From the CCA General Manager

CANADIAN CHAROLAIS ASSOCIATION

2320 - 41st Avenue N.E. Calgary, AB T2E 6W8 Phone: (403) 250-9242 Fax: (403) 291-9324 E-Mail: cca@charolais.com Home Page: www.charolais.com

PROVINCIAL REPRESENTATIVES: ALBERTA

President: Lyle Bignell, Stettler Secretary: Lisa Paget, Carbon

SASKATCHEWAN

President: Orland Walker, Hudson Bay Secretary: Dave Blechinger, Rosetown

MANITOBA

President: Harry Airey, Rivers Secretary: Rae Trimble Portage la Prairie

ONTARIO

President: Gord Tomlinson, Norwood Secretary: Doris Aitken, Mount Forest

QUEBEC

President: Francois Couture, Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil Secretary: Laurent Jourdain

MARITIMES

President: Ricky Milton, Cornwall, PE Secretary: Jennifer MacDonald, St. Mary’s, Kent Co., NB

STAFF:

General Manager: NEIL GILLIES Registry & Office Manager: MEL REEKIE Registry: JUDY CUMMER French Liaison: CYNTHIA BECK 306-436-2007 CBeck@charolais.com

EXECUTIVE: PRESIDENT: WADE BECK

Box 5, Lang, SK S0G 2W0 Ph (306) 436-4564 email: wcbeck@sasktel.net

1st VICE-PRESIDENT: BRENTSAUNDERS

RR 3, Markdale, ON N0C 1H0 (519) 986-4165 Fax (519) 986-4273 email: saunders@bmts.com

2nd VICE-PRES: JOHN WILGENBUSCH

Box 4, Halbrite, SK S0C 1H0 (306) 458-2688 Fax (306) 458-2371 email: wilgenbusch@sasktel.net

PAST PRESIDENT: LYLE BIGNELL

Box 1055, Stettler, AB T0C 2L0 (403) 742-6792 Fax (403) 742-8128 email: lylebignell@hotmail.com

DIRECTORS:

CAMPBELL FORSYTH

Box 3, Eriksdale, MB R0C 0W0 (204) 739-2678 Fax (204) 739-5547 email: cmforsyt@mts.net

BERNARD BEGIN

1630 Rg St-Martin, Ste-Marie, PQ G6E 3A8 (418) 387-7514 Fax (418) 387-5623 email: louberfarm@hotmail.com

BRIAN COUGHLIN

RR3 1012 Snake River Line, Cobden, ON K0J 1K0 (613) 646-9741 (613) 312-0270 email: cornervu@nrtco.net

URSULA CORPATAUX

Box 397, Erskine, AB T0C 1G0 Ph/Fax (403) 742-3337 ucorpataux@xplornet.com

DORY GERRARD

RR 2, Innisfail, AB T4G 1T7 (403) 227-5632 Fax (403) 227-2583 email: info@gerrardcattlecompany.com

RICKY MILTON

4558 Rt. 19 RR 2, Cornwall, PE C0A 1H0 (902) 393-8699 email: rmilton@upei.ca

2012 Fall Update

Neil Gillies, General Manager, Canadian Charolais Association

In my September Connection article I discussed the topic of what market prices may do this fall which is never far from the minds of commercial cattle producers. My synopsis was basically that all indicators pointed to a possibility of a slight reduction in prices when compared to last year, but basically a stable market.

In the space of a few weeks two incidents have occurred that could have an influence on that statement.

Firstly, as quoted in the October 8th 2012 issue of the newsletter – AGRIWEEK. Statistics Canada’s second crop report of the season, issued October 4th, appears to quite accurately assess the damage done to prairie crops by freak summer weather and unprecedented disease and insect attacks. Total Canadian production of the major crops was out at 68.04 million tonnes, compared to 74.56 million expected in July, a drop of 9%. As expected, canola was the hardest hit of all crops with the latest report at 13.36 tonnes, down 13% from the 15.41 projected in July.

And more importantly from a specific beef point of view, XL Foods of Brooks, Alberta had its operating licence suspended by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency because of an E.coli outbreak at the processing plant. The full extent of the fallout from this outbreak is as yet unknown. At the time of writing, the CanFax Weekly Market Outlook and Analysis from October 5th 2012 was reporting non-fed values (cows & bulls) down $3.50, fat steers down $2.00 with yearlings and calves holding their own. The notable bear factor is that carcass weights continue to increase sharply.

Some of the market share was taken up by the Cargill plant at High River, Alberta and U.S. buyers, so the market is holding its own as of the second week of October. How long the market remains reasonably stable and how long XL Foods remains stuttered is guess work at this stage.

Let’s focus on the good news! I just returned from the October 6th Expo Boeuf 2012 National Charolais show in Victoriaville, Quebec, which will be covered in more depth by Helge and Candace By. However, it was an excellent show and sale with over 100 head from 5 different provinces taking part. Congratulations to the Quebec Charolais members for organizing a very good event.

For the rest of this article, Mel Reekie Office Manager/Registry will provide some important updates from her desk.

REGISTRY NEWS

Mel Reekie, Office Manager & Registry

Autumn has arrived – kids are back in school, calves are weaned and registry deadlines are approaching! Weaning deadline is October 31, 2012. To have your data included in the Fall EPD Evaluation, submit your information as soon as possible.

There are scholarships totalling $3,500 available for 2012! Two scholarships of $1000 each are funded annually by the Canadian Charolais Association (CCA) and there is also the annual Dale Norheim Memorial Scholarship of $1500. Further to these, the Canadian Charolais Youth Association (CCYA) offers awards on an annual basis as well. Scholarship application forms can be downloaded from www.charolais.com (listed under the Programs/Resources tab). Submit completed applications by October 31, 2012 to the CCA office.

Enrol your 2 year old heifers. Females born in the year 2010, tattoo year letter ‘X’, are eligible for 2012 enrollment until December 31, 2012 at the rate of $25+GST. Enrolling your 2010 born females after December 31, 2012 will cost the usual enrollment fee of $25 plus an additional late fee of $25+GST. These female enrollments cannot be completed online so please call or email the office to have your 2010 females enrolled.

The Canadian Genome Project is underway. Delta Genomics has received samples to genotype and sequence for the Charolais breed. However, there are numerous bulls that we DO NOT have sufficient DNA data on. Please see the

THE CANADIAN CATTLE GENOME PROJECT NEEDS YOUR HELP!

Bull’s Name Reg. # Tattoo Bull’s Name Reg. # Tattoo Bull’s Name Reg. # Tattoo

ROXY'S JACK DEMPSEY 63R MC47114 ROXY 63R KJP SKY FIRE 51T MC64448 KJP 51T 2UP PEUGEOT ET MC206085 P46E ALI BABA (DESSAUNY) FMC3 58693A15 LAN ATLAS 4A MC137566 LAN 4A BOBINO FMC42 58125B15 HCR EXPECTATION 269 M185396 BR CUJO RCH7 MC70253 RCH7 SENOR OF SANDRELLAN M28 ALI BABA (BRAMARD) FMC 858051A ENRICO M5 FRED 1ST M2375 GANDIN 80779 AMOUR FMC23 79002A02 URANUS 36107U28 BUFFALO FMC58 85045B02 ECHO 5869101650 LCR ROYAL SAM M4 POLLED M16448 BONAPARTE FMC46 18088B05 YAVAPAI M80 NUTMEGS AVIGNON FR31 M59693 ABC ICEMAN 811 MC76617 MFR 811K AMOUREUX 58793A65 PEMBINA ULTRAVOX 3U MC70729 PVCF 3U CF POLLED CLASSIC M236712 SIR EC 20/20 PLD 92G MC135782 IMP 92G APOLLON FMC27 03163A05 MISS ELLA 703 M202427 CAID FMC115 23014C01 RCC ROYAL STANDOUT 2973 M212349 SYLVAIN 58270S04 ABRAHAM FMC316 FA12 SPARROWS ALLIANCE 513G MC200277 SB 513G SPAINS SHOW ME POLLED MC46672 AIN 1N POKER KING JUNIOR GV 18G MC13167 GVF 18G BR DUKE 261 MC122001 3261 MNE GOLDEN EAGLE 25W MC85384 MNE 25W BELPHEGOR FMC52 85045B09 CYRANO FMC120 85045 MR CAMELOT POLLED 902 M52941 SIR WBS TWISTER 5M MC30099 WBS 5M SHF SIR ROYAL SAM 1ST VPM105429 ALFALFA JOHN POLLED M1801 URANIUM M15407 COURAGE 423 M163220 QUIDQUID 58135Q71 DANTE 82-1 M458 LASCAR 02184 TITANO M141 MGM HILARIO BARRIGON IMP M18414 TOPAZE 36100T01 KELLY WALLAH RED CHIEFTAI RWH0146E SPARROWS SHERIFF 315W MC82309 SVJ 315W HTA TUNDRA PLD 222B MC140202 HTA 222B CCC ELEVATIONS KNOCKOUT MC41578 GER 954L FZ MIGHTY MAC POLLED 828 VPM171312 FZ MAC 236 POLLED VPM122718 RIVERWOOD ELEVATION 44 M166047 WCR SIR FA MAC 2244 M234430 PAUL 109/9 POLLED M1962 WILDOR MAVERICK 60F MC13391 XSB 60F MR RR COCOMO POLLED M165542 SIR QCR HIGHGEAR 2P MC40492 KRDL 2P FWT BAR 951 SAM M2792 VAUTOUR 58318V12 7N COCOMO JOHN POLLED M106659 POKER KING 1006 MC7143 1006 BCR STANDOUT'S CRUISER MC45383 DDH 119N VIEJO SEGUNDO M4 FLAMBEAU 0370119503 JOHNNY CAKE EXTERMINATORMC29412 FWT BAR 545 M583

Even if your tank went dry we can still use the DNA on these Foundation sires. The Canadian Charolais Association in conjunction with Genome Canada are looking for DNA from these foundation sires to have full DNA sequencing done. There is a $100 tax receipt available for this, so contact the office if you have or know where we can locate these for this important project. Take a look at the project online at www.canadacow.ca Please refer to www.charolais.com for a complete list of young sires that are also needed.