to purchase the buyer a CHA membership.

Former CHA General Manager Gordon Stephenson believes that at least 50 per cent of breeding bulls sold in Canada, across all breeds, are not transferred to their new owners.

Other estimates are as high as 75 per cent, especially in cases where bulls

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are sold privately.

The main reasons for this, says Stephenson, are purely economic.

“Many long-time breeders – some with closed herds - don’t want to pay for the registration because they, personally, know that their animals are pure,” says Stephenson. “They want to play the game but they don’t want to pay the price.”

The result, in the long term, says Stephenson, is the demise of the purebred industry.

Former CHA General Manager Duncan Porteous agrees. “It devalues the whole process of buying purebreds,” he says. He compares the conundrum to a long-term cancer of the breed, the association and the purebred industry.

Former American Hereford Association (AHA) Executive VicePresident, Craig Huffhines, says there is a wide variance regarding bull transfers to commercial customers in the U.S.

which are transferred, are negligible.

“By transferring, the buyer gets to know both the pedigree and the seller of his bull or bulls,” says Porteous.

“If you sell four or five bulls at the Calgary Bull Sale, for instance, how can you be certain who the buyer is unless you are already familiar with them?”

A transferred pedigree is somewhat like a certificate of warranty or validation that the animal purchased, is, in fact, a purebred, says Porteous.

He adds that if the buyer finds that he or she likes the calves that result, over the following years, the pedigree is one sure way that he can track down the seller or breeder of the bull if he is interested in doing more business.

“As a breeder of registered purebred cattle, you should be proud to transfer your animals to their new commercial owners,” says Stephen Scott, executive director of the Canadian Hereford Association. “A

The constitution of the Canadian Hereford Association states that it is the responsibility of the seller to confirm that tattoo identifications are in accordance with the regulations and “to provide the Certificate of Registration, showing the purchaser’s ownership.”

“The vast majority of breeders do not transfer their bulls,” said Huffhines.

The AHA continues to promote commercial transfers with limited success. In discussions about how to encourage transfers, two main issues come to the surface: 1. The cost is too high for something that may not be a perceived value to the commercial customer.

2. The breeder does not want to divulge his/her customer list and holds that very private.

The AHA, however, believes that it adds a great deal of value to a producer that transfers pedigrees, including the identification of Hereford-sired calves which could be marketed through the Certified Hereford Beef program.

The situation is believed to be worse overseas. Jan Wills, former Secretary General of the World Hereford Council, says she believes the percentage of bulls going into the commercial sector in New Zealand,

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farm’s breeding program is its brand.

A transferred registration paper is the proof of hard work and dedication that has gone into developing your purebred breeding program.”

As Stephenson says, if you need a good watch, would you purchase it from a reputable jewelry store or a street vendor? The store will likely give you some type of guarantee, inherent in which is a lot of value.

Stephenson also likens a nonregistered bull to a no-name product sold in a Superstore, which comes with no real guarantee or product background.

The constitution of the Canadian Hereford Association states that it is the responsibility of the seller to confirm that tattoo identifications are in accordance with the regulations and “to provide the Certificate of Registration, showing the purchaser’s ownership.”

It continues, saying that “[r]efusal to do so on any pretext whatsoever,

Stephen Scott, Executive Director of the Canadian Hereford Association

Gordon Stephenson, Former General Manager of the Canadian Hereford Association

Duncan Porteous, Former General Manager of the Canadian Hereford Association

shall be grounds for his expulsion if a member; if not a member, further privileges of the Association shall be refused.”

Why else should breeders transfer ownership on pedigrees of bulls going into the commercial sector?

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“The CHA owns and operates one of the oldest breed magazine in Canada,” says Scott. “Transferring a bull to a commercial customer ensures that he or she is placed on the Digest mailing list for three years, thereby keeping them informed of Hereford and industry news. They also receive other correspondence from the CHA. These are very effective outreach tools to keep these people informed of the benefits of the Hereford breed.

“The average registered breeder could not do as good of a job in getting information to the commercial breeder,” says Huth.

“One value of transferring pedigrees

are collected. Carcass traits such as ribeye, backfat and marbling are now also being collected.

The latest trend for some commercial herds is to identify the Leptin gene within a bull and his progeny, which provides useful marketing information for potential feedlot customers.

This is a new age. Purebred associations are breeder information hubs. One way to support and maintain that critical service is to participate in the transfer of information and pedigrees alike.

Many commercial producers are more and more sophisticated in terms of the data they collect. If that data is submitted to the CHA, valuable substantiated data can be harnessed to identify productive lines of cattle within the breed.

Transferring animals “is a strong customer service benefit that the seller can give to the buyer.”

-Gerald Huth is that it allows the new owner(s) to continue following and monitoring bloodlines,” says Stephenson. “If the new owner had performance issues, either positive or negative, the pedigree would allow them to go back to find the origins of these traits.”

If ever a bull were resold and especially if it is to be exported, a current pedigree is also an excellent document to support such a sale, according to Stephenson.

Without the transfer, Porteous says a bull is no better than a commercial bull, in terms of proving his value.

The act of transferring, he says, is a reflection on the breeder’s image, his or her brand and honour.

“For breeders, it’s an opportunity to get a buyer’s name and address, which is needed for the transfer and for mailing the pedigree to them,” says Porteous. “Pedigrees are also a source of age verification.”

The CHA is committed to increasing the predictability of Hereford cattle and has placed a great deal of emphasis on producing quality performance information. Without a paper trail generated by pedigrees, all of that data transfer is for not. Birth weights, calving ease scores, weaning and yearling weights, height and scrotal circumference measurements

Sire selection, after all, is the foundation of building a profitable herd.

If the integrity of the CHA and its registry is maintained through the transfer of pedigrees, members can choose to track bull sales geographically, identifying marketing opportunities and areas of weakness.

This data might also reveal what types of bulls are being purchased in any given area, in terms of birthweights, horned or polled status or other criteria. Graphing those trends, should the data be available, might prove valuable to each and every breeder of Hereford cattle.

In Stephen Scott’s words, “transferring your animals creates more opportunities to improve and develop local, domestic and global export markets for Canadian Hereford cattle, as well as fund breed improvement research and develop new tools for breeders to use in their own operations.”

Ever wonder how the Hereford breed, in relation to others, might gain an added edge? The answer is right here.

Most of all, says Porteous, the act of transferring pedigrees to new owners is one of due diligence.

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Purebred associations are breeder information hubs. One way to support and maintain that critical service is to participate in the transfer of information and pedigrees alike.

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MERLE & NEELTJE WYATT AND FAMILY 403-534-2277 Cell 403-485-8289 Jessica’s Cell 403-485-0237 Box 30, Arrowwood, Alberta T0L 0B0 Email: mnwyattfarms@gmail.com 100

Owned with Hickory Corner Farms DONORAH 631 STANDARD LAD 4Y {DLF IEF HYF}

DONORAH 77J SUPER LAD ET 8B {DLF IEF HYF}

Owned with Brost Land & Cattle Co Ltd NJW PMH 66X 156T LUX 203A ET

Owned with Breed Creek Ranch

DONORAH 20X DOMINO LAD 42Z {DLF IEF HYF}

Owned with Hickory Corner Farms

DONORAH 28X MARKED LAD 23C {DLF IEF HYF}

DONORAH 77J SUPER LAD ET 64C {DLF IEF HYF}

DONORAH 16Z DOMINO LAD 132C • DONORAH 929W SILVER PRIDE 8A DONORAH 16Z DOUBLE DOMINO 102B • LPG G19Z MARIO LAD 8B

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

Donald Gillespie (306) 773-0073

Swift Current, Saskatchewan

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Masters

in Their

Field!

JNHR 63W RIBSTONE 89Z

JNHR BUCKSHOT 868A

JNHR MARVEL 788W

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 244 102

Watch for Updates on our annual Spring Bull Sale • Of feri n g 40 wel l grown out 2 Year Olds • Plus a select group of bred females

C A N A D I A N

H E R E F O R D

D I G E S T

Registered and Commercial Horned Herefords Box 25, Landis, Saskatchewan S0K 2K0 Email: grltd@yourlink.ca

Bill & Luke (306) 658-4750 Verne (306) 658-2022

Wes, Bernie, Dustin, Cody & Austin Phone: (306) 658-4535 Cell: (306) 948-9663

Thank You to our Other Buyers East Central Bulls:

O’Hare Ranching, Kitscoty, AB Dons Saars Cattle Co Ltd., Big Valley, AB

Private Treaty Bulls: OK Ranch, Mankota, SK Bowies Ltd, Piapot, SK Tony Dixon, Craik, SK Marlene Forbes, Marquis, SK Douglas Lake Cattle Co, Douglas Lake, BC

Bred Commercial Heifers:

GR 88U STD LAD 138B

Thanks to Jim and Georgine Westgard for purchasing the high selling bull at East Central Bull Sale in Veteran, AB.

Jim and Georgine Westgard, Sibbald, AB Rob Bannerman, Livelong, SK Harold and Alice Oddan, Maidstone, SK Maurice and Ellen Oddan, Maidstone, SK Diamond V Land and Cattle Company, Outlook, SK

www.garrettranchltd.ca

MATERNAL EXCELLENCE AND CARCASS QUALITY 32nd Annual Production Sale TUESDAY December 6, 2016 at the Ranch

HH ADVANCE 3033A ET BW WW

YW

Milk REA

BW WW

MARB

YW

Milk

REA MARB

HH Advance 3033A ET

1.4 48.2 78.6 35.6 0.19 -0.10

Churchill Stud 3134A

3.0 68.6 112.4 25.9 0.76

HH Advance 0132X

1.6 48.2 74.8 28.7 -0.11 0.31

C&N L1 Domino 71C

2.0 49.5

CL 1 Domino 9121W 1ET

5.7 67.3 109.6 27.9 0.51

C&N Star Struck 100C

7.0 68.8 117.0 15.2 0.29

WLB Winchester Powerball 27A

3.2 58.1 92.3 22.5 0.67 -0.07

Nyle & Vicki

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

0.40

FE 60X Stanmore Lad 135B 6.9 56.4

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

Clint

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

79.7 89.5

0.21

41.0 0.26 -0.12 13.4 0.12

0.22 0.10

Skyler & Rachel

(403) 928-3168

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Your visit is always welcome and appreciated Allen Henderson

Home: 780-582-2464 Cell: 780-878-4483

Travis Henderson Cell: 780-385-1306

Email: lpgherefords@gmail.com Box 482 Forestburg,AB T0B 1N0 5 mi.West and 2mi.South of Forestburg or. 19 mi.North of Halkirk on Hwy855

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LAMPORT’S POLLED HEREFORDS Since 1942

Bull Power backed by Cow Power

GE EPD

GE EPD

LAMPORT’S ORIGINAL 42B

BAR-H CHALLENGER 82W

Sire: NJW 73S M326 TRUST 100W ET Dam: LAMPORT’S 75U VICTORIA 49X

EPDs

BW 4.0

WW 61.2

YW 106.7

MM 30.3

TM 60.9

Thick, red marked bull. Sired a strong set of first calves. Dam is one of our best! Her pedigree contains 19 of the most influential cow lines in our herd.

Tested Heterozygous Polled

Dam of ADTM 42B

LAMPORT’S 75U VICTORIA 49X 4 cows in Victoria 49X’s pedigree are still in production!

EPDs

Sire: NJW 45P 139J FULL TANK 134S Dam: KR1 RENEGRADE 27N BW 6.1

WW 61.6

YW 103.9

MM 19.3

TM 50.1

This is a strong breeding bull that we appreciate more and more every year. We have used 5 of his sons in our program. Seven years old and as sound footed as you will find.

Tested Homozygous Polled

Thank You

to our

2016 Bull

Buyers

GE EPD

LAMPORT’S G74 CALIBRE 72C

LAMPORT’S Y12 DOZER 33D

Sire: DAYS CALIBRE G74 Dam: LAMPORT’S 28M BLUEPRINT 80U

EPDs

BW 5.4

WW 54.4

YW 82.4

MM 10.8

TM 38.0

Outcross Pedigree! Tremendous rump and muscle! Exceptional feet! Sired by Australian record selling Day’s Calibre G74.

Tested Homozygous Polled Thank you to Coyler Herefords and Frank Harbour for purchasing this bull.

Bill Lamport

403-226-0345

EPDs

Sire: MOUNT DIFFICULT FELLIS Y12 Dam: LAMPORT’S VICTOR LASS 32B BW 4.8

WW 52.5

YW 91.9

MM 19.5

TM 45.8

Thick!

Sired by Australian, superior carcass sire, Fellis Y12. 33D’s Grandmother and Great LAMPORT’S 28M BLUEPRINT 80U Grandmother produced exceptional bull calves again this year.

Dam of ADTM 72C

lamportspolledherefords.com Rocky-View County, Alberta

Brad & Christine Lamport 403-226-0450

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Amigo

The

s Sale

Novem

ber 18,

XVIII

2016

$40,000 Calgary Bull Sale High Seller

SNS 40W WESTERN LAD 63B SIRE: PAHL 3S WESTPOINT 40W DAM: SNS 40L RED SILVER LASS 82S

BW WW YW Milk TM MPI FMI REA MARB 2.2 42.3 73.7 25.8 47.0 148.0131.1 0.35 -0.09

F REST EASY 105 SIRE: F REST EASY 847 DAM: F MS 4140 ADVANCE 961 BW WW YW Milk TM MPI FMI REA MARB 1.8 52.9 90.6 37.7 64.2 144.6 125.3 0.60 0.10

Scott Pahl 403-548-2356 • 403-580-9908 pahl.livestock@xplornet.com

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Dan Pahl 403-548-8112 • 403-548-1614 dan@pahl-livestock.com Box 245, Medicine Hat T1A 7E9

LeRay Pahl 403-548-6626 403-580-9906

“Legendary Hereford Progeny”

CAlves on the Ground from yv 28Z, fAAA 128Z And 405.

4V NORTH KANSAS 405B EPDs

BW

WW

YW

Milk

TM

FAT

REA

MARB

+1.3

+53.0

+83.2

+31.2

+57.7

-0.002

+0.49

+0.15

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

MCR HARLANDS DOMINO 8107

Dam: 4V 20 43 MS HARLET Z49

R STARLETTE 052

4V MS E 2O 43 DOMINO T91

Extreme light birth weight bull. 60-80 lb. calves that show excellent growth and muscle expression. Should be an interesting bull for the future.

YV 915W SILVER STRUCK 28Z EPDs

YW

Milk

TM

FAT

REA

MARB

+76.1

+10.4

+33.5

+0.042

-0.05

+0.06

AGA 72M MISS SUNSHINE LAD 282P

BW

WW

YW

Milk

TM

FAT

REA

MARB

+5.5

+48.2

+93.5

+32.2

+56.3

+0.021

+0.44

+0.07

CJH HARLAND 408 Sire: SR SCRIPT 187 SR RAPTIA 363

WW +46.1

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

FA SCRIPT BRITISHER 128Z EPDs

BW +5.4

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

AGA 167L SILVER 232N Dam: YV 232N SILVER LASS 924W YV 82R RED EXTRA DANDY 706T

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

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

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 107

A New & Improved

Maternal Productivity Index Illustrated in a Cowherd

By Sean McGrath

Ra n c h e r a n d C at tle M a na g e m e nt C o n sult a nt

A Maternal Productivity Index (MPI) was developed for the Canadian Hereford Association (CHA) by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) in the year 2000. The index was designed to combine genetic factors that impact productivity and profitability of Hereford cows. Over the last 15 years, both economics and performance levels of Hereford cattle have changed and advanced and for this reason, the MPI was revised to ensure it reflects true maternal profitability and to include relevant

overall profit.

The Story of a Cowherd Our well-managed Hereford cowherd consists of 100 cows with a consistent pregnancy rate of 95% and an 85% overall weaning rate. Each year, 100 cows are exposed to breeding and of those cows, five come up open and 10 calves will not make it from birth to weaning, for various reasons. Our herd average weaning weight on the 85 calves is a decent 585 pounds. If we know the rough baseline for our herd, we can now look at changing specific traits by a single unit and

Over the last 15 years, both economics and performance levels of Hereford cattle have changed and advanced and for this reason, the MPI was revised to ensure it reflects true maternal profitability and to include relevant traits that are now in PACE (the Pan American Cattle Evaluation). traits that are now in PACE (the Pan American Cattle Evaluation).

The MPI is unique, relative to other published values because it accounts for both raw production (income) as well as costs (cow maintenance and replacement rate). The MPI is based on profitability at a cow/calf level with a cowherd that retains its own replacements and markets calves at weaning. In many respects, this reflects the bull customers of Hereford breeders.

Through a biological simulation model, each trait can be adjusted by a single unit and the effect on overall herd profitability can be mapped. Although the simulation is complex and is run on a cowherd of 10,000 cows, let’s look at a simplified example, using a well-managed 100head cowherd, to help understand the impact of selection decisions on 108

we can start to see the relative importance of different decisions.

Weaning weight is one of the simplest traits to assess. What impact does improving production have? If we increase weaning weight by 1 unit (1 pound), we will have added 85 pounds to the total production of the cowherd. In other words we will still wean 85 calves but each calf will be 1 pound heavier at 586 pounds.

This provides extra revenue to our cowherd as we have more weight to sell.

Next, we can decide to increase fertility or weaning rate by one unit. This change of 1% in our 100 cows means that we now have 96% pregnancy rate or one more calf to sell in the fall at 585 pounds. This increases our revenue by the sale price of 585 pounds of calf. In this simplified example, it becomes

apparent that a one-unit change in weaning rate may have a bigger impact than a one unit change in weaning weight.

As good managers, we cull all open cows and cows that don’t wean a calf. This obviously results in revenue from the sale of cull cows but it also reduces calf sales, since we need to keep replacements for those outgoing cows. So in our cowherd, we decide to increase longevity by 1%.

Roughly translated, that means that 1 cow lasts 1 year longer in the herd.

While this doesn’t necessarily mean that our weaning rate increases, it does mean that to maintain our herd size we need to retain one less replacement female, thus providing one more 585-pound animal that is saleable.

Calving ease is another trait that receives a lot of focus. In our cow herd, calving ease is important but calving difficulty primarily occurs in first-calf heifers. With an 85% weaning rate, if we cull cows that are open or do not wean a calf, that means we need to add 15 heifers to the herd each year to maintain our numbers. The overall impact of calving ease on the lifetime productivity of those heifers is quite high but across our entire cowherd, it affects relatively few animals so has less impact on cowherd scale profits than a single unit change in a trait such as longevity or weaning weight. Increasing our calving ease by 1% means that out of every 100 heifers we keep, we would pull one fewer calf. If we only need to keep 15 heifers a year, it may take a long time to obtain that savings.

As good managers, we know that cow maintenance costs are still our biggest expense. Knowing this, we objectively try to improve our feed conversion efficiency. While this seems straightforward as a way to

reduce costs, if pushed, it can also reduce performance and saleable weight. A good example is milk.

Changing our milk production by 1 pound of weaned calf will generate 85 pounds of saleable weight, but at some point, it may increase maintenance costs of our 100-cow herd, beyond the value of that extra weight. It may also negatively impact fertility.

The last factor that we look at in our commercial cowherd is that of “marketing”. As the owners of a superior cowherd, we expect to get superior prices for our cattle. In reality, the value of our “reputation” cattle is driven by their ability to provide real value down the line. This includes the ability to gain and convert feed efficiently, as well as make carcass grade specifications. This added value of having “reputation” cattle boosts the revenue side of our operation.

When we finish the assessment of our cowherd and take into account that any action we take will influence or affect other parts of the profit equation, we can be forgiven if our head starts to spin. Increasing milk production makes more pounds of

Trait

Original MPI

Revised MPI

CE

0.22

MCE

0.22

WW

40.87

39.16

Milk

24.20

15.23

Cow Wt

33.77

34.41

1.16

10.75

100.0

100.0

Stayability Total

Table 1. Comparison of Relative Economic Values forTraits included in the Original and Revised MPI

calf to sell but costs more in feed for the cow and may negatively impact her longevity. Tweaking calving ease too far on mature cows, may cost performance and saleable pounds.

Decreasing culling rate provides more calves for sale but drives down cull cow revenue. Trying to increase

for premiums paid on “reputation” cattle.

The end result is a Maternal Productivity Index (MPI) that is extremely robust. This means that even with large market swings for inputs and production and significant differences in management styles,

The revised MPI now includes the influence of important traits such as calving ease and also includes an allowance for a market premium for reputation cattle through the inclusion of the influence of relative feedlot merit of calves that are sold. fertility/weaning rate may come at an unacceptable expense level providing nutrition for the cowherd and on it goes.

MPI Our cowherd example that has left us spinning is exactly the reason that MPI exists. The modelling used to develop the MPI, systematically handles the biological and profit relationships for traits that impact ranch level profitability. The relative economic value of traits in our cowherd from the old MPI and the updated version are shown in table 1. You may note the relatively small influence of CE and MCE in the new MPI, however on a whole herd level, remember that these traits affect relatively few animals. The other major change is the increased importance of Stayability. Repeatedly weaning a calf is a key driver of profit.

Additionally, the new MPI includes a regression of the Feedlot Merit Index in the calculation, to help account

animals consistently maintain their relative rankings. The revised MPI now includes the influence of important traits such as calving ease and also includes an allowance for a market premium for reputation cattle through the inclusion of the influence of relative feedlot merit of calves that are sold.

As before, the MPI is expressed on a standardized scale, with the population average over time being 100 and each standard deviation being set to 25. A cow with an MPI of 125 would be 1 standard deviation above the mean and a cow with an MPI of 150 would be 2 standard deviations above the mean. Currently Active Sires have an average MPI of 110, while Active Dams have an average MPI of 105.

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Two nights of Hereford sales in Denver!

Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017

Friday, Jan. 13, 2017 6:30 p.m. MST

7:30 p.m. MST Cocktail hour:

On the Stadium Floor Denver, CO

6:30 p.m.

Double Tree-Stapleton North

This offering will include,

(the old Red Lion Hotel)

4040 Quebec St. Denver, CO 80216

Selling elite frozen Hereford genetics.

A fine selection of flush opportunities, embryos, confirmed pregnancies and semen.

herd bulls, females – open heifers, bred heifers and donor cow prospects, pick of herds and pick of pen/carload from the NWSS yard show.

Contact Joe Rickabaugh for more information on either sale at 785-633-3188 or jrick@hereford.org

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Stay up-to-date and interact with the AHA, National Junior Hereford Association (NJHA) and Certified Hereford Beef (CHB) through the following social media outlets:

AHA:

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Facebook — Certified Hereford Beef Twitter — @crtherefordbeef Instagram — @certifiedherefordbeef Pinterest — Certified Hereford Beef

SNS SNS BULL BULL POWER POWER XTC 8L SUNRISE 66N MHH 66N SUNRISE LAD 31S MHH 22L VIKING LASS 29N Sire: C 31S EXPLOSIVE 45X VEDAN 180H SABRE LAD 110K C 110K MISS VEDAN 72N C 80G L MS STANDARD STAR 134K STR STD 87D DOMINO LAD 67F SNS 67F SKY GENERATOR 139L SNS 93B GENERATOR LADY 62D Dam: CARLRAMS 139L SPARK 175U PDHR 38E SILVER LAD 20J CARLRAMS 20J DUSTER SPARK 60P CARLRAMS DUSTER LASS 80H

CARLRAMS C45X STD LAD 371B

STANDARD 16E RIBSTONE 64H K 64H RIBSTONE LAD 109L K 97D RED LADY 80F Sire: FA 109L BRITISHER 195T DA BRITISHER 121M FA BRITISHER LADY 54P FA BRITISHER LADY 22M

WB KAPTAIN KRUNCH 2N JEN BRIT KAP 6R JEN 32C BRIT LADY 56H Dam: JEN 6R POWER LADY 17X JEN SELKIRK SILVER 19G JEN 19G POWER LADY 12M JEN DIAMOND POWER LADY 10H

JEN 195T POWER LAD 17A {DLF IEF HYF} Also in use: YV Sun Lad ET 14A

• YV 30U TRIPLE THREAT 71Y

Come check out our bull calves at the ranch this fall, they are a great powerful set.

Scott Nixdorff & Sons

“The Idea Is Excellence”

Rob (403) 948-2569 Cell (403) 510-2687 Scott (403) 948-5232

Paul (403) 935-4334 Fax (403) 935-3576 Email sns@efirehose.net

R.R. 2, Airdrie, AB T4B 2A4

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The Doerksen Family Fertility

Longevity

Low Maintenance

The Pedigrees are Similar, The Cattle Consistent.

HerD SireS:

Hereford founDation Sire

KGA 135R LAD 25W KGA 131P LAD 57X CHURCHILL SENSATION 028X EDISTO 810 EXCEL PLATO U336 EDISTO 136 BATTLE RUPERT T352 PCC OH AXEL 9516A

Angus

RED RMJ REDMAN 1T PCC JOHNNY B GOOD 4003R MH MAGUA 27 PCC ICE CAPITAL HILL 5404Z PCC GOOD-2-GO 4013Z RED ML 876 MAX 030X BEREL OF WYE UMF 9288 RHF-BUF U199 LANCER 157Y

Dam of 145B

F-R 8020 LAD 33H

AD 135R LASS 140W

PCC JOHNNY B GOOD 4003R

HerD Bull

2 nd Annual Gemstone Cattle Hereford & Angus Bull & Female Sale December 7, 2016 • Bow Slope Shipping Association, Brooks, AB • 1:00PM

Cattle raised on Forage GEMSTONE 719T LAD 145B Daniel & Kimberly Doerksen

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

www.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

Pine Butte Ranch Over 60 years of dedicated Hereford study

ARVS 183B

MN 744A

FE 52B

ARVS 50B

Also in use: ARVS 37Z, ARVS 137Z, VCH 4A, & ARVS 41Z

FE 216A

LBH 366B

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

A product of our program. ARVS 47W

A few of our 2017 sale bulls More pics on our new website

We sincerely appreciate the on-going support and loyalty of a tremendous group of cattle producers. Thank you!

22nd Annual Production Sale ~ Saturday, February 18, 2017 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 www.pinebutteranch.com

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C A N A D I A N

H E R E F O R D

D I G E S T

Too many bovine, not enough fenceline

!

Private Treaty

Herd reduction We’re bursting at the seams and our family’s focus is changing; but we’re not done having Hereford fun yet! on offer

Mature Cows, Bred Heifers, Heifer Calves

Progency/Service Sires

REDNEX 100W COWBOY 12C K-COW YAMAHA 262Y FCC 503W GUINESS 14Y FCC Z400 CROSSIRON 13B LCC GODFATHER 1Y 8B REDNEX 262Y CASPER 11C K-COW NACHO MAN ET 36N NJW 73S M326 TRUST 100W ET

View the sale prospects in person or online at www.rednexranch.com

Jim & Shelley Kudera 780-497-1441 jsk@rednexranch.com

W W W. R E D N E X R A N C H .CO M

Erin Brook Polled Herefords We wish to thank the Canadian Hereford Association

for recognizing our 50th anniversary as Hereford Breeders and all the breeders who have contributed in so many ways to our success and enjoyment.

We also wish to thank Andrew Dunsmore, St.Pauls, Ontario, for

the purchase of all our registered females in 2015 and wish him continued success as a new breeder.

Please look in and visit the good folks at Blair-Athol Farms and Roselawn Farms where we continue to house cattle.

Sincerely Rea and Rebecca

Rea & Rebecca Mahaffy and Family

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65 Guest Court St.Marys,Ontario N4X 1E5

Thank You for making our 40Th Sale Such a SucceSS!

High Selling Heifer 2016:

High Selling Bull 2016:

MVF 923W STANDARD LAD 56B

Sold to Fenton Hereford Ranch, Irma, AB. for $15,000

Misty Valley Farms Buyers 2016:

Richdale Ranch, Hanna, AB. Curtis Ouellette, Meadow Lake, SK. Darrell Bacon, Marwayne, AB. Crandall Ranch, Winnipegosis, MB. Douglas Lake Cattle Co., Douglas Lake, BC Fenton Hereford Ranch, Irma, AB. Perry Powell, Killaly, SK. North Gully Ranch Ltd., Lloydminster, SK. Frank & Ron Hoffart, Minton, SK. Lee Suteau, Sonningdale, SK. Lorne & Beverly Kulsler, Maple Creek, SK. Pipeline Grazing Co-op, Medicine Hat, AB. Wilson Bros. & Sons, McCord, SK. Bar X Ranch, Kirriemuir, AB. Earl Cameron, Lions Head, ON. Raymore Colony, Raymore, SK. H and K Ranch, Hilda, AB. Shane & Nicole Wilkinson, McDowell, SK. Spring Meadows Ranch, Lions Head, ON. Aric Burgmaier, Meadow Lake, SK.

MVF 269Y STD DOM LASS 130B

Sold to Corbiell Herefords, Cluny, AB. for $8,500.

Highland Feeders Ltd., Vegreville, AB. Miller Ranch, Hanceville, B.C. Flying T Land & Cattle Ltd., Lloydminster, SK Williamson Ranch Ltd., Mankota, SK. Jesse Bannerman, Livelong, SK. Skytrack Ranch, Lloydminster, SK. Dale Davis, Glaslyn, SK. Westgard Ranch Ltd., Sibbald, AB. Scott Clark, St. Thomas, ON. Cougen Cameron, Lions Head, ON. Jeremy Nelson, Maidstone, SK. Kerry Flegel, Maidstone, SK. Wood-B Herefords, Loon Lake, SK. XTC Ranches Ltd., Eastend, SK. Lanni Bristow, Heinsburg, AB. Garrett Ranch Ltd., Landis, SK. Rinas Stock Farms, Shellbrook, SK. Terril Pierson, Wardlow, AB. Tori Larre, St. Walburg, SK. KJ Larre Ranching Ltd.. St. Walburg, SK.

TheSe excellenT SireS are in The purebred paSTureS in 2016:

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BBSF 46P TURIN 219T BAR-OM 106S STANDARD LAD 604W YV 232N SILVER STONE 923W MVF 219T STANDARD LAD 235X AGA 2U BRITISHER 16Y AGA 109U RIB STANDARD 38Y RC 51S MAGNUM LAD 51Y

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RUT 30U CLASSIC LAD 44Z LO 166W ASTERLAD 46Z BRETON WEST 75W LAZER 83Z TIDE-CREEK 163X STD X LAD 35A TIDE CREEK 163X MUSI LAD 56A C 24U RED ARROW 81A LBH 106T STANDARD 121A

Pahl Livestock Ltd., Medicine Hat, AB. Connor Jacobs, Douglas Lake, B.C. Corbiell Herefords, Cluny, AB. Deanfield Ranch, Kamloops, B.C. Conway Herefords, Foremost, AB. Leonard Brendle, Maidstone, SK. William LaClare, Edam, SK. Whitby Farms Ltd., Lucky Lake, SK. Mark Law, Cypress River, MB. Blaine Hudec, Jenner, AB. Dexter Slugoski, Loon Lake, SK. Calvin Ramsay, CutKnife, SK. Gordon & Shelley Craig, North Battleford, SK. Pat Markevich, Waseca, SK. Dale Wilson, Archerwill, SK. Sandstone Cattle Co., Alder Flats, AB. Keith Victoor, Pickardville, AB. Terry Moser, Lions Head, ON. Ray Cameron, Lions Head, ON. Pete Lowry, Perryvale, AB. ˚ ˚ ˚ ˚ ˚

BBSF 40X ATTACKER 207A MVF 656 STANDARD LAD 3B LBH 335X SUPER RIB 63B MVF 656 STANDARD LAD 505B MN 128 STANDARD 517B

PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR 41sT ANNUAL PRODUCTION SALE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH, 2017

Harold & Alice Oddan Merle & Ros Ph: 306-893-2783 Cell: 306-893-7225

Email mvf@sasktel.net R,R, #1 Maidstone, SK S0M 1MO

Maurice & Ellen Oddan Mark & Tracy Ph: 306-893-2737 Cell: 306-893-7365

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.

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7th Annual Online Sale September 22nd - 25th, 2016 Don & Leslie 250-557-4348 don@richardsonranch.ca www.richardsonranch.ca

Exportable Embryos Bull Calves

Heifer Calves Bred Heifers Yearling Bull

TLELL 1Z DIXIE CHIC 13C

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TLELL 200Z DAY DREAMER 10D

TLELL 10Y DRAWL ET 8D

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show & sale results sale index Hill 70 Quantock Ranch Ltd. Barn Burning Bull Sale....................118 4th Annual Premier Hereford Bull Sale..............................................118 Bannerlane... Sale #17..........................................................................118 Misty Valley 40th Production Sale......................................................118 Carlrams Ranching Ltd 7th Annual Bull Sale...................................119 MJT Cattle Co. Ltd. Herefords & Angus Back to the Basics Bull Sale.....119 Gillespie Hereford Ranch Last Minute Live Auction/Private Treaty Sale.119 Corbiell Herefords Bull Sale................................................................119 Pine Butte Ranch 21st Annual Production Sale................................120 10th Annual Ulrich Herefords Bull Sale.............................................120 Beck Farms & McCoy Cattle Co. 7th Annual Bull Sale....................120 Holloway Farms Ltd. 6th Annual Hereford Rancher’s Bull Sale....120 116th Annual Calgary Bull Show and Sale.........................................121 5th Annual Chittick Family Bull Sale.................................................121 97th Annual Pride of the Prairies Bull Sale.......................................121 Harvie Ranching 7th Annual Bull Sale...............................................122 JoNomn Hereford Ranch Bull Sale.....................................................122 Braun Hereford Ranch “Ranch Ready Bull Sale”.............................122 2nd Annual Elite Genetics Bull Sale....................................................122 58th Annual Medicine Hat Spring Bull Show & Sale.......................123 61st Annual East Central Bull Show & Sale.......................................123 Standard Hill Connection....................................................................124 ANL Polled Herefords Annual Bull Sale............................................124 Wascana Herefords Bull Sale..............................................................124 WLB Livestock 12th Annual Bull Sale................................................124 Stockman Select Bull Sale...................................................................125 5th Annual K-Cow Ranch Bull Sale.....................................................125 Wilson Lees 12th Annual Value Added Bull Sale.............................125 T Bar K Bull Sale....................................................................................125 41st Vanderhoof All Breeds Bull Sale..................................................126 107th Annual Lacombe Bull Sale.........................................................126 79th Annual Williams Lake Bull Show & Sale................................127 Year by Year Sale Summary...............................................................127 Sale Trends.............................................................................................128

show index Regina Spring Steer and Heifer Show..............................................129 Ontario Beef-A-Rama..........................................................................129 Alberta Junior Hereford Association Provincial Show..................129 Saskatchewan Beef-A-Rama..............................................................129 117

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Hill 70 Quantock Ranch Ltd.

Barn Burnin Bull Sale

February 6, 2016 Auctioneer: Chris Poley

Lloydminster, SK

53 Hereford Bulls

25 Two Year Old Charolais Bulls 31 Charolais Yearling Bulls

57 Two Year Old Black Angus 30 Black Angus Yearling Bulls 27 Yearling Red & Black Angus

X Simmental Fall Born Hybrids 57 Red Angus Two Year Olds 30 Red Angus Yearling Bulls 12 Gelbvieh X Red Angus Two Year Olds 349 lots grossed $2,335,857.00 49 Bred Commercial Heifers

27 Open Commercial Breeding

AVER AGE

$6,882.00 $8,630.00 $7,105.00 $7,022.00 $5,425.00 $6,130.00 $6,924.00 $5,842.00 $5,125.00 $6,693.00 $2,953.00 $2,043.00

4th Annual Premier Hereford Bull Sale

February 8, 2016 Lloydminster Exhibition Grounds, SK Auctioneer: R.C. (Bob) Balog

AVER AGE 52 Two Year Old Hereford Bulls $5,546.00 52 lots grossed $132,200.00 $5,546.00 82 Commercial Open Heifers $1,792.00

Top Sellers Two Year Old Bulls $9,000 Lot 24 (Full Poss., ¾ Int.) ACE TRACKER LAD 21B Buyer: Dale Hawkins, Strome, AB Sire: MJT TRACKER 33X SOD: DUNROBIN 200L SCULLY 25R $8,750 Lot 31 WA 11Y BREWSTER 75B Buyer: Four Harts, Vermillion, AB Sire: TRIPLE-A 47R STANMORE 11Y SOD: VTR 93J MOJO 14M $8,500 Lot 22 ACE TRACKER LAD 22A Buyer: O.C. Ranches, Hardisty, AB Sire: MJT TRACKER 33X SOD: MJT CENTURY 264P $8,000 Lot 23 ACE TRACKER LAD 29B Buyer: O.C. Ranches, Hardisty, AB Sire: MJT TRACKER 33X SOD: ACE 93J LAD 1R

Bannerlane... Sale #17 February 9, 2016 At the Farm, Livelong, SK Auctioneer: R.C. (Bob) Balog

22 Two Year Old Hereford Bulls 1 Registered Bred Heifer

1 Registered Open Heifer

24 lots grossed $153,600.00 32 Commercial Bred Heifers

AVER AGE

$6,643.00 $4,200.00 $3,250.00 $6,400.00 $2,918.00

Top Sellers Two Year Old Bulls $20,000 Lot 8 BANNERLANE 153Y SUPER STD 38B Buyer: Holloway Farms, Castor, AB Sire: AGA 26T YEAH JARROD 153Y SOD: BANNERLANE 23R RIBSTONE 28T $14,500 Lot 5 BANNERLANE 108U BRIT 27B Buyer: Poplar Dell Herefords, Edam, SK Sire: MVF 161R STD BRIT LAD 108U SOD: BANNERLANE 23R RIBSTONE 28T Bred Heifer $4,200 Lot 25 BANNERLANE 108U MS BRIT 8B Buyer: Bob Gristwood, Makwa, SK Sire: MVF 161R STD BRIT LAD 108U SOD: BBSF 6P SPORT 232S Heifer Calf $3,250 Lot 26 BANNERLANE 213Y MS STD 153C Buyer: Terril Pierson, Wardlow, AB Sire: BR 24W STANDARD 213Y SOD: C 80G L SARGENT 78K 118

Misty Valley 40th Production Sale With Guests LO Herefords and Mark Law February 10th, 2016 At the Ranch, Maidstone, SK Auctioneer: R.C. (Bob) Balog

AVER AGE 66 Two Year Old Hereford Bulls $5,755.00 $3,943.00 42 Registered Bred Hereford Heifers 4 Registered Open Hereford Heifer Calves $3,750.00 $5,004.00 112 lots grossed $560,430.00 10 Commercial Heifer Calves $1,755.00 60 Commercial Bred Heifers $2,767.00

Top Sellers

Two Year Old Bulls $15,000 Lot 6 MVF 923W STANDARD LAD 56B Buyer: Fenton Hereford Ranch Inc., Irma, AB Sire: YV 232N SILVER STONE 923W SOD: MVF 25G VOLT BRIT LAD 237K $10,000 Lot 16 MVF 499X STD DOMINO LAD 122B Buyer: Wilson Bros and Sons, McCord, SK Sire: MN 26R PRINCE DOMINO 499X SOD: MVF 25G STANDARD VOLT LAD 226L $9,000 Lot 43 BAR-OM 219T STD TURIN 637B Buyer: Flying T Land & Cattle Ltd., Lloydminster, AB Sire: BBSF 46P TURIN 219T SOD: RIVERBRIDGE 53H LAD 67M $9,000 Lot 62 LO 166W ASTER LAD 11B Buyer: Fenton Hereford Ranch Inc., Irma, AB Sire: FE 29S ASTER LAD 166W SOD: SGC 124N STANDARD 140S Bred Heifers $8,500 Lot 87 MVF 269Y STD DOM LASS 130B Buyer: Corbiell Herefords, Cluny, AB Sire: BBSF 104W YOKE 269Y SOD: BAR-OM 9D STD BLANCHARD 238K

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Carlrams Ranching Ltd. 7th Guests RNRFlicek Angus Annual Bull Sale With and Flicek Hereford Ranch February 11, 2016 Auctioneer: Louis Balog

At the Ranch, Cut Knife, SK

Carlrams Ranching Ltd. 37 Two Year Old Hereford Bulls 8 Registered Bred Hereford Heifers

Flicek Hereford Ranch 8 Two Year Old Hereford Bulls

RNRFlicek 5 Yearling Angus Bulls

5 Two Year Old Angus Bulls 63 lots grossed $374,000.00 45 Commercial Bred Heifers 6 Commercial Heifer Calves 1 Broke Gelding 1 Broke Gelding Pony - STARS Fundraiser

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$6,276.00 $4,050.00

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MJT Cattle Co. Ltd. Herefords & Angus 22nd Annual “Back to the Basics” Bull Sale February 13, 2016 Auctioneer: Chris Poley

At the Ranch, Edgerton, SK

7 Two Year Old Herefords

5 Yearling Black Angus

26 Two Year Old Black Angus 38 lots grossed $282,750.00

AVER AGE

$6,643.00 $6,700.00 $7,798.00 $7,441.00

$5,613.00 $4,460.00 $8,450.00 $5,937.00 $2,708.00 $2,000.00 $3,900.00 $8,950.00

Top Sellers

Top Sellers $10,000 Lot 3B MJT KILO 3B Buyer: Evergreen Farms, St. Paul, AB Sire: MJT TOTAL ET 332W SOD: HPH 145R AVATAR 5U $8,750 Lot 18B MJT AVATAR 18B Buyer: Brian Ciancone, Kamloops, BC Sire: HPH 145R AVATAR 5U SOD: MJT PILGRIM 1U

Bulls $18,000 Lot 371B CARLRAMS C45X STD LAD 371B Buyer: SNS Herefords, Airdrie, AB Sire: C 31S EXPLOSIVE 45X SOD: SNS 67F SKY GENERATOR 139L Bred Heifers $5,600 Lot 340B CARLRAMS A45X STD LADY 340B Buyer: Misty Valley Farms, Maidstone, SK Sire: CARLRAMS 28T STD VOLT 45X SOD: STR 87D HALLMARK 85H

Gillespie Hereford Ranch Last Minute Live Auction/Private Treaty Sale February 15, 2016 At the Ranch, Wymark, SK Auctioneer: Donnie Peacock

Corbiell Herefords Bull Sale

February 18, 2016 Bow Slope Shipping, Brooks, AB Auctioneer: R.C. (Bob) Balog

AVER AGE 29 Yearling Hereford Bulls $8,007.00 1 Two Year Old Bull

$6,500.00 30 lots grossed $238,711.00 $7,957.00

AVER AGE 32 Lots grossed $265,500.00 Two Year Old Hereford Bulls $8,297.00 50 head commercial Heifer calves $1,613.00

Top Sellers

Top Sellers

$13,750 GIL 24C DONORAH 28X DANDY MARK 24C Buyer: EZ Ranching, Livelong, SK Sire: DONORAH 219T TURIN MARK 28X SOD: DON 3G DANDY LAD 9N

$12,750 Lot 48B C 127Y YES MAN 48B Buyer: Donalda Colony, Donalda, AB Sire: C 326N YES I CAN 127Y SOD: GCK 39 SUPER RED 22T

$12,000 GIL 64C DONORAH 77J SUPER LAD ET 64C Buyer: Hickory Corner Farms, Briercrest, SK Sire: CC 129D SUPERMAN 77J SOD: YV 232N SUNSHINE LAD 631S

$12,500 Lot 44B C 127Y T YES MAN 44B Buyer: Red Willow Colony, Stettler, AB Sire: C 326N YES I CAN 127Y SOD: LBH 4K STANMORE 239N

$10,500 GIL 98C DONORAH 16Z DOMINO LAD 98C Buyer: Joe Burgess, Maple Creek, SK Sire: DON 0192 DOMINO LAD 16Z SOD: DONORAH 77J SUPER DANDY 17P

$12,500 Lot 79B C 81Y MISTY LAD 79B Buyer: Webalta Ranches, Veteran, AB Sire: MVF 219T STD TURIN LAD 81Y SOD: C 8L MR SUNDOG 40U

$12,000 GIL 23C ½ Int. ½ Poss. DONORAH 28X MARKED LAD 23C $13,000 Lot 96B C 81Y MISTY LAD 96B Buyer: Breed Creek Ranch Inc., Mankota, SK Buyer: Aebly Ranch, Jenner, AB Sire: DONORAH 219T TURIN MARK 28X Sire: MVF 219T STD TURIN LAD 81Y SOD: DON 10N MARK LAD 18R SOD: DW ADVANCE 33P LAD 88T

$10,500 GIL 132C DONORAH 16Z DOMINO LAD 132C Buyer: Scott White, Shaunavon, SK Sire: DON 0192 DOMINO LAD 16Z SOD: DON 10N MARK LAD 18R 119

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Pine Butte Ranch 21st Annual Production Sale February 20, 2016 Auctioneer: Larry Jordan

B.C Co-op Yards Kamloops, BC

25 2 Year Old Hereford Bulls 3 Registered Hereford Heifer Calves 28 lots grossed $185,350.00

AVER AGE

$7,060.00 $2,950.00 $6,617.00

10th Annual Ulrich Herefords Bull Sale

February 23, 2016 Balog Auction Market, Lethbridge, AB Auctioneer: R.C. (Bob) Balog

48.25 lots grossed $355,200.00 Two Year Old Bulls

AVER AGE

$7,362.00

Top Sellers

Top Sellers

Bulls $10,500 Lot 22 PINE-BUTTE STD SILVER LAD 195B Buyer: Bayliff Ranch, Alexis Creek, BC Sire: FE 144T EXTRA SILVER 69Y SOD: BAR-N BRITISHER 157L

Two Year Old Bulls $15,500 Lot 72 ¾ Int. AGA 203Y GREGORY PETE BOOM 72B Buyer: Josh Hoffman, Lehr, ND, USA Sire: GCC PETE 203Y ET SOD: BANNERLANE 232 EXTRA GEN 60W

$9,500 Lot 11 PINE-BUTTE SILVER STD 108B Buyer: Douglas Lake Cattle Company, Douglas Lake, BC Sire: WINDIMUIR 82S PRINCE 208W SOD: DIAMOND-T 28L LAD 15P

$13,000 Lot 148 ¾ Int. AGA 114L GENERAL BARACUDA 148B Buyer: C.O. Johnson & Sons Ranches, Scandia, AB Sire: AGA 13G GENERAL 114L SOD: AGA 20J STANMORE 21M

$9,250 Lot 6 PINE-BUTTE 118 STND LAD 84B Buyer: Douglas Lake Cattle Company, Douglas Lake, BC Sire: MN 6S SILVER BRITISHER 118X SOD: RIVERBRIDGE 40N LAD 21S

$13,000 Lot 20 ¾ Int. AGA 105T STAN GENERAL 20B Buyer: Whitelake Colony, Barons, AB Sire: AGA 114L GENERAL 105T SOD: CTY BRIGADER 22B

High Selling Heifer $3,600 Lot 28 PINE BUTTE STD DOM LADY 96C Buyer: Misty Valley Farms, Maidstone, SK Sire: FE 166 ASTER LAD 52Z SOD: DIAMOND T 28L LAD 15P

$12,500 Lot 3 AGA 67X BADGER EXPRESS ET 3B Buyer: Berry’s Land & Livestock, Vida, MT, USA Sire: AGA 705 EASYGOING EXPRESS 67X SOD: DP BRITISHER AGA 46E

Beck Farms & McCoy Cattle Co. 7th Annual Bull Sale

February 24, 2016 Milestone, SK Auctioneer: Chris Poley Sale Management: T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd.

30 Hereford Yearling Bulls 25 Gelbvieh Yearling Bulls 35 Charolais Yearling Bulls 3 Charolais 2 Year Old Bulls 93 Bulls Grossed $546,500.00

AVER AGE

$5,733.33 $5,530.00 $6,250.00 $5,833.33 $5,876.34

Holloway Farms Ltd. 6th Annual Hereford Rancher’s Bull Sale February 26, 2016 Dryland Cattle Trading, Veteran, AB Auctioneer: R.C. (Bob) Balog

23 Two Year Old Bulls

4 Registered Bred Heifers

27 lots grossed $152,750.00 25 Commercial Hereford bred heifers 24 Commercial Hereford heifer calves

AVER AGE

$5,575.00 $5,672.00 $5,657.00 $2,740.00 $1,774.00

Top Sellers

Top Sellers

$15,000 Lot 1 MCCOY 5Z GAUGE 14C Buyer: Blackie Oils Inc., Midale, SK Sire: MCCOY 743 FACEOFF 5Z SOD: TH 6M 755T PINNACLE 31Y $9,500 Lot 19 MCCOY 70Y LEGION 145C Buyer: Cannon Cattle, Lake Bronson, MN Sire: JDH 117R EQUITY 70Y ET SOD: MCCOY 60U JETSTREAM ET 95X

Two Year Old Bulls $17,500 Lot 33B HOLLOW 161X ANDY 33B Buyer: Leray Helbling, Mandan, ND, USA Sire: FA 68R BRITISHER 161X SOD: RH STANDARD RIBSTONE LAD 69S

$9,000 Lot 7 MCCOY 49S GRAVITY 12C Buyer: Aitken Farms Ltd., Briercrest, SK Sire: MCCOY 55M ABSOLUTE 49S SOD: TH 122 71I VICTOR 719T $8,250 Lot 15 MCCOY 70Y FRANCHISE 106C Buyer: Bar 3T Livestock, Sangudo, AB Sire: JDH 117R EQUITY 70Y ET SOD: MCCOY P20 ALISON 3Z

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$13,500 Lot 71B HOLLOW 208Y JACK 71B Buyer: Leray Helbling, Mandan, ND, USA Sire: FE 152S FRONTLINE 208Y SOD: WABASH ASTER 23P $8,000 – Lot 56B – HOLLOW 161X ANDY 56B Buyer: Lazy M Bar Ranch, Byemoor, AB Sire: FA 68R BRITISHER 161X SOD: JNHR HANDSOME LAD 732W BRED HEIFER $6,700 – Lot 10B – HOLLOW 868Y STELLA 10B Buyer: JoNomn Hereford Ranch, Clyde, AB Sire: JNHR STOCKTON 868Y SOD: BP 146D SANDMAN 108J

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sales results 116th Annual Calgary Bull Show and Sale March 2 & 3, 2016 Century Downs Racetrack & Casino, Calgary, AB Auctioneer: R.C. (Bob) Balog Judge: John Ridder

Grand Champion Bull Lot 49

LPG DON RED LAD 35B

Reserve Grand Champion Bull Lot 114

YV 915W BELL LAD 89B

Sire: DONORAH 9N DANDY LAD 50W Sire: YV STAR STRUCK 915W SOD: AGA 22B RED STANMORE 40L SOD: SNS 40L RED SILVER 82R Consignor: Little Poplar Grove Herefords, Forestburg, AB Consignor: YV Ranch, Airdrie, AB Sold for $25,000 to Rogers Hereford Ranch, Long Island, KS Sold for $10,500 to XTC Ranches, Eastend, SK & Raymond White, Eastend, SK

AVER AGE Yearling Bulls Top Sellers Two Year Old Bulls 93 Two Year Old Hereford Bulls $8,747.00 $40,000 Lot 97 SNS 40W WESTERN LAD 63B $14,000 Lot 113 YV 31A MR SUNSHINE 12C Buyer: Gustafson Herefords, Juncion City, KS 10 Yearling Hereford Bulls $7,675.00 Buyer: Pahl Livestock, Medicine Hat, AB Sire: YV 30U MR STAN SUNSHINE ET 31A 4 Black Angus Bulls

$6,950.00 Sire: PAHL 3S WESTPOINT 40W SOD: LBH 102T SUPER RIB 148X 107 lots grossed $918,050.00 $8,580.00 SOD: AGA 22B RED STANMORE 40L Consignor: YV Ranch, Airdrie, AB Consignor: SNS Herefords, Airdrie, AB 12 Ranch Horses $9,413.00 $22,000 Lot 100 SNS 40W WESTERN LAD 56B $9,500 LOT 67 GH MVP COACH 72C Buyer: Chad Stephenson, Salmon, ID Buyer: Brost Land & Cattle Co., Irvine, AB Sire: GH 8052 MVP 67Y Sire: PAHL 3S WESTPOINT 40W SOD: MJT TOTAL ET 311W SOD: SNS 64P SILVER BODACIOUS 12T Consignor: Hirsche Herefords & Angus, Okotoks, AB Consignor: SNS Herefords, Airdrie, AB

5th Annual Chittick Family Bull Sale March 4, 2016 Diamond Centre, Mayerthorpe, AB Auctioneer: Travis Rogers

19 Yearling Hereford Bulls

22 Yearling Black Simmental Bulls 27 Yearling Red Simmental Bulls 6 Yearling Full Simmental Bulls 27 Yearling Red Angus Bulls 7 Yearling Black Angus Bulls 108 lots grossed $482,300.00

AVER AGE

$3,747.00 $5,441.00 $4,640.00 $4,934.00 $4,148.00 $4,164.00 $4,507.00

97th Annual Pride of the Prairies Bull Sale March 6-7, 2016 Auctioneer: Dan Skeels

Lloydminster, AB/SK

AVER AGE 1 Horned Hereford

$5,000.00 1 Polled Hereford

$5,750.00 20 Black Anus

$5,770.00 6 Red Angus

$4,883.00 2 Limousin

$3,500.00 5 Simmental

$3,940.00 6 Charolais

$4,983.00

Top Sellers

Top Sellers

Herefords $7,100 Lot 98 RCHR CLUTCH 8C Buyer: Danny Tonhauser, Sangudo, AB Sire: TH 89T 755T STOCKMAN 475Z SOD: GCHR MENTOR 26S

$5,750 Lot 142 SS-TOPLINE 43S BLUEPRINT 44B Buyer: Daniel Lampitt, Blackfoot, AB Sire: BAR-RZ 64N Stockton 43S SOD: JDA TOP BRASS TITANIC 037J Consignor: SS Cattle Co Inc., Irma, AB

$6,200 Lot 100 RCHR AMPLE 70C Buyer: Jack McKellar, Fort Assiniboine, AB Sire: FCC 7W VIPER 18Y SOD: DXB 73J PROWLER 35M

$5,000 Lot 141 SS-TOPLINE 888Z BIG BEN 124B Buyer: Double G Livestock, Irma, AB Sire: SS-TOPLINE Powerhouse 888Z SOD: GH-ADAMS SHADOW 144S Consignor: SS Cattle Co Inc., Irma, AB

$5,000 Lot 96 GCHR SURE BET 3C Buyer: Nate Seeley, Valleyview, AB Sire: RCHR SAFE BET 6Z SOD: KILMORLIE 452M REDEYE 127U

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Harvie Ranching 7th Annual Bull Sale March 8, 2016 Auctioneer: Ryan Dorran

At the Ranch, Olds, AB

31.25 Yearling Hereford Bulls 27 Yearling Charolais Bulls 17 Yearling Simmental Bulls 75.25 lots grossed $527,150.00

JoNomn Hereford Ranch Bull Sale

March 10, 2016 North Central Livestock Exchange, Clyde, AB Auctioneer: Travis Rogers

37 lots Two Yr Old Hereford Bulls grossed $212,750.00

AVER AGE

$7,153.13 $7,072.22 $6,311.76 $6,936.18

Top Sellers

Top Sellers

$31,000 Lot 9 ½ Int HARVIE 40Y WINSTON 252C Buyer: Harvey & Beth Mackay, Kincardine, ON Lachanora Poll Herefords, Australia Herman Bieber, Wolseley, SK Nelson Herefords, Burwell, NE Wayne Skelton, Winfield, AB Sire: HARVIE WINSTON 40Y SOD: LEVELDALE KODIAK 23C ET 19K

$11,250 - Lot 103B - JNHR 8Y STAN BRIT 103B Buyer: Eugene & Ruth Slette, La Glace, AB Sire: FE 3P STAN BRIT ET 8Y SOD: BANNERLANE RIBSTONE STD 42P

$26,500 Lot 38 HARVIE HISTORY MAKER ET 61C Buyer: Fenton Herefords, Irma, AB Crone Herefords, Hardisty, AB Sire: REMITALL KEYNOTE 20X SOD: HARVIE LADIES MAN 4L $14,000 Lot 1 HARVIE BOARDWALK ET 212C Buyer: Brost Land & Cattle Co, Irvine, AB Sire: NJW 73S W18 HOMETOWN 10Y ET SOD: HARVIE LADIES MAN 4L

AVER AGE

$5,750.00

$9,600 - Lot 248B - JNHR RANCHER 248B Buyer: Tanga Herefords, Millet, AB Sire: JNHR RANCHER 17Y SOD: FE 32P DANDY RETURN 55T $8,000 - Lot 236B - JNHR NEW DANDY 236B Buyer: Tanga Herefords, Millet, AB Sire: JNHR NEW LINE FE 709Z SOD: JNHR STOCKTON 511W $7,700 - Lot 146B - JNHR BRITISHER 146B Buyer: Battle River Ranch, Lloydminster, SK Sire: JNHR STANMORE 77Y SOD: JNHR NAVAJO JOE 537T

$10,500 Lot 8 ¾ Int HARVIE HBM ROYAL BLEND 83C Buyer: Rafter 17 Ranching, Eckville, AB Sire: NJW 73S W18 HOMETOWN 10Y ET SOD: NJW FHF 9710 TANK 45P

Braun Hereford Ranch Ranch Ready Bull Sale

March 11, 2016 At the Ranch, Simmie, SK Auctioneer: Donnie Peacock

22 Yearling Hereford Bulls

16 Two Year Old Hereford Bulls 8 Open Registered Hereford Heifers 46 lots grossed $402,250.00 23 Open Commercial Heifers

AVER AGE

$9,659.00 $9,078.00 $5,563.00 $8,745.00 $2,633.00

Top Sellers Yearling $31,000 Lot 1 BR 15Z CROSSOVER 135C Buyer: Bar Crossroads, Edam, SK Red Willow Ranch, Cutknife, SK Sire: BR 9279 EXTRA DEEP 15Z SOD: DBHR 124J STANDARD 159M $23,500 Lot 3 BR 15Z CLASSIFIED 177C Buyer: Kenneth Skow Inc., Missouri, USA Sire: BR 9279 EXTRA DEEP 15Z SOD: DBHR 31R STANMORE 4W Two Year Old $14,500 Lot 36 BR 58Y STANMORE 238B Buyer: Haraga Ranches, Skiff, AB Sire: BR 4W STANMORE 58Y SOD: SNS 40L DANDY RED 69R Children’s Hospital Foundation of SK Donation Heifer $5,000 Lot 43 BR 126W DANDY GIRL 182C Buyer: James Blakley, Consul, SK Sire: DBHR 129S WOODSMAN 126W SOD: DBHR 64H TOUCHDOWN 73T 122

2nd Annual Elite Genetics RSK Farms, Brandon, MB and Bull Sale Leveldale Polled Herefords, Douglas, MB March 12, 2016 Auctioneer: Ward Cutler

Ag Complex, Neepawa, MB

26.5 Yearling Hereford Bulls 4 Two Year Old Hereford Bulls 31.5 lots Grossed $171,000.00 8 Commercial Pairs

3 Commercial Bred Heifers

23 Open Heifers

AVER AGE

$5,680.00 $5,125.00 $5,429.00 $3,200.00 $2,300.00 $1,865.00

Top Sellers Yearling Bull $15,500 Lot 20 LEVELDALE BIG BANG 1Y 32C Buyer: Chippng Hill Cattle Co, MacGregor, MB Sire: PCL Y NOT ME R117 ET 1Y SOD: TRIPLE-J OAKLAND WILDCAT 15M $15,000 Lot 14 Full Poss, ½ Int RSK 2046 DIGBY ET 20C Buyer: Elkhe Herefords, Townsend, MT, USA Sire: OTAPAWA SKYMATE 2046 SOD: HARVIE DEYNOTE 61D Two Year Old Bulls $5,750 Lot 38 MHR LPH EXPLOSIVE 5X 35B Buyer: Jeremy Issac, Birnie, MB Sire: LEVELDALE MR X-PLOSIVE 65T 5X SOD: LEVELDALE LONERANGER 23 ET 15L $5,250 Lot 36 MHR LPH TIGER 104U 24B Buyer: Flat Rock Ranch, Ste. Rose, MB Sire: ANL SBS 80S TIGER 104U SOD: MHR ROCK 76M

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58 Annual Medicine Hat Spring Bull Show & Sale th

March 15 & 16, 2016 Judge: Carl & Dalynn Ramsay

Medicine Hat Exhibition Grounds, Cypress Centre, Medicine Hat, AB Auctioneer: R.C. (Bob) Balog

Grand Champion Bull Lot 74

LPG G19Z RED LAD 35B

Reserve Grand Champion Bull Lot 119

WB BEAR MAN 19B

Sire: LPG DON 59K LAD 19Z Sire: LFH STANMORE 29W 7Y SOD: AGA 22B RED STANMORE 40L SOD: PAHL 90P THUNDER 9T Consignor: Little Poplar Grove Herefords, Forestburg, AB Consignor: McKenzie Hereford Farms Sold for $14,500 to Fenton Hereford Ranch Inc., Irma, AB Sold for $10,750 to Many Island Grazing, Medicine Hat, AB

AVER AGE Top Sellers Two Year Old Bulls 62 Two Year Old Hereford Bulls $8,323.00 $36,000 Lot 81 BBSF 42Z BILLY 237B $20,000 Lot 100 LBH 335X SUPER RIB 63B Buyer: Misty Valley Farms, Maidstone, SK 6 Yearling Hereford Bulls $6,450.00 Buyer: Lilybrook Herefords, Claresholm, AB Sire: LBH 102T SUPER RIB 335X Sire:

DONORAH 20X DOMINO LAD 42Z 16 Two Year Old Angus Bulls $7,016.00 SOD: CC 77J STERLING 39T SOD:

PAHL 38J PAPILLON 46P 26 Yearling Angus Bulls $5,763.00 Consignor: Lilybrook Herefords, Claresholm, AB 109 lots grossed $810,400.00 $7,435.00 Consignor: Brost Land & Cattle Co, Irvine, AB Yearling Hereford Bull $23,000 Lot 59 MW SIR RIBSTONE 94B $9,000 Lot 111 J-BAR-B 106A CAPTIVATE 37C Buyer: T Bar K, Wowota, SK & Clint Kopelchuk, Canora, SK Buyer: Bar RZ Polled Herefords, Fort Macleod, AB Sire: UPS RIBSTONE 1711 Sire: MHPH 521X ACTION 106A SOD: MW KRUNCH 12S SOD: CHSF 5G KEYMAN 31N Consignor: Wyatt Farms, Arrowwood, AB Consignor: J Bar B, Warner, AB East Central Hereford Club’s

6 1 st A n n u a l E a s t C e n t r a l B u l l S h o w & S a l e March 18, 2016 Dryland Cattle Trading Corp. Veteran, Alberta Judge: Leonard Poholka Auctioneer: R.C. (Bob) Balog

Grand Champion Bull

Reserve Grand Champion Bull

Sire: LPG RANCHLAND LAD 1Y SOD: FE 101J SUPER RIB 138R Consignor: Crone Herefords, Hardisty, AB Sold for $7,500 to Breton West Herefords, Breton, AB

Sire: SGC 129P SUPER SUNSHINE 23T SOD: L7 32P DANDY RETURN 7U Consignor: Anquist Hereford Ranch, Irma, AB Sold for $6,750 to Brant Jones, Consort, AB

Lot 31A SGC RANCHLAND LAD 135B

AVER AGE 28 lots grossed $171,750.00 $6,134.00

Lot 2

L7 23T SUPER SUNSHINE 19B

Top Sellers

$8,250 Lot 43 GR 88U STD LAD 138B $7,700 Lot 11 FE 211Y EXTRA SILVER 166B Buyer: Westgard Windimur Herefords, Sibbald, AB Buyer: Jim Hines, Dewberry, AB Sire: LPG BRIT 59K LAD 88U Sire: FE 144T EXTRA SILVER 211Y SOD: BANNERLANE 87D STD LAD 47H SOD: LBH 52N SILVER PRIDE 324U Consignor: Garrett Ranch Ltd. Landis, SK Consignor: Fenton Hereford Ranch Inc., Irma AB $8,000 Lot 14 FE 63W STANDARD DOM 229B $7,500 Lot 35 DIAMOND-T 10X LAD 12B Buyer: Laverne Weiss, Maple Creek, SK Buyer: Jim Hines, Dewberry, AB Sire: BP 101T STANDARD DOM LAD 63W Sire: DIAMOND-T 49T LAD 10X SOD: FE 78K BRITISHER DOMINO 185P SOD: DIAMOND-T 124J LAD 29S Consignor: Fenton Hereford Ranch Inc, Irma, AB Consignor: Diamond T Herefords, Oyen, AB 123

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Standard Hill Connection March 13, 2016 Auctioneer: Ryan Dorran

Maidstone, SK

19 Hereford Bulls

28 Angus Bulls

14 Open Hereford Heifers 22 Open Angus Heifers

96 lots grossed $394,900.00 13 F1 Hybrid Heifers

AVER AGE

$5,215.79 $5,041.07 $3,578.57 $3,497.73 $4,113.54 $2,123.08

Top Sellers Bulls $10,500 Lot 15 STANDARD-HILL HEMI 84B Buyer: Bob Gristwood, Wood B Herefords, Loon Lake, SK Sire: CLAYRIDGE HEMI 5X SOD: GH ADAMS STETSON STAR 6U $8,000 Lot 12 STANDARD-HILL HARLAN 82B Buyer: Curtis Wightman, Neilburg, SK Sire: FCC 2U HARLAN 7Y SOD: SQUARE-D PAT 2N 7S Heifers $6,500 Lot 25 STANDARD-HILL STAR 172C Buyer: Donnie Mitchell, Riverbridge Ranch, Maidstone, SK Sire: SHPH 7S DOMINATOR 70Y SOD: KLONDIKE 500Z FEDERATION 7C $4,750 Lot 39 STANDARD-HILL VIRGINIA 149C Buyer: Greg Pugh, Pugh Farms, Edgerton, AB Sire: GHC-CT-GUARDIAN 40X SOD: CLAYRIDGE HEMI 5X

Wascana Herefords Bull Sale

March 22, 2016 Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK Auctioneer: Scott Johnstone

13 lots grossed $75,000.00

AVER AGE

$5,775.00

ANL Polled Herefords Annual Bull Sale with Brooks Farms Sunday, March 20, 2015 Steelman, SK Auctioneer: Chris Poley Sale Management: T Bar C Cattle Co.

16.75 Yearling Hereford Bulls 2 Two Year Olds Hereford Bulls 10 Open Heifers

28.75 lots grossed $125,800.00

AVER AGE

$5,808.96 $4,500.00 $1,950.00 $4,375.65

Top Sellers Yearling $22,250 Lot 1 ¾ Int ANL 17A HI TECH 58W 80C Buyer: Jodi Flaig, Two Hills, AB Sire: TH 113W HI-TECH 17A SOD: SHF RIB EYE M326 R117 $7,250 Lot 21 ANL C HAR 425 UNTAPPED ET 71C Buyer: Six Mile Red Angus, Fir Mountain, SK Sire: TH 89T 743 UNTAPPED 425X ET SOD: ANL 2K SPECIALIST 7N Two Year Old $5,000 Lot 24 ANL 425X UNTAPPED 98W 108B Buyer: Wade Simpson, Boissevain, MB Sire: TH 89T 743 UNTAPPED 425X ET SOD: TRM 2128 37E 121 KUDZU 4066 $4,000 Lot 17 ANL HAR T100 TAHOE 86R ET 83B Buyer: High Plains Ranch Ltd., Whitewood, SK Sire: TAHOE R117 T100 SOD: ANL 2K SPECIALIST 7N

WLB Livestock 12th Annual Bull Sale March 22, 2016 Auctioneer: Ryan Dorran

Douglas, MB

24 Hereford yearling bulls 29 Simmental yearling bulls 53 Yearling bulls

AVER AGE

$5,500.00 $5,336.00 $5,410.00

Top Sellers

Top Sellers

$10,500 Lot 71 WCC 70X BANKER 213B Buyer: Mannle Polled Herefords, Whitewood, SK Sire: STAR MARKET INDEX 70X ET SOD: HB STAR BATTLE GROUND 2013

$22,500 Lot 41 WLB RED ROVER 27A 15C Buyer: XTC Herefords, Eastend, SK Sire: WLB WINCHESTER POWERBALL 27A SOD: REMITALL NATION WIDE ET 93N $10,500 Lot 62 WLB HOME RUN 8Y 112C Buyer: Doug Troop Hereford Farms, Brandon, MB Sire: NJW 73S W18 HOMEGROWN 8Y ET SOD: DR WORLD CLASS 517 10H

$8,000 Lot 84 WCC 34S BUCKLE-UP 9752B Buyer: Spring Coulee Ent Ltd., Lake Alma, SK Sire: TRIPLE-A 14M STOCKY 34S SOD: SQUARE-D TUSCON 362T $7,700 Lot 83 WCC 34S STOCKMAN 712B Buyer: Spring Coulee Ent Ltd., Lake Alma, SK Sire: TRIPLE-A 14M STOCKY 34S SOD: MUDDY 10G PRIDE 913 H 10P $7,000 Lot 75 WCC 10Y HOMETOWN 304B Buyer: Simon Heraus, Kroneau, SK Sire: NJW 73S W18 HOMETOWN 10Y ET SOD: LJR P606 SMITH 114S

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$7,750 Lot 60 WLB BULL 8Y 100C Buyer: Trevor and Grant Calvert, Carberry, MB Sire: NJW 73S W18 HOMEGROWN 8Y ET SOD: WLB QUAKER 10H 21T $6,750 Lot 45 WLB BULL 27A 117C Buyer: Greenwood Family Herefords, IN. Sire: WLB WINCHESTER POWERBALL 27A SOD: DR WORLD CLASS 517 10H

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Stockman Select Bull Sale March 26, 2016 Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK Auctioneer: Brent Carey & Ryan Dorran

4 Yearling Hereford Bulls

24 Two Year Old Hereford Bulls 31 Yearling Black Angus Bulls 59 lots grossed $372,500.00

AVER AGE

$7,438.00 $5,927.00 $6,468.00 $6,314.00

sales results

March 26, 2016 At the Ranch, Elk Point, AB Auctioneer: Ron Pederson

AVER AGE 7 Two Year Old Hereford Bulls $6,392.00 15.5 Yearling Hereford Bulls $5,031.00 32 Charolais Bulls

$5,345.00 18 Angus Bulls

$4,630.00 65.5 lots grossed $379,630.00 $5,796.00

Top Sellers

Yearlings $13,750 Lot 35 TRIPLE A 2059 MR. SLATE ET 4C Buyer: Gene Brown, North Dakota, USA Sire: C STOCKMAN 2059 ET SOD: TRIPLE A 87J MAXIMUS 4M

$10,000 Lot 1 K-COW BATMAN 184B Buyer: Victor Ringuette, Bonnyville, AB Sire: K-COW YES MAN 22Y SOD: DXB 35M TORQUE 26T

Wilson Lees 12th Value Added Bull Sale

April 1, 2016 Kisbey, SK Auctioneer: Chris Poley Sale Management: T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd.

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5 Annual K-Cow Ranch Bull Sale With Poplar Buff Stock Farm th

Top Sellers

Two Year Olds $10,750 Lot 56 TRIPLE A 9121 BANTAM 56B Buyer: Rocking G Land & Cattle Co. Ltd, Gull Lake, SK Sire: CL1 DOMINO 9121W 1ET SOD: TRIPLE A 9715 KICKOFF 122K $10,000 Lot 52 TRIPLE A 9121 BAXTER 18B Buyer: Hickory Corner Farms, Briercrest, SK Sire: CL1 DOMINO 9121W 1ET SOD: TRIPLE A 87J MAXIMUS 4M $8,500 Lot 49 TRIPLE A 9121 BILLBOARD 19B Buyer: Frischholz Farms Ltd, Minton, SK Sire: CL1 DOMINO 9121W 1ET SOD: TRIPLE A 87J MAXIMUS 4M

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$9,500 Lot 7 K-COW RAM TOUGH ET 21B Buyer: Victor Ringuette, Bonnyville, AB Sire: BOYD WORLDWIDE 9050 ET SOD: K-COW NACHO MAN ET 36N

T BAR K Bull Sale April 7, 2016 Auctioneer: Brent Carey

At the Ranch, Wawota, SK

AVER AGE 43.67 Yearling Hereford Bulls $6,399.13 1 Two Year Old Hereford Bull $4,500.00 44.67 Bulls Grossed $283,950.00 $6,356.62

AVER AGE 9.5 Yearling Hereford Bulls $6,153.00 10 Two Year Old Hereford Bulls $5,600.00 22.5 Red Angus Yearlings Bulls $7,609.00 14 Red Angus Two Year Old Bulls $7,357.00 56 lots grossed $388,650.00 $6,940.00

Top Sellers

Top Sellers

Yearling Bulls $15,000 – LOT 47C (½ Int, Full Poss) – T-BAR-K 125Y NEW $25,500 Lot 2 (¾ Int Full Poss) BNC 201A DIAMOND JIM 102C ERA 47C Buyer: Ron Schmitt, Iowa and Michael Kaley, Illinois Buyer: Carlrams Ranching, Cut Knife, SK Sire: BNC W18 FIELD MARSHAL 201A Sire: MW DAKOTA 125Y SOD: BNC 40U TOP SHAPE ET 303X SOD: DBHR 31R STANMORE 4W $12,000 Lot 30 (⅔ Int Full Poss) HAROLDSON’S RED BULL 200Z 4C $13,000 – LOT 32C – T-BAR-K 125Y OVER THE TOP 32C Buyer: Roselawn Polled Herefords, Killarney, MB Buyer: Sabin Ranch, Estavan, SK Sire: CHURCHILL RED BULL 200Z Sire: MW DAKOTA 125Y SOD: KJ 520E INVESTOR 532M ET SOD: DBHR 31R STANMORE 4W $10,500 Lot 35 (⅔ Int Full Poss) HAROLDSON’S HLV BRAVE 48Y 68C $8,300 – LOT 25B – T-BAR-K 4W ICON 25B Buyer: Hector Lamontagre, Wawota, SK Buyer: Dennis Leask, Marcelin, SK Sire: HAROLDSONS WLC RHINO ET 48Y Sire: DBHR 31R STANMORE 4W SOD: NJW FHF 9710 TANK 45P SOD: AGA 114L STRIKE GENERAL 52S Two Year Old Bulls $8,250 - LOT 49B – T-BAR-K 125Y X-FACTOR 49B $4,500 Lot 46 HAROLDSON’S SCC VICTOR 211B Buyer: Blair & Mandy Bendickson, Gladmar, SK Buyer: Charles Davis Sire: MW DAKOTA 125Y Sire: TH 122 71I VICTOR 521X ET SOD: BCD 140L DOM LAD 326N SOD: HAROLDSON’S WLL ANCHOR 4T

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41st Vanderhoof All Breeds Bull Sale April 9, 2016 Vanderhoof, BC Auctioneer: Larry Jordan, Wayne Pincott and Ken Threikeld

8 8 17

Hereford Bulls Charolais Bulls Red Angus Bulls

AVER AGE

$4,990.00 $4,990.00 $4,030.00

10 Black Angus Bulls

5 Simmental Bulls

48 lots grossed $206,050.00

AVER AGE

$3,950.00 $3,640.00 $4,293.00

Top Sellers $6,500 – Lot 31- Copper-T 42X 37Z Borealis 8B Buyer: Coyote Cattle Company, Smithers, BC Sire: Copper-T 171N 36P X-File 42X SOD: Tlell 42S Super Dude 20W Consigned by Copper-T Ranch, Fraser Lake, BC $5,500 – Lot 27- Tlell 0219 Cattle Baron ET 23C Buyer: Hayley Nielson, Burns Lake, BC Sire: Koanui Rocket 0219 SOD: Tlell 29F Red Cedar 8N Consigned by Richardson Ranch, Tlell, BC

$5,500 – Lot 28- Tlell 0219 Card Shark ET 27C Buyer: Lazy H Ranch, Endako, BC Sire: Koanui Rocket 0219 SOD: Tlell 29R Red Cedar 8N Consigned by Richardson Ranch, Tlell, BC

107th Annual Lacombe Bull Sale April 12, 2016 Central Alberta Agricultural Society, Lacombe, Alberta Judge: Glen Stankievech Auctioneer: Danny Skeels

Grand Champion Horned Bull

Grand Champion Polled Bull

Sire: SS-TOPLINE POWERHOUSE ET 888Z SOD: GH-ADAMS SHADOW 144S Consignor: SS Cattle Co, Irma, AB Sold for $6,000 to Kim Finlay, Stettler, AB

Sire: GHC C5 TACOMA 121Z SOD: LAMPORT’S 562B RHINESTONE 99R Consignor: Lamport’s Polled Herefords, Rocky View County, AB Sold for $4,500 to Vold Farms, Ponoka, AB

Lot 17A SS-TOPLINE 888Z BIG BEN 124B

LAMPORT’S 121Z TACOMA 112B

Reserve Grand Champion Horned Bull

Reserve Grand Champion Polled Bull

Sire: FE 99Z RIBSTONE 254E SOD: BRITISHER BUSHMAN 22U Consignor: CS Ranching, Cherhill, AB Sold for $4,100 to Dale Janzen, Dalmeny, SK

AVER AGE 19 Polled Hereford Bulls $4,173.00 5 Horned Hereford Bulls $4,700.00 2 Shorthorn Bulls

$4,000.00 23 Black Angus Bulls

$4,437.00 9 Red Angus Bulls

$4,155.00

Sire: CHSF 52U BRIAN 5Y SOD: CHSF 2R LUCKY 10U Consignor: Chestermere Hereford Stock Farm, Didsbury, AB Sold for $4,250 to Timothy Messmer, Barrhead, AB AVER AGE

58 lots grossed $250,250.00 $4,315.00 10 Commercial Heifers $1,488.00

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CS RANCHERS CHOICE ET 27B

Lot 3

CHSF 5Y PARKVIEW 36C

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sales results 79th Annual Williams Lake Bull Show & Sale April 14-15, 2016 Judge: Stan Jacobs

BC Livestock Producers Co-op Assoc., Williams Lake, BC Auctioneers: Larry Jordan, Wilf Smith, Wayne Jordan, Wayne Pincott, Ken Threlkeld

Grand Champion Bull

Reserve Grand Champion Bull

Sire: MN 17P STANDARD LAD 535Y SOD: BRY-DER 15S GOLD STD 14X Consignor: Haley Bell & Maxine Bell, Houston, BC Sold for $8,750 to Lois & Cliff Hinsche, 150 Mile House, BC

Sire: LCI CHINOOK 211Y SOD: LCI 68R RED STANDARD 70U Consignor: Clifford & Kari-Ann Pogany, Creston, BC Sold for $10,500 to Lois & Cliff Hinsche, 150 Mile House, BC

Lot 29

VCH GOLD LAD 4B

42 Hereford Bulls 71 Angus Bulls 4 Gelbvieh Bulls 3 Simmental Bulls 5 Charolais Bulls 125 lots grossed $656,950

AVER AGE

$5,894.00 $4,835.00 $4,812.00 $2,933.00 $4,000.00 $5,256.00

Lot 2

CKP 211Y CHINOOK RAMBO 6B

Top Sellers

$8,750 Lot 47 LFH HOMETOWN 10Y 40B $8,500 Lot 39 DEANFIELD 25U ASTER LAD 31B Buyer: Douglas Lake Cattle Co., Douglas Lake, BC Buyer: Lois & Cliff Hinsche, 150 Mile House, BC Sire: LO 931N ASTER LAD 25U Sire: NJW 73S W18 HOMETOWN 10Y ET SOD: DEANFIELD 18K STANDARD 18P SOD: LBH 114L GENERAL 171N Consignor: Deanfield Ranch, Kamloops, BC Consignor: Little Fort Herefords, BC $8,500 Lot 35 DEANFIELD 25U ASTER LAD 7B $5,500 Lot 12 JSH 5A CACHE 1C Buyer: Hatch Creek Ranch, Topley, BC Buyer: G & B Jacobson, Big Lake, BC Sire: TLELL 8N RED ZULU 1Z Sire: LO 931N ASTER LAD 25U SOD: TLELL 28M NINGA 2W SOD: DEANFIELD 18K STANDARD 18P Consignor: Jody Siemens, Houston, BC Consignor: Deanfield Ranch, Kamloops, BC

sales Trends Year by Year Sale Summary 2009

1,107.25 975.5 2,082.75

Bulls Females Total Animals

Total($) $3,597,961.81 $2,066,641.50 $5,664,603.30

Average ($) $3,249.00 $2,119.00 $2,719.00

2010

1,197.92 1,441.5 2,639.42

Bulls Females Total Animals

$3,677,889.75 $3,320,056.00 $6,997,945.75

$3,070.00 $2,303.00 $2,651.00

2011

1,238.25 828.5 2,066.75

Bulls Females Total Animals

$4,659,297.16 $2,357,288.50 $7,016,585.66

$3,763.00 $2,845.00 $3,395.00

2012

1,291.5 898.5 2,190

Bulls Females Total Animals

$5,823,355.50 $3,060,245.50 $8,883,601.00

$4,509.00 $3,406.00 $4,056.00

2013

1,304.25 707 2,011.25

Bulls Females Total Animals

$5,312,788.75 $2,676,129.00 $7,988,917.75

$4,073.00 $3,785.00 $3,972.00

2014

1,239.25 1,016.5 2,255.75

Bulls Females Total Animals

$5,902,529.75 $4,144,887.00 $10,047,416.75

$4,763.00 $3,785.00 $4,454.00

2015

1,282.5 843 2,125.5

Bulls Females Total Animals

$8,437,921.74 $3,840,527.50 $12,278,449.24

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sales Trends 2015 Top Production Sales

2015 Top Consignment Sales Lots

Average

Lots

Average

1. Corbiell Herefords Bull Sale

39

$8,827.00

2. Big Gully Farm Online/Live Prod. Sale

22

$8,818.00

1. Medicine Hat Bull Show & Sale

62

$9,023.00

2. Calgary Bull Show & Sale

84

3. Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords Prd. Sale

48

$8,685.00

$7,752.00

3. Agribition National Hereford Sale

24

$7,927.00

4. Remitall West Prod. Sale 5. Braun Hereford Ranch Prod. Sale

36.5

$7,388.00

4. East Central Bull Show & Sale

30

$6,758.00

63

$7,179.00

5. Williams Lake Bull Show & Sale

37

$6,122.00

POLLED HEREFORD TOP SELLERS Bull Calf Yearling Bull

Name

Month

REMITALL-W 50 SHADES ET 12C

October

Haroldson's Apothic 521X 38B

Price $32,000.00 (1/2 int,1/2 Poss)

April

$20,000.00

Seller (Sale)

Buyer

Remitall West Remitall West Production Sale

HF Herefords & Double J Polled Herefords

Haroldson's Polled Herefords

Wooden Shoe Farm

Blair Athol & Friends

Coming Two-YearOld Bull (or Older)

S7R R294 Famous 701A

October

$26,000.00

Section 7 Ranch

Big Gully Farm

Heifer Calf

Haroldson's Mira T100 11C

October

$33,000.00

Haroldson's Polled Herefords

Abby Hill Farm

Blair Athol & Friends

Bred or Open Yearling Heifer

Blair’s Nellie R117 ET 6B/ Blair’s Nellie R117 ET 17B

October

Cow

NJW 73S R117 DREAMIN 149X

September

$26,000 .00 $26,000.00

Blairs.Ag Cattle Co.

$16,000.00

River Valley Polled Herefords.

Agribition Hereford Sale

Genetic Designs XI

Cow/Calf Pair

Haroldsons Jessica ET 71A/ Haroldson's Resource 743 1C

October

$31,000.00/ $14,500.00

Haroldson’s Polled Herefords Blair Athol & Friends

AXA Polled Herefords & NJW Polled Herefords/ AXA Polled Herefords & NJW Polled Herefords Thurston Livestock & Lone Spruce Polled Herefords

Anita Doktor/Lohner Herefords

HORNED HEREFORD TOP SELLERS Name Bull Calf

Month

BIG-GULLY 102 NORTH FACE 219C December

Price

Seller

Buyer

$15,250.00

Big Gully Farms

CP Herefords

Big Gully Online/Live Sale

Yearling Bull

ZZB 18Y SUPER RED 31B

November

$20,000.00

Fenton Hereford Ranching Inc.

Triaro Farms

Fenton Hereford Ranch Production Sale

Coming Two-YearOld Bull (or Older)

MW ARROWWOOD 35A

March

$35,000.00

Heifer Calf

BANNERLANE 1Y MS SPORT 89B

February

Bred or Open Yearling Heifer

FE 18Y RED RIBSTONE 241B

November

Cow Cow/Calf Pair

N/A N/A

Wyatt Herefords

Rocking G Land & Cattle

Medicine Hat Spring Bull Show & Sale

$3,500.00

Bannerlane Herefords

Wood-B Herefords

Bannerlane Production Sale

$7,250.00

Fenton Hereford Ranching Inc.

Shane Truby

Fenton Hereford Ranch Production Sale

*Calculations are based on Possession only

ALL TIME RECORDS – POLLED HEREFORDS 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

Bull Calf

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 Bred or Open Yearling Heifer

GH Ginger ET 10G CGD 42L Ribstone Lass 165N

1997 1982

$16,000 $30,000

Genetic Influence Dispersal

Pied Pier Farms, Mill Creek Ranch

C.G., Brad Dallas

Ed Rutledge

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Champion Hereford: Michelle Hordos,

Res Champion Hereford: Kylee Dixon

junior show Results 26-28, 2016 Regina, Saskatchewan Regina Spring Steer & Heifer Show February Judge: Chad Hollinger, Neudorf, SK

OJHA Beef-A-Rama

Grand Champion Bull: MBF 10Y Chattahoochee 121C Jared Ball Bred & Owned Ch Female ACSH 83T Chanel 2C Adam Smith Bred & Owned Res Ch Female KIDS 521X Charity 1T 8C Rebecca Hess

July 15-17, 2016 Stratford, ON

Res Grand Champion Bull: Red Rock 11X Coldshot 1C Shae-Lynn Bell Bred & Owned Champion Bull JTDB 127Y Outlaw 103D Jared Ball Champion Steer Fireball Nicholas Dunsmore

AJHA Provincial Show

Grand Champion Bull: NCX Bazinga 19B Gabrielle Cheremshynski​

Grand Champion Bull: XLP KPH LCPH Tribute ET 707B Lexie O’Connor Heifer Calf Champion BNC Glenlees 14Z Chantel 1D Emma Lees Res Heifer Calf Champion XLP Splendor ET 75D Lexie O’Connor Res Junior Champion Female Blair-Athol TW Debbie Doo 22C Christin Dixon

Res Grand Champion Female: JDL Janice 11X 119C Maggi Murray Res Ch Commercial Animal Elzevir Black Diamond Shae-Lynn Bell

July 20-21, 2016 Bashaw, Alberta Judge: Mark Matejka, Ponoka, AB

Grand Champion Female: Remitall West Belle 36B

Res Grand Champion Female: NCX Miss Alexis 2A with RNCX Dennis the

with Remitall W Full House 45D

Menace 2D

Emily Latimer Grand Champion Bred & Owned Bull: NCX Bazinga 19B Gabrielle Cheremshynski Res Bred & Owned Bull: BP 23A CrackerJack 129C Andrew Cross

SJHA Beef-A-Rama

Judge: Melanie Scott & Bill Jackson

Grand Champion Female: Brendale 743 Sunshine 118B Madison Ethier Ch Commercial Animal WJB Sweet N Sassy 104C Whitney Ball

Res Grand Champion Bull: BP 23A Cracker Jack 129C Andrew Cross

Grand Champion Bred & Owned Female: NCX Miss Alexis 2A with NCX Dennis the Menace 2D Gabrielle Cheremshynski Res Champion Bred &Owned Female: LBH 1123 Miss Sensation 11B Daniel Schuepbach

Photographer: Rural Route Creations, a division of Dorran Marketing Inc., Olds, AB

July 30, 2016

Res Grand Champion Bull: Triple A 47R Dino ET 112D Luke Andrews Res Senior Champion Female Square-D Reiss 237A Ayla Duke Ch Bred & Owned Female KAW Ruby 1D Kate Webb Res Ch Bred & Owned Female LKW Debbie 3D Luke Webb Res Bull Calf Champion Glenlees JC 27B Easy Ride 14D Kyla Lees

Gabrielle Cheremshynski​ Grand Champion Commercial Female - BB Daniel Schuepbach Reserve Champion Commercial Female - Ema Cody Fankhanel Grand Champion Steer - Dobby Coleman Nixdorff Reserve Champion Steer - BP Linus - Emma Cross

Vibank, Saskatchewan Judge: Logan Martinson

Grand Champion Female: BNC 14Z Star Maker 69C Emma Lees Junior Champion Bull Kirby Lone Pine Gold ET 350C Remi Mitchel Res Junior Champion Bull XLP MDF Stone 108C Jesse Procyk Ch Bred & Owned Bull XLP SF Heat 131D Sarah Felskie Res Ch Bred & Owned Bull KW Toxic 152D Kriselly Webber

Res Grand Champion Female: JC Daisy 14Z Emma Lees Grand Champion Commercial Female Hailey Sibbald Res Champion Commercial Female Tyson Scott Grand Champion Steer Christin Dixon Reserve Champion Steer Tyson Scott 129

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CHA NEWS & NOTES Is an animal registered? What is its registration number?

Understanding identification and registration numbers given to animals A quick and easy way to tell if your animal’s registration is complete is by the unique identification number assigned to it by the CHA registry system. If that number starts with “C0” (ie: C0123456), the registration is complete and will be visible on the website under the animal inquiry tab. (This appears 24-36 hours after the registration is completed via the online system or through the office.)

When you submit animal details to the office or through the online system and do not request to register the animal at that time, that animal will be given a number beginning with “W” (ie: W123456).

If you apply to register the animal through the office and more information is required, it will be temporarily assigned a “?” number. Numbers beginning with “?” indicate there is more information required but the animals has not had a request to register. A number beginning with “?Y” (ie: ?Y39999) indicates that more information is required but once received, the animal will be processed for registration. For example, missing birth date, mating clash, semen certificate, duplicate tattoo, etc.

Breeders will be sent a “Request for Information” form for any animal with a “?” number. Simply respond to the request and return the completed form to the office by fax, scan/email or by regular mail. All outstanding information must be received by the CHA in writing.

Other numbers you might see could be for foreign animals. For example, a number beginning with an “A” (A43214853) would be an American registration number. If you only have an American number, try including an “A” at the beginning of the number (A23456789). The online system will often convert these to a Canadian number.

Flushing a Cow - What you need to know

All donor dams must have a Donor Dam Permit on file (fee: $100 + tax) with the Canadian Hereford Association. Beginning in 2016, all NEW Donor Dam Permits require a Low Density DNA test done on the donor dam, even if tested previously with an older DNA test.

These tests will identify the genomics of those animals which have a wider genetic influence in the breed’s population. This ensures as much accuracy as possible in the development of our genomic evaluation database.

To help cover the expense of these tests, the CHA has secured funding so that we can offer the Low Density tests for the same cost as the regular parentage and genetic abnormalities tests - for a limited time. Therefore, Donor Dams will be tested at the regular $40 fee. In the event that funding runs out, the cost will revert to the regular $75.

To get in on the reduced rate, please indicate the reason for the test when requesting DNA applications (i.e. Donor Dam testing).

Drawing Semen?

All A.I. breeding bulls must have an A.I. Permit and full parentage DNA verification (sire & dam verified) on file with the Canadian Hereford Association. This also applies to bulls whose semen is imported.

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There are three permit options: The Non-Semen-Certificate Program, the Semen Certificate Program and the In-Herd Program.

Semen which will be sold, can be permitted under either the Non-SemenCertificate or the Semen Certificate programs. Beginning in 2016, bulls newly permitted on either of these two programs are required to have a High Density DNA test on file.

There are two common misconceptions with the In-Herd Program.

The first misconception is that a permit is not required for bulls whose semen will only be for in-herd use. A permit is still required for these bulls and in this case, the In-Herd Program permit is an economical option.

The second misconception is that of mixing up requirements for A.I. permits with regulated health requirements, as they relate to semen collection. The health regulations pertaining to the collection of semen for sale, export or for use by the owner, are administered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). The CHA’s A.I. permit, on the other hand, is only used for the purpose of registering progeny that result from A.I. services. It follows that the InHerd A.I. Sire Permit from the CHA has no connection to “day-draw” semen collection. Just understand that ALL A.I. bulls require an A.I. Permit with the CHA before his calves can be registered.

An A.I .Permit Application form is available on the CHA website or by contacting the CHA office. A DNA application must also be supplied by the CHA office before submitting a sample to the lab. Simply contact the CHA office with the animal’s identification to request a DNA application which can be e-mailed to you.

Semen imported to Canada must abide by all CHA A.I. regulations, including the animal being registered in the Canadian Hereford Association Herd Book, with a high density DNA profile on file, along with an AI permit. More information is available on the CHA website or by contacting the office.

Canadian Hereford Association DNA Testing Laboratory Update

Over the past year, you may have noticed some changes in how the CHA has been dealing with DNA samples.

The CHA has been involved in a project funded by the Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency (ALMA), along with most of the other beef breeds, to “Bio Bank” all historical DNA samples from each breed. This project will ensure that all DNA that is stored is accessible and organized for years to come.

Delta Genomics of Edmonton, Alberta, was the lab selected to undertake this project. By the end of this summer, all historical Hereford DNA samples will be housed at Delta Genomics in this Bio Bank.

The CHA has also been involved in a federally funded genotyping grant. This grant subsidizes the cost of genotyping an animal. The CHA gets an annual allotment of funds from this grant and has been passing those savings along to its membership.

In 2016 – 2017 the CHA plans to randomly upgrade over 2,000 animals that have been submitted for basic parentage by breeders, to a low-density genomic panel, at no extra charge to the breeder. These animals will receive parentage verification, genetic abnormality profiles and Genomically Enhanced EPDs (GE EPDs). Delta Genomics will be completing these tests since Quantum Genetix, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, does not own the equipment needed to analyze the larger genomic panels.

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making sure that historical samples are logged and housed correctly, as well as providing more genetic information back to breeders at no cost.

Delta Genomics will be the lab of choice for the CHA, going forward. Therefore, the vast majority of Hereford DNA samples submitted for analysis will go to Delta. A small number of samples will still go to Quantum Genetix for microsatellite testing until all animals are transitioned to SNP testing.

So, how do you know what lab to send your sample to?

Look at the DNA application that has been sent to you by the CHA. Refer to the Lab and the address listed on the bottom of the application for that animal and send the sample to that lab. If you have lab-specific hair sample envelopes, there is no need to worry about the name of the lab on the envelope. In fact, any plain paper envelope will do, as long as the animal ID is clearly marked on the outside, and accompanied by the CHA’s pre-printed application.

Remember - Hair samples can be stored indefinitely in an identified paper envelope in a dry, dark place such a filing cabinet. It’s a great practice to pull hair on every animal leaving the premises. (This could easily prevent some human hair pulling down the road!)

PERFORMANCE SECTION How do you use the Residual Feed Intake (RFI) score?

What is RFI measuring?

RFI is a measure of feed efficiency and is defined as the difference between an animal’s actual feed intake and its expected feed intake based on its size and growth.

Interpreting the RFI score The AVERAGE animal has an RFI score of 100 in 2016. The average values for the EPD will change as EPDs are updated, so remain aware of the EPD average for Hereford cattle.

A one-point change in RFI score represents 10 pounds of feed per year, and a larger number on the scale indicates the animal is more efficient.

For more efficient bulls - i.e. bulls whose progeny eat less than expected have index values are larger. For example, a bull whose progeny will eat 10 lbs less over the year than we would expect, would score 101, where the expected intake is based on growth and weight of the animal. A bull whose progeny will eat 200 lbs less over the year than expected will have a score of 120.

Less efficient bulls, whose progeny eat more than expected, will have index values are lower. In this case, a bull whose progeny eats 10 pounds more than expected over a year will have an index of 99 and a bull whose progeny that eats 200 lbs more in a year, will score 80.

Post Weaning Gain (PWG) As RFI is strictly a measure of efficiency, it is important to balance this trait with gain. To ensure producers are able to select efficient cattle along with the ability to gain, the CHA is introducing a Post Weaning Gain (PWG) EPD that is simply the weaning weight (WW) EPD subtracted from the yearling weight (YW) EPD. This value is expressed in expected post weaning pounds of gain (the difference between yearling and weaning EPDs). The AVERAGE animal in the Hereford breed in 2016 is 30 for PWG. What happened to Residual Intake and Growth (RIG)?

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less and gain more” is expressed in a manner that is difficult to understand and impossible to convert to dollars. For that reason, the breed improvement committee has decided to report PWG EPDs instead, which are expressed in pounds, so that cattleman can easily translate that into dollars on their operations.

MEMBERSHIP SERVICES Membership Service Pins

Did you know the CHA recognises 25, 50, 75 and 100 years of membership? Members are automatically contacted when they qualify.

Members are presented with a membership pin to recognize their years of dedication to the Canadian Hereford Association.

What is a MOE Show?

A Mark of Excellence Show - more commonly known as a “MOE Show” - is a Hereford Show given special status by the Canadian and Provincial Hereford Associations to promote the development of purebred Herefords through the show ring.

MOE shows achieve and maintain their status by upholding specific high standards of competition, as determined by the Canadian Hereford Association. To be deemed a MOE show, a show must maintain a minimum of 20 head participating in the show, the identities of which are individually verified before entering the show ring. In the ring, exhibitors are expected to conform to a required dress standard of a red shirt or jacket.

The CHA provides assistance to Fair Boards and Hereford Show Committees with event organization and promotion of MOE shows.

MOE Shows are designated annually in February and include the Canadian National Junior Hereford Bonanza and three National Shows - the Canadian, Western, and Eastern National shows. Each province has its own designated MOE shows for which the same MOE show rules apply.

Animals shown at a MOE show are awarded points based on their placings, allowing the association to recognize outstanding animals, based on performance at these shows. Individual animals that have accumulated 30 points are eligible to receive a Silver MOE Award. Dams whose progeny have accumulated 35 points may receive a Gold Dam Award and Sires whose progeny have accumulated 50 points may receive a Gold Sire award. However, please note that for shows with 75 head or fewer shown, only half points are awarded for each respective placing. Once an animal has the required points, a recognition award may be purchased from the CHA and presented at association events.

The Canadian Hereford Association

5160 Skyline Way NE, Calgary, Alberta T2E 6V1 herefords@hereford.ca Phone: (403)275-2662 or Toll Free: 1-888-836-7242 Fax: (403)295-1333 or Toll Free: 1-888-824-2329

Disclaimer As an animal pedigree association, the Canadian Hereford Association collects, uses and discloses personal information for the purpose of registering animals and keeping animal pedigrees and for the purpose of carrying out the objects of the Canadian Hereford Association for the benefit of its members.

The Canadian Hereford Association does not collect, use or disclose personal information for any purpose unrelated or incompatible with these purposes. By providing your personal information you are consenting to it being collected, used and disclosed for these purposes. Further information about the Canadian Hereford Association’s personal information policies can be obtained by contacting the Association.

In regards to DNA testing, when submitting samples you are consenting to the samples being analyzed and stored for the purposes of pedigree verification, registration and breed improvement programs and that the resulting data will only be used for these purposes and is the property of the Canadian Hereford Association.

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executive director’s report Canadian Hereford Association

By Stephen Scott

E X EC U 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

The Canadian Hereford Association continuously supports local, domestic and international breed promotion. Whether it’s your local zone, provincial cattlemen’s organization, the national cattle producers or if you’re looking to market Hereford genetics globally - the Canadian Hereford Association is working to create and build relationships at all of these levels. But a very important part of our association business involves breed promotion by our members themselves. And there are many opportunities for our breeders to get involved!

We understand that there are diverse and unique needs at each level (local to international) when marketing the breed, so we employ different strategies to hit as many influential industry meetings and conferences as possible.

The CHA works with each provincial Hereford organization in order to attend the key provincial beef industry meetings.

In 2016, the Hereford breed was represented at the Ontario Beef Industry Convention, at Manitoba Beef Producers, at Saskatchewan Stock Growers AGM, at the Canadian Western Agribition AGM, the Alberta Beef Industry Conference and at the British Columbia Cattleman’s Association AGM. Along with our support of these beef industry organizations, the Hereford breed is promoted at field days, Mark of Excellence Shows, the Calgary Stampede and at other industry stakeholder events. All of these efforts could not be completed without the assistance of our members and our provincial Hereford organizations. I’d like to thank all of those that have volunteered their time to attend these events - and urge more Hereford breeders to attend local events such as these. These meetings are, after all, a great way to stay current on beef industry happenings, challenges and opportunities, while meeting new people in the beef industry in your province. I encourage any breeder interested in getting involved with their provincial cattleman’s organizations to pursue it; these organizations have a hand in forging the path for the future of the beef industry.

At a national level, the beef breed organizations are represented by the Canadian Beef Breeds Council. A CBBC representative acts as ex-officio with the Canadian Cattleman’s Association, voting member of the Beef Value Chain Roundtable, Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, Canadian Beef Advisors, Canadian Beef Grading Agency and the Beef Improvement Federation. Directors of the CBBC represent producers, breed managers and exporters. The Canadian Hereford Association has two representatives at the CBBC directors’ table – me (Stephen Scott) and Byron Templeton. In the past, Byron has served as the co-chair of the Animal Health Committee and most importantly, President of CBBC. Currently, I serve as the Chair of the Scientific Advancement committee. The role of the CBBC is to market the value of Canadian genetics globally. But of equal importance is CBBC’s role of making our national cattle organizations aware of how genetics play a pivotal role in the production of a quality beef product. The genetic decisions made by purebred breeders today will have a lasting impact on beef production in the future.

Internationally, the Hereford breed is one of the most unified. Due to the strength of the World Hereford Council (WHC), the Hereford breed has a long history of presenting a united front. The CHA works with other countries in the WHC to validate that animals from member countries meet the criteria of the Canadian Herd book. Outside of the WHC, the CHA is working with Hereford Associations in the USA, Uruguay and Argentina to complete one of the largest multi-country breed evaluations in the world. The Pan-American evaluation gives breeders from the four countries tremendous marketing opportunities, since breeders can compare EPDs within PACE. In order to maintain and build new relationships, the CHA attends multiple international events in a year: the Western National Stock Show, the American Royal & AHA Annual Meeting, World Hereford Conferences, technical conferences, Beef Improvement Federation meetings, National Cattleman’s Beef Association meetings and trade missions are some of notable mention.

Building a robust reputation as a breed within the Canadian beef industry takes involvement at all levels - local to international. The CHA Staff and Board works to be as involved as possible. However, I encourage all interested Hereford breeders to get involved at some level with your cattleman’s organizations – your time spent involved in these organizations will not go unrewarded.

I’d like to end my report by extending my gratitude to all those involved in organizing the World Hereford Conference 2016. The tours, technical meetings and conference were very well organized and executed and your hospitality made us feel very welcome. Thank you for all your efforts.

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rapport du directeur exécutif Association Canadienne Hereford

Par Stephen Scott

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L’Association Hereford appuie continuellement la promotion de la race au niveau local, national et international. Nous nous efforçons de créer et de maintenir des relations qui bénéficions nos membres et leur mise en marché d’animaux aux évènements régionaux comme ceux à l’extérieur du pays. Mais une partie très importante de nos activités de promotion implique les efforts de nos propres membres. Et il existe de nombreuses possibilités pour nos éleveurs qui veulent s’impliquer !

Nous comprenons qu’il y a des besoins divers et uniques à chaque niveau (de local à l’international) pour commercialiser de la race, donc nous utilisons différentes stratégies pour participer à autant de conférences et de rencontres que possible qui rassemblent des gens d’influence de l’industrie.

L’ACH consulte avec chaque organisme Hereford provincial afin d’assister aux réunions de bœuf clés dans leur région. En 2016, la race Hereford a été représentée lors de la Convention de l’industrie du bœuf de l’Ontario, à l’assemblée des producteurs de bovins du Manitoba, à l’assemblée générale annuelle du Saskatchewan Stock Growers, à l’assemblée générale annuelle du Canadian Western Agribition, à la conférence de l’industrie du bœuf de l’Alberta et à l’assemblée générale annuelle des éleveurs de la Colombie-Britannique.

En plus de soutenir ces organisations de l’industrie du bœuf, la race Hereford est promue aux journées champêtres, aux concours Marque d’Excellence, au Stampede de Calgary et dans le cadre de d’autres événements avec des intervenants de l’industrie. Tous ces efforts ne pourraient pas être effectués sans l’aide de nos membres et nos organisations provinciales de Hereford. Je tiens à remercier tous ceux qui ont donné de leur temps pour nous représenter - et je pris les autres éleveurs de Hereford de considérer d’assister à des événements locaux tels que ceux-ci. Ces rencontres sont, après tout, un excellent moyen de s’informer des faits saillants et de rester à jour avec l’évolution de l’industrie bovine, ses défis et ses opportunités, tout en rencontrant de nouvelles personnes impliquées dans la production de bœuf de votre province. J’encourage tout éleveur intéressé à s’impliquer avec les organismes provinciaux de poursuivre vos intentions car ils sont la voie qui forge le chemin de notre avenir.

Au niveau national, les races de bœuf sont collectivement représentées par le Conseil canadien des races de boucherie (CBBC).

Conséquemment un représentant du CBBC siège au sein de l’Association canadienne des producteurs de bœuf, nous avons un membre votant à la Table ronde sur la production durable, au sein des conseillers canadiens de bœuf, à l’Agence canadienne de classement du bœuf, ainsi que la Fédération pour l’amélioration du bœuf. Le Conseil d’administration du CBBC est composé de producteurs, de gestionnaires d’association de race et d’exportateurs. L’Association canadienne Hereford a deux représentants à table de CBBC, soit Byron Templeton et moi-même (Stephen Scott). Byron a été le coprésident du Comité de santé animale et, plus important encore, le Président du conseil. Actuellement je tiens le rôle du président du Comité scientifique. Le mandat du Conseil canadien des races de boucherie est de démontrer la valeur marchande de la génétique canadienne à l’échelle mondiale. Mais d’égale importance est son rôle à la sensibilisation de l’importance de la génétique de notre bétail dans la production d’une viande de qualité.

Les décisions génétiques qui sont prises par les éleveurs d’animaux pur-sang d’aujourd’hui, impactent la production bovine du futur.

Sur le plan international, la race Hereford est l’une des plus unifiée. En raison de la force du Conseil mondial Hereford (WHC), la race a une longue histoire de présenter un front uni. L’ACH travaille avec les autres pays du WHC afin de valider que leurs animaux répondent aux critères du livre généalogique canadienne.

En dehors de WHC, l’association travaille aussi avec l’association américaine, celle de l’Uruguay et de l’Argentine pour le calcul des évaluations génétiques multi-pays qui est une des plus importantes dans le monde entier. L’évaluation panaméricaine représente aux éleveurs des quatre pays, d’immenses opportunités de marketing, puisque que les éleveurs peuvent comparer les EPD dans le cadre de PACE. Afin de maintenir et d’établir de nouvelles relations avec nos confrères Herefords de d’autres pays, l’ACH assiste à plusieurs manifestations internationales au cours de l’année, soit : l’exposition National Western de Denver, la Royale Américaine et l’assemblée générale annuelle de l’association américaine, les conférences mondiales de Hereford, les conférences techniques, les réunions de la Fédération de l’amélioration du bœuf, les réunions de l’association nationale américaine des éleveurs de bétail sans oublier les missions commerciales parmi plusieurs autres.

Pour établir une réputation solide pour notre race dans le contexte de l’industrie canadienne de production de viande, cela demande une participation visible à tous les niveaux – de local à international. Le personnel de l’ACH et le Conseil s’impliquent autant que possible. Toutefois, j’encourage tous les éleveurs Hereford intéressés à contribuer aux organisations qui vous entourent, de prendre le temps de le faire, car cet investissement sera grandement récompensé.

Je voudrais terminer mon rapport en exprimant ma gratitude à tous ceux qui étaient impliqués à l’organisation de la Conférence Hereford mondiale 2016. Les visites de fermes, la conférence et réunions techniques ont été très bien organisés et exécutés et votre hospitalité était remarquable. Je vous remercie pour tous vos efforts.

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provincial reports Ontario Ontario Hereford Association 200 Edenderry Line, Ennismore, Ontario, K0L 1T0 Phone: (705) 740-5212 ontarioherefordassociation@outlook.com www.ontarioherefords.ca

By Dave Cavanagh 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 Greetings from the Ontario Hereford Association.

Firstly, I would like to take a couple of lines to introduce myself to you. My name is Dave Cavanagh and I am the new Secretary-Manager of the Ontario Hereford Association (OHA). I, along with my wife Fran and our two children Danielle and Jordan - operate Homestead H erefords , a mixed purebred and commercial Hereford herd in Ennismore Ontario. We continue to farm the original

the Year Award, in their honour.

That being said, What’s Happening in Ontario?

First off, Laura Naismith has stepped up to the position of OHA President. I know that Laura and I will work well together to keep the Hereford Breed in Ontario strong. Thank you to Kevin Brown for his dedication during his term as OHA President.

We have just completed the OJHA Beefarama in Stratford Ontario. It was

Thank You to Ron and Nadine Wells for the years of unwavering dedication to the organization and for your overall devotion to the Hereford Breed. Without the two of them, the Ontario Hereford Association would not be enjoying the strength that we see today. homestead and if all goes according to plan, Danielle and Jordan will be the 6th generation to operate the farm.

Fran, the kids and I have been involved in one way or another with the Junior Hereford Association, our Zone Hereford Association and the Ontario Hereford Association for several years.

When opportunity knocks, I have always been one to accept a challenge and lets just say, this was a big one. To fill the shoes of Ron and Nadine Wells singlehandedly may very well be more of an impossible task than, a mere challenge.

Thank You to Ron and Nadine Wells for the years of unwavering dedication to the organization and for your overall devotion to the Hereford Breed. Without the two of them, the Ontario Hereford Association would not be enjoying the strength that we see today. The Commercial Breeder of the Year Award was renamed the Ron and Nadine Wells Commercial Breeder of

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a huge success and Lois Batty, Cassandra Gorrill and the entire OJHA board deserve credit. If you were following us on Facebook or Twitter you would already

We have come of age in the social media world.

Go search for the Ontario Hereford Association and feel free to like, join, share, and comment.

It takes all of us to get the message out there. be up to speed, which brings me to our second item this summer. We have come of age in the social media world.

Go search for the Ontario Hereford Association and feel free to like, join,

share, and comment. It takes all of us to get the message out there.

We have a busy MOE show season coming up with four of them on schedule for the next couple of months in Peterborough, Barrie, Lindsay, and Metcalfe - all culminating with the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto. The planning of fall sales is well underway. These sales provide a huge opportunity for both purebred and commercial breeders to improve the overall performance of their herds.

Lastly, our biggest growth opportunity lies in the commercial industr y in Ontario and this year we have created an ambitious commercial committee within the OHA, looking at the best methods out there to get more Hereford bulls into commercial cowherds. We are also providing more regional marketing opportunities for breeders to get their Hereford and Hereford Influence stockers into feedlots in lot sizes large enough to provide decent tracking information.

As you read this, the CHA AGM and Bonanza 2016, in Olds, will be over and by then, I hope to have had the chance to meet and talk with many of you there.

Ron and Nadine Wells at the Ontario AGM with the newly renamed “Ron & Nadine Wells Commercial Breeder of the Year Award” presented by Jill Corp, center.

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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 Greetings from Manitoba!

There was very good attendance at the MHA- AGM, held January 9th. The new Board is as follows: President – Steven Manns Vice President – Holly Hyndman Treasurer – Michelle Allison Secretary – Vivian Jones CHA Director – Albert Rimke Directors – Brent Blaine, Jay Rimke, Wendell Martens and Doug Troop.

Holly agreed to take over as Treasurer in March.

The Junior Queen for 2016 is Langley Blaine. Doug Troop, Doug Troop Hereford Farms, purchased two gift certificates fro m C ow town to g o towa rd th e purchase of hats. Orianna Hyndman will receive one of the certificates for serving as Queen for 2015. Thanks to both Langley and Orianna. Thanks to Doug for his generous contribution.

The Juniors are holding a ticket raffle this year. The draw will be made at the Western National Show. They will also be selling pies at the Good As Gold Sale in December.

The Manitoba MOE Shows for this year are: The Summer Show at the Oak Lake Fair, on July 23rd. Jay Rimke, AM Ranching, is in charge. Thanks to Doug Troop and Albert Rimke of AM Ranching, for sponsoring two chairs.

The Field Day is a Non-Halter MOE Show at Blair and Bobbi Rankin’s, Chokecherry Lane Polled Herefords, Wawanesa on August 20th. Albert Rimke is the contact for entries. Thanks also to Blair Rankin for covering the cost of two chairs.

The Western National Show will take place during the Ag-Ex at the Keystone Centre in Brandon on October 28th. The Western National Sale will take place the evening of October 27th. Steven Manns,

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Manns Herefords, is the contact person for the Western National Show.

At the Lundar Bull Sale on April 2nd, Steven Manns presented Connie Gleich of Gleich Herefords with the Stewardship Award. Connie was unable to attend the AGM. Congratulations go out to Connie for her dedication. Also at Lundar, Steven presented two 50-Year pins to Oli Olson and Gordon Otto. The MHA is lucky to have such committed members.

Congratulations and best wishes to both of them. Stephen Scott, CHA General Manager, was also in attendance.

The MHA fundraiser for the year is the new Directory. Ninety-five members received a letter about the directory in early June. We are hoping to have it ready for the Western National Show.

The deadline for submitting your information and any advertisement to Holly is September 1st. Thanks to Holly Hyndman, Rock’N ‘H’ Herefords, for putting the Directory together.

The MHA booth was set up at Beef Forage Days in Brandon, the MBP – AGM in February, Elite Sale at Neepawa in March, Grunthal Auction Mart in February, Gladstone Auction Mart and Ashern Auction Mart in April. The booth has been successful in keeping in touch with the MHA Breeders.

The Good as Gold Sale – 25th Anniversary Brent Blaine, Flyer Cattle Co, is the contact person for this year’s Good As Gold Sale, to be held December 9th at the Keystone Centre in Brandon. We hope to see you there to celebrate the sale’s 25th anniversary.

Doug Troop submitted the following historical information about the sale: The Good As Gold sale started in 1991 under the guidance of Bob Miller, who, at that time, was General Manager of the MHA. It was named the Herd Builder

Sale, and ran under this name until 1993.

At that time, the sale was held at the Heartland Livestock Yards. The goal was to give any MHA member an opportunity to sell their livestock. In particular, it was aimed at the small breeders who didn’t have an opportunity to hold their own production sales.

In 1994, there was a feeling that we needed to raise the profile of the sale and move it to the Keystone Centre.

We added a selection committee to guarantee high quality cattle. The Board of Directors gave Bob Miller the mandate to head up this sale. The committee members, Nancy Biglieni (WLB Livestock), myself (Doug Troop) and Bob Miller, travelled throughout Manitoba selecting the sale cattle. For the next 5 years, cattle were selected and the name was changed to the Good As Gold Sale. Our first sale under this new mandate averaged $2,700 across the board and was considered a great success. During the next years, the sale had highs and lows according to the quality of the cattle and the cattle markets at the time. Manitoba Breeders have stuck with it for 25 years now, having our most successful sale to date in 2015. With continued commitment, I hope this sale has many great years ahead.

Have a great summer, and we hope to see you down the road.

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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 This past spring our province had a strong bull sale season and Hereford bulls were in high demand. Sales saw an increase in the average price paid and many new bull buyers of Hereford bulls entered the market.

The Saskatchewan Hereford Association held its annual general meeting at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, on July 10th, 2016. The board continues to deliver on a realistic and relevant budget that ensures the financial viability of the organization is protected and enhanced.

Elected to the Saskatchewan Hereford Association (SHA) Board of Directors to serve a three-year term were: Corey Lees of Arcola, Lance Leachman of Maidstone, Rob O’Connor of Vibank and Dale Shillington of Prince Albert.

Elected as President was Stephen Myer of Maidstone and elected Vice President was Tina Lees of Arcola. The Saskatchewan Board would like to thank Jeff Lees for his years of service and dedication to the association.

The association continues to support juniors by presenting promotional gifts to 4-H members who have completed projects with Hereford or Hereford influence animals throughout the province. Rob and Dawn O’Connor hosted Beef-A-Rama on July 30th at their farm at Vibank, Saskatchewan.

The Northwest Hereford Club held its annual meeting on January 29th

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at Lloydminster. Congratulations to Brady Moncreiff of Ace Herefords, who was presented the Breeder of the Year award. The club will be hosting its annual Field Day on August 4th at Turtleford, Saskatchewan.

The Southeast Hereford zone’s annual meeting was held on April 16th at the Bear Claw Casino, at White Bear Lake.

The zone honored The Krueger Family of Aspen Lane Land & Cattle, Stoughton, Saskatchewan, for their contribution to the promotion of Hereford cattle. The

Our new breeder directory is now available. You can view it on our website at www.saskhereford.com (under “contact us”) or give me a call and I will mail one out to you. They will also be available at all of our events this summer. zone’s annual MOE Show and Field Day will be held August 6th at LV Farms, Midale, Saskatchewan.

Our Cattle Call magazine continues to be a communication link between the commercial and purebred cattle sectors The Krueger Family, Aspen Lane Land & Cattle, receiving recognition at the Southeast Hereford Zone AGM held in April. ( L- R) B a c k r o w. D o n K r u e g e r, Dallas Krueger, Jeremy Brooks, SE President.

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of our industry. It offers breeders the opportunity to reach a broad spectrum of the industry in the promotion and marketing of their breeding programs.

The magazine is also a major revenue source for the SHA, so thank you to everyone for supporting and contributing to the magazine.

Our new breeder director y is now available. You can view it on our website at w w w.saskhereford.com (under “contact us”) or give me a call and I will mail one out to you. They will also be available at all of our events this summer.

We i nv i te eve r yo n e to j o i n u s i n Saskatchewan, November 21st-26th, 2016, when the Saskatchewan Hereford Association once again hosts the National Hereford Show at Canadian Western Agribition. We are pleased to announce that Lee and Dawn Wilson of Bashaw, Alberta, have accepted our invitation to judge the show. We look forward to seeing you then!

Keep in touch with all of our events by visiting our website at www.saskhereford.com.

Brady Moncrieff, Ace Herefords, Senlac, Sask received the Breeder of the Year Award from th e N o r thwe s t S a s k Hereford Club Annual meeting in January

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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 LB 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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B la ir Fe n to n , A lb e r t a H e r efo r d Association President It’s been a good couple of years with plenty of changes and challenges along the way. I feel that our board is as strong and as active as it’s ever been.

We are very fortunate, as a province, to have the funds to promote our Hereford breed. It is always great to be able to support our Junior program, whether it is the Alberta Junior Hereford Association (AJHA) Show, Summer Synergy or Bonanza, being held in Olds, Alberta, this year.

We h ave a ls o m a d e i t a n a n n u a l commitment to be a sponsor of the Genes Event in Edmonton. This has probably been one of the best events to promote our Hereford cattle.

Last fall, the Southern Club hosted a Hereford tour with three ranch visits.

It was well attended and enjoyed by the many breeders that were there.

As well, the Northern Alberta Hereford Club (NAHC) Field Day, which has been held for the past 22 years, continues to grow. I believe the more events we can host as clubs throughout the province, the better, with the Alberta Hereford Association’s full support.

Now, more than ever, we, as a province, have so much potential to grow and expand our markets close to home, as a breed.

It has been a privilege to serve these past two years as your AHA president.

Thanks to everybody who helped and supported me along the way.

Susanne Fankhanel, Alberta Hereford Association Secretary-Manager At the beginning of May, I was not sure if there would be many cattle in the pastures until the rain started falling on May long weekend. I was scared that there was going to be a repeat of the past drought years. Now, as I write this message to you – the rain doesn’t want to stop long enough to let us get the haying done!! While we love the moisture, it sometimes challenges us on how to work with it. I wish everyone luck getting your harvests done successfully.

O ve r th e pas t yea r, th e A H A has sponsored the following events: Balog Auction British Breed Event – Calf Sale Sponsor and Lunch Hereford Genes Event Medicine Hat Pen Show Peace Country Beef Congress Canadian Bull Congress Chinook Jr. Stock Show We plan to support these events again in the coming year.

A s AHA manag e r, I at te n d e d th e Hereford Genes Event, Farmfair in Edmonton, the Medicine Hat Pen Show, the Canadian Bull Congress in Camrose, and the Calgary Bull Show & Sale, with our Hereford booth. It was great seeing everyone there.

We are still supporting the 4-H Breed Awards in the province. Last year, we awarded 110 prints from artist Shelley Kudera and 10 extra prizes to 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 at the Club, Regional or Provincial Level. This year, the AHA again has once again selected a print from artist, Shelley Kudera, of Rednex Ranch, to award the 4-H members for the 2016-2017 4-H year.

Please communicate within your clubs

in your area regarding these awards. Our association would like to recognize 4-H members who have done well showing Herefords and Hereford influence cattle.

Congratulations to the following honorees recognized at our Annual General Meeting in Bashaw: Hall of Fame: Dennis & Andrea Babiuk, NCX Polled Herefords Commercial Cattleman of the Year: Robert & Leroy Hayes Purebred Breeder of the Year: Jim & Georgine Westgard, Westgard Ranch Ltd The AHA AGM meeting was held in conjunction with the AJHA Provincial Show and it was great to see the Alberta members there to support the Junior Association. All the juniors did an amazing job in their shows this year, including Bonanza.

The AHA would like to recognize Joanne Fraser for being the Adult Advisor to the AJHA for the past two years. Thank you, Joanne, for all the help and support that you have given the junior members during this time. We welcome Jon & Lacey Prichard, who have offered their time to be the new AJHA advisors for the upcoming years.

The Directors of the AHA would like to thank Blair Fenton for acting as AHA President for the past two years. We welcome incoming President Kevin Fraser, of JK Fraser Cattle and Brad Doenz, of Doenz Ranches, as VicePresident. I look forward to working with you in the future.

A big THANK YOU to Judy Finseth, for your term on the Board and for the organizing of Bonanza 2016!!!

Have a great summer and happy harvest.

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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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“On the Road Again” Spring saw successful calving seasons across the province as we experienced an early spring and dry weather to get us all through the traditional mud season in good shape. Then after calving, it was “on the road again” for members across the province as they and their bulls travelled east, west, north and south to Bull Sales or to get animals to new owners throughout the province. Pine Butte Ranch in Cranbrook held a successful sale in Kamloops with the excellent average of $7,060 and a top price of $10,500. Cliff and Kari-Anne Pogany, of Creston, topped the Williams Lake Bull Sale with the same price for one of their consignments and Copper-T Ranch, Fraser Lake, had the reserve high selling bull at the Vanderhoof All-Breeds Bull Sale. Herefords had the highest average over all other breeds at both Williams Lake and Vanderhoof. Congratulations to all who went on the road to showcase their bulls.

“Goin’ places that I’ve never been, Seein’ things that I may never see again” From the diverse areas of BC, by a variety of routes, seven BC Hereford members travelled 11,797 kilometers south to the wide plains of Uruguay and the 17th World Hereford Conference (WHC). Phil & Catherine Brown from Copper Creek Ranch in Princeton arrived in Uruguay first and participated in pre-conference tours in both Argentina & eastern Uruguay. Don & Leslie Richardson from Richardson Ranch on Haida Gwaii and Trevor and Janice Tapp, Copper-T Ranch, Fraser Lake, flew in just a day before the conference and stayed to participate in the post-conference tours, travelling through western, central and northern Uruguay. The seventh member of the

BC contingent, Daryl Kirton of 3-D-L Farms, Abbotsford (and CHA President) arrived to take part in the tour of the Kiyu Hereford Test Station and to attend the WHC meetings before flying home again.

The Uruguayans were gracious hosts accommodating, adaptable in the face of terrible weather and anxious to share their passion for their land and animals.

We learned about their crops and their cattle, saw countryside very similar to some parts of our own prairies; travelled by air, plane and in the back of pick-ups; renewed some old friendships and made some new ones. We may never again see as many Herefords as we saw in the nine days we were there but what a pleasure to view these large herds of red and white faces grazing on vast tracts of grass.

“On the road again” Our Yellowhead Hereford Breeders’ Association held its first field day in several years in early June. Members and commercial cattlemen travelled to Copper-T Ranch, of Fraser Lake, for an afternoon of viewing cattle, a presentation on Feed Efficiency, a BBQ and socializing. Thank you to Trevor & Janice Tapp, Bill Lloyd and Jamie Richardson, who hosted the day with the help of Don & Leslie Richardson.

Special thanks to Stephen Scott, our CHA Executive Director from Calgary, for attending and giving the presentation. It was great to see over 30 people enjoying themselves, despite a cool, showery day.

As I compose this report, members are continuing or starting to hay with a variety of successes in quality and quantity across the province. Calves are growing and we are beginning to choose our animals to enter in the coming fairs and sales. An analytical mind is beginning to make decisions about where we’re

at and what we will need for next year and a critical eye is watching the herd to determine which ones to keep and which ones to retire.

The BCHA Annual General Meeting will be held on September 9th in Aldergrove this year. We also have our three Mark of Excellence Shows coming up. The first will be at the Interior Provincial Exhibition in Armstrong, August 31 to September 4th. The next two shows both take place on September 10th. One is at Burns Lake at Lakes District Fair and the other is in Aldergrove at North Bluff Farms.

With all this in mind...”just can’t wait to get on the road again”.

Thanks to Willie Nelson’s songwriting for helping me with the outline of this report!

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At the March 23, 2016 CBBC AGM, Garner Deobald of Hodgeville Saskatchewan was elected President. Garner owns and operates Cedarlea Charolais along with his wife Lori and their family.

Garner takes over from David Bolduc who completed a three-year term as President.

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to purebred breeders. AgriClear offers a unique digital platform and payment assurance that may be a good option for producers looking for an alternative way to market their purebred cattle. As an industry, we need to be continually looking for ways to incorporate new technology into our operations and this is a new viable option that breeders can

I encourage purebred breeders of all breeds to attend the inaugural Canadian Beef Industry Conference being held from August 9-11, 2016 at the Grey Eagle Resort and Casino in Calgary Alberta. This conference is designed around the interests of cattlemen and it will be sure to entertain you as well.

I encourage purebred breeders of all breeds to attend the inaugural Canadian Beef Industry Conference being held from August 9-11, 2016 at the Grey Eagle Resort and Casino in Calgary Alberta.

This conference is designed around the interests of cattlemen and it will be sure to entertain you as well. The keynote Speaker is Arlene Dickenson who you are familiar with from the Dragon’s Den TV show. No doubt, August is a busy month but consider coordinating your travel to include both Bonanza and CBIC as they are being held only a short distance from each other. There will be open meetings, forums, and representatives from every sector of our industry along with a large number of agriculture service organizations who are sponsoring the event. More information on the conference and registration details are available at www. canadianbeefindustryconference.com.

The CBBC has recently entered into a collaborative agreement with AgriClear Ltd to endorse a new marketing platform

utilize. For more information you can view AgriClear listings via a link on the CBBC webpage, www.beefbreeds.ca or

The CBBC has recently entered into a collaborative agreement with AgriClear Ltd to endorse a new m a r ke t i n g p l a t f o r m to purebred breeders.

AgriClear offers a unique digital plat form and payment assurance that may be a good option for producers looking for an alternative way to market their purebred cattle.

agriculture programs, better known as the Agriculture Policy Framework.

The current version is commonly known as Growing Forward 2 and is a collaborative effort between the federal government and provincial governments. GF2 is a suite of programs which includes AgriInvest, AgriStability, A g r i I n s u r a n c e , A g r i R e c o v e r y, AgriInnovation, AgriCompetitiveness and AgriMarketing. As producers, you may have accessed funding from these programs either directly or through programs such as Environmental Farm Plans. The CBBC, along with member breed associations, will be active in the process, to ensure continued and meaningful funding is available for the purebred beef industry. We are currently utilizing funds from Growing Forward 2 – specifically, the AgriMarketing Program (AM P) an d C ana dian Agriculture Adaptation Program (CA AP). The AgriMarketing program funds breed associations, livestock exhibitions, and livestock exporters who actively promote Canadian beef cattle genetics inte r n a tio n ally. T h e CA A P f u n d s reduce costs for breeders to genotype purebred cattle by cutting the cost in half. I encourage you, as producers, to engage in the consultative process so we can ensure future programs reflect your needs and those of the industry.

The webpage to submit comments is available on the Agriculture Canada website www.agr.gc.ca.

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By Cassandra Gorrill Greetings fellow Hereford enthusiasts!

I hope the summer has been treating everyone wonderfully and that so far, shows have been going well! Bonanza organizers have worked very hard to bring you a great week in Olds, Alberta, very recently. It was great reconnecting with old friends and meeting new ones!

Thank you for the hospitality!

In April, I travelled to Uruguay, along with

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Once we were assembled during the official week of the conference, we took in the Kiju Bull Test Station, pen shows, a live auction with dinner, and internet auctions. For the business part of the week, there were some very interesting genetic and traceability presentations, country reports and a night hearing from a survivor of an Andes crash of 1972. If you have never heard of that tragedy, I

In addition to learning a lot and being in heaven in the land of Herefords, I met the most memorable people. From my veterinarian friend Bruce from Ohio, to Josh from the UK, and Miranda from Oklahoma, I was surrounded by laughter and intriguing conversations, creating connections that will hopefully last a lifetime. Our Hereford community is so vast and exciting beyond our country.

20 other Canadian Hereford breeders, for the World Hereford Conference.

Having only attended the Junior show when Canada hosted the World Hereford Conference in 2012, I was unprepared for the experiences and networking that took place. Uruguay is home to only three million people but 11 million head of cattle; six million of which are Herefords. Though we had mostly rainy days, the organizers and breeders did an excellent job of making sure they had great cattle on display, good entertainment, and amazing food. On the pre-conference tour, we visited Valle Chico, where, despite the downpour, the gauchos (cowboys), persevered to run the cattle in front of the tents for everyone to see. The second day, we visited Punta del Este - a tourist beach town - and took in some of Uruguay’s beautiful neighbourhoods.

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urge you to look it up. The week ended with a beautiful sunny day to watch the open show for both Polled and Horned Herefords. It was remarkable how similar they prepare their cattle and fit the cattle for shows, to how we do it in Canada.

On the post-conference tour, I had the chance to witness even more amazing ranches with outstanding cattle and had the honour of thanking our hosts on behalf of all of the Canadian delegates.

In addition to learning a lot and being in heaven in the land of Herefords, I met the most memorable people. From my veterinarian friend Bruce from Ohio, to Josh from the UK, and Miranda from Oklahoma, I was surrounded by laughter and intriguing conversations, creating connections that will hopefully last a lifetime. Our Hereford community is so vast and exciting beyond our country.

Back at home, exciting news from our junior association includes the arrival of new merchandise. Be sure to check out the sunglasses, ball caps and more, online! I am also excited to share the news that the CJHA is sponsoring the T-Bar C Golf Tournament this year!

We sent our Saskatchewan delegate, Morgan Hiedecker, to represent us with her awesome swing and even better finesse. One of our Manitoba delegates, Samantha Rimke, was outgoing this July and travelled with her brother and father to the Junior National Hereford Expo in Madison, Wisconsin, to take in the show, the activities and to interact with their national junior council.

The calendar project got off to a great start this year thanks to hard working delegates and the ladies at the office keeping us on track. The Heifer lottery has been coming along great, with some new sale additions and I look forward to what Juniors buy this upcoming year with their vouchers!

It has been a very busy and fun-filled spring and early summer, and I hope you don’t hesitate to stop and talk with any of the delegates at shows to hear what they’ve been up to!

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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.

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Legacy Award Pearson Ranch Carl Pearson left Sweden at the age of seventeen with his cousin Knute Mattson on a venture to the new world. They arrived in Roulette, North Dakota but were too young to homestead in the United States so they came to Alberta, Canada. Carl filed his homestead site in the Pendant D’ Oreille District in July 1909, about 25 miles southwest of Manyberries. Carl built his homestead shack by November 1909 and was among the first to live in this area. He worked hard and when times were tough in the late 1920s, when many homesteaders left the area, Carl remained and bought land that was abandoned. In 1928, Carl married Leila Krenzke, a daughter of another pioneer settler and together, they raised five children.

In the years to follow, Carl always had lots of horses and even had his own stallion. As he expanded his operations, he bought more horses that roamed the open prairies as far south as the Milk River. In the 1920s, he got his start in Hereford cattle. Over the years, the family continued to raise Hereford cattle, buying bulls in Calgary, Lethbridge, and Medicine Hat. In 1949, Carl expanded his land holdings by purchasing a sheep ranch operated

by the Kirkvolds, which became their headquarters and where the Raymond Pearson family still lives today.

Carl passed away in 1971, so Raymond quit school to come home to help run the ranch at the age of 16, with his brother Clayton. In 1981, after Leila passed away, Raymond and Clayton split the ranch. Raymond acquired the original homestead.

Raymond married Bonnie Davies and in 1983 their son Dusty was born.

Raymond worked hard at producing the best Hereford cattle he could by buying bulls from Jim Hole, The Nixdorff Family and The Brost Family, to mention a few.

Raymond always stuck with Hereford cows because he figured they did the best on the short grass variety of our area. Raymond was proud of his herd of Hereford cattle and loved to ride a good horse to check them. Still today, all the cattle work is done on horseback.

Over the years, Raymond acquired more land to add to Carl’s holdings.

In 2003, the family was awarded The Alberta Commercial Hereford Breeder of the year. Many times, their cattle topped the market when they were sold through Balog Auction.

In 2008, Dusty married Velda Crawford and in 2009 their first son was born on the 100-year anniversary of the ranch,

so he was aptly named “Carl” after his great grandpa. Three years later, Raymond “Doc Pearson” delivered “Tyler” right on the ranch.

To the shock and surprise of his family and friends Raymond passed away suddenly in 2013.

Today Bonnie, Dusty and his family continue to run the ranch that has been acquired by the Pearsons over the last 107 years and will continue doing so for future generations of the Pearson Family.

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Memorial Scroll Robert (Bob) Earl Thurston, DVM

Bob’s father Len was born in Wales and moved to Canada with his family in 1927, initially settling in Irma, Alberta, where they raised Hereford cattle.

During the war, Len moved to Ontario where he met and married Bob’s mother Jean and where they settled to raise their family. Bob was born in Brampton, Ontario, on March 2nd, 1947, where he grew up working in his father’s machinery business. Bob often spoke about learning his work ethic and values from having a job as a teen and helping his father.

After graduating with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the Ontario Veterinary College in 1971, Bob went on to become partner in Wellington Veterinary Services, before opening Drayton Veterinary services in 1980.

In 1985 Bob married Nancy. Two years later, the couple purchased their first farm outside of Arthur, Ontario. Bob and Nancy raised five children - Rick, Dena, Fran, Ivor and John, who blessed them with grandchildren Tom, Sam, Abigale and Leia. In 1989, Bob and Nancy purchased their base herd of 10 cow-

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calf pairs, founding Thurston Livestock Polled Herefords. Over the years, the herd was expanded by purchasing cattle from Ontario and the western provinces. The current herd of 35 cows was moved to Lanark, Ontario, after the sale of the Arthur Farm in 2014. After 30 years of practice, Bob retired in 2001 to work for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

Bob’s interest in helping the children become more successful, led to improved genetics, feeding programs and reaching out to local Hereford associations. Bob became active as a Director on the Ontario Hereford Association’s West Central Zone. The Thurston family has shown Herefords at numerous fairs and MOE (Mark of Excellence) Shows in Ontario, including the Royal Winter Fair. They were also exhibitors at Expo Boeuf in Quebec.

Thurston Herefords is a true family enterprise with children, grandchildren and nephews all showing Thurston cattle over the years. Bob enjoyed visiting other breeders across Canada and regularly made the trip west to visit fellow breeders at Hereford sales and at Agribition.

Thurston catt le have been sold throughout Canada and for the past nine years have been one of the guest consignors at the River Valley Genetic Designs Sale. Embryos have been sold overseas to Denmark and cattle have been exported to Russia and Kazakhstan where Bob assisted in his role with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in the testing and export paper work.

Bob was a member of a local marketing group - The Breeders of Wellington County - in 2005, to promote the Hereford breed by hosting open houses each May. He served on the Ontario Hereford Association Board of Directors and acted as President in 2013 and 2014.

Bob also served the Hereford Breed at the national level by serving on the CHA National Show Committee for several years and was the show chair for the Eastern National Show at the RAWF. B o b w a s a n av id hu nt er a nd outdoorsman who enjoyed deer hunting and canoeing, even taking an expedition down the Nahanni River in the North West Territories. He was very involved with the Grace Anglican Church, serving as deputy Rector’s Warden as well as helping with fundraisers and physically maintaining the church. He was a supporter of live theatre and actively promoted the growth and success of what is now known as Drayton Entertainment, helping the production to grow from a single old town hall with 45 performances to seven theatres and over 800 performances. As the dedicated father that he was, he spent hours going to soccer, lacrosse, rugby, figure skating and curling events with his children.

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The Canadian Hereford Association congratulates Doug Finseth, for his induction into the 2016 Honour Roll.

Doug grew up on a mixed family farm south of Tofield, Alberta on land that was settled by his great-grandfather in 1894. His love for animals started at an early age. He was halter breaking pail calves in the barn by the age of three. As a youngster, he travelled the neighbourhood with his grandfather where he developed a keen interest in agriculture and history. He was an active member of the Tofield 4-H Beef Club and Bardo Lutheran Church youth clubs, and was on the inaugural Alberta Junior Hereford Association Board in 1971.

Born on June 13th, 1953 in Camrose, Alberta, Doug graduated from Tofield Composite High School in 1971 but claims the best education he received was by way of reading the Canadian Hereford Digest from cover to cover starting in 1967, with the purchase of his first purebred heifer. Doug married Judy

on December 22nd, 1989 and although the couple had no children, they have been active supporters of youth and particularly young Hereford enthusiasts.

Doug spent many years as a 4H leader and was an Adult Advisor for the Canadian Junior Hereford Association.

Doug has loaned cattle to his nephew to attend Bonanza and made a special effort to ensure young people from around the world had heifers to show at the 2012 World Hereford Conference and Bonanza shows.

Doug has owned and shown Hereford cattle since he bought his first heifer in 1966. The year 2016 marks the 50th year that he has led white-faced cattle into the show ring. In addition to maintaining his own small herd, Doug has worked as herdsman and manager for some prominent Hereford operations and continues to retain an interest in some of the Bar Pipe herd. Doug worked with B&H Herefords and fit and showed the highest selling Canadian Hereford bull on record at $280,000! Of his proudest accomplishments is helping to revitalizing two great Hereford operations, Kallal Hereford Ranch and Bar Pipe Hereford Ranch.

Doug has had many opportunities to judge but can generally be found on the halter or at the clipping chute. He has, however, judged numerous 4H shows, junior shows, field days, fairs and bull sales.

Doug has always been an active member of the local and national Hereford Board of directors, participating an several

committees. And during his years with the Northern Alberta Hereford Club, he served both as a Director and as President. He has been a Director on the Alberta Hereford Association for 8 years and was President in 2005. Serving two terms as a Canadian Hereford Association Director, Doug chaired the advertising committee and in his final year on the board, acted as CHA VicePresident.

In addition to his commitment to the Hereford industry, Doug has logged countless volunteer hours as an active participant on numerous cattle and agriculture boards, committees and Hereford tours. He still tries to find a Hereford tour every year and of late, has been travelling to the US for tours learning about various breeding programs, promoting his own program and increasing his network in the industry.

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The Canadian Hereford Association congratulates Christian “Spence” Sutter, for his induction into the 2014 Honour Roll.

Spence was bor n in A rcola, Saskatchewan January 6th, 1950 - the second of five siblings. His Grandfather, Chr istian B. Sutter arr ived from Minnesota in 1906 to file a land claim and start farming the virgin prairie.

The first Herefords were purchased in 1919 and in 1926, ten polled Herefords were added to the herd. After returning from WWII, Spence’s father Christian Tyndall took over and named the farm Aqua Hollow Polled Herefords. The family has been farming the same land for 110 years and Polled Herefords have been an important part of the operation for 90 continuous years. Spence’s grandchildren are the fifth generation of Sutters to live on their land.

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Business and Commerce degree at the University of North Dakota in 1972, he spent a brief stint at an accounting firm before returning home to farm with his brothers. On December 31st, 1973, Spence married Janice Fraser, and together they expanded the cow herd when his brothers decided to go straight grain. They raised four children and have two grandchildren.

Spence was active in many shows and sales including the Regina Bull Sale and Agribition, the Southeast Saskatchewan Hereford Sale, the Southern Supreme Sale, the Sale of Distinction, Premium 7 and the Distaff Productions Sale with Cleggs and Johnsons. He has found success in the show ring with many local and provincial champions. He has also judged many 4H and purebred cattle shows throughout Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Spencer was one of the founding directors that helped to initiate the All-Breed Test Center north of Regina.

Spence has been active for many years on various Hereford boards and committees. He has been President of the South-East Saskatchewan Hereford Zone, Board member for the Saskatchewan Hereford Association and the Canadian Hereford Association, and was the CHA President in 1997. He was always a strong presence at any and all Hereford activities, lending a hand whenever needed at events and sales in SE Saskatchewan. Spence has hosted many tours, including the 2012

World Hereford Conference Tour and has exported both cattle and semen to numerous countries including England, Kazakhstan, the Czech Republic, Japan, South Africa, Australia and the USA. In addition to his involvement in the Hereford community, Spence is also deeply involved in his local community.

He has been a part of many large projects including chairing the local Recreation Board. Spence was President of the Minor Hockey board as well as Coach and was instrumental in bringing artificial ice to the local rink. He was also on the United Grain Growers board, is the current Rural Municipality of Antler #61 Councillor and he chairs the Redvers and District Health Foundation.

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Honour Roll Don Richardson

The Canadian Hereford Association congratulates Don Richardson, for his induction into the 2016 Honour Roll.

Don was born in Queen Charlotte City, British Columbia in 1953 and is the fifth generation on Richardson Ranch, which was established in 1919.

After graduating from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in 1978, Don worked in Prince Rupert before returning to the ranch to continue his practice on the Haida Gwaii (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands), expanding a veterinay clinic that his father Doug began. Don and Doug also formed a partnership to “modernize and rebuild the cattle ranch”, implementing per for mance recordkeeping and using artificial insemination on their crossbreds to increase weaning weights.

Within ten years, weaning weights had risen by nearly 200 lbs.

Working at his father’s vet clinic, before Don’s return home was a lady by the name of Leslie, originally from the Vancouver area. Don and Leslie worked together so well that they ultimately formed a partnership in marriage in April of 1980. Their daughter, Jamie Richardson, was featured in the first Young Guns article in the August 2010 issue of the Hereford Digest. She and her partner help manage the Hereford herd at Copper-T Ranch in BC’s northern

interior. Their son Dane is now a practicing veterinarian and the third generation doing business from the clinic in the Haida Gwaii.

In 1982, the beginning of regular ferry service meant travel off the island was easier and Don purchased his first purebred Herefords and joined the Yellowhead Hereford Breeders’ Association. Their A.I. program was expanded and embryos were purchased to begin an ET program. As purebred numbers increased, the commercial herd was dispersed. Don & Leslie made their first trek into the show ring at the Bulkley Valley Exhibition in Smithers, BC in 1984 and continued each year for the next 21 years. Don believed that if you didn’t show your animals off, people wouldn’t know what you had, and wouldn’t buy. The first Richardson Ranch bull was sold at the Vanderhoof Bull Sale in 1986 and by 1987, they consigned the high selling bull of the sale. Richardson Ranch was, in seven years, recognized as a reputable breeder of quality Polled Herefords - a trend which continues to today.

Over the years, Richardson Ranch had many champions in the showring, including Agribition and the 2012 World Hereford Conference, as well as high selling animals at prominent sales. Due to their remote location, the Richardsons’ dedication to showing and contributing to sales is remarkable.

In 2010, the First Annual Richardson Ranch Online Sale was established, with many lots selling across Canada and eventually worldwide in 2015. Don has sold semen and embryos worldwide and continually fosters these international relationships. He has attended the World Hereford Conference since 2004 and has extended his time after the conferences to visit local Hereford breeders.

Don is a huge suppor ter of the Hereford Industry both locally and internationally. He has been a long time member of the Yellowhead Hereford Breeders’ Club and the British Columbia Hereford Association (BCHA). For many years, he has also been the National Director on the governing board of the Canadian Hereford Association, for which he has participated on committees and for which he acted as President.

Don and Leslie play multiple roles in their small community in the Haida Gwai. Don is proud of his new, ultramodern veterinary clinic in Tlell but he also manages their farm supply store and works on their ranch while dedicating a lot of time to the provincial and Canadian Hereford Associations.

Don also manages the website of the BCHA. He is also ver y involved in the veter inar y communit y, reg ularly attending conferences throughout Canada and the United States and giving local presentations and workshops. As the only vet on the Haida Gwaii, Don has been on call for over 35 years!.

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CJHA Honour Roll Justin McLaughlin Justin is the son of Don & Jennifer Hess and Duane McLaughlin. He was born in Ottawa and raised in Renfrew Ontario. He is currently enrolled in Bishop’s University work ing on a Bachelor ’s of Economics degree with an interest in Business.

He has been involved in the cattle industry his whole life, first living on an beef operation consisting of a 300-head feedlot and then moving to his grandparents’ farm where he and his younger brother learned how to raise purebreds and show cattle.

Justin has been a member of the Ontario Junior Hereford Association (OJHA) and the Canadian Junior Hereford Association (CJHA), since he was eight years old. He currently represents Ontario as a national delegate on the CJHA board and he serves as Treasurer for the OJHA. He attended his first Bonanza in 2005 and has travelled across Canada from Nova Scotia to Alaberta, attending Bonanzas and being very

active in the Hereford show scene by attending about 10 local shows a year, including Ontario Beef-A-Rama, National Junior Hereford show and Expo Boeuf.

Justin is active in his community, having joined his local 4-H club at the age of ten and serving as President for one term. He now acts as a mentor for younger kids that are learning to fit and show their cattle. Justin was involved in Scouts Canada and was awarded the Chief Scout Award from the Governor General of Canada. He has volunteered in many roles - as scout leader, 4-H mentor and as a seniors home volunteer. He has been an active hockey player since the age of seven.

Justin, together with his grandfather, Burt Grundy (former CHA President), bought his first Hereford heifer in 2012 and has been methodically building up his herd and participating in shows across the country since that time.

Congratulations Justin!

CJHA Honour Roll Brandon Fraser Brandon Fraser, son of Kevin and Joanne Fraser, is from Cochrane Alberta. Brandon grew up on the family ranch, situated north east of Cochrane. His family has raised purebred and commercial Herefords since the 1970s and now actively show their cattle.

He currently attends Cochrane High School and plays football for the school team - the Cochrane Cobras - which finished the season undefeated and won the Provincial title.

Brandon has been an Alberta delegate on the national council of the CJHA since 2015 and has been an active member of the Alberta Junior Hereford Association (AJHA) since 2012. He currently serves as AJHA Vice-President.

Brandon has attended four Bonanzas and is very active in the local cattle community, serving as Treasurer of the Jumping Pound 4-H Beef club for the past two years. He has

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participated in Calgary 4-H on Parade, earning Champion Junior and Intermediate Showmanship honours, and winning Reserve Champion Female and Champion and Reserve Junior and Intermediate Steer Championships.

Brandon has shown his Hereford cattle far and wide, at events such as the Farm Fair Junior shows in 2012 and 2013, the Calgary Bull Sale for the past six years, the Summer Synergy Show and Alberta Junior Shows.

In 2012, Brandon helped out at the World Hereford Conference.

In 2014, he worked for Grant Hirsche at the National Denver Stock Show and in 2015, he was a junior ring person at the 2015 Calgary Bull Sale. Brandon has won the Calgary Stampede Scholarship five times in the last six years at the Summer Synergy Show and has also won the Scott Reardon Memorial Award.

Congratulations Brandon!

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CJHA Honour Roll Coleman Nixdorff Coleman Nixdorff, son of Nels & Terri Nixdorff, was born in Calgary, Alberta and is the youngest of t hree siblings.

Coleman is working on a Bachelor of Science in Animal Science at the University of Saskatoon. Coleman has grown up on the family ranch - YV Ranch - and has been a very active member in the Alberta Junior Hereford Association (AJHA) since 2004, serving on its Executive board since 2013. This year, he serves at AJHA President.

In his involvement with the Canadian Junior Hereford Association (CJHA), Coleman is actively involved showing and promoting Hereford and Hereford-influence cattle. He has attended five Bonanzas and 10 provincial junior shows.

Coleman has been a member of the Irricana 4-H Beef and Multi Club for 9 years and completed sheep, stock dog, beef, heifer and cow & calf projects. He has held many executive positions and has won many awards and one scholarship

through 4-H, including Public Speaking, the 4-H Platinum Award and many championships at 4-H On Parade. He has raised two charity steers through 4-H - one for STAR air ambulance and one for Ronald McDonald House. He raised a total of $10,000 for these charities.

Coleman has shown YV Ranch cattle at the Calgary Bull Sale, the Medicine Hat Bull Sale and Pen Show, at Farm Fair, Agribition and at the Hardisty Field day.

Coleman is an academic achiever as well, receiving the Scott Rairdon Memorial Scholarship, the Airdire Agricultural Scholarship and the CJHA-KGF Future of the Breed Scholarship. At university, Coleman is a member of the Agricultural Students’ Association, the Animal Science Club and the Stockmans Club.

Congratulations Coleman!

CJHA Honour Roll Samantha Rimke Samantha Rimke, daughter of Albert & Michelle Rimke, is from Souris Manitoba. She is the second of three children, who, along with their parents, operate the family farm, AM Ranching. Samantha is currently enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan, working towards a degree in Agriculture with a major in Environmental Science and plans to apply into Pharmacy.

Samantha got an early start in building up her herd when she received a purebred Hereford heifer from her grandparents when she was born.

Samantha is an active member of the provincial and national Junior Hereford Boards, currently serving in the role of CJHA Secretary and Manitoba Junior Hereford Association (MJHA) President. She was a co-chair of Bonanza 2013 in Brandon, Manitoba and has represented the Hereford breed in Manitoba at many shows, sales, and field days, including the 2012 World Hereford Conference. She began showing cattle at the age of four, when she joined the Oak Lake Pee Wee Beef Club and has been showing cattle ever since. She has attended 14 Bonanzas

across Canada and has shown cattle at 12 of those Bonanzas.

Samantha has been involved in local 4-H and served her community as a volunteer in many capacities, as representative on the Economic Development Board, the Curling Club, as a charity fundraiser canvasser, an agricultural fair volunteer, a High School social justice committee member, a member of the environment club, of student council, as a peer tutor and member of the graduation executive committee.

Samantha is a recipient of the CJHA Future of the Breed Scholarship and in 2015 was named the Grand Champion Overall Show Person for the Grant Moffat Showmanship.

Samantha’s commitment to the Hereford breed is strong and she continues to build her herd using the CJHA Semen Donation program. As testament to her success, she has been successful in the show ring and has sold cattle to Kazakhstan and Russia.

Congratulations Samantha!

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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. Four scholarships values at $1000 are bestowed each year. Applications are available at www.hereford. ca and applications must be postmarked by May 15th of the year of application.

Congratulations to Bennett, Alexa and Jillian the 2016 “Future of the Breed” recipients!

Bennett Foster - Roblin, Manitoba

Bennett is the son of Brian and Marilyn Foster, of Roblin, Manitoba. He recently graduated from Goose Lake High School and is enrolled at Lakeland College where he studies Agri-Business. Bennett has been a CJHA member for nine years and has attended five Bonanzas. He is currently the CJHA National Delegate for Manitoba.

Bennett is active in showing Hereford cattle, is a 4-H member and an enthusiastic snowboarder. His future plans include returning to the family farm and expanding the purebred Hereford operation. Congratulations Bennett!

Alexa Bricker - Disdsbury, Alberta

Alexa is the daughter of Ross Bricker and Rose Schroeder, of Didsbury, Alberta. She has recently graduated from Didsbury High School and is enrolled at the University of Alberta to study Biological Sciences, majoring in Biology with a particular interest in cattle genetics. She has been a CJHA member for eight years and had attended two Bonanzas, including the 2012 World Hereford Conference. She enjoys showing cattle and is an accomplished athlete and musician. She is a volunteer teacher with her figure skating club and also volunteers at the Didsbury Hospital.

Congratulations Alexa!

Jillian Just - Yorkton, Saskatchewan

Jillian is the daughter of Jeffrey and Kristina Just, of Yorkton Saskatchewan. She graduated from Yorkton Regional High School and is enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan in a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture program. She plans to continue her studies in the field of Veterinary Medicine. Jillian has been a CJHA member for five years and has attended three Bonanzas and the 2012 World Hereford Conference.

She is currently the Treasurer for the Saskatchewan Junior Hereford Association (SJHA). She has been involved in 4-H for 11 years and enjoys swimming, cross-country running, writing and piano. She helps out on the family farm and volunteers at her church. Jillian plans to continue building and expanding her Hereford herd.

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4-H achievements

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1st Jr. Female Record Book, 1st Jr. Grooming Exhibited by: Brooklyn Van Sickle Eagle Beef & Multi 4H Club, Alberta

Top Rate of Gain, 1st Jr. Steer Record Book Exhibited by: Brooklyn Van Sickle Eagle Beef & Multi 4H Club, Alberta

Lethbridge & District 4H Show 3rd place Showmanship Exhibited by: Cody Scheirlinck Del Bonita 4H Club, Alberta

5th in class, 2nd in Grooming, 4th in Showmanship Exhibited by: Cole Hronek Eagle Beef and Multi 4-H Club, Alberta

2nd in Class, Res. Champion Intermediate Steer, 2nd in Grooming, 4th in Showmanship Exhibited by: Deion Hronek Eagle Beef and Multi 4-H Club, AB

Reserve Champion Steer Exhibited by: Gabrielle Cheremshynski Vegreville 4-H Beef Club, Alberta

Grand Champion Female Exhibited by: Gabrielle Cheremshynski Vegreville 4-H Beef Club, Alberta

Reserve Champion Female Exhibited by: Gabrielle Cheremshynski Vegreville 4-H Beef Club, Alberta

St. Paul & District 4-H Steer Show Exhibited by: Kailey Wirsta Elk Point 4-H Beef Club, Alberta

North East Regional 4-H Heifer Show Reserve Champion Female Exhibited by: Kailey Wirsta Elk Point 4-H Beef Club, Alberta

2nd Place Rate of Gain Exhibited by: Kealey Archibald Club: Irma 4-H Beef Club, Alberta

Yorkton Regional 4-H Show & Sale Grand Champion Steer Exhibited by: Michelle Hordos Serath Multiple 4-H Club, Saskatchewan

Grand Champion Steer Exhibited by: Megan Wasden Spiritwood 4-H Club, Saskatchewan

Spiritwood Regional 4-H Show Grand Champion Yearling Heifer Exhibited by: Megan Wasden Spiritwood 4-H Club, Saskatchewan

Champion Progeny Steer Exhibited by: Josie Pedersen Neepawa 4H Beef Club, Manitoba

Champion Cow with Calf at Foot Exhibited by: Josie Pedersen Neepawa 4H Beef Club, Manitoba

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Steer Project Exhibited by: Ramsey Flicek Manitou Lake Multi 4H Club, Saskatchewan

4-H on Parade Reserve Champion Jr. Heifer Exhibited by: Ryan Edwards Swalwell 4-H Club, Alberta

3rd Place Rate of Gain Exhibited by: Samantha Liboiron Irma 4-H Beef Club, Alberta

Reserve Supreme Female and Grand Champion Heifer Exhibited by: Tryten Archibald Irma 4-H Beef Club, Alberta

Weyburn Regional Show Reserve Champion Female Reserve Champion 3yr Old Exhibited by: Ashtyn and Kriselly Webber Cymri 4H Club, Saskatchewan

Grand Champion Female Exhibited by: Ashtyn and Kriselly Webber Cymri 4H Club, Saskatchewan

Champion Yearling Heifer Exhibited by: Giana Herselman Borderline 4-H Multi Club, Alberta

Medicine Hat & District 4-H Beef Breeding Stock Show

Grand Champion Female Exhibited by: Nathan Flewelling Knee Hill Valley 4H Beef Club, Alberta

Grand Champion Steer Exhibited by: Nathan Flewelling Knee Hill Valley 4H Beef Club, Alberta

Weyburn Regional Show Overall Champion Female Exhibited by: Emma Lees Arcola / Kisbey 4-H Beef Club, Saskatchewan

Top Hereford steer at Island Show Exhibited by: Peyton Haslam Cowichan Beef Club, British Columbia

Heifer Project Steer Project Exhibited by: Cody Fankhanel Exhibited by: Shana Lee Fankhanel New Norway 4-H Club, Alberta New Norway 4-H Club, Alberta

Overall Grand Champion Showmanship

Exhibited by: Bailey Herrmann Borderline 4-H Multi Club, AB

Steer Project Exhibited by: Wyatt Fankhanel New Norway 4-H Club, Alberta

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Canadian Hereford Association 2015 year-end statistics Annual Young Guns Active Life Total CHA Members Junior Total

BC 80 2 2

AB 225 19 48

SK 173 9 50

MB 79 5 14

ON 219 10 9

PQ 45 1 0

MP 52 5 1

Total 873 51 124

84

292

232

98

238

46

58

1048

37

109

127

41

160

31

75

580

-2.68%

121

401

359

139

398

77

133

1628

2.26%

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

2015**

12,729

5,125

873

Transfers* Annual Members

*Includes Title Transfers up to & including the year 2000

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2015 % Growth 5.43% 15.91% 0%

**Includes Foreign Registrations

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Financial Situation 5 year Comparison 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

2015 1,146,246 1,080,322

50,246

165,909

(61,990)

(1,899)

16,728

Cash A/R Inventory Prepaid Expense Investment (short) Capital Assets Investment (long) Assets Liabilities Balance

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

94,184 40,880 17,871 52,696 0 466,248 277,987 976,432 90,288 866,662

Current Assets Current Liabilities Working Capital Ratio

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

333,618 109,770 250,414 3.70

Revenues Expenses Profit

Registration (by age of animal) and Transfers by Province – 2015  

0-6 mo.

6-12 mo.

BC Male Female Alberta Male Female Saskatchewan Male Female Manitoba

570 233 337 3,503 1,505 1,999 1,859 687 1,172 705

194 71 123 1,605 634 971 998 416 582 329

12-18 mo.

21 3 18 221 92 129 316 132 184 14

18 + mo.

Foreign

Total

Transfers

Title Transfers

49 41 8 138 69 69 186 66 120 32

4 0 4 23 8 15 19 15 4 0

838 348 490 5,490 2,315 3,176 3,378 1,316 2,062 1,080

274 183 91 1,890 1,254 636 1,340 675 665 368

1 0 1 290 14 276 33 5 28 29

Male

184

98

1

4

0

287

135

4

Female Ontario

521 930

231 242

13 103

28 60

0 41

793 1,376

233 546

25 97

Male

232

68

15

6

29

333

117

7

Female Quebec Male Female Maritimes Male Female TOTAL Male Female

699 116 36 80 232 66 166 7,915 2,943 4,974

174 90 14 76 71 12 59 3,529 1,313 2,216

88 15 14 11 9 7 2 699 254 445

29 16 4 13 20 2 18 499 189 310

12 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 42 45

1,044 235 55 180 332 87 245 12,729 4,741 7,990

429 76 14 62 176 37 139 4,670 2,415 2,255

90 0 0 0 5 1 4 455 31 424

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Registered 50 or more head in 2015 Members who have registered 50 or more head in 2015 LILYBROOK HEREFORDS INC

355

71

HOLLOWAY FARMS 189

FLOYD ANDERSON 70

PETER ULRICH 185

M N HEREFORDS

70

FENTON HEREFORD RANCH INC

167

LAMPORT’S POLLED HEREFORDS

67

DOENZ RANCHES LTD

151

MC COY CATTLE COMPANY LTD

65

BROST LAND & CATTLE CO LTD

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LOST LAKE RANCH

65

COULEE CREST HEREFORDS

143

REMITALL WEST POLLED HEREFORDS

64

ANL POLLED HEREFORDS

141

S NIXDORFF & SONS

63

BAR PIPE HEREFORD RANCH

138

GWG POLLED HEREFORDS

62

HILL 70 QUANTOCK RANCH LTD

136

MERLE W WYATT

62

JO NOMN HEREFORD RANCH

128

CRITTENDEN BROS 61

HARVEY DALE DUKE

117

DUNCAN LEES 61

JOHN VANCISE 108

RAYMOND CHITTICK 60

CRONE HEREFORDS 107

MC INTYRE RANCHING CO LTD

60

NELS & TERRI NIXDORFF & FAMILY

105

ROBERT C BANNERMAN

58

DOUG & WANDA MANN

104

GARRETT RANCH 58

GUILFORD HEREFORD RANCH

95

DONALD WAYNE GILLESPIE

TWIN VIEW POLLED HEREFORDS

94

KEN RUTLEDGE 57

JBLC HOLDING INC

93

DOUGLAS TROOP 56

RIVER VALLEY POLLED HEREFORDS

91

BRIAN & JANET SUNDERMAN

ALVIN C PAWLITZA

90

BLAIR FENTON 55

CRAIG DOUGLAS BRAUN

87

RICHARD SCHRADER 55

STANDARD HILL LIVESTOCK

87

TREVOR L TAPP 54

HARVIE RANCHING 83

ROBERT TRUTHWAITE 52

BNC POLLED HEREFORDS

79

BIG GULLY FARM

52

STUART & SHERRI ZOETEMAN

79

HAROLD A ODDAN

52

JAMES SPENCER DUKE

77

WLB POLLED HEREFORDS

51

EUGENE S & NORMA E POHOLKA

77

HAROLDSONS POLLED HEREFORDS

51

NYLE & CLINT STROMSMOE

76

HIRSCHE HEREFORDS & ANGUS LTD

51

C GORDON CHURCH

50

XTC RANCHES 75 BENWYN FARM LTD

156

D W HEREFORDS

72

58

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New Annual Members, Young Guns & Junior Members 2015 Maritimes OWEN GAUGE BLACK PEMBROKE, NB CAITLIN BRAKE BATH, NB CHARLES DYER BEAR ISLAND, NB LANE FINDLATER WESTON, NB CARRISSA GEDDES MONCTON, NB LACEY GEDDES MONCTON, NB ABIGAIL HUNTER SIMONDS, NB COLE HUNTER CONNELL, NB DALLAS HUNTER SIMONDS, NB GINA PARKINSON WOODSTOCK, NB REYNOLDS SEARS & MARGARET WHEATON JOLICURE, NB BRIANNA CAMPBELL WELLMAN FORDS MILLS, NB KATIE YERXA ROSEDALE, NB LEXI ETTINGER NOEL, NS CONNOR MORSE KINGSTON, NS OXFORD BERRY FARM KENT & CINDY THOMPSON OXFORD, NS GRACE REYNOLDS TATAMAGOUCHE, NS CHLOE B LOANE MONTAGUE, PE

Ontario

Quebec FLYING W RANCH ROBERT WALTHER REMIGNY, QC MEMPHIS MASTINE ST FRANCOIS-XAVIER, QC JACOB MORIN & ROSEMARIE ALLEN JACOB MORIN SAINT-FELIX-DE-KINGSEY, QC

BENJAMIN KELLINGTON

TRAVIS ANGEL

NEWBURGH, ON AULDER CREEK FARMS

CLARKE WALKER CAMBRIDGE, ON BILL & JACOB BALL

COLDWATER, ON BREWLOTT FARMS

JILL & BRAD RYLOTT EAST HASTINGS, ON JACK & JESSICA BROCK

STAFFA, ON CANAAN FARMS

WENDELL PALMER NIAGARA FALLS, ON SHELLEY CHADWICK

EAST GARAFRAXA, ON CIRCLE L FARM

CLARK LUCHIES REABORO, ON DUNSMORE FAMILY FARMS

ROBERT & SHARON DUNSMORE ST PAULS, ON ANDREW DUNSMORE ST PAULS, ON NICHOLAS DUNSMORE

ST PAULS, ON SPENCER DUNSMORE

ST PAULS, ON FALHAVEN FARM

MICHAEL FALCONER CLINTON,ON KEN & JOANNE GREIG

CAMERON,ON CURTIS & COLE HEWITT

ACTON,ON HILL VIEW HEREFORDS

GRANT MORDEN OMEMEE,ON NEWMARKET, ON KEYNOTE FARMS

KAITLYN KIMMETT ELDORADO, ON LINDA MARTINIG

Manitoba BRANDON ALLISON ROBLIN, MB CALLEN, CHARLIE & EASTON PELLETIER GIROUX, MB KHLOE STOCKI FISHER BRANCH, MB WAGGLE SPRINGS RANCH GORDON BEDDOME DOUGLAS, MB WINDERMERE FARMS KEN & BARBARA EVASON SIFTON, MB

Alberta ARVON FARMS ANTHONY R VONESCH OLD, AB BECKETT BEREZANSKI ST LINA, AB RILEY CHALACK CARSTAIRS, AB CLAYTON, LAURIE & KRISTYN ELLIOTT DEWBERRY, AB AVERY FLEWELLING BOWDEN, AB CALYNN GARDNER OLDS, AB HILLER GARDNER Saskatchewan OLDS, AB CHASE BANNERMAN KARSTEN GRABLER LIVELONG, SK CHERHILL, AB BROKEN DREAMS RANCH GARNETT GREEN SHIRLEY & JEFF JOHNSON CALGARY, AB MONTMARTRE, SK MIRANDA GREEN PAUL & KIM BUCHAN CALGARY, AB KAMSACK SK GERALD RUSSELL HUTTON CARZAN LAND & LIVESTOCK TORRINGTON, AB CARTER BEZAN SOUTHEY SK SHELBIE MATHESON BLAYDE LEHMANN PONOKA, AB LASHBURN SK ABBY MUSGROVE PAIGE LEHMANN HALKIRK, AB LASHBURN SK CHET SIMPSON MILLIGAN CREEK RANCH TARALYN MEREDITH & DENNIS DAY BOWDEN, AB SARA WHEALE FOAM LAKE SK BRETON, AB JESSE PROCYK FILLMORE SK NASH WASKO British Columbia EASTEND SK WILLIAM DUNDASS KNUTSFORD, BC ENSIGN FAMILY FARM W KELOWNA, BC AL & CAROLYN GOODFELLOW COLDSTREAM, BC PEYTON HASLAM NANAIMO , BC COLIN & GAIL MATEJKA ENDERBY, BC

CARLETON PLACE, ON FAYE ORSER

HARROWSMITH, ON JORDYN RIEHL

GADSHILL, ON LEANNA J T SIMPSON

ST THOMAS, ON SKR FARM SARA CRAIG

PRESCOTT, ON KAITLYN STEIN

TEESWATER, ON GREG & SAMANTHA STROEDER

WALKERTON, 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, 2015 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.

Calgary, Alberta May 19, 2016

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CANADIAN HEREFORD ASSOCIATION Statement of Financial Position December 31, 2015 (Unaudited) 2015 (Unaudited)

2014 (Unaudited)

Assets Current Cash Portfolio investments (Note 2) Accounts receivable Inventory Prepaid expenses

$

94,184 127,987 40,880 17,871 52,696

$

78,507 115,785 42,252 13,665 61,357

333,618

311,566

Restricted assets (Note 3)

150,000

150,000

Capital assets (Note 4)

410,314

399,950

82,500

82,500

Intangible assets (Note 5) $

976,432

$

944,016

$

52,332 6,399 24,473 7,084

$

63,452 9,606 21,024 -

Liabilities Current Accounts payable and accruals Government remittances payable Unearned receipts and member revenue Current portion of loan payable

Loan payable

Net assets Unrestricted operating Internally restricted Invested in capital assets

$

90,288

94,082

19,482

-

109,770

94,082

250,414 150,000 466,248

217,484 150,000 482,450

866,662

849,934

976,432

$

944,016

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

_____________________________ Director _____________________________ Director

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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CANADIAN HEREFORD ASSOCIATION Statement of Operations Year Ended December 31, 2015 (Unaudited) 2015 (Unaudited)

2015 Budget

(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 Parentage testing Transfers (title and lease) Non registry income ALMA SNP parentage project 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

$

126,450 340,000 92,000 72,000 630,450

$

129,450 354,525 93,500 71,955 (88,100) 561,330

2014 (Unaudited)

$

125,878 353,375 94,210 76,815 (89,100) 561,178

16,000 6,500 3,000 8,500 74,000 6,000 114,000

15,250 6,300 2,640 40 6,389 80,441 3,940 115,000

17,730 8,200 2,800 30 5,767 73,594 6,130 114,251

3,500 2,000 500 17,000 8,500 500 32,500 65,000 129,500

3,520 1,850 13,606 482 10,554 10,977 4,322 60,830 65,708 781 172,630

14,383 2,956 3,335 2,363 14,689 402 20,656 14,884 810 69,388 65,108 1,216 210,190

184,900 1,000 36,000 12,000 5,000 4,000 242,900

201,917 2,654 73,050 7,500 5,040 7,125 297,286

183,796 2,453 67,316 750 6,750 5,594 7,435 274,094

1,116,850

1,146,246

1,159,713 (continues)

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CANADIAN HEREFORD ASSOCIATION Statement of Operations (continued) Year Ended December 31, 2015 (Unaudited) 2015 Budget

(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 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

27,000 4,000 27,000 11,000 25,000 25,000 10,000 52,000 1,500 15,000 17,000 2,000 3,500 52,250 20,000 9,500 16,000 500 385,000 8,500 1,000 28,000 19,000 2,300 762,050 20,572 200 1,500 2,500 2,500 1,000 9,500 5,000 42,772

2015 (Unaudited)

34,296 2,807 26,127 11,243 21,784 22,224 10,000 808 46,827 10,117 1,064 13,180 13,870 2,099 1,450 43,121 21,801 9,500 18,332 19 357,945 6,826 34,150 20,810 2,371 732,771 20,942 30 1,500 (95) 3,636 3,046 390 8,584 4,530 42,563

2014 (Unaudited)

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 20,651 750 (424) 1,350 2,871 382 10,375 3,066 39,021 (continues)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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CANADIAN HEREFORD ASSOCIATION Statement of Operations (continued) Year Ended December 31, 2015 (Unaudited) 2015 (Unaudited)

2015 Budget

(Note 9)

Hereford breed improvement program Genetic consulting PACE/Global evaluation RFI trial Canadian Hereford Digest Contract salaries Contract travel Miscellaneous Office supplies Postages Printing Salaries Telephone Travel Training

Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenses before other projects

7,000 10,000 32,500 49,500

4,939 12,317 66,319 83,575

6,545 13,503 75,228 95,276

14,000 4,000 2,000 500 27,500 75,500 85,000 2,000 15,000 500 226,000

15,691 4,155 462 925 25,938 105,750 91,363 3,032 23,293 270,609

13,203 4,392 1,363 969 24,257 108,729 89,035 3,451 19,564 264,963

1,080,322

1,129,518

1,141,204

36,528

16,728

18,509

-

-

8,910 11,498 20,408

-

-

20,408

Other projects Support Legacy Governance and business plan

Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenses

$

2014 (Unaudited)

$

36,528

16,728

$

(1,899)

CANADIAN HEREFORD ASSOCIATION Statement of Changes in Net Assets Year Ended December 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

Unrestricted operating

162

Net assets - beginning of year Excess of revenue over expenses Purchase of capital assets

$

Net assets - end of year

$

217,484

Internally restricted $

51,024 (18,094) 250,414

150,000

$

$

150,000

Total

Invested in capital assets 482,450

$

16,728 -

(34,296) 18,094 $

466,248

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

849,934

$

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CANADIAN HEREFORD ASSOCIATION Statement of Cash Flows Year Ended December 31, 2015 (Unaudited) 2015 Cash flows from / (used in) operating activities: Excess of revenue over expenses Item not affecting cash: Amortization

$

16,728

2014

$

(1,899)

34,296

29,633

51,024

27,734

1,372 (4,206) (11,120) 3,449 8,661 (3,207)

(6,610) 4,628 (39,746) 2,559 (15,053) 3,717

(5,051)

(50,505)

45,973

(22,771)

(44,660) (12,202)

(12,506)

(56,862)

(12,506)

28,337 (1,771)

-

26,566

-

Increase (decrease) in cash resources

15,677

(35,277)

Cash resources, beginning of year

78,507

113,784

Changes in working capital accounts: Accounts receivable Inventory Accounts payable and accruals Unearned receipts and member revenue Prepaid expenses Government remittances payable

Net cash flows from / (used in) operating activities Cash flows used in Investing activities: Purchase of capital assets Purchase of portfolio investment Net cash flows used in investing activities Cash flows used in financing activities: Bank loan proceeds Repayment of long term debt Net cash flows used in financing activities

Cash resources, end of year

$

94,184

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

$

78,507

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CANADIAN HEREFORD ASSOCIATION Notes to Financial Statements Year Ended December 31, 2015 (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 1. taxes.

Significant accounting (continued) income It’s principal activities relatepolicies to the encouragement and regulation of the breeding of pure-bred Hereford cattle in Canada.

1. Significant accounting restricted policies Internally funds The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Canadian accounting standards for not-for-profit organizations, which are part of Canadian generally accepted accounting principles, and include the following significant accounting policies:

The Organization has internally restricted funds to hold in reserve to fund unforeseen expenditure in Fund accounting In order to future ensure observance limitations internally and restrictionsrestricted placed on the use of resources available the Organization, accountspurposes are maintainedwithout on a fund accounting years. ofThese amounts are notto available fortheother basis. Accordingly, resources are classified for accounting and reporting purposes into funds. These funds are held in accordance with the objectives specified by the approval by the Board. contributors or in accordance with the directives issued by the Board.

Three funds are maintained: Capital Fund, Internally Restricted Fund and an Unrestricted Operating Fund.

The CapitalRevenue Fund is usedrecognition to account for all capital and intangible assets of the Organization and to present the flow of funds related to their acquisition and disposal, unexpended capital resources and debt commitments.

The Internally Restricted Fund is held as reserve to account for short term unforeseen circumstances which may occur in the future.

TheFund Organization follows the deferral method contributions. of accounting for contributions.

The Operating includes the Organization’s services and all unrestricted Contributions specifically provided for capital asset are reported in the applicable fund as revenues after all significant restrictions have been satisfied.

Cash and Restricted cash equivalents contributions are deferred and matched with related expenses as incurred. Unrestricted 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. contributions are recognized as revenues when received or receivable.

Merchandise Inventory Inventory is valued at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Cost is determined by the first in, first out method. Net realizable value is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business, less selling costs.

Revenues from memberships and total herd evaluation are recognized on a calendar basis in the Capital assets period to which it relates.

Purchased capital assets are recorded at cost.

Amortization is provided using the declining balance method at rates intended to amortize the cost of assets over their estimated useful lives.

Revenues from services, registrations and transfers are recognized when the service is performed.

Rate Buildings Building improvements Computer equipment Vehicles Furniture and fixtures AAFC Capital Projects ABRI system Leasehold improvements

5% 5% 33 % 30 % 20 % 20 % 20 % 33 %

Rental revenues are recognized each month as the rent becomes due.

declining balance method declining balance method declining balance method declining balance method declining balance method declining balance method declining balance method declining balance method

Revenue for A.I. permits, certificates and donor dam permits are recognized when the permits and certificates are issued to the member.

Intangible assets Revenues parentage testing recognized when laboratory results are todelivered Intangible assets consist of from archives, mailing lists, the use of theare Canadian Hereford Digest namethe and goodwill associated with regards this digest. to the 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 member. 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 changes in circumstances indicate that the asset may be impaired. The impairment test consists of a comparison of the carrying value of the Organization’s reporting units Revenues from merchandise, including the sale of tags, are recognized when the items are delivered with their fair value, and any excess is recorded as a charge to net earnings.

Long-livedto assets discontinued operations the and customer.

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 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 Revenues advertising areany recognized advertising is provided to the customer. organization, the excess offrom its net carrying amount over residual valuewhen is recognized as an expense in the statement of operations.

Write-downs are not reversed.

Unearned receipts and member revenue Unearned receipts represent the total of breeder balances arising when cash receipts for registry functions have exceeded the services performed. These services Interest is recognized as itaccount accrues. 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 payment of membership fees applicable to the following year.

Collection Internally restricted fundsof the revenue streams described above must be reasonably assured before revenue is The Organization has internally restricted funds to hold in reserve to fund unforeseen expenditure in future years. These internally restricted amounts are not available for recognized. other purposes without approval by the Board.

Revenue recognition (continues) The Organization follows the deferral method of accounting for contributions.

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.

Revenues from services, registrations and transfers are recognized when the service is performed.

Rental revenues are recognized each month as the rent becomes due.

Revenue for A.I. permits, certificates and donor dam permits are recognized when the permits and certificates are issued to the member.

Revenues from parentage testing are recognized when the laboratory results are delivered to the member.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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-forprofit 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, 2015, the Organization had 5,043 units for a closing market value of $127,987 (original cost - $100,000).

3. Restricted Assets The Organization’s board of directors has internally restricted a GIC in the amount $150,000 (2014 –$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 0.9% and matured January 21, 2016.

4. Capital Assets

2015

2014

88,200 595,739 21,900 198,906 220,695 22,257 21,984 119,815 150,037

Accumulated amortization 403,809 20,547 193,005 210,770 21,952 19,092 99,452 70,956

Net book value 88,200 182,334 21,054 5,595 15,149 2,314 16,290 79,378

Net book value 88,200 191,930 1,353 5,901 9,925 305 2,892 20,363 79,081

1,439,533

1,039,583

410,314

399,950

Cost Land Buildings Automotive Computer equipment Furniture and fixtures Leasehold improvements AAFC capital projects ABRI system Building Improvements

5. Capital Assets Archives and mailing lists Goodwill Use of name

2015

2014

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 (2014 - $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, 2015 was $nil (2014 - 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, 2015 was 2.70%.

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. Long Term Debt Loan bearing no interest with monthly payments of $590. The loan matures on September 23, 2019 and is secured by security interest in the proceed of the property.

Amounts payable within one year

2015

2014

19,482

-

(7,084)

-

12,398

-

Principal Repayment Terms are Approximately: 2016

$7,084

2017

$7,084

2018

$7,084

2019

$5,313

$26,565

11. Comparative figures Some of the comparative figures have been reclassified to confirm to the current year’s presentation.

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Hereford Farewells CHARLES GORDON VAUGHN July 10, 2015 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Charles Gordon Vaughn on July 10th, 2015 in Belleville Ontario.

“Gordie” will live on through his loving wife Joan. He created many fond memories for his brother Bob (Lois) and family, his sister Norma and sisters-in-law Pat (Ross) and Beth (Doug) and families. He was predeceased by his parents, Helen and Lorne, brother Bill, sister Barb and Craig Kitchener, who was a very important part of his life. Craig’s wife, Michelle, and children, Brianna, Charlotte and Joe, have continued as an important part of Gord and Joan’s extended family. Gord’s wit was ever-present, until his final slide into home base.

VAL KELLER June 25, 1924 - December 1, 2015 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Val Keller at the St. Paul Lutheran Home in Melville, Saskatchewan. He will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 68 years, Clara; his children Darlene (Robert) Taylor and Garnet (Lori) Keller; his grandchildren Stacey (Jim) Sereda, Angela (Aaron) Friggstad, Jordan (Crystal) Keller, Malori (Steve Smith) Keller and Hilary Keller; his great-grandchildren Robbie, Evan and Emma Sereda and Kieran, Quinn and Eden Friggstad. He is also survived by his brothers Albert and Alfred (Lily) Keller and his sisters-in-law Kathleen Keller and Marie Hack. He was predeceased by his parents Valentine and Katherine (Bieber) and his in-laws Gustav and Katherine Banerd; his son Kelly and his great-grandson Jonathan; brothers Rheinold and Ernie; half brothers Jake, Philip, Peter, Jacob and Karl; half sisters Emma, Maria, Lucy and Anna; many sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews.

Valentine Arnold was born on June 25, 1924 at Lemberg, Saskatchewan. He received his education at Roadside School. On May 25th, 1947 he married Clara Banerd. Together they farmed in the Lemberg district from 1947-1956. Val was employed in Melville at Swift Canadian Company until it closed in 1968. He then worked for Melville Motors and Walter Garage. He built a herd of commercial cattle while he was working his day job. In 1972 he started in the Registered Polled Herford business with his son Garnet. Together they built V&G Polled Herefords Ranch at Melville. Val enjoyed checking pastures daily and selecting the best bull calves, until he was 90 years old. He gave daily updates on the herdbulls.

Val was an active member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, having served on church council several times. He enjoyed family gatherings, card games, ball games, having coffee with friends and spending time with his grandchildren.

GLADYS VIOLA SMITH September 22, 1928 – December 25, 2015 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Gladys “Nanny” Smith in Fort Frances, Ontario. The youngest child of Gladys & Jack Gillies, Gladys lived in Fort Frances, Ontario, Rainy River, Ontario and Melville Saskatchewan but her heart was on the home farm in Kingsford Township North of Emo, Ontario.

Gladys had a deep bond with her dad whom she loved to spend time with on the farm. One of her passions was ploughing and she rode with her dad for hours. She always chose to do the farm chores over the house chores.

Nanny married Bill Smith Jr. on October 22nd, 1948 and she relocated to Kingsford Township. Gladys and Bill had 3 children - Louise, Keith & Carol. They enjoyed life on the farm and talked about Sunday drives and even heading to the lake for a relaxing day. The farm, her cows, her dogs and cats were here world. Hereford and Shorthorn were her two favourite breeds. Nanny loved attending all 4-H events, Hereford functions, and cattle sales. She did attend one Junior Hereford Bonanza in Brandon, Manitoba. She loved attending purebred sales in the Rainy River District and proudly purchased many heifers & bulls. One of the first purebred bulls she purchased was Klondike Anxiety 55Z in 1969. Nanny enjoyed reading and watching T.V. The Hereford Digest, Herefords Today, The Manitoba Hereford Connection and Grain News were some of her favourites and would often read the publications first and highlight the areas that we needed to concentrate on. Many poems and stories were cut out of these publications and safely stored throughout her home. Sadly, Bill died young on March 25th, 1971 but Nanny continued on the farm. Thankfully her brothers-in-law were close and helped her carry on her true passion. She had cattle up until 2007 but still offered her grand-daughter Kim Jo Bliss plenty of advice and opinions. She lived at home as she wished her entire 87 years. Nanny was a true “Woman in Agriculture” long before it was recognized as it is today.

LEROY ERWIN ULMER February 9 1976 – December 31, 2015 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Leroy Ulmer Carvel, of Alberta, on December 31st, 2015, at the age of 39 years. Leroy leaves to mourn his wife Vanessa, four sons Jesse, Wyatt, Jacob and Luke and his daughter Tabitha. He also leaves his father Dennis and mother in heart Theresa, his brother Michael and grandmother Eleanora Ulmer. Leroy was predeceased by his grandfather Erwin Ulmer. Leroy will be remembered as a loving father, a good husband and a very hardworking man.

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NORMAN TAYLOR October 13, 1943 – January 28, 2016 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Shefford, Quebec Hereford breeder Norman Taylor. He is survived by his wife Suzanne (Private), his son; Benoit Côté (Karine Gingras), grandchildren; Lee-Ann and Charlie; his brothers and sister; Rochelle Taylor (Jules), Charles Taylor, John Paul Taylor (Francine) and his brothers, sisters, nephews and nieces, among other relatives and friends.

Many of those friends were made in the Hereford business where he was known under the farm name Maple Hill Herefords. His loving kindness, camaraderie, easy-going nature and great sportsmanship will never ever be forgotten. Neither will his passion for Herefords and dedication to the breed, from his province of Quebec where he hosted the annual production sale Partners for Progress, at his family farm.

GERRY HONEYWOOD, DVM February 28, 1943 – February 26, 2016 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Dr. Gerry Honeywood. After a prolonged and unexplained illness, Gerry lost his battle, on Friday, February 26th, 2016 at St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto. His quiet demeanor and sense of humour remained with him to the end, passing away in the presence of his wife, Ann and son Tyler.

Gerry grew up in Harrietsville Ontario, as the proud son of the late Bill and Edna Honeywood and brother to Betty Pettit and Wayne Honeywood. He graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College in 1967. As a veterinarian he made long-standing friendships with his classmates and clients. Gerry co-founded Allandale Veterinary Clinic in Orillia, Ontario, in 1970 along with his classmate, Dr. Peter Schoppel. The practice continues today under the name of Honeywood and Warder Veterinary Services. Gerry was also a Charter member of the Oro Lions Club and a member of the Canadian Hereford Association who registered the 2.5 millionth Hereford in Canada in 1992. Gerry was predeceased by his first wife, Pat Honeywood who he tirelessly supported through her cancer journey. Together they had two daughters - Kallie and Bryn. Gerry was never happier than when he had dry hay in the barn and well cut grass. He was an avid cheerleader at all of Tyler’s football games, whether it was the Huronia Stallions, Eastview Wildcats or the Acadia Axemen. Gerry was a great veterinarian and an enthusiastic Hereford breeder who will be dearly missed by all who had the pleasure of knowing and working with him.

GORDON HENDERSON January 25, 1936-February 29, 2016 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Gordon Henderson of Camrose (formerly of Forestburg), at the age of 80 years. Gordon passed away suddenly in Camrose Hospital on February 29th, 2016 after a brief struggle with pneumonia.

He is survived by his loving wife, Marilyn, of 56 years; son Allen (Lorraine); daughter Wendy Bish; granddaughter Tanya Henderson; grandsons Travis (Randeen) Henderson and Dylan (Samantha) Bisch; brother Garth (Linda); sisters-in-law Shirley Poirier and Mabel Bertrand; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins and many friends - especially in the Hereford fraternity. He was predeceased by his parents Bob and Vivan and grandson Ryan Bish.

Imagine knowing at the age of 15, not only what you want to do with your life, but buying a quarter section of land, three cows and three bred heifers, and going into business? That’s how Gordon got his start, in a long and rewarding career farming and raising purebred Hereford cattle (Little Poplar Grove Herefords).

Gordon took pride in knowing not only his own cattle but others as well and if you wanted to know pedigrees, generations back, he was the one to ask.

He thoroughly enjoyed being on the road attending sales, visiting with his friends and seeing their cattle and always looking for the best bull. He will be missed.

BRUCE STEWART January 10, 1954 – March 1, 2016 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Bruce Stewart of Russell, Manitoba, who passed away suddenly on March 1st, 2016 from heart complications, at the age of 62. A well-known and trusted livestock transporter, Bruce’s smiling, friendly face and gravelly voice will be dearly missed.

Bruce was born in Russell, Manitoba – on Primrose Farm – a mixed farming and Hereford operation, the third oldest of a clan of nine children of two families, with grandparents living in the same yard. Bruce would spend the rest of his life in the Russell area. He started his journey “behind the wheel” of a grain truck at the age of eight, for his uncle and grandpa, who controlled the pedals and gears while young Bruce did the steering. In the seventies, he started hauling truckloads of show cattle to the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto and by the late eighties, he got his own operating authority. Bruce went over and above the call of duty, taking pride in his vehicles and machinery, keeping them cleaned and polished; and taking care of the livestock he hauled, which made him first choice for a lot of purebred livestock breeders. Stuck in storms on the road, his wife Chris says Bruce would crawl on his belly to get to calves on the upper deck, to give them hay. Over the years, he doctored calves and calved out cows along the journey.

Bruce and Chris also ran a grain operation on seven quarters and Bruce absolutely loved farming. They had a small herd of commercial black cows for 20 years.

Bruce had a big heart and was “old school”. He and fellow truckers were part of a supportive brotherhood, looking out for one another.

Bruce was predeceased by his father, Robert Maine Stewart, his brother Brad and his daughter Marlie. He is survived by his wife Chris Kohler, his daughter Madison and her husband Mackenzie; his son Travis and his wife Sadie; his granddaughters Harlie & Madeline, his brother Brent (Dale) Stewart, his niece Kelsey, his sister Marilyn (& Bryan) Foster and nephew and niece Bennet and Bobbi-Jo. He is also survived by his mother Bonnie, among other family and friends.

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JOHN WILLIS KIEPER June 10,1916 - April 27, 2016 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of (John) Willis Kieper of Russell, Manitoba - six weeks and two days shy of his 100th birthday at Assiniboine Hospital in Brandon. Willis was predeceased by his beloved wife Lorena (Tony) nee Adolphe in 1983, his great grandson Brady in 1991, parents, and brothers Tom, Ross, & Alex, and step-son Don Thickett.

He is survived by his second wife Verna (Evans), son Jim (Brian Spilak), daughters Judy (Kelly Caughlin), Jan (Ron Payne), daughter-in-law Rose Kieper, step-daughters Gail Thickett and Joyce Evans (Tim Lee), and sole surviving brother Bill Kieper.

His legacy continues with his grandchildren Tom & Cindy Kieper, Teresa & Curtis Boucher, Richard & Tracy Kieper, Sue Caughlin & Lance McKinley, Mark Caughlin & Kendra Gaede, Paul & Diana Steiner, Josh Payne & Susan Ewasko, Brett Payne, Douglas & Daniella Thickett, Kim Thickett & Rod Marks, and great-grandchildren Ashton, Wyatt, Lane, Luke, Carter, Matthew, Alexander, Tyler, Jenna & Brianna.

Willis was born June 10th, 1916 - the fourth of five sons - on the family farm located in the Minniska District, to parents Julius & Lettie Kieper. While in his teens, Willis developed a successful mink fur business with his brother Alex as a sideline to the family farm, until the late ‘30s. He took over his father’s farm in 1940 and in 1941 married Lorena Adolphe of Russell. In the early 1950s he began developing a purebred registered Hereford herd and by 1963 Willis and son Jim formed a farm partnership under the name of Half Diamond K Ranch. Over the years, they earned first place ribbons and Grand Championships at winter fairs and cattle shows. A pinnacle in 1973 saw Half Diamond K take the championship in every category of Hereford bulls at the Brandon Winter Fair. Willis was inducted into the Canadian Hereford Association Honour Roll in 1984.

Willis was involved in many farm organizations, serving as a director of the Manitoba Beef Growers’ Association and the Manitoba Cattle Producers’ Association. He was Manitoba Director for the Canadian Hereford Association and then was CHA President in 1972. While president and head of the Canadian delegation, he and Tony travelled to England and then to South Africa to attend the World Hereford Conference.

Willis joined the Masonic Order in 1960, served as Master of the Russell Masonic Lodge in 1967 and was a past District Deputy Grand Master of Fifth Masonic District A. He was a lifelong member of the United Church, first in Minniska, and then at Russell Knox United and Trinity United in Brandon the last three years.

Willis married Verna Evans and they moved to the town of Russell in 1987. They lived there until August of 2012, when they moved to Victoria Landing Assisted Living in Brandon.

JOAN CUNNINGHAM May 21, 2016 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Joan Helen Cunningham of Sussex Corner, New Brunswick; wife of the late Earl J. Cunningham, passed away at home on Saturday, May 21st, 2016. Born at Poodiac, she was a daughter of the late Edmund and Anna (Sperlich) Maunder.

Joan was an avid reader and enjoyed working in her flower and vegetable gardens. She was a member of the Sussex Baptist Church and volunteered with Read Sussex, where she taught adult literacy. Later in life, Joan attended the University of New Brunswick, from which she received her Bachelor of Arts Degree. Her ultimate achievement in life was raising her large family, and enjoyed the time spent with her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. They, in turn, enjoyed her hospitality and cooking and especially her apple strudel.

She is survived by her children, E. James Cunningham (Jean) of Picadilly, Patricia Corbett (James) of Las Vegas, NV, Dorothy Bailey (Malcolm) of Dartmouth, NS, Ralph Cunningham (Judy) of Waterford Road, Anne LaFontaine (Frank) of Penhold, AB, Eric Cunningham of Sussex Corner, Brenda Sharp (Lee) of Lower Millstream, Peter Cunningham (Susan) of Picadilly, and Allyson Raymond (Gordon) of Urney; 30 grandchildren; 34 great grandchildren; a sister, Edith Coates of Riverview; sisters-in-law Rita Maunder of Fredericton and Elizabeth Cormier (Dennis) of Saint John; brothers-in-law Ernest Cunningham (Phyllis) of Sussex and Harvey Cunningham (Janet) of Lincoln, ME; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Besides her parents and husband, Joan was predeceased by a sister, Pamela Yerxa; brothers Robert Maunder and Alan Maunder; sisters-in-law Dorothy Collupy, Evelyn McInerney, and Marion Mason; and brothers-in-law William, Alton, and Asa Cunningham.

LEWIS JAMES PELTON September 14, 1925 – June 6, 2016 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Lewis James Pelton, peacefully, after a courageous battle with cancer. Lewis passed away in his 91st year at the Mitchell Nursing Home.

He is survived by nephew Kenneth Huether and his three daughters; Rick and Jeremy Turpin and their families; and two step daughters.

Lewis was predeceased in 2000 by his wife of 25 years - Marjorie (King). Also, predeceased by his sisters Emma, Jessie, Florence and brother McDonald.

The Pelton Hereford operation known as Red Star Polled Herefords, in Embro, Ontario, was home to Lewis for 90 years. He was well known for his Scottish heritage, his great commitment to the Hereford breed, and his everlasting love of music. Lewis will be fondly remembered by many friends, neighbours and members of the Ontario Herefords Association.

HARRY LONG 1920 –July 11, 2016 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Harry Long of Long Hereford Ranch. He passed away peacefully at Points West Living at the age of 96 years.

Harry is survived by his two sons, Randy (Margo) Long of Irma and Bryce (Linda) Long of Wainwright; one daughter, Diana Long of Irma; four grandchildren - Niki (Lee), Darcie (Eric), Travis (Jodi) and Aaron (Cheryl); six great grandchildren - Maddie, Bailey, Erin, Kane, Eve, Beck and Amy; two brothers-in-law - Murray Wilde of Edmonton and Jack Schmidt of Taber, as well as numerous nieces, nephews and many friends. He is predeceased by his wife Bernie, his son, Barry, his daughter-in-law Debra; his parents - Bessie and Arthur Long; and two sisters - Nora Schmidt and Marion Allred.

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LOIS JEAN VENOASEN January 9, 1937 - July 19, 2016 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Lois Venoasen - a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.

She passed away suddenly with her family by her side on July 19th, 2016. She will be deeply missed and lovingly remembered by her husband of 58 years, Henry; her children, Lori (Michael), Jan (Brian), and Bonnie (Dean); six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren, as well as her sister, Lela (John). She was predeceased by her parents, Robert and Jean, and her sister Lorna.

Lois and Henry raised Herefords under B&H Homes in the Millet area. They still hold the record for the Highest-Selling Coming TwoYear-Old Bull - B&H CALGARY 81 42L at the Calgary Bull Sale for $280,000.

CYNTHIA DAWN MAYO July 12, 1969 – July 24, 2016 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Cynthia Mayo (Nee Guilford) at Boundary Trails Health Centre following a brave battle with cancer.

Cynthia was born July 12th, 1969 to Carol (Olson) and David Guilford at Cartwright, Manitoba. Cynthia was raised on the family farm in the Crystal River District. She was involved in figure skating, 4-H Clubs and the Hereford Association. Cynthia was the Hereford Queen from 1986 to1987. She attended school in Clearwater and Crystal City, graduating from TGCI in 1987.

She attended Grace Hospital School of Nursing and worked in the emergency room there following her graduation in 1989.

Cynthia married Bartley Mayo June 9th, 1990. Together they had two children Zachary in 1994, and Brynn in 1996.

Cynthia started working at Tri-Lake Health Center in 1997 in the Administration Office Payroll Department and later as Program Assistant - a job she enjoyed. She loved the work and she loved the people who surrounded her there.

Cynthia taught Sunday School & Youth Group for 19 years and was instrumental in assuring that Clearwater had a Christmas concert after the Clearwater School closed. She was a passionate supporter of the local festival, acting as treasurer for several years. Cynthia surrounded herself with people who quickly learned to love her and she was tenacious in defence of those who she felt had been wronged. Her family was the most important thing in her life.

Cynthia was predeceased by her grandparents, Kae & Frank Guilford, Carl Olson and Shirley & Ken Dargel, father-in-law Lloyd Mayo and Uncle Emil Olson.

Cynthia is survived by her husband, children, parents, brother Rodney (Kristi) Guilford, niece Alexa, nephews Grayden and Jace, mother-in-law Hazel Mayo, sister-in-law Kerry (Doyle) Lentz, nieces Brooke, Bobbie, Billie and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins

ROBERT (B0B) HENRY GORDON November 13, 1932 – July 29, 2016 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Robert (Bob) Gordon. A beloved husband, father, grandfather and renowned cattleman passed away peacefully on July 29th, 2016, in Boissevain, Manitoba. Bob was born November 13th, 1932, in Oak Lake, Manitoba to the late Henry and Ella (Ronberg) Gordon.

Growing up in the ‘30s, Bob had a dream of becoming a registered livestock breeder. He was active in 4-H and exhibited his first steer at the Brandon Winter Fair in 1946, selling the steer for $0.16/lb. His determination to show steers resulted in him riding in the rail box car 1,500 miles to the Toronto Royal Show in Ontario to exhibit steers.

Bob’s family moved to the Hume farm in Souris, MB in 1955. He married Joyce (Honeyman) of Hayfield, Manitoba in 1959. While his family was in the dairy business shipping milk for 10 years, Bob and his brother Wayne formed Kinnaber Cattle Co., establishing a Shorthorn operation.

Bob was named “Builder of the Shorthorn Breed” in 1970, an honor he has always cherished. He was instrumental in forming the Canadian Shorthorn Lassie Organization and served as director and president of the Manitoba Shorthorn Club. He sourced and sold Shorthorn bulls far and wide but one of Bob’s proudest accomplishments was breeding and exhibiting the Grand Champion Female at the National Western Stock Show in Denver, in the years 1969, 1970 and 1971. He also bred and showed the Reserve Champion Shorthorn Female in Denver in 1970 and 1971. There were also championships at the Chicago International Livestock Show in 1968 and 1969. Bob was honored to judge many livestock shows, including the Canadian Western Agribition, Toronto Royal, many 4-H achievement days and U.S. state fairs.

After traveling to the Midland Test Station, Billings, MT in 1968, Bob saw the first half-blood bull and anticipated the need for Simmental cattle in Canada.

In 1969, Bar-5 Simmentals, Brandon, MB, was formed with Bob as the first president. Imports from Europe ensued and Bar-5 Simmentals seedstock became sought after across North America.

Bob was later hired as manger of Achilles Cattle Co. – a cattle marketing group – to sell Simmental semen worldwide.

He established a Hereford herd under the name Kinnaer Cattle Co. in the 1970s, supporting his children’s love for showing cattle. Elected to the board of the Canadian Hereford Association, Bob was instrumental in founding the Canadian Junior Hereford Association (CJHA), hosting the inaugural CJHA event at Kinnaber on August 12th, 1979. His family enjoyed many years in the Hereford breed but dispersed the herd in 1983 as the children started their college education.

Bob raised up and enjoyed a small Angus herd. His astute cattle knowledge across breeds led him to the position of Sire Selector and Manager of the Beef Program for Western Breeders and Alta Genetics, out of Balzac, Alberta, in the year 1985. Together, Bob and Joyce travelled Canada, the U.S., and Europe, seeking breed-leading herdsires in the beef industry that where right for the times. Through their travels they developed lifelong friendships in the cattle business.

Bob was inducted into the Canadian Agriculture Hall of Fame in 1995 and Bob and Joyce were inducted into the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame in 2007, for their contribution to agriculture and the beef industry.

Bob served on many boards and associations, including the Manitoba Cattle Producers Association, which initiated the Douglas Bull Test Station, where his foresight and involvement along with his fellow cattlemen, helped to move the cattle industry forward.

Encouraged to write about their lives, Bob and Joyce wrote a memoir - A Cattleman’s Walk Down Memory Lane, in 2003, chronicling their lifelong experiences in farming and the livestock industry.

Bob and Joyce retired to Boissevain in 2008.

Bob was preceded in death by his parents, his mother-and-father-in law Rosella and Findlay Honeyman and brother-in-law, Keith Honeyman. He is survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Joyce of Boissevain; his children Lois (Blair) McRae of Brandon, MB; Shirley Kaufman (BC Derrow) of Mt Sydney, VA; Sheila (Kevin) Jensen of Courtland, KS; B. Lynn Gordon of Brookings, SD; Bruce (Kindra) Gordon of Whitewood, SD.; and ten loving grandchildren - Brett and Melissa McRae, Cole Kaufman, Brady, Brooke and Ben Jensen, Bridger, Danika, Matea, and Bennett Gordon; one brother Wayne (Eleanor) Gordon and sister Cheryl (Don) Brown both of Souris, MB 169

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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

ABH FARM ALLEN, PHIL & LESLEY ANDREWS, MURRAY CLARK ANDRUCHOW, ARTHUR AULDER CREEK FARMS BIRD’S HILL BLISS, KIM JO BRISTOW, LANNI CHURCH, C GORDON CRONE HEREFORDS FGP CATTLE FOSSAY, FAYE & BRYAN HIDDINK, HANK & TINA HILLTOP HONEY RANCH JENSEN FARMS KRESS, PAUL J KUDERA, SHELLEY & JAMES LONE SPRUCE POLLED HEREFORDS LOS TOROS RANCHERO MANNS, ROY MC ELROY, DOROTHY & JOHN MOOREHAVEN FARMS RED ROCK POLLED HEREFORDS ROCK’N “H” HEREFORDS SEESON RANCH SHADY BIRCH FARM SIX SOUTH ACRES LTD SMITH, DENNIS SPRING MOUNTAIN STOCK FARM TIM HORTON CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION TROOP, KEITH E WELLS, RALPH JACK WHISKEY LANE LIVESTOCK WILMS, LANE

1392357 ONT INC AIRRIESS ACRES BATHO FARMS LTD BELL, DONALD & BRENDA BOOSE, GARY & NORMA JEAN BRADLEY FARMS BROWN, CAYLYNNE CHARLTON FARMS CONCORDIA HEREFORDS COPPER CREEK RANCH D W HEREFORDS DICKSON, ADRIENNE DOUBLE DEUCE ACRES GLENNETHY FARMS HARBOUR, F E HOFFMAN, DIANE KOOTENAY POLLED HEREFORDS LYNDS, MILTON D LYONS, WM & AUDREY MASTINE, JOHN NEWTON, JAMES E NICHOL, ANGELA DAWN PRICHARD, KENNETH PUGH, WALLACE & FERN RANKIN, BLAIR & BOBBI REIMER, WENDELL RIVER VALLEY POLLED HEREFORDS SPRING VALLEY FARMS STEELE BROOK FARMS STORIE, PETER & SANDRA THORNTON, ROBERT B TOD MOUNTAIN RANCH TROOP, VICTOR A TWIN VIEW POLLED HEREFORDS VAN CAESEELE, WESLEY WARD, LARRY WEBBER, KELLY WINDY HILL FARMS

3-D-L FARM A M RANCHING ANDERSON RANCHES LTD BAR PIPE HEREFORD RANCH BIG GULLY FARM CORNELL FARMS COURTENAY HEREFORDS DOENZ RANCHES LTD ECHO VALLEY FARM HEREFORD GRLZ JBLC HOLDING INC KEYNOTE FARMS LEES, DUNCAN LILYBROOK HEREFORDS INC LOHNER, MARK LOST LAKE RANCH MAGNUM RANCHING MEDONTE HIGHLANDS POLLED HEREFORDS MILLHAM, HUNTER, MORGAN & SYDNEY MITCHELL, DAVID P MORESBY THREE STARS NBG POLLED HEREFORDS NIXDORFF, NELS & TERRI & FAMILY O’SHEA, JAMIE PHANTOM CREEK LIVESTOCK LTD PHK HEREFORDS POGANY, CLIFFORD & KARI-ANN REID, DAVID G RICHARDSON RANCH ROSSER, GORDON L RSK FARMS SHILLINGTON, DALE R SMITH, ALICIA H SMITH, JAKE STANDARD HILL LIVESTOCK STRANGE, DENISE STROMSMOE, NYLE & CLINT TAPP, TREVOR L ULRICH HEREFORD RANCH INC V AND G POLLED HEREFORDS W BAR M FARMS ZOETEMAN, STUART & SHERRI

Deadline: June 1st of each year. 2016 numbers are based off of the 2015 Calf Crop 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 issue of the Canadian Hereford Digest.

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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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Hereford EPD Averages Fall 2016

CE BW WW YW Milk TM MCE SC CW Stay (%) (lbs) (lbs) (lbs) (lbs) (lbs) (%) (cm) (lbs) (%)

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0.5

3.5

45.0 74.0 18.0 41.0

0.9

0.7

85.0

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105.0 120.8 101.7 29.6

0.26 0.001 0.06

Calves***

1.2

3.2

49.0 79.0 21.0 45.0

1.4

0.8

88.0

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110.7 123.9 101.6 30.4

0.33 0.004 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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3-D-L Polled Herefords...........................................................171

Alta Genetics......................................................................... 172 American Hereford Association........................................... 110 ANL & Guests Production Sale...............................................87 A.X.A. Polled Herefords..................................................... 5, 173

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Balog Auction Service Ltd.............................................. 25, 172 Bannerlane Herefords............................................................. 71 Barefoot Polled Herefords......................................................79 Bar Pipe Hereford Ranch........................................................36 Bar-RZ Polled Herefords........................................................ 80 Bieber Herefords.....................................................................92 Blair-Athol Polled Herefords...................................................35 Bradley Farms........................................................................ 173 Braun Ranch.............................................................................22 Breeders’ Choice Online Hereford Sale.................................10 Breton West Herefords.............................................................8 Brost Land & Cattle Co. Ltd....................................................72

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C & T Cattle Co.........................................................................55 Canada Beef.............................................................................78 Canadian Farm Ins. Corp....................................................... 173 Chestermere Herefords.........................................................171 Church Ranch.......................................................................... 70 Copper Creek Ranch...............................................................IFC Coppertone Farms Ltd...........................................................171 Corbiell Herefords................................................................... 16 Coulee Crest........................................................................... 46 Crone Herefords...................................................................... 19

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Dallas Farms............................................................................171 Davis-Rairdan Embryo Transplants Ltd............................... 172 Deanfield Ranch..................................................................... 54 Dorbay Polled Herefords..................................................57, 173 Dorran, Ryan.......................................................................... 172 Double Deuce Acres Polled Herefords..................................92

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Elmlodge Polled Herefords.......................................................9 Elite Genetics Production Sale...............................................39 Erin Brook Polled Herefords................................................. 114 Eureka Hereford Farms inc..................................................... 61

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Farmfair International........................................................... 116 Fenton Hereford Ranch Inc.................................................... BC First Choice Female Sale......................................................... 91 Flewelling Cattle Co Ltd.........................................................171

g Garrett Ranch Ltd.......................................................... 103, 172 Gemstone Cattle Company...................................................112 Genetics for Generations.......................................................47 Gillsepie Hereford Ranch...................................................... 101 Glenrose Polled Herefords...................................................... 61 Grant Rolston Photography Ltd........................................... 173 Guilford Hereford Ranch.................................................. 17, 173

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Harvie Ranching..................................................................... 69 HBM Polled Herefords........................................................... 173 Highmark Ranching Polled Herefords..................................171 Hirsche Herefords & Angus.............................................. 28-29 HMS Hi-Cliffe...................................................................92, 172 H.S. Knill Company Limited.................................................. 173 Holloway Farms Ltd................................................................. 18 HZ Herefords.................................................................... 68, 171

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Take the Lead Bid Off.............................................................. 13 Taboo Polled Herefords......................................................... 173 Tide Creek Herefords............................................................. 30 Triple H Herefords................................................................. 172

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Walnut Drive Farms.......................................................... 94-96 Westgard Windimuir Herefords........................................... 172 Wildbear Herefords.................................................................76 WLB Livestock......................................................................... 51 Wood-B Herefords.................................................................. 49 Wyatt Farms.......................................................................... 100

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Rednex Ranch Remitall West..........................................................................27 Richardson Ranch........................................................... 116, 171 River Bridge Ranch..................................................................24 River Valley Polled Herefords............................................ 14-15

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Loose Cow One of the greatest feelings in the world is to see a cow loose on the road and realize it’s not yours!

I know that sounds awful. And I do feel a little guilty sayin’ it, but it’s true! Of course, I do feel bad for whos’ever critter it is. And many’s the time I’ve driven ‘em down my lane and penned ‘em up and called the owner of the wandering beast.

Chasin’ somebody else’s cow back where she belongs is kinda like drivin’ a rented car. You do your best but you don’t worry about the outcome quite as much. ‘Specially if there’s three or four neighbors helpin’!

Or passing motorists who are always willing to help. They’re usually about as much help as a town dog but they’re enthusiastic! There’s something that draws these good Samaritans, like a car wreck or someone threatening to jump off a bridge!

If things are getting out of hand, there’s always the possibility you can take down your rope and get a shot or two at her before she crawls through the fence! ‘Course, if it’s your cow, it’s different! You’re racin’ around tryin’ to get the lower pasture gate open whilst keepin’ an eye on her last reported position.

You’re shouting orders at members of your family and the neighborhood pets, stationing motorists to slow down traffic and mostly makin’ a fool of yourself.

The cow, on the other hand, has developed amnesia! She seems to have lost all memory of where she’s been eating and sleeping for seven years! She’s got her head up in the air like a drum major! She’s crashing through the neighbor’s corn, headin’ for the truck stop a mile away! You manage to get her headed off the creek, where she breaks back south, in the opposite direction of your place!

You are a’horseback and the wife’s ratlin’ down the end of the corn rows in the pickup. It’s a good thing the thirty-thirty is with her!

The cow finally turns up the neighbor’s drive and is converged on by six vehicles, swerving in like treasury agents at a moonshiner’s convention! You find her in the neighbor’s shop calmly chewing on electrical wire.

With a little help you get her worked into his corral, then go home and get the trailer and haul her home. An experience you won’t long forget, ‘specially since it will be the hot topic at the coffee shop for the next thirty days!

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Semen & embryoS for Sale

Y19

AKJA 197Z

SHF BETHEL 33T Y19 {DLF,HYF,IEF} A 43181074

Y19

GHC C5 MISS UNIQUE 197Z {DLF,HYF,IEF}

Jan. 26, 2011

Mother of the high selling bull in Sandhill Farms 2016 sale at $31,000.

Two daughters in Sandhill herd and her 2016 daughter is right at the top of the heifer calf crop. Embryos sired by SHF CANNON Z210 C95 for sale.

CE -3.0 .15 SC +1.2 .20

USA EPDS

BW WW YW M M&G +6.9 +65 +98 +32 +65 .45 .36 .39 .26 CW FAT REA MARB BMI +72 +0.023 +0.99 +0.09 +$ 18 .31 .29 .28 .25 -

CEM -0.7 .14 CEZ +$ 11 -

MCW US TS +106 +1.13 +1.20 .36 .42 .40 BII CHB +$ 16 +$ 31 LOEWEN M326 SIR 33T

KCF BENNETT 3008 M326

LOEWEN M326 SIR 33T

SHF MISTY 33T Y35

HVH OKSANA 4L 33N

HVH QUEEN 1022 37S

SHF CANNON Z210 C95 A 43587249

C95

A 43181074

AKJA 197Z

August 9, 2012

High selling 2 year old in last GHC sale. Her 2016 bull calf is a top herd sire prospect and her ET calves are standouts.

Embryos sire by ANL C HAR T100 TAHOE ET 23B for sale.

CE BW WW YW -0.5 +3.8 +46.1 +83.4 PE .23 .19 .19 STAY MPI FMI RFI +0.3 +124.4 +114.3 PE PE PE -

EPDS

M TM MCE SC CW +29.2 +52.3 +3.0 +0.8 +101.0 .12 PE .07 .15 PWG FAT REA MARB +37.3 +0.023 +0.11 +0.15 .19 .11 .12 .09

BLAIR-ATHOL 13K MAJOR 101N

BBSF 101N WRANGLER 29W BBSF 19D UNIQUE 1P

HUTH WESTWIND STEVEN S116

GHC JG MISS PAULA 192W WR VICTRA 0421

{DLF,HYF,IEF}

Feb. 12, 2015

Semen will be available this fall on this outstanding genetic outcross herds sire.

Powerful, stout deep bodied individual with pigment and large well shaped testicles.

His epd’s and carcass data is right where we want to be. His mother is one of the top females in the Sandhill herd.

USA EPDS

CE BW WW YW M M&G +4.5 +2.7 +59 +90 +29 +59 .28 .45 .35 .38 .13 SC CW FAT REA MARB BMI +1.2 +70 +0.093 +0.30 +0.45 +$ 24 .29 .25 .27 .27 .24 -

CEM +2.8 .23 CEZ +$ 19 -

MCW US TS +89 +1.18 +1.21 .32 P P BII CHB +$ 19 +$ 31 -

F REST EASY 847

GV CMR X151 MR 847 Z210

GRANDVIEW CMR MS 424 X151 ET LOEWEN M326 SIR 33T

SHF MISTY 33T Y35

C95

HVH QUEEN 1022 37S

Cattle Since 1909 and Polled Herefords Since 1975

Lakes Ranch is four 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.

In partnership with Winston (Win) Stothert Almer Weinmeier Phone: 604.922.9652 • Email: wstothert@shaw.ca Phone: 780.635.4979 • Cell: 780.210.0476 1107-2222 Bellevue Ave., PO Box 120, Ashmont, AB, T0A 0C0 West Vancouver, B.C. V7V 1C7 8 Miles East of Ashmont on Hwy 28, Range Road 102

Crittenden Bros.

Polled Herefords

Box 158, Imperial, SK S0G 2J0 Howard & Sharon Gordon & Shirley 306.963.2622 306.963.2414 Fax: 306.963.2493 Howard Cell: h.s.crittenden@sasktel.net 306.963.7880

BRF 232Z

FHR 18Y

ARNL 74Z

Progeny Feature This Fall

Progeny Feature This Fall

Progeny Feature This Fall

FHR 199Y

LPG 35B

2016 Medicine Hat Champion (Brother to 2016 Calgary Champion)

Progeny Feature This Fall 2016 Saint Apollo Colt

2016 Sale Offering

bulls registered bred heifers

Al & Lori Fenton Becky & Curtis Snethun Ray-Lynn & Kacee Phone/Fax: 780-754-2384 Cell: 780-842-7806

commercial bred Heifers Broke Ranch Geldings fancy foals

Conrad & Janel Fenton Dalee, Prior, Emerson & Beau Phone: 780-754-3321 Cell: 780-209-3600

Blair & Jessica Fenton Gray, Tayva & Laney 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