January 2015 Performance Edition

January 2015

The Official Magazine of The Canadian Hereford Association

Kurt William Gilmore March 1949 – December 2014

Milestones The CHA and 125 Years

2015 Performance Edition

Meet CCR 100W ADELA ET 2B

Our very worthy recipient of the Canadian Hereford Association’s 3 millionth registration number.

CCR 2B * Reg. no. CO 3000000 She’s a Gem epitomizing the type we believe will make a big impact on the Copper Creek Ranch herd.

Her dam, CC 265T, has already made a huge contribution to our herd. See her progeny and herd mates on our revamped, newly launched website: www.coppercreekranch.com

CCR 2B

Proud recipients of the 2014 National Herdsman Award Thank you, fellow breeders and industry enthusiasts, for your visits at our Agribition stall, and your overwhelming positive feedback on our cattle on exhibit.

Owners - The Stevenson Family

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

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

Bob Proulx . Kevin Clements . Shawn Galloway

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2014Grand Grand Champion Champion Female Female 2014

Dainty Dainty

MHPH521X 521X 105A{DLF {DLFIEF IEF HYF} HYF} MHPH 105A ChampionSenior SeniorYearling Yearlingand andGrand GrandChampion Champion Female Female Champion Co-ownedwith withRidgeview RidgeviewFarm, Farm,Alto, Alto, MI MI Co-owned

Breeders Herd Herd Breeders •• Premier Breeder Breeder •• Premier Premier Premier Exhibitor Exhibitor

TwoBulls BullsBred Bredand andOwned Owned Two GetofofSire Sire Get

2013 Grand Grand Champion Champion Female Female

Dainty Dainty

MHPH 205Y {DLF,IEF IEFHYF} HYF} MHPH 301N 301N 205Y{DLF, with “Action” at side with “Action” at side 2013 2013 Agribition Agribition Champion, Champion,Miss MissWorld World2013 2013and and 2013 National Champion 2013 National Champion

Secondyear yearin inaarow rowthat that MHPH MHPH MS MS 101S 101S Dainty Dainty 123U 123U raised Second raised the the Grand Grand Champion ChampionFemale!

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JuniorBull Bull Calf Calf Champion Champion Junior

Boomtown Boomtown Boomtown

MHPH AFPH 10Y 319B {DLF IEF HYF} MHPH AFPH 10Y 319B {DLFON IEF HYF} Co-owned with Taboo Polled Herefords, Nobleton, MHPH AFPHwith 10YTaboo Polled Herefords,319B {DLF IEF Co-owned Nobleton, ONHYF} Co-owned with Taboo Polled Herefords, Nobleton, ON

Reserve ReserveChampion ChampionIntermediate IntermediateYearling Yearling Heifer Heifer Reserve Champion Intermediate Yearling Heifer

Rita Rita

MHPH 1151A MHPH521X 521X 1151A{DLF {DLFIEF IEFHYF} HYF} Co-owned Co-ownedwith withCountry CountryLane LaneFarms, Farms,Innisfil, Innisfil, ON ON

Reserve Reserve Grand Grand Champion ChampionBull Bull

Action Action Action

MHPH 521X 106A {DLF IEF HYF} MHPH 521X 106A {DLF IEF HYF} Champion Bull and Reserve106A Grand{DLF Champion MHPHJunior 521X IEF HYF}Bull Champion with Junior Bull and Reserve Grand Champion Bull Co-owned Double J Polled Herefords, Maidstone, SK Champion Junior Bull and Reserve Grand Champion Co-owned with Double J Polled Herefords, Maidstone, Bull SK Co-owned with Double J Polled Herefords, Maidstone, SK

Reserve Intermediate Heifer HeiferCalf CalfChampion Champion Reserve Intermediate Reserve Intermediate Heifer Calf Champion

Sarah Sarah

MHPH JWR JWR 10Y 10Y 219B{DLF {DLFIEF IEFHYF} HYF} MHPH 219B Co-owned with with Tyler TylerArthur, Arthur,Alameda, Alameda,SK SK Co-owned

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39 th Annual Production Sale Wednesday, February 11th, 2015 1:00 pm MST at the Ranch

Please join us on February 11th to check out our sale offering and enjoy some Misty Valley hospitality. Our cattle are bred to be functional, productive, low maintenance and long lasting.

65 – Long Yearling Bulls – semen tested and guaranteed. This years group includes Lanni Bristow’s Sale Bulls.

Lanni’s bulls have earned a strong reputation with ranchers over the the years.

35 – Bred Registered Heifers – selected from our replacement group and bred to calving ease sires.

55 – Bred Commercial Hereford Heifers – home raised heifers bred to light birthweight Horned Hereford bulls.

4 – Feature Registered Heifer Calves from Mark Law 2 – Groups of 5 Commercial Heifer Calves from Lawview Herefords

BAR-OM 923W SILVER STD 646A

646A is an attractive 923W son with loads of pigment. 923W was purchased from YV Ranch at the Calgary Bull Sale. 646A’s mother is sired by the Peggy Herman 21R bull and she brings in a top calf every year. Excellent udder.

FREE DELIVERY to central points in the Prairie Provinces with special consideration given to group purchases.

We invite you to look at our sale cattle anytime prior to sale day...

Just give us a call.

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

MVF 219T SILVER TURIN LAD 536A

536A is a very smooth, cleanly made 219T son. His mother is a good producing 67M daughter. He has plenty of natural thickness and an excellent haircoat.

PLEASE BE OUR GUESTS FOR LUNCH AT 11:30.

For more information, catalogues or motel reservations, contact:

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

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Carlrams Ranching Ltd 6th Annual Sale 2:00 pm - Sask Time Join us for lunch prior to the sale!

* NEW DATE * Thursday - February 12

LOT 95A LOT 170A CARLRAMS 87R STD ROYAL170A ~ Selling Half Intrest ~

CR 181U LAD 95A

LOT 196A LOT 238A CR 35W LAD 238A

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CARLRAMS 501R LAD 196A

45 Ranch Ready Hereford Bulls ~ ~ Commercial Heifers on offer ~

Cal & Marilyn Carl & Dalynn (306) 398-7343

(306) 398-7879

Randy & Robin (306) 823-3912

Cut Knife, Saskatchewan, Canada 6 miles north of Cut Knife, 2 miles West Visitors are always welcomed!

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contents January 2015 Volume 73 | Number 1

Calynn Gardner of Diamond T Cattle Co. Submitted by: Ron & Renie Hanson, Airdrie,Alberta

features

contents B R A D D U B E AU & C AT H E R I N E B R OW N

Family Helping Family The story of Batho Farms Inc. and AM Ranching

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Keith Gilmore Foundation

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3,000,000 Announcement

Improving Carcass Merit Using Ultrasound

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3,000,001 Announcement

112 Maternal Productivity Index C AT H E R I N E B R OW N

Sound Decisions

Milestones

Breeding Soundness Evaluations.

Why Bulls fail and how testing can affect your bottom line.

The CHA and 125 Years

Young Guns X Faces and Perspectives of a New Generation Matt Hordos Hannah Dixon

108 CHD Updates 112 Feedlot Merit Index

ELIZABETH R. HOMEROSKY

113 Hereford Cooking 114 Hereford Supremes 115 Show & Sale Results 133 4-H Achievements

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136 Committee Reports STEPHEN SCOTT & S E A N M C G R AT H

CHA Enters GE EPD Genomic Era GE-EPDs

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137 Notes from Registry 138 Ontario Provincial Report 140 Manitoba Provincial Report 141 Saskatchewan Provincial Report 142 Alberta Provincial Report 143 British Columbia Provincial Report 144 CJHA Report 146 CJHA Thank You 147 CJHA Heifer Lottery

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145 Canadian Beef Breeds Council Report

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President’s Message

155 Quick Reference

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Message du Président

156 Auctioneers, Consultants and Services

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Hereford Horizons

158 Hereford EPD Averages

134 Executive Director’s Report

159 Digest Subscription Form & Ad Booking Deadlines

135 Rapport du Directeur Exécutif

159 2015 Semen and Embryo Directory Deadline

148 Gate Closures 151 Hereford Farewells

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JANUARY 20-22–MB.................... Manitoba Ag Days, Keystone Centre, Brandon 21-23–SK........................... Saskatchewan Beef Industry Conference, Regina 23-24-AB .............................................Canadian Bull Congress, Camrose 26.The Next Generation Semen & Embryo Directory Booking Deadline 27 – MT ................................................... Chruchill Bull Sale, Manhattan 31 – AB............... MC Quantock “Canada’s Bulls” Sale, Lloydminster FEBRUARY 6 – ID ...Elkington Polled Herefords Annual Production Sale, Idaho Falls 7 – SK ...Hill 70 Quantock Ranch “Barn Burnin’ Bull Sale”, Lloydminster 9 – SK...3rd Annual Premier Bull Sale, Lloydminster Exhibition Grounds 10 – SK................................Bannerlane Production Sale #16, Livelong 11 – SK.......................................... Misty Valley Farms Sale, Maidstone, 12 – SK ....................................................6th Annual Moving on Bull Sale, Carlrams Ranching Ltd, Cutknife 14 – AB .............. MJT “Back to the Basics Buy a Bull Day”, Edgerton 18-20–AB.....................................Alberta Beef Industry Conference, Red Deer 19 – AB .....................Corbiell Herefords Bull Sale, Bow Slope, Brooks 20 – WY .....3rd Annual Bull Sale, Durbin Creek Ranch, Worland, USA 21 – BC...................... 20th Annual Production Sale, Pine Butte Ranch, BC Livestock Co-op Kamploops 24 – AB ...............................Ulrich Hereford Ranch Bull & Female Sale, Balog Auction, Lethbridge 25 – SK ................. McCoy Cattle Co. & Beck Farms Bull Sale, Regina 26 – AB......6th Annual Rancher’s Bull Sale, Holloway Farms Ltd, Veteran 26-March 1 – AB ..............................CJHA National Council Meeting, Calgary MARCH 4-5 – AB .....................................................Calgary Bull Show and Sale, Calgary 6 – AB .......4th Annual Chittick Ranch Bull Sale, Ag Barn, Mayerthorpe 8 – SK............................................Standard Hill Production Sale, Maidstone 8-9 – AB/SK....96th “Pride of the Prairies” Bull Show & Sale, Lloydminster 10 – AB ............Harvie Ranching 6th Annual Bull Sale, At the Ranch, Olds 10-12–ON........ Ottawa Valley Farm Show - Ernst & Young Centre, Ottawa 14 – MB .........1st Annual Elite Genetics Bull Sale, Ag Complex, Neepawa 14 – AB....Jonomn Hereford Ranch & Just- EZ Charolais Bull Sale, Clyde 16 – AB......................................................Fraser’s Total Performance Bull Sale, Bow Slope Auction, Brooks 17-18–AB ....................Medicine Hat Spring Bull Show & Sale, Medicine Hat 19 – SK........................Braun Ranch, Ranch Ready Bull Sale, Swift Current 20 – AB...................................................................East Central Bull Sale, Veteran 21 – SK .................................................Canada’s Red, White & Black Bull Sale, Johnstone Auction Barn, Moose Jaw 22 – SK ............................ANL Polled Herefords Annual Bul Sale, Steelman 24 – SK Wascana Cattle Company, Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw with City View Simmentals & Ivanhoe Angus 24 – MB............................ 11th Annual WLB Bull Sale, At the Farm, Douglas 24 – AB ..............36th Annual Bulls Eye Sale, Bow Slope Shipping, Brooks 27 – AB ............K-Cow Ranch 4th Annual Bull Sale, at the Ranch, Elk Point 27/28–NB.............. Maritime Beef Conference, Delta Beausejour, Moncton 28 – SK ..........................................................Stockman Select Annual Bull Sale, Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw 28 – BC............................Dawson Creek All Breed Bull Sale, Dawson Creek 30-April 4 – MB........................................Royal Manitoba Winter Fair, Brandon

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APRIL 3 – SK......................................... Wilson Lees Value Added Bull Sale, Kisbey 4 – NS ..............Martime Bull Test Station Breeding Stock Sale, Nappan 4 – MB ..........................................Manitoba Bull Test Station Sale, Carberry 9 – SK.......................7th Annual T Bar K Bull Sale, At the Ranch, Wawota 9 – BC ................Yellowhead Hereford Breeders AGM, Vanderhoof, TBA 10-11 –ON..........................Ontario Hereford Annual Meeting & OJHA Annual Meeting - Holiday Inn Waterfront, Peterborough 11 – MB .....................Southwest Bull Decelopment Centre Sale, Oak Lake 11 – BC............40th Annual Vanderhoof All Breeds Bull Sale, Vanderhoof 12 – SK ...............................13th Annual Wranglers Bull Sale, Gainsborough 14 – AB ................106th Annual Lacombe Bull Show and Sale, Lacombe 16-17 – BC ......78th Annual Williams Lake Bull Show & Sale, Williams Lake 18 – MB ............Lundar’s 47th Annual All Breed Beef Cattle Sale, Lundar MAY TBA – ....................................................... Maritime Hereford Association AGM, 15Application Deadline for the CJHA “Future of the Breed” Scholarship 15 ........................... Application Deadline for the Keith Gilmore Scholarship 30 – SK........................................................Pasture Ready Bull Sale, Saskatoon JUNE TBA – AB....................................................... Alberta Hereford Association AGM 23-24–SK.. 2015 T Bar Invitational, Dakota Dunes Golf Course, Saskatoon 30.............................Hereford Special Service Award Nomination Deadline 30............................................. Hereford Legacy Award Nomination Deadline JULY 3 .................................................. August Digest Advertising Booking Deadline 28 -August 1– NB....................................Canadian Hereford Association AGM and Bonanza 2015, Fredericton

2015 Semen and Embryo Directory Ad Booking Deadline January 26, 2015

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 Kurt Gilmore at the 2014 Calgary Bull Sale, Taken by Browarny Photographics Ltd.

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Canada’s Red, White and Black Bull Sale March 21, 2015

Johnstone Auction Barn, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

Breeds Represented: Polled Hereford Horned Hereford Red Angus Black Angus Limousin Charolais Consignors • Six South Acres • OVHF • Lone Pine Cattle Services • LV Farms • Bieber Herefords • GWG Herefords • Old Burchill Farms • Mission Ridge Herefords • Seven Pines • Triple H Farm LTD • Eden Meadows • Black Pearl Angus • JD Angus Check • Coulee Crossing Cattle canadaredwhiteblackbullsale.weebly.com Company for more information regarding the final list of • Triple H Red Angus contributors and the bulls consigned.

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Newsworthy and notable stories from the Canadian Hereford industry Congratulations to Jamie Richardson from Tlell, British Columbia for winning the “Who Am I?” contest run in the August 2014 Digest! Thank you to everyone who entered the contest. The number of entries was overwhelming!

Look for the contest again in the August 2015 Herd Reference Edition of The Digest! • Marilyn Charlton Recognized CWA President Reed Andrew presents Marilyn Charlton with a plaque from Canadian Western Agribition in Recognition of her committment to Agriculture.

Photo Credit: CWA

Jay and Julie Bradley of Bradley Farms, Casselman Ontario are please to announce the birth of their second son: Callum Paul Gary Bradley born June 9th 2014, weighing 8 lbs 6 ounces

50-Years Richard Gabert

Joanne Hotte, President of the Peace River Hereford Club, presents Richard Gabert with a 50-year.

50-Years William Redrupp

Kazakhstan Travels Dauren Matakbayev, CHA Executive Director Stephen Scott, Bakhyt Ataybekowym & John Manchee on a recent tour of Kazakhstan. The group attended KazAgro Farm Show marketing Canadian Hereford genetics. Also the group toured Dinara Ranch owned by Bakhyt and this picture was taken at Bakhyt’s meat shop in Almaty where he sells Hereford beef.

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2014 MHA Ambassador Award

Dan & Marlene Gullett of MDG Polled Herefords are presented with the 2014 Manitoba Hereford Association Ambassador Award by Albert Rimke.

25-Years Bob & Nancy Thurston

CHA Board Member Lyon Silk presents Nancy and Bob Thurston with a 25-Year pin with son Ivor, and CHA Executive Director Stephen Scott at the Royal Winter Fair, Toronto

CHA Executive Director, Stephen Scott and CHA Board Member Lyon Silk present a 50-year pin to William Redrupp at the Royal Winter Fair, Toronto.

25-Years Keith Gabert

Keith Gabert is presented with a 25-Year pin at the CHA office in Alberta by CHA Director of Communications Brad Dubeau.

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The Tattoo Year Letter For 2015 is “C” Think “C” for Chocolate!

Hereford Legacy Award Purpose: To recognize commercial cattle operations/families who have been in the cattle business for seventy-five years as a continuous business.

Criteria: 1. The nominated commercial cattle operation must have and continue to use Hereford genetics as a major part of their breeding program over the past seventy-five years.

2. CHA Board members, provincial associations and CHA members can nominate commercial operations for the award.

3. The CHA Board will review and approve any nominations at a Board meeting.

Deadline for Nominations: June 30, 2015 Award: 1. A Bernie Brown picture of Hereford cattle will be suitably framed, with an engraved plaque on the frame.

2. Presentation of the award to be conducted at a suitable cattle event or function as selected by the recipient 3. Recognition in the October issue of the Digest. i.e. story and pictures. •

Keith Gilmore Foundation Scholarship A reminder that the deadline to apply for the KGF Scholarships is May 15, 2015. Application forms are available at www.keithgilmorefoundation.com •

Glen Brost Lost his Mustache For the third year in a row, Brosts have raised money for Prostate Cancer Canada. This year they raised a total of $410.00.

We would like to thank Bryan Fossay of Fossay Herefords for the pictures featured in “The Bar K Brand” Manitoba Commercial Producer of the Year story in the October 2014 Digest

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Hereford Special Service Award Nominations This award is to recognize people who have made a major contribution to the Hereford breed, who may not have been either a member of the Canadian Hereford Association, or a breeder of registered Hereford cattle.

Nominations must be received by the Canadian Hereford Association office prior to June 30. For more information visit www.hereford.ca •

CJHA “Future of the Breed” Scholarship

& true A reminder that the deadline for the CJHA “Future of the Breed” Scholarship is May 15, 2015.

Application forms are available at www.hereford.ca • A L S Fu n d r a i s e r at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair B rent Palsson of Palsson Herefords, shaved his goatee at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair for the first time in 21 years to raise money for Danny Findlay and his fight against ALS. $1,700.00 was raised for Danny and his family.

We Apologize: The list of KGF G o l f To u r n a m e n t sponsors and golfers was missing one contributor.

Thank you Alta Genetics and their team for your support of the Keith Gilmore Foundation.

Correction: The photo printed on page 24 of the October 2014 Digest was incorrectly attributed. The photo was submitted

by Ross & Arlene Stafford of Irvine, AB

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Bulls to Calgary Bull Sale March 4-5

SGC 42W SUPER RED STD 24A

SGC 10X AMIGO 32A

JOINT-CREEK 1H SUPER LAD 24L Sire: SGC 24L SUPER RED LAD 42W RC 10H ROYAL RED LASS 106K

SGC 76P ROYAL AMIGO 174S Sire: SGC 174S AMIGO 10X SGC 787 STANDARD LASS 25M

SGC 101L STANDARD LAD 143R Dam: SGC 143R STANDARD LASS 120U SGC 124N STANDARD 195S

SGC 28H EXTRA STD 113K Dam: SGC 113K EXTRA STD LASS 136N SGC DIAMOND LASS 24J

SGC 324U SILVER AMIGO 33A

SGC 220W AMIGO 49A

LBH 38E SILVER PRIDE 52N Sire: LBH 52N SILVER PRIDE 324U LBH 20J MISS STANMORE 45R

SGC 76P ROYAL AMIGO 174S Sire: SGC 174S AMIGO 220W SGC 133C HAWKEYE LASS 76H

SGC 76P ROYAL AMIGO 174S Dam: SGC 174S AMIGO LASS 219W SGC 3E EXTRA STD LASS 90K

SGC 787 STANDARD LAD 101L Dam: SGC 101L STANDARD LASS 135S SGC 46J SILVER STD LASS 89N

SGC 715Y STOCKT0N 67A

SGC 220W AMIGO 74A

BAR-RZ 64N STOCKTON 43S P Sire: JNHR STOCKTON 715Y JNHR JUSTINE 565R

SGC 76P ROYAL AMIGO 174S Sire: SGC 174S AMIGO 220W SGC 133C HAWKEYE LASS 76H

MAUNGAHINA HUNZA 040035 Dam: SGC HUNZA LASS 106W SGC IMPRESSIVE LADY 151S

XTC SUNSHINE TEMPEST 27H Dam: XTC 27H SUNSHINE TAMMY ET 31R AC MISS 10U COMMANDER 73D

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

www.croneherefords.com

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Heading to the Bulls Eye Sale March 24, 2015 Bow Slope Shipping in Brooks, AB 16 Ranch Raised Bulls (5 Heifer Bulls) Bulls Eye is the only sale we consign at.

Watch www.tidecreekherefords.com for pictures of sale bulls, their sires and dams.

Our First Sons out of BR 52U MONTANA STANDARD 163X Sell Sample Sons:

TIDE-CREEK 163X STD X LAD 30A

TIDE-CREEK 163X JENNER LAD 7A

Actual Birth Weight 102lbs.

Sire: BR 52U MONTANA STANDARD 163X Dam: TIDE-CREEK 28H X CLASSY 16R

Actual Birth Weight 93lbs.

Sire: BR 52U MONTANA STANDARD 163X Dam: TIDE-CREEK 21M MISS KELSEY 11P

TIDE-CREEK 826U DOMINO LAD 53A

TIDE-CREEK 826U STD X LAD 17A

Actual Birth Weight 90lbs.

Sire: YV 77J SKY HIGH ET 826U Dam: TIDE-CREEK 259R DOMINO LAS 29T

Actual Birth Weight 90lbs.

Sire: YV 77J SKY HIGH ET 826U Dam: TIDE-CREEK 1S STD X LASS 26X

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

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16th Annual Production Sale: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 2:00 pm CST (1:00 pm MST) ~ Dinner At Noon ~ At The Farm, Livelong, SK

60 Head on Offer : 24 Coming Two Year Old Bulls, semen tested* 1 Open Registered Heifer 32 Bred Commercial Heifers, pregnancy checked*

3 Bred Registered Heifers

GUEST CONSIGNORS: EZ Ranching & Poplar Dell Hereford Ranch

BANNERLANE 1Y SPORT 162A BW: 86 lbs. WW: 600 lbs. WDA: 3.05

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

SIRE: BANNERLANE 117W EXTRA 1Y DAM: BANNERLANE 108U MS BRIT 121Y

FEATURE SIRE

BANNERLANE 108U BRIT 15A

BANNERLANE 108U BRIT DOM 44A

BANNERLANE 108U STD BRIT 67A

BW: 78 lbs. WW: 755 lbs. WDA: 3.07

BW: 98 lbs. WW: 690 lbs. WDA: 3.12

BW: 96 lbs. WW: 765 lbs. WDA: 3.07

SIRE: MVF 161R STD BRIT LAD 108U DAM: BANNERLANE 232 MS EXTRA 34W

SIRE: MVF 161R STD BRIT LAD 108U DAM: BANNERLANE 251N STD LASS 26T

SIRE: MVF 161R STD BRIT LAD 108U DAM: BANNERLANE 251N STD LASS 32T

Central Point Delivery • Please call for a catalogue or visit www.hereford.ca to view the catalogue online “Our promise to you.....Quality cattle” Bill & Ruth Bannerman (306) 845-2445

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

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C AT T L E C O M PA N Y All Bulls Selling at One Location! with City View Simmentals & Ivanhoe Angus

March 24, 2015 Johnstone Auction Mart Moose Jaw, SK

20 Hereford Two Year Old Bulls 20 Simmental Yearling Bulls 20 Black Angus Yearling Bulls

WA S C A N A C AT T L E C O M PA N Y Harvey Duke 306-761-2810 or 306-536-4490 harveyduke@hotmail.com Bradley & Kim Duke 306-737-3980 bradleytduke@hotmail.com Special Thanks to ANL Polled Herefords for purchasing a group of 30 bred heifers!

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Specializing in LIGHT BIRTHWEIGHTS with GREAT PERFORMANCE plus REMARKABLE COWS We’re also pleased to participate in the CHA’s Feed Efficiency Trials (RFI) over the last 2 years. One of our CTY EASY 705T* sons topped the RFI EPD list of over 900 head recently released by the CHA! Plus the vast majority of ours were above average in the group... *705T’s sire, XUB 137Y, was bred and raised on our ranch.

AGA 46E BRITISHER ET 2U GCC PETE 203Y ET AGA 705 EASYGOING EXPRESS 67X CFH 2W HL LAD 131Y C 326N YES I CAN 127Y BANNERLANE 232 EXTRA GEN 60W AGA 114L GENERAL WILEY 24W 96 ANDY 72S CTY EASY 705T

AGA 60W BANNER SPORT 11A

AGA 72S BERT’S ANDY ANCHOR 19A

AGA 72S BERT’S ANDY 39A

45 bulls on offer!

AGA 203Y GREGORY PETE 74A

Peter Ulrich

EPD data & performance data (including ultrasound and RFI) available on website &/or sale day

AGA 127Y YES ARCHIBALD 313A

Sale includes excellent set of Long Yearlings by C 326N YES I CAN 127Y - available to view on the website!

hans Ulrich

(403) 625-2237 cell: (403) 625-1036 ULRICH HEREFORD RANCH INC www.ulrichherefords.com peter@ulrichherefords.com Box 843, CLARESHoLM, ALBERTA T0L 0T0 FRoM CLARESHoLM: 8 Mi (12.8 kM)E on Hwy 520 , 4M (6.4 kM) n on RR 255 & 1/4 MiLE E on TwP 132 17

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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

The year 2014 will be a year to remember both the Good and Bad times.

We started the year with unbelievable weather - excessive snow then rain followed by hail and wind. Many crops were planted late and some not at all.

Hay crops varied from not worth cutting to the best crops ever in some parts of Canada.

However, this year has been a great time to be in the livestock industry; especially if you own Hereford cattle.

The highest prices in years were received from the calf market to the slaughter market and both the commercial and the purebred breeders have had unbelievable returns.

The purebred production sales this year have all been above expectations.

Congratulations to everyone who stayed the course as you are finally being rewarded for your efforts.

This past summer and fall, the Hereford breed has excelled at major shows across Canada.

Herefords were declared supreme Champions at many fairs, giving them entry into the 2014 Beef Supreme Challenge at Agribition.

The Supreme Challenge featured 34 females and 34 bulls, within which there were four Hereford females and five Hereford bulls.

This event is judged by 5 individuals picking a top ten in both divisions.

Herefords made the top ten but all breeds are represented by their best animals and this year the Angus bull was selected and the Simmental cow was crowned Supreme. Congratulations to the winners.

This year, the Hereford breed reached its 3 millionth registration and no other beef breed in Canada comes close to this plateau.

This year, the Hereford breed reached its 3 millionth registration and no other beef breed in Canada comes close to this plateau.

At Agribition, the CHA auctioned off the right to own this registration number.

On behalf of the CHA, I would like to thank Copper Creek Ranch of Princeton, BC, for successfully bidding $4,750.

Proceeds from the auction went to the Hereford research fund.

The 3-million-and-one registration number was purchased by Dallas Farms for $1000.

I would like to thank the CHA office staff for their continued support and hard work. And thank you to Stephen Scott, for the excellent job he has done for the CHA in his first year as Executive Director.

I would also like to thank the Directors of the CHA and all the provincial boards for the hours of hard work that you do for this great breed.

Through our Hereford Breed Improvement (HBI) committee we are constantly assessing new technologies and how they might best help our breed.

The science of Genetic molecular testing has been advancing rapidly and appears to be able to help us predict important traits.

This technology promises to add accuracy to EPDs of existing traits and be useful to predict hard-to-measure traits such as tenderness, feed efficiency and disease resistance, etc.

On the research front, this is the third year for our RFI trail. Herefords will be the first breed with this type of data available. There is hope that this trial could continue, as other breeds realize the importance of feed intake relative to gain.

In closing, please remember that if you have any issues please bring them to the attention of your provincial CHA director and he/she will present it to the board.

May you and your families have a very Happy New Year.

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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

L’année 2014 sera une année avec de bons et de mauvais souvenirs. Nous avons commencé l’année avec une température incroyable - excès de neige puis de pluie suivie de la grêle et du vent. Beaucoup de récoltes ont été plantées tard et certains pas du tout. La production de foin a varié entre « ne vaut même pas la peine d’être couper » jusqu’à « meilleures récoltes que jamais » dans certaines régions du Canada. Cependant, cette année a été un grand plaisir dans l’industrie du bétail ; surtout si vous êtes propriétaire de bovins Hereford.

Des prix des plus élevés ont été reçus pour toutes les catégories; des veaux d’embouche jusqu’à ceux d’abattage tout autant pour les animaux commerciaux que pour les pur-sang. Les ventes pur-sang de production ont toutes surpassé les attentes. Félicitations à tous ceux qui sont restés tenaces avec vos élevages; vous êtes enfin récompensées pour vos efforts.

Les animaux Hereford ont aussi excellé lors des grandes expositions partout au Canada, avec des championnats suprêmes qui ont été la porte d’entrée au Défi Suprême RBC à l’Agribition. Celui-ci est le plus grand concours inter-race du Canada, mettant en compétition 34 femelles et 34 taureaux de plusieurs races différentes. Cette année, quatre femelles Hereford et cinq taureaux y ont participé. Les cinq juges ont choisi leurs 10 favoris, dont plusieurs étaient des Hereford, mais les grands gagnants ont été un vache Simmental et un taureau Angus. Félicitations aux gagnants.

En 2014, la race Hereford a atteint son 3 millionième enregistrement, le plus grand nombre de beaucoup à comparer aux autres races. Le droit d’utiliser ce numéro d’enregistrement a été vendu à Copper Creek Ranch de Princeton, C-B pour la somme de $4,750. Les fonds seront utilisés pour des projets de recherches. Tandis que le numéro 3,000,001 a été vendu pour $1000 à Dallas Farms. Nous vous remercions de votre support!

Je tiens à remercier le personnel de l’association pour leur soutien continu et leur travail ardu. Et un grand merci à Stephen Scott, pour l’excellent travail qu’il a accompli pour nous durant sa première année comme Directeur Exécutif.

Je tiens également à remercier les administrateurs de l’ACH ainsi que toutes les associations provinciales pour les nombreuses heures que vous dévouez à la race Hereford.

En 2014, la race Hereford a atteint son 3 millionième enregistrement, le plus grand nombre de beaucoup à comparer aux autres races. Le droit d’utiliser ce numéro d’enregistrement a été vendu à Copper Creek Ranch de Princeton, C-B pour la somme de $4,750. Les fonds seront utilisés pour des projets de recherches. Tandis que le numéro 3,000,001 a été vendu pour $1000 à Dallas Farms.

Grâce à notre comité d’amélioration de race Hereford, nous évaluons constamment de nouvelles technologies et comment elles pourraient aider notre race. La science du dépistage moléculaire génétique a progressé rapidement et semble être en mesure de nous aider à prévoir les caractères importants.

Cette technologie promet d’ajouter la précision aux EPD existants et être utiles pour prédire les caractères difficiles à mesurer tels que de la tendreté, efficacité alimentaire, la résistance aux maladies, etc.

Sur le front de la recherche, c’est la troisième année pour notre travail sur l’efficacité alimentaire. Hereford sera la première race avec ce type de données disponibles. Il y a espoir que ce procès pourrait continuer, puisque d’autres races réalisent l’importance de la prise alimentaire par rapport au gain.

En terminant, n’oubliez pas que si vous avez des questions, s’il vous plaît adressez-les à votre directeur provincial et il/elle les présentera au Conseil d’administration. Je vous souhaite une très bonne année à vous et votre famille.

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We thought it would be best that we feature pictures of our herdbull’s mothers so that you could appreciate the emphisis that we put on udders when we are selecting a new herdsire.

NJW R125 67M FOREVER 51U

NJW P606 80L DAYDREAM 34S ET

Mother of NJW 51U 4037 DURAMAX 8X

Dam of NJW 34S 38W BEEF 15Z ET

We have a good selection of yearling bulls for sale.

For more information please visit our website

www.kootenayph.com or give us a call SQUARE-D CENTURY 957B Owned with North Bluff Farms and Square-D Herefords

Kootenay Polled Herefords Your Herd Sire Source

Murray Gore (604) 582-3499

Ed Conroy (250) 365-3270

www.Kootenayph.com Kootenayph@gmail.com Box 3171, Castlegar, BC V1N 3H5 SQUARE-D JAEDEN 257P Dam of our new herdsire Century 20

Join us in celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the

EAST CENTRAL BULL SALE Friday, March 20 at the

Dryland Cattle Trading Corporation, Veteran, AB Approximately 40 Two Year Old Horned & Polled Bulls from reputation herds on offer

Parade of Bulls: 11:00 am Sale: 1:30 pm Complimentary Lunch for Buyers and Guests 2014 CHAMPION

L7 7U DANDY RETURN 12Z

2014 RESERVE CHAMPION

LPG DON 59K LAD 44Z

Horned and Polled Hereford Bulls from: Anquist Herefords Ayrey Herefords Crone Herefords Cutbank Cattle Co Diamond T Herefords

Fenton Hereford Ranch Garrett Ranch Ltd Glenrose Polled Herefords Little Poplar Grove Herefords SS Cattle Company

Sponsored by the East Central Hereford Club

For more information call 403-676-2086 or email diamondt@netago.ca

Catalogue also available online at www.drylandcattle.com Can’t attend? View online and bid by phone.

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glenrose@syban.net Camrose, AB

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

5 Polled Hereford 2 Yr Olds East Central Bull Sale, Veteran AB March 20 Polled Hereford 2 Yr Olds, Black Angus 2 Yr Olds, Red & Black Angus yearlings Lacombe Bull Sale April 17

All Available by Private Treaty Plus Polled Hereford Yearlings

GLENROSE 6X AVIATOR 15A GE-EPDs

BW +2.2

WW +42.0

YW +72.7

MILK +12.7

TM +33.7

FCC 40U SPRINT 6X {DLF IEF HYF} EPDs:

BW +6.0

WW +54.7

YW +89.7

MILK +14.2

TM +41.6

8 Sons Available Including:

GLENROSE 6X ACE 134A GE-EPDs

BW +5.8

WW +48.0

YW +81.9

MILK +15.9

TM +39.9

BW +4.5

WW +49.7

Thanks To The Following Bull Buyers East Central Goodbrand Ranch (3) Southridge Farms

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GE-EPDs

GLENROSE 6X ALBERTO 77A GE-EPDs

YW +77.5

MILK +15.7

Lacombe Dale and Kathy Duncan Malcolm Murray Wildfred Knight Mark Williams Dave and Lin Nacuk

GLENROSE 6X ANDY 65A

TM +40.6

BW +2.4

WW +36.6

YW +63.0

MILK +16.4

TM +34.7

GLENROSE 6X AVATAR 9A EPDs:

BW +5.0

WW +52.3

YW +84.3

MILK +17.3

TM +43.5

Private Treaty Stacy Dick Lee Penman Elwyn Thomas George Nielsen (2)

GE EPD

LBH 40W RIBSTONE 24Y

5 POLLED BULLS TO MEDICINE HAT BULL SALE Sired by: Anchor 44U, JB 354 Anchor Cadet and Hills-Galore Timberline 6Y SALE: Wednesday, MARCH 18 On-line bidding with DLMS ANCHOR 44U

5 LBH 24Y SONS TO CALGARY BULL SALE SALE: Thursday, MARCH 5 On-line bidding with DLMS

Sells at Calgary

JB 354 ANCHOR CADET

BP 24Y RIBSTONE 29A BW

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56.7

93.4

27.8

0.12

0.09

Actual BW: 98 lbs WW Index: 108 YW Index: 109 Sells at Medicine Hat BP 44U ANCHOR145A

Jay Cross Ph: 403-978-2767 jay@barpipe.com

Doug Finseth Manager Ph: 403-852-3865 doug@barpipe.com

Give us a call or stop by for a visit!

Okotoks, Alberta

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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 fall of 2014 was one for the record books.

Wow! Every sector of the cattle industry was positive. Commercial steer calves and yearlings were at all-time highs from August straight through the fall run. Once we thought we had seen the best, the best got better the following week. This extended into the commercial female trade as well. Mature females and bred heifers were as strong as we’ve ever seen, right up to Christmas. Every breed in Canada – both straightbreds and crossbreds - enjoyed tremendous prices. It was quality that demanded higher prices, not just colour.

When it comes to the registered Hereford market, both females and bulls didn’t take a back seat with higher averages across the board. It wasn’t unusual to see average selling prices at least $1500 to $2000 higher than last year. This increase is partly due to the very positive changes in the cattle industry but it is also due, in part, to positive changes in the Hereford breed.

There is no doubt that Hereford is a competitor and is seen as an essential element to the cattle industry. While there is always room for improvement, Hereford breeders have worked extremely hard to improve their product and are reaping rewards for that, including an influx of new members joining the association with the purchase of registered females. They want to be Hereford breeders because they see profitability with the continued rise in demand for Hereford genetics.

Hereford bull sales continued at a strong pace. Many breeders are sold out. Bulls are finding homes not only in the straight Hereford commercial herds but continue to expand in cowsherds that are mixed or more specifically, in Charolais, Simmental and Angus herds. The Hereford bull is unifying the calf crop out of the mixed herd, creating a group of calves that can be sold at the market or privately in two or three bunches, eliminating individual sales or multiple groups.

Hereford bulls on any other straight breed provides the highly sought-after F1 steers and females. Herefords offer traits that are a complement to other breeds, making the steers feed better, making females more productive and increasing longevity, making more money for the producer.

We expect continued strong prices through the winter and spring of 2015 at upcoming bull sales. Folks are gearing up for a more expensive bull buying season and are prepared to do so to get the highest of quality. I said this before, but can’t say it enough: quality will keep them coming back. Commercial producers will learn to trust what Hereford genetics can do for their program.

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sure commercial customers remember you at sale time by making that phone call. More importantly, remember to make that follow-up call next fall. It could mean everything in this ever-changing and increasingly competitive industry.

On a personal note, to my friend and mentor, Kurt Gilmore. I have thoroughly enjoyed our conversations and your expertise when it came to The Canadian Hereford Digest. When I came into this position with the CHA in 2009, I knew nothing about the creation of a national and internationally recognized magazine. The thought that I would come into a role that you and your father Keith had mastered, was overwhelming to say the least.

You spent the time explaining how things worked and always had time for my questions. I will miss that time we spent together. Rest in peace, my friend.

A reminder to our readership: Keep the January issue handy, as you will find bull sales throughout these pages covering the entire winter and spring.

It’s all in this issue.

See ya down the road!

Monday, March 16, 2015 at 1:00 P.M. Bow Slope Auction, Brooks, Alberta Sale day phone: (403) 362-5521 • Selling 19 Two Year Old Horned Hereford bulls • Complete performance data including birth weights, weaning and yearling indexes, and EPD’s.

Sires represented: DW STANDARD 268P LAD 45Y, DW 115R LAD 98X, LCI ROYAL RED LAD 83A, SNS 35J SILVER LAD 126L, RVH SILVER 50B 26E,

C 27H SUNDOG 8L, DW SILVER MOON LAD 30S, LBH 268P STANDARD 195U, DW ADVANCE 77J LAD 30U.

Many of these bulls would work on heifers. We have a very good set of yearling bulls as well.

To view the two year old bulls go to www.hussar4U.com and click on the DW Herefords link.

The pictures should be up in early February.

Your visit or inquiries are welcome anytime. Call for a catalogue.

Don & Kay Phone: 403-787-2261 Fax: 403-787-2574

Geoff & JacKie Phone: 403-787-2469

Tom & STacey Phone: 403-787-3716

CHURCHILL RED BULL 200Z {DLF IEF HYF} Registration No.: C03003015

Born: January 1, 2012

$75 a Dose min 10 doses

CE

BW

WW

STAY

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65.5 110.9 31.6 64.4

5.6

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UPS DOMINO 3027 CHURCHILL SENSATION 028X CHURCHILL LADY 7202T ET

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CL 1 DOMINO 9126J 1ET UPS MISS DIAMOND 1353 GH RAMBO 279R CL 1 DOMINETTE 301N

TM

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FMI

FAT

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121.5 0.053 0.81 0.23 .31

.19

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GOLDEN-OAK FUSION 3S GOLDEN OAK OUTCROSS 18U GOLDEN-OAK 60D MALLORY 15M CHURCHILL LADY 002X ET BR MOLER ET CHURCHILL LADY 600S ET CHURCHILL LADY 989

Red Bull offers the complete package that the Hereford breed is seeking. He offers an outstanding number package that includes a giant spread from BW to YW, and puts him in the top 1% of the breed for CE, WW, YW, M&G, REA and CHB Index $ and the top 5% for Milk. He combines this data with a powerful look - deep bodied and huge ribbed, with plenty of length and volume. He is a very well balanced bull with muscle, a stout square hip and a smooth front end. He has full pigment and lots of red. His look is backed up by his mother, who is a full sister to 008X the Champion Heifer of the National Jr. Hereford Show in 2011.

Most recently, Red Bull was named Grand Champion Hereford Bull at the 2013 Houston Stock Show and Rodeo.

The first calves are hitting the ground now and are light weight and easy calving.

Look for Calves in 2015 from Red Bull in Canada at the following progressive Breeders: Harolson’s Polled Herefords, AXA polled herefords, Whiskey Lane, Blair’s.Ag, Golden Oak Livestock Golden Oak Livestock Tom, Nathan & Prairie McNeely Box 326 Bowden AB T0M 0K0 780-679-7220 tom@bullseyefeeds.com

Iron Lake Ranch Dimitri Mataragas Athens, Texas 75751 (214) 649-0071 robenaroyalty@gmail.com www.ironlakeranch.com

Churchill Cattle Co. Dale & Nancy Venhuizen Manhattan, Montana 59741 (406) 580-6421 dale@churchillcattle.com www.churchillcattle.com 25

that Trevor and Amy Pugh have assumed a partnership roll in Lian Mor Polled Herefords effective January 2015.

2015 Calves Sired By:

• GHC Trimark 116Y • MHPH 521X Action 106A • Boyd Masterpiece 0220

Lian Mor Polled Herefords Wallace & Fern Pugh

Trevor & Amy Pugh

Phone: (519) 943-0278 Phone: (519) 941-8515 594324 Blind Line, Mono, ON L9W 5N3 553245 County Road 16, Mono, ON L9W 6M1 mail: lianmor@sympatico.ca 26

NGC 99R ARAGORN 6A Our ‘13 Hereford Genes Event entry. Extra depth, extra thickness, a massive 15.8 inch ribeye and out of a perfectly uddered cow.

NGC 99R APACHE 13A Herd bull quality here. Impressive phenotype combined with predictable genetics. Dam has sons working for Remount Grazing, Isabel Leighton and Corbeill Herefords.

CGC 142X SILVER PRIDE 3A

Curly hair, red eyes, red scrotum and as much natural muscle expression as any bull in the pen.

CGC 99R BARRICADE ET 8B

A full brother to Yellowstone, the 2013 Farmfair Senior Champion bull. Dam 16P has produced four herd bulls already, three of them full brothers to 8B.

watch the website >>> churchranch.ca FOR A COMPLETE LISTING OF OUR 2015 BULL OFFERING

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Ro c ke t Science We use and sell Breed Improving bulls with lots of data behind them and from great uddered cows designed for longevity, performance, and profit

O u r n e w e s t A.I. Sire for 2015

American EPDS

SHF ALL STAR 42X A191 {DLF,HYF,IEF}

Dam - SHF

MISS M326 T08 ET

Grand dam - SHF

CE

BW

WW

YW

M

M&G

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+1.8

+55

+89

+23

+51

CEM

MCW

US

TEAT

SC

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+91

+1.31

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MARB

BMI ($)

CEZ ($)

BII ($)

CHB (4)

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+0.23

+$ 29

+$ 22

+$ 24

+$ 32

POSTIVE MISS 73C M15

semen for sale $45/straw min 10 straws. No certificates For Sale at the Ranch, own sons of

MHPH 101S Umpire 118U TH 89T 743 Untapped 425X PCL Yukon R117 ET 49Y PCL Zircon 719T 25Z NJW 73S W18 Homegrown 8Y

Doug & Wanda Mann Box 1256 Swift Current, SK S9H 3X4 P: 306.773.7136 C: 306.741.1265 E: w_mann@xplornet.ca 28

MN Herefords Straight Canadian Pedigrees 6 Bulls and a pen of heifers headed to Calgary Bull Sale 4 Bulls headed to Medicine Hat Bull Sale

Some of Our Offering CB

MN 343X STAN ZENTO 533A

CB

MN 343X STANDARD 118A CB

MN 947Y ASTER LAD 603A

CB

MN 516Y ASTER BRIT 931A MHB

MN 11W BRITISH LAD 744A

MHB

MN 3W EXTRA MO LE 503A

Come View our Cattle at our Stalls or on The Ranch

Austin & Megan 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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All bulls sold at farm.

All bulls on test at Olds except NCX 17B You Tube sons are safe for heifers

NCX 5B NCX 34B

NCX 17B NCX 29B NCX 41B NCX 575B NCX 17B was First in Class at the Open Show at the 2014 Bonanaza NCX 536B is a son of

NCX ZORRO 730Z the 2014 Pride of the Praires Bull Sale Grand Champion out of a heifer Dennis & Andrea Babiuk Phone: (780) 657-2270 Cell: (780) 603-1079 Email: ncx@xplornet.ca

NCX 10B was Reserve Senior

Bull Calf at Hardisty and is out of Haroldson’s Raider and is horned

Box 102, Brosseau, AB T0B 0P0

Horned Reserve Senior Bull

Canadian Western Agribition 2014

Reserve Grand Champion Farm Fair International

SS-TOPLINE POWERHOUSE ET 888Z His name says it all, come see his progeny, you won’t be disappointed.

Reserve Champion People’s Choice

Reserve Grand Champion Bull

SS-TOPLINE 43S AVALANCHE 359A Admired by all that have seen him.

Come see his brothers, you will like them!

SS-TOPLINE 378W ZEUSS ET 60Z Come see the powerful Polled & Horned Bulls we have to offer.

Hereford Genes 2014

Pride of the Pairires Bull Sale 2014

Best Selection of Polled & Horned Bulls Available

See you at our Corrals.

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Sheldon & Shannon Archibald and Family Irma, AB

Visit us 6 miles North of Irma, Alberta on Secondary 881, and 1 mile east (SW26-46-09W4)

www.sscattle.ca

(780) 754-2850

sscattle@telus.net

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Familyelping Family H The story of Batho Farms Inc. and AM Ranching

By Brad Dubeau D I R ECTO R O F CO M M U N I CATI O N S & Catherine Brown A S S O CIAT E ED ITO R “Years ago, my dad Everett, traded a bull for a quartersection of land plus fifty dollars,” says Ron Batho of Batho Farms Ltd.. Today, that quarter-section from the Valley family remains in the Batho land holdings and is referred to as the Valley Quarter.

This is the story of Batho Farms and AM Ranching, who represent an extended family partnership which full-heartedly supports each new generation into the ranching business

with Herefords.

Cattle ownership and registrations are distinguished by tattoos and prefixes but make no mistake - the two names represent one integrated operation. There is equal decisionmaking between all parties. Land, cows, equipment and grain are included in the partnership.

Visit the farm and see the cattle of Albert and Michelle Rimke and their children Jay, Samantha and Levi, of AM Ranching and you’ll visit the farm and see the cattle of Batho Farms,

because they all run together.

Michelle Rimke is Ron Batho’s daug hter and she car r ies on the ranching tradition, in this partnership, along with her family.

Ron’s parents, Everett and Anna Batho, originally ran a cow/calf and grain operation near Minnedosa, Manitoba, about 30 miles north of Brandon. But water was scarce there and was ultimately not conducive to both farming and ranching. So in 1952, they moved to “the south country”, near Oak Lake, about 35

Visit the farm and see the cattle of Albert and Michelle Rimke and their children Jay, Samantha and Levi, of AM Ranching and you’ll visit the farm and see the cattle of Batho Farms, because they all run together. miles west of Brandon.

The cattle operation consisted of 40 Hereford cows, the first of which was purchased from Bill Cann of Cromer, Manitoba in 1952. More females were purchased from J. Dunn of Silverton, Manitoba.

“Those females were good framed cows with lots of natural thickness, ease of fleshing, and were very quiet cattle. Those kind of cattle do well under our grass conditions,” says Ron. His dad, Everett, always wintered cows outside at Minnedosa but when they moved to Oak Lake, this was not the normal practice with neighbours.

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eyebrows! But Herefords can handle it,” he says. Within a few years, neighbours were starting to follow suit.

The Batho family’s first polled bull – from the Spidel line - came from the Cunninghams, south of Brandon, in 1956. He left all his calves polled and that was the start of today’s polled Hereford operation.

Ron introduced the first registered Red Angus cow to the herd about 30 years ago and today the Red and Black Angus registered cows number around 200 head and remain under the ownership of Batho Farms Ltd with the exception of a few that Ron’s grandson, Jay owns.

Ron had three sisters who all eventually moved off the ranch.

Both Ron and his oldest sister, Dorcas Anne, completed a degree in Agriculture. Mary Louise completed a degree in Home Economics and Helen became a teacher.

Ron married Sheila Webber in 1966 and took up residence up the road from the main operation. They had two children - Michelle and Tracy.

Everett and Anna were inducted to the Canadian Hereford Association Honour Roll in 1993. They retired to the town of Oak Lake. When they did so, it allowed Ron and Sheila and their family to move to the main farm. Sheila was later diagnosed with cancer and battled it for seven years but lost that battle in 1982.

Ron later met Kathy Blaine and they were married in 1985. Her own herd,

under the name KDB Ranching, also runs with the Batho and Rimke herds. Ron and Kathy continue to reside in the main residence at Batho Farms, specializing in purebred and commercial beef cattle, along with grain farming, on 4,733 acres; 2,827 of which are owned. It is productive land with sandy soil and good rainfall.

Batho Farms Ltd. was awarded the Premier Purebred Beef Producer Award by the Province of Manitoba in 1984 and the families were awarded the West Souris River Conservation Farm Family Award in 1996. Ron Batho was inducted into the Hereford Honour Roll in 2007.

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Albert and Michelle were acquainted with one another, from a distance, for many years, through Hereford circles. They finally met in 1987 at Bonanza – the Canadian National Junior Show - which was held in Regina, Saskatchewan that year. They married in 1990, which makes this year their 25th wedding anniversary.

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operation near Dauphin, Manitoba with two brothers. That farm wasn’t large enough to support more than one family so this was the perfect opportunity for Albert and Michelle to continue in the ranching and farming community and Michelle was excited to carry on the legacy and traditions of the Batho family.

This year, the operation will calve out over 400 cows. The registered cowherds consist of about 100 head each, respectively, of Polled Herefords, Black Angus and Red Angus. The commercial cowherd makes up the remainder and it consists of mostly Hereford-Angus crosses.

Batho Farms owns Polled Herefords and the Red and Black Angus, while AM Ranching owns Polled Herefords.

Purchased bull power is shared equally on the operation.

The entire cowherd winters in a naturally sheltered treed and bush environment. In the spring, cows are

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broug ht closer to home for calv ing, which starts around the end of March.

Once the cows calve, the calves a r e pr o c e s s e d at a day old and pairs are moved t o a s epa r at e pasture near the home buildings and managed separately.

Commercial and purebred calves are managed similarly. All birth dates and birth weights are recorded and all calves tattooed. Potential buyers of commercial heifer calves or bred heifers therefore can also be provided with this information, when requested.

Bull calves are banded at one day of age if the family feels they don’t have the potential to make a bull. Bull calves that are kept as bulls are reevaluated in the fall and those that don’t measure up then are cut with a knife.

Summer pasture is mostly open with sparsely treed areas, making for good grazing. Normal rainfall is about 15 inches annually, which is ideal; though in recent years, that amount has been known come in one rainfall.

Twenty-one bulls are used at breeding time, half of which are yearlings.

They are turned out on June 15th and are pulled on August 15th. Weaning

usually takes place in mid-October under normal weather conditions.

In the seventies and eighties, Bathos fed and finished virgin bulls at 14 to 16 months of age, selling them to the Burns plant in Brandon and later in Winnipeg. When the Winnipeg plant also closed, marking the end of all beef slaughter plants in Manitoba, the Bathos began castrating and finished cattle were then sold to plants in eastern or western Canada or in the USA. The Bathos would also routinely evaluate first-calf heifers after calving before deciding whether or not they would stay in the herd. Those not sold as bred females were fed and often they would finish and grade to the highest of standards.

In the past 15 years, the operation has sent their finished cattle to Cargill in High River, Alberta, XL Beef in Brooks, Alberta or to Tyson in Nebraska.

More recently, their practice is to background calves and heifers and then decide in late February or March whether to either sell on the open market or finish them on the farm.

Calves to be finished at home are put in similar groups to finish at the same time. These tend to be the straight Hereford calves because they are the ones that tend to sell a few cents short of other calves on the open market.

Yet as a finished calves, the Herefords grade as well as anything else, they say.

The Bathos and Rimkes have sold their finished cattle through Gateway

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Livestock Exchange Inc. in Taber, Alberta. Gateway has always sourced the best bid for them at various plants in Canada and the U.S., for a very reasonable commission of $3-$4 per head.

Purebred bulls and females of all

The South West Bull Development Centre is managed by the Bathos and Rimkes on the ranch.

The centre is in its 21st year and accepts only maternal breeds. three breeds are sold by private treaty from the ranch, with the exception of the Manitoba Hereford Association’s Good As Gold sale, in Brandon each December, to which the Rimkes have consigned cattle for at least the past 10 years.

The Batho/AM Ranching operation leases out about a half dozen bulls annually and those bulls are returned in the fall. The following year, those bulls are re-leased or sold as breeding bulls.

Purchased bulls are expected to be phenotypically right. Bathos and Rimkes also try to see the dams of bulls before making a purchase.

Then they look for a balanced set of EPDs (Expected Progeny Differences).

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Albert stresses that actual birth weig ht i s as important as the birth weight EPD and calving ease EPD. He says he looks for overall balance in both the numbers and the conformation.

The Rimkes The Rimke Family at the 2014 Bonanza in Lindsey Ontario actively participate in cattle showing. The whole family 47.5% Oats, 2.5% supplement and attends the Manitoba Hereford 50% hay. The bulls are measured for Association’s Summer Field Days performance and then sold by auction and Mark of Excellence Shows. in the spring. There is a combination They attend the Oak Lake Beef 4-H of three indexes that are used to Achievement Day, the Manitoba determine which bulls start the sale.

Livestock Expo, the Manitoba Royal These indexes are weight-per-day-ofWinter Fair and occasionally they age (WDA), average daily gain (ADG) attend Agribition. They have enjoyed and an inverted birth weight index.

Ron Batho has also had a long a successful show career.

The South West Bull Development standing relationship with the Centre is managed by the Bathos Manitoba Beef Cattle Performance and Rimkes on the ranch. The centre Association (aka, Douglas Bull Test is in its 21st year and accepts only Station) at Douglas, Manitoba. This maternal breeds. Breeds that have station can handle up to 500 bulls. participated are Hereford and Red and Ron’s father, Everett, co-founded the Black Angus. Most are from within station, along with Hereford breeders the province and from Saskatchewan Don Mitchell and Frank Hay. Batho but they have also taken in bulls from Farms has participated every year Alberta and Ontario. The best year for and is the only consignor to have the centre was in 2001-2002 where the done so. numbers reached 109 bull calves. Post In 1964, 42 of the over 100 bulls BSE-affected markets, the numbers entered were either owned by Batho dropped but in recent years, numbers Farms Ltd or were sired by a Batho are resurging as cattle markets Farms bull. gain strength. All bulls are treated The Douglas Bull Test celebrated its the same on test and fed a ration of 50th anniversary on April 6th, 2014.

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One of Jay’s foundation cows. Jay showed her as a calf at Bonanza in Princeton on dam. The dam was 13 years old.

Everett, Ron and now Albert have all either served as President, Director or a breed representative for the station.

“Herefords can hold their own with any breed,” says Ron. He’s seen it proven at both test sites. “And a Hereford bull will work on any breed”.

The family produces their own feed for both the cowherd and the South West Development Centre. Their first

emotionally and financially and to play an advisory role. Albert coached Jay and Samantha to High School Provincials in curling.

Albert has been the Manitoba CJHA Adult Advisor for over ten years. He has been leader of the Oak Lake 4-H Beef Club for 23 years.

“I get all the glory but Michelle does most of the work,” Albert admits.

All three of their kids have competed with their own cattle at the CJHA National Bonanza Show in every region/province of Canada, from the Maritimes to British Columbia. That tradition started in 1999 in Virden, Manitoba. priority is barley and corn silage. In wet years, they plant more Millet. It has a 60-days-to-maturity for late cropping. They also put up alfalfa hay which they produce themselves.

Straw is brought in from the surrounding area.

Every member of the family plays an active role on the operation, including Jay, Samantha and Levi. Jay is now 21 and will graduate from Olds College with a Diploma in Agriculture in the spring. Samantha (18), is studying at the University of Saskatoon working towards a degree in Pharmacy and Levi (15) is in the tenth grade of High School. When the kids aren’t at school, they are helping on the ranch.

Albert and Michelle are passionate about supporting their kids and other juniors in the Hereford and cattle communities. All three Rimke kids are very active members of the Canadian Junior Hereford Association (CJHA), provincially and nationally; in 4H, the All-Breeds Junior Show and curling also plays a huge role in their lives. Albert and Michelle say they are there to support their kids

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“Michelle and I are a team. She keeps me organized and on track.” All three of their kids have competed with their own cattle at the CJHA National Bonanza Show in every region/province of Canada, from the Maritimes to British Columbia. That tradition started in 1999 in Virden, Manitoba. Samantha and Levi will participate as juniors in the 2015 national junior show in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Jay will watch this one, as he is now a Young Gun member in the association.

Jay and his family have experienced a life-changing event in January of 2012 while Jay attended Olds College.

Following a terrible car accident, he was 78 days in the hospital with lifethreatening injuries, where Michelle stayed with Jay until they were able to return home together.

“In a moment, everything in your life can change,” says Michelle tearfully.

Jay has had a remarkable recovery from a severe brain injury and has since returned to college.

Following the accident, Jay set three goals: firstly, to go home; secondly,

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to show cattle at the World Hereford Conference in Olds, Alberta, the summer of 2012; and thirdly, to graduate from Olds College. All three will have been achieved by this spring.

“Giving up is not an option when you have tremendous support from great family and friends,” says Jay. Albert, Michelle and the Rimke and Batho families were overwhelmed with the support from their Hereford community on every level, from coast to coast, during the crisis they endured. The tremendous support from within their local community will also never be forgotten. Michelle says it was amazing.

Albert, Michelle, Jay, Samantha and Levi were awarded the Outstanding Young Farmers Award for Manitoba in 2006. But the proudest, most emotional of all moments was at last year’s national junior show in Lindsay, Ontario, when Albert and Michelle received the Friends of Bonanza award. It was a thank you gesture for their tireless efforts committed to the youth in the breed, particularly as they have advised juniors in association governance and supported juniors through several Bonanza events.

Ever an active supporter of the Hereford breed in the junior and CHA programs, Albert is also a current Director of the Canadian Hereford Association.

Albert and Michelle’s motto: “Never quit believing!”

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Sound Decisions

Breeding Soundness Evaluations.

Why bulls fail and how testing can affect your bottom line.

By Elizabeth R. Homerosky D M V Regardless of physical characteristics or genetic merit, a herd bull is only valuable insofar as he can settle cows. Although preg-checking is the ultimate “fertility test”, waiting until the conclusion of the breeding season to determine pregnancy rate is risky. The preferred alternative is to perform a Breeding Soundness Evaluation (BSE) to identify lowfertility or questionable bulls.

Very few bulls are actually sterile but upwards of 20% are considered subfertile. During a preg-check, we are most interested in identifying the open cow, because she will not offer a return on investment. We assume most cows will be pregnant. Similarly, we assume most mature bulls will be fertile. We are most interested in identifying sub-fertile bulls, as they too will cost money in terms of lost opportunity.

Hidden costs of sub-fertile bulls Lost opportunity from sub-fertile bulls results from delayed conception.

There is an estimated 7% decrease in conception rate among cows pastured with untested bulls versus those deemed satisfactory following a BSE. Due to the opportunity to settle cows during subsequent cycles, this will not result in seven less calves per 100 cows. However, it certainly comes close, in terms of total pounds lost.

Each cycle a cow fails to conceive results in approximately 50 less pounds of weaning weight. Assuming a 60-day breeding season with a target weaning weight of 500 pounds on first-cycle calves, lost opportunity easily exceeds 2500 pounds of calf per 100 cows. At today’s prices, failing to have your bulls evaluated and removing sub-fertile bulls from the breeding population is a management oversight no operation can afford to make.

What is a Breeding Soundness Evaluation?

The standard BSE evaluates physical soundness, scrotal circumference and semen quality. It provides a snapshot of the bull’s overall fertility on that day. Based on results, bulls are classified into one of four categories: satisfactory, questionable, unsatisfactory, or deferred. Although they are critical, libido and ability to mount and breed cows cannot be assessed chute-side and therefore should be assessed when the bulls are exposed to cows. To assess physical soundness, all primary and accessory sex glands are either visualized or palpated. Veterinarians also evaluate eyes, feet, and legs, in addition to overall health and soundness. Any abnormalities and their severity are

In fact, there is a 75% correlation between SC and total sperm output.

As such, much focus has been placed on increasing average SC. SC is also highly correlated (85%) with age at sexual maturity. Daughters of bulls with larger testes are more likely to cycle and conceive earlier. This means they will calve earlier and have a longer opportunity to rebreed as second calf heifers, as this is the group with typically the largest proportion of opens. Therefore, using bulls with above average SC will help maintain momentum in your herd with consistent calving seasons from year to year. This is exceptionally important for replacement females as heifers born early in the season have greater longevity in the herd.

The recommended minimum SC

Intuitively, bulls with larger Scrotal Circumference (SC) have the ability to produce more sperm. In fact, there is a 75% correlation between SC and total sperm output. As such, much focus has been placed on increasing average SC. SC is also highly correlated (85%) with age at sexual maturity. noted. Next, a specialized measuring tape is used to determine scrotal circumference (SC) in centimeters.

Size matters Intuitively, bulls with larger SC have the ability to produce more sperm.

for Hereford bulls, by age, are listed below: Semen quality After successfully collecting a semen sample, it’s time to break out the microscope. Bulls with larger testes

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also typically have better quality sperm, as there is a 68% correlation between SC and overall semen quality. Veterinarians grossly assess concentration and overall motility.

Staining a small sample allows us to see individual sperm, as well as the proportion of those dead versus alive.

At a minimum, there should be 30% progressively motile sperm and 70% with normal morphology (shape).

It is expected that 10-20% of bulls will not pass a BSE. Most of these will be categorized as unsatisfactory or deferred.

Unsatisfactory bulls have a major issue that may severely affect fertility or ability to breed or they are otherwise unfit as a breeding animal. Examples include bulls with a degenerate testicle, inguinal hernia or stifle injury, where recovery is highly unlikely.

Deferred bulls - In contrast, bulls with a reasonable to excellent chance of recovery are deferred to a later test date. The questionable category is reserved for bulls that are below standard in one category but likely to settle a large proportion of cows.

An example of this may be a bull that measures one half centimeter below the minimum for SC but is otherwise satisfactory or a bull that has joint effusion, commonly referred to as “puffy hocks.� The decision to use that bull is at the discretion of the producer.

Why do bulls fail?

The majority of bulls that fail a BSE do so because they have less than 70% normal sperm. You would never consider buying a bull without first evaluating his feet, eyes, scrotum, or overall conformation. However, by not staining a semen sample and evaluating it under a microscope, you are, in essence, doing just that, as over half of bulls that fail do so on individual sperm defects alone. Aside from inadequate numbers of normal sperm, bulls typically fail a BSE due to failure to pass the physical exam or insufficient SC. Issues with sperm motility and especially concentration are rarely the only reason that a bull fails.

There are dozens of reported sperm defects with varying levels of severity.

In general, head defects are of greatest concern and tail defects the least.

Motile sperm with head defects are

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capable of reaching the egg first and blocking other normal sperm from fertilizing the egg. Fertilization from a sperm with a head defect may result in a non-viable embryo. In contrast, immotile sperm generally have a poor chance of navigating the cervix, uterus and oviducts and therefore have a slim chance at fertilization.

Nevertheless, it only takes one to get the job done and in some cases, a small number of defects can be overcome in bulls with extremely high sperm output and concentration.

Sperm defects result from either a production issue in the testes or a

Retesting is commonly recommended 1-2 months later, to allow a new batch of sperm to be evaluated.

Unfortunately, this also means bulls testing satisfactory at the start of the season may not maintain normal semen through breeding.

Although no bull has 100% normal sperm, some defects are more common in certain age bulls or at certain times of the year. Genetics, poor or excessive body condition, extreme weather, stress and systemic disease also heavily influence semen quality and sperm morphology.

Among young bulls, the most

Among young bulls, the most common defects are droplets. Although proximal droplets positioned close to the head of the sperm can cause fertility issues, distal droplets located further down the tail are not of concern. All sperm initially have a proximal droplet that should be shed as the sperm leaves the epididymis. Proximal droplets can be a sign of immaturity in young bulls and commonly resolves with time; however, droplets in older bulls may be much more serious. storage issue in the epididymis. In many cases, the underlying cause of the defect is unknown. Nevertheless, typically a prognosis for recovery can be given. This is especially true for young yearling bulls, as puberty does not equal sexual maturity.

Most British breeds reach puberty at about 9-10 months of age or at a SC of 27 centimeters but are not considered mature until 3-4 months later. These bulls may have difficulty passing a BSE in preparation for early spring bull sales. Only about half of yearling bulls are expected to pass a BSE at 1213 months of age, whereas passing rates approach 75% by 15 months of age. Consequently, yearling bulls are commonly deferred and re-tested as opposed to being categorized as unsatisfactory.

Sperm defects and their prognosis Sperm cells take approximately 60 days to fully develop and travel through the reproductive tract.

Therefore, adverse events may not result in fertility issues for some time.

common defects are droplets.

A lt houg h prox i ma l d roplet s positioned close to the head of the sperm can cause fertility issues, distal droplets located further down the tail are not of concern. All sperm initially have a proximal droplet that should be shed as the sperm leaves the epididymis. Proximal droplets can be a sign of immaturity in young bulls and commonly resolves with time; however, droplets in older bulls may be much more serious.

Another extremely common defect encountered in bulls of all ages are bent tails, also called distal midpiece ref lexes (DMR). DMRs point to a storage issue in the epididymis and may result from a number of causes, particularly stress (e.g. cold weather).

Improvement is expected but not guaranteed and bulls should be retested. This also holds true for curled tails, referred to as coiled principle pieces.

Bulls tested in winter or early spring may have sperm that has gone

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abnormally long periods in storage.

This can result in detached heads that are likely to improve with additional ejaculations. However a large proportion of detached heads may indicate more severe issues with sperm production or storage.

Other common head defects include pyr iform heads (pear shaped), microencephaly (small heads), vacuoles (crater-like holes) and knobbed acrosomes (dented heads).

In general these defects are more severe and may not resolve. They are caused by a variety of stressors and negatively affect fertility.

before initial testing.

BSEs should be conducted no later than 30-60 days prior to breeding season. This allows time to re-test deferred bulls or replace questionable or unsatisfactory bulls. Bulls should be re-tested annually, as well as vaccinated and dewormed with the cowherd. Testing for venereal diseases such as trichomoniasis (tr ich) and campylobacter iosis

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(vibrio) should also be performed, especially in older bulls or those used on communal pastures. Prevalence of these diseases in colder climates is greater than originally thought and an outbreak can be devastating.

After breeding season, it’s easy to forget about bulls, unless of course they’re tearing up fences. But good bull husbandry in the off-season is critical.

Other impacts on fertility Last year’s long harsh w inter certainly impacted fertility in bulls.

Weather, nutrition, and poor body condition can all play a role in semen quality. Certainly there was a greater prevalence of scrotal frostbite, particularly in older bulls. This can cause inf lammation, adhesions, altered t her moreg ulat ion and testicular degeneration within the scrotum. Scabs may persist for weeks to months, but the damage can be permanent.

Older bulls are also predisposed to infection and inf lammation of the seminal vesicles. As a result, white blood cells or pus may be present in the semen. Treatment st rateg ies, t houg h somet imes unrewarding, should be discussed with your veterinarian. Yearling bulls also occasionally suffer from seminal vesiculitis. However, this is commonly the result of being fed a high concentrate ration and overconditioning bulls. This inflammation typically resolves once yearling bulls are transitioned to roughage-based diet.

How can I improve fertility in my bulls?

Bulls typically lose a whole body condition score while they’re out working. It is important they gain that back during the fall and maintain a 3-4/5 body condition score through winter. Good shelter and windbreaks with a thick bed pack with help minimize frostbite. Waiting for favorable weather, longer days or pasturing close to cycling females will have a positive impact on BSEs. It is also advantageous to wait until yearlings are at least 14 months of age

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75W has been used heavily for 4 seasons with great results.

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Dams of some 75W sons

This muscular and moderate framed polled bull won his class at Farmfair 2013.

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Shown at Farmfair 2011 and 2013. Perfect udder at age 7. Dam of the 2 year old cow shown at Farmfair 2014. Her son 59A is a gentle, growthy, yellow bull with full pigment.

NESP 75T

Her son 39Z has worked here for 2 seasons. He had a 79 lb BW, was our best gainer at the 1st RFI Trial, had 39 cm scrotal at 14 months and has perfect feet, markings, pigment, hair and disposition.

NESP 27A

BRETON WEST P 42X AZTEC 27A

This heifers first calf is one of the features of a darn good sire group that boasts pigment, length, calving ease, great hair, and top cows and families throughout their pedigrees. 70 lb BW.

Polled

BRETON WEST P 42X APACHE 23A Another darn good bull that was used on 26 heifers. 5 of the first 6 cows along the bottom of his pedigree raised sons that we used in our herd - what a family! 23A is a very impressive bull with a 79 lb BW.

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NESP 52L

The dam of our 2008 Calgary Bull Sale Junior Champion is expecting her 13th calf and still has the best possible udder that just never sags. Her son 20A will likely be at Lacombe Bull Sale.

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your choice of over 40 bred heifers and 70 heifer calves.

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

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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.

Calgary Bull Sale Consignment March 4-5, 2015

JNHR RED STAN 128A

JNHR ALL RED 290A FE 267W Sons Sell

Phenomenal Fenton Bull Sire of Feature Sons in Calgary & JNHR Bull Sale

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

JNHR Catalogue online @ hereford .ca or call for a copy Just-EZ Charolais Garth Rogers 780-349-1491

Jonomn Hereford Ranch & Just- EZ Charolais Bull Sale March 14, 2015 1:00 pm

North Central Livestock Exchange, Clyde, Ab 19 Polled Herefords & 17 Horned Herefords & 25 Charolais

JNHR 511W MAX 194A

JNHR 511W MAX 716A

JNHR ALBERT 83A

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ILK CAMS BEAR ET 36A

ILK BRYCEBEAR ET 59A

Jim Wildeman Cell: (403) 861-0719 email: wildbear@telus.blackberry.net Box 1088, Okotoks, AB T1S 1B2

Phone: (780) 674-2162 Cell: (780) 305-4490 Fax: (780) 674-2438 Email: csranching@hotmail.com Address: RR1, Site 3, Box 1 Cherhill, AB T0E 0J0

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Jon McKenzie Phone: (403) 642-3823 ~ Cell: (403) 642-7256 email: mckenziecattle@gmail.com Box 89, Warner, AB T0K 2L0

MJT AVATAR 15Z

GRANDVIEW 7OAKS SONORA 145R Sire: HPH 145R AVATAR 5U ANL 4M AIMEE 5P EPDs SC +0.9

CE -1.7 CW +100.0

BW +5.5 ST +0.4

WW YW M +57.5 +92.2 +19.7 MPI FMI FAT +157.8 +127.9 +0.006

MJT CASH 228S Dam: MJT MISS 17M ROSIE 17X MJT MISS 29J CLASSIC 17M

TM +48.5 REA +0.44

MCE +1.3 MARB 0.00

Owned with Dale and Joanne Janzen Dalmeny Sk

5 Two Year Olds Bulls at the Lloydminster Bull Sale - March 8-9, 2015 and For Sale By Private Treaty

EPDs CE -0.5 BW 4.3 WW 50.5 YW 76.6 Milk 14.6 TM 39.9

EPDs CE -2.0 BW 6.9 WW 59.8 YW 90.1 Milk 11.2 TM 41.1

HOLLOW 161X ANDY 5A

EPDs CE -0.4 BW 4.7 WW 47.2 YW 87.2 Milk 14.9 TM 39.0

HOLLOW 30R SHOTGUN 31A

HOLLOW 28Y KAM 32A

Selling 40 2 Yr Old Purebred Bulls 2 Select Yearling Bulls 25 Commercial Bred Heifers 20 Commercial Yearling Heifers 3 Select Purebred Bred Heifers

EPDs CE -3.4 BW 6.3 WW 55.0 YW 85.6 Milk 17.9 TM 45.4

HOLLOW 26X BERT 168A

EPDs CE -3.2 BW 6.4 WW 51.1 YW 81.1 Milk 17.3 TM 42.9

HOLLOW 26X BERT 52A

EPDs CE -0.6 BW 4.9 WW 55.1 YW 100.4 Milk 23.4 TM 51.0

HOLLOW 1U DRIVER 103A

Ph: (403) 882-3416

EPDs CE 0.5 BW 4.0 WW 52.3 YW 103.6 Milk 22.6 TM 48.8

HOLLOW 29Y HELGA 1A

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

EPDs CE -2.2 BW 6.2 WW 50.0 YW 83.6 Milk 19.3 TM 49.8

HOLLOW 161X ANDY 98A

Cell: (403) 740-0380

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

Jeff & Amy Holloway

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March 24, 2015 2:00 pm ct at the farm

Your source for red-eyed, red neck, red meat Hereford Bulls!

WLB 98B 79 lb birth wt

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0ffering 55 Polled Hereford and Black and Red Simmental yearling bulls

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Faces & Perspectives of a New Generation

Young Guns X

By Catherine Brown

Matt Hordos Saskatchewan

A S S O CIAT E ED ITO R

Hannah Dixon Prince Edward Island

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Matt Hordos It was a dream come true in the “big leagues” of the cattle business, one November day at the 2013 Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, when Mission Ridge Herefords’ bull HF 503W Kingdom 236Y was slapped National Grand Champion Bull. That qualified him for the RBC Challenge Supreme show at Agribition, where Kingdom was a Top Ten Finalist.

Showing the bull was the current generation of the Hordos family – siblings working side by side, for months, or years, you might say, to be ready for this show: Matt, James and Michelle.

It opened the eyes of a lot of mainstream breeders who took notice of these young breeders, perhaps for the first time. It put the family’s efforts on the map.

Tears of gratitude flowed.

“It was the pinnacle of dad’s life,” says Matt, “to see his children achieve this accomplishment for the operation.

Even when we talk about it today, it still brings tears to our eyes.”

It was recognition; and validation; accepted with humility, for a lifelong passion of raising and breeding top cattle. And this success has come to Matt and his siblings at a young age.

Matt is 25 years old. He is a fourth generation Saskatchewan farmer and cattleman and one with bounding enthusiasm for cattle production and for the breed.

He attr ibutes his success, todate, to his parents’ support and encouragement and to his experience in the 4-H program where he learned to prepare cattle for shows, learned how much work had to go into it

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and how showing competitively took great enthusiasm to deliver what it takes. He also learned that the majority of work to get cattle ready for shows is done at home.

Matt was a member of the Canadian Junior Hereford Association when he was 17 and 18 but never did attend a National Junior Bonanza show.

In 4-H, he completed as many cattle projects as he could – heifers, steers and cow/calf pairs – from 12 years of age to 21.

“I maxed myself out,” says Matt. “I enjoyed keeping busy.”

All through elementary school and high school, Matt worked with calves when he got home from school and was often out at the barn until dark.

By virtue of his competitive nature, Matt says he always strove to do well. His competitors would also say that he does so with admirable show etiquette and friendliness.

As the eldest of five children, Matt often had to handle chores on the family operation in his teenage years.

But he says his 4-H experience also helped him manage cattle properly, and identify and treat sickness.

It taught him the responsibilities involved.

Matt’s father, Steve junior, bought t h e f a m i l y ’s f irst purebred Hereford in 1978 from the Kuhars of Broken Plain Herefords.

Matt says h i s d ad h ad a f ut ur ist ic out look when he decided to keep registering their purebreds, in case they had value, some day,

Breaking his colt ‘Ace”

to his kids, should they ultimately be interested in taking over the herd.

The flame had already been lit and the torch passed. Through the 4-H program, neighbouring leaders were very supportive of Matt. It was Jim and Carmen Millham of Hi-Cliffe Polled Herefords that got Matt into showing cattle professionally. Matt helped Hi-Cliffe at the Manitoba Livestock Expo and at Agribition, in ’04 and ’05. The Millhams encouraged the Hordos’ to take their own cattle out to shows, which they did in 2005, to Brandon and Agribition.

Jay Holmes, a long-time respected Saskatchewan Hereford breeder, lives close to the Hordos family. Jay has sold the Hordos family operation bulls and always follows up on those sales.

Matt says Jay has helped the family a lot and has given them pointers along the way.

Matt’s grandpa, Steve Sr. and his grandma Victoria settled the land and started the farm operation in 1949 where the Hordos’ current cowherd still remains, near Raymore, Saskatchewan.

Mission Ridge Herefords is now a partnership between Matt’s parents, Steve and Frances, Matt, James and Michelle. The farm’s 4,500 acres supports a 100-head purebred and commercial cattle operation and a grain operation run by Matt’s father and his other two brothers, Mark and Paul. James is also part of the grain farming operation, as is the boys’

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2013 Royal Winter Fair Grand Champion and National Champion Bull - HF 503W Kingdom 236Y

uncle Richard.

Matt takes tremendous pride in his role on the family operation.

“I have a sense of ownership in

Hereford-influence, with Charolais and Simmental influences.

M at t s ay s he h a s s e en t he advancements in the Hereford breed

He attributes his success, to-date, to his parents’ support and encouragement and to his experience in the 4-H program where he learned to prepare cattle for shows, learned how much work had to go into it and how showing competitively took great enthusiasm to deliver what it takes. He also learned that the majority of work to get cattle ready for shows is done at home. advancing the Hereford breed,” he says. “I’m really excited about how far the breed has come and I’m more excited to see where it is going.”

About 60 per cent of the Hordos herd is purebred. The commercials are

2005 Canadian Western Agribition - James and Matt

in his herd alone and also sees them in other herds. He grew up with Herefords and carrying on the tradition, he says, just “feels right.”

Off the farm, there were certainly options. Matt was an honour roll

student through high school and received three entrance scholarships to University. He graduated from the University of Regina in 2011 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology.

He then worked off the farm for Monsanto w ith the company’s Canola Regulated Trait program.

Matt is now working for Cargill as an agronomist. He typically works from 8 to 5 with mostly office hours in the winter and lots of long days of travelling in the summer months, visiting the company’s agronomy clients and advising the sales team. His agronomy customer base encompasses 30,000 acres.

Work as an agronomist involves w inter plann ing of fer t i l izer, c r o p r o t at i o n s a n d p r o du c t recommendations. In the summer, it involves hours of field scouting for weed problems, diseases and insects for agronomy customers and making recommendations. It also involves a lot of follow-up with customers at the end of each season, to help them build successful operations. Of course, his expertise is also very welcomed and appreciated at home.

Matt is on the family farm operation every weekend. The first thing he does when he gets there, particularly in the summer time, is to go check the cows and calves with James and Michelle. It’s something they do in every spare moment, he says.

“It’s exciting to follow the cattle t hrough t heir g row t h and production,” says Matt.

Matt also says he has enormous gratitude for the work that James does at home in terms of upholding their program and preparing show cattle. It is James and their father that do the day-to-day cattle chores.

Matt’s plan is to join the operation permanently in a few years’ time, along with his three brothers.

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feature story Ver y few of Matt’s peers and classmates in the area have pursued a career in agriculture, let alone livestock. Matt believes this is partly a factor of parents’ attitudes toward ranching and farming. Often kids are encouraged to get an education and work off the farm.

But he says that some of them farm on the side. More often than not, his friends at school were fascinated with his passion for cattle and showing, as

2007 Parkland Grand Champion Steer

though it were an extremely odd and novel passtime.

“It is hard in today’s p a r a d i g m f o r y o u ng people to make a start in the agriculture industry, because everything tends to be so expensive,” says Matt. “Unless you have t h i ng s ha nde d dow n through relations, it is not a feasible option for young people to make a start. This is where determination and passion comes into play.”

Matt says he appreciates the programs in support of the Canadian Junior Hereford Association, the Young Guns stories in the Digest, and the

efforts of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association to suppor t youth in the livestock industry through leadership and mentoring opportunities.

Matt is also grateful for the modern world’s expanded realm of commun icat ion and infor mation resources. He can easily communicate w it h h ig h profile and wellestablished br e e der s a ny wher e in the world, whereas that would have been challeng ing if not impossible for previous gener at ions w it hout platforms on which to connect.

Through 4-H, Matt says t he publ ic speak ing element of his club requirements gave him the ability to speak in front of people,

2008 Parkland Grand Champion Steer

Hereford Association. Matt has also done community service with his family through their church.

One of Matt’s biggest challenges in his life, to-date, has been living in a city to go to University, away from farm life.

Being able to work with his family on their cattle operation is one of the main drivers behind Matt’s enthusiasm for raising Herefords.

His enthusiasm is contagious, quite literally. And that excitement seems to stem from his inborn competitive nat ure.

He is p a s s ion at e ab out working together with family to achieve lofty goals in the industry.

A side of Matt that f e l l o w c at t l e m e n may not know is that he is also an avid horseman and trainer. His family uses horses to move cows and they enjoy cutting and roping at work and for sport.

Life is………. “…..a bunch of opportunities, which, if not used, will slip away,” says Matt, who has ever the open, positive mindset and is ever proactive and open to change.

Asked to describe himself in a word or two, Matt says “positive” and “determined” – “focused on important goals, no matter what life throws in the way.”

Accomplishment is the result of such focus, faith and family support. •

Matt says his dad had a futuristic outlook when he decided to keep registering their purebreds, in case they had value, some day, to his kids, should they ultimately be interested in taking over the herd.

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which he is now required to do frequently at meetings and at work.

Matt urges those still involved as members in junior programs to take advantage of the opportunities in front of them, whether that means taking an active role on the board or getting involved in more competitions or taking part in travel oppor t unit ies. These experiences contribute g r eat ly t o p er s ona l growth, he says.

M at t fe el s t h at he h i m sel f cou ld have been more involved, though he ser ved as secretary-treasurer, vicepresident and president of his local 4-H club and vice-president of the Saskatchewan Junior

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Hannah Dixon L i f e’s a b o ut c ho ic e s .

It’s about coming up to intersections and choosing the best route to take. Young Gun Hannah Dixon has followed her heart and her dreams at each one of those junctures.

Hanna h represent s t he si x t h generation on her family’s farm near Kingston, PEI, where she says she always had a keen interest in cattle and hay and silage production. Her grandparents lived just down the road; an aunt lived across the road and a couple uncles also lived close by. She has been surrounded by a great family support network.

Her family’s 800-acre operation is predominantly pasture and hay land and supports a commercial and

Hereford herd independently.

She now has 15 females to calve this year.

Her biggest challenge has been to gain the acceptance of established breeders, coming from a long-established Angus background.

Another h ig h l ig ht is i n her ot her passion and chosen

Hannah represents the sixth generation on her family’s farm near Kingston, PEI, where she says she always had a keen interest in cattle and hay and silage production. purebred Angus herd of 130 cows, which Hannah’s grandfather started in 1955. Her father was born and raised with Angus.

But in 2005, it was her father who bought Hannah her first Hereford heifer from the Oulton herd in Nova Scotia and for the rest of her 4-H years, she competed against her older brother and sister who continued to show Angus cattle. Hannah also started showing her Hereford at open breed shows throughout the Maritimes.

For the following four years, Hannah purchased a heifer calf annually, showing them at junior Hereford and open breed shows. She bought high quality current genetics from herds in Ontario, Manitoba and the Maritimes.

She and her brother Andrew, four years her senior, participated in their first and only Bonanza show when it was hosted in Nova Scotia in 2007, showing a two-year-old and a yearling heifer.

One of the highlights of her lifetime to-date, says Hannah, has been making the switch from Angus to Hereford and developing her

career path.

Hannah attended culinary school in Charlottetown and after 6,500 hours of apprenticeship and mandatory testing, she has achieved Red Seal Certification.

“I love cooking and baking,” says Hannah, who adds that she has always been fascinated with food, where it comes from and how it is prepared. She is also excited to talk about meat cuts and butchering.

So 23-year-old Hannah is now testing the waters away from home, while her family looks after her herd. Two hours away in Truro, Nova Scotia, Hannah is trying her hand in the food service business and is open to where that might take her.

Future plans still involve cattle production, either with family or on her own. She uses A.I. and gets input from her dad regarding breeding decisions but otherwise manages the herd herself. .

Hannah is also known to use Angus bulls on some of her females, giving her baldies, which she says are selling well now in the Maritimes’ replacement female market. Her own

Hannah - Age 6

home-raised Hereford bulls have occasionally been used on her own herd and in the Angus herd of her family.

Hannah says she enjoys the docility of the Herefords. She also appreciates their efficiency.

“I’m fortunate to have good milking moms to raise good calves,” she says.

“Herefords are also good mothers.”

This past year, Hannah exhibited her cattle at Charlottetown, P.E.I., Truro, Nova Scotia, Sussex, New Brunswick and Victor iav ille, Quebec. She particularly enjoys the social aspect of shows.

Hannah’s parents have always encouraged her involvement in the cattle industry. Her father, Peter, is a math and science teacher and her mother, Phyllis, works in the lab at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

Her brother Andrew was always very active on the family operation and is a talented mechanic. He now has his own shop. He and Hannah attend many shows together and he has been a good organizer and “routine setter” at those shows; acting as a

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A local breeder who took Hannah under his wing was the late Ernie Pippy.

“He was very encouraging,” says Hannah. “He partnered in a heifer calf with me one year.”

“I am proud of what I have accomplished, both within the cattle business and in terms of personal

Hannah’s artwork

accomplishments,” says Hannah.

Despite her age, she has already amassed several Premier Breeder and Premier Exhibitor awards at Hereford

meetings and activities during that time.

Hannah says she wishes she had been more involved during her years as an

One of the highlights of her lifetime to-date, says Hannah, has been making the switch from Angus to Hereford and developing her Hereford herd independently. She now has 15 females to calve this year.

MOE (Mark of Excellence) shows. She has been as far as Toronto to show at the Royal Winter Fair, a total of five times, representing her PEI 4-H club in the national beef heifer show and showmanship competition. But she has also shown in the open show in Toronto.

In 4-H, she and her sister, E l len , won t he P r o v i nc i a l Communication Championship on two separate occasions. Public speaking is a skill that was nurtured through Hannah’s 4-H experience.

Hannah started 4-H at nine years of age and continued until the age of 21. In those 13 years, she showed rabbits, goats, sheep

active junior Hereford association member. She says the association offers amazing opportunities and she recommends to other juniors to take advantage of as many of those as possible.

Many of Hannah’s f r iends in agriculture and local farm kids seem to be branching out, career-wise, she says. But they also seem to be choosing industries that support or are related to agriculture, such as mechanics and welding.

Similarly, Hannah works with meat and specializes in the “food chain” from one end of production to the other. Her perspective in her chosen industries, is invaluable. She brings with that perspective, enthusiasm.

Hannah describes herself as “quiet”, “observant” and “loyal to my family

Her biggest challenge has been to gain the acceptance of established breeders, coming from a long-established Angus background.

2010 Nation Junior Beef Heifer Show at the Toronto Royal Winter Fair

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and cattle.

She liked how 4-H allowed interactions with people across all age groups and she says being involved also taught her the value of competition (how to win and lose).

Hannah at t e n d e d t h e Maritime Junior Hereford Association’s field days and Junior Roundup shows ever y year from 2006 to 2012.

She a lso at tended junior Hereford association

and friends”.

She regrets a little that she is not as active as she could be in Hereford circles these days due to career choices. “[But] family interest and support keep me involved,” she says. “I like the feeling of accomplishment that comes from raising quality cattle, selling calves to 4-H members who show them successfully and having repeat buyers.”

75 Bulls on Offer

Junior Bull Calf Champion

Senior Bull Calf Champion

HAROLDSON’S APOTHIC 521X 38B

SNBR-GL 1121Y THE BRONX 110B

DRF JWR PRINCE VICTOR 71I P Sire: TH 122 71I VICTOR 521X ET KBCR 19D DOMINETTE 122 HAROLDSON’S WLL ANCHOR 4T Dam: HAROLDSON’S DEENA 4T 44W TLELL 23C DEENA 1M EPDs CE BW WW YW Milk +3.5 +2.8 +56.7 +92.8 +19.4

TM +47.8

MHPH 118U ZAPPA 218Z

BNMHPH 13P HEAT 101S Sire: MHPH 101S UMPIRE 118U MHPH MS 68M NITA 1112R GHC PREMIER 152M Dam: GHC-TABOO-TCF MISS KAREN 4T GHC MISS SALLY ET 5R EPDs CE BW WW YW +3.4 +1.7 +42.1 +66.5

Milk +21.3

MHPH 101S UMPIRE 118U Sire: MHPH 118U NEW YORKER 1121Y MHPH MS 533P DUCHESS ET 1291W MSU TCF REVOLUTION 4R Dam: SNBR MS 4R REVA 111Y BNMHPH MS 24K REVA 105M EPDs CE BW WW YW Milk +0.9 +1.9 +45.2 +79.9 +20.6

TM +43.2

BLAIR-ATHOL 10Y HOMEPAGE 100B

TM +42.4

SHF WONDER M326 W18 ET Sire: NJW 73S W18 HOMETOWN 10Y ET NJW P606 72N DAYDREAM 73S BLAIR-ATHOL 60D WESTERN 25L P Dam: FJELLEBRO 25L APPROVAL 5P FJELLEBRO 4E APPROVAL 740J EPDs CE BW WW YW Milk +0.6 +3.2 +51.5 +87.0 +18.4

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TM +44.2

Kisbey, SK

2 p.m. Sale Start Time 5% discount on 2 or more bulls Free Delivery within 300 miles Blair Athol Farms Duncan Lees (306)455-2619 (306)577-9703 Jeff Lees (306)577-1375 www.blairatholfarms.com

Haroldson’s Polled Herefords Chad Wilson (306)577-1256 www.haroldsons.com

Glenlees Polled Herefords George Lees (306)455-2612 Corey Lees (306)455-2714 (306)577-9971 www.glenlees.com

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Fenton Family

to everyone for being part of a very successful 50th Anniversary.

JL Custom Blue Cash $14,000 to the Duke Family, Halkirk, AB Yearling Champion Farmfair 2014

Lot 34A -ZZB 166W RIB ASTER 34A $21,000 to Shane Truby, Durango, CO, USA

Wishing Everyone a Healthy, Happy and Properous 2015 Looking Forward to Visiting in the New Year!

Grant Ph: 403-593-2217 • Craig Ph: 403-651-9441 Email: grantspix@gmail.com • Website: www.grantspix.com Box 1562, Vulcan, AB T0L 2B0

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Coming Two Year Olds Sold Out! Yearling Bulls for Sale by Private Treaty

Offering 1 Group of 5 Open Yearling Heifers at the Corbiell Herefords Bull Sale - February 19, 2015 Plus An Outstanding Group of Breeding Quality Open Yearling Heifers at Balog Auction This Spring

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FOR SALE: YEARLING BULLS, OPEN & BRED HEIFERS

WINDIMUIR 42X EXACT 160A

One of the best bulls we’ve raised - He will be working in our herd

Sample of Yearling Bulls for Sale

Jim and Georgine Westgard

Phone (403) 676-2167

Cell (403) 664-9412 Email jgwestgard@netago.ca Box 27, Sibbald, Alberta T0J 3E0 28448 Rge Rd 20 - 4 km N of Sibbald 61

2014 was

Action Packed!

ANL A XLP ACTION ET 75Z

Supreme Champion Bull & Grand Champion Hereford Bull - Manitoba Livestock Expo Senior Champion & Reserve Grand Champion Bull - Canadian Western Agribition and Top 10 Finalist at Agribition’s RBC Supreme Challenge

Kirby-LonePine Sybil 403A

Agribition Champion First Lady Classic Horned Hereford. Owned with Kirby Polled Herefords.

XLP Bogart’s Saphire 7B

Class winner at both Agribition and the Manitoba Livestock Expo. Sold in the Hereford Harvest Sale to Jessie Procyk.

XLP Mount Vern Fancy 118B. Agribition second in class Owned with Barbara Downey.

Consigning 12 Bulls at Canada’s Red, White & Black Bull Sale

March 21 Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK

Agribition Reserve Grand Champion Pen of Hereford Bulls

Selling the lead off bull in this pen at Canada’s Red White and Black Bull Sale on March 21 at Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw.

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(306) 762-4543 www.lonepinecattle.net

Re - Introducing:

XLP KPH LC TRIBUTE ET 707B Previously named: KIRBY-LONEPINE GORDON ET 707B

We are proud to reintroduce Tribute with new partners, John & Vera Bosnjak of Little Creek Polled Herefords and Mike Goodine & BNC-Bobby Hull

WTK 75A CONTINENTAL 66F Sire: GHC PREMIER 152M GL 127U KAREN 25Y

WTK 55Y BOND 75A WTK 119A CARLOTTA 66C KILMORLIE 452M REDEYE 127U KLONDIKE KAREN 895U

CIRCLE-D WRANGLER 832W Dam: CIRCLE-D 832W WILMA 19F TWIN J MISS STK 167R

BAR H L1 CHANCE 55S CIRCLE D 193 SILHOUETTE 335S STLBRK GILEAD 67K TWIN J MISS 15G 67N

Tribute’s 2014 Accomplishements include:

Bull Calf Champion at the Glenavon MOE Show Grand Champion at the South East Saskatchewan Field Day MOE Show Reserve Grand Champion Bull at the Manitoba Livestock Expo Tribute’s new name reflects the generations of dedicated polled hereford breeding recorded in his pedigree Represented in his pedigree are the great reputations of: Crittenden Bros. Polled Herefords, Circle-D Polled Herefords, WTK Polled Herefords, Goose Lake Polled Herefords, Twin J Polled Herefords, Kilmorlie Farms, Klondike Farms,

Bar-H Land and Cattle Co., Bobby Hull-BNC Polled Herefords, Square-D Polled Herefords, Glenkirk Farm, Spring Creek Farm, Coyler Herefords, Bieber Hereford Ranch,

GWG Polled Herefords, Circle T Ranch, Longworth Bros., Beartooth Ranch , ANL Polled Herefords

There is no other individual animal in the industry today with so much breed power packed into a pedigree!!!

Lone Pine Cattle Services

Rob & Dawn O’Connor Box 158 Vibank, SK S0G 4Y0 (306) 762-4543 www.lonepinecattle.net

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Mandate for the Future Expanding the

Keith Gilmore Foundation

Originally published in the October 2012 Canadian Hereford Digest, this article is reprinted as a directive from the CHA board in December 2014, to inform the readership with regards to the donation form included in the 2015 membership packages

By Catherine Brown

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The Keith Gilmore Foundation, established in 1987 in honour of the late Keith Gilmore, editor and publisher of the Canadian Hereford Digest for 30 years, was created to offer scholarships in the field of agriculture, veterinary medicine and agricultural journalism and to support research related to the betterment of the industry. That Foundation has now widened its mandate and scope as the umbrella organization for two additional funds which will help secure the future of the Hereford breed; both in terms of its support for youth in the industry and its support of scientific research and advancement of the breed. It does so in partnership with the Canadian Hereford Association (CHA).

The original Keith Gilmore Foundation (KGF) was designed to recognize Gilmore’s contribution to the Hereford Breed, agricultural journalism and the beef cattle industry. It was and continues to be offered to encourage and promote excellence in education and research related to the agricultural industry and to agricultural journalism.

It currently offers college, undergraduate and post-graduate students several scholarship opportunities in related fields.

The CHA has provided administrative support as an in-kind contribution to the Foundation since its inception in 1987, fulfilling one of the association’s own purposes of enhancing and promoting the marketability of Hereford genetics through research and support of youth education.

Expenses relating to the KGF for which the CHA has been responsible are accounting costs, phone calls, website hosting support and

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upgrades, travel costs of the secretary (Gordon Stephenson) to attend trustee meetings, free advertising of the foundation in the Digest and staff time for the administration of the foundation.

The administrative services provided to the KGF by the CHA staff are estimated to be in excess of $15,000 annually.

But the Keith Gilmore Foundation is now more than a scholarship fund.

It is the umbrella charity foundation under which three funds are managed. The first is the previously mentioned scholarship fund. The second is the Hereford Research Fund and the third is the Bonanza Legacy Fund. The latter two are explained here below.

Hereford Research Fund

One of the Keith Gilmore Foundation’s original mandates, “to support research related to the betterment of the industry”, has until now not been fulfilled. So when the Hereford Canada Research Fund was established in 2010, in celebration of the 150th anniversary of Herefords in Canada, it became a logical choice to place management of the fund under the Foundation.

The Hereford Research Fund’s mandate is to encourage the pursuit of research, as it relates to the betterment of the Hereford industry. It supports research projects conducted in cooperation with universities, government agencies, private companies and beef operations and is open to involve collaboration with other Hereford breed associations outside of Canada.

Because the Hereford Research Fund operates under the Keith Gilmore Foundation, it will now

be a designated charity under the Income Tax Act. All charitable donations to this fund will therefore be tax-deductible and will be used for research purposes within the mandate of the Foundation.

Separate financial statements will report contributions and expenses of the fund in the audited financial statements of the Keith Gilmore Foundation.

Bonanza Legacy Fund

The Bonanza Legacy Fund indirectly begins with a $46,000 surplus from the Bonanza 2009 budget, when Bonanza was hosted by Copper Creek Ranch in Princeton, B.C. The surplus, which came from sponsorship money and registration fees, is the result of contributions of the Stevenson family, owners of Copper Creek Ranch, who made provisions for most of the amenities required for Bonanza ‘09.

It has been the responsibility of the Bonanza committee of the BC Hereford Association (BCHA) to manage this surplus. The BCHA wanted to start a Bonanza Legacy Fund to be managed by the CHA but there was no financial advantage to that and it would put too many restrictions on withdrawal amounts.

Ultimately, the BCHA Bonanza committee and the CHA invested the surplus funds in a GIC under the ownership of the Canadian Junior Hereford Association (CJHA). The BCHA agreed that $2,500 of these funds would be dispersed annually to the Bonanza hosting province, until the fund runs dry. That GIC remains active and so does the agreement to disperse funds to future Bonanza hosting provinces, respectively.

But all possible future donations to a CJHA Bonanza fund could not be

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www.keithgilmorefoundation.com Keith Gilmore Scholarship Fund

Hereford Canada Research Fund

Bonanza Legacy Fund

Purpose

Provision of scholarships in the fields of Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine & Ag Journalism

Support research for Educational development the advancement of the of youth in beef production Purebred Industry in Canada and life skills

Distribution of Funds

Students

Research Institutions & Universities

Annual Junior Bonanza Event

Decision Authority on Distribution

KGF Board of Trustees

KGF Board of Trustees

KGF Board of Trustees

Advisory Body

KGF Board of Trustees

Hereford Breed Improvement Committee

Adult Advisors to the CJHA

tax deductible, without following the rules and requirements of Revenue Canada’s Charities Act. And since that time, the Stevenson family of Copper Creek Ranch has further offered to match the surplus funds.

Furthermore, if a separate charity foundation were established for the additional funds, it would be very costly in terms of legal fees and administration. It is also difficult to get things approved for registration under the Charities Act, according to CHA General Manager Gordon Stephenson. Sometimes the process can last at least two years.

Since the CHA already provided inkind support to the Keith Gilmore Foundation, it made sense to include a Bonanza Legacy Fund under its larger umbrella, tying things together to ensure the proper administration support would be there. The Bonanza Legacy fund was thereby created “to provide educational development of youth in beef production and life skills, through the support of the annual Bonanza event, sponsored by the CHA and the CJHA.” Again, separate financial statements report contributions and expenses of the fund in the audited financial statements of the Keith Gilmore Foundation.

The Keith Gilmore Foundation, in its current expanded format, will be formalized in a partnership agreement with the Canadian Hereford Association by the end of 2012, while both the KGF and CHA will remain entirely separate entities.

“The Foundation will continue

providing the management and update members in future issues of distribution of funds…..[while] the the Digest regarding developments Canadian Hereford Association will pertaining to the Keith Gilmore continue providing administrative Foundation and its respective funds. support as outlined in the Governance document.”

All the above funds are now open for tax-deductible donations and these donations can be targeted to the fund of the donor’s choice.

Under the terms of the current agreement, a trustee from the KGF will be an ad hoc member of the Hereford Breed Improvement C o m m i t t e e and the Junior Adult Advisory Committee.

Chairman of the Keith Gilmore Foundation is WMBJ 485T LONG SHOT 401A {DLF IEF HYF} John Blacklock, Reg. #: P C02989541 BW: 90 lbs Born: Feb. 17, 2013 of Saskatoon; SIRE: KJ HVH 33N REDEEM 485T ET {DLF, IEF HYF} P C02989536 Secretary is DAM: WMBJ JOY 406N P C02853739 CHA General BW: WW: YW: MM: TM: Manager Gordon +3.3 +49.6 +80.1 +17.6 +42.4 Stephenson and Selling five 2 year old polled Hereford bulls at Treasurer is Cathy Canada’s Red, White, and Black Bull Sale Lasby of Ontario.

Saturday, March 21st, 2015 Other trustees Johnstone Auction Mart Ltd., Moose Jaw, SK. are Neal Church BIeBer HereforDs of Calgary and Wally & Kathy, Herman & Christina, Ann Bieber Jay Cross, also of Herman‘s Cell #: (306) 727-3127 or Home Phone #: (306) 698-2956 Calgary.

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Westpoint 40W sons are Featured

rib eye area: 1.15

rib eye area: 1.21

SNS 40W WESTERN LAD 10A EPD Acc

BW 4.7 .37

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SNS 71Y TRIPLE THREAT 21B EPD Acc

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Bar-RZ 980 Babe Ruth 48B Purchased by Durbin Creek Ranch, Wyoming for $10,000 Thank you to all our buyers at the Brost Land & Cattle Co. Production Sale: Burles Cattle Co. Southridge Farms (2 Bulls) Durbin Creek Ranch Musgrove Enterprises Ltd. Peter King Dalyce Unruh Rodger King

A special Thank You to the Alberta Hereford Association and our own Southern Alberta Hereford Club for nominating our Dad, Robert Zoeteman, to the Alberta Hereford Association Honour Roll We Offer Bulls and Heifers for Sale at the Ranch by Private Treaty

Visitors Always Welcome!!

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

Our Program at Agribition

RUT 10N RIBSTONE LAD 26Z

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ONLY THE TOP BULLS WERE RETAINED, ALL ARE FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY LBH 236U RIBSTONE 364X AGA 114L GENERAL 28S

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YV 232N SILVER EDITION 943W BIG GULLY 47R STANMORE 753W

A SAMPLE OF THE OFFERING

R IV ER B R I D E 364 X L AD 4 A

RI VE RB RI DGE 3 6 4X LAD 67 A

A deep quartered, moderate framed son of 364X who was very popular at both field days.

A top prospect was a class winner At both field days

R IV ER B R ID G E 364 X L AD 30 A

RI VE RB RI DG E 28 S LAD 17A

Lots of performance in this big, short marked bull

Full brother to the high selling bull at the 2013 Midwest Sale

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4th Annual Chittick Ranch Bull Sale

March 6th, 2015 in Mayerthorpe at the Ag. Barn. Lunch is provided ~ Sale starts at 1:00 pm

On Offer Hereford, Simmental and Angus Yearlings Masterpiece

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RSF 50R Rosie 3W

with RSF 55U Rosie 2B Reserve Senior Champion Female Manitoba Livestock Expo 2014

RSF 55U Rosie 4A

sold in CWA Sale for $3900 to: Garden-T River Ranch Anthony, Christopher, Kelsey, Heather, Ty, & Cruz Bachur, Honeymoon, SK

RSF 55U Rosie 2B

sold in CWA Sale for $3250 to: Rafter C Ranch Courtney Cochrane, Moose Jaw, SK

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Picture T his Improv ing Carcass Mer it Using U lt rasound

By Judy Finseth FR EEL A N C E W R IT ER Lilybrook Herefords of Claresholm, Alberta is one of only a handful of Canadian Hereford breeders that collects ultrasound data on a regular basis.

“It was buyer-driven,” says Andy Schuepbach. “We had one customer that fed out their calves and wanted actual data on sale bulls.” The buyer paid attention to both marbling and rib eye area, but rib eye was considered more important because they were more concerned with yield.

That was a dozen years ago and Andy continues to measure heifers and bulls at one year of age. He finds it interesting to monitor where his herd is at and likes to consider carcass data when selecting bulls to add to his own herd.

“I prefer to buy bulls with carcass data and look for bulls that are at least at breed average in both rib eye area (REA) and marbling.”

Andy is quick to point out that carcass data is just one of the traits he takes into consideration when buying bulls.

A visual appraisal, performance measurements, birth weight and EPDs

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(estimated progeny differences) will all contribute to the overall picture and all factor into his final decision.

Schuepbach believes that ultrasound

Increasing the accuracy of carcass EPDs is another good reason to ultrasound, according to Hereford Breed Improvement (HBI) Committee

“We don’t have to select for the top, we just have to eliminate the bottom ones because those are the ones that give us a bad reputation.”

–Andy Schuepbach has the ability to improve the breed by eliminating the bottom 10 or 25 percent.

“We don’t have to select for the top, we just have to eliminate the bottom ones because those are the ones that give us a bad reputation. It’s the bottom end where the feedlot and packer lose money.”

Andy believes that improvements in carcass on Hereford calves will increase prices at Auction Markets where the breed is still under some pressure.

“Feedlot buyers are only interested in two things,” he points out: “gain and carcass quality; and it can’t be our gaining ability that is questioned.”

Like many other breeders that ultrasound, Schuepbach i n si st s that actual ultrasound measurements are the only carcass measuring tool available to breeders to evaluate a calf, bull or cow until genetic markers for carcass traits are identified. Even then, ultrasound would play a role he added, “because you better validate that genet ic marker w it h some actual data or ultrasound.”

Chairman, Doug Mann, of Swift Current, Saskatchewan.

“You’re going to need the hard data; the actual numbers, to be able to validate your EPDs,” he says.

Mann also points out that EPDs “are only as good as the accuracy of them, so they can’t account for all of the genetic variability in an animal either.”

But carcass EPD’s are important.

“You can’t compare ultrasound information from herd to herd because of different management schemes and different feeding regimes. EPDs take that bias out so you need both.”

Doug believes that more data collection will improve the accuracy of carcass EPDs and that given the heritability of carcass traits, the information that is provided from ultrasound is entirely valuable.

Most research lists carcass traits as moderately to highly heritable, t herefore differences bet ween animals are more likely due to genetic influences. Heritability measures the proportion of phenotypic variance in a population that is the result of genetic factors. In-herd and overall breed improvements in carcass are relatively easy to achieve by selecting bulls and females that are

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above average in carcass traits. To be clear, ultrasound is regarded as one tool, and nobody is suggesting that selecting for carcass above all else is the direction any breeder should be taking.

Like Andy Schuepbach, Doug Mann

into his herd that had larger rib eyes, higher intramuscular fat (marbling) and to knock off some back fat at the same time. Paying attention to all three is important to him in selecting replacement females.

When it comes to carcass data on

Like many other breeders that ultrasound, Schuepbach insists that actual ultrasound measurements are the only carcass measuring tool available to breeders to evaluate a calf, bull or cow until genetic markers for carcass traits are identified. takes carcass into consideration when he selects sires for his breeding program but he puts more emphasis on other traits.

“The maternal side is more important to me, but I prefer to choose bulls that are above average on rib-eye because I still believe you need yield and if I can I will also try and have higher marbling at the same time,” says Mann.

Mann who also runs a commercial cowherd and buys bulls of other breeds for crossbreeding, relies more heavily on carcass information for these purchases. As a terminal cross, he wants both extra yield and marbling and he reveals that selecting for both has paid off.

“My calves sell with any other breed at the market so I think what has happened over time is that these cattle have proven themselves to the people that buy them,” says Mann John Ridder of Ridder Hereford Ranch in Nebraska also started ultrasounding his yearlings about a dozen years ago. He is a firm believer in also collecting data on females since his goal was to put cows back

sale bulls, Ridder comments, “I’m a little puzzled that more customers don’t pay attention to it but they seem to take it for granted that you are making positive moves as a breeder if you’re collecting data.”

R idder b el ieves t hat la rg e contemporary groups are important for accurac y and compar ison purposes. Ridder Hereford Ranch has 60 to 80 bulls in a group and they are managed with lots of room.

“If the contemporar y g roup is too small,” he says, “that’s like describing a team that hasn’t played a game as undefeated. They haven’t gone through the run of the mill competition.”

Ridder Hereford Ranch hosts an annual bull sale in February and has tried to simplify the presentation of carcass data for their customers.

Fat, REA and IMF (intra-muscular fat or marbling) are ranked with stars from 1 to 5. At a glance, buyers can ascertain how a particular bull stacks up. EPDs and ultrasound measurements are also provided in the catalogue, so carcass information is actually provided three ways.

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A small percentage of the Lilybrook bulls are marketed at the Calgary Bull Sale and Medicine Hat Bull Sale but the majority of bulls are sold by private treaty. Carcass information in the catalogue is limited to REA/100lbs.

Andy is quick to point out, however, that the actual ultrasound report is usually posted on his website and is available to any customer that would like to check it out. This data is also available at the tack box at the consignment sales and he says that he is surprised that only a small percentage of bull buyers are interested in looking at the data.

“Maybe 20 percent pay attention and look at the EPDs but don’t go to the length of asking for the raw data,” he says. He did note that the customers that are interested in carcass data are the same customers that are now interested in studying the RFI data reports as well.

Except ional carcass qualit y is reflected in the price Andy places on bulls sold off the yard but it is hard to put a finger on how much value it adds to bulls at a sale. Despite this, Andy will continue to collect ultrasound data and use it as a tool to improve the overall carcass quality in his herd and in the sale bulls.

“I will continue to collect data to better the breed,” he said.

Across Canada, 402 herds are enrolled in the Total Herd Evaluation program.

Table 1 illustrates the number of herds that reported trait data for the 2013 calf crop.

Given the heritability of carcass traits it is surprising that only 23 herds actually submitted ultrasound data to the association beyond the confines of the Residual Feed Intake test.

Ultrasound data is collected as part of that research project.

Table 1 Number of Traits Reported for the 2013 Calf Crop Trait

Number of Herds Reporting

Birth Weight

367

Weaning Weight

245

Yearling Weight

145

Ultrasound

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* Only 23 herds submitted data outside the RFI trial

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As per the Pie Chart below, ultrasound data accounts for only 5% of all traits reported to the association for the 2013 calf crop. It can be expected that the number of reported traits will decrease with time. As cattle age, they are selected for a multitude of traits and steers and sale heifers are sorted out of the population. Still, it seems Yearling weight and Yearling carcass data are significantly under reported.

Many breeders consider REA and IMF EPDs when selecting sires and don’t follow up to see if the trend in their herd shows improvement on either measure. Doug Mann indicates that it was curiosity that led him to ultrasound the first time.

“I wanted to see if what we had been selecting for was what was actually happening; to see if EPDs and ultrasound numbers were running in parallel.”

Collection of ultrasound data by even a few breeders contributes greatly to the carcass database. It is the only non-invasive measure that can be used on potential breeding cattle and its accuracy has been verified by actual carcass measurements.

“Feedlots have already shown that

what you ultrasound is what the carcass is underneath,” says Mann.

Ultrasound technicians are certified, to ensure they have the skills necessary to maintain accuracy. Raw ultrasound data is sent to a central lab where images are interpreted by a technician before data is sent to the breed association for distribution.

Breeders interested in ultrasound obtain barn sheets from the CHA to record the tattoo, weight and scan

send the completed barn sheets and payment directly to the lab.

The goal of the HBI committee according to Chairman, Doug Mann is to “provide the tools and information to breeders so that they can make more informed decisions when planning their breeding programs.

We do not tell them what to breed, [though] there seems to be that perception out there.”

Given the moderate heritability of

Given the moderate heritability of carcass traits, it appears that the collection of ultrasound data is a valuable tool for herd and breed improvement that remains under-utilized. order of animals. The accepted age range for Hereford cattle is 300 to 530 days. Hair is clipped off animals in three spots and data is recorded from those three sites for marbling, rib eye area and backfat and finally rump fat. High frequency sound waves emitted from a transducer are used to generate an image of fat and muscle on a monitor. Images are saved and uploaded to the CUP lab by the ultrasound technician. Breeders

carcass traits, it appears that the collection of ultrasound data is a valuable tool for herd and breed improvement that remains underutilized. More importantly, it can be balanced with reproduction and performance traits so that positive gains can be made across the board to improve the Hereford Breed and individual breeding programs.

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As there is no longer a Midwest sale, L-0 Horned Herefords will be consigning at:

39th Annual Misty Valley Farms Production Sale February 11th, 2015

Special thanks to Harold and Maurice Oddan for the invitation.

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AGA 79H BRIT DOM ET 70N EHF 70N BRITISHER LAD ET 51W {DLF IEF HYF} MHH 39D BRITISHER LASS 14J MN 30L ASTER LAD 931N LO 931N BRIT LASS 15U 39D BRITISHER LASS 23L

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Stockman Select Annual Bull Sale

& Open Commercial Replacement Heifers

25 Two Yr Old Horned Hereford Bulls 10 Yearling Horned Herford Bulls 35 Yearling Black Angus Bulls 50 Open Commercial British Cross Heifers

4 Flushmates to the 2014 Agribition Champion Female “Pebbles” Sell!

Triple A 2059 Bedrock ET 8B • AHSJ 8B Sire - C Stockman ET 2059 Dam - Triple A Max’s Ramada 15R

Triple A 2059 Boardwalk ET 14B • AHSJ 14B Sire - C Stockman ET 2059 Dam - Triple A Max’s Ramada 15R

Triple A 2059 Banjo ET 10B • AHSJ 10B Sire - C Stockman ET 2059 Dam - Triple A Max’s Ramada 15R

Triple A 2059 Barney ET 11B • AHSJ 11B Sire - C Stockman ET 2059 Dam - Triple A Max’s Ramada 15R

Flushmate to the 2014 Agribition Reserve Champion Bull “Bam Bam” Sells!

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Triple A 2059 Broadway ET 8B • PUT 8B Sire - C Stockman ET 2059 Dam - Triple A Max’s Rebecca 22R

Pebbles

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Plus - 25 Two Yr. Old Bulls Selected Exclusively for this Sale!

Triple A 9121 Acrobat 23A • PUT 23A Sire - CL1 Domino 9121W 1ET Dam - Triple A 122K Poptart 74P

Triple A 1229 Arrow 86A • AHSJ 86A Sire - ECR 9022 Dakota 1229 Dam - Triple A 14M Princess 19P

quality low bir th wts. hair perfor mance sound ranch raised genetic power guaranteed semen tested powerful mothers

March 28,2015 • 1:00 pm CST Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK

Triple A 1229 Ace 6A • LRA 6A Sire - ECR 9022 Dakota 1229 Dam - Triple A Max’s Wildflower 1W

Murray, Bridget & Luke Andrews Russell & Faye Andrews Box 1373, Moose Jaw, SK Cell: 306-631-9271 Home: 306-694-5821 or 306-693-2687 Email: mandrews@sasktel.net

Triple A Max’s Ramada 15R

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CCR 100W ADELA ET 2B Breeder:

Copper Creek Ranch Princeton, British Columbia Copper Creek Ranch was established in the year 1999 with the purchase of the Princeton Stock Ranch. A commercial cow/calf and purebred Hereford herd has developed from that time, with sales into Canadian and global Hereford markets, as well as into local commercial herds.

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BULL SALE Thursday FEBRUARY 19, 2015 1:00 PM

Bow Slope Shipping Association, Brooks, Alberta

40 Bulls On Offer No Bulls Previously Sold All Bulls Semen Tested & Fully Guaranteed All Bulls are Halter Broke

C 24U RED ARROW 81A

C 127Y ALL I CAN 158A

FE 44S RED SKYLINE 24U x CFH 21M LASS 954W C 326N YES I CAN 127Y x CFH 21M LASS 916W Maybe as good as we’ve raised Super stout, lots of hair & bone You Decide!

Darn Good Bull!

C 062X GOGGLE LAD 107A

C 24U RED SKYLINE LAD 82A FE 44S RED SKYLINE 24U x C 8L SUNDOG LADY 38U Yellow hair & great thickness Powerful Individual!

C 3Y YAHOO LAD 61A

C 45X EXPLOSIVE LAD 50A

BCD 326N GILMORE 062X x C 4R MISS HIGHLINER 29T DDA 24U YAHOO 3Y x C 98S MISS REDLADY 75W C 31S EXPLOSIVE 45X x C 4R MISS HIGHLINER 1T Goggle eyed & real thick Style, stoutness & hair Pigment galore Same Dam as C Zorro 1Z! One of my Favorites!

One of our Top Cows!

Join us for lunch prior to the Sale & Stop by the Ranch anytime to view the bulls & their mothers

Your Visit is Always Welcome & Appreciated!

BRAD & TAMMY, TY & MELISSA

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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BCD BELLA 403B Breeder:

Dallas Farms Bowden, Alberta The Dallas family appreciates the importance of marketing their product to both the seedstock and commercial industry. They have shown their cattle extensively throughout North America and have realized numerous champions.

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MJT Presents MJT MISS 106G SUPER 49E 57K X GH ADAMS NITRO DESIGN ET 377X

Four ET Full Brothers

MJT NITRO HEAVY HITTER ET 76A

We were fortunate to get five pregnant recipients from this flush. We were anxious about these calves as we lost 57K at 12 years of age She had consistently raised our top sale bulls. We were hoping her last offspring would be no different, and we weren’t disappointed. Of the five we were blessed with one female, who is a tank of a heifer we are hoping will take her mothers place. She was awarded Hereford Champion Female at Lloydminster Stockade Roundup as a calf in 2013. Each of her four brothers would stand alone, but together as a set of four they demonstrate a consistency we have come to expect from this line. We invite you to evaluate them for yourselves and decide what they could bring to your operation.

MJT NITRO KENTUCKY ET 78A

MJT NITRO DUKE ET 78A Supreme Champion Lloydminster Stockade Roundup 2014 National Champion Horned Hereford Bull Canadian Western Agribition 2014

MJT NITRO NUGGET ET 79A

Back to the Basics Open House, Supper and Social

February 14, 2015 More to come in 2016....

His Sire was also National Champion Horned Hereford Bull at the Canadian Western Agribition, as well as Reserve Champion Horned Hereford Bull at the Denver Stock Show

Mick & Debbie Trefiak

Kurt, Shannon, Matthew, Ryan & Casey, Mark & Kristi R.R. #1, Edgerton, AB T0B 1K0 P: (780) 755-2224 • F: (780) 755-2223 • C: (780) 842-8835 mick@mjt.ca kurt@mjt.ca www.mjt.ca

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By Catherine Brown

A s s o ciate Edito r

One hundred and twenty five years ago, in 1890, t he Canadian Hereford Assoc iat ion ( CH A) was established - ironically, one year after the Canadian Pacific Railroad was completed in 1889. This association would connect Hereford breeders from coast to coast and combine their efforts to promote the breed, maintain pedigree integrity and ensure the breed’s contribution to the beef industry and hence, its survival.

This milestone came 30 years after the first importation of Herefords to Canada from Great Britain. It was second only to Shorthorns to establish a breed association in Canada but has now become the breed with the largest registry, having hit its three millionth registration in 2014. It is estimated that well over 30 per cent of the beef cow population in Canada carries Hereford breeding.

Canada entered confederation 23 years previous but in this moment in history, Saskatchewan and Alberta had yet to join as provinces. Both did so in 1905.

The Yukon joined confederation in 1898 and Nunavut joined in 1999. Several U.S. states had yet to join the union.

In 1890, Sir John A. Macdonald was Canada’s Prime Minister and citizens of Canada had not yet experienced radio or home appliances. Industries related to electronics, automobiles and pulp and paper were on the cusp of development. The year after, Thomas Edison patented the motion picture camera and Canadian James Naismith invented the game of basketball.

The 1890s ushered in the widespread use of electric power and the Klondike gold rush was in full swing.

About 10 years after the CHA was founded, refrigeration became a catalyst to the beef and pork industries.

The Canadian Hereford Association maintained a herd registry until all breeds incorporated under the Livestock Pedigree Act, when the Federal government formed the National Livestock Records Board for a national herd registry in 1905. The CHA once again assumed responsibility of its own registry at its current office in Calgary, Alberta, in 1982 – a significant milestone for the association.

After all, “purebred breeding is record keeping”, in the words of former CHA General Manager of 29 years (19752004), Duncan Porteous.

The benefit of the CHA processing its own records was the ability to develop performance and progeny testing programs, including EPDs (Expected Progeny Differences) and Total Herd Enrolment (THE), according to Porteous. Without these, North American Cattle Evaluation – which had a huge economic benefit, opening export opportunities to the U.S - would not have been possible.

Controlling the registry also saved CHA members from extra processing fees and it allowed direct member communication and a database for Digest subscriptions.

“The association’s number one role is the maintenance of its registry,” says current CHA General Manager Stephen Scott. “That is the reason for our non-profit status.” Former CHA General Manager of nine years (20042014), Gordon Stephenson, adds that maintaining the integrity of that registry is also the CHA’s role.

Other services provided to breeders serve to support their efforts and add value to Canadian Herefords.

Per for mance prog rams and the generation of EPDs are top among those value-adding programs. So are research programs and market development

CHA Board - 1968

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Previous to Porteous’ tenure as general manager, Perry Wilkes was at the helm of the CHA from 1971 to 1975, as the association’s fourth secretary/manager.

“Those were the heydays of the breed and the association,” says Wilkes, when 70,000 animals were registered annually and a lot of positive developments were occurring within the breed. Activity reached a peak in the late eighties when annual and lifetime members numbered between 7,000 and 7,500.

Secretary 1971-1975 Perry T Wilkes

registers about 15,000 Herefords annually, for about 1,500 annual, lifetime and junior members.

When Wi l kes managed t he association, the Canadian Livestock Records Corporation (CLRC) still oversaw registrations, so his role was primarily that of public relations and promoting the breed. Extended pedigrees were written out by hand and there were only two other people working at the CHA office.

Wilkes also ensured t hat t he association’s rules and regulations were properly carried out. Every 500th

The benefit of the CHA processing its own records was the ability to develop performance and progeny testing programs, including EPDs (Expected Progeny Differences) and Total Herd Enrolment (THE), according to Porteous. Without these, North American Cattle Evaluation – which had a huge economic benefit, opening export opportunities to the U.S - would not have been possible.

General Manager 1975-2004 Duncan Porteous

Today, registration activity and numbers have moderated across all breed associations. The CHA now

General Manager 2004-2013 Gordon Stephenson

calf registered was blood-typed, as a means of ensuring the integrity of the pedigrees.

DIAMOND T HEREFORDS Offering sons of Diamond T 49T Lad 10X (DLF IEF HYF) at the East Central Bull Sale March 20 in Veteran, including

DIAMOND-T 10X LAD 1A

DIAMOND-T 10X LAD 23A

HAROLDSON’S WLC MIRA ET 49B BOYD MASTERPIECE 0220 x HAROLDSON’S 37H MIRA ET 62K

Junior Heifer Calf Champion at the 2014 Canadian Western Agribition

10X sons and daughters have thickness, good hair and are short marked with excellent temperament.

His daughters are making great young cows.

Thanks to all of our partners for your great work & dedication and thanks to our buyers this past fall.

Box 314, Oyen, Alberta T0J 2J0 Phone: 403-676-2086 Email: diamondt@netago.ca

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Tim, Dianne, Katelyn & Levi Westerlund

See you in Veteran Friday, March 20nd or stop in ahead of the sale to see the bulls

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• 1860 – 1st importation of Herefords to Canada

• 1980 – Hereford registrations numbered over 45,000

• 1880 – Establishment of the American Hereford Association

• 1981 – The Canadian Hereford Association reaches 2,000,000 Herefords in its registry.

• 1890 – Establishment of the Canadian Hereford Association • Late 1890s – H.D. Smith, CHA President and then secretarymanager of the CHA, tattoos his own cattle and had tattoos adopted by the CHA • 1899 – Canadian Hereford Herdbook established • 1901 – Development of a polled line of Hereford cattle in Canada • 1920 – First attempt to publish a breed paper by the CHA

• 1982 - The Canadian Hereford Association implements its own registry at its Calgary offices.

• 1982 – Total Herd Enrolment (THE) adopted by both CHA and American Hereford Association, to help producers document reasons for culling, demonstrate the breed’s performance progress, give production numbers accuracy and make Hereford breeders accountable to the rest of the industry.

• 1922 - First issue of “The Canadian Hereford Journal”

• 1995 – Introduction of the first North American Cattle Evaluation in which performance information from the CHA, the American Hereford Association and the American Polled Hereford Association were combined to produce one set of standardized EPDs.

• 1947 – The CHA named the Canadian Hereford Digest its official publication

• 2008 – The Canadian Hereford Association purchases the Canadian Hereford Digest from the Gilmore family.

• 1963 – The first national junior breed association in Canada is formed by the CHA, offering junior memberships for young people under the age of 21.

• 2010 – 2014 Export of 2,642 live Herefords to Kazakhstan (2,423) and Russia (219). Total exports over this time were 4,359 (1,691 to USA).

• 1967 – Dr. Bob Watson and Philip Schleihauf of Ontario pioneered the development of the Canadian Junior Hereford Council.

• 2012 – 150th Anniversary of Herefords in Canada

• 1976 – Canada hosts the World Hereford Conference

• 2012 – Keith Gilmore Foundation becomes umbrella charity foundation for the Keith Gilmore Scholarship, the Hereford Research Fund and the Bonanza Legacy Fund, allowing all to be open for tax-deductible donations.

• 1922 – Acceptance of Canadian pedigrees by the American Hereford Association

• 1978 – The first national junior show is held at the University of Manitoba • 1980 – The first national junior Bonanza show is held in Red Deer, Alberta, organized by Marion Powesland, Stu Fenton and Ed Newton.

• 2012 – Canada hosts its second World Hereford Council

• 2014 – The Canadian Hereford Association reaches its threemillionth registration.

• 1980 – Current offices of the Canadian Hereford Association officially opened

At the Ranch April 9th, 2014 - 2:00PM 25 Yearling & Two-Year Old Hereford Bulls • 30 Yearling Red Angus Bulls • 20 Two Year Old Red Angus Bull

T-BAR-K 125Y Daytona 20B

T-BAR-K 125Y Premium 46B

March 25, 2014 EPDs BW: 4.7 WW: 52 YW: 82 M: 21 TM: 47

April 15, 2014 EPDs BW: 6.4 WW: 60 YW: 99 M: 19 TM: 49

MH DAKOTA LAD 6238 1ET Sire: MW DAKOTA 125Y MW KRISPIE KRUNCH 26T MHH 66N SUNRISE LAD 33S Dam: DBHR 33S SUNRISE 64W DBHR 42R SILVER 102T

MH DAKOTA 0230 MH MISS PATRIOT 971 WB KAPTAIN KRUNCH 2N MW MAJORETTE 12R XTC 8L SUNRISE 66N MHH 39D BRITISHER LASS 5L CC 56M SULLIVAN 42R DBHR 167L SILVER STAR 85P

Reserve Bull Calf Champion at Agribition Big time herd bull prospect super thick deep sided and soft made with tons of hair.

MH DAKOTA LAD 6238 1ET Sire: MW DAKOTA 125Y MW KRISPIE KRUNCH 26T DBHR 31R STANMORE 4W Dam: T-BAR-K 4W REBA 159Y T-BAR-K 52S REBA 7W

MH DAKOTA 0230 MH MISS PATRIOT 971 WB KAPTAIN KRUNCH 2N MW MAJORETTE 12R LBH 20J STANMORE 31R DBHR 93D STANDARD LASS 2G AGA 114L STRIKE GENERAL 52S T-BAR-K REBA 13T

Mid April performance herd bull prospect, out of an exceptional cow

Sire has bred as good as any bull we have used on his first calf crop. He sired easy doing soft made full of muscle big time performance offspring.

Kevin & Kim Dorrance

Tom & Irene Dorrance

Box 389 Wawota, SK S0G 5A0 (306) 739-2944 (306) 577-9861 (Kevinʼs Cell) dorrance@sasktel.net

Box 126 Wawota, SK S0G 5A0 (306) 739-2884

Our Hereford Bulls are moderate framed with sensible birth weights. full of muscle and great haired. The udders on our herefords are like our Angus Cows.

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Original CHA Offices - Prior to 1960 720 A – 3rd St N.E. Calgary

CHA Offices - 1960 to 1979 1706–1 St. SE, Calgary

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There were two Mark of Excellence (MOE) shows at the time – Toronto’s Royal Agricultural Winter Fair (established in 1922) and Regina’s Canadian Western Agribition (established in 1970), winnings from which, the CHA office kept track.

The CHA board has always been comprised of 12 directors and special committees, which oversee pedigrees, marketing, shows and breed improvement. The CHA is also one of 20 active members of the World Hereford Council.

Canada compares favourably to other Hereford societies in the world, in its strength and size. In terms of the world’s percentage of Herefords in its registry, “the CHA has had one of the most prosperous world associations, next to the USA, the granddaddy of them all,” according to Porteous.

Uruguay is another of the world’s most prosperous Hereford societies. Other countries with the most active, dynamic and prosperous associations include Australia, the UK, New Zealand, Argentina and Ireland, according to Stephenson, who adds that the prolific exports of Canadian Herefords to these countries indicates that all of them hold Canadian Herefords in high regard.

On the national front, the CHA has been an active supporter and participant in the Canadian Beef Breeds Council, its organizational structure, evolution and programs for a long time. This organization supports the purebred cattle industry in efforts related to genetic improvement technologies, genomics, risk management tools, the national information system and international market development.

While the CBBC has worked to secure substantial recent export opportunities for Canadian breeders, including thousands of exports to Russia and Kzahkstan, Canada has always been a leading country in the export of Herefords, according to Porteous.

Those exports started with breeders Louis Latimer and Walter Blume, assisted by general manager Perry Wilkes, in the early seventies, who saw an opportunity to send Herefords to the Royal show in England, and followed through, bringing three horned and two polled bulls. All five bulls were sold. But the shier size of that show, which attracts spectators “from every colony in the world”, in the words of Wilkes, gave those Canadian bulls and their kind, tremendous international exposure.

John Hay, former Alberta Hereford Association secretary, was in the export business and he alone was responsible for securing the sale of a lot of commercial Canadian Hereford bulls to the U.S., according to Porteous.

“In 1976, the World Hereford Conference was one of the best events ever held to gel breeders from across Canada and to expose our Herefords to the world,” says Porteous. This marked the start of major international exports. And so has the Agribition show given Canadian breeders tremendous exposure to international visitors.

“There is not another breed which has shipped more cattle to foreign countries than Herefords,” says Stephenson.

“Since the fifties, Canadian Hereford breeders have exported genetics to over 20 countries. Exports to Russia, Kazahkstan, Mexico and the USA are still strong.”

Another milestone of the breed has been the adoption of North American EPDs, in which performance information from the CHA, the American Hereford Association and the American Polled Hereford Association were combined to produce one set of standardized EPDs. These performance indicators went a long way to enable exports to the U.S. and

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10 Bulls to the 2015 Williams Lake Bull Show & Sale April 16th - 17th

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

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The Jim Family

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

Committed to Cattle

MCE

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

www.littlefort.ca

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“Our biggest international success stor y is that of Canadian EPD evaluations being pooled w ith those of American Herefords,” says

H.D. Smith Secretary 1915-1942

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D.A. Andrews Seretary 1943-1958

P.M. Holmes Secretary 1968-1971

1966 - CHA Secretary Chas H Leech, President Robb Mayhew, WJ Edgar of Little Red Deer Herefords and RossMiller, USA

development in t he Canadian Hereford Association went a long way to secure the future of the breed and that’s the development of a junior membership in 1963 and the

“There is not another breed which has shipped more cattle to foreign countries than Herefords. Since the fifties, Canadian Hereford breeders have exported genetics to over 20 countries. Exports to Russia, Kazahkstan, Mexico and the USA are still strong.”

-Gordon Stephenson.

Porteous. “North American EPDs equalized our performance programs, allowed Canadian cattle to enter U.S. shows and were the precursor to a lot of American purchases in most every horned and polled Hereford sale in the nineties and beyond. It gave them confidence to buy in Canada.”

Porteous, whose very presence at World Hereford Council meetings and events as the council’s SecretaryManager for 16 years, also gave signif icant prof ile to Canadian Herefords.

Aside from exports, another big

Canadian Junior Hereford Council in 1967.

This organization, founded largely through the efforts of Ontario’s Dr. Bob Watson and Philip Schleihoff, has continued to lead the way where world youth breed organizations are concerned, according to Porteous. The Canadian Junior Hereford Association (CJHA) was the first national cattle breed association and has been emulated by many other breeds and world associations, he says.

The CJHA serves to give our young members ownership and experience in the breed. As Stephen Scott,

Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015 2:00 pm CST (1:00 pm MST) ~ Dinner At Noon ~ At The Farm, Livelong, SK

Consigning • 2 Two Year Old Bulls • • 1 Bred PB Heifers • • 5 Bred Commercial Heifers • SGC 129P SUPER LAD 99U Feature Herd Sire

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PAST PRESIDENTS and SECRETARY/MANAGERS OF THE CHA • H.D Smith President – 1890-1901, 1911-1914 Secretary – 1915-1942 • W.H. Hunter Sr. 1902-1904, 1909-1910 • J.A. McDermid 1907 • John Govanlock 1908 • L.O. Clifford 1915, 1916, 1919-1922 • W.H. Hunter Jr. 1917, 1918 • Walter Readhead 1923 • J.A. Chapman 1924, 1925 • John Wilson 1926, 1927 • W.W. Boyd 1928 • A.A. MacDonald 1929-1930 • W.N. Catley 1931-1932 • Roy McNeil 1933-1934 • W.A. Crawford-Frost 1935-1936 • O.A. Jones 1937-1938 • M.J. Olsen 1939-1940 • Lt. Col. F.E. Birdsall 1941-1942 • D.A. Andrews Secretary - 1943-1958 • Frank Collicutt 1943-1944 • J.S. Palmer 1945-1946 • L.V. Robson 1947-1948 • George Rodanz 1949-1950 • W.J. Edgar 1951-1952 • Alex A. Mitchel l 1953 • V.E. Ellison 1954 • E.S. Downie 1955 • Jos. S. Dunbar 1956 • L.W. Bond 1957 • A. Millar Craig 1958 • C.H. Leech Secretary – 1959-1967

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Eric T. Webster 1959 Glenn C. Reicheld 1960 Fred E. Dey 1961 C.E. Jones 1962 W.L. Thode 1963 E.H. Himmelman 1964 T.J. Scott 1965 R. Mayhew 1966 J.R. Coultes 1967 P.M. Holmes Secretary – 1968-1971 C.B. Erickson 1968 E.H. Noad 1969 C.T. Sutter 1970 Perry T. Wilkes Secretary – 1971-1975 Gerald Goodine 1971 Willis Kieper 1972 C. Calvin Ireland 1973 J. Gordon McGibbon 1974 Duncan J. Porteous General Manager 1975-2004 L. Dwaine Jones 1975 Carl W. Schielke 1976 Tim B. Rolph 1977 Lyal Fox 1978 Philip Schleihauf 1979 Ron W. Magnusson 1980-1981 George Edgar 1981-1982 Blaine Johnson 1982-1983 Charles S. Scranton 1983-1984 Allan Syme 1984-1985 Michel Gagna 1985-1986 John Feige 1986-1987

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Check out our Strong 2 Year Old Bull offering at the 2nd Annual

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“Like a building, associations must be maintained or else they crumble.

Sometimes the association is taken for granted, yet it represents the hub of breeders’ business; the livelihood of the breed.”

-Duncan Porteous A solid financial future for the CHA was assured when the foundations of the current CHA office building in Calgary were poured in 1980. The prestigious, beautifully designed office space in a prime real estate area, is now a tremendous asset to the association and provides a regular income stream from the office space that it also rents out to other breed associations and local businesses.

The association’s other main sources of income are memberships, transfers and registrations. Out of every membership, $50 goes back to the respective provincial association from which the membership comes. For each transfer, each province is paid $10. These fees are initially paid to the CHA and are then sent to the provinces on a monthly basis.

On the provincial level, these funds are used to pay administrative expenses and to fund local marketing/ promotional projects, at their discretion, according to the needs in their local area, according to Scott.

A National Marketing Development Plan was established at the CHA in 2004 to help further fund provincial marketing and promotional efforts but over time, that program budget has dwindled.

Breeders can support the CHA by transferring pedigrees of animals sold. Revenue streams were compromised in the eighties when breeders became complacent about registering animals and started selling more bulls unregistered or not transferred, according to Porteous.

This practice also compromises record keeping and performance recording in the breed.

“Like a building, associations must be maintained or else they crumble,” says Porteous. “Sometimes the association is taken for granted, yet it represents the hub of breeders’ business; the livelihood of the breed.”

Stephenson says that breeders can support the CHA by being involved in their provincial associations. It’s a constant challenge, he says, to enlist provincial board members and members to serve on the Canadian board.

At the provincial level, Stephenson says it is important for provincial associations to have regular activities such as field days, meetings, shows and events in which members can socialize.

One of Stephenson’s legacies will be that of combining the Annual General Meeting of the CHA with Bonanza week, to effectively draw a larger crowd at both.

“Just being a good breeder gives a good face to the breed and supports the association,” says current executive director

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Six to the Calgary Bull Sale

Ten to the Medicine Hat Bull Sale

Sample of Bulls for Sale this Spring MW DAKOTA LAD 51A

EPDS:

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MM +19.8

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MW DAKOTA LAD 71A

MW ARROWWOOD 35A

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Wednesday March 18 start 1 PM

MERLE & NEELTJE WYATT AND FAMILY 403-534-2277 Cell 403-485-8289 Peter’s Cell 403-423-0083 Jessica’s Cell 403-485-0237 Box 30, Arrowwood, Alberta T0L 0B0 Email: wyatt@wildroseinternet.ca 93

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Stephen Scott. “Happy customers are return customers and that generates additional memberships.” Scott says that donations to support our junior association programs and Hereford research projects are also a big help to the CHA. “The commercial industry is more economically driven than ever,” he says, “so supporting the research of economically important traits gives the breed an added advantage.”

Members can also support the collection of performance data by enrolling in the breed’s Total Herd Enrolment (THE) program. Nearly 80 per cent of members are currently enrolled. This data contributes to the accuracy of EPD information. The implementation of THE program has been another positive milestone for the CHA. It helps producers document reasons for cull ing, demonst rates t he breed’s performance progress, gives production numbers accuracy and makes Hereford breeders accountable to the rest of the industry.

The development of genomics and DNA profiling has given even more reliability to Hereford pedigrees; especially since it became mandatory for profiling all A.I. and breeding bulls,

all E.T. calves and donor dams. Spot tests are also ordered randomly on every 500th bull and every 1,000th female. (See Article - Pg 137 Also during Stephenson’s tenure, the breed and association backed a Residual Feed Intake (RFI) trial, which is ongoing, to help measure feed efficiency in Herefords.

Among the association’s challenges over time, are a decline in agriculture and a corresponding decline in memberships.

Though rare, issues relating to pedigree integrity and genetic defects are now largely resolved through DNA screening and better access to multigenerational pedigree electronic databases.

A disappointment for past general managers is the failure of the association to launch a national Hereford beef program, despite a concerted effort to do so. The U.S., Australia, New Zealand, England, Ireland and Ur ug uay have all launched their own respective Hereford branded beef programs but ultimately, the Canadian association did not want to finance the venture and it was a challenge to find others to champion the cause. One deciding factor was the actions of one packer

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Celebrating 125 Years which was on board but got shy last minute, choosing instead to go with an existing proven brand.

“A challenge before the association and its members going forward is to become more attune with the commercial industry,” says Porteous.

In 1980, he and breeder Lyle Fox tried to introduce a commercial recording program to the association for F1s and F2s, to measure the performance of Hereford influence animals. But that program didn’t fly either, he says.

Provincial representation at the national level is also sometimes said to be a challenge to the association.

Representation is dictated by the

up with the provinces, to measure successes and challenges with regards to marketing cattle. The end goal in these discussions is to find ways to better engage provincial associations, transfer information and find those “touch points” as Scott calls them.

The Canadian Hereford Digest is the association’s success story when it comes to connecting the membership.

“In 2008, the Digest had a reputation for being a more “horned” magazine but over the course of the last few years, we now see a nearly 50:50 horned and polled representation in editorial content and advertising,”

Sang Ko

The Canadian Hereford Digest is the association’s success story when it comes to connecting the membership. structure of the board. National board members representat ive of their respective provinces are charged to bring with them a national perspective in their input and voting on board decisions, despite their provincial ties. It’s a big country with many segregated regions, says Scott, who is trying, with new round table discussions, to open communication

says Digest editor and CHA Director of Communications, Brad Dubeau.

“The purchase of the Digest by the association allowed for inhouse production of not only our national publication itself but also the production of brochures, sales catalogues and CHA advertisements for other publications, to name a few,” says Dubeau. “It created a revenue

XE Herefords Grant & Judy Musgrove & & Family Family

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Celebrating 125 Years stream that the CHA had not seen before. It also allowed for the CHA website to be brought in-house to handle updates instantly.”

“With the support of the Canadian Hereford membership, we were able to pay off the Digest in 2012, just three years after it was purchased from Gilmore publications,” says Dubeau. “Along with offering print services, it allowed the

Sheryll Krushelnicki

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“In 2008, the Digest had a reputation for being a more “horned” magazine but over the course of the last few years, we now see a nearly 50:50 horned and polled representation in editorial content and advertising,” -Brad Dubeau CHA to be present at nearly all breed sales across Canada, creating a presence for the association and the Digest. At many of these sales, I also work the ring. This is another service offered by the CHA that no other breed association offers in Canada.”

Almost twice as large as the next largest purebred cattle breed registry in Canada, the CHA stands on a positive financial foundation, with a good outlook for the future if its junior program is any indication. Innovative research is also seeing to that. And current buoyant cattle markets are a big help.

“Clearly, the breed is not at risk,” says Porteous. “But it will be in deep if the association crumbles, because the institution goes beyond the office to the provinces, clubs and members.”

“Attitude accounts for 90 per cent of the success or survival of any organization,” says Porteous.

They say the white face is a dominant trait. Likewise, so have been the combined, persevering efforts of Hereford breeders – for 125 years to-date.

The CHA Staff - December 2014

blair’s.aG preview of Genetics on offer in

2015

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Kevin Blair - (306) 365-7922 - kevin@blairs.ag Kent McCune - (817) 602-8629 - kent@blairs.ag Blake MacMillan - (306) 528-7484 - bmacmillan@blairs.ag Kelly Schmidt - (306) 365-7138 - kelly@blairs.ag Allan Hjertaas - (306) 452-8427 - allan@blairs.ag Chad Haaland - (306) 544-7770 - haalandcattle@yahoo.ca Levi Jackson - (306) 537-4690 - jacksoncattleco@xplornet.com 97

XTC 23U WILSON LAD 63A {DLF IEF HYF} A deep, thick bull that exhibits extra rib with great length of body. On top of his impressive phenotype he boasts a great set of numbers right across the board.

This bull has exceptional hair and marked just the way we like them. His disposition is as good as it gets and he is always a pleasure to be around. This is a bull that we have thought the world of every step of the way.

MN 64F BRITISH LAD 7N PAHL 46P SUNBURST 48U GE-EPDs CE BW WW YW MILK TM REA MARB XTC 7N WILSON 23U XTC SUNBURST CLARE 69X -0.2 +4.0 +48.6 +85.3 +18.2 +42.5 +0.31 -0.01 XTC 126L CLARE 44N XTC 126L CLARE 44N

XTC 7034 ADVANTAGE 29A {DLF IEF HYF}

XTC 17Y RON BURGUNDY 72A {DLF IEF HYF}

A deep bodied, easy doing bull that comes from one of our best cows. This is A growthy polled bull out of a proven producer on this ranch. She just weaned 93X’s second straight Medicine Hat bull and she just weaned another top bull our heaviest bull in our 2014 calf crop. Lots of growth here for an 80 pound calf. We liked this bull so much as a yearling that we used him on a group of our birthweight. 72A is short marked with full pigment on the eyes and scrotum. purebred cows. Another bull that has a great set of numbers right across the board.

GE-EPDs: CE BW WW YW MILK TM REA MARB GE-EPDs: CE BW WW YW MILK TM REA MARB +0.5 +5.0 +49.3 +91.6 +26.0 +50.7 +0.06 +0.01 L1 DOMINO 03571 HH ADVANCE 7034T ET HH MISS ADVANCE 1088L

AMARADA KINGDOM LAD 13S

XTC BASSANI MISS NORA 93X XTC 68J NORA 37M

+1.1 +2.5 +43.9 +74.6 +11.7 +33.7 +0.22 +0.10 ANCHOR 51U ANCHOR 17Y ANCHOR 25T

BAR-RZ 4L PAXTON 75P SGC 75P MADDISON 45T SGC 37A EXTRA LASS 33E

Two Bulls also selling sired by Pahl 56y that will be 18 months of age for Medicine Hat – CXT 171A & CXT 176A

Thank–You to our bidders and buyers at the 2014 Amigo Production Sale Byron and Carolyn Templeton P: (306) 295-3357 Byron’s Cell: (403) 308-9971 Box 15 Eastend SK S0N 0T0 98

P: (306) 295-4000

Directions to Ranch: 10 KM North of Eastend on 614 Grid

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Grand Champion Horned Bull RC 269U CENTURY 57Z

Grand Champion Polled Bull CHSF 52U WAYNE 26Z

Consigned By: Rainy Creek Herefords, Bentley, AB

Consigned By: Chestermere Herefords, Didsbury, AB

Reserve Grand Champion Horned Bull RC 269U CENTURY 108Z

Reserve Grand Champion Polled Bull LAMPORT’S 158S SHIRAZ 38Z

Consigned By: Rainy Creek Herefords, Bentley, AB

Consigned By: Lamport’s Polled Herefords, Balzac, AB

Pens of 3 and 5 Open Replacement Heifers Offered this Year!

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Stephen Scott joined the Canadian Hereford Association in December of 2013, as the Executive Director, overseeing the day-to-day activities of the Association and implementing Board policies.

Stephen is involved in an executive role on the Canadian Beef Breeds Council’s International Committee and on the Calgary Stampede’s Beef Cattle Committee.

He holds an undergraduate degree in Animal Biology and a Master’s Degree in Dairy Health Management, both from the University of Guelph. Most recently, Stephen spent time working for the Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency (ALMA) where he served as a Market Analyst for global meat trade and has also worked for ALTA Genetics as a Dairy Herd Consultant and Product Development Analyst.

Stephen grew up on a traditional mixed dairy, beef and cash crop operation north of London, Ontario.

Debbie Simpson - Registry

Debbie joined the Canadian Hereford Association in 1999, assisting in the registry department, and later became the Executive Assistant. In October 2011, Debbie moved into registry full time and handles the work that is mailed into the office.

Debbie and her family of Hanson Ranches, have deep roots in the Hereford breed for over 60 years. Her father, Ron Hanson, is a past president of the CHA. Debbie actively participated in 4-H and the Canadian Junior Hereford Association (CJHA), having attended the very first Bonanza event. She has two grown children, Colby and Justine, who were also active in the CJHA and its leadership.

Debbie previously worked for the Hereford Digest from 1980 to 1988. She currently lives on a ranch in Airdrie where she and Bill train rope/ranch Quarter horses.

Janice Barton - Accounts Receivable Clerk & Reception

Janice joined the Canadian Hereford Association 32 years ago in 1983, working in the accounting department when the CHA originally assumed records from the Canadian Livestock Records Corporation. She has seen many changes at the CHA over the years, including a downsizing from 20 employees to the current seven.

Janice is the first to greet daily visitors to the CHA office and those who call the office, as the receptionist. She is also currently responsible for accounts receivable, invoicing and membership services. In her spare time, Janice enjoys dancing, travel and spending time with family and friends.

Born and raised in Calgary, where she resides, Janice has two children and two grandchildren.

Val Wells - Computer Operations and Performance Programs

Val joined the Canadian Hereford Association in 1990, starting in the mail room. Val is now responsible for Performance Data, Computer operations, DNA, Exports and the Online Registry. She is the “go-to” person when it comes to computer operations at the CHA office.

Val grew up in Saskatchewan on a mixed grain and beef operation and is a graduate of Briercrest College. She currently lives in Calgary and is an avid horse enthusiast.

Meghan Black - Junior & Association Program Coordinator

Meghan joined the Canadian Hereford Association officially in January of 2014, after working in the office the previous summer. Meghan’s work focuses on research projects and membership awards and she is the adult advisor of the Canadian Junior Hereford Association (CJHA).

Meghan grew up in New Brunswick on her family’s cow/calf operation. She became a member of the CJHA in 2006 and was elected onto the National CJHA board in 2007, serving on the board until 2013. Meghan graduated from Dalhousie University in the Faculty of Agriculture, where she majored in Animal Science and minored in Plant Science. Active in the beef industry as a Canadian Young Leaders (CYL) graduate, Meghan enjoys judging, clipping, showing and visiting with other cattle enthusiasts at shows.

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Brad Dubearu - Director of Communications

Brad joined the Canadian Hereford Association in 2009 after the purchase of the Canadian Hereford Digest by the Canadian Hereford Association. His main roles include editor of the Digest, ad sales, travelling to Hereford sales and representing the CHA at cattle functions across the country.

Brad holds a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Business with a minor in economics from Montana State University. He was an agricultural account manager at TD Bank for two years and fieldman for Independent Breeders, before joining the CHA. Brad’s family has a deep and well-respected history in Hereford circles. He owns a ranch near Medicine Hat – U Bar U Land Holdings Ltd., where he grasses 500-plus Hereford and Hereford-cross steers every summer.

Samara McBain - Communications Coordinator

Samara joined the Canadian Hereford Association in 2012 in the role of Communications Coordinator. She is responsible for the layout and design of the Canadian Hereford Digest, sales catalogues and other printed material produced for CHA members and the association. Samara is also the web architect behind www.hereford.ca .

Samara graduated from the University of Lethbridge with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in New Media. Originally from a farm outside of Cremona, Alberta, Samara now lives in Calgary.

She spends her free time reading, crafting, painting and watching movies. She is also an avid skier and enjoys hiking, camping and traveling.

Catherine Brown - Assistant Editor, Canadian Hereford Digest

Catherine joined the Canadian Hereford Association under contract in 2009 as the Assistant Editor of the Canadian Hereford Digest, after its purchase by the CHA. Her main responsibilities are editing prior to publication, writing articles and providing guidance with magazine content, layout and design.

Catherine has written for several Ontario and national livestock publications for the past 28 years. She holds an Honours Bachelor Degree in English and History from Trent University and a Journalism degree from Humber College. Herefords have figured prominently in her life, growing up on a cow/calf and purebred operation and now managing a commercial and purebred Hereford operation with her husband Phil, in Princeton, British Columbia.

She enjoys working with cattle, riding, reading, writing and spending time with family and friends, many of whom she has the good fortune to work with.

Rita Ricioppo - Bookkeeper

Rita joined the Canadian Hereford Association in 2007 under contract to handle accounts payable and prepare monthly financial statements for the association as well as the CHA’s financial records, prior to its annual audit.

Rita studied Business Administration, majoring in accounting at Mount Royal University.

She has worked as an independent accountant for 19 years, working mainly with small business clients, most of whom are in Agriculture. She also does work for five other beef breed associations.

Rita was born and raised in Calgary and she and her husband Michael have two daughters. She enjoys cooking, reading, hiking and spending time with her family.

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Brost Land & Cattle Co. Ltd. Heading to Medicine Hat Bull Sale March 17-18, 2015

with Three Bulls Sired by DONORAH 138U ULTIMATE LAD 40X.

BBSF 40X ATTACKER 207A

DONORAH 138U ULTIMATE LAD 40X

BBSF40X APOLLO 208A

BBSF 40X AEROSMITH 217A

A Sincere Thank You to all our Bidders and Buyers in 2014!

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Brost Land & Cattle Co. Ltd. Box 96 Irvine, AB T0J 1V0 Fax (403) 834-2146 Email bsbrost@shockware.com

www.brostcattle.com

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

10 to Calgary Bull Sale March 4-5

6 to Medicine Hat Bull Sale March 17-18

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YV 915W SILVER ADDITION 40A

Star Struck son Little Red Deer Herefords bought full brother last year Full Pigment Top Cow Herd Sire Prospect

YV 15Z MR SILVER ZAM 46B • Our debut Zam Son! • Full pigment, solid marked • Maternal brother of YV 40A (Above)

YV STAR STRUCK 915W • Selling 4 sons at Calgary, and 1 son at Medicine Hat • Trait leader in BW and WW • Out of our flush cow ALNK 282P

Nels & Terri Nixdorff Halvard, Adam & Coleman Nixdorff

RR2, Airdrie, Alberta T4B 2A4

YV 2Y TOM CAT ET 29B

• Sired by the Calf Champion “Goggled eyed” bull calf we sold to Ridder Hereford Ranch, Nebraska, 2012 • Siblings Topped Ridder’s sale • Out of our leading cow ALNK 282P

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YV 35X ZAM 15Z

New Jr. herd sire Owned in Partnership with Trait leader for BW Little Fort Herefords High performance numbers 1 son sells at Calgary Bull Sale

LBH 102T SUPER RIB 148X • Selling 4 sons at Calgary and 4 sons at Medicine Hat • Great Cow Family • Has done a great job of adding pigment and shape

Consigning to CBS for 30 Consecutive Years!

Phone: 403-948-5604 Fax: 403-948-3300 Nels’ Cell: 403-510-2771

Email: bulls@yvranch.ca www.yvranch.ca

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March 19, 1pm, Heartland Livestock, Swift Current, SK

BR 79Y BIG AND RICH 180B JHR 19L VOLT LAD 5S

DBHR 268P WATCHMAN 24W

SNS 5S STANMORE 79Y

GRAND DAM

BR 24W STANDARD LADY 179Y

BR 24W STANDARD LADY 179Y

DBHR 68J STANDARD 155S

DBHR 68J STANDARD 155S

DAM

SNS 14M PRINCESS 26S

BR 15Z BATTLE ROYAL 155B ECR L18 EXTRA DEEP 9279

DBHR 31R STANMORE 4W

BR 9279 EXTRA DEEP 15Z

BR 4W MISS HART 195Y

DBHR 42R SILVER 102T

DBHR 77J SUPERWOMAN 17U

BR 79Y STANMORE 114B JHR 19L VOLT LAD 5S

CC 129D SUPERMAN 77J

SNS 5S STANMORE 79Y SNS 14M PRINCESS 26S

GRAND DAM

BR 4W MISS HART 195Y

DBHR 77J SUPERWOMAN 17U

BR 15Z EXTRA DEEP 23B ECR L18 EXTRA DEEP 9279

DBHR 77J SUPERWOMAN 17U BR 9279 EXTRA DEEP 15Z

DBHR 13K DANDY’S HART 86M

DBHR 42R SILVER 102T

MVF 656 65U STD DOMINO LAD 87D

DBHR 87D DOMINO HART 14W DBHR 86L HART 12N

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Offering 16 Two Year old and 20 Yearling Horned Hereford bulls and 30 Black Angus Two year olds from Bar CR Angus

GREAT GRAND DAM

BR 4W STANDARD BRIT 146Y

BR 106Z EXTRA DEEP 144B ECR L18 EXTRA DEEP 9279

DBHR 31R STANMORE 4W

BR 9279 EXTRA DEEP ET 106Z BR 4W STANDARD BRIT 146Y DBHR 68J EXCURSION 133N

DBHR 93D STANDARD LASS 2G

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DBHR 17R REALITY 78T

GRAND DAM

DBHR 33S REALITY SUNRISE 122W

BR 4W STANMORE 204B LBH 20J STANMORE 31R

MHH 66N SUNRISE LAD 33S

DBHR 31R STANMORE 4W

DBHR 33S REALITY SUNRISE 122W

DBHR 93D STANDARD LASS 2G

DBHR 17R REALITY 78T

BR 79Y BECK AND CALL 138B JHR 19L VOLT LAD 5S

DBHR 35N STANDARD LAD 129S

SNS 5S STANMORE 79Y

DBHR 129S DOMINO 19W

SNS 14M PRINCESS 26S

DBHR 86L DOMINO 77N

Dick and Lorraine Braun Simmie, SK 306-297-6404

DBHR 17R REALITY 78T

BR 028X NEW SENSATION 13B UPS DOMINO 3027

ECR L18 EXTRA DEEP 9279

CHURCHILL SENSATION 028X BR 9279 EXTRA DANDY 20Z CHURCHILL LADY 7202T ET

Craig and Carrie Braun Phone: 306-297-2132 Cell: 306-297-7114 braunranchltd@gmail.com

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By Stephen Scott E X ECU TIV E D I R ECTO R & Sean McGrath V ER M I LLI O N , A LB ER TA , R A N C H ER A N D LIV E S TO C K G EN E TI C S CO N SU LTA N T In Jan 2014, the staff, HBI committee and Board of the Canadian Hereford Association (CHA) were patiently awaiting the unveiling of a new technology that would enhance the calculation of traditional EPDs (Estimated Progeny Differences).

This technology, called Genomically Enhanced EPDs (GE-EPDs) had been used successfully for years in other agricultural sectors and finally we had enough Hereford data collected globally to launch it for use within the breed.

GE-EPD technology uses the genome of the animal in combination with phenotypic data (BW, WW, etc) to create a more robust EPD evaluation.

reference population for research purposes and the rest are primarily young, low accuracy bulls that were tested on the RFI research trial or bulls that have been genotyped by their owners in the past year.

Genomics and GE-EPDs are a tool that especially enhance the EPD profiles of young animals that don’t have any progeny data recorded.

If you cut down that 1,700-animal file to 600 animals (by removing older, proven sires) the value of this technology becomes more apparent on younger animals. These 600 animals have accuracies less than or equal to that of a yearling bull.

One point to stress, as demonstrated in the chart below, is that the

Genomically Enhanced EPDs, and their development, has been a reoccurring topic at the Board and committee level for over a year. After overcoming the hurdles inherent in new technologies, and the unplanned delays in releasing it, Genomically enhanced EPDs (GE-EPDS) have finally been launched by the CHA. Genomically Enhanced EPDs, and their development, has been a reoccurring topic at the Board and committee level for over a year. After overcoming the hurdles inherent in new technologies, and the unplanned delays in releasing it, Genomically enhanced EPDs (GE-EPDS) have finally been launched by the CHA. GE-EPDs are now published on the CHA website today and they have increased the accuracy of EPDs on all animals that have been tested.

Just shy of 1,700 Canadian animals had genotypes on file that were used to enhance their traditional EPDs, thereby forming their new GE-EPDS. Some of these animals are older, proven sires that were used in the 106

changes are reflected not in the EPDs themselves but rather in the Accuracy values. The actual value of GE-EPDs may increase or decrease, dependant on an animal’s “genes”, however, the Accuracy of the GE-EPD will either stay the same (i.e. in the case of old proven animals) or increase (i.e. young animals) when you add genomic information. The results are found in Table 1.

The table shows the average (some animals gained much more accuracy; some less) accuracy gains when comparing the 600 animals’ January 2015 traditional EPD run to their GE-EPDs. Accuracy gains are trait dependent, meaning that some traits see larger increases in accuracy than

others. This is can be attributed to a number of different factors but in this instance, we see that the lower heritability traits experienced the largest gain due to genotyping.

The bottom column of the table ex presses est imated “P rogeny Equivalents” which are based on the difference in accuracies between the traditional and genomically enhanced evaluations.

This is the simplest way to express an increase in Accuracy and refers to the number of progeny an animal would have to produce in order to see Accuracy increases of the same magnitude with traditional EPDs. For example, in reference to table 1, to increase an animal’s YW EPD accuracy by 7%, from 29% to 36%, that animal would have to sire or mother five progeny and all five of those animals would have to have their YW recorded. The genomic test, in this instance, represents 4 progeny worth of information, before any of the subject animal’s progeny are born or tested.

The equations used currently are predictive and very useful for the Canadian Hereford population.

However, researchers that are developing this technolog y are working diligently to complete the work necessary for a multi-country analysis that is effective for all PACE (Pan American EPDs) countries. This adds new challenges into the mix resulting in a longer waiting period for PACE GE-EPDs. In order to stay competitive in the industry, the CHA has chosen to move ahead with these GE-EPDs because they are more predictive than the cur rent tradit ional evaluat ion.

We also have confidence in this GE-EPD evaluation, as this is the same evaluation that the American Hereford Association has been running since 2013 . When the new PACE GE-EPDs are completed, they

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Table 1: Average Accuracy Change seen in Young Bulls from Traditional EPD to GE-EPD

Avg. Dec 14 Traditional EPD ACC

CEd ACC(%)

BW ACC(%)

WW YW MILK ACC(%) ACC(%) ACC(%)

SC ACC(%)

CEm ACC(%)

MAR ACC(%)

REA FAT ACC(%) ACC(%)

6.9

36.6

27.7

13.1

5.9

13.5

16.4

29.0

11.9

15.7

Average Dec 14 GE-EPD ACC

28.5

43.7

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36.0

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18.7

23.6

18.9

23.1

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GE - Traditional ACC Difference

21.6

7.2

5.1

7.0

4.0

5.6

17.7

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6.7

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PROGENY EQUIVALENTS

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2

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4

2

1

The Progeny Equivalents expressed here are estimated and are subject to change as the technology advances. They reflect the number of progeny needed to achieve similar accuracies in EPD values.

will be even more predictive than the current offering, further improving an already effective technology. Genomic technologies are no different than the

located online on the Animal Inquiry Search for all animals that have been genotyped and have GE-EPDs. Currently, GE-EPDs will be calculated

a great way to add confidence to your EPD-based breeding decisions, especially when referring to young animals. Combine this tool with

Genomics and GE-EPDs are a tool that especially enhance the EPD profiles of young animals that don’t have any progeny data recorded. technologies we rely on daily. They are consistently updated in order to continue to improve their ability to perform.

You will be able to identify animals that have GE-EPDs by the CHA’s GEEPD symbol . This symbol will be

on the same schedule as our current EPDs runs. Therefore if you’d like to genomically test an animal to get a GE-EPD, plan ahead and submit your samples to the lab sufficiently in advance of the EPD runs.

Genomically Enhanced EPDs are

Allan & Candace Ph/Fax 403-748-2374 Cell 403-506-3735

balanced phenotype and productive cow families and you may just have the next high seller, herd building sire or foundation female.

Merlyn & Eileen 403-748-2364

Ranch Ready Bulls (Bred for Performance - Managed for Longevity) Selling Sons of SNS 5S Stanmore 17W, JNHR Silver 452W, MJT Century 269U, F Standard Lad 65U

RC 452W SILVER STAN LAD 96A EPDs: BW 6.0 WW 59.4 YW 90.7 Milk 19.9 TM 49.6

RC 65U STANDARD LAD 18A

EPDs: BW 4.9 WW 44.3 YW 64.0 Milk 23.1 TM 45.3

Bullls will be sold by Private Treaty off the Farm and at Lacombe Bull Sale - April 14, 2015

Thank you to our buyers in 2014!

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CHD Updates

Just a Reminder: All August Herd Reference Editions will now be mailed to the expanded commercial mailing list which has traditionally only been used for the January and October Digests.

2015 Semen & Embryo Directory Spread the word about the Hereford genetics you have for sale.

NEW THIS YEAR! Promote A Donor Sell A Flush!

Offer up one or more of your Top Females for a Flush This Directory will be mailed out to the Membership, Subscribers & WHC Member Country Offices and taken to Trade Shows throughout Canada.

Booking deadline is January 26, 2015 We put together your advertisements. Just supply us with the following information: 1. Full or Half page advertisement 2. The names of the individual animal(s) you would like to feature 3. Any pictures you would like to include, one large photo for each half page works best.

4. A write up on each animal 5. Actual Adjusted weights if we do not have them on our system 6. Semen and/or embryo or flush Price and conditions 7. Your contact information 8. Your logo if you have one No need to supply EPDs or Pedigrees. We will source the most up-to-date information here at the CHA office.

Contact Brad or Samara at the CHA office to book a spot or for more details: 1-888-836-7242 or email your information to: brad@hereford.ca or samara@hereford.ca

PAHL 37W ASTEROID 12A SIRE: FE 1S ROYAL STANDARD 37W DAM: LFF 74N BO BRIDGE LASS 26S BW 3.4

WW YW Milk TM MPI FMI 47.1 73.7 14.6 38.2 133.7 83.5

PAHL 37W ARCHER 19A SIRE: FE 1S ROYAL STANDARD 37W DAM: DUNROBIN SHERI 8U BW 3.1

PAHL 81W ALPINE 53A SIRE: LCI 159T KING STANMORE 81W DAM: PAHL 90P KATHY 66U BW 5.8

WW YW Milk TM MPI FMI 42.1 58.4 17.9 39.0 136.3 123.7

WW 46.9

YW 82.7

Milk 16.8

PAHL 81W AVIATOR 44A SIRE: LCI 159T KING STANMORE 81W DAM: PAHL 16S LINDA 36W

TM MPI FMI 40.3 142.1 98.7

BW 6.4

PAHL 81W ALAMO 58A SIRE: LCI 159T KING STANMORE 81W DAM: PAHL 38J COURTNEY 15U BW 5.5

WW YW Milk TM MPI FMI 46.7 69.8 16.6 40.0 137.9 114.0

PAHL 37W ARROW 84A SIRE: FE 1S ROYAL STANDARD 37W DAM: PAHL 3S ROSE 54U

WW YW Milk TM MPI FMI 47.1 81.6 22.4 46.0 140.1 133.0

BW 3.1

WW YW Milk TM MPI FMI 44.4 81.9 14.1 36.3 133.9 124.1

Special Thanks to all those who purchased bulls in 2014

CLINTON & DARRELL BROST LOST RIVER RANCHES PIPELINE GRAZING CO-OP ELKWATER FARMING KEN & TYLER HARAGA COREY ARENDT MILK RIVER CATTLE CO. JOHN BIERBACH EAST WEST RANCH SHORTGRASS RANCHES

DROWNING FORD GRAZING 7R RANCH LAZY H RANCH LEUWENBURG ANGUS RICK PORTER WINNIFRED COLONY ELLIS RANCH BAR DIAMOND RANCH DAVID JANS

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

STAN MCNABB BUCHANAN RANCH TIM & TANNIS PIOTROWSKI CAMERON FARMS CLINTON FAUTH BOX ELDER COLONY DON MOORHEAD MIKE SCHLENKER MIKE OST

T BAR CATTLE CO. BRUCE JOHNSON HAL TOPHAM CURTIS WINQUIST RON SAUTER GRAHAM BRIGDON MUSGROVE ENT. MARK ELLIS SHAUN WEISS

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

RILEY RANCH WYATT GUTFRIEND TRACY SHOCK CACTUS COULEE RANCH NICOLA RANCH FENTON HEREFORD RANCH REMOUNT GRAZING CO-OP COLIN PAGE LC RANCH

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

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Chestermere Herefords Polled Herefords since 1961

lkg

XX CLASSIC 5Y 30B

DOB March 8, 2014 BW: 91 lbs

GHC-TABOO COALITION 52U J-BAR-B 37N MR T 28T S: CHSF 52U BRIAN 5Y D: CHSF 28T BEAUTY 51X DXB 71N KITTIE 44S CHSF 7N BEAUTY 63R BW: 4.9 WW: 57.2 YW: 95.5 Milk: 19.8 TM 48.4

XX MISSION 5Y 25B

DOB: March 4, 2014 BW: 98 lbs

GHC-TABOO COALITION 52U J-BAR-B 37N MR T 28T S: CHSF 52U BRIAN 5Y D: CHSF 28T SCARLET 50Y DXB 71N KITTIE 44S CHSF 2K BLONDIE 21M BW: 6.3 WW: 56.9 YW: 94.5 Milk: 18.4 TM: 46.9

‘Class winners at the 2014 Hardisty Field Day’

Ross, Gordon and Alexa Bricker RR 1 Didsbury, AB T0M 0W0 Home: (403) 335-8571 Cell: (403) 815-9038 chestermere.herefords@chsf.ca www.chsf.ca

Yearling bulls for sale at the farm, March 28 at the Mountainview Bull sale, Innisfail, and April 7 at the Lacombe Bull Sale Feature Sires: CHSF 52U Brian 5Y, CHSF 28T Ranch Hand 51Y, and CHSF 16R Jason 10Z

For Sale by Private Treaty Only Two Year Old Horned Hereford Bulls Sired By: LO 16T STANWAY LAD 59X EHF 217U ASTER LAD 8X EHF 6S ASTER LAD 35W

Special Thanks to Last Year’s Buyers: Greg & Robin Berreth Kevin Freeman* Bill Clay* Terry Clay* Jim Muzychyn

Odden Ranch Birch Hills Colony* Dwayne Klassen* Travis Schatz * Repeat Buyers

- Package of 6 Commercial heifers and 1 Purebred Heifer

TOM BASNETT Ph/Fax 780-685-2102

Box 41 Eureka River, AB T0H 1K0

Cell 780-834-8170

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

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IT’S THE DEPTH AND UNIFORMITY IN THE COWHERD THAT WILL GIVE YOU THE CONSISTENCY IN YOUR BULL’S PROGENY!

Offering Long Yearling Bulls 40 by Private Treaty 16 at Calgary Bull Sale March 5th 10 at Medicine Hat Bull Sale March 18

th

In Memory of Kurt Gilmore, we will donate the average from the sale of our bulls at Calgary Bull Sale to the Keith Gilmore Foundation Research and Scholarship Funds

6W dam of 50A

O U T

8W dam of 384A

O F

10T dam of 104A

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Featuring Sons Like This...

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225W dam of 386A

GE EPD

LBH 20J STANMORE 94A BW

WW

YW

Milk

TM

MPI

FMI

REA

MARB

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+45.5

+63.3

+32.1

+54.9

+157.7

+127.2

-0.07

+0.18

25Y dam of 150A

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31W dam of 4A

93L dam of 46A, 75A & 102A

212Y dam of 229A

208Y dam of 405A

Bull Calves and Bred Females also available

92S dam of 162A

213X dam of 358A

For Bull Pictures and Detailed Information please visit our website or give us a call for a catalog

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

190X dam of 273A

139S dam of 95A

354U dam of 94A

28R dam of 56A

198S dam of 233A

234W dam of 74A

123T dam of 243A

Hans Ulrich (403): 625-2237

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Maternal Productivity Index

Feedlot Merit Index The Feedlot Merit Index (FMI) is a combination of terminal traits that are important to profitability. A difference in FMI between bulls represents a difference between the progeny of those bulls to be more profitable feeder cattle. The goals of the FMI are to monitor and keep costs reasonable for the cow/calf and feedlot producer, while still deriving the best returns from carcasses, keeping in mind the price discrimination that occurs based upon carcass merit and the predominant breed composition of the Canadian commercial cow herd. This index is designed for use in terminal situations only (i.e. no replacements retained in a herd). The FMI is an excellent tool to increase the carcass potential of the progeny of bulls that are sold into terminal sire programs. The FMI Trait leader list contains active sires (sired at least 1 calf in the last 2 years) with an FMI EPD in the top 20% of the breed and an accuracy of at least 0.60.

The Maternal Productivity Index (MPI) is a combination of maternal traits that are important to profitability. The index is designed to help producers make effective maternal selection decisions. Animals with a high MPI will be expected to raise progeny that will perform at a more profitable level, but remember that MPI does not place a specific dollar value on that performance. It is simply a tool to compare two or more animals. The MPI EPD can be used to increase the maternal productivity of a herd by using bulls with a high MPI, culling cows with a low MPI, or mating high MPI animals to low MPI animals to increase the maternal productivity of their offspring. The top MPI dam list contains active dams (have had at least one calf in the last 2 years) with an MPI EPD in the top 10% of the breed and a minimum accuracy of at least 0.39.

Moderate and balanced selection for both MPI & FMI will produce progeny with desirable maternal and carcass traits.

Name

Registration #

NJW 73S M326 TRUST 100W ET SCHU-LAR 5N OF 9L 3008 KCF BENNETT 9126J R294 BRL CALL 100L CRR ABOUT TIME 743 NS KENO 005 LCI 157K RIBSTONE 107R REMITALL ONLINE 122L K 64H RIBSTONE LAD 157K REMITALL EMBRACER 8E SHF WONDER M326 W18 ET SHF RIB EYE M326 R117 REMITALL KOOTENAY 9K NJW 98S DURANGO 44U UPS TCC NITRO 1ET REMITALL ROUTE 66 ET 346R ELM-LODGE NEXT BIG THING 3N NJW FHF 9710 TANK 45P FORC 29F BOOMER 18L KCF VICTOR 08N X4 GH RAMBO 279R TH 122 71I VICTOR 719T REMITALL KEYNOTE 20X REMITALL GOVERNOR 236G RT DCC 20X KEY MASTER 125L AGA 121G STANMORE 20J CL 1 DOMINO 955W MCCOY 55M ABSOLUTE 49S LBH 20J STANMORE 31R RU 20X BOULDER 57G HCC LEGACY S01 ET LPG BONANZA 52G SNS SILVER PRAIRIE 50B BOYD WORLDWIDE 9050 ET CS BOOMER 29F TH 71U 719T MR HEREFORD 11X NJW 1Y WRANGLER 19D C FANTASTIC 2165 REMITALL PATRIOT ET 13P GH NEON 17N FA 109L BRITISHER 71S LAGRAND RELOAD 80P ET HH ADVANCE 7034T ET RVH SILVER 50B 26E SPARKS TREND 2007 GOLDEN-OAK OUTCROSS 18U BB PATRIOT 0293

PC02938213 PC02905817 PC02976514 PC02839142 PC02935725 PC02805543 C02862176 PC02789138 C02764939 PC02612879 PC02947701 PC02910420 PC02762777 PC02965296 PC02941111 PC02869151 PC02824664 PC02924181 PC02794512 PC02698363 C02870714 PC02942339 PC02356049 PC02676840 PC02843504 C02738219 C02997476 PC02884130 C02864574 PC02682477 PC02924507 C02681341 C02509999 PC02948469 PC02749227 PC02964813 PC02693158 C02892810 PC02851748 C02827131 C02885261 PC02892255 C02946490 C02618437 PC02977141 PC02910183 C02578260

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209.0 208.6 203.2 202.8 191.3 188.8 186.0 182.4 180.6 176.8 176.7 174.6 171.0 170.0 166.0 165.9 165.3 162.9 162.7 160.9 160.9 160.8 159.6 158.3 158.0 157.2 156.8 156.0 155.5 155.0 154.9 154.8 150.0 149.6 149.3 148.7 146.7 145.5 144.9 144.2 142.8 142.5 141.6 140.2 139.9 139.2 138.7

0.68 0.73 0.61 0.69 0.76 0.66 0.62 0.85 0.79 0.79 0.66 0.82 0.73 0.66 0.65 0.60 0.60 0.68 0.73 0.77 0.72 0.77 0.82 0.80 0.62 0.71 0.65 0.63 0.63 0.75 0.60 0.67 0.67 0.62 0.83 0.61 0.86 0.63 0.71 0.75 0.60 0.74 0.61 0.72 0.61 0.61 0.78

Name

Registration #

LBH 157K MISS RIBSTONE 209T LCI 107R RIBSTONE LASS 135U ECHO-VALLEY 87J STACEY 47S REMITALL RITA 13T GHC MISS NANCY 98P LBH 107R MISS RIBSTONE 130T LFH EXPRESSION 22T AGA 21M MISS STANMORE 27S BNMHPH MS 13P BETHANY ET 301S REMITALL CATALINA INTENSE 17N LBH 148S MISS STANDARD 263U REMITALL MARVEL 78T REMITALL GRAVES JUNO 204S LBH 107R MISS RIBSTONE 79U GRH 236G COTTON 3R JOYCLIFF STARDUST 10S SQUARE-D ELLIE 659S LBH 107R MISS RIBSTONE 43T LBH 20J MISS STANMORE 123T C&N L1 SUPER LADY 85K GRH 236G COMFORT 25S DOUBLE U MISS FITNESS 159P FA 157P BRITISHER LADY 108S PCL JADE ET 10S LFH POWER LADY 5S MHF 5016 CENTURY 71L ECHO-VALLEY 87J TRINITY 4T MCCOY 58G SUSIE 33K MCCOY 58G GOLDEN GIRL 106P GHC MISS VICKIE ET 2T AGA 21M MISS STANMORE 88S HAROLDSON'S SARAH 68M ET 38P LFH COMMANDER LADY 93B 13R AGA 21M MISS STANMORE 120S GHR MEG 166M 279R HILLS-GALORE 20L 7K TANYA 141T BBSF 13P MISS LALIA 14S LBH 20J MISS STANMORE 87T TLELL 36N KEMA 8S LFH TANYA 9K 41T SQUARE-D GINA 230R CFH 157K MISS HI TECH 309N AGA 21M MISS STANMORE 76S GHR JAZZ 4J 164S LBH 87M MISS DIAMOND 69S LBH 157K MISS RIBSTONE 132W RVP 36N TOUCH OF GOLD ET 10T MCCOY 264P CONNIE 11T GHC MISS JADE 124S

C02895542 C02911707 C02884304 PC02896300 PC02843591 C02904804 C02916147 C02883005 PC02877906 PC02833414 C02911042 PC02896389 PC02881334 C02910965 PC02863261 PC02879715 PC02886683 C02904726 C02895533 C02773160 PC02892691 PC02857301 C02885781 PC02890603 PC02890954 C02794114 C02898194 PC02812364 PC02846698 PC02905793 C02885454 PC02858990 C02874588 C02885474 PC02872401 PC02909941 PC02887334 C02895529 PC02881474 C02916137 PC02869796 C02836470 C02885356 PC02887245 C02888164 C02928807 PC02897731 PC02906180 PC02881619

MPI EPD

MPI ACC

173.5 172.9 170.2 169.4 169.1 168.3 168.0 166.4 166.1 165.8 165.8 164.6 163.6 163.0 162.9 162.9 162.3 162.1 161.9 161.8 161.8 161.4 160.9 160.7 160.6 160.5 160.3 159.8 159.6 159.6 159.5 159.5 159.4 159.1 159.1 159.0 158.7 158.6 158.6 158.3 158.3 158.2 158.2 158.2 158.0 158.0 157.9 157.8 157.6

0.44 0.39 0.40 0.39 0.44 0.41 0.41 0.39 0.41 0.42 0.39 0.43 0.42 0.39 0.42 0.39 0.39 0.41 0.43 0.46 0.41 0.39 0.40 0.39 0.40 0.42 0.39 0.49 0.41 0.39 0.43 0.42 0.44 0.40 0.39 0.39 0.40 0.42 0.39 0.42 0.39 0.45 0.42 0.39 0.44 0.39 0.40 0.39 0.39

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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

4 Bulls headed to East Central Bull Sale on March 20 20 Two Year Old bulls to be sold by Private Treaty off the Ranch

FOR SALE: 30 HEAD OF STRAIGHT BRED COMMERCIAL HEREFORD SELECT GROUP OF PURE BRED PAPERED HEIFERS HEIFERS BRED TO HORNED HEREFORD BULLS

For individual bull pictures and info visit.

www.garrettranchltd.ca

Cooking

Hereford Shrimp Dip

Submitted by Val Lees Ingredients: 1 small Onion 1 Clove Garlic 1 Cup Mayonnaise ¼ Cup Chili Sauce ¼ Cup Ketchup or Tomato Sauce 1 tsp.

Dry Mustard ½ Cup Oil 1 tbsp. Worchestershire sauce 1 tbsp. Lemon Juice 1 tsp.

Pepper A Dash Tabasco Blend well together.

1 Tin

Drained Salad Shrimp

Enjoy with chips or crackers.

Got an idea for a meal? Send us your favourite recipes to share with other Hereford enthusiast!

BBQ Pot Roast

Submitted by Val Lees Ingredients: 1 Cup Chopped Celery 1 Cup Chopped Onion 1 Cup Ketchup or Tomato Sauce 1 Cup BBQ Sauce 1 Cup Water 2 tbsp. Vinegar 2 tbsp. Worchestershire sauce ½ Cup Brown Sugar 1 tsp.

Chili Sauce 1 tsp.

Salt ½ tsp. Pepper ½ tsp. Garlic Powder Place chuck roast in your slow cooker.

Mix the following in a bowl:chopped celery, chopped onion, ketchup or tomato sauce, B BQ sauce, water, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, chili sauce, salt,. pepper, garlic powder. Pour over roast.

Cook until pulls apart with a fork,about 6-7 hours, longer if using frozen roast.

Serve over fresh buns, with coleslaw.

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36th Annual Stockade Roundup October 30 - November 1, 2014 Lloydminster, Saskatchewan Supreme Champion Bull Over All Breeds

MJT NITRO DUKE ET 78A MJT Cattle Company Ltd., Edgerton, AB

Manitoba Livestock Expo November 6-8, 2014 Brandon, Manitoba Supreme Champion Bull Over All Breeds

ANL A XLP Action ET 75Z Lone Pine Cattle Co.. Vibank, SK

Royal Winter Fair November 8, 2014 Toronto, Ontario • All Breeds Supreme Champion

NJW 73S W18 Downhome 21ZET Lyons Polled Herefords, ST. Thomas, ON, Dalmuir Farms, Lindsay, ON and NJW Polled Herefords, Sheridan, WY

All Breeds Supreme Champion, Interior Provincial Exhibition, Armstrong, BC • Agribition Champion Polled Female • Herefordbreeder.net’s “Miss North America” 2014

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show & sale results show index Barrie Fair..............................................................................................

ECOHZ Lindsay Central Exhibition...................................................

Beef Expo...............................................................................................

Carp Fair ................................................................................................

Expo-Boeuf............................................................................................

Lloydminster Exhibition Stockade Round-Up ................................

Manitoba Livestock Expo ...................................................................

2014 Hereford Genes Event ................................................................

Farmfair International Western National Hereford Show ...........

Royal Agricultrual Winter Fair Eastern National Hereford Show Eastern National Hereford Futurity & Junior Showmanship.......

Canadian Western Agribition National Hereford Show ...............

Red Coat Classic ...................................................................................

Agribition 2014 Commercial HEreford Show Results ....................

Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede Beef Pen Show ..................

116 116 116 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 126 126 126

sale index WLB Livestock 6th Annual Internet Sale ........................................

Harvie Ranching Internet Sale ..........................................................

Remitall West Production sale ..........................................................

2nd Annual Elite Genetics Online Sale ............................................

Hereford Harvest .................................................................................

ANL Polled Herefords & Guests .........................................................

C&T Cattle Co. & Guests Take the Next Step .................................

Blair Athol/Haroldsons & Friends.....................................................

Square D Herefords .............................................................................

Crittenden Bros Polled Herefords “Shape of Things to Come� ....

Walnut Drive Farms Sale ...................................................................

The Amigos Production Sale .............................................................

Fenton Hereford Ranch Inc. 50th Annual Production Sale ..........

Brost Land & Cattle Co. 46th Annual Production Sale ..................

LCI Doenz Ranches 41st Annual Sale...............................................

A Moment in History Stauffer Farms Ltd Complete Dispersal....

Stromsmoe Herefords & Black Angus 30th Annual Prod. Sale.....

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show results

Barrie Fair August 23, 2014 Judge: Pete Stubbs

Barrie, Ontario

Grand Champion Bull

Reserve Grand Champion Bull

MHPH 521X ACTION 106A

HWCW 2Z BANKER 101B

Grand Champion Female

Reserve Grand Champion Female

MHPH CLF 101S SARAH 121Z

JDL JANICE 210A

Premier Breeder: Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords

Premier Exhibitor: Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords

Exhibited by: MEDONTE HIGHLANDS POLLED HEREFORDS

Exhibited by: MEDONTE HIGHLANDS POLLED HEREFORDS

Exhibited by: COURTNEY WALKER

Exhibited by: JUSTIN, JOSH & JESSICA LASBY

ECOHZ Lindsay Central Exhibition September 19, 2014 Judge: Allan Crogie

Lindsay Ontario

Grand Champion Bull

Reserve Grand Champion Bull

NJW DOWNHOME 21ZET

REDWING ACE ET 3A

Exhibited by: DALMUIR FARMS

Exhibited by: REDWING FARMS

Grand Champion Female

Reserve Grand Champion Female

GRH DBK 10X MISS BETTY 18A

DALMUIR SUSIE 128Z

Premier Breeder: Dalmuir Farms

Premier Exhibitor: Dalmuir Farms

Exhibited by: KEITH WILSON

Exhibited by: DALMUIR FARMS

Beef Expo September 21-22, 2014 Judge: Donald Currie

Sussex, New Brunswick

Grand Champion Bull

Reserve Grand Champion Bull

BURNSIDE RIB EYE 13Z

EARLYBIRD 11X 7U BART 10B

Grand Champion Female

Reserve Grand Champion Female

THUNDERBROOK YAHOO 3Y

BURNSIDE YEDDA 9W

Premier Breeder: Hannah Dixon

Premier Exhibitor: Hannah Dixon

Exhibited by: HANNAH DIXON

Exhibited by: EARLYBIRD FARM

Exhibited by: THUNDERBROOK FARMS

Exhibited by: HANNAH DIXON

Carp Fair September 27, 2014 Judge: Joe Palsson

Grand Champion Bull

Reserve Grand Champion Bull

STONEWOOD BUERHLE 9B

BRADLEY BRUTE 127B

Grand Champion Female

Reserve Grand Champion Female

TAY-DOWN MISS HEREFORD 3A

ELM-LODGE VALERIE 31A

Premier Breeder: Matt Leahy

Premier Exhibitor: Matt Leahy

Exhibited by: Matt Leahy

Exhibited by: Kayla Boot

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Carp, Ontario

Exhibited by: GARRY & JAY BRADLEY

Exhibited by: Eric Regier

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Expo-Boeuf October 10-12, 2014 Judge: Lance Leachman

Victoriaville, Quebec

Grand Champion Bull

Reserve Grand Champion Bull

STONEWOOD BUERHLE 9B

ABRA 26U TORO 23Z ET

Grand Champion Female

Reserve Grand Champion Female

BAR JM JEWEL 6Z

STONEWOOD ROSE 8X

Premier Breeder: Matt Leahy

Premier Exhibitor: Matt Leahy

Exhibited by: Matt Leahy

Exhibited by: John Mastine

Exhibited by: Double H Cattle Company

Exhibited by: Matt Leahy

Gavin Bradley, Jay Bradley’s eldest son, showing in the PEE WEE Showmanship division at the Expo Boeuf in Quebec.

2014 MOE Gold Sire Award Winners

2014 MOE Silver Award Winners

TH 122 71I VICTOR 521X ET – Medonte Highland Polled Herefords STONEWOOD MHPH ZEROX 2Z – Medonte Highland Polled Herefords ANL Polled Herefords, Stonewood Grange Haroldsons Polled Herefords, MHPH 521X ACTION 106A – Medonte Highland Polled Herefords Arthur Polled Herefords, Double J Polled Herefords Brooks Farms MHPH 533P YUKON ET 226Y – Medonte Highland Polled Herefords Gary & Norma Jean Boose 2014 MOE Gold Dam Award Winners Thomas R McIntyre MHPH MS 101S DAINTY 123U – Medonte Highland Polled Herefords MHPH 301W DAINTY 205Y – Medonte Highland Polled Herefords MHPH 188U AMBER 106Y – Medonte Highland Polled Herefords Arthur Polled Herefords For more information on the Mark of Excellence (MOE) show program, please read further, or visit www.hereford.ca The Mark of Excellence (MOE) Program encourages and promotes the development of purebred Herefords through the show ring by: • maintaining high standards of competition in Canadian Hereford Shows • assisting fair boards and Hereford show committees with organization and promotion of MOE Shows and, • recognizing outstanding animals Gold Sires require a minimum of 50 show points, with individual progeny contributing a maximum of 20 points.

Gold Dams require a minimum of 35 show points, with individual progeny contributing a maximum of 20 points.

Silver Animals require a minimum of 30 show points.

The nomination fee for each of the above iceberg awards is $60.00. However, a certificate may be obtained from the CHA office at no charge.

**Please note that while a record of accumulated show points is kept at the CHA office, it is the members’ responsibility to contact the CHA office regarding MOE Awards & verification of show points. It is extremely difficult to award Gold Dam and Gold Sire awards without member/owner/breeder/exhibitor input as to the identity of the progeny.

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Lloydminster Exhibition Stockade Round-Up Horned & Polled Hereford Show October 30, 2014

Lloydminster, Alberta

Judge: Martin LeBlanc

Horned Grand Champion Bull Junior Bull Champion

Polled Grand Champion Bull Junior Bull Champion

MJT NITRO DUKE ET 78A Exhibited By: MJT Cattle Company Ltd, Edgerton, AB

TCF JVJ 11X THE GOODS 305A E xhibited By: The Clif fs Farm, Hepburn, SK

Horned Reserve Grand Champion Bull Senior Bull Champion

Polled Reserve Grand Champion Bull Senior Bull Champion

SS-TOPLINE POWERHOUSE ET 888Z Exhibited By: SS Cattle Company, Irma, AB

Horned Grand Champion Female Senior Female Calf Champion MJT 443Y ROSIE 1B Exhibited By: MJT Cattle Company Ltd, Edgerton, AB

Horned Reserve Grand Champion Female Junior Female Champion BIG-GULLY V-9 VENERABLE 320A E xhibited By: TOP 50 Livestock, Lashburn, SK

Polled Jr Female Champion SHPH 62T PLAYMATE 167A Exhibited By: Standard Hill Livestock, Maidstone, SK Res Jr Female Champion NCX MISS ALEXIS 2A Exhibited By: NCX Polled Herefords, Brosseau, AB Sr Female Champion JJPH 510R 36N WILLOW 120Y with JJPH 127Y 120Y WILLOW 427B Exhibited By: Double J Polled Herefords, Maidstone, SK Res Jr Female Calf Champion STANDARD-HILL GLITTER 38B Exhibited By: Standard Hill Livestock, Maidstone, SK Int Female Calf Champion JJPH 127Y 422P PEACHES 417B Exhibited By: Double J Polled Herefords, Maidstone, SK 118

Res Int Female Calf Champion NCX MISS BELLA 15B Exhibited By: NCX Polled Herefords Res Sr Female Calf Champion HMS HI-CLIFFE 13X BLITZ 103B Exhibited By: Hunter & Morgan Millham & Sydney Perlinger, Oulook, SK Jr Bull Calf Champion MHPH 9W YEOMAN 203Y E xhibited By:Double J Polled Herefords, Maidstone, SK Int Bull Calf Champion MANCHESTER 21X MOMENTUM 445B Exhibited By: Manchester Polled Herefords, Senlac, SK Res Int Bull Calf Champion STANDARD-HILL DIEHARD 70B Exhibited By: Standard Hill Livestock, Maidstone, SK

GHC MONOPOLY 162Z Exhibited By: Crittenden Bros, Imperial, SK

Polled Grand Champion Female Senior Female Calf Champion MANCHESTER 83T FREESTYLE 450B Exhibited By: Manchester Polled Herefords, Senlac, SK

Polled Reserve Grand Champion Female Junior Female Calf Champion TOP-50 BOMBSHELL 22B Exhibited By: TOP-50 Livestock, Lashburn, SK Sr Bull Calf Champion MANCHESTER 83T CHINOOK 402B Exhibited By: Manchester Polled Herefords, Senlac, SK Res Sr Bull Calf Champion HMS HI-CLIFFE 90X BOND 7B Exhibited By: Hunter & Morgan Millham & Sydney Perlinger, Oulook, SK Res Jr Bull Champion SS-TOPLINE AVALANCHE 359A Exhibited By: SS Cattle Company, Irma, AB Res Sr Bull Champion MJT AVATAR 15Z Exhibited By: Calvin Grabler & Shannon JanzenGrabler, Cherhill, AB Pair of Bulls: Manchester Polled Herefords, Senlac, SK Premier Exhibitor: Double J Polled Herefords, Maidstone, SK Premier Breeder: Double J Polled Herefords, Maidstone,SK

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Lloydminster Exhibition Stockade Round-Up Continued Horned Sr Female Champion CARLRAMS 83S SILVER DUST 2W with CR 137Y LAD 39B Exhibited By: Carlrams Ranching Ltd, Cut Knife, SK Jr Female Calf Champion ACE TRACKER LASS 4B Exhibited By: Brady Moncrieff, Senlac, SK Res Jr Female Calf Champion ACE TRACKER LASS 23B Exhibited By: Brady Moncrieff, Senlac, SK

Jr Bull Calf Champion ACE TRACKER LAD 10B Exhibited By: Brady Moncrieff, Senlac, SK Res Jr Bull Calf Champion ACE TRACKER LAD 17B Exhibited By: Brady Moncrieff, Senlac, SK Res Jr Bull Champion ACE TRACKER LAD 22A Exhibited By: Brady Moncrieff, Senlac, SK Res Sr Bull Champion LPG DON SKY LAD 37Z Exhibited By: Lock Farms Ltd, Macklin, SK

Breeder’s Herd: Brady Moncrieff, Senlac, SK Get of Sire: Brady Moncrieff, Senlac, SK Pair of Bulls: Lock Farms Ltd, Macklin, SK Premier Exhibitor: Brady Moncrieff, Senlac, SK Premier Breeder: Brady Moncrieff, Senlac, SK

Manitoba Livestock Expo November 6-8, 2014

Brandon, Manitoba

Grand Champion Bull Senior Champion Bull

ANL A XLP ACTION ET 75Z Exhibited by: Lone Pine Cattle Services. ANL Polled Herefords and Allan Hjertaas

Reserve Grand Champion Bull Champion Bull Calf

KIRBY-LONEPINE GORDON ET 707B Exhibited by: Lone Pine Cattle Services, Kirby Polled Herefords, Bellwood Ontario & Little Creek Polled Herefords

Grand Champion Female Junior Champion Female

483 RSK 7W MISS FIREFLY ET 23A Exhibited by: RSK Farms

Reserve Grand Champion Female Champion Female Calf GRH 10X BREEZE 28B Exhibited by: Greenridge Stock Farms

Reserve Champion Female Calf M-R 32X LAURA 70B Exhibited By: Mission Ridge Herefords

Grand Champion Female RSK 7W MISS FIREFLY ET 23A Exhibited By: RSK Farms

Premier Exhibitor: RSK Farms

Reserve Junior Champion Female M-R 32X ALL ABOUT ME 70A Exhibited By: Mission Ridge Herefords

Reserve Grand Champion Female GRH 10X BREEZE 28B Exhibited By: Greenridge Farms

Premier Breeder: Greenridge Farms

Champion Two Year Old Female RSK 154U MISS TAMARA ET28Z Exhibited By: RSK Farms

Reserve Champion Bull Calf RSK 4Z FREESTYLE 24B Exhibited By: RSK Farms

Reserve Champion Two Year Old Female TWIN VIEW 4L ALICE 2Z Exhibited By: Twin View Polled Herefords

Junior Champion Bull LV PROJECT X L 14A Exhibited By: LV Farms LTD.

Senior Champion Female MJT 2194 AIMEE 403Y Exhibited By: Mission Ridge Herefords

Reserve Junior Champion Bull ROSELAWN DENTON ET 84A Exhibited By: Roselawn Farms

Reserve Senior Champion Female RSF 50R ROSIE 3W Exhibited By: Richaud Stock Farm

Reserve Senior Champion Bull HILL’S JACOB 163Z Exhibited By: Bennett & Bobbi-Jo Foster

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2014 Hereford Genes Event at Farmfair International

Western National Hereford Show

The winner of the Bull of the Prairies draw was Danny Tonhauser from Sangudo, AB. He choseRCHR PILLAR 24B from Chittick Hereford Ranch, Mayerthorpe, AB, who received a cheque for $10,000.00.

Commercial Bred Heifer & Bull Show Results and Prize Payouts

Class 1 - Pen of 10 Heifers 1st Place -Lot 2 - Westman Farms $1,000.00 2nd Place-Lot 3 - Greg & Jackie Blahun $750.00 3rd Place-Lot 1 - Loralta Farms $500.00 Class 2 - Pen of 5 Heifers 1st Place Lot 4 - Westman Farms $650.00 2d Place Lot 7 - Greg & Jackie Blahun $400.00 3rd Place Lot 5 - Westman Farms $200.00 Champion Pen of Heifers Lot 4 - Westman Farms $1,500.00 Reserve Champion Pen of Heifers Lot 2 - Westman Farms $1,000.00 Peoples Choice People’s Choice Grand Champion Bull went to went to 1st People Choice $1,000.00 ZZB 166W RIB ASTER 34A from Lot 4 - Westman Farms 2nd People Choice Fenton Hereford Ranch Inc. Lot 1 - Loralta Farms $750.00 receiving $1,500.00.

3rd People Choice Lot 2- Westman Farms $500.00

People’s Choice Reserve Grand Champion Bull went to SS-TOPLINE 43S AVALANCHE 359A from SS Cattle receiving $1,000.00

Brenda Greig presents Jordan Prior of Irma, AB with 10 -2W Panels donated by:

Bull Pen Show Class 4 - Pen of 5 Bulls 1st Place Pen 21 - Lillybrook Herefords $500.00 2nd PlacePen 20 - Fenton Hereford Ranch $300.00 Class 5 - Pen of 3 Hereford - Split 1 1st Place Pen 32 - Bar Pipe Herefords $300.00 2nd Place Pen 31 - Fenton Hereford Ranch $200.00 Class 5 - Pen of 3 Hereford - Split 2 1st Place Pen 36 - Chit tick Family Hereford Ranch $300.00 2nd Place Pen 34 - Rutledge Herefords $200.00 Class 5 - Champion Pen of 3 Herefords Champion Pen of 3 Herefords Pen 36 - Chit tick Family Hereford Ranch $200.00 Res Champion Pen of 3 Herefords Pen 32 - Bar Pipe Herefords $100.00 Overall Champion Pen of Bulls Pen 40 - Mader Ranches $750.00 Overall Reserve Champion Pen of Bulls Pen 36 Chittick Family Hereford Ranch $500.00 Total Payout The Yards

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Farmfair International Western National Hereford Show November 5, 2014 Judge: Glen Brost

Edmonton, Alberta

Grand Champion Bull Senior Champion Bull

Grand Champion Female Senior Champion Female

FCC 503W LINCOLN 3Z

HARVIE OVHF MS UNIQUE 17Y

Reserve Grand Champion Bull Reserve Senior Champion Bull

Reserve Grand Champion Female Junior Champion Female

Exhibited By: Flewelling Cattle Co., Bowden, AB Other Owners: MJT Cattle Co. Ltd.

SS-TOPLINE POWERHOUSE ET 888Z

Exhibited By: SS Cattle Company Inc. Irma, AB Other Owners: Bob Trefiak

Exhibited By: Harvie Ranching, Olds, AB Other Owners: HBM Polled Herefords, Majestic Cattle Company

FCC ROYAL FLUSH 3A

Exhibited By: Flewelling Cattle Co., Bowden, AB

Res Jr Champion Female

Champion Bull Calf

GLENROSE 101X ROSEY 67A

FCC Z400 BRINKS 8B

Exhibited By: Glenrose Polled Herefords, Camrose, AB

Res Sr Champion Female CARLRAMS 83S SILVER DUST 2W

Exhibited By: Carlrams Ranching Ltd, Cut Knife, SK

Champion Heifer Calf NCX MISS BELLA 15B

Exhibited By: NCX Polled Herefords, Brosseau, AB

Res Champion Heifer Calf FCC 34Z NATASHA 20B

Exhibited By: Flewelling cattle co., Bowden, AB

Exhibited By: Flewelling Cattle Co. Bowden, AB

Res Champion Bull Calf

Premier Breeder:

Flewelling Cattle Co Ltd., Bowden, AB

Premier Exhibitor:

Flewelling Cattle Co Ltd., Bowden, AB

FCC Z400 CROSSIRON 13B

Exhibited By: Flewelling Cattle Co. Bowden, AB

Jr Champion Bull ZZB 116W RIB ASTER 34A

Exhibited By: Fenton Hereford Ranch, Irma AB

Res Jr Champion Bull JNHR ALL RED 290A

Exhibited By: Jonomn Hereford Ranch, Clyde, AB

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Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Eastern National Hereford Show November 8, 2014 Judge: Chad Wilson

Toronto, Ontario

Grand Champion Female Senior Yearling Female Champion

Grand Champion Bull Senior Bull Champion NJW 73S W18 DOWNHOME 21Z ET

MHPH 521X DAINTY 105A

Reserve Grand Champion Bull Senior Yearling Bull Champion

Reserve Grand Champion Female Intermediate Yearling Female Champion

Exhibited By: Wm & Audrey Lyons / Dalmuir Farms / Ned & Jan Ward

MHPH 521X ACTION 106A

Exhibited By: Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords / Double J Polled Herefords

GRO-JDL TEMPTATION 11X 214A

Exhibited By: Grosvenor Farm / JDL Cattle Co

Jr Heifer Calf Champion

Sr Heifer Calf Champion

Res Int Yearling Female Champion

GLOBE MISS TRUST 301B

ELM-LODGE BELL OF THE BALL 14B

MHPH 521X RITA 1151A

Res Jr Heifer Calf Champion

Res Sr Heifer Calf Champion

BAYVIEW ACRES TEA TIME 3B

GRO-JDL TEMPTATION 11X 114B

Res Sr Yearling Female Champion

Exhibited By: Grosvenor Farm / JDL Cattle Co.

TARA MEADOWS VOLUME 3 TARA 111

Int Heifer Calf Champion

Jr Yearling Female Champion

Sr Female Champion

WLL BALLERINA 27B

TAY-DOWN MISS HEREFORD AAA 3A

BAR JM JEWEL 6Z

Exhibited By: Mac Goble / Ridgeview Farm

Exhibited By: Kayla Boot, Bath, ON

Exhibited By: Whiskey Lane Livestock, Indian River, ON

Res Int Heifer Calf Champion MHPH JWR 10Y SARAH 219B

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Exhibited By: Ridgeview Farm / Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords / Hailey Goble

Exhibited By: Grant Elmhirst, Indian River, ON

Exhibited By: Kayla Boot, Bath, ON

Res Jr Yearling Female Champion MHPH 203Y PEBBLES 410A

Exhibited By: Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Orillia, ON

Exhibited By: Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Orillia, ON

Exhibited By: Tara Meadows, Oro Medonte, ON

with BAR JM WINDY K VICTORIA 11B

Exhibited By: John & Barb Mastine / Wascana Cattle Co. / Mohican West / Dale Stith

Res Sr Female Champion ELM-LODGE 14N RAVISH 3R with ELM-LODGE BIKINI 28B

Exhibited By: Grant Elmhirst / Abby Hill Farms

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Jr Bull Calf Champion

Premier Breeder:

MHPH AFPH 10Y BOOMTOWN 319B

Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Orillia, ON

Res Jr Bull Calf Champion

Premier Exhibitor:

Exhibited By: Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Orillia, ON

A-LYNN BRING IT HOME 128B

Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Orillia, ON

Int Bull Calf Champion

Hereford Herdsman Award:

Exhibited By: Ashley Snoddon, Reaboro, ON

STONEWOOD BUERHLE 9B

2014 Dream Girls

Jamie O’Shea, Granton, ON

Exhibited By: Stonewood Grange, Selwyn, ON

Res Int Bull Calf Champion WLL BOURBON 21B

Exhibited By: Whiskey Lane Livestock, Indian River, ON

Sr Bull Calf Champion

For the third year, the Ontario Hereford Association hosted its annual fundraiser, “Dream Girls”.

This year there were 3 Show Heifer Res Sr Bull Calf Champion The James W Rummerfield Trophy entries.

Presented to the Highest Placed Female with a Heifer Calf at OLTN 743 BAM BAM 6B Foot. Both must be Canadian Bred and Ontario Owned.

Exhibited By: Walter G. Oulton & Sons Ltd., John & Barb Mastine, Bar JM Polled Herefords, Jamie Henderson’s name was Windsor, NS drawn from the barrel and he Whitney, ON. selected CORP CREEK BETHANY 9B Res Sr Yearling Bull Champion (pictured), entered by Corp Creek CORP CREEK AIR FORCE 3A Polled Herefords, Omemee, ON. The Exhibited By: Corp Creek Farm / Whiskey Lane Livestock draw took place during the National Hereford Show. Corp Creek received Res Sr Bull Champion a cheque in the amount of $4000 MBF 45P TANKER 102Z Exhibited By: Marbren Farm, Coldwater, ON for having their heifer selected.

HWCW 2Z BANKER 101B

Exhibited By: Howard & Courtney Walker, Coldwater, ON

Eastern National Hereford Futurity & Junior Hereford Showmanship November 7, 2014

Toronto, Ontario

Judge: Brad Gilchrist

Grand Champion Bull

Grand Champion Female

DORBAY 83Y BLACKHAWK 406B

GRO-JDL TEMPATION 11X 114B

Reserve Grand Champion Bull

Reserve Grand Champion Female

CORP CREEK BROKER 1B

MHPH JWR 10Y SARAH 219B

Exhibited By: Dorbay Polled Herefords, Dorchester, ON

Exhibited By: Corp Creek Farm, Omemee, ON

Exhibited By: Grosevenor Farm & JDL Cattle Co., Mulmur, ON

Exhibited By: Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Orillia, ON

Pee Wee Showmanship

Intermediate Showmanship

Grand Champion Showperson

1 Abbey Murray, Amaranth, ON 2 Katie Cox, McNab/Braeside, ON 3 Paisley Van Weiren

1 Kayla Boot, Bath, ON 2 Jared Ball, Coldwater, ON 3 Justin Swanston, Ariss, ON

Kayla Boot, Bath, Ontario

Junior Showmanship

Senior Showmanship

Katie Elmhirst, Indian River, ON

1 Katie Elmhirst, Indian River, ON 2 Taylor Ribey, Paisley, ON 3 Maggie Murray, Amaranth, ON

1 Jessica Lasby, Mulmur, ON 2 Ashley Snodden, Reaboro, ON 3 Whitney Ball, Coldwater, ON

Reserve Grand Champion Showperson

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Canadian Western Agribition National Hereford Show November 28, 2014 Regina, Saskatchewan Judge: Richard Latimer, Olds, AB

Horned Show

Grand Champion Female Junior Calf Champion Female

Grand Champion Bull Junior Champion Bull MJT NITRO DUKE ET 78A

TRIPLE A 2059 PEBBLES ET 9B

Reserve Grand Champion Bull Junior Calf Champion Bull

Reserve Grand Champion Female Senior Champion Female

Exhibited By: MJT Cattle Company Ltd. Edgerton, AB

TRIPLE A 2059 BAM BAM ET 11B

Exhibited By:Triple A Herefords Moose Jaw, SK

Exhibited By: Triple A Herefords Moose Jaw, SK

BCD 323S KENZIE 217Z with BCD 140Y BRANTLEY 409B Exhibited By: Bradley Dallas, Bowden, AB

Res. Junior Calf Champion Female Res. Junior Calf Champion Bull RVP 91Z BLUE RIBBON 99B

Exhibited By: Glenlees Farms Arcola, SK Additional Owner: Emma Lees

Junior Champion Female GLENLEES HH 110X POLLY 17A

Exhibited By: Glenlees Farms Arcola, SK

Res. Junior Champion Female TRIPLE A 9121 REBECCA ET 3A

Exhibited By: T Bar K Ranch Wawota, SK

Res. Junior Champion Bull TRIPLE A 9121 AFTERSHOCK 12A

Exhibited By: Triple A Herefords Moose Jaw, SK

Premier Horned Breeder: Bradley Dallas, Bowden, AB

Premier Horned Exhibitor:

Triple A Herefords Moose Jaw, SK

Breeders Herd:

Senior Champion Bull

Triple A Herefords Moose Jaw, SK

MW DAKOTA LAD 51Z

Get-of-Sire:

Exhibited By: Triple A Herefords Moose Jaw, SK

Exhibited By: Rocking G Land & Cattle Co. Gull Lake, SK

Res. Senior Champion Female

Res. Senior Champion Bull

MJT 219U AIMEE 403Y with M-R 32X LAURA 403B

SS-TOPLINE POWERHOUSE ET 888Z

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T-BAR-K 125Y DAYTONA 20B

Exhibited By: SS Cattle Company Inc. Irma, AB Additional Owner: Bob Trefiak

Hirsche Herefords and Angus LTD High River, AB

Junior Get-of-Sire:

Triple A Herefords Moose Jaw, SK

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Polled Show

Grand Champion Female Senior Champion Female

Grand Champion Bull Junior Champion Bull HAROLDSONS DELTA ET 69A

CB 122L LADY B 222Z with CBB SHAR-LO 719 SHAMELESS 308B

Exhibited By: Haroldsons Polled Herefords Wawota, SK Additional Owner: Wascana Cattle Company

Exhibited By: Cayley Cattle Co. Princeton, BC Additional Owner: SHAR-LO Farms, Public Landing, NB

Reserve Grand Champion Bull Senior Champion Bull

Reserve Grand Champion Female Junior Champion Female

ANL A XLP ACTION ET 75Z

Exhibited By: Lone Pine Cattle Services Vibank, SK Additional Owner: ANL Polled Herefords, Steelman, SK

BLAIR’S XKEONA 521X 1A

Exhibited By: Blairs.Ag Cattle Company Bowden, AB

Junior Calf Champion Female

Res. Senior Champion Female

Res. Junior Champion Bull

HAROLDSONS WLC MIRA ET 49B

HAROLDSONS LASSIE 425X 22Z with HAROLDSONS LASSIE 12Z 26B

HAROLDSON JVJ COVERT 425X 8A

Exhibited By: Haroldsons Polled Herefords Wawota, SK Additional Owner: Wooden Shoe Farms

Exhibited By:Haroldsons Polled Herefords Wawota, SK Additional Owner: Roselawn Polled Herefords & Doug Troop Hereford Farm

Junior Calf Champion Bull

Res. Senior Champion Bull

Exhibited By: Haroldsons Polled Herefords Wawota, SK Additional Owner: Warnyca Land & Cattle

Res. Junior Calf Champion Female C&T 301W AUTUMN 17B

Exhibited By: C & T Cattle Co. Arcola, SK Additional Owner: Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords

Senior Calf Champion Female HAROLDSONS HLV MARVEL 48Y 12B

Exhibited By: Haroldsons Polled Herefords Wawota, SK Additional Owner: Hebert Livestock Ventures

HAROLDSONS APOTHIC 521X 38B

NJW 73S W18 DOWNHOME 21ZET

Exhibited By: Haroldsons Polled Herefords Wawota, SK

Exhibited By: Dalmuir Farms Lindsay, ON Additional Owner: Bill & Audrey Lyons

Res. Junior Calf Champion Bull

Premier Polled Breeder:

BBSF 465Y BROKER 68B

Exhibited By: Brost Land & Cattle Co. Ltd. Irvine, AB

Res. Senior Calf Champion Female Senior Calf Champion Bull CCR 0220 ROCKIN RITA 6B

SNBR-GL 1121Y THE BRONX 110B

Exhibited By: Copper Creek Ranch Princeton, BC

Exhibited By: Glenlees Farms Arcola, SK

Res. Junior Champion Female

Res. Senior Calf Champion Bull

MHPH 521X RITA 1151A

Exhibited By: Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords Mississauga, ON

ANL C HAR T100 TAHOE 86 ET 23B

Exhibited By: ANL Polled Herefords Steelman, SK Additional Owner: Haroldsons Polled Herefords

Haroldsons Polled Herefords Wawota, SK

Premier Polled Exhibitor:

Haroldsons Polled Herefords Wawota, SK Breeders Herd: Haroldsons Polled Herefords Wawota, SK Get-of-Sire: Haroldsons Polled Herefords Wawota, SK Junior Get-of-Sire: Haroldsons Polled Herefords Wawota, SK 125

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Red Coat Classic November 28, 2014

Canadian Western Agribition, Regina, Saskatchewan

Red Coat Selected Bull STANDARD-HILL DIEHARD 70B

Exhibited By: Standard Hill Livestock, Maidstone, SK

Agribition 2014 Commercial Hereford Show Results November 28, 2014

Regina, Saskatchewan

Bred Replacement Heifers - Hereford Placings Class 01 - Pen of 5 Bred Replacement Heifers Born in 2013 - Split 5 4th - 146 Pen Weight: 6290 Avg Weight: 1258.0 Sire: SIMMENTAL Dam: HEREFORD EXPOSED DATE: JULY 10 - SEPT 1, 2014 EXPOSURE BULL: RED ANGUS CALVING DATES: APR 20 - JUNE 10, 2015 Exhibited By: Red Willow Ranch LTD Cutknife, SK Class 03 - Pen of 10 Bred Replacement Heifers Born in 2013 - Split 1 3rd - 163 Pen Weight: 12244 Avg Weight: 1224.4 Sire: SIMMENTAL Dam: SIMMENTAL X HEREFORD EXPOSED DATE: MAY 8 - JUNE 23, 2014 EXPOSURE BULL: BLACK ANGUS CALVING DATES: EARLY FEBRUARY - END OF MARCH 2015 Exhibited By: Westman Farms Vermilion, AB

Open Replacement Heifers - Hereford Placings Reserve Champion Pen of Five Open Replacement Heifers Class 01 - Pen of 5 Bred Replacement Heifers Born in 2014 - Split 1 1st - 182 Pen Weight: 3360 Avg Weight: 672.0 Sire: HEREFORD Dam: SIMMENTAL X RED ANGUS Exhibited By: Sentes Farms Raymore, SK

Bull Pen Alley Grand Champion Pen of Hereford Bulls

Exhibited By: Lilybrook Herefords Inc. Claresholm, AB LBH 40W RIBSTONE ET 5A Reg #: C02992141 Tattoo: LBH 5A DOB: 2013-01-29 Weight: 1802 Age in Days: 667 WPDA: 2.70 BirthWeight: 0 LBH 20J STANMORE 94A Reg #: C02984705 Tattoo: LBH 94A DOB: 2013-02-08 Weight: 1906 Age in Days: 657 WPDA: 2.90 BirthWeight: 95 LBH 162W STERLING 399A Reg #: C02984925 Tattoo: LBH 399A DOB: 2013-03-17 Weight: 1668 Age in Days: 620 WPDA: 2.69 BirthWeight: 75 Avg Weight: 1792.0 Avg Age in Days: 648 Avg WPDA: 2.77 Age Span: 47 Rerserve Grand Champion Pen of Hereford Bulls Exhibited By: Lone Pine Cattle Services Vibank, SK XLP 57U APOLLO 721B Reg #: C02996717 Tattoo: XLP 721B DOB: 2014-02-10 Weight: 922 Age in Days: 290 WPDA: 3.18 BirthWeight: 0 XLP 11X MATADOR 108B Reg #: C02996715 Tattoo: XLP 108B DOB: 2014-01-19 Weight: 942 Age in Days: 312 WPDA: 3.02 BirthWeight: 0 KIRBY-LONE PINE CAMARO 403B Reg #: C03000899 Tattoo: LPK 403B DOB: 2014-02-05 Weight: 990 Age in Days: 295 WPDA: 3.36 BirthWeight: 0 Avg Weight: 951.3 Avg Age in Days: 299 Avg WPDA: 3.18 Age Span: 22

Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede Beef Pen Show with Cowboy Christmas Trade Show Reserve Champion Pure Bred Pen of 3 Heifers

Champion Late Spring Pen of 3 Heifer Calves

Reserve Early Spring Commercial Pen of 3 Heifers

Braun Hereford Ranch, Simmie, Saskatchewan

DB Ranch, Bernie Bonnette, Taber, Alberta

Ross & Arlene Stafford, Irvine, Alberta

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WLB Livestock

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6th Annual Internet Hereford Sale

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Polled Females Polled Bull

$4,294.00 $9,000.00

October 6, 2014 Internet Sale Host: LiveAuctions.tv

Top Sellers POLLED BULL $9,000 – LOT 1 – WLB LEGO 83T 90X Sired by WLB Eli 10H 83T, Sold to Snow Shoe Cattle Company, Montana and Largent and Sons Herefords, Wyoming.

POLLED FEMALES $6,500 – LOT 8 – WLB 50S GLORIA ET 1002A Sired by WLB Global 72M 50S, sold to Jim Millham, Saskatchewan

Harvie Ranching Internet Sale

$6,300 – LOT 2 – WLB 100Z EDA 45B Sired by WLB Easy Street 900X 100Z, sold to Winchester Cattle Co. Manitoba $4,7 – LOT 3 – WLB 10Z AMY 112B Sired by WLB Anser 90X 10Z. Sold to Dianne Heaton, Oklahoma

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October 9-11, 2014 Olds, Alberta Auctioneer: Ryan Dorran Internet Sale Hosted: Live Auction.tv

0.5 Bull Calf 10 Heifer Calves 6 Bred Heifers 16.5 Lots Grossed $120,400.00 50 Embryos Total Gross $162,700.00

$22,000.00 $5,640.00 $7,000.00 $7,297.00 $846.00

Top Sellers BULL CALF $22,000 – LOT 25 – (½ INT, ½ POSS) - HARVIE COOL WATER ET 190B Buyer: Dallas Farms, Bowden, AB & Cool Water Syndicate Sire: NJW 73S W18 HOMETOWN 10Y ET SOD: HARVIES LADIES MAN 4L

BRED HEIFER $11,000 – LOT 2 – HARVIE OVHF HBM MS UNIQUE 3A Buyer: Lock Farms, Macklin, SK Sire: OTAPAWA SKYMATE 2046 (ET) SOD: NJW FHF 9710 TANK 45P

HEIFER CALF $13,000 – LOT 1 – HARVIE OVHF HBM UNIQUE 32B Buyer: Majestic Cattle Co., Stettler, AB Sire: TH 75J 243R BAILOUT 144U ET SOD: NJW FHF 9710 TANK 45P

Remitall West Production Sale October 11, 2014 Olds, Alberta Auctioneer: Ryan Dorran

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13.5 Bull Calves 12 Heifer Calves 4 Bred Heifers 3 Cow/Calf Pairs 32.5 Lots Grossed $430,550 25 Embryos Total Gross $459,750.00

$20,314.00 $8,333.00 $8,562.00 $7,350.00 $13,247.00 $1,168.00

Top Sellers BULL CALF $165,000 – LOT 1 – REMITALL-W START ME UP ET 7B Buyer: Topp Herefords, Grace City, ND & Curtis & Jackie Castle, Crawford, OK Sire: CB 57U CAN DOO 102Y SOD: SHF WONDER M326 W18 ET HEIFER CALF $12,500 – LOT 15 – REMITALL-WEST MARVEL ET 6B Buyer: Copper Creek Ranch, Princeton, BC & North Bluff Farms, Aldergrove, BC Sire: CB 57U CAN DOO 102Y SOD: SHF WONDER M326 W18 ET

BRED HEIFER $10,000 – LOT 30 – REMITALL-WEST LIBBY 94A Buyer: Spring Mountain Stock Farm, Beaverlodge, AB Sire: SHF WONDER M326 W18 ET SOD: REMITALL FIRST CLASS ET 113R $10,000 – LOT 32 – REMITALL-WEST GLENDA 136A Buyer: Musgrove Enterprises, Jenner, AB Sire: SHF WONDER M326 W18 ET SOD: REMITALL SUPER DUTY 42S

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2nd Annual Elite Genetics Polled Herefords & Online Sale Leveldale RSK Farms

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23 Live Hereford Lots 1 Hereford Flush 4 Clubby Lots 28 Lots Grossed $121,800.00

$4,735.00 $4,000.00 $2,225.00 $4,350.00

October 11-15, 2014 Sale Host: LiveAuction.tv

Top Sellers BULL LOT 1 - PCL Y NOT ME R117 ET 1Y sired by SHF Rib Eye M326 R117 sold for $16500.00 and was purchased by Bob Strunk of Coalgate, OK, USA.

LOT 21 - RSK 6U MISS TAMARA 73A sired by RSK Down Under 6U sold for $4750.00 and was purchased by Hialeah Polled Herefords, Chris Scott of Nanton, AB.

BRED HEIFER LOT 11 - LEVELDALE ALLISON 719T ET 14A sired by TH 122 71I Victor 719T sold for $6000.00 and was purchased by Jimmy and Amy Hunter of Roblin, MB.

HEIFER CALF LOT 15 - RSK 719T MISS SAGE 14B sired by TH 122 71I Victor 719T sold for $5500.00 and was purchased by Morshogs Farms, Magnus Morshog, Bjuv, Sweden.

LOT 9 - LEVELDALE AYWON AUTUMN 34X 11A sired by Leveldale Aywon Strugis 34X sold for $6000.00 and was purchased by Ross Madsen of Wauchope, SK. LOT 23 - RSK 6U MISS KIM 59A sired by RSK Down Under 6U sold for $5000.00 and was purchased by Hialeah Polled Herefords, Chris Scott of Nanton, AB.

LOT 2 - LEVELDALE TEMPTATION 1Y 11B sired by PCL Y Not Me R117 ET 1Y sold for $4750.00 and was purchased by Brayden Calvert of Carberry, MB.

Hereford Harvest

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Lone Pine Cattle Services, OVHF Herefords, Six South Herefords, Mission Ridge Herefords, Beiber Herefords, Git-R-Done Ranch, Triple H Farm Ltd, JHF Herefords

October 17, 2014 Vibank, Saskatchewan Auctioneer: Chris Poley Sale Management: T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd.

Top Sellers HEIFER CALF Lot 14 - JHF Daydream 7B sired by NJW 73S M326 Trust 100W ET was purchased by Mohican West, Billings, MT for $4,900.00

BRED HEIFER Lot 3 - M-R 32X Athena 66A sired by HF 102S Lariat 32X was purchased by Malone Hereford Farm, Imporia, KS for $5,000.00 COW/HEIFER CALF PAIR Lot 20/20A - $8,300.00 - XLP 45T Reese II 500W sired by STAR 26P Freedom 45T ET was purchased by Hereford GRLZ, Raymore, SK and her heifer calf XLP 101S Reese 500B sired by BNMHPH 14P Heat 101S was purchased by Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Orillia, ON

10 Heifer Calves 16 Bred Heifers 8 Cow/Heifer Calf Pairs 7 Cow/Bull Calf Pairs 9 Cows 1 Embryo 51 Lots Grossed $181,150.00

COW /BULL CALF PAIR Lot 34/34A - $7,300.00 - XLP CLF 57U Blance 168Z sired by RVP STAR 533P Can-AM ET 57U was purchased

by Lone Pine Cattle Services, Vibank, SK and her bull calf XLP CLF 38Z Style 368B sired by XLP 91S Doc Holiday 38Z was purchased by Roger Procyk, Fillmore, SK COW Lot 39 -XLP HH 61P Nadia 593Y sired by GH LD Wildcard 61P was purchased by Richaud Stock Farms, Estevan, SK for $3,000.00

ANL Polled Herefords & Guests

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18 Heifer Calves 19 Bred Heifers 1 Cow/Calf Pair 38 Lots Grossed $183,400.00

October 18, 2014 Steelman, Saskatchewan Auctioneer: Chris Poley Sale Management: T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd.

Top Sellers HEIFER CALF Lot 8 - ANL 145P Mindy 42Z 5B sired by Grandview 7Oaks Sonora 145R was purchased by Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Orillia, ON for $8,800.00 BRED HEIFER Lot 16 - ANL P606 Amber 21A sired by PW Victor boomer P606 was purchased by Abrakadabra Cattle Co., Columbia, MD for $10,000.00 128

$3,095.00 $3,078.13 $5,212.50 $5,035.71 $2,466.67 $1,800.00 $3,551.96

COW/CALF PAIR Lot 11/11A - $7,700.00 - ANL LC 80S Rachelle 137X sired by ANL SBS 36N Taylor 80S was purchased

by Rangeling Cattle, Thief River Falls, MN and her heifer calf ANL LC 57Y Rachelle 137X 99B sired

by Haroldsons WLC Jack ET 57Y was purchased by Glenlees Polled Herefords, Arcola, SK

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10 Heifer Calves 34 Bred Heifers 44 Lots Grossed $168,000.00

Take the Next Step

$3,280.00 $3,976.47 $3,818.18

October 18, 2014 Kisbey, Saskatchewan Auctioneer: Chris Poley Sale Management: T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd.

Top Sellers Lot 15 - C&T 100W Angelina 15A sired by NJW 73S M326 Trust 100W was purchased by Phantom Creek Livestock, Swift Current, SK for $11,000.00

Lot 40 - PCL Lady Luck 11X 62A sired by TH 71U 719T Mr Hereford 11X was purchased by Rafter U Polled Herefords, Osage, SK for $5,800.00

Lot 31 - Twin-View 76Y Madison 77A sired by GHC CT Samson 76Y was purchased by Crittenden Bros. Imperial, SK for $7,000.00

Blair Athol/Haroldsons & Friends

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20 Heifer Calves 49 Bred Heifers 69 Lots Grossed $344,200.00

$6,820.00 $4,240.00 $4,988.41

October 19, 2014 Arcola, Saskatchewan Auctioneer: Chris Poley Sale Management: T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd.

Top Sellers HEIFER CALF Lot 51 - Haroldson’s HLV Marvel 48Y 12B sired

by Haroldsons WLC Rhino ET 48Y was purchased by Star E Cattle Co., Oxbow, SK for $40,000.00

BRED HEIFER Lot 58 - Haroldsons Lady T100 6A sired by SHF Tahoe R117 T100 was purchased by Toppp Herefords., Grace City, ND for $15,000.00

Square D Herefords

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October 20, 2014 At the Ranch, Langbank, Saskatchewan Auctioneer: Ryan Dorran

10 Heifer Calves 39 Bred Heifers 7 Bull Calves 2 Cow/Heifer Calf Pairs 58 Lots Grossed $205,150.00

$3985.00 $3209.00 $4214.00 $5325.00 $3537.00

Top Sellers HEIFER CALF $10,750 – LOT 1 – SQUARE-D BELLE 237B Buyer: Kootenay Polled Herefords, Surrey, BC Sire: NJW 34S 38W BEEF 15Z ET SOD: WILGOR 55K NORTHEASTERN OL 2N

BULL CALF $7000 – LOT 7 – SQUARE-D KEYSTONE 755B Buyer: King Ranch, Warren, MB Sire: NJW 34S 38W BEEF 15Z ET SOD: REMITALL SUPER DUTY 42S

BRED HEIFER $8000 – LOT 39 – WCC 42S RITA 3361A BUYER: RIVER VALLEY POLLED HEREFORDS, NEWBURGH, ON SIRE: REMITALL SUPER DUTY 42S SOD: SQUARE-D CONQUER ET 44N

COW/CALF PAIR $5700 - Lot 13A/13 – SQUARE-D LEXUS 493W sired by SQUARE-D STINGER 779K was purchased

by Remi Mitchell, Francis, SK and her heifer calf SQUARE-D ROBERTA 743B sired by SQUARE-D RANCHMAN 257R was purchased by McMurry Cattle Co., Billings, MT.

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“The Shape Of Things To Come” October 25, 2014 Imperial, Saskatchewan Auctioneer: Chris Poley Sale Management: T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd.

Top Sellers COW Lot 107 - SHF Progress P20 U06 ET sired by SHF Progress P20 was purchased by Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Mississauga, ON for $11,000.00 BRED HEIFER Lot 132 - TCF EL 614 Belinda 309A sired by WR Domino Lad 309 0614 was purchased by Malone Polled Herefords, Imporia, KS for $5,000.00 HEIFER CALF Lot 70B - GHC Miss Victra ET 5B sired by TH 122 71L Victor 719T was purchased by Phantom Creek Livestock, Swift Current, SK for $6,500.00 BULL CALF Lot 44 - GHC Breakthrough 10B sired by Loewen M326 Sir 33T was purchased for 1/2 interest and full possession by McMurray Cattle, Billings, MT for $8,000.00

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20 Cow/Bull Calf Pairs 27 Cow/Heifer Calf Pairs 37 Cows 12 Bred Heifers 12 Heifer Calves 6.5 Bull Calves 114.5 Lots Grossed $671,550.00 15 Commercial Cows 10 Embryos Total Sale Grossed $714,150.00

$8,452.50 $7,846.30 $3,967.57 $3,679.17 $4,454.17 $7,115.38 $5,865.07 $2,466.66 $560.00

COW/HEIFER CALF PAIR Lot 23 & 23A - Haroldson’s Philis T100 51W sired by SHF Tahoe R117 T100 was purchased by Lakes Ranch Inc., West Vancouver, BC for $15,750.00 and her heifer calf GHC Miss Unique 136B sired by RRSF 101N Wrangler 29W was purchased by Blairs.Ag Cattle Co., Lanigan, SK for $10,750.00 COW/BULL CALF PAIR Lot 93 & 93A - DXB 127U Cassie 20R sired

by Kilmorlie 452M Redeye 127U was purchased

by Tegtmeir Polled Herefords, Burchard, NE for $5,000.00 and her bull calf GHC C5 Big Mac 38B sired by SHF Moore R117 Z40 was purchased for 1/2 interest and full possesion by Holmes Farms, Semans, SK for $13,500.00 AVER AGE

Walnut Drive Farms Sale November 1, 2014 Maple Hill Auction, Stayner, Ontario Auctioneer: Carl Wright

Top Sellers BULL $5750 – LOT 28 – JV 320 SPIDEL 251Z Buyer: Courtenay Herefords, Courtenay, BC Sire: 100I SPIDEL 320U SOD: JV TROJAN’S TROOPER 303K

43 Cow/Calf Pairs 39 Bred Heifers 43 Bred Cows 13 Bulls 5 Bull Calves 179 Lots Grossed $ 342,250 .00 4 Semen 183 Lots Grossed $345,875.00

COW/CALF PAIR Lot 13 & 13a – JV 507 LADY SPIDEL 128Y sired

by WDF 46L SPIDEL 507S, was purchased by Francis Wilhelm, Chepstow, ON for $2350 and her bull calf AWDH 128B sired by WDF C6 WESTWIND WARRIOR 3838X was purchased by Courtenay Herefords, Courtenay, BC for $3000.

The Amigos Production Sale Pahl Livestock & XTC Ranches

November 12, 2014 At Pahl Livestock, Medicine Hat, Alberta Auctioneer: R.C. (Bob) Balog

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34 Long Yearling Hereford Bulls 60 Long Yearling Angus Bulls 5 Hereford Bred Heifer 3 Hereford Heifer Calves 102 Lots Grossed $553,050.00 35 Commercial Bred Heifers

Top Sellers HEREFORD BULLS $9500 - LOT 66 - XTC 5C TOTAL RECALL ET 66A Buyer: Tim Bernt Herefords, Missouri & Wichman Herefords, Montana Sire: XTC 15Z ENERLAD STAN 5C SOD: XTC KING’S DIAMOND LAD 87M $9250 - LOT 44 - XTC 23U WILSON OPTIMUM 44A Buyer: Randy Stokke, Consul, SK Sire: XTC 7N WILSON 23U Sod: AGA 20J STANMORE 21M $9000 - LOT 85 - XTC ADVANCE 85A Buyer: Chad Skager, South Dakota Sire: HH ADVANCE 7034T ET 130

$2,876.00 $2,122.00 $2,037.00 $3,035.00 $1,120.00 $1,912.00 $1,20.00

SOD: CARLRAMS 48H HUGO 129S $8500 - LOT 11 - PAHL 37W AMBASSADOR 11A Buyer: Clinton Brost, Consul, SK Sire: FE 1S ROYAL STANDARD 37W SOD: LPG 59K BONANZA LAD 74N BRED HEIFER $6250 - LOT P57A - PAHL 37W ASHTON 57A Buyer: Musgrove Enterprises, Jenner, AB Sire: FE 1S ROYAL STANDARD 37W SOD: PAHL 90P SPADE 3S

$5,490.00 $5,373.00 $4,770.00 $3,400.00 $5,422.00 $2,671.00

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Fenton Hereford Ranch Inc. 50th Annual Production Sale November 14, 2014 At the Ranch, Irma, Alberta Auctioneer: R.C. (Bob) Balog

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53 Yearling Hereford Bulls 35 Bred Heifers 88 Lots Grossed $446, 950.00 75 Commercial Hereford Heifers 4 Broke Geldings 13 Sale Colts

$5,975.00 $3,715.00 $5,079.00 $2,865.00 $9,038.00 $1,338.00

Top Sellers YEARLING BULLS $21,000 - LOT 34A - ZZB 166W RIB ASTER 34A Buyer: Shane Truby, Durango, CO, USA Sire: FE 29S ASTER LAD 166W SOD: FE 254E RIBSTONE 46M

$9750 - LOT 38A - FE 260U RED SKYLINE 38A Buyer: Park View Farms, Falvn, AB Sire: FE 44S RED SKYLINE 260U SOD: FE 254E RIBSTONE 42M BRED HEIFER $7000 - LOT 342A - FE 63W STANDARD DOM 342A Buyer: Shane Truby, Durango, CO, USA Sire: BP 101T STANDARD DOM LAD 63W SOD: FE 412 DANDY 32P

$10,750 - LOT 83A - FE 60X STANMORE LAD 83A Buyer: Jim Hines, Dewberry, AB Sire: SNS 5S STANMORE LAD 60X SOD: FE 412 DANDY 32P $9750 - LOT 49A - ZZB 166W DANDY ASTER 49A Buyer: Dane Sunderman, Holden, AB Sire: FE 29S ASTER LAD 166W SOD: FE 32 DANDY RED GEM 270U

Brost Land & Cattle Co. th 46 Annual Production Sale With Guest Bar-RZ Polled Herefords November 15, 2014 At the Ranch, Irvine, Alberta Auctioneer: R.C. (Bob) Balog

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18 Bull Calves 23 Yearling Bulls 3 Heifer Calves 9 Bred Heifers 53 Lots Grossed $337,100.00 50 Commercial Heifers

$7,139.00 $6,382.00 $4,583.00 $5,339.00 $6,360.00 $3,307.00

Top Sellers BULL CALVES $23,000 - LOT 1 - BBSF 465Y BRUX 5B Buyer: Holloway Farms, Castor, AB Sire: SQUARE-D JOHN WAYNE 465Y SOD: JUSTAMERE BALANCER BANKER 430H

YEARLING BULLS $9,000 - LOT 49 - BBSF 821W ABDUCTOR 200A Buyer: Aebly Ranch, Jenner, AB Sire: JNHR RED BRITISHER 821W SOD: HAWKEYE 75K SKY LAD 6P

$10,000 - LOT 33 - BAR-RZ 980 BABE RUTH 48B Buyer: Durbin Creek Ranch, Thermopolis, WY, USA Sire: CRR HELTON 980 SOD: MYALTA MAJOR 101N LAD 72S

BRED HEIFER $7,000 - LOT 37 - BAR-RZ 100W MISS ANGELINA 2A Buyer: Musgrove Enterprises, Jenner, AB Sire: NJW 73S M326 TRUST 100W ET SOD: GLENLEES 36N SYNTEC 192S

LCI Doenz Ranches

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41st Annual Sale

November 20, 2014 At the Ranch, Warner, Alberta Auctioneer: Louis Balog

25 Hereford Bull Calves $5104.00 9 Hereford Long Yearling Bulls $4894.00 29 Angus Bull Calves $4718.00 5 Angus Long Yearling Bulls $3840.00 6 Hereford Bred Heifers $5192.00 74 lots grossed $358,850 $4849.00

Top Sellers BULL CALVES $8500 – LOT 14 – LCI 251Y RIBSTONE 62B Buyer: White Lake Colony, Grunum, AB Sire: LCI 154U RIBSTONE 251Y SOD: R 0041 NORTH STAR 40U

YEARLING HEREFORD BULLS $10,500 – LOT 35 – LCI 100W TRUST 123A Buyer: White Lake Colony, Grunum, AB Sire: NJW 73S M326 TRUST 100W SOD: LBH 20J STANMORE 31R

$7000 – LOT 1 – LCI 100W TRUST 153B Buyer: Finstad Ranching, Etzikom, AB Sire: NJW 73S M326 TRUST 100W SOD: R 0041 NORTH STAR 40U

BRED HEIFER $5700 – LOT 93 – LCI WB 100W TRUST MISS 283A Buyer: Stromsmoe Herefords, Etzikom, AB Sire: NJW 73S M326 TRUST 100W SOD: LBH 20J STANMORE 31R

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A Moment in History

Stauffer Farms Ltd Complete Dispersal November 29, 2014 Innisfail Auction Market, Inisfail, Alberta Auctioneer: R.C. (Bob) Balog

Top Sellers COWS $5500 – LOT 31 – SFL 853U PRINCESS 101Y Buyer: Little Fort Herefords, Little Fort, BC Sire: CFH 517R WARRIOR 853U SOD: BP ROBIN HOOD 86M

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89 Cows 18 Bred Heifers 41 Heifer Calves 4 Herd Bulls 7 Long Yearling Bulls 35 Bull Calves 194 lots grossed $527,425.00

$3262.00 $3183.00 $1714.00 $4263.00 $3442.00 $1951.00 $2718.00

BRED HEIFER $5300 – LOT 130 – SFL 37T LADY 8A Buyer: Delbert McCloy, Morse, TX, USA Sire: JEN 56M SILVER 37T SOD: SFL 45L STANDARD PRINCE ET 38R

$5100 –LOT 52 - SFL 853U MISS SANDMAN 21Y Buyer: Little Fort Herefords, Little Fort, BC Sire: CFH 517R WARRIOR 853U SOD: BP 3F SANDMAN 106J

Stromsmoe Herefords & Black Angus

30th Annual Production Sale December 2, 2014 At the Ranch, Etzikom, Alberta Auctioneer: R.C. (Bob) Balog

Top Sellers

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29 Hereford Long Yearling Bulls $6026.00 24 Angus Long Yearling Bulls $6510.00 11 Angus Bull Calves $4318.00 1 Angus Heifer Calf $6000.00 65 lots grossed $384,500.00 $5915.00 12 Commercial Cows $3088.00 67 Commercial Heifers $3336.00 Total $645,075.00

$13,000 - LOT 6 - C&N TRUST 52A Buyer: Randy Stokke, Consul, SK Sire: NJW 73S M326 TRUST 100W ET SOD: CL 1 DOMINO 252M 1ET

$7000 - LOT 2 - C&N L1 ADVANCE 85A Buyer: Living Springs Ranch, Etzikom, AB Sire: HH ADVANCE 7034T ET SOD: CJH HARLAND 408

$9500 - LOT 3 - C&N L1 ADVANCE 39A Buyer: Sandy Warburton, Granum, AB Sire: HH ADVANCE 0002X SOD: C&N L1 STANDARD DOMINO 78W

$7000 - LOT 8 - C&N L1 STAR DOMINO 118A Buyer: Lloyd Reed, Gull Lake, SK Sire: YV STAR STRUCK 915W SOD: CL 1 DOMINO 252M 1ET

$7500 - LOT 11 - C&N L1 CAPTAIN ADVANCE 113A Buyer: Nicol Ranch, Tompkins, SK Sire: HH ADVANCE 7034T ET SOD: WB KAPTAIN KRUNCH 2N

We encourage members to send us their sales results for publication both in The Digest and online at www.hereford.ca Results can be sent to samara@hereford.ca or brad@hereford.ca

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4-H achievements

Featuring successful Hereford and Hereford Influence projects Send your results to samara@hereford.ca

Reserve Intermediate Fitting Competition 2014 Pacific National Exhibition

Champion Yearling Heifer - Fillmore-Francis 4H Beef Club Achievement day

Exhibited by: Billy Paul Club: Mission Beef 4-H Club, British Columbia

Reserve Champion Senior Female/ Cow Calf Pair - Camrose District Show

Exhibited by: Aiva Bieber Club: Fillmore-Francis 4H Beef Club,

Exhibited by: Lauryn Spenst Club: Armena 4H Beef Club, Alberta

Top Homegrown Steer - Williams Lake 4H Show and Sale

Top Steer - Williams Lake 4H Show and Sale

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Top Heifer - Williams Lake 4H Show and Sale

Exhibited by: Ayme Desmond Club: Chimney Valley 4-H Club, British

Columbia

Exhibited by: Ellen Kaufman Club: Springhouse 4H Club, British Columbia

Top Heifer - Okanagan 4H Show

Top Steer - Okanagan 4H Show

Exhibited by: Bradley Rawnd Club: Salmon Arm 4H, British Columbia

Exhibited by: Tyson Ringdal Club: North Okanagan 4H Club, British

Columbia

Junior Reserve Female Champion in All Other Breeds - Nechako Valley Exhibition Junior Champion Female & Reserve Grand Champion Female - Lakes District MOE show, Reserve Yearling Heifer - Bulkley Valley Exhibition

Exhibited by: Jody Siemens Club: Topley 4H Club, British Columbia

Exhibited by: Karen Sokolan Club: Chimney Valley 4-H Club, British Columbia

Hereford Influence Winner - 76th Annual Provincial Winter Fair

Exhibited by: Sarah Tomlinson Club: South Thompson 4H Beef Club, British

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executive director’s report Canadian Hereford Association

By Stephen Scott

E X ECU TIV E D I R ECTO R , CA N A D IA N H ER EFO R D A S S O CIATI O N

It’s been one year exactly since I wrote my first Executive Director Report and throughout the year I have had the pleasure of meeting many Hereford Association members and commercial cattlemen along the way. I hope to meet many more in 2015.

Reflecting on 2014, the cattle industry has seen record prices at the auction and subsequently increased demand for breeding stock. Hereford breeders have seen this increase in demand first hand, at all the summer and fall production sales, where demand for quality Canadian Hereford cattle has been incredibly strong.

There have been a fair number of successes at the association level this year as well. The CHA has extended its reach through the expanded commercial mailing of the Hereford Digest and Herefords have been showcased on the inside-front cover of the Cattleman’s Magazine through the national marketing program “ The Breed You Can Trust”. These advertisements have evolved into testimonial pieces - an opportunity to showcase commercial cattleman’s successes with Hereford and Hereford influence cattle throughout the chain, from cow-calf to feedlot.

At the end of September 2014 the Canadian Hereford Association Registry registered its 3 Millionth Hereford Animal. This is an astonishing milestone. The Hereford Registry is the largest registry of purebred beef cattle in Canada. But even more amazing is that the second largest registry in Canada has registered only just over half that number of cattle. It really makes you appreciate the legacy that Hereford cattle have left in Canada since their introduction over 150 years ago. The 3 Million and 3 Million and 1 registration numbers were auctioned off at the National Hereford Show at Canadian Western Agribition. Registration number 3,000,000 was purchased by Copper Creek Ranch, of Princeton, British Columbia and applied to CCR 2B, while Registration number 3,000,001 was purchased by Dallas Farms, of Bowden, Alberta and applied to BCDO 403B. We thank all that participated in the Auction and extend our thanks and congratulations to the Stevensons and the Dallas family. Monies raised will go to the Hereford Research Fund, where it will be set aside to lead future research and breed improvement efforts. The animals that received these very special numbers will be featured in the CHA’s advertising in 2015.

The CHA extends thanks to our sponsors Canadian Western Agribition, T Bar C Cattle Co. and Cattle In Motion, for helping us on this momentous occasion.

Looking forward, 2015 marks the last year of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Residual Feed Intake Trial taking place at Olds College and Cattlelands Feedyards. When the trial is complete, over 1,000 young bulls will have RFI EPDs, based on their phenotypic feed efficiency. The final stage of the project will be to use those phenotypes that have been collected to validate a DNA-based genomic test to predict feed efficiency. As well, the January 2015 EPD run will include Genetically Enhanced EPDs (GE-EPDs) for all animals that were submitted before September 2014. This is the first run of GE-EPDs for the CHA and this first run just scratches the surface on the influence that this technology will have on the seedstock cattle industry in the future.

To read more about this EPD run, please see my article in this issue.

This is the first run of GE-EPDs for the CHA and this first run just scratches the surface on the influence that this technology will have on the seedstock cattle industry in the future. To read more about this EPD run, please see my article in this issue.

Finally, 2015 will mark another milestone for the Association; the CHA was formed in 1890 making 2015 the Hereford Association’s 125th anniversary. The CHA will be celebrating this great occasion with celebrations at all three national shows.

Now that the new year is upon us, I would like to extend our best wishes to the Canadian Hereford Membership, commercial cattlemen and Hereford enthusiasts everywhere for a happy, healthy and prosperous 2015.

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rapport du directeur exécutif Association Canadienne Hereford

Par Stephen Scott

D I R ECTO R E X ÉC U TI F, A S S O CIATI O N H ER EFO R D CA N A D IA N

Voila déjà un an exactement depuis que j’ai écrit mon premier rapport en tant que Directeur Exécutif.

Au cours de l’année, j’ai eu le plaisir de rencontrer de nombreux membres de l’Association Canadienne Hereford ainsi que des éleveurs commerciaux et j’espère que ça continuera en 2015. On se rappellera de 2014 étant l’année que l’industrie bovine a vu des prix record aux ventes aux enchères ce qui a engendré une hausse pour la demande d’animaux d’élevage. Les éleveurs ont vu cette augmentation de première main tout au long de l’été et l’automne lors des ventes de production, où la demande pour les bovins Hereford canadiens de qualité a été incroyablement forte.

Un bon nombre de réussites ont aussi été atteintes au niveau de l’association cette année. L’ACH a renouvelé son lien avec le secteur commercial en élargissant l’envoi du Digest Hereford pour inclure tous les éleveurs commerciaux.

De plus, notre publicité dans la revue le Cattlemen a été mise en vedette sur la page couverture intérieur sous le thème « Hereford – la race à qui vous pouvez faire confiance ». Ces annonces ont évolué en témoignages qui représentent une vitrine pour les éleveurs commerciaux; du producteur vache-veaux jusqu’aux parcs d’engraissement qui obtiennent du succès avec leurs animaux à influence Hereford. À la fin de septembre 2014, le registre de l’Association Canadienne Hereford a enregistré son 3 millionième animal Hereford. Il s’agit d’une étape étonnante. Le registre Hereford est le plus grand de tous les bovins de boucherie pur-sang au Canada. Mais encore plus étonnant, est le fait que le deuxième plus grand registre au Canada n’a enregistré qu’un peu plus de la moitié de ce nombre de bovins. Ceci nous fait vraiment apprécier l’héritage que les bovins Hereford ont laissé au pays depuis leur introduction il y a plus de 150 ans. Les numéros d’enregistrement 3,000,000 et 3,000,001 ont été achetés par Copper Creek Ranch de Princeton, CCR 2B, et Dallas Farms de Bowden, AB, BCDO 403B, respectivement lors d’une vente aux enchères pendant l’Agribition. Nous remercions tous ceux qui ont participé à cette levée de fonds destinée à nos projets de recherches, tout particulièrement les familles Stevenson et Dallas. Les animaux qui ont reçu ces numéros d’enregistrement seront mis en vedette dans les publicités à venir de l’association. Nous tenons aussi à souligner les contributions de l’Agribition, T Bar C Cattle Co.et Cattle in Motion pour leurs efforts de promotion de cet évènement historique.

L’année 2015 marque la fin du projet de recherches sur la conversion alimentaire qui a eu lieu au Collège de Olds et au parc d’engraissement Cattleland Feedyards. Une fois complété, plus de 1000 taureaux Hereford auront reçu un EPD pour ce caractère, basé sur leur consomption alimentaire lors de leur séjour dans les installations de recherches. De plus, les EPD de janvier incluront des animaux avec des évaluations rehaussées génomiquement.

Ceux-ci seront les premiers à recevoir des EPD rehaussés par des données génomiques, une technologie qui changera l’industrie pur-sang et qui ne fait que commencer à avoir un impact.

Ceux-ci seront les premiers à recevoir des EPD rehaussés par des données génomiques, une technologie qui changera l’industrie pur-sang et qui ne fait que commencer à avoir un impact.

Il ne faut pas oublier que l’Association Canadienne Hereford célébrera son 125th anniversaire en 2015. Cette occasion sera soulignée aux trois concours nationaux.

Maintenant que la nouvelle année est à nos portes, je voudrais vous offrir mes meilleurs vœux aux membres de notre association, aux éleveurs commerciaux et amateurs de Hereford partout, pour une année 2015 remplie de bonheur, de sante et de prospérité.

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Our association continues to make great strides in reaching commercial and purebred producers across Canada and around the world to maintainand increase the strong demand for Hereford Cattle. Social media, print advertising and our online presence continue to be evaluated, upgraded and adapted, to keep us industry leaders. Our marketing program has solidified our position globally with outstanding recognition and “branding” of “The Breed You Can Trust”.

In 2015, we will launch our advertising series on the inside cover of the Cattlemen Magazine. To keep our “branding” consistent, we will utilize a similar ad format to last year with the addition of strong testimonials from ranchers and producers.

Brad & Samara have worked hard to refresh the look of our website. The new look and improved functionality assists all producers to find key information and resource material.

Demand for the banner advertisements on the website has been strong. Don’t miss the opportunity to showcase your program to the world. Contact Samara for details.

Check out our new look at www.hereford.ca . For breaking news and information, follow the CHA on Twitter.

Communication, current performance reporting and information sharing remain key to all successful business operations. We are working hard to provide research, marketing ideas and membership information through the Canadian Hereford Digest articles and the new Digest Forward e-newsletter. Your marketing committee welcomes your input regarding information and resource materials that you want to see.

The new line of promotional materials offered by the CHA has been a tremendous success. New attractive clothing options in jackets, sweaters, hats and CJHA junior items can be seen at shows and events nationwide. The new thermometers, zipper pulls and flash lights have been popular with producers at many events. The majority of our provincial associations are displaying and selling these items at conferences, trade shows and industry events.

The CHA unveiled a new winter jacket and sweater together with the new MOE-approved red show jackets at Farm Fair, The Royal and Agribition. Watch for two new posters and new brochures later this spring to assist you in your marketing efforts. Our team at the CHA and Canadian Hereford Digest would be pleased to work with you on your next advertising campaign.

Thank you to Brad and Samara for their hard work and dedication on the Marketing front. And thank you to the provincial marketing committee members, past and present, for helping the committee fulfill its goals and making everyone proud to be a Hereford breeder.

By Doug Mann

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It has been a pleasure to chair the Hereford Breed Improvement Committee. The committee continues to evaluate and put forth ideas and tools that will move breeding programs and the breed forward.

This past year saw the launch of feed efficiency EPDs. The EPDs are reported two ways; namely, Residual Feed Intake (RFI) and Residual Gain (RG). An explanation of the two ways of reporting can be found on the CHA website, along with the actual numbers.

Feed efficiency is a very heritable trait and not linked with other traits, so real improvements in feed efficiency can be realized if a breeder selects for this with no known adverse consequences to other performance objectives. One thing that is quite apparent is that no one can visually pick out the feed efficient animals.

The past year also saw the launch of genomically-enhanced EPDs. This means higher EPD accuracies will be gained by genotyping animals. This will be especially valuable to give younger animals more accurate EPDs. This means there should be a narrower potential variance to the EPDs; especially to birth and growth numbers. This again is another tool for breeders to be able to make more informed breeding decisions.

The number of breeders enrolled on the THE (Total Herd Enroloment) program is significant (81% of registered animals in 2013 came from THE herds) and the number of 3, 4, & 5-star breeders is increasing. Our thanks to those who take the time and spend the money to collect and report data. Everyone benefits by the efforts of these members. For the breed to move forward, data collection and reporting is critical. If we want to remain relevant to the commercial sector, we have to be able to provide information and tools to our members so they can compete in the purebred marketplace.

My thanks to the following CHA members who provide their time and guidance on the HBI Committee: Don Richardson (BC), Jay Cross (AB), Ross Bricker (AB), Andy Schuepbach (AB), Lance Leachman (SK), Murray Andrews (SK), Wally Pugh (ON)

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Why are they done?

Why me?

What next?

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Wow! What a great year the Herefords have had in the show ring, winning several Supreme Championships across Canada.

I was honored when asked and am looking forward to serving as the Show Committee Chair. The Show Committee is made up of four CHA representitives: Andy Carter, Blaine Brost, Leon Silk and me, along with the six provincial presidents - Murray Gore (BC), Blair Fenton (AB), Dale Shillington (SK), Brent Blaine (MB), Kevin Brown (ON), Jullien Lessard (QC), Phillip Thorne (MAR.) The committee meets face-to-face annually, in conjunction with Hereford Week in Canada. It also has conference calls throughout the year if situations arise that require a meeting. The purpose of the committee is to develop and mandate the regulations surrounding the Mark of Excellence (MOE) Shows. The main goal of those regulations is to ensure that there is commonality between all Hereford MOE Shows that are held in Canada.

This year there were 23 MOE shows held in nine provinces, plus numerous local and club shows where Herefords were represented. The Eastern National was held at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto Ontario, where 133 Hereford were exhibited. This year the Royal hosted a Supreme over all breeds competition, where a Hereford bull was named Supreme Champion Bull. The Western National Show was held in Edmonton Alberta, during Farmfair International, where 81 animals were shown.

The seventh year running, very successful Hereford Genes event was held in combination with the Western National Show. This year, 25 bulls competed. Finishing off the three national MOE shows was the National Hereford Show held at Canadian Western Agribition. There were 186 Polled and 60 Horned cattle exhibited at this year’s National Show.

Another great National MOE show is the National Junior Bonanza show, that was held in Lindsay, Ontario in 2014.

Again, this was a tremendous show. Congratulations to all the exhibitors at all the MOE shows throughout the year.

This year, the CHA Show Committee Chair and CHA staff will be hosting a conference call for the show chairs for all of the MOE shows held across Canada. It’s our hope that this gives the Show Committee the opportunity to review rules that have changed from year to year, while addressing any concerns the show chairs may have.

Let this serve as a reminder to all provincial associations that MOE show nominations are to be submitted to Meghan Black at the CHA office, no later than Feb 1st, 2015.

If you have any suggestions or questions to be discussed by the Show Committee, please contact me or your Provincial Representative. Good luck in the ring in 2015!

Spot tests are done, simply, to correct and maintain the purity of the Hereford herd book. The Canadian Hereford Association

(CHA) registry system is programmed to randomly pick every 1,000th female and every 500th bull registered. This process is carried out by the computer system and not the CHA staff.

If one of your animals is randomly selected for a spot test, don’t worry. It is not a reflection of you or your breeding program. These random checks are to be performed at no cost to the breeder.

Those who have an animal that is selected will receive a letter from the Canadian Hereford Association with an explanation of how to proceed, along with a DNA application for the selected animal. If that animal’s dam does not currently have a DNA profile, a DNA application for the dam will be included.

A hair sample for the selected animal must be sent to the lab with the DNA application. If you receive a DNA application for the dam, a hair sample from her must be sent in as well.

The CHA will also require a copy of your breeding records as well as a copy of your calving records for the year the spot test animal was conceived and born. Original records are not required. A copy of your herd book, scribbler or calving calendar is acceptable. This record should confirm dates the sire was exposed to the dam, the identification of the bull(s) and cow tattoos. A.I. breeding records should include breeding date, identification of the A.I. service sire and identification of the heifer or cow.

Calving records should reflect the year and animal information, including sire, dam, birthdate and sex.

If the selected animal or its dam is no longer available, breeders are asked to contact the CHA office to arrange for an alternate test animal. In this case, an alternate animal will be chosen from the same calendar year as the originally selected animal.

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By Kevin Brown O N TA R I O H ER EFO R D A S S O CIATI O N PR E SI D EN T Ron Wells O N TA R I O H ER EFO R D A S S O CIATI O N S EC R E TA RY/ M A N AG ER

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The beef prices that we thought would never be a reality have now gone far beyond our expectations. Many have never stopped to consider the forty years or more in which the Canadian Beef Farmer has struggled to keep his head above the water without being thrown a life jacket. Our current profit margins have increased to where they should be in order to continue production.

The Canadian consumer still spends a relatively small percentage of their dollar on this necessary commodity.

The question that is now being asked is ‘What will happen to the beef industry if there is a free-fall similar to the oil prices?’ I would suggest that we enjoy the moment, plan where you can and when the future seems blurred, wait for it to clear – patience is a virtue.

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A Brief Summary of Ontario 2014 Events: • O HA-AG M held at Holiday Inn Peterborough Waterfront, April 11 & 12: • Our annual meeting continues to advance in attendance • Speakers were Len Davies on Succession Planning and Billy Elmhirst on marketing of purebreds • Presentation of Ontario Show Bull and Show Female to Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords • Announcement of Ontario Commercial Breeder of the Year Award for 2014 to Crow Cattle Co., Don & Maureen Crow • Appointment of 2014 Ontario Hereford Ambassador to ShaeLynn Bell. Victoria Austin was the retiring ambassador who received a bursary cheque in the amount of $850 from the Ontario Hereford Association • Presentation to retiring OHA President, Bob Thurston • All in all, it was a great enthusiastic time together

• Ontario Hereford Week-end This weekend of sales in September, continue to build excitement when some of North America’s prestigious genetics are on the auction block. Two thousand and fourteen set some record prices with noteworthy attendance at these events. The hosts and consignors deserve a very sincere ‘Thank You’ as the energy generated throughout this

Bonanza & CHA-AGM – Lindsay, Ontario - July 29 – August 2, 2014 This was without a doubt the highlight of the year in Ontario. Out thanks goes out to all the sponsors and especially to those who made the trip to Ontario from out of province. Kudos to our adult advisor, Katelyn Larmer; the OJHA members and many other committee members that made this event a reality – truly…‘Memories were Made.’

It was at this time that our Canadian President, Burt Grundy, passed away very suddenly and after due consideration knowing Bur t ’s desire, the family postponed their personal plans in order that the junior shows and meeting plans could continue. Thanks to Nancy and the family.

CJHA Members at Bonanza 2014, Lindsay, Ontario

weekend carries us through to the year end. We salute: River Valley Polled Herefords; Elmlodge Polled Herefords and Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords.

• O.H.A. and Zone Board Members I submit this report to express my very sincere appreciation for those who have committed their time and expense in fulfilling their responsibilities as board members for the Ontario Hereford Association and the three zones within the Association. Let me remind all, that without these volunteers, this association would be a total failure. We are alive and well under the leadership of zone presidents, secretaries, and OHA board representatives and our OHA President, Kevin Brown.

• Membership It has been a very positive year for us with thirteen new members who have chosen to be a part of ‘The Breed in the Lead’. This is the first year since 2003 that our total membership will net on the plus side.

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Canadian Eastern National Hereford Show – RAWF, Toronto, ON The 2014Ontario show season once again ended with electrifying and contagious enthusiasm. One hundred and thirtyeight head were sorted by judge Chad Wilson of Saskatchewan. We received very positive comments from exhibitors and spectators alike expressing their appreciation for Chad’s expertise in the placement of the various classes and choice of grand and reserve champions.

The ‘Dreamgirl’ associate membership draw for the choice of a 2014 show heifer had everyone filled with high expectations culminating with Jamie Henderson of St. George, Ontario having his name drawn as he then selected entry # 98 from the show string of Corp Creek Farm, Bill & Jill Corp, Omemee, ON who received a $4,000 cheque for Corp Creek Bethany 9B, an April 1, 2014 beauty.

Jamie is now an Ontario Junior Hereford Association member who is very excited about his future herd.

And the winner is……

OHA President Kevin Brown (centre) honours the Elmhirst Family of Elmlodge Polled Herefords

This year’s Royal was named in honour of Elmlodge Polled Hereford, Grant and Mary Elmhirst and family, Indian River, Ontario.

We wish to express our appreciation to Stephen Scott, Canadian Hereford Association Executive Director, and Brad Dubeau, Director of Communications for their attendance and participation in this prestigious show. To barn bosses, Jill Corp and Laura Naismith, and many other volunteers – ‘Thank You’. With the generous support of ALL sponsors, this show was spectacular!

• CHA Membership pin presentations to:

Hereford Herdsman Award – Jamie O’Shea (Center)

RAWF Supreme Champion Beef Bull – NJW 73S W18 DOWNHOME 21Z ET

Jamie Henderson selects Corp Creek heifer in Dream Girl Draw.

Bob & Nancy Thurston – 25 years

William Redrupp – 50 years.

C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s t o Ly o n s P o l l e d Herefords, Dalmuir Farms & Ned & Jan Ward for taking the Hereford breed to the top floor. What a send-off for the Hereford breed and our members as they hit the road home!

A s t wo th o u s a n d a n d f if te e n h a s launched, we extend to you a personal invitation to join with us at our Ontario Hereford Association annual general meeting on April 10th and 11th back at the Holiday Inn Waterfront, Peterborough, Ontario. Watch for details in the February edition of the Ontario Hereford News.

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By Kailey Penner

Wow – cant believe that it is the year 2015 already! Time is sure flying by quicker and quicker! The MHA had a quiet but productive year. We had a few juniros and adults go out to the Bonanza and CHA AGM in Ontario and from what I hear, a great time was had by all. Congrats to the Ontario adult and junior associations for putting on another successful Bonanza. We all look forward to Bonanza next year in New Brunswick.

We had a very successful turnout at the Livestock Expo held in November. The MHA would like to thank all the sponsors and exhibitors for their support. The MHA and exhibitors would like to thank Lance Leechman for doing a great job in picking his Champions.

Our champions for each division were: Champion Female Calf – 149 GRH 10X Breeze 28B – Greenridge Farms Reserve Champion Female Calf – 49 M-R 32X Laura 70B - Mission Ridge Herefords Junior Champion Female 483 RSK – 7W Miss Firefly ET 23A – RSK Farms Reserve Junior Champion Female – 50 M-R 32X All About Me 70A Mission Ridge Herefords Champion Two Year Old Female – 485 RSK 154U Miss Tamara ET28Z – RSK Farms Reserve Champion Two Year Old Female – 211 Twin View 4L Alice 2Z - Twin View Polled Herefords

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Senior Champion Female – 55 MJT 2194 Aimee 403Y – Mission Ridge Herefords Reserve Senior Champion Female – 8 RSF 50R ROSIE 3W – Richaud Stock Farm Grand Champion Female – 483 RSK 7W Miss Firefly ET 23A – RSK Farms Reserve Grand Champion Female– 149 GRH 10X Breeze 28B – Greenridge Farms Champion Bull Calf – 761 Kirby-Lonepine Gordon ET 707B – Lone Pine Cattle Services, Kirby Polled Herefords, Bellwood Ontario and Little Creek Polled Herefords Reserve Champion Bull Calf – 486 RSK 4Z Freestyle 24B - RSK Farms Junior Champion Bull – 20 LV Project X L 14A – LV Farms LTD. Reserve Junior Champion Bull – 718 Roselawn Denton ET 84A – Roselawn Farms Senior Champion Bull – 762 ANL A XLP Action ET 75Z Lone Pine Cattle Services, ANL Polled Herefords and Allan Hjertaas Reserve Senior Champion Bull – 470 Hill’s Jacob 163Z - Bennett & Bobbi-Jo Foster Grand Champion Bull – 762 ANL A XLP Action ET 75Z - Lone Pine C at tle Ser vice s , AN L Polled

Herefords and Allan Hjertaas Reserve Grand Champion Bull – 761 Kirby-Lonepine Gordon ET 707B – Lone Pine Cattle Services, Kirby Polled Herefords, Bellwood Ontario and Little Creek Polled Herefords Our premier exhibitor was RSK Farms & premier breeder was Greednridge Farms.

Congrats again to all the exhibitors on a great show!!

After the livestock Expo, the MHA hosted its annual Good as Gold Sale on December 5th at the Keystone Center in Brandon. There were 36 lots on offer.

We would like to extend thanks to Brent & Corrine Blaine on another great year of sales management, and to Chris Poley and his team from T Bar C. The sale was again broadcasted live online, which gave the consignors wider market exposure.

The sale included 15 Bred Heifers which averaged $4,020.00; 13 Heifer Calves which averaged of $3,196.15, and 8 Bull Calves which averaged of $4,131.25. The sale had an overall average of $3,748.61.

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By Marilyn Charlton

Looking back on 2014, the Saskatchewan Hereford Association (SHA) had another successful year.

The SHA held its annual meeting in June at Maidstone, Saskatchewan, with a continued focus on the promotion of the breed, while maintaining financial stability. Dale Shillington of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, was elected President, while Stephen Myer of Maidstonewas elected Vice-President.

David Reid was re-elected to the Canadian Hereford Association Board.

The SHA welcomed new board members Matt Lohner of Carlyle, Saskatchewan, Tina Lees of Arcola, and James Hordos of Raymore.

A tour of local breeders took place with the annual meeting. Tour stops were made at Standard Hill Livestock, Double J Polled Herefords, Big Gully Farms and Misty Valley Farms. Thanks to these breeders for providing an excellent display of Hereford genetics to view.

I n J a n u a r y 2 014 , t h e N o r t hwe s t Saskatchewan Hereford Club held its annual meeting at North Battleford.

Lance Leachman of Maidstone, was presented with the Breeder of the Year award from the zone.

The Northwest club held its annual field day at Lock Farms Ltd., at Macklin, Sk., with over 100 head of cattle on display. Kirk Graham, of Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, was the judge. Winnings were as follows: Grand Champion Bull - Manchester 83T Chinook 402B, exhibited by Manchester Polled Herefords Reser ve Grand Champion Bull Riverbridge 28S Lad 33B, exhibited by River Bridge Ranch.

After the show and during supper, the Northwest club made presentations of inductees into the club’s honor roll.

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This year’s recipients were: purebred breeders David and Donnie Mitchell & families of River Bridge Ranch; and commercial breeders Grant and Sharon Moncrieff. Jesse Bannerman, EZ Rider Cattle Co., was presented the Young Guns Award.

The Southeast Hereford zone held its annual meeting in May at White Bear Lake, John and Carol Husband, longtime Hereford breeders from Wawota, Saskatchewan, were honored by the zone for their contribution to the zone and Hereford breed. In August the Southeast zone held its annual field day and MOE show where judges for the day were: Ian Glass, Beth Trueman and Alain DeCorby. Winnings were as follows: Grand Champion Female - Leveldale Te m pt a ti o n 1Y 1 1 B , e x h i b i te d by Leveldale Polled Herefords Grand Champion Bull - Kirby-Lone Pine Gordon ET 707B exhibited by Lone Pine Cattle Services & Kirby Polled Herefords.

The juniors were busy this past year and many attended the Beef-A-Rama held at Glenavon, Saskatchewan in July.

Grand Champion Female of this show was OVHF 7W Lassie 4Z, exhibited by Dylan Grieve. Grand Champion Bull was BBSF 719T Zach 60Z exhibited by Kylee Dixon. Many thanks to the sponsors and to Rob and Dawn O’Connor for all their work in organizing this event. The juniors then headed to Bonanza 2014 in Lindsay, Ontario, where Saskatchewan was awarded the Provincial Grand Aggregate award, along with many of our juniors receiving individual awards.

The Northeast Hereford zone held its wind-up event on August 9th at Whitesand Regional Park at Theodore, Saskatchewan, where over 50 attended

to gold and reminisce. A beef supper was enjoyed by all. Many thanks to organizers Sheldon Perry, John and Bonnie Loeppky, Nick & Sherry Yewsuk and Conrad Raddysh.

The seventh annual T-Bar Invitational Golf Tournament was held in Saskatoon in June and was once again an overwhelming success, raising close to $50,000 for youth in the beef industry.

The Saskatchewan Hereford Association, along with the southeast zone recognized Cam and Tracy Buyer of Carnduff, Saskatchewan, as the commercial producer of the year.

The SHA hosted the National Hereford Show at Canadian Western Agribition this past November.

Congratulations to all of the class and division winners and champion. Thank you to our sponsors, volunteers and breeders for your continued support.

For the past 19 years, the association has hosted the Red Coat Classic in conjunction with the Hereford show at Agribition. This past year, Standard-Hill Diehard 70B, exhibited by Standard Hill Livestock of Maidstone, Saskatchewan, was the Grand Prize winner taking home $10,000 in cash. Adam Bugg of Paynton, Saskatchewan, was the membership ticket holder that selected the bull calf from Standard Hill Livestock.

In the new year, the association will be placing highway signs in the northwest and southwest areas of the province promoting Herefords. Watch for them as you are driving through our province!

We wish everyone the best of success in 2015!

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By Blair Fenton A LB ER TA H ER EFO R D A S S O CIATI O N PR E SI D EN T & Susanne Fankhanel A L B ER TA H ER EFO R D A S S O CIATI O N M A N AG ER President Blair Fenton

Manager Susanne Fankhanel

2014 was filled with great events and people throughout the cattle industry. The unexpected higherthan-usual cattle prices that hit the industry have been greatly appreciated by all cattle producers. Both auction market and private sales have been strong throughout the province. Here’s a chance for the producers to get a bigger step forward into their businesses.

On November 7th the annual Hereford Genes Event was held prior to Farmfair, with over 400 people in attendance.

On November 7th the annual Hereford Genes Event was held prior to Farmfair, with over 400 people in attendance.

Congratulations to the Chittick Family Hereford Ranch for having their bull picked as the winner of the event!

Fe n to n H e r efo r d R a n c h wo n th e Champion Ranchers Choice Bull and SS Cattle Company won the Reserve Champion Ranchers Choice Bull. It was great seeing the commercial ranchers at this event and a great job by the Breeders participating in the event.

2014 Events at which the AHA sponsored or displayed the booth are: • January – Canadian Bull Congress, Camrose, AB • Januar y – Peace Countr y Bull Congress • February – Oyen Pen Show, Oyen, AB • March – Calgary Bull Sale, Calgary, AB • March – Medicine Hat Bull Sale, Medicine Hat, AB • June – Annual General Meeting & AJHA Provincial Show, Okotoks, AB • July – Calgary Stampede Steer Show – Sponsorship • August – 20th Annual Hardisty Field Day, Hardisty, AB – Northern Club • October – Balog British Breed Event – Sponsorship • November – Annual Hereford Genes Event – Northern Club – AHA sponsored event.

• November – Farmfair, Edmonton, AB • December – Medicine Hat Pen Show, Medicine Hat, AB – Sponsorship • 4-H Prints (140) given to all 4-H Members that had a Hereford or Hereford Influence project in the 2013 – 2014 4-H year. Extra Prizes (19) were given out to members that won Champion, Reser ve Champion and Rate of Gain at Club, District or Regional level.

Congratulations to the following breeders that were recognized in these categories at the Annual Meeting held at Okotoks in June: Purebred Breeder of the Year: Lilybrook Herefords Inc., Claresholm, Alberta Commercial Cattleman of the Year: Pipeline Grazing Co-op, Medicine Hat, Alberta Hall of Fame: Bob Jenkins – Jenkins Ranche, Twin Butte, Alberta And Rober t Zoeteman – Bar RZ Polled Herefords, Fort Macleod, Alberta

It has been a great year to be with the Association and traveling to these events. I wish all breeders great success in the next year and hoping that all goes well within your cattle business. See you soon.

AHA Board of Directors: Back Row: (L-R) Kelly Butler, Glenn Brost, Kevin Fraser, Nels Nixdorff, Brad Dallas, Austin Nixdorff, Brad Doenz, Leonard Poholka.

Front Row: Susanne Fankhanel MGR., Pres. Blair Fenton, Judy Finseth Missing: VP Scott Harvie and Kasey Reber.

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provincial reports BRITISH COLUMBIA British Columbia Hereford Association 5160 Skyline Way, NE , Calgary , Alberta T2E 6V1 Phone: (604)856-5755 3-d-l@telus.net www.bchereford.ca

By 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 Twenty fourteen was a pleasant year After many months without much cheer.

RFI Trial 3 came to an end BC Herefords the curves did bend.

In early spring came on the scene Our Hereford Influence Magazine.

Sent round the province in the mails Followed closely by our Bull Sales.

Kamloops, Vanderhoof and Williams Lake Saw Hereford bulls increase their take.

Prices rising, more bulls sold Hereford success was being told.

Tlell 18X Amex 10A - WL Bull Sale Calf Champion

After winter being long yet mild Rain or drought - spring was wild.

Excellent crops or few at all With efficient Herefords weights don’t fall.

Summer brought cattle in to show Armstrong was Supreme Cow you know More Herefords at Lakes M.O.E. Than any other breed to see.

Yearling Class Lakes District

September brought an upbeat crowd Where West Coast hospitality wowed.

The AGM and Saturday show told tales Of a super weekend before more sales.

West Coast MOE Female Champion

Our members sold and bought some prizes Through an online sale where the ocean rises.

Then a female sale-people took their best And their Herefords went across the west.

Near the end of the year Agribition came A long way to go but just the same, Kootenay 8X Bonnie 53BA Pacific Invitation High Selling Hereford

A trailer left with some Princeton stock And returned with the top cow on the block.

Congratulations to all both near and far We look forward to more future stars.

Now twenty fourteen is over and done And we hope twenty fifteen brings more fun.

Grand Champion Polled Female Canadian Western Agribition 2014

Happy New Year Everyone!

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provincial reports C A N A D I A N J U N I O R H E R E F O R D A S S O C I AT I O N Canadian Junior Hereford Association 5160 Skyline Way, NE , Calgary , Alberta T2E 6V1 Phone: 1-888-836-7242 herefords@hereford.ca www.hereford.ca

By Larissa Lupul Greetings fellow Hereford enthusiasts!

I hope that you had a great Christmas and have gotten some time to relax in between the end of show season and the beginning of calving. I’d like to start off by congratulating all of the breeders who exhibited Herefords

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were claimed by Hereford cattle. This fall many CJHA members showed off their skills by participating in various Showmanship, Grooming and Judging competitions around the country. It was great to see so many breeders this fall and I hope to see you all again soon.

I’d also like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has supported the CJHA over the past year as well as those who continue to support us. To those breeders who recently donated semen to the Semen Donation Project or placed an ad in the 2015 CJHA calendar, thank you for making these projects a huge success! this fall. I think everyone would agree that the quality of the Hereford cattle exhibited this year was unreal and that is proven by the fact that four supreme titles (Manitoba Livestock Expo Champion Bull, Lloydminster Stockade Roundup Champion Bull, Royal Winter Fair Champion Bull and Interior Provincial Exhibition Champion Female)

I’d also like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has supported the CJHA over the past year as well as those who continue to support us. To those breeders who recently donated semen to the Semen Donation Project or placed an ad in the 2015 CJHA calendar, thank you for making these projects a huge success! Breeders who donated

semen and the juniors who won it will be hearing from me shortly to find out who won which semen. Once again, I’d like to remind juniors and breeders to please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding the Canadian Junior Hereford Association or if you have ideas for new junior factsheets or projects. I can be reached by phone or text at 780-2271095 or emailed at barefoot@mcsnet.ca.

I look forward to discussing the issues that were brought up to me this past year with the National Council at our Annual meeting in March. Remember to like us on Facebook in order to stay up to date with the CJHA! With the record-high beef prices that we are experiencing and incredible Hereford genetics currently available, it sure is an exciting time to be a young Hereford breeder. Here’s to hoping for many more years like this!

Happy New Year’s everyone!

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canadian beef breeds council report

By Michael Latimer

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The Canadian Beef Breeds Council(CBBC) is proud to have been involved in the development of the National Beef Strategic Plan. This project is an industry led initiative with no one group leading the charge. Often the beef industry is criticized for not working together, but this is an example of how industry groups can work together in a collaborative manner with an end goal of benefiting each sector of the beef industry.

goals that will impact the industry. Details of the plan will be made available on the website www.beefstrategy.com.

The purebred industry has been tasked with two primary objectives under the plan. First is that we continue to source international and domestic markets for live cattle, semen and embryos. This injection of dollars creates a more profitable genetics industry with an increased capacity to work toward the second task. The second task is that we need to continue to develop improved genetic lines

I encourage you to take note of the National Beef Strategic Plan as it is rolled out over the next few months. It is important for producers to be engaged and provide grass roots feed back to industry groups like the Canadian Beef Breeds Council as we need your input to make informed decisions. Feel free to contact me via email at mlatimer@canadianbeefbreeds.com with your thoughts.

The national industry groups involved are the Canadian Cattlemen Association (CCA), Canada Beef Inc (CBI), Canadian Meat Council (CMC), National Cattle Feeders Association (NCFA), Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) and the Canadian Beef Breeds Council (CBBC). In addition to these groups there has been considerable input from all ten provincial beef associations. There has also been communication and input from provincial and federal governments, who support the initiative.

The National Beef Strategic Plan is comprised of four pillars: Beef Demand, Competitiveness, Productivity and Connectivity. These pillars are then further broken down into focus areas and respective organizations responsible for implementing the action. This also allows for the identification of gaps or duplication of services within the industry. This plan is an assessment of current industry activities as well as new initiatives, with realistic achievable

that produce both functional cattle and those that meet the needs of various end users. This isn’t to propose that one genetic line will suit all markets, but that we do need to have the genetics and cattle in place to access available markets and not lose out on an opportunity to our global competitors.

Even in some of the most exciting times in the history of the beef industry, there are some very real challenges ahead. It is as important to have a plan in the good times as in the bad. I encourage you to take note of the National Beef Strategic Plan as it is rolled out over the next few months. It is important for producers to be engaged and provide grass roots feed back to industry groups like the Canadian Beef Breeds Council as we need your input to make informed decisions. Feel free to contact me via email at mlatimer@canadianbeefbreeds.com with your thoughts.

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Thank You from the Canadian Junior Hereford Association!!!

Over the past year, the CJHA has received a great deal of support. We would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the contributions of those who help make the CJHA what it is. Without your participation in programs like the Heifer Lottery, Semen Donation, and the CJHA Auction, the CJHA would not enjoy the level of success it does. Nor would it be able to boast such a high calibre of Junior Members. THANK YOU! 3-D-L Polled Herefords ABH Farms Allie Barsby AM Ranching ANL Polled Herefords Aqua Hollow Ranch AXA Polled Herefords Ayrey Herefords Bar J M Herefords Bar Pipe Hereford Ranch Bar RZ Polled Herefords Barefoot Polled Herefords Batho Farms Bennett Crane Benwyn Herefords Bieber Herefords Big Gully Farms Black’s Cattle Co Blair’s. Ag Cattle Co Bonanza 2015 Bonaventure Hereford Ranch Bonnie Woodhouse Braun Ranch Breton West Herefords Burnside Herefords Canadian Hereford Association Carlrams Ranching Carter’s Auction Services Cathy Brown Cedarwood Polled Herefords Chelsea McNeely Chestemere Herefords Chokecherry Lane Herefords Christine Devlin Chula-Vista Polled Herefords Church Ranch CL Holdings Clay Enterprises Colleen Walker Copper Creek Ranch Copper-T Ranch Coppertone Farms Corbiell Herefords Corp Creek Farms 146

Coulee Crest Herefords Courtney Herefords Crane Cattle Company Crittenden bros. Polled Herefords Crone Herefords Dallas Farms David Reid Debbie Simpson DKC Herefords Doenz Ranches Double H Cattle Co Double J Polled Herefords Doug Troop Polled Herefords Dustin McKim Earl McEachren East Centreal Ontario - White Face Classic Sale Fenton Hereford Ranch Inc. Flewelling Cattle Co. Flyer Cattle Company Fossay Herefords Garrett Ranch LTD Gillepsie Hereford Ranch Gleich Herefords Glennethy Farms Glenrose Polled Herefords Golden Horn Ranch Golden Oak Livestock Grant Rolston Photography GRLN Livestock Guilford Farms Guilford Hereford Ranch GWG Polled Herefords Harley McCauley Harvie Ranching Hereford GRLZ Herefords Today/TBarC/Today’s Publishing/ BuyAgro.com Hidden Meadow Farms Hidden View Polled Herefords Hills Galore Stock Farms Hirsche Herefords & Angus Ltd HMS Hicliffe

Isaac Krentz Jane Crawford Jarrett Hargrave Jay Rimke Jeff Lees JK Fraser Cattle Johner Stock Farms Jones Hereford Ranches JoNomn Hereford Ranch Justamere K-Cow Ranch Kaitlyn Keller Karen McKim Kathy Reid Keith Gilmore Foundation Kelly McNeely KLR Polled Herefords Kootenay Polled Herefords KTCT Polled Herefords Lane Palson Leveldale Polled Herefords Lian-Mor Polled Herefords Libke Polled Herefords Lillybrook Herefords Inc. Lohner Herefords Lone Pine Cattle Services Lost Lake Ranch Luke Andrews LV Farms LTD Lyons Polled Herefords Magnum Ranching Manitoba Hereford Association Manns Polled Herefords Maple Hill Farms MBH Polled Herefords McCoy Cattle Co MDG Polled Herefords Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords Michael Goodine Mission Ridge Herefords MJT Herefords Murphy Ridge Farms Nadine Wells

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Thank You Continued NCX Polled Herefords Nichole Barsby Old Birch Hill Farms Ontario Hereford Association Oulton Farms Paul Mastine Phantom Creek Livestock Prairie Rose Stock Farms Rawcliffe Grange Stock Farm Rednex Ranch Richardson Ranch River Valley Polled Herefords Rock’n “h” Herefords Roselawn Polled Herefords RSK Farms Rutledge Herefords RWB Herefords S.P. Polled Herefords

Sadie McConnell Sampson’s Thunderbird Ranch Schrader Herefords Scomac Livestock Shar-Lo Farms Six South Acres SNS Herefords Square-D Polled Herefords Standard Hill Livestock Strath-Brae Farm Sunnybrook Farms T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd. Taboo Polled Herefords Terri Nixdorff The Amigos The Canadian Hereford Digest The Cliffs/Joe Vey Thunderbrook Farms

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Emma Lees Heifer Lottery animal: RVP 91Z BLUE RIBBON 99B from the River Valley Sale

Thurston Livestock Tina Lees Trent Hill Polled Herefords Triple T Simmentals Vanden Boar Polled Herefords Vintage Cattle & Land Wasden Cattle CO Whiskey Lane Livestock Wilson Lees/Blair-Athol WLB Polled Herefords Wunderbar Polled Herefords Wyatt Farms Xports International YV Ranch

Congratulations to The other CJHA Members who have purchased their Heifers: Holly Sommerville, Ontario - $1000 Daniel Barfett, Ontario - $1300 Teegan Hyndman, Manitoba - $500 Owen Elmhirst, Ontario - $500 Emma Lees, Ontario - $500

Heifer Lottery 2014 Participants Private Treaty/ Sanctioned Sales Agribition Sale AM Ranching Amigos Production Sale ANL Polled Herefords Atlantic Bonus Sale Autumn Alliance XXXII Big Gully Farms Blair-Athol/ Haroldson & Friends Breton West Herefords Brost Land & Cattle Co

C&T Cattle Co. Take the Next Step Sale Coulee Crest Ranch Crittenden Brothers Polled Herefords Dallas Farms Fenton Hereford Ranch Gillespie Hereford Ranch Glennethy Farms Harvie Ranching Holloway Farms

K-Cow Ranch Kevin & Joanne Fraser Lilybrook Herefords MHA Good as Gold Sale Mission Ridge Herefords Misty Valley Farms NCX Polled Herefords Pierson Ranch Raymond Chittick Richardson Ranch

River Valley Polled Herefords Roselawn Polled Herefords Sale of the East Scott-Alta Farms Source for Success Sale Square-D Poroduction Sale The Elite Genetics Online Sale RSK & Leveldale WLB Annual Female Internet Sale

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Kurt Gilmore

38 years of market ing t he Hereford breed

By Judy Finseth FR EEL A N C E W R IT ER First published in the August 2009 Canadian Hereford Digest, this article is reprinted in honour of Kurt Gilmore 1949-2014. “ W he n I f ir st st a r t e d , everywhere I went, people said, ‘Gee, it’s nice to see you but where is your Dad?”

Kurt Gilmore was like many young men that followed their father’s footsteps into the family business. It wasn’t always easy in the beginning. Kurt remembers that it took seven or eight years before the tables were turned.

As a fieldman for the Alberta and BC Hereford Association, Kurt always attended the Thomson Valley Hereford Breeders’ sale in Kamloops. One year, he ran into a scheduling conflict and asked his dad to cover the sale for him.

Kurt remembers that when his Dad got back from BC, he was grumpy. It took him a while to figure out what the problem was. Apparently the breeders were quite glad to welcome Keith but immediately asked, “Where’s Kurt?”

“Now you know what I’ve put up with for eight years,” he told his dad.

The Gilmore family’s affiliation with the Canadian Hereford Digest began in 1956 when the publication was purchased

by Hayes Walker Jr., the publisher of the American Hereford Journal. Walker hired Keith Gilmore as managing editor and located the magazine headquarters in Calgary.

In May 1961, Keith formed Gilmore Publications Ltd. and purchased the magazine from Walker. He continued to produce the Digest until 1980, when he sold the company to his son Kurt.

“Outwardly, nobody noticed much difference, except for a change in the name on the masthead, because my Dad still did most of the office business and I was still on the road,” said Kurt.

Keith remained an active participant in the magazine’s affairs until his death in 1987. “There aren’t many father and son businesses that survive and prosper as ours did when we were working together,” says Kurt. “We didn’t always agree but there was never a cross word

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Kurt remembers expressing a lot of interest in working for the Digest as a young man. But there was one stipulation.

“My father told me that if I expected to work for him, I would have to have a university education and there was no other option,” he says. “He felt the same way about my two brothers and my sister and in fact, we all graduated from University.”

Kurt’s university experience was founded on his athleticism as a nationally ranked swimmer. After he wrote his last high school exam, he headed to Winnipeg to compete in the Canadian finals for the British Empire Games. At that swim meet, he was offered athletic scholarships to three universities in the United States. He chose Washington State University because it was the closest.

“My father wasn’t wild about me attending the University of Alberta in Edmonton” he recalls. “All of the European breeds were coming into Canada at that time and the college and instructors at Edmonton were great

Kurt announcing at Calgary Bull Show and Sale in 2009.

more challenges than it does today. It wasn’t just poor gravel roads. The clay roads of eastern Alberta were made impassable by as little as a quarterinch of rain.

In those days, hotel rooms cost $5 per night and bulls sold from $400 to $600.

Though both of these have significantly increased, Kurt identifies changes in communication as the single biggest change that he witnessed over the

Everywhere he went, he faced the same question: “Where is there a good bull?” big supporters of these breeds and he didn’t want me to have that kind of exposure.”

Kurt spent a year on the varsity swim team, then figured out that he could make more money and gain better experience by working on the university farm. He stayed there for three years while completing a Degree in Animal Science. His first stint at working for the Digest was between college terms in 1970.

When Kurt started his career full-time in 1971, he didn’t know where anybody lived and travel itself presented many

course of his tenure at the Digest.

When Kurt began visiting breeders, many of them rarely left the farm unless they were off to a bull sale or were joining a summer Hereford tour.

“Most of them didn’t know what was happening on a breeder’s farm 30 miles away,” he said. Long-distance phone calls were expensive and most people were still on party-lines. Business communication was usually conducted by personal letter. Bad roads were another hindrance, since many breeders lived 40 to 50 miles off the pavement.

Kurt says that breeders are much better

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March 2009 Calgary Bull Sale - Brad Dallas presenting Kurt with a Douglas Lake gift certificate from the Hereford breeders for his dedication and years of service to them and the Hereford breed. Back Row left to right: Julie (Kurt’s oldest daughter), Maxine, Kurt, Brad Dallas, Jeanie (Kurt’s daughter) with granddaughter Avree and Karl (Kurt’s brother). Front Row left to right: 3 grandsons : Evan & Easten (twins - Julie’s sons), Kaden (Jeanie’s son)

informed in today’s world. They have access to websites, talk to people over the phone and have a lot more on-farm visitors than they did in the past. They also get to town a lot more often.

In the early days, the Canadian Hereford Digest provided a valuable link within the industry and was a vital source of information about the Hereford world and the cattle industry in general.

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over the years, he says. It was just to a more intensive degree in the early days.

“It’s a public relations job more than anything else,” says Kurt. “There is only one thing that supports the magazine financially and that’s the sale of advertising, but you don’t just walk into a man’s yard and say, ‘How much advertising do you want today and here’s what it’s going to cost and can I take a picture and get out of here?’ That’s not

Kurt identifies changes in communication as the single biggest change that he witnessed over the course of his tenure at the Digest. and the subscription list in those days numbered in the thousands. Membership was three to four times what it is now.

The Digest was the connection to the industry that everyone relied on - “every family that had a kid in 4-H, everybody that bought a bull, and everybody that sold a bull; they all got it,” said Kurt.

“You were always the bearer of good news when visiting farms as a field rep,” he said, adding that he always made it a point to never discuss bad news. Everywhere he went, he faced the same question: “Where is there a good bull?” That query hasn’t changed

the way people work and certainly not the way people in agriculture work. They do business with the people they trust and the people they know.”

Part of getting to know breeders included countless cups of coffee a n d i n n u m e ra b l e p a s t u re to u rs .

Gate closures of all kinds have been encountered over the years. He laughs when he says the most dangerous annual trip was the one he made every January, “because the women all have this left over baking from Christmas.

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bigger than when he left.

In addition to assisting and planning advertising campaigns, Kurt’s role at the Digest included writing sale reports, feature stories and editorials, and managing the business.

Interviews for feature articles were generally recorded on tape with the family seated around the kitchen table, informally chatting about their cattle operations. Back at the office, Elinor Else would transcribe the tapes and Kurt would draft an article from the extensive notes.

More difficult than feature writing was the drafting of the monthly editorial.

It required topical subject matter and was one item in the magazine that everyone seemed to read. “I would seek information from other agricultural papers and auction markets and try to discuss current trends. Then when I thought I had it put together, I would fax it to two or three people that I had lots of respect for.”

Auctioneer Bob Balog was always a big help with this because lots of editorials were written about trends in the commercial cattle industry.

In the early days, the biggest sale Kurt ever attended was the two-day Justamere Dispersal in 1972. Up until that time, the most expensive bull sold in Canada was consigned to the Regina Bull Sale by Malloy Polled Herefords, selling for $18,000.

Justamere Farms beat that record at their 1972 dispersal when the Fox family sold Justamere Spectacular 800B for $55,000 to Quebec. The first full-colour cover on the magazine also came in 1972. It featured a photograph taken at Rogers Hereford Ranch in Penticton, B.C. Kurt also remembers the first full-colour advertisement. John Huzar, an Alberta breeder, bought a bull from Bar Pipe Farms. When Kurt was on the road the next spring, Huzar wanted him to take a picture and advertise him in full colour.

Kurt had to phone his Dad back at the office to find out what it would cost.

Keith had to contact the printer. “It was a long and drawn out affair, but John Huzar had the first four- colour ad we ever did.”

The biggest ad Kurt ever sold was to Henry Venoasen of B&H Farms at Millet, Alberta. The advertisement was an 8 page double fold-out thank you that followed the sale of B&H Calgary 42L for a record-setting $280,000 at the 1981 Calgary Bull Sale.

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Kurt with Syndey and Kylie.

Kurt recognizes that every sale has its own personality and that the spring bull sales were always a real feature. “You always have a lot more customers and a lot more people to deal with at the consignment sales but everybody is in a relatively good mood, the calves are on the ground and spring is coming.”

The big consignment bull sales included Regina, Edmonton, Maple Creek,

with his retirement, it is his first time to be home during May and June since he started. He was rarely home for more than three weeks in a row in any given year. Extensive travel would not have been possible without the support of his family. He acknowledges that it was difficult at times.

“You can’t travel as hard and long as I have without knowing that you have the

Herefords were the dominant breed and the subscription list in those days numbered in the thousands. Membership was three to four times what it is now.

Lloydminster, Williams Lake, Kamloops and of course, Calgary. Kurt’s skill as both show announcer and ringman were often called into action at these events.

Being on the road has been a constant in Kurt’s life at the Digest. He noted that

support of your family at home,” he says.

He describes his wife Maxine as being an independent woman and “extremely tolerant”.

Kurt’s son Kevin is currently a meatcutter at the IGA in Cochrane. His oldest

Gordon Stephenson and Kurt at the 2009 Williams Lake Bull Sale.

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daughter Julie is married to Chad Smith and they live in Bragg Creek with their twin sons Easten and Evan. Daughter Jeanie is married to Mike Colling and they make their home in Cochrane with their two children Avree and Kaden.

Stepson Kevin Williams and his wife Carrie live in Calgary with their two girls, Sydney and Kylie.

“Six grandchildren take up a percentage of your time,” said Kurt “and it’s time well spent!” Kurt and Maxine both enjoy having their family within a very short traveling distance.

Kurt’s official date of retirement from the Digest was May 1st, 2009 and since that time he has been as busy as ever; albeit, a little closer to home. Kurt has been training for a new career in real estate and is hoping to be able to work with familiar people in his community.

He has also enjoyed his 15th annual June fishing expedition to Northern Saskatchewan and another fishing trip to the Douglas Lake Ranch in British Columbia, a retirement gift from Alberta Hereford breeders.

Breed magazines seem to operate in a circular fashion, just as agriculture does. Each season has a set of tasks which set the stage for the next season and a monthly magazine devoted to agriculture mimics that cyclical rhythm.

“One of the first sales I ever attended was Justamere Farms and the last sale I attended this spring was the new Justamere Farms sale at Dauphin, Manitoba, so that was kind of special,” reflects Kurt. With a wealth of stories from a 38-year career in publishing, Kurt believes it is the people that he will remember best.

“I have so many friends right across Canada,” he said. “It’s the people I worked with year after year,... in the same places at the same time. The people are the best part!”

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The Gilmore Legacy Lives On Kurt Gilmore March 4, 1949 – December 18, 2014 It is with great regret that the Canadian Hereford Association (CHA) announces the sudden passing of Mr. Kurt Gilmore, former owner and editor of the Canadian Hereford Digest, on December 18th, 2014, after a valiant battle with cancer.

The CHA membership and staff wish to express their most sincere condolences to Kurt’s wife, Maxine and their family, at this very difficult time.

Kurt wore his cowboy hat proudly. He was a farm kid born in Nebraska, USA, who, like his father Keith, would go on to become an icon in the Canadian Hereford industry.

In 1971, Kurt graduated with an animal science degree from Washington State University, which he attended on an athletic scholarship, as a nationally ranked swimmer.

But Kurt gravitated to the University’s farm and ultimately managed its beef production and test facility for three years before graduating.

His work experience includes ranch work, fieldman for the

Hereford Digest for Alberta and British Columbia and later publisher/editor/journalist for the Digest. In his “retirement” he earned his real estate selling license and sold real estate in the greater Calgary area.

Kurt purchased the Digest from his father (Gilmore Publications) in 1980 and what followed was a 38-year career in publishing, before the sale of the Digest to the Canadian Hereford Association in 2009.

Following the death of his father Keith Gilmore in 1987, Kurt took a keen interest in the promotion and success of the Keith Gilmore Foundation, which provides agricultural scholarships to worthy young farm students from throughout Canada. He served as its chief fundraiser for many years and was elected as a trustee in 2009.

In his adventurous career, Kurt often worked as travelling salesman, ringman and show announcer. His unique, powerful voice on the “mic” is a familiar sound to most Hereford breeders, young and old and will never be forgotten.

In his leisure time, Kurt was a loving husband, doting father and grandfather, a fisherman and a camp cook.

In the Hereford industry, we remember Kurt to be a “people person”, an adventurer, an honest businessman, a story-teller and a friend to many.

“Kurt was proud of the Digest, his editorials and his contribution to the Hereford industry,” says Duncan Porteous, former CHA General Manager.

“He was always upbeat and was a strong supporter of the breed.”

Kurt is survived by his loving wife Maxine; three children – Julie (Chad) Smith, Jeanie (Mike) Colling, and Kevin (Catherine) Gilmore; stepson Kevin (Carrie) Williams; brothers Kent and Karl (Alyda); siter Karen (Norris) Graham; and his seven grandchildren – Evan, Easten, Kaden, Avree, Sydney, Kylie and Chase.

Kurt was predeceased by his parents Keith and Betty Jo Gilmore and by his first wife Virginia Gilmore.

It was Kurt’s special request that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Keith Gilmore Foundation Scholarship Fund, 5160 Skyline Way NE, Calgary, Alberta, T2E 6V1; www.keithgilmorefoundation.com .

In living memory of Kurt Gilmore, a tree will be planted at Fish Creek Provincial Park.

Condolences may be forwarded through www.mcinnisandholloway.com .

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Hereford Farewells RONALD R CALVERT 1932 – April 2, 2014 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Ronald R. Calvert of Carberry Manitoba. He passed away at his home on April 2nd 2014. Beloved husband to Phyllis and father of Ronalee, Brenda and Kerri. He was 82 years of age. He always enjoyed the arrival of the Hereford Digest throughout his active years and retirement.

GEORGE MCQUEEN January 6, 1926 – October 9, 2014 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Ontario cattle breeder George Donald McQueen Sr. on Thursday October 9th, 2014 at the Collingwood G & M Hospital in his 89th year. Born January 6th, 1926 in Nottawasaga Township to James and Myrtle McQueen. George is predeceased by his wife Pearl (nee.Robinson). He is survived by five children Isobel Vancise (John), George Jr., Mary Brown(Peter), Cyndie Burgess and Carolyn Morris(Iain). He will be remembered by his grandchildren Stephanie (Robert French), Jay & Dallas McQueen, William, Albert (Sydney), John & Clint Vancise, Eric & Scot Brown, Sarah Burgess, Georgia Morris, and great-grandson Lawton French; he is predeceased by grandson Ryan Burgess. He was well known within the Cattle industry and could often be seen at fall fairs. Always prepared with a fork and napkin in his chest pocket, George frequented local restaurants and never missed the opportunity for a meal, especially if there was a possibility of a piece of homemade pie.

JIM MCFARLAND September 14, 1949 - October 19, 2014 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of James Elmer McFarland, of MacDonald’s Corner, New Brunswick, at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital, on Sunday, October 19th, 2014, surrounded by his loving family.

Jim was born in Sussex, NB, on September 14th, 1949, the only son of Clarence and Madeline (Carr) McFarland.

Jim graduated from Sussex Regional High School in 1969 and attended the Maritime Forest Rangers School in Fredericton. He worked with the Department of Natural Resources as a Forest Ranger and District Ranger until his retirement in October of 2009.

In 1972, Jim married Sandra, his loving wife of 42 years. Together they established Loon Point Herefords, a purebred Hereford farm on the Washademoak Lake. Their lives were filled with cattle shows and sales, raising orphaned deer and country life.

Jim’s love of athletics was shown through his three children as they participated in sports of various kinds, hockey being his particular favourite. Besides his four beautiful grandchildren, one of his greatest joys was feeding the fish in his pond and watching them jump for their dinner.

James is survived by his wife Sandra and their three children Jamie and Fawn of Ottawa, Jennifer and Guillaume of Calgary, AB, and Luke of MacDonald’s Corner; grandchildren Gavin, Kainen, Darien and Lucie; parents Clarence and Madeline McFarland of Sussex; sisters Carlene and Ron Patterson of Amherst, Barb and Marshall Fanjoy of Waterford, Cathy Cameron of Saint John and Ann and Levi McLean of Sussex; brother-in-law Bev and Rosemary Finnamore Chown; sister-in-law Nancy McConnachie; several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his mother-in-law and father-in-law Dot and Sandy McConnachie; sisters-in-law Marg Chown, Sheila and Heather McConnachie; brother-in-law Tim Cameron.

ROBERT (BOB) RATHWELL January 29, 1945 – October 27, 2014 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Robert (Bob) Arthur Rathwell at the age of 69 at Abbotsford Regional Hospital in British Columbia, on October 27th, 2014. Bob was born on January 29th, 1945 in Dauphin, Manitoba. He moved with his family after the Second World War to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and completed his education in there and in Swift Current.

Bob always liked the ranching lifestyle and attended Washington State University, graduating with a degree in animal science.

His long career in the cattle industry began in 1970 in Abbotsford, BC, working for Coppertone Farms. Bob thoroughly enjoyed helping Spud and Jean Huestis operate a Champion purebred Polled Hereford operation.

In 1974 Bob moved to Alberta to start his own purebred operation but returned in 1979 to work for both cattle and hog operations in BC. Bob looked forward to sharing his knowledge and skill with many farms in the area and especially enjoyed assisting 4-H Clubs.

He was well liked in the area with many contacts in the Canadian Hereford Association and Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. The love and support from Patrick and Karen Huestis did much to enable Bob to enjoy a full life. Bob was predeceased by his father Lloyd Rathwell and mother Aileen Rathwel. He will be remembered by his brother Jim Rathwell (Patti) and nephew Patrick Rathwell all of Calgary and Cameron Rathwell (Julie) of Vancouver. Bob will also be remembered by his sister Patti Blower and niece Jennifer (Jason) Booth of Victoria and niece Kristin (Ryan) Payne of Chicago, Illinois.

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MOLLY FOX 1920 – November 10, 2014 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Molly Fox at the Lloydminster, Saskatchewan Hospital on Monday, November 10th, 2014, at the age of 94.

Molly leaves to mourn her passing her son, Lyal Fox I and his wife Virginia; granddaughter Bobbi-Marie Fox and her husband Paul Niwranski and their children, Molly and Adam; granddaughter A.J. Fox and her partner, David White; granddaughter-in-law Angela Fox and her children, Devon, Charlee, Porter and Major Jay Jr.; grandson Ben Fox and his wife Linda and their children Emma, Sutherland and Ben Jr.; grandson Stirling Fox and his wife Sheena and their children Bexson and Broker; grandson Jonathan Fox IV and his wife Shelly and their children Tyra, Jon V, Jim Bob and Jorja; and grandson Lyal Fox II and his wife Rose and their children Peter, Spencer and Isaiah.

Molly was pre-deceased by her parents Peter and Mary Sutherland; her husband Jonathan Fox III; son Charlie Bob Fox; grandson, Major Jay Fox and her brother, Peter Sutherland II.

LEE WASHINGTON MARTIN August 19, 1942 - November 11, 2014 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Lee Washington Martin, of Quebec, on Tuesday, November 11th, 2014. He will be deeply missed by his wife Joanne; his children Andrea and Scott (Marie-Josee); and his grandchildren Thomas, Ian, Sarah and Dylan. He also leaves behind his sister Lynn; his nephew Shane and his niece Alita; his sister-inlaw Sue, her husband Art and their children Steve and Matt. Cattleman, engineer, sailor and historian, Lee was a lover of words, animals and wine. He endlessly roamed the paradise he called the farm with his companion Ben, enjoying the woods, the cattle and the meadows.

GRANT REID January 5, 1927 –November 22, 2014 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Grant Carlyle Reid. He passed away peacefully at Porteous Lodge, Saskatoon on Saturday November 22nd, 2014 at the age of 87 years.

He is predeceased by his wife Phyllis (1985) and wife Margaret Marson (2006) and daughter Barbara Halliday (2014).

He is survived by his children Margo Sheane (Garry), of New Westminster, BC ; Carol Weis, of Calgary, Alberta; Cheryl Noble (Don), of Whitehorse, Yukon; and David (Kathy) Reid Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

Grant lived the majority of his life in the Moosomin area where he farmed for many years. His family registered its first Hereford in 1889 under “The Cliffs Farm”, which is now one of the oldest active Hereford herds in Canada. Grant was a 4-H leader, ensuring his children attended as many cattle shows as possible.

He was a big supporter of Hereford cattle and enjoyed nature and the outdoors.

VANCE WILSON March 17, 1926 – December 1, 2014 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Vance W. “Sonny” Wilson of Hamtown Corner, New Brunswick, on Monday, December 1st, 2014, at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fredericton, following a lengthy period of failing health, at 88 years of age. Born in North Tay, NB, on March 17th, 1926, he was the son of the late Harry Egan and Daisy Pearl (Wilkins) Wilson.

Vance is survived by his two sons, Gregory and Dennis and his only daughter, Lynette; one sister, Edith Wilson; four brothers, Charles (Ruth) Wilson, Ronald (Pat) Wilson and Rodney (Judy) Wilson, all of Fredericton, NB and Lewis (Joan) Wilson of Kingsley, NB. Vance was predeceased by his wife, Kathleen Rose “Kaye” Wilson; sister, Floris Elaine Saunders and husband, Byron; brother, Leslie Howard Wilson and wife, Jean; sister, Shirley Agnes Brooks and husband, James.

Mr. Wilson served overseas during World War II and ultimately retired after a 25-year career in the Canadian Armed Forces. He, Kaye and family took up residence on the Thomas farm at Hamtown Corner, where they spent much of their time raising polled Herefords, while continuing to work “in town” – he, at the Motor Vehicle Division in Fredericton and she, at the Fredericton branch of Simpson Sears.

Vance was an avid outdoorsman. He loved to hunt and fish and the flies he tied were simply to die for. Most of all, however, he was a great family man who found great joy in a huge pot luck supper followed by an evening of cards.

He was a staunch supporter of the Hereford breed and travelled the country to attend shows and sales. His smile was contagious and he was ever the kind, loving friend and acquaintance to many, many Hereford breeders.

Vance, you will be sorely missed!

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MICK NIEMAN June 19, 1948 - December 2, 2014 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Mick Nieman, beloved husband of Elaine Nieman, on Tuesday, December 2nd, 2014 at the age of 66 years. Mick also leaves to cherish his memory his three daughters, Nicole (Brad) Ambrosi, Wendy (Shawn) Weiss and Heather Nieman; six grandchildren, Justis and Jarad, Mackenzie and Lacie, Ryder and Rayna; four brothers, Terry (Bev), Dan (Phyllis), Albert (Shirley) and Jim (Laura); one sister, Lorna (Dan Osadczuk); Elaine’s sister-in-law, Colleen Cavan; and Mick’s mother-in-law, Margaret Cavan. Although he had numerous nieces and nephews that he loved dearly, he had a special bond with Lance, Jennifer and Dan Cavan. Mick was predeceased by his parents, Evult and Josephine Nieman; his father-in-law, Lionel Cavan, and his brother-in-law, Warren Cavan.

Mick was born in Medicine Hat and attended Longfellow School before finishing the rest of his education in Medicine Hat. He worked in the gold mines in Yellowknife and trucked rodeo stock in Florida before returning to Medicine Hat to work at the chemical plant. He later worked at Alberta Western Beef as a cattle buyer. In the spring of 1970, Mick bought the Wilf Davidson Ranch at Bowell and on June 12th married Elaine Cavan. In 1975, he joined the Medicine Hat Police Force until he retired as a Detective after 25 years of service. Throughout his police career, Mick and Elaine continued to ranch and raise Hereford cattle. Mick will be remembered for his love of people and all things social, including golfing, curling, rodeo, bull sales and travelling. He was known as an organizer of many social activities especially the Cops and Cowboys events. Mick also sat on the Medicine Hat Stampede Board, Irvine Curling Club, Elkwater Golf Club and served as a director and bull buyer for Pipeline Grazing Coop. Although he had many accomplishments, Mick’s family was his pride and joy. He was happiest at family functions and celebrations. It was during these times that his personality and humor shone through. Mick loved watching his precious grandchildren’s activities. Whatever was happening, he was there. Above all, Mick was well known for his kind heart and generous spirit, he always wanted to help.

“If you treat everyone like you’d like to be treated, you might be surprised how many friends you will have.” - Mick Nieman 1995

JIM SCOTT 1943 - December 10, 2014 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of James Arthur Scott on Wednesday, December 10th, 2014 at the age of 71, at the Red Deer Regional Hospital in Alberta. James is lovingly remembered by daughter, Debra (Mike) Lafond; granddaughter, Nicole; son, Donald Scott; mother, Jean Decker; brother, Brian (Helen) Scott and their children; sister, Cathy (Lorne) Badry and their son, Christopher and numerous other friends and relatives. James is predeceased by his loving wife of 50 years, Shirley Scott; and by his father, Art Scott.

AUDREY OLIVIA BOLL 1928 – December 1, 2014 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Audrey Boll of Fillmore, Saskatchewan, on Monday, December 1st, 2014, at the age of 86 years.

Predeceased by her husband Maurice in 2003, she is survived by two sons Rodney (Terry) and Kevin, as well as four grandchildren.

“KEN” THOMAS KENNETH MACMILLAN 1938 - December 13, 2014 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of long time resident of Okotoks, Alberta, “Ken” MacMillan, on December 13th, 2014 at the age of 76 years. Ken is survived by his wife Alberta; son Curtis (Janette) Macmillan, sister Marilyn Gray and numerous nieces and nephews.

Ken was born July 8, 1938 in Calgary, Alberta to parents Tommy and Mildred Macmillan. Ken took his schooling in Calgary and attended post secondary school at Colorado State University. As a younger person, his second home was the Glencoe Club where he played a lot of badminton, culminating in runner up to the Canadian Championship in 1954.

Ken worked for Shaw Construction in the early 60’s in the building of Rogers Pass. He started his own company in 1971, Southline Contractors Ltd. and had a long career in the trucking industry spending a lot of time in the North. In 1974, upon his fathers passing, Ken returned to the farm to persue farming and ranching. One of his great interests was raising Horned Hereford cattle.

ALEXA WINNIFRED CHURCH June 27, 1908 – December 29, 2014 It is with regret that the CHA announces the passing of Alexa Church of Church Ranch, at her home on the ranch at Balzac, Alberta, on December 29th, 2014, at the age of 106. Alexa was born on her parents’ (Alexander and Gertrude Black) homestead in Yankee Valley, east of Airdrie. She is survived by her five children, Robert and his wife Gina of Calgary, Gordon and his wife Rosemary of Balzac, Beverley and her husband Dale Wilson of Drumheller, Stanley and his wife Susan of Bearspaw and Mabel and her husband Gavin Hamilton of Innisfail; 11 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.

One of those grandchildren is Dr. Neal Church, a gastroenterologist and surgeon, who also oversees ranch operations with his parents Gordon and Rosemary and his sister and brother-in-law Coleen and Rob. Neal is active in the Canadian Association as a breeder, volunteer and as a trustee of the Keith Gilmore Foundation. Alexa was predeceased by her husband Bertram Cecil Church in 1984 and her sister Bernice Shuttleworth in 1997. Alexa graduated from Norman School to become a school teacher. She started teaching in 1927 at Columbia School, east of Airdrie and also taught for five years at Didsbury. Education always played an important part of her life. She demanded that her children apply themselves and “do their best” at whatever endeavour they took on. She was proud that her children and grandchildren respectively graduated from 11 different universities around the world. Alexa lived on the family ranch north of Calgary from the time of her marriage to Bert in 1934 until her death 80 years later. During this time, she had an enduring presence in the local community and church. Church Ranch was named Commercial Cattleman of the Year in 2007 by the Alberta Hereford Association and is now a thriving purebred operation.

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Hereford EPD Averages Spring 2015

CE (%)

BW (lbs)

WW (lbs)

YW (lbs)

Milk (lbs)

TM (lbs)

MCE (%)

SC (cm)

CW (lbs)

Stay (%)

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Active Sires*

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1.3

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125.5

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Active Dams**

0.4

3.6

44.0

72.0

18.0

40.0

0.8

0.7

84.0

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136.4

120.0

0.23

0.002

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1.0

3.3

48.0

78.0

20.0

44.0

1.3

0.8

87.0

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123.5

0.30

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3-D-L Polled Herefords ......................................................... 155

Alta Genetics ........................................................................156 Anita Doktor ........................................................................... 86 A.X.A. Polled Herefords ........................................................ 157

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Balog Auction Service Ltd. ..................................................156 Bannerlane Herefords ............................................................ 15 Bar Pipe Hereford Ranch........................................................23 Barr, Heather ......................................................................... 157 Bar-RZ Polled Herefords ....................................................... 70 Bieber Herefords ....................................................................67 Blacklock, John B. .................................................................156 Blair’s.Ag .................................................................................97 Bradley Farms ....................................................................... 157 Braun Ranch .................................................................. 104-105 Breton West Herefords ......................................................... 48 Brost Land & Cattle Co. Ltd. ................................................102

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Calgary Bull Sale .....................................................................65 Canada’s Red White and Black Bull Sale ................................9 Carlrams Ranching Ltd. ...........................................................5 Chestermere Herefords ................................................110, 155 Chittick Family Hereford Ranch ............................................73 Church Ranch..........................................................................27 Churchill Cattle Co. ................................................................25 Copper Creek Ranch..............................................................IFC Coppertone Farms Ltd. ........................................................ 155 Corbiell Herefords .................................................................. 81 Coulee Crest............................................................................47 Crone Herefords ..................................................................... 12 CS Ranching ........................................................................... 50

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Dallas Farms .................................................................... 71, 155 Davis-Rairdan Embryo Transplants Ltd. .............................156 Diamond T Herefords ............................................................ 86 Dorbay Polled Herefords ...................................................... 157 Dorran, Ryan .........................................................................156 Durbin Creek Ranch ...............................................................37

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East Central Bull Sale ............................................................. 21 Eureka Hereford Farm Inc .................................................... 110 Elite Genetics Bull Sale ......................................................... 84 EZ Ranching ........................................................................... 90

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Fraser’s Total Performance Bull Sale ....................................24 Fenton Hereford Ranch Inc. ............................................60, BC Fulton Herefords ................................................................... 155

g Garrett Ranch Ltd. .........................................................113, 156 Glenrose Polled Herefords & Angus .....................................22 Golden Oak Livestock ............................................................25 Grant Rolston Photography Ltd ....................................60, 157 Guilford Hereford Ranch ......................................................156

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HBM Polled Herefords .......................................................... 157 Highmark Ranching Polled Herefords ................................ 155 Hill 70 Quantock Ranch ........................................................ 45 HMS Hi-Cliffe ........................................................................156 H.S. Knill Company Limited ................................................. 157 Holloway Farms Ltd. ............................................................... 51 HZ Herefords ......................................................................... 155

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Iron Lakes Ranch ....................................................................25

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Jones Hereford Ranches ...................................................... 155 JoNomn Hereford Ranch ....................................................... 49

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K-Cow Ranch ......................................................................... 155 Kootenay Polled Herefords ................................................... 20

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Lacombe Bull Show and Sale................................................ 99 Lakeford Polled Herefords ................................................... 155 Lakes Ranch Polled Herefords............................................. IBC

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To place an ad in The Canadian Hereford Digest, call 1-888-836-7242 or visit our website at www.hereford.ca Lamport’s Polled Herefords .......................................... 94, 155 LCI/Doenz Ranches .............................................................. 155 Lian Mor Polled Herefords .....................................................26 Lilybrook Herefords....................................................... 111, 155 Little Fort Herefords.............................................................. 89 Little Red Deer Hereford Farm ............................................ 155 L-O Horned Herefords ............................................................77 Lock Farms ............................................................................156 Lohner Herefords.................................................................. 162 Lone Pine Cattle Services ........................................ 62-63, 155 Lost Lake Ranch ..............................................................76, 155 Lyons Polled Herefords ..................................................38, 157

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Mahjam Farm ........................................................................ 157 McCoy Cattle Co. ................................................................... 42 McKenzie Herefords .............................................................. 50 Medicine Hat Bull Show and Sale ........................................ 46 Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords ....................................3 Mission Ridge Herefords ....................................................... 91 Misty Valley Farms ...................................................................4 MJT Cattle Co. Ltd. Herefords & Angus ................................83 MN Herefords..........................................................................29 Myalta Farms ........................................................................ 155

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NBG Polled Herefords........................................................... 157 NCX Polled Herefords .....................................................30, 155

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Oulton Farm .......................................................................... 157 O’Shea Farms ........................................................................ 157

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Pahl Livestock Ltd. ...............................................................109 Phantom Creek Livestock ......................................................28 PHK Herefords. ....................................................................... 14 Pine Butte Ranch ....................................................................39 Premier Hereford Bull Sale .................................................... 41

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Rainy Creek Herefords .........................................................107 Redline Livestock .....................................................................8 Richardson Ranch.......................................................... 64, 155

Richaud Stock Farms..............................................................73 River Bridge Ranch .................................................................72 Roselawn Polled Herefords ....................................................11 Rutledge Herefords ............................................................... 40

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S. Jones & Sons ..................................................................... 155 Sampson’s Thunderbird Ranch Ltd. ....................................156 Scott Alta Farms ...................................................................156 Shar-Lo Farms ....................................................................... 157 Skelton Cattle Co. .................................................................156 SNS Herefords .................................................................69, 156 SS Cattle Company Inc...................................................30, 156 Standard Hill Polled ................................................................ 31 Stauffer Farms Ltd................................................................. 64 Stith, Dale ..............................................................................156 Stockmen’s Insurance .......................................................... 157 Square-D Herefords............................................................... 68

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Taboo Polled Herefords ........................................................ 157 T Bar K Ranch Bull Sale ..........................................................87 Tide Creek Herefords ............................................................. 13 Triple A Herefords ............................................................ 78-79 Triple H Herefords ................................................................156

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Ulrich Hereford Ranch Inc. .............................................17, 156

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Wascana Cattle Company...................................................... 16 Westgard Windimuir Herefords .................................... 61, 156 Wilson Lees Value Added Bull Sale .......................................59 WLB Livestock ........................................................................52 Wyatt Farms ............................................................................93

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XE Herefords ...........................................................................95 XTC Ranches .......................................................................... 98

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YV Ranch ...............................................................................103

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Thanks to:

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Their pick was MLL 0342 ANGEL 31B out of CHURCHILL LADY 017X + UPS UPTOWN ET

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MJT Cattle Co. for purchasing embryos at the Agribition Sale

Thanks to All the Bull Buyers in 2014 A Selection of two YeAr oldS And YeArling BullS AvAilABle PleASe contAct MArk or MAtt lohner for SAle And SeMen enquireS Matt (306) 697-7822 Box 1685 Carlyle, SK S0C 0R0 162

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Mark & Lori (306) 697-7584 Kipling, SK

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+1.4

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Crittenden Bros. Polled Herefords Box 158, Imperial, SK S0G 2J0 Howard & Sharon 306.963.2414 Howard Cell ~ 306.963.7880

Gordon & Shirley 306.963.2622 Fax: 306.963.2493 h.s.crittenden@sasktel.net

WWW.CRITTENDENBROS.COM

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+22

+22

Top 1% Top 2%

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+43 Top 1%

McCoy Cattle Company The Nicholas Family Box 479, Milestone, SK S0G 3L0 Gary & Florence (306) 436-4301 Chad & Carrie (306) 436-2086 cnicholas@mccoycattle.com www.mccoycattle.com

Lakes Ranch Winston(Win) Stothert Box 120 Ashmont, AB T0A 0C0 Ph: (604) 922-9652 wstothert@shaw.ca In partnership with

Almer Weinmeier Ph: (780) 635-4979

8 Sons of 63W sell at

the Calgary Bull Sale March 4 - 5, 2015

A True Sire produces...

2010 Medicine Hat Grand Champion BP 101T STANDARD DOM LAD 63W

...Carbon Copies

FE 63W STANDARD DOM 72A

5 Bulls to the East Central Bull Sale Veteran, AB March 20, 2015 Look for additional 63W Sons there

Al & Lori Fenton Becky & Curtis Snethun Ray-Lynn Phone/Fax: 780-754-2384 Cell: 780-842-7806

Conrad & Janel Fenton Dalee, Prior, Emerson & Beau

Blair & Jessica Fenton Gray, Tayva & Laney

Phone: 780-754-3321 Cell: 780-209-3600

Phone: 780-754-2891 Cell: 587-281-0900

Email: fentonherefordranch@gmail.com • Box 479, Irma, AB T0B 2H0 • www.fentonherefordranch.com 7 miles East of Irma on Hwy. #14 or 11 miles West of Wainwright - Look for the Hereford Sign