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CANADIAN CHAROLAIS ASSOCIATION

2320, 41st Avenue NE, Calgary, AB T2E 6W8 403.250.9242 F 403.291.9324 www.charolais.com @canCharolais www.facebook.com/cdncharolais PROVINCIAL REPRESENTATIVES:

ALBERTA President: STEPHEN CHOLAK, Lamont Secretary: Deb Cholak, Lamont SASKATCHEWAN President: JORDAN MOORE, Redvers Secretary: Saskatchewan Livestock Asso., Regina MANITOBA President: MICHAEL HUNTER, Roblin Secretary: Rae Trimble, Portage la Prairie ONTARIO President: JOSH TAYLOR, Dunsford Secretary: Doris Aitken, Mount Forest QUEBEC President: MARK FROST, Kingsey Falls Secretary: Chantal Raymond, Sainte-Eulalie MARITIMES President: BRETT FRANCIS, Crapaud, PEI Secretary: Nancy Milton, Nine Mile Creek, PEI STAFF:

General Manager: CRAIG SCOTT Registry: LOIS CHIVILO Registry/Member Services: CASSIDY MATTHEWS French Membership: Bernard Dore 514-910-4935 • bernarddore@videotron.ca EXECUTIVE:

PRESIDENT: KASEY PHILLIPS Box 420, Waskatenau, AB T0A 3P0 780.358.2360 C 780.656.6400 kphillips@mcsnet.ca 1st VICE-PRESIDENT: SHAWN AIREY Box 639, Rivers, MB R0K 1X0 204.328.7704 C 204.724.8823 htacharolais@hotmail.com 2nd VICE-PRES: RYAN NESBITT 17100 Cedardale Rd, Nestleton, ONL0B 1L0 905.242.2046 ryan@cedardalefarms.ca PAST PRESIDENT: MIKE ELDER Box 216, Coronach, SK S0H 0Z0 306.267.5655 C 306.267.7730 mjelder@sasktel.net DIRECTORS:

DARWIN ROSSO 78 325 4th Ave SW, Moose Jaw, SK S6H 5V2 306.693.2384 rosso.c@sasktel.net JOSH TAYLOR 1717 County Rd 36, Dunsford, ON K0M 1L0 705.793.2576 C 705.760.5054 joshua.r.taylor@hotmail.com ARMAND ROY 98 Rang St-Andre, St-Bernard Lacolle, QC J0J 1V0 450.246.9799 C 514.895.0829 royalch@hotmail.com JEFF CAVERS Box 237, La Riviere, MB R0G 1A0 204.242.3467 C 204-242-4448 c2charolais@inethome.ca LORNE LAKUSTA Box 37, Andrew, AB T0B 0C0 780.365.2079 C 780.719.0264 spruceviewcharolais@gmail.com ROD McLEOD 293113 Twnshp Rd 263, Rocky View County, AB T4A 0N5 403.540.7986 rodmcl@telus.net FROM THE CANADIAN CHAROLAIS ASSOCIATION Knowledge is King

Craig Scott

The hot topic in the last few months has been Progressive Ataxia (PA). PA is a genetic condition that is not new, it was first identified in the 1940s. I want to start by telling you what it is. PA is a genetic condition that can cause loss of function in the rear legs of Charolais cattle. This condition is mostly found in younger cattle 18 to 24 months old and will start out with the animal being wobbly in the hind end and progress over time to where the animal can’t stand on their own. That animal would be considered a PA affected. The first question I have been asked by breeder’s is should we be culling all the PA carrier cattle? The answer to that question is NO, PA is a very manageable condition, once you know the status of the animals you are breeding.

If you know that your animal is a carrier, those genetics can still be used in your breeding operation.

If you breed a PA carrier to a PA free animal 50% of the offspring will be PA free and 50% will be PA carriers. If you breed PA carrier to a PA carrier, then 50% of the offspring will be PA carriers and 25% will be PA affected and 25% will be PA free. This genetic condition is only found in Charolais cattle, so unless your commercial producers have a Charolais influenced herd, PA will never affect them and will never have this condition in their herd. A PA free bull on Charolais commercial cows will result in zero affected offspring.

The test for PA is available through the CCA, the test is now part of the 100K SNP test at an additional cost of $12. If an animal has a 100K already done, you can contact Lois in the CCA office and order just the PA test for a cost of $12. The results of a PA test will go directly to the owner and will not be made public by the CCA.

Please feel free to reach out to any CCA board member, or staff member, with any questions you might have, and please remember that this is a very manageable condition.

I have been attending many events across the country this fall. I attended Expo Boeuf in Quebec, and then continued east to a sale in Nova Scotia. President Kasey Phillips and I were invited to attend the American International Charolais Association fall meetings and national show in Kansas City, these meetings were very informative and productive. I also attended Olds Fall Classic, Brandon Ag-Ex, our national show at the 100th annual Toronto Royal, FarmFair International and finished the show season with Canadian Western Agribition. These events were well attended by both exhibitors and breeders.

The CCA held our fall board meetings in Calgary, November 18th to 20th. Sandy Russell, the CEO of Canadian Beef Breeds Council, started the meeting with a great update on the progress of CBIN. The weekend of meetings was filled with committee reports and brainstorming for the future of the CCA. A joint session was held on the last day with all the provincial association presidents, this was a very informative get together for both the CCA Board and the Presidents.

On behalf of the Board of Directors and the staff of the Canadian Charolais Association, we would like to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas, and all the best in 2023.

Welcome to the Charolais Business

For 50 plus years, Happy Haven Charolais have operated and raised purebred Charolais seed stock for purebred and commercial cattlemen. Over the years we have observed many trends and fads in genetic type, frame, and quality of livestock created by feedlot and showing industry makers. We have tried to stay current to compete in both as market demands equal survival. The time to scale back an operation is never an easy decision to make. As our family has grown, and moved on with their lives, the workload with a large cattle herd has placed more demand on myself and Crystal, at a time in our lives that we want to spend more of our time with the kids and grandkids. We also were hoping to find a young cattleman interested in an established genetic base herd to carry on what we have built. At this time, I want to introduce Nick and Callie Reiter, Howling River Ranch, Norquay Saskatchewan, and to give a big thank you for the purchase of 70 bred females and 3 herd bulls, to fill out their 250 plus family run commercial herd. They will be carrying on as a co-operative herd supplier of Charolais bulls for Hill 70 Quantock, Lloydminster, Alberta. Please welcome them into the industry. Also a big thank you to Hill 70 Quantock, Bill and Sherry Creech and family for believing in our program here and allowing us to be a co-operative herd over the years and to accept Howling River Ranch to carry on in our place. Kevin Stebeleski Nick & Caillie Reiter