February 2024 Charolais Connection by Charolais Banner

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February 2024

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FEBRUARY 2024 • VOL. XLI, NO. 1 From the Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Canadian Charolais Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Charolais Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 De la Charolais Association Canadienne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 dans nos champs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Profile – Douglas Lake Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Beef Advocacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Canadian Cattle Association News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Parasite Causes Diarrhea Outbreak. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 10 Ways to Make Your Cowherd More Profitable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Herd Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Sexed Semen: An Opportunity to Capture More Value for Cattle 82 Calendar of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

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Selling 65 Yearling Bulls All are Polled

TLJ 507L Pleasantdawn Razor 903H x LT Ledger 0332 P CE 10.9 BW -3.2 WW 57 YW 114 M 24 TM 53 BW 84 • Adj 205 685 • Homo Polled

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POINTS TO PONDER

From the Field Helge By

Welcome to the first issue of the Charolais Connection in 2024. The fall calf market was recordsetting with the Charcross calves being the premium getters, so congratulations to all using Charolais bulls. The market at the end of the year did have some turbulence as the packers, feeders and retailers battled back and forth and some producers selling their calves found a market off a bit at times. In early January when I am writing this, the market seems to have stabilized and we should see sustained cattle prices going forward for the foreseeable future. Some retailers are once again advertising beef specials, which is always a good thing. Beef is disappearing in the stores at the higher values and hopefully every segment can

stay profitable without beating up other segments. Candace and I were fortunate to be invited to Louisville, Kentucky, in November by the American International Charolais Association and the United States Department of Agriculture for some touring of the state and the U.S. National Charolais show, along with national committee and board meetings. If you don’t receive the Charolais Banner magazine, you can read an article about the trip online at charolaisbanner.com in the February issue. One thing we found interesting was the US plan to make sure your land stays in Agriculture. You can list land in an Agricultural Trust so it cannot be developed or taken out of production. This is an interesting concept and with the way concrete and asphalt continue to swallow up productive farmland, it

may be a good idea. Now I’m off to do some more picturing, videoing and touring bull pens for the spring sales. As we get into the bull sales, if Robbie Chomik or I can be of any assistance, please don’t hesitate to give us a call. We are always happy to help in any way we can. And again, all our Charolais Banner and Charolais Connection magazines for the past number of years are online for free at charolaisbanner.com. If you want to go back to read past articles in previous issues, this is where you will find them. On our website you will also find a complete listing of all the Charolais sales across Canada and most of the Charolais Bull Sale catalogues and videos. We also try to keep the sale news very current on our homepage, so check it out. Until next time, Helge

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FROM THE CANADIAN CHAROLAIS ASSOCIATION

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: Jamie Ehret, Hilda Sec-Treas: Justin Vaage, Champion SASKATCHEWAN President: Dale Weinbender, Canora Secretary: Sarah Hordos, Raymore MANITOBA President: Michael Hunter, Roblin Secretary: Rae Trimble, Portage la Prairie ONTARIO President: Jim Baker, Stayner Secretary: Ashley Baker, Madoc 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: SHAWN AIREY Box 639, Rivers, MB R0K 1X0 204.328.7704 C 204.724.8823 htacharolais@hotmail.com 1st VICE-PRESIDENT: RYAN NESBITT

17100 Cedardale Rd, Nestleton, ON L0B 1L0 905.242.2046

ryan@cedardalefarms.ca

2nd VICE-PRES: JOSH TAYLOR 1717 County Rd 36, Dunsford, ON K0M 1L0 705.793.2576 C 705.760.5054 joshua.r.taylor@hotmail.com PAST PRESIDENT: KASEY PHILLIPS Box 420, Waskatenau, AB T0A 3P0 780.358.2360 C 780.656.6400

kphillips@mcsnet.ca

DIRECTORS:

DARWIN ROSSO 78 325 4th Ave SW, Moose Jaw, SK S6H 5V2 306.693.2384 rosso.c@sasktel.net 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 ROD McLEOD 293113 Townshp Rd 263, Rocky View County, AB T4A 0N5 403.540.7986 rodmcl@telus.net TRAVIS FOOT Box 414, Esther, AB T0J 1H0 403.664.3167 C 406.664.0961 footprintfarms1@gmail.com JOSH REDDEN 5239 Hwy 14 Windsor NS B0N 2T0 902.670.5919 • jhredden@nsac.ca

Selection Index – A Charolais Context Sean McGrath

A lot of breeders and users of Charolais genetics are familiar with EPD or Expected Progeny Differences. The Canadian Association currently publishes EPD for 12 different traits, ranging from Calving Ease, Growth, Maternal and Carcass Characteristics. These EPD are produced using state of the art science and include data from both the US and Canadian associations and are updated 9 times per year. This ensures that the EPD are calculated using the most up to date information possible, including pedigree, performance data and genomics. EPD provide a detailed description of where an animal fits within the North American Charolais population for each individual trait, but when we select a new herd sire it is important to consider more than a single facet of the animal’s genetic makeup. The EPD tools that are available can help us in that process, however it is challenging to assess the potential tradeoffs. For example, does 1% extra calving ease produce a higher return than 4 or 5 additional pounds of weaning weight? Is a higher percentage of choice carcasses offset by a lower carcass weight? For every scenario and potential sire there are numerous and sometimes not so obvious tradeoffs. This is where “Selection Index” provides real value. A selection index is a single value that incorporates these tradeoffs and allows for easy selection to maximize genetic gains. A selection index applies math to the suite of available EPD to account for these production and marketplace tradeoffs and produces a single selection value for a “use scenario”. This math includes examining what each extra pound of growth or carcass is worth, what each extra percentage Charolais Connection • February 2024

of calving ease is worth, what each extra percentage of choice is worth, and so on. It also looks at what each additional unit of production costs. Every trait has a “tipping point” where the cost to add an additional unit outweighs the cost to add that unit. In economics this is called the law of diminishing returns. Balancing these traits ensures that the most overall progress can be made in the production system, given the tradeoffs. What is important is capturing the relative value of the pricing and the economics of the situation. While prices are continually changing the price relationships between traits are somewhat more constant. This means that a selection index is robust despite market changes. In other words, when cattle are ranked using a well-developed selection index, even if market conditions change, rankings are unlikely to change significantly. This is important because it means that overall genetic progress can be made despite market uncertainties. Some key principles behind any Selection Index include: 1. A Selection Index combines EPD based on the Relative Economic Value of the trait into a single, easy to use value. 2. Selection Indexes describe genetics in the context of a specific production scenario. This scenario should be roughly like your own operation to make the most genetic progress possible. If more than one Index is available, choose the one that most closely aligns with your farm/ ranch. 3. A well-constructed Selection Index is robust. Market conditions may change significantly, but the relative emphasis on the traits in the index will remain relatively

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POPLAR BLUFF STOCK FARM 8TH ANNUAL BULL SALE

Tuesday, March 19th, 2 PM

AT T H E FA R M , C H A U V I N , A L B E R TA

WITH GUESTS HOPEWELL CHAROLAIS & BRONYX ANGUS Offering Two-Year old & Yearling Charolais Bulls and Two-Year Old Black Angus FEATURING SONS OF

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Kody & Alex Meier 306-834-7557 Box 486, Kerrobert, SK S0L 1R0 Hopewellcharolais@gmail.com Charolais Connection • February 2024

Cornerview Charolais had the Supreme Champion Breeder’s Herd at Renfrew (ON) Fair

Cornerview Charolais, Cobden had Supreme Champion Bull with Cornerview Kickstart 59K, sired by Cedarlea Bandito 45G, at the Renfrew (ON) Fair.

Alyssa Haywood, Brigden, ON, won Grand Champion Female at both her 4-H Achievement program and the Inter-County 4-H show at the Brook-Alvinston Fall Fair, with WSS Kinsley 242K by SVY Wizard 707E. Judged by Clay Howe from Michigan there were 16 in the class.

Baker Farms Justified 15J by CCC WC Resource 417 P from Baker Farms, Madoc & Wilgenbusch Charolais, Halbrite, SK, was Supreme Champion Bull at the Toronto (ON) Royal Show. Justified had been named Supreme Bull previously at the Madoc and Lindsay Fairs.

A panel of five judges selected K-Cow Landslide 61L, a January 28th son of High Bluff Gallagher 21G, owned by K-Cow Ranch, Elk Point, as Champion Cattleman’s Choice Bull at the Peace Country Beef Congress held in Grand Prairie, AB.

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Griffin Tupling, Mulmur, Ontario, won Supreme Champion Female over all breeds with Rollin Acres Starstruck 47K, sired by Rollin Acres Front Runner 38F, at the Owen Sound Regional Show. This 70 head show was judged by Jamie and Ellen Blenkiron.

Southside Exotic 11H, a homozygous polled, Full French son of Southside Exotic 3C from Southside Charolais, Burns Lake, BC, was Supreme Champion Bull at the Burns Lake Fair. This 40 head show was judged by Phil Brown.

Bogart Kim Kardashian 105K by BRCHE White Bear 8505 Pld ET was Supreme Champion at the Madoc (ON) Fair. She is owned by Bogart Cattle, Tweed. Doug Milne-Smith judged this 60 head show.

Cedardale Limited Edition 98L, sired by Cedardale Jaguar 111J from Cedardale Farms, Nestleton, was Supreme Champion Bull at the Durham Central Fair in Orono, ON. There were about 110 head of all breeds in the show.

FROM THE CANADIAN CHAROLAIS ASSOCIATION, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14 unchanged. This means that using the selection index will still result in overall positive genetic progress. The CCA is currently engaged in examining our Terminal Sire Index which looks at the relative

profitability of Charolais sires used in a terminal situation on commercial cows where ownership is retained and calves are all fed out and sold on the rail, through a grid marketing system. This work includes ensuring that

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the economics are updated to reflect current realities of the marketplace and our new genetic evaluation. As this work progresses, look for further information on the Terminal Sire Index from CCA.

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E lder Charolais F arms THURSDAY, MARCH 28TH, 2024 14th Annual Bull Sale

50 Yearling Bulls on Offer ELDER’S LITTLE ROCK 334L DC/CRJ Tank E108 P x JWX Downhome 6D BW 84, Sept 15 WW 915, Jan 6 wt 1485 Top 15% EPDs across the board

ELDER’S LEDGER 309L DC/CRJ Tank E108 P x HVA Falcon 250F BW 91, Sept 15 WW 745, Jan 6 wt 1318 Top 10% YW, Top 10% M

ELDER’S LINCOLN 307L DC/CRJ Tank 108 P x Elder’s Emperor 8021F BW 94, Sept 15 WW 860, Jan 6 wt 1395 Grandson of Elder’s Princess 359D, a past Agribition Junior Champion Female Top 15% WW, Top 4% YW, Top 10% M • F ree D elivery up to 2 0 0 k m before M ay 1/ 2 0 2 4 o r T ak e hom e S ale D ay & D educ t $ 1 0 0

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Sale broadcast live

Performance, Power, Punch

THE POWER SOURCE

Attention All Breeders: Meeting Our Customer Needs is Our Priority ELDER’S LAGER 325L Elder’s Houlio 4H x Grant’s Playboy 3X BW 103, Sept 15 WW 970, Jan 6 wt 1545 3/4 brother to Elder’s Kalypso 2115K, who sold in last year’s sale to XXX Farms Ltd. Top 5% M Unmatched length and performance Awesome structure

ELDER’S LARIAT 3111L CML Raindance 996G x Elder’s Blackjack 788B BW 104, Sept 15 WW 850, Jan 6 wt 1365 Full brother to Elder’s Jaguar 181J, who was purchased in our 2022 sale by Wilgenbusch Charolais & Louber Farm Also a full brother to Elder’s Dalyce Ray 391L purchased in the Volume IV sale by Cade Wright Top 2% WW, Top 3% YW

ELDER’S LAUTARO 399L Elder’s Houlio 4H x Elder’s Dalyce Rayel 80C BW 92, Sept 15 WW 870, Jan 6 wt 1420 Full brother to Elder’s Kingpin 2114K, who was purchased by MC Quantock Livestock Corp. in last year’s sale. Also a full brother to two very impressive and high selling females for Prairie Cove Charolais & Cay’s Cattle operations Top 10% WW, Top 2% YW, Top 10% M

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Coffee is on. Feel free to stop in and view the bulls. Charolais Connection • February 2024

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DE LA CHAROLAIS ASSOCIATION CANADIENNE

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

Indice de sélection – Le contexte Charolais Sean Magrath

Beaucoup de sélectionneurs et d’utilisateurs de la génétique Charolais sont familiers avec les ÉPD ou les Écarts Prévus chez la Descendance. L’Association canadienne Charolais publie actuellement des ÉPD pour douze caractères différents, allant de la facilité de vêlage, de la croissance, aux caractéristiques maternelles et de la carcasse. Ces ÉPD sont produits à l’aide de méthodes scientifiques de pointe et comprennent des données des associations américaines et canadiennes, et ils sont mis à jour neuf fois par année. Cela garantit que les ÉPD sont calculés en utilisant les informations les plus récentes possibles, y compris celles sur le pedigree, les données de performance et la génomique. Les ÉPD fournissent une description détaillée de la position d’un animal dans la population nord-américaine de race Charolais pour chaque caractère individuel. Mais lorsque nous choisissons un nouveau taureau reproducteur pour le troupeau, il est important de considérer plus qu’une seule facette de la composition génétique de l’animal. Les outils que sont les ÉPD disponibles peuvent nous aider dans ce processus, mais cela demeure difficile d’évaluer les compromis potentiels. Par exemple, est-ce qu’une facilité de vêlage supplémentaire de 1 % produit un rendement supérieur à 4 ou 5 livres supplémentaires de poids au sevrage ? Un pourcentage plus élevé de carcasses “Choice” est-il compensé par un poids de carcasse plus faible ? Pour chaque scénario et chaque taureau potentiel, il existe de nombreux compromis, et qui sont parfois moins évidents. C’est là qu’un “indice de sélection” fournit une valeur réelle. Un indice de sélection est

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PROVINCIAUX REPRÉSENTANTS:

PERSONNEL:

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

EXÉCUTIF:

PRÉSIDENT: SHAWN AIREY Box 639, Rivers, MB R0K 1X0 204.328.7704 C 204.724.8823 htacharolais@hotmail.com 1st VICE-PRÉSIDENT: RYAN NESBITT

17100 Cedardale Rd, Nestleton, ON L0B 1L0 905.242.2046

ryan@cedardalefarms.ca

2ndVICE-PRÉSIDENT: JOSH TAYLOR 1717 County Rd 36, Dunsford, ON K0M 1L0 705.793.2576 C 705.760.5054 joshua.r.taylor@hotmail.com ANCIEN PRÉSIDENT: KASEY PHILLIPS Box 420, Waskatenau, AB T0A 3P0 780.358.2360 C 780.656.6400

kphillips@mcsnet.ca

ADMINISTRATION:

une valeur unique qui intègre de tels compromis et permet une sélection plus facile pour maximiser les gains génétiques. Un indice de sélection applique les calculs mathématiques à la série d’ÉPD disponibles pour tenir compte de ces compromis de production et de marché et produire une valeur de sélection unique pour un « scénario donné de production ». Ces calculs comprennent l’évaluation de la valeur de chaque livre supplémentaire de croissance ou de poids de la carcasse, de chaque pourcentage supplémentaire de facilité de vêlage, de chaque pourcentage supplémentaire de carcasses classées “Choice”, etc. Ils incluent également une évaluation de ce que chaque unité de production supplémentaire coûte. Chaque caractère possède un « point de bascule » où le coût d’ajout d’une unité supplémentaire dépasse le coût d’ajout de cette même unité. En économie, cela s’appelle la loi des rendements décroissants. L’équilibrage des caractères considérés permet d’effectuer les progrès les plus globaux dans un système de production donné, et cela compte tenu des compromis entre ces caractères. Ce qui est important, c’est de profiter de la valeur relative du prix et de l’économie de la situation. Alors que les prix changent continuellement, les relations de prix entre les caractères sont un peu plus constantes. Cela signifie qu’un indice de sélection est robuste malgré les changements du marché. En d’autres termes, lorsque les bovins sont classés en utilisant un indice de sélection bien conçu, même si les conditions du marché changent, il est peu probable que les classements changent de manière significative. Ceci est important car cela signifie que des progrès génétiques globaux ..continued on page 26

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DES POINTS À RÉFLÉCHIR

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Helge By

Bienvenue dans le premier numéro de la Charolais Connection de 2024. Le marché des veaux d’automne a établi un record, les veaux Charcross étant les meilleurs récupérateurs, alors félicitations à tous ceux qui utilisent des taureaux Charolais. Le marché à la fin de l’année a connu quelques turbulences alors que les emballeurs, les engraisseurs et les détaillants se sont battus et que certains producteurs vendant leurs veaux ont parfois trouvé un marché un peu en retrait. Au début janvier, au moment où j’écris ces lignes, le marché semble s’être stabilisé et nous devrions voir des prix du bétail soutenus dans un avenir prévisible. Certains détaillants proposent à nouveau des promotions sur le bœuf, ce qui est toujours une bonne chose. Le bœuf disparaît dans les magasins à des valeurs plus élevées et nous espérons que chaque anneau pourra rester rentable sans nuire aux autres anneaux

de la chaine. Candace et moi avons eu la chance d’être invités à Louisville, au Kentucky, en novembre par l’Association américaine internationale Charolais et le Département de l’agriculture des États-Unis pour une tournée de l’état et de l’exposition nationale Charolais des États-Unis, ainsi que pour des réunions du comité national et du conseil d’administration. Si vous ne recevez pas le magazine Charolais Banner, vous pouvez lire un article sur le voyage en ligne sur charolaisbanner.com dans le numéro de février. Une chose que nous avons trouvée intéressante est le plan américain visant à garantir que vos terres restent agricoles. Vous pouvez inscrire des terres dans une fiducie agricole afin qu’elles ne puissent pas être développées ou mises hors production. C’est un concept intéressant et, étant donné la façon dont le béton et l’asphalte continuent d’engloutir les terres agricoles productives, cela pourrait être une bonne idée.

Maintenant, je pars faire encore plus de photos, de vidéos et de tournées d’enclos à taureaux pour les ventes du printemps. Alors que nous entamons les ventes de taureaux, si Robbie Chomik ou moi pouvons vous aider, n’hésitez pas à nous appeler. Nous sommes toujours heureux de vous aider de toutes les manières possibles. Et encore, tous nos magazines Charolais Banner et Charolais Connection des dernières années sont en ligne gratuitement sur charolaisbanner.com. Si vous souhaitez revenir sur les articles des numéros précédents, c’est ici que vous les trouverez. Sur notre site web, vous trouverez également une liste complète de toutes les ventes de taureaux Charolais à travers le Canada ainsi que la plupart des catalogues et vidéos des ventes de taureaux Charolais. Nous essayons également de garder les nouvelles des ventes très actuelles sur notre page d’accueil, alors n’hésitez pas à y jeter un œil. À la prochaine fois, Helge

DE LA CHAROLAIS ASSOCIATION CANADIENNE, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 24 peuvent être réalisés malgré les incertitudes du marché. Voici quelques principes clés qui sous-tendent tout indice de sélection : 1. Un indice de sélection combine les ÉPD basés sur la valeur économique relative des caractères en une seule valeur facile à utiliser. 2. Les indices de sélection décrivent la génétique dans le contexte d’un scénario de production spécifique. Ce scénario devrait être à peu près comme celui de votre propre situation pour faire le plus de progrès génétique possible. Si plus d’un indice est disponible, choisissez celui qui

correspond le mieux à votre ferme/ ranch. 3. Un indice de sélection bien construit est robuste. Les conditions du marché peuvent changer considérablement, mais l’accent relatif mis sur les caractères de l’indice restera relativement inchangé. Cela signifie que l’utilisation de l’indice de sélection entraînera toujours un progrès génétique globalement positif.

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L’ACC étudie actuellement notre indice terminal pour les taureaux, qui évalue la rentabilité relative des taureaux Charolais utilisés en

situation terminale sur des vaches commerciales où la propriété des veaux est conservée, et où les veaux sont tous engraissés et vendus selon une grille de prix, par l’intermédiaire d’un système de commercialisation spécifique. Ce travail consiste notamment à s’assurer que les données économiques sont mises à jour pour refléter les réalités actuelles du marché et notre nouvelle évaluation génétique. Au fur et à mesure que ce travail progresse, consultez les plus récentes informations disponibles sur l’indice de taureau terminal de l’ACC.

We value the confidence that producers, feedlots, and packers have placed in our program, and look forward to contributing more profitability and efficiency to the industry in the coming years.

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PROFILE – DOUGLAS LAKE RANCH

A PLACE FOR CHAROLAIS IN THE ECONOMICS OF SCALE Candace By

The long history of the Douglas Lake Ranch includes a history of families that have worked there in many capacitites. The cow boss, Steve Brewer, is no exception. His uncle Stan Murphy worked there for 45 years. He managed the south end for years and years and in 1980 he became the quarter horse manager.

Charolais Connection • February 2024

Steve Brewer and his granddaughter

Steve’s father died when he was six years old, but he spent most weekends out at the ranch with his uncle. Steve’s wife, Lori, was raised at the Quilchena property as her dad was manager there before he moved to the Gang Ranch. She currently does the payroll for the ranch, but has worked in various capacities over 20 years. Stanley Kroenke is the owner. His property holdings are extensive and it is very clear that the ranch has to be profitable. Steve became Cow Boss when Stan Jacobs retired and has studied the economics of the ranch extensively. Douglas Lake Cattle Co., with all the properties included, consists of 1.89 million total acres and around 299,000 acres deeded. This includes the Gang Ranch, Alkali Lake Ranch, Circle S Ranch, Quilchena Ranch and the Riske Creek Ranch.

Lori Brewer with their daughters, sons-in-law and grandchildren

They run around 13,000 cows with a bull ratio of 5.5 bulls/100 cows, or 11 bulls for every 200 cows. Riske Creek and the Alkali Lake Ranch, which includes the Circle S Ranch, are being changed to totally black cowherds. There are currently still some Hereford or Red Angus crossed cows in the herd, but they will eventually be eliminated as they get too old. The Gang Ranch was all black Angus with some Hereford influence when it was purchased, but the dozen Hereford bulls were replaced this year to make the cowherd entirely black in the future. The Gang Ranch bull battery is made up of half black Angus bulls and half Charolais bulls.

Some photos courtesy of Douglas Lake Ranch 32

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OFFERING 60 Y E A R L I N G S , 10 T W O Y E A R O L D S

13th Annual

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SUNDAY, FEB 25, 2024

1:30 PM, G L E N E V I S , A B PROK 68L

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Diamondback x Widowmaker

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PROK 101K

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LT Badge x Casino

Great White x Exotic

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PROK 60L

Jamieson x Willie Nelson

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PROK 46L

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PROK 10L

PROK 42L

HEIFER BULL Legendary x Ronaldo

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The Douglas Lake welcome is impressive

The Alkali Lake and Riske Creek herds will be designated maternal and will supply replacements for the Gang Ranch herd. Each ranch is a separate division and it allows them to track what the cattle are doing more accurately. Bulls that are designated for one property, will continue to return to the same property each breeding season. They use Canadian Angus genetics.

“It is important that we buy a consistent The main type of bull because we really can’t track cowherd at the what calves are from each bull. It gives us a consistent product to market. We take the Gang Ranch good Canadian Angus genetics and breed them Charolais and it works pretty slick,” will be designated explains Steve. to be bred Charolais.

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“We wean all our Charcross calves first everywhere. We used to precondition them. It takes us about a month to get everything gathered, get them in the feedlot, give them their shots, get them on feed, sort them and list them on DLMS, sell them and move them out. Then we would start weaning Herefords,” Steve continues. “We background the Herefords through the winter. We sell a certain percentage of the heavy ones in late fall, some in the spring and the rest go on grass for the summer. They calve 2500 heifers in 2023 between all the properties. They always calve them a month ahead of the cows, starting the first of March. “By keeping a straight black cowherd, I will get more silver calves. It was about 40% silver, 60% buckskin, but it is creeping closer to 50-50 now. It will take 10-15 years to completely get rid of the red, as we age out the Hereford bulls we have left. We use all our bulls until they are seven years old and then they are gone. That is why I only buy yearling Angus and Charolais bulls, it gives

me an extra year with them. I also think they transition better to the land and environment here. They are a lot easier to handle as yearlings than they are as two-year olds. Lots of them have never seen a horse, so it takes some time for them to adjust.” “Charolais bulls are selected for performance and longevity. I don’t really want really huge bulls squishing my cows, so buying yearlings works. They will only grow to the need of their environment, so bulls don’t get as big when they come here. I am a big stickler on lots of length and hate droppy backed cattle. I want them square.” “In the Charolais, I am not particular on the birth weight. I will go up to 110 lb birth weight but I like them around 100. I don’t want an 80 lb birth weight Charolais bull, they are just too small. I only use Angus bulls on the heifers until they are four years old. After that, the bulls are moved to the cowherd. I stick with 80 lb birthweights for the Angus bulls.” They winter the yearling bulls separate from the older bulls to give them a chance to grow properly, but they

By keeping a straight black cowherd, I will get more silver calves.

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ROSS LAKE CHAROLAIS OPEN HOUSE & PRIVATE TREATY BULL SALE

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH, 2024, AT THE FARM, STETTLER, AB

2 pm Open House with snacks and refreshments, with bulls penned for viewing 4 pm Bulls go up for sale

30 TWO-YEAR OLD AND YEARLING BULLS FULL FRENCH & FRENCH INFLUENCED POLLED & HORNED

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get mixed in the breeding pastures. The yearlings get pulled a little earlier than the main bull battery that start to be fed just before Christmas. The heifer bulls get pulled after 45 days, but the bulls in the mature cowherd come home with the cows at weaning. “Sometimes we are still bringing cows home in January. Due to the removal of natural barriers through logging and logging roads, the cows can go to higher ground and cross to the other side. 95 percent of the cows come home on their own when it snows. If we have a really nice October, the boys have to work a bit to get the cows home.” The three ranches up north (Riske, Alkali and Gang) are separated by two major rivers and the cows can’t cross. But raising replacements on Riske and Alkali for the Gang ranch isn’t a problem because the environment is the same. Changing herds when they are young enough, helps as they adapt and follow the older cows. “We are feeding better and growing better feed. This is the first year we grew corn at the Gang and at Alkali and all calves are tracked using Fusion software. Fusion software is also used chute-side, so everything weaned is weighed and scanned using RFID tags. The data collected has been huge in making the decision to switch to only Angus and Charolais bulls. It showed us where

we were getting the most pounds weaned.” “There were other factors in the decision that included the retention of the females. By improving our feed, we have improved the conception of our heifers immensely. It also gave us 750-900 lb heifers to breed. The improved frame size took care of a bunch of calving problems. We improved things a lot and the Herefords were starting to perform, but we were at least 30 cents behind what a Charcross calf would bring at sale time, with more input costs.” “All heifers are bred black Angus. So years ago, the Hereford heifers’ calves were used in the crossbred herd. As our conception climbs and calving problems decrease, we hope to cut back to only breeding 1200 heifers in total. Whereas, we are currently breeding 1600-1700 heifers just on the Douglas Lake propoerty. It will also eliminate some bull number requirements. It should also enable us to be more selective on the heifers we retain to breed. We will peal off the really small and the really large ones and keep the cream of the crop, solid heifers from the middle of the pack.” Marketing the unretained heifers varies from year to year. In 2023, feed prices were high and cattle prices were also high, so we did not precondition any calves. We sold them right off the cow. We worked the numbers and there

In the Charolais, I am not particular on the birth weight. I will go up to 110 lb birth weight but I like them around 100.

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1st Annual Bull Sale

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just wasn’t any money in it. The only way it worked for us was in sheer numbers. All the Douglas Lake calves went to Kamloops market this year and the north cattle went to Williams Lake.” “The Charcross calves go straight to town. The Hereford weans get a bit of preconditioning because they have to be sorted before they can go. Also, because their numbers are so high, they can’t ship that many in a day. To benefit from preconditioning, I think you have to keep them for a few months. You aren’t going to gain any weight in the short-term. Then we talked to the feedlots and they revaccinate them upon entry anyway, even though they come guaranteed. It is a huge expense in product and labour and we don’t get paid for it.”

“We have the data to show that we will get the same performance out of an Angus Charolais cross as we will out of a three-way cross. We should be breeding 3500 with a terminal cross and 2500 on a maternal cross to keep our cow numbers, but it is not. We are currently breeding 3500 maternally and 2500 terminally. We want to change that over time with a twoway cross.” “We have been talking to tag companies about matching cow and calves up electronically, as it would be a huge asset to us. There currently isn’t an electronic way to do it. All our calves are tagged at branding time. We do pair cows and calves up quite a few times to move them throughout the season. Often they are paired through

We have the data to show that we will get the same performance out of an Angus Charolais cross as we will out of a three-way cross.

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In 1997, Douglas Lake Ranch received the BC Cattlemen’s Association Environmental Stewardship Award

Douglas Lake Boardroom featuring a board table made with lumber from the original barn

They are a Verified Beef operation

a gate. If we could have a reader that would pair them electronically as they were sorted, it would really help us. Now, if we have a scrawny calf in the fall, we don’t know which cow produced it.” “We have been messing around with satellite tags a bit. We can get on the computer and see where a bull is at any given time. The problem with them is the cost and their retention or longevity. We have a lot of ticks here and the cows have adapted to it by reaching up with their hind foot to scratch behind their ear and scratch out tags. We lose a lot.” “If we could implant a satellite tag for a reasonable price, it would save us a lot of time in the fall. We spend a lot of time just looking for cows. Once it snows, we fly a lot trying to spot cattle. Drones don’t really work because of the mountains.” “I like bull producers that stick to one thing. If they sell crossbred bulls, I won’t be there. I like to know exactly what I’m getting.”

“There really isn’t any price difference between the buckskin calves and the silvers. I just really like the silvers. I used to work in a feedlot in Alberta and they would sort the rattailed calves out in a separate pen. I was amazed that they were always the first calves finished and sold.” “Our Hereford steers averaged 550, the Angus steers averaged 560 and the Charolais steers averaged 600. So the pounds weaned is significant. The silver calves will also bring 10-15 cents more than the black calves.” Most of the calves head to Alberta feedlots. They start shipping in September and continue for a few months, so their risk is spread over the highs and lows of the market. Many may go to the U.S. in the coming years. “The new manager, Phil Braig, is really great. He is very smart and always willing to try new things. He was all for trying the bunk feeding to see if it made a difference. I have worked for the ranch for 25 years. Not consecutively, as I did go out and do other things. When I came back I realized that the timing of the

Douglas Lake General Manager, Phil Braig (centre) accepts the Beef Improvement Federation Commercial Producer of the Year Award at the 2023 BIF Conference in Calgary

Steve Brewer in his office

The silver calves will also bring 10-15 cents more than the black calves.

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LOUBER FARM 48

20TH ANNUAL BULL SALE V SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 2024 1:00 PM EST V AT THE FARM V Ste-Marie de Beauce, QC

OFFERING: Yearling Charolais & Red & Black Angus

LOUB 1551K MR LOUBER PROOF X CAPTAIN MORGAN

LOUB 1540K MVY GLADIATOR X HEISMAN

LOUB 1632L MR LOUBER JAKE X KAYR VELOCITY

We will organize trucking to central points in Canada for minimum cost and maximum of $300

LOUB 1583K MVY GLADIATOR X REMINGTON

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Douglas Lake Cowboys

work hasn’t changed over the years. When we brand, we brand for six to eight weeks. We calve at the same time. Management of the herd has changed in some ways, but the environment dictates the timing of many things.” “We try to do everything in-house.” They have 3 cattle liners, trucks to haul supplements, etc. Fertilizer costs have become so high, they screen a lot of manure from the feedlot to spread. It has to be screened to eliminate the rocks. “When I was a kid, the ranch had a big dairy barn, 3000 chickens, some for meat and some for eggs, and a huge garden to supply the workers with produce. All of that is gone now and everything is focused on supporting the cattle operation and some tourism.” They employ a lot of farm workers from Mexico. Their work force used to be predominantly native because of their proximity to reserves. Then they started to have trouble finding workers that were knowledgable in irrigation and some of the specialized work. The Mexicans

have really filled the void. They also have a full-time fencing crew consisting of two natives and two Mexicans. All the single cowboys eat in the cookhouse. The cooks have living quarters and they work seven days on and seven days off. The married cowboys go home for the winter, but all the single cowboys move to the home ranch and will move back to their respective ends in April. The married cowboys get a beef each year and the family can get all the vegetables they want from the store. It doesn’t matter which ranch cattle are on, they all follow exactly the same protocol. They carry the same brand, have the same vaccinations, etc. “We still ear notch. It is a really great visual identification, especially in the winter when they are haired up and you can’t see the brand.” The herd is on the Zoetis Bovishield-Gold 5-way program, they get dewormed once per year. Bulls the same. The steers get Ralgro, the heifers that are terminal also get Ralgro at branding time. No replacement cattle receive

The Douglas Lake Ranch Cookhouse

The Douglas Lake office

There really isn’t any price difference between the buckskin calves and the silvers.

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Shane & Lexi Cadieux Shaunavon, SK Crawford Guarantee 9137 x Dolittle 707 Rito 369’13 Shane 306-297-7781 Shane cell & Lexi Cadieux Shane & Lexi Cadieux Shaunavon, SK Shaunavon, SK Lexi cellcell 306-294-8877 Shane 306-297-7781 Shane cell 306-297-7781 Lexi cell 306-294-8877 Lexi cell 306-294-8877 Cole Cole cell cell 306-294-8334 306-294-8334 Cole cell 306-294-8334 scadieux@sasktel.net scadieux@sasktel.net scadieux@sasktel.net

Chris Poley: 306-220-5006 Crawford Guarantee 9137 x TSN Order of Duty 73C Chris Poley: Shane Michelson: Chris Poley: 306-220-5006 306-220-5006 Shane Michelson: 403-363-9973 Shane Michelson: 403-363-9973 403-363-9973 Ben Ben Wright: Wright: Ben Wright: 519-374-3335 519-374-3335 Charolais Connection • February 519-374-3335 2024 47

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The Douglas Lake Ranch Store

Steve explains how the store is utilized by workers and tourists

Even the food in the store is displayed amidst the history of the ranch

The store sells working clothes and souvenir items

The store even carries a Douglas Lake brand buckle

Even this hat with a price tag is displayed with the nostalgia of the ranch.

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Their calving pasture at Chapperon Lake

Island feedlot

Ralgro. The heifers also get some kind of tick control in the spring. “If we have a cooler spring, we give the cowherd some tick protection too, as ticks stay active until it gets hot. We also use a scour guard on the bred heifers in the fall. We are on the Verified Beef program now. Other than the calves in the feedlot, we really don’t doctor any cows.” They feed calves for varying lengths or time between October and the 10th of May. The cowherd doesn’t go on feed until the middle of December to the first to the tenth of March, when they are put on grass for calving. The island feedlot holds around 7000 calves. So it is necessary to sell some calves at weaning. It was built in 1999 to accommodate the cattle they were buying to background and grass. They were grassing 3,000 head. “We had a fulltime cattle buyer that just went buying

for us and we would send our truck to haul them back. Then everybody jumped on that bandwagon and it wasn’t economical anymore.” “I prefer the smaller feedlot pens with 100-150 head, as opposed to the 200-250 head pens. We rope doctor everything, so it is way easier to manage in smaller pens.” The cows are fed mostly silage, which has 10% hay in the ration. “We try not to feed anything on the ground as the cows punch so much in and waste it. We have put in a lot of feed bunks for the cows.” By cutting back on calving problems, they can also cut back on labour costs. At one of their ranches they don’t even run a night shift during heifer calving, as the problems are so minimal. With their problems minimized in their heifer calving, they should be able to cut down

Chapperon Lake is part of the Douglas Lake property

Island feedlot

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NISH TRIUMPH 13L

NISH RANGER 115L

NISH STANLEY 37L

KAYR DEPUTY 428F X NISH ZEAL 45D 3RD GEN POLLED :: 85 LB BW CE: 8.8 | BW: 0.3 | WW: 57 | YW: 105 | MILK: 20

HTA BILLY THE KID 974G X KAYR CITATION 123D 4TH GEN POLLED :: 87 LB BW CE: 7.8 | BW: 0.1 | WW: 61 | YW: 106 | MILK: 23

B3R HONCHO F006 X NISH BOGIE 175J POLLED :: 93 LB BW CE: 8.1 | BW: -0.1 | WW: 62 | YW: 118 | MILK: 24

NISH TROOPER 124L

NISH BLACK 84L

HTA BILLY THE KID 974G X GERRARD REVIVE 14A 4TH GEN POLLED :: 90 LB BW CE: 6.4 | BW: 0.2 | WW: 54 | YW: 104 | MILK: 23

TRI-N VAN HALEN 48H X NISH MAJOR REVIVE 64C 4TH GEN POLLED :: 88 LB BW CE: 7.3 | BW: -0.1 | WW: 60 | YW: 108 | MILK: 17

NISH ROYAL 127L HTA BILLY THE KID 974G X WRANGLER RANCH HAND 66B

3RD GEN POLLED :: 101 LB BW CE: 0.6 | BW: 3.1 | WW: 58 | YW: 113 | MILK: 23

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b a l i a v a g e biddin

Kyle & Kiersta Nish h: 403-653-2021 c: 403-448-0480 kylenish@gmail.com

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SALE MANAGED BY Wright Livestock Marketing Jon Wright: 306-807-8424 Zane Andersen: 306-640-5044 wrightlivestockmarketing@gmail.com

The home ranch displays this tribute to “Chunky” Woodward, who played a big part in making Douglas Lake famous.

Peppy San Hall of Fame

Douglas Lake horses exhibit a freeze brand including their birth year

World’s Champion Cutting Horse Trophy Saddle for Peppy San

Heifer calving barn

Overview of the horse barn

Royal Santana Hall of Fame

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TURNBULL’S LETHAL 973L

Cedarlea Yellowstone 184H X CTP Mr Arrow 156A CE 3.9 BW 0.5 WW 71 YW 141 M 27 | Homo Polled, Act BW 96 lb, WW 906 lb

TURNBULL’S LINDEN 136L

Keys Dude 223J X HVA Fortune 5F CE 10.3 BW -0.8 WW 56 YW 114 M 21

Outcross Heifer Bull, Act BW 71 lb, WW 764 lb

TURNBULL’S LEGAL 4L

Cedarlea Yellowstone 184H x LT Ledger 0332 P CE 3.8 BW 0.9 WW 76 YW 142 M 25

Homo Polled, Act BW 100 lb, WW 978 lb

TURNBULL’S LEGO 813L

RGP Gold Coast 700H X Pleasant DawnTracker 15A CE 8.6 BW -0.8 WW 70 YW 130 M 31

Homo Polled, Act BW 81 lb, WW 854 lb

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TURNBULL’S LADIES MAN 1358L

Pleasant Dawn MVP 316Y X Pleasant Dawn Maximum 138X CE 8.5 BW -2.8 WW 74 YW 148 M 26

Full Sib to TURNBULLS DUTY-FREE 358D Act BW 95 lb, WW 978 lb

TURNBULL’S LUCAS 260L

HC Jagermeister 160J X Elder’s Hernandez 17E CE 11.1 BW -2.0 WW 61 YW 106 M 34

Homo Polled, Act BW 81 lb, WW 820 lb

on the number of cowboys supervising them. Economically, it makes more sense. “There is also the fact that as soon as you have to assist one, you run the risk of them not mothering properly. Their herd is not used to humans on foot, only on horseback, so the minimum human involvement the better. We have tried to quiet them down by having someone walk through the pens in the winter and it may have helped some. We move the cattle a lot and if they are too quiet, they really don’t co-operate, so we don’t want that either.” “During summer turnout, we move cattle in the mornings only. We start with a 2:30 or 3 a.m. breakfast. We are gathering cattle at the crack of light, so 4 a.m. and we are done by 11 a.m. We go home for a meal and sack out for the afternoon.” “Both our daughters have good work ethics and married cowboys. Too many of these people watch Yellowstone and think they can come and work here. They have no experience.” Steve gathers the cowboys once a year and they do their colt picks, as the ranch raises their own quarter horses. The picks are made based on seniority of the cowboys. Each cowboy has about ten horses in his string and they are responsible for the health and development of them. They train them very methodically. After giving the two-year olds a bit of work experience, Steve takes them back to the ranch and keeps them with the yearlings and weanlings to be sure they are given the best opportunity to grow

and mature. Some fillies are not eligible to participate in the pick as they have been designated to be brood mares. They will be ridden a bit and developed to be sure they are of reproduction quality, but their breeding is superior. In September, the cowboys will ride their three-year olds when they start to gather the crossbred cows. They are shorter, easier days to train them without working them too hard. It will give them around a half dozen rides. They use all the four-year olds for turnout and see their efforts in training have paid off. Mature horses are used for branding. If a cowboy leaves the ranch, the horses stay, as the ownership remains with the ranch. They never used to allow cowboys to bring their own horses, but as labour got harder to find, they had to bend the rule. Incoming horses have to be vaccinated and healthy. When you introduce a strange horse, they get picked on a bit, so it can cause problems. All the Douglas Lake horses are branded. The cowboys jingle at night or in the morning for the following day’s work. Outside horses don’t jingle well. Jingle is a term used for gathering the horses in a pen to select which one you are going to use. “We do everything from a horse so they are our whole world. We treat them very well.” Safety is such a big thing. The foremans have to attend safety meetings and everything is documented. If someone happens to get hurt, the paperwork that follows is extensive. In 1959, “Chunky” Woodward purchased the Douglas

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Lake Ranch and was really into cutting horses. The most famous, Peppy San, was the World Champion Cutting Horse in 1967. A son of his bred and foaled at the Douglas Lake Ranch, Royal Santana, was a two-time National Champion. Both are in the AQHA Hall of Fame. “We kind of lost a bit of our strong cutting horse bloodlines and are working hard to bring them back. Mattlock Rose road Peppy San, the 1966 World Champion Cutting Horse, that came from Douglas Lake Ranch and is buried and has a headstone on the big hill. We bred 38 mares this year with five different studs. All our breed mares and stallions are registered quarter horses.” There are 391 horses on the total combined ranches. The brood mares are ultrasound pregnancy tested in August. Anything that is open goes back to the cowboys to be ridden in the fall during roundup. The yearlings are all broke in the indoor arena in January. It was built for cutting horse competitions. Tourism is a part of the ranch and the offering has changed over the years. Now they try different things, like the Quilchena hotel is not open as a hotel-restaurant anymore. They just rent out the whole venue and it is usually booked every weekend for weddings. It has really

cut back on the amount of staff required. Same with Stoney Lake Lodge. Salmon Lake Lodge still has camping. Some of the lakes have yurts which go over well. Douglas Lake has a lot of stored water. In a drought year, it is very important. When other properties have irrigation restrictions put in place, they do not and can continue to irrigate. They don’t abuse it as they don’t want to risk putting the fish in danger. All their properties have stored water. Every year they try to put up a new pivot to improve on feed supply. The ranch has to support itself. They also log portions every year. It used to be done in-house, but now they work with a forestry consulting company and they look after it. We don’t clearcut anything. They select log it and go back and sow grass. The logging has increased the grass production by ten times. It opened up the canopy and left the young timber to grow and there are no fires because the brush and dead timber has been removed. “With the very small profit margin, we have to watch all our inputs. In 2022, the cattle prices were pretty good, but the fertilizer costs had increased so much that it didn’t make much of a difference. We may do things on a horse, but we still watch the research and try to improve every aspect of the operation to increase efficiency.”

We may do things on a horse, but we still watch the research and try to improve every aspect of the operation to increase efficiency.”

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You’re Invited to our Annual

Open House & Private Treaty Bull Sale Saturday, March 9th at the Farm near Estevan, SK 2024 bull offering in its entirety opens for purchase at 11:00 AM.

Thank you to our 2023 bull buyers for your support CJS Farms (4) Doug Cooney (2) Jason Durr Hoium Bros. Jarred Scholar

Kurtis & Kristy Phillips & Family PO Box 357 Estevan, SK S4A 2A4 T: 306.636.2213 C: 306.421.6416

VIEW CATALOGUE ONLINE AT

WWW.BUYAGRO.COM

MERIDIAN AGRICULTURE CO. LTD. 02115 RR 21 Acadia Valley, AB T0J 0A0

Jerry: 403.972.2490 ext. 134 jerryentz40@gmail.com

SALE MANAGED BY:

306.933.4200 info@tbarc.com Chris: 306.220.5006 Shane: 403.363.9973 Ben: 519.374.3335

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WATCH & BID ONLINE

PINE BLUFF CHAROLAIS & FERN CREEK SIMMENTALS DLMS Timed Online Sale Closes March 6, 7 PM

A Sample of the Quality Offering of Charolais & Simmental Bulls

RPH 16L

HOMO POLLED

RPH 49L

POLLED

HOMO POLLED

RPH 26L

WIA Backwater Jack 060 P x Pleasant Dawn Bud 276C In the Pen of 3 at the Lloydminster Pen Show CE 6.6 BW 1.1 WW 72 YW 132 M 24 TM 60 BW 105, 205 DW 808, 365 DW 1488

RPH 48L

PCC Brewitt 929G x WR Wrangler W601 In the Pen of 3 at the Lloydminster Pen Show CE 2.1 BW 2.7 WW 70 YW 123 M 29 TM 64 BW 111, 205 DW 792, 365 DW 1438

CLPS 104L

HVA Gold Coast 636J x WC Big Ben 9036 3 generations of calving ease on the dams side CE 10 BW -2.5 WW 58 YW 111 M 19 TM 48 BW 95, 205 DW 734, 365 DW 1441

PCC Brewitt 929G x Gerrard Montezuma 6T One of two in our Pen of two at Lloyd Pen Show CE 3.3 BW .8 WW 57 YW 103 M 26 TM 54 BW 95, 205 DW 716, 365 DW 1289

Res. Champion Pen of 3 at the Lloydminster Pen Show

HOMO POLLED

TRI-R Hardball 33H x Hart State of War 056C Moderate birthweight CE 8.4 BW 3.8 WW 87.8 YW 134 M 28.1 TM 72 BW 95, 205 DW 679, 365 DW 1313

You are welcome to stop and view the bulls anytime prior to the sale close. Pictures and Videos online at www.bylivestock.com Delivery Available

Sale Manager:

Helge By 306-536-4261 www.bylivestock.com

Raymond and Betty Paschke 306-276-5976 • C 306-812-9002 Corey Paschke 306-812-9288 Love, Saskatchewan Charolais Connection • February 2024

HORSESHOE E CHAROLAIS 26thAnnual Bull Sale SATURDAY, MARCH 9TH, 2024 At the Farm, Kenaston, SK Selling

Bulls

LAE LOCK STOCK & BARREL 357L

POLLED

Game Day x Legend • BW 99 lbs

Yearlings

LAE LIVINGSTON 329L

POLLED

Game Day x Top Shelf • BW 103 lbs

Two-Yr Olds Some Red Factor

LAE LUCKENBACH 314L

POLLED

LAE JOHN 316L

Tower x Aggregate • BW 104 lbs

POLLED

Bono x Maverick • BW 95 lbs

• Delivery Available • Free Board until May 1 • All Bulls Semen Tested Prior to Sale

Layne & Paula Evans & family Kenaston, SK 306-252-2246 L: 306-561-7147 P: 306-561-7126

Videos & Bidding Available On

www.horseshoeecharolais.com “Like” Horseshoe E Charolais for more info

LAE LUCCHESE 315L

POLLED

LAE LUCKY STRIKE 313L

POLLED

Authority x Outlaw • BW 75 lbs

Firestone x Architect • BW 81 lbs

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LAE LOTTO 353L

POLLED

Jackpot x High Voltage • BW 103 lbs

BLACKBERN & WHITEWATER

13TH ANNUAL CHAROLAIS BULL SALE Saturday, March 9, 2024

Offering 22 YEARLINGS

6 LONG YEARLINGS

1:30 PM, Renfrew Pontiac Livestock, Cobden, ON

Offering Bulls Sired By:

SCX Triumph 50B

Silverstream Padra P7

Turnbull’s Equipped 216E

C2 Galeleo 3G

Brothers to these bulls that sold last year will be selling

KBF 45K

TMB 4K

KAB 22K

View catalogue & videos online at charolaisbanner.com in early February

Keith, Karen & Tyson Black H 613-646-2673 C 613-570-8464 Forester’s Falls, ON • blackbern@hotmail.com Blackbern Farm

Auctioneers: Stewart James 613-445-3269 Stewart James Jr. 613-222-2815 (bilingual)

Sale broadcast by

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KAB 8K

WhiteWater Livestock

Kurtis & Chelsea Black C 613-585-3873 • Haley Station, ON whitewaterlivestock@gmail.com WhiteWater Livestock • @kurtisblack_1

CSS CHAROLAIS BULL PEN

available by private treaty • featuring sons of these herdbulls

jwx guinness 787g

Homo Polled • Top 5% WW & 1% YW 88 lb BW, 900 lb WW, 1598 lb YW High Selling Bull in the 2020 Wilgenbusch Bull Sale Cedarlea Epic 14E x JWX Downtown 7C

CSS

turnbull’s hot commodity 558h

Homo Polled • – BW EPD, Top 1% for WW & YW 104 lb BW, 883 lb WW Rank 2/67, 1590 lb YW Rank 1/59 2nd High Seller in the 2021 Turnbull Bull Sale Cedarlea Shoeless Joe 83C x Pleasant Dawn MVP 316Y

Give us a call or stop by to see the bulls. We are sure you will be impressed.

Cam & Betty Ann Stewart • Paynton, Saskatchewan • 306.895.4316

3RD ANNUAL CHAROLAIS BULL & FEMALE SALE DLMS Farmgate timed auction March 9, 2024

Yearlings and Two Year Old Bulls

The Bratrud Family

Bawlf, AB Ryan Bratrud: 780-679-7206

Open house March 8th

Sale managed by T Bar C Cattle Co

Visitors welcome anytime.

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Velon & Leah Herback 306-567-7033 velonherback@gmail.com W AT C H F O R V I D E O S MID FEBRUARY ON DLMS Charolais Connection • February 2024

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BEEF ADVOCACY

How do Canadians feel about beef? Public perception research results Lynsay Beavers, Stakeholder Engagement Specialist

How do Canadians feel about beef - the product, the industry, its people, and its practices? All of this was revealed in the latest public perception research from Public and Stakeholder Engagement (PSE), a national checkoff funded program jointly delivered by Canada Beef and the Canadian Cattle Association. Survey Specifics The public perception research is conducted every 3 years to determine must-win audiences, key messages that improve sentiment and other vital information for public outreach. With PSE just coming into five years of being a fully funded program, this was the second research conducted. There were 2,300 participants included in the survey who were a representative sample of Canadians by age, gender religion, education, location, etc.

Beef - The Product Canadians love our product. Impressions are extremely favorable for loving the taste (90%), thinking of beef as high-quality food (89%) and saying beef is healthy (84%). In fact, beef is seen as having the highest nutritional value amongst all animal proteins, followed closely by chicken. However, beef is also perceived as having the largest environmental impact of all proteins and is tied for the most expensive with fish/seafood. A large majority of people (86%) say they consume beef at least occasionally. About one quarter of Canadians feel they should eat less beef and state cost and environmental concerns the main reasons. The majority (64%) of Canadians say they should eat about as much beef as they do now and 13% say they should be eating more beef. Impressively, 28% of Gen Z respondents (born between 1997 and 2013) indicate they would like to eat more meat overall. When asked

about eliminating animal-based protein completely, a strong majority of Canadians (83%) say it would be difficult, including Gen Z. Beef – The Industry Canadians feel most positive about the industry’s ability to produce highquality food (73% good or excellent) and contribute positively to the economy (68%). Canadians are less sure about the industry’s practices with just over half believing the industry humanely treats animals (52%) and makes sincere efforts to limit environmental impact (52%). Most Canadians say the industry is headed in the right direction, and while about one third say they’re unsure about the direction of the industry, a lack of positive impressions can mean uncertainty or a lack of knowledge, not negativity. Beef farmers and ranchers are seen positively by 70% of Canadians, and this number has increased by 2% since the survey was done three years ago.

Public and Stakeholder Engagement is a national check-off funded program that works to build public trust in the way beef cattle are raised in Canada.

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Harvie Bounty Hunter 8L SOS Jackpot x Harvie Rose 24F

Harvie Payday 23L SOS Jackpot x BHD Ms Equity B662

Harvie Big Score 29L SOS Jackpot x Harvie Ms Hilda 35F

TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2024 • 1:30PM MT

15th Annual HARVIE RANCHING Bull Sale

AT THE RANCH, OLDS, ALBERTA

SELLING 60 BULLS

Charolais & Polled Herefords High performance and heifer bull options from sires such as Historic, Horizon, Solution, Jabba, Jackpot and Laredo and more!

H A R V I E R A N C H I NG

Cole, Jill, Tinley & Lyla Harvie Olds, Alberta Canada Cole 403-994-1314 • JIll 403-771-3502 charvieranching@gmail.com • harvieranching.com Charolais Connection • February 2024

BEEF ADVOCACY..., CONTINUED FROM PAGE 64 Consumer Interest and Communications Preferences Canadians are very curious about where their food comes from, with 94% wanting to know more (36% say they are really curious - with a majority being urban and young Canadians). However, consumers are not necessarily seeking out this information on their own or know where to do so from sources they trust. So, how do we reach Canadians that are interested in learning more about how beef cattle are raised? Most Canadians get their information about food from grocery stores, documentaries and farmer’s markets but the #1 preferred source of information on where their food comes come is farmers and ranchers themselves. Of everyone involved in the food system, it is farmers and ranchers that are most trusted; a fact that is supported in other national surveys as well. The second most trusted stakeholder is groups

representing farmers, demonstrating trust comes from the ground up. There is a clear market for content on social media from beef producers with a high level of engagement. Canadians like to consume content that is in short-video or photo format. They also prefer content focused on entertainment, daily life, and food, with some variation amongst generations. While only 16% seek out content about where their food comes from on social media, 62% say they would engage with the content if they came across it, highlighting the importance of meeting the consumer where they’re at. The results show that the majority of Canadians love and support Canadian beef and want to know more. Canadians want to hear directly from the source and groups that represent them, highlighting the importance for producers to actively engage in public outreach. It is also why PSE highlights farmers and ranchers in documentaries, social

media content and with influencer outreach to amplify the reach and leverage that trust from Canadians. Further questions? Please contact Amie Peck, Stakeholder Engagement Manager at pecka@cattle.ca Public and Stakeholder Engagement is a national check-off funded program that works to build public trust in the way beef cattle are raised in Canada.

TRANSCON LIVESTOCK CORP FEBRUARY 2024

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26 WEDNESDAY,FEBRUARY 28

MARCH/APRIL 2024 SATURDAY, MARCH 2 MONDAY, MARCH 4 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6 THURSDAY, MARCH 7 SATURDAY, MARCH 9 MONDAY, MARCH 11 THURSDAY, MARCH 14 FRIDAY, MARCH 15 SATURDAY, MARCH 16 SUNDAY, MARCH 17 THURSDAY, MARCH 21 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27 SATURDAY, MARCH 30 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 FRIDAY, APRIL 5 MONDAY, APRIL 8

2024 BULL AND HEIFER SALES:

JNR FARMS BULL & FEMALE SALE RENDEZVOUS FARMS 20TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY MONDAY SIMMENTAL BULL & FEMALE SALE LONE STONE FARMS SIMMENTAL & RED ANGUS BULL SALE TRI K CATTLE BULL & HEIFER SALE (W/ALBRECHT FARMS) BEECHINOR BROS. SIMMENTALS AND CHAROLAIS & GUESTS BULL & HEIFER SALE SPRING LAKE SIMMENTALS, THE ZIMMERS - BULL SALE

WILLINGDON, AB STE ROSE DU LAC, MB WESTLOCK, AB BEAVERLODGE, AB BENTLEY, AB DAYSLAND, AB

BRIDGE CITY SIMMENTAL BULL & FEMALE SALE VIRGINIA RANCH / SKYWEST SIMMENTALS BULL & HEIFER SALE 20TH ANNUAL SWANTEWITT & SAGE SIMMENTALS BULL & HEIFER SALE TRANSCON’S 6TH ANNUAL NEXT STEP BULL SALE TRANSCON’S RED DEER COUNTY BULL SALE 11TH ANNUAL NORTH COUNTRY RANCHLAND SIMMENTAL BULL SALE NORTHERN LIGHT SIMMENTALS BULL SALE HIGH BLUFF STOCK FARMS CHAROLAIS & SIMMENTAL BULL SALE MCRUER SIMMENTALS & GUESTS BULL & HEIFER SALE TRANSCON’S PREMIUM BEEF SIMMENTAL BULL SALE JANZEN RANCHES 31ST ANNUAL SIMMENTAL & RED ANGUS BULL SALE CAMDEN CATTLE CO. 12TH ANNUAL BULL & FEMALE SALE WITH NIWA RANCHING CO. TRANSCON’S 29TH ANNUAL ADVANTAGE BULL SALE TRANSCON’S NORTHERN CONNECTION SIMMENTAL BULL SALE TRANSCON’S PEACE COUNTRY SIMMENTAL BULL SALE SPRINGTIME ALLIANCE CHAROLAIS, MAINE-ANJOU AND SIMMENTAL BULL SALE

SASKATOON, SK INNISFAIL, AB

SHININGBANK LAKE, AB

THORSBY, AB INNISFAIL, AB DAWSON CREEK, BC ROSSBURN, MB INGLIS, MB KILLARNEY, MB NEEPAWA, MB ROSEMARY, AB NEW BRIGDEN, AB SASKATOON, SK ST. PAUL, AB BEAVERLODGE, AB CANDIAC, SK

Jay Good: (403)556-5563 Darren Paget: (403)323-3985 Glenn Norton: (780)542-0634 Cody Coupland: (403)877-0799

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DESERTLAND CATTLE CO. TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2024

5 pm, at the Ranch, Sedalia, AB Two-Year Old & Yearling Charolais Bulls

FEATURING SONS OF:

ARL RUM RUNNER 1D

FOOTPRINTS SIR 014H

LEGACYS GAME DAY 45G

LAE FINALE 8110F

QUINN & JAMIE WAGSTAFF 403-664-9447 Charolais Connection • February 2024

PREDICTABLE. PROFITABLE. PERFORMANCE.

HRJ

L HRJ

HRJ

BULLS AVAILABLE BY PRIVATE TREATY

BARRHEAD, AB 68

HRJ

HERB. BRENDA, STEPHEN & JOEL JOHNSON H| S| Charolais Connection • February 2024

Featuring

A LARGE GROUP OF

SVY TRUST CALVES

INNISFAIL AUCTION MART

feature bull

EVF ESTATE 313L | homo polled

TR MR RHINESTONE 4658B X GERRARD STARSTRUCK 11C Full Brother to EVF 314L that sold in the Transcon White Gold Charolais female sale.

EVF CARLY 318L

SOLD TO OUTLAW CATTLE CO.

EVF BLUE COLLAR 324L | homo polled

WC REDEMPTION 7143 PLD X GERRARD STARSTRUCK 11C Full Brother to the 2023 Farm Fair Grand Champion Charolais Bull PCC Charge On 317L

EVF LILY 338L

SOLD TO LYLA HARVIE, HARVIE RANCHING

EVF STARSTRUCK 314L

SOLD TO ERIC DORAN, BOGART CATTLE CO.

EAGLE VALLEY FARMS

e Krugers

- GREG, ALISON, CHARLIE & TIMBER RR#1 Sundre AB, T0M 1X0 | 403.638.7909 | g.kruger.evf@gmail.com

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NEWS

Canadian Cattle Association President’s Report Nathan Phinney

Another year is upon us. Ringing in a new year brings renewed optimism and a blank slate as we work to accomplish our goals for the year. It’s been a challenging couple of years with subsequent years of adverse weather and recovering from the impacts of the pandemic, and yet, I remain optimistic for the future. This optimism is fueled by the tremendous opportunities available to grow our exports of Canadian beef. Last year, it was a privilege to represent Canadian cattle producers on two trade missions to Japan and southeast Asia. These were eyeopening experiences that gave me an appreciation and understanding of the attributes that our current and potential buyers are looking for in a beef product. All I can say is our product is sought after — and Canada is a trusted producer and supplier of beef for many countries in southeast Asia. The demand is there for our product. The challenge now is growing our cow herd to capture these opportunities and removing the barriers that can impact the entry of our product into export markets. My goal for this year is to look at how we can expand our herd – which has contracted due to the impacts of adverse weather conditions. Of course, the easiest solution is for Mother Nature to cooperate, but that’s one factor that we don’t have any control over. But, by coming together as an industry and working together, we can explore ways to overcome the challenges and support the rebuilding of our cow herd. Advancing our advocacy work to improve the business risk management (BRM) program offerings for the cattle sector and

making investments in building a strong next generation is a good place to start. We need to foster enthusiasm and harness the ideas of young producers around the decisionmaking table. This is a key element to make sure there is a vibrant industry that is sustainable in the long-term. With the return of Parliament for the winter session, it won’t be long until the Federal Budget 2024 will be tabled in the House of Commons. The Canadian Cattle Association (CCA) submitted our key recommendations during the pre-budget consultation process. Since then, we have shared our recommendations with Parliamentarians. These recommendations include enhancements to BRM programs including seeking an amendment to the Livestock Tax Deferral (LTD) provision in the Income Tax Act to give producers the ability to selfelect rather than rely on a geographic determination, as well as expanding the provision to include all classes of cattle, not just the breeding herd and maintaining the interest-free portion of the Advanced Payments Program at the current $350,000 level. Another key factor that impacts the ability of cattle producers to capture export opportunities is technical barriers to trade. This is no surprise to many of us, as for years, we have been unable to take full advantage of the market access promised with the ratification of the Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement with the European Union. This is a frustrating reality that is threatening to repeat itself as Canada works to negotiate a new trade agreement with the United Kingdom (UK). Our message is simple. Canada needs to continue to push the importance of open trade principles and science-based policy. Decisions

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need to be based on science and not the politics of the day. The CCA board and staff invested a significant amount of time on this file in 2023 – especially after the UK accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for TransPacific Partnership (CPTPP) was announced. We will continue to share this message in 2024. CCA has always been pro-trade. But, in this case, we couldn’t stand by as the strong and progressive trade rules accomplished in the CPTPP, would be weakened by allowing the UK to join without addressing the barriers that are keeping Canadian beef out of the UK market. We would never say no to trade, but we have to say no to a bad deal that puts Canadian cattle producers at an unfair disadvantage. We are urging the Government of Canada to delay ratifying the UK accession until these barriers are lifted. If you have not done so already, I encourage you to share your concerns with your Member of Parliament by sending an email through the “Say No to a Bad Deal” campaign.

We need cattle producers from across Canada to keep amplifying this important message. Thank you to everyone who has already sent in their email. We can’t overcome this ..continued on page 72

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Parasite Causes Diarrhea Outbreaks in Cow-Calf Herds John Campbell, DVM, DVSC

I’ve chatted with several veterinarians, in the past, who were working with cow-calf herds that were suffering through a cryptosporidiosis outbreak causing diarrhea in young calves. All of the situations were slightly different, however, the clinical presentation and the challenges with dealing with these outbreaks were remarkably similar. Cryptosporidium parvum commonly known as “Crypto” is a microscopic parasite, (a singlecelled protozoan organism) which can cause diarrhea in humans and animals. There are many species of cryptosporidium parasites. Cryptosporidium parvum infects mammals including cattle, sheep goats, pigs, horses, wildlife and humans. Within this species, there are also subspecies that may be specific to humans or restricted to cattle. Cryptosporidium are very similar parasites to coccidia, however, unlike coccidiosis, crypto is a zoonosis and can be a cause of disease in people that are working with these calves. One of the veterinarians dealing with these outbreaks had noted they had some staff at their clinic that were sick, probably as a result of handling these calves. Cryptosporidiosis has been identified as a very common cause of neonatal diarrhea in young dairy calves and it is sometimes overlooked as a potential cause of diarrhea in young beef calves. Most producers are aware of coccidiosis as a parasitic cause of diarrhea in beef calves, although Cryptosporidium is sometimes not as well known. A USDA National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) study collected samples from diarrheic beef calves from 69 different operations as well as samples from beef calves

without diarrhea from another 141 operations. Approximately 20% of the calves with diarrhea were positive for cryptosporidium and 11.2% of the non-diarrheic calves were also positive. This study showed that Cryptosporidium is not just a disease of dairy calves. It is quite common on beef cow-calf farms and is something producers should be aware of. The study also showed that younger calves are more likely to be shedding Cryptosporidium than older calves. We also know from other studies, that many calves with diarrhea may have mixed infections that include both viruses and cryptosporidium together. Calves are often infected early in life and a high proportion of calves can be shedding the parasite in their feces by the second week of life. The most common clinical sign is a mild to moderate diarrhea at approximately 5-15 days of age, although cases can occur up to 30 days of age. The duration of diarrhea tends to be a little longer than is typically seen in calves that are infected with viral or bacterial causes of diarrhea. It rarely causes severe dehydration and collapse, although calves may lose weight and can become significantly dehydrated. Crypto is often involved along with other viruses and calves may have a mixed infection making their diarrhea more severe. In a number of the outbreaks that I’ve been involved with, the veterinarians and producers involved had to be very prompt in giving intravenous fluids to these calves who were infected with both cryptosporidia, as well as various viruses, to keep them alive, once they developed clinical signs of diarrhea. One research study published in 2019 by researchers in the United Kingdom demonstrated some longerterm effects of cryptosporidium infections. They followed beef calves

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on one farm that had recovered from severe cryptosporidiosis and compared them to calves that showed no clinical signs of infection. They followed the calve until they reached 6 months of age. Those calves that had previously been affected with more severe disease weighed 34 kg less at 6 months of age, demonstrating that a severe cryptosporidia infection had a long-term effect on the productivity of these calves, presumably through damage to the intestinal wall. Unfortunately, cryptosporidiosis is very difficult to control because the parasite is highly infectious and it is also capable of long survival times in the environment. We also have very few effective treatment options for infected calves. It is not destroyed easily by freezing or drying and it is resistant to many disinfectants. This makes it exceptionally difficult to control in dairy or beef operations once the premises are infected. Reducing the number of oocysts ingested by calves will probably reduce the severity of the disease. Calves with diarrhea should be isolated from healthy calves and kept separate for several days after recovery. The basic principles of reducing the infection pressure by maintaining a clean calving area, spreading cow-calf pairs out and utilizing separate turn out areas or some form of calving system that minimizes environmental infections is important in preventing the disease, just as it is in all causes of scours outbreaks. Ensuring calves get adequate colostrum is critical just as it is for almost all young calf diseases. Many of the biosecurity strategies that we apply to viral or bacterial calf scours are applicable to minimizing the effect of cryptosporidiosis as well.

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10 Ways to Make Your Cow Herd More Profitable Robert Wells, Ph.D.

Noble Research Institute livestock consultant Robert Wells offers best management practices that can help ranchers survive market- and weather-related disruptions and allow for more profit year-in and year-out. The ranching business has always been subject to the variability and extremes of external factors, such as market volatility and weather extremes. Neither of these seem to be letting up any time soon. So for ranchers to economically survive market downturns, as well as capitalize on good times, it helps to get back to the basics, fine-tune their operations and plan for the long-term. An extremely viable strategy is to start working more with nature and less against it through implementation of regenerative ranching principles. The following is a list of 10 management practices and concepts to consider that can help keep you from paying to be in the ranching business and losing money for the next few years. Remember, the difference between someone who is a hobbyist or professional is if they pay to do it or

they are paid for what they do. . DON’T BUY AVERAGE OR INFERIOR BULLS. Spending as little as $750 to $1,000 more on the purchase price of a better bull with known genetics could net you an additional approximately $1,500 more per bull, annually. If breeding for a terminal market, this is accomplished by purchasing a bull that will excel in growth traits that allow the rancher to sell the maximum total pounds of weaned calves off the ranch while still having a moderately sized cow in the herd. If you are breeding for replacement females, then consider using genetics from a sire (live bull or artificial insemination) that will create a female that will fit the environment and management that you expect her to work in. Consider traits such as milking ability, mature weight, mature height, carcass and growth characteristics that are the optimal combination to be successful within the context of your operation. . JOIN A CATTLE MARKETING ALLIANCE AND CONSIDER WHERE TO MARKET. Using a marketing alliance can help increase the probability of receiving top or even premium pricing for

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your cattle, since you can leverage the strength of numbers an alliance can provide. Market your cattle in a venue that will maximize your return on the investment of raising and selling a quality calf. If you are the only producer at the sale on a given day who is offering cattle that have been preconditioned and vaccinated, do not expect to receive a premium price, because the order buyers will just blend your cattle into the load with other general cattle he bought on the same day. Alliances can help you coordinate the best times and locations to optimize your profits when you sell. They also can help you to determine desirable genetic traits to select for, especially with herd bulls. . KEEP COW SIZE MODERATE. Larger cows require more forage to sustain themselves on a daily basis. This can affect pasture stocking rates. A 1,400-pound cow is 200 pounds or 17% larger than a 1,200-pound cow, and she is going to be taking in 11% more forage. That’s why stocking rate must be considered if you change your average cow size from 1,200 to 1,400 pounds. If you cannot increase the forage production accordingly, you will have to decrease the stocking

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rate by 11% fewer cows to still have enough forage for the number of cows in the pasture. The heavier cow should wean a heavier calf, but this increase will not be enough to offset the reduced cow numbers nor the associated costs of the heavier cows. Moderation in size can help the bottom line. Know the average weight of your cows when they are in a body condition score of 5. Purchase replacements that will be moderate in frame and weight or buy bulls that will help to achieve more moderate frame scores in female offspring. The expected progeny difference (EPD) traits of mature size and weight are examples of selection tools that can help your decision-making. . TREAT YOUR COWS AS AN EMPLOYEE. Your cows should be expected to work daily for you. A successfully productive cow will efficiently deliver a calf to the weaning pen each year, with little cost and few problems along the way. In order to do this, you must select the right female, then develop her so she will be successful in the environment where you expect her to work. . CULL COWS. When reducing herd numbers, first cull what I call the three O’s: old, open and ornery cows. Then, consider additional culls as the situation warrants. Older cows have a difficult time maintaining weight while

usually weaning an even smaller calf. Carrying an open cow through the winter is analogous to hiring an employee, paying them monthly but then not expecting them to show up to work for the next year. Ornery cows damage equipment, injure people and reduce efficiency when they are difficult to work in the pen, or if they take part of the herd to the trees when you come into the pasture. . DEVELOP A SHORT AND DEFINED BREEDING SEASON. Increasing the number of earliercalving cows within your defined calving season will increase the average weaning weight at marketing time. Consider this: if a calf is born 30 days earlier in the calving season and gains 2 pounds per day while on the cow, the calf will weigh 60 pounds more than its later peers at the same weaning date in the fall. That is roughly a 10% to 12% increase in weaning weight achieved simply by making sure more calves are born in the first third of the calving season. Also, make sure that timing of the breeding season is in synchronization with the best forage availability and quality on the ranch. Time the breeding season and subsequent calving season so that when cows are in peak lactation with their highest nutritional demand for the year (two to three months post calving), your pastures have the highest forage quality and quantity available.

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. CONTROL FEED EXPENSES. As stated above in No. 6, it is best to schedule the calving season to match the average cow’s highest nutritional demand, about 2-3 months post calving, to availability of the best quality and quantity of pasture. For most ranches, this means calving in early spring if its pastures are dominated by warm-season grasses. Unless there are adequate cool-season forages available to support the cow’s peak nutritional requirements during peak lactation, cows should not be calving in the winter months. Manure scoring is a great way to monitor if a cow is getting enough nutrition in almost real time. A cow grazing pastures that supply enough nutrition to meet her requirements will have a manure score of 3 (range 1-5; 1 excessive nutrition, 5 inadequate nutrition). Manure scores give the producer an estimate of the digestibility of the pasture forage the cow has been eating for the past 36 to 72 hours. This method allows you to identify nutritional deficiencies before they manifest into lower body condition scores. If you must feed hay, provide high-enough quality hay that additional feed supplementation is not necessary. It takes a free-choice diet (28.4 pounds dry matter/day) of either pasture or hay that is at least 9.9% crude protein and 57.6% total digestible nutrients to meet a ..continued on page 84

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HERD HEALTH

A Few Potential Calf Savings Ideas this Spring Roy Lewis DVM

Spring calving is close upon us and every year there are some things we would do differently. Calving is a very humbling experience even for those very experienced. I am sure you all have some words of wisdom for the readership, and if you ever want to share practise tips so to speak, I am all ears. We can all learn from each other and this new found knowledge may save calves and also lead to increased productivity in our herds. There is a great feeling of accomplishment in detecting a torsion, or abnormal presentation in time to save the calf, or recognizing when a cow doesn’t have enough milk (colostrum) for its calf and it is starving. Knowing where and when to increase biosecurity practises to prevent that first case of scours. Every year if we have an open mind we can learn new observational skills or techniques that may save another calf. It is not always about economics but about doing the right thing when it comes to pain control, prudent antimicrobial usage and also telling our story to the public. Adopting calves to another mother can be a real chore but the almost bullet proof way is to skin the calf that was lost so you have a large cape. Make a slip to slip it over the head and neck. Tie all the legs loosely and generally its all you have to do. After a couple days, it works loose gets very smelly and is time to come off. Then you have the adoption complete. If the cow lost a calf right at calving, take the afterbirth and lay it over the calf, or tie some around the neck. I will also use the product calf claim and together one of these techniques makes adoption quite easy.

Not to be overzealous but with abnormal presentations such as breech births, torsions, even backwards cows for those of you that know your cows, these calvings seem to be taking a long time to progress. If you suspect something is wrong, it is time to check her out. You are never disappointed with this effort. You may find a closed cervix and you have jumped the gun or she is wide open and the calf is right there. If you find an abnormal presentation you may be in time to correct it and get a live calf out. I have said with true breech births (many of which happen with twins), torsions, and even some backwards calves, cows seem to be going through the first stages of labour but not advancing. Again, if you check the cow out and find nothing dilated yet, no harm is done, simply turn her back out again. With a closed cervix you should only be able to get at most two fingers in, and that is all, otherwise if bigger she is dilating and calving is very close at hand. For resuscitation some have oxygen close at hand and doxopram a respiratory stimulant if you need it. Need to have it drawn up ready to give intravenously. Your veterinary clinic can generally get it in under prescription and it is very useful in my opinion to have a small bottle or one to two doses available for quick usage if need be. An acupuncture point just below the middle of the nostrils has also been tried to some success and some veterinarians can show you where this is. We talk about colostrum every year and the air dried colostrum products such as head start. If I am helping calve cows I can convince myself to use it more times than not. My list needs to be added to but where I use

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it is giving a 50 -60 gram package to use on both calves in a set of twins. Hard calving one can milk the cow but if you drench the calf, make sure and give at least 1 liter of colostrum to maintain enough immunoglobulins. If the cow is a tough milker, is wild, or for any reason you don’t think it will suck directly, give it the extra colostrum without hesitation. If calves look gaunt, walk with crooked legs or contracted tendons and are generally slow, redrench them if need be, with more colostrum. If in the chute, make sure all the teats are patent and the colostrum looks like good quality. Here you may find poor milkers or an udder full of blood or mastitis in some rare cases. I also find backwards calves, especially if a bit of a pull, are slow to rise so I don’t hesitate to give them colostrum. If in doubt, give it supplemental colostrum and the earlier the better preferably in the first few hours after birth. If calves are slow for any reason or have trouble nursing, a lot of producers may have some small pens where these pairs can go for a few days before rejoining the main herd. Testing the suckle reflex ten minutes after birth is a good indication how vigorous the calf will suck. Again when in doubt give colostrum. To me the extra time and close attention to these details will prevent scours and subsequent pneumonia. From good bedding to creep areas, to even holding back pairs for a few days where they seem weaker will give a much greater outcome in healthy calves. Calves born with swollen heads or from heifers that are nervous give colostrum as it is a very worthwhile investment. Also, with nervous mothers, or over possessive mothers, or those rough on their ..continued on page 93

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MANAGEMENT

Sexed semen: An Opportunity to Capture More Value for Cattle

Breeding with sexed semen can help measure estrus intensity. between steers and heifers has been your bottom line by creating cattle Value of breeding for males on an upward trend for nearly three the market demands. Before breeding with sexed semen, decades. Odde says the price difference Sexed semen breeding programs Odde looked back at industry trends between steers and heifers has been for the beef industry have primarily to see the economic impact of breeding primarily driven by increasing carcass focused on developing genetically for more males. weights and the rising cost of gain. superior replacement heifers. “We’ve got years of history when Feedlot closeout performance data in “Male sexed semen is an most sexed semen was targeted at Kansas (see Figure 2) from August 2017 opportunity to capture value. The producing females,” Odde says. showed the average cost of gain was opportunity’s greater when the price “Breeding for males is a shift in $5.66 per cwt higher for heifers versus spread between steers and heifers is thinking, and ultimately it’s driven steers. That year corn was relatively significant,” says Ken Odde, DVM and by how high the price difference is cheap to feed at $3.91 per bushel. In Ph.D., professor and department head between steers and heifers.” August 2022, the average cost of gain emeritus of the Department of Animal Data from Superior Livestock was $12.77 per cwt higher for heifers Sciences and Industry at Kansas State (see Figure 1) shows the price per than for steers when the corn price was University. hundredweight (cwt) difference $8.69 per bushel. Since retiring from academia, “Steers can be fed to higher Odde has focused on creating weights more efficiently,” Odde Figure 1: Value of Heifer Calvces Relative more profitability for his family’s adds. “The trend of increasing to Steer Calves, Superior Livestock Data, commercial cow-calf ranch in carcass weights could be a driver 1995-2021 South Dakota, USA. of producing more male calves YEAR Mean Mean Price Spread “About six years ago, I was with sexed semen, particularly Base Price per between Steer sitting at the sale barn in when feed prices are higher.” Weight 100 lb and Heifer Mobridge, South Dakota, and the On-ranch experience (lb) (US$) Lots price spread between steers and The first set of females to be (US$/100 lb) heifers just struck me that day,” bred with sexed semen on Odde’s 1995 527 67.55 6.83 Odde says. ranch used maternal female sexed From that “aha moment,” semen on heifers (see Table 1) and 2000 540 100.06 8.00 Odde started to pursue what a predominantly utilized terminal sexed semen breeding program male sexed semen on cows (see 2005 575 121.43 9.04 could look like for his ranch. He Table 2). shares strategies and protocols 2010 567 118.77 10.68 Following an estrus to consider for success, including synchronization protocol, heifers 2015 578 248.39 20.94 fertility differences between cows were bred by visual heat detection and heifers, the use of split-time or using ESTROTECT Breeding 2020 580 154.22 15.81 fixed-time artificial insemination Indicator patches to aid in estrus (AI) and the value of using detection during five days of 2021 572 172.50 18.47 breeding indicator patches to monitoring. The heifers’ AI Figure 2: Gender Performance Differences in Feeder Cattle, Focus on Feedlots, Kansas State University

Closeout Date August 2022 (steers)

In Weight Final Average Average (lb) Weight Days Daily gain (lb) on Feed (lb/Day) 38,069 766 1,439 180 3.61

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pregnancy rate was 63.4%. In the first year, cows were bred using multiple protocols. With fixedtime AI, cow reproduction rates were 40.9%. Two cow groups were bred using split-time AI at 70 hours post prostaglandin injection for cows with activated ESTROTECT patches. If patches weren’t activated, insemination happened at 90 hours with an injection of GnRH. The splittime groups had pregnancy rates of 45% and 47%. “We think with split-time AI, we were able to pick up a few more cows running them through a second time,” Odde relates. “However, it is pretty labor intensive, so we’ve moved towards more fixed-time AI with the cows.” In the third year of research, male sexed semen was used across all the heifers and cows. “We have learned we get better fertility on our yearling heifers than on mature cows,” Odde says. “We can easily produce more bull calves from

our heifers, so that’s something we want to evaluate further.” Words of advice If you are considering breeding with sexed semen, Odde has a few tips. Odde suggests using a protocol that helps make chute-side breeding decisions based on estrus intensity via a breeding indicator patch. If half of the patch or more is rubbed off, females are good candidates to be bred with sexed semen. Should less than half of the patch surface ink be rubbed off, it’s best to use less expensive conventional semen to help manage costs of your genetics investment. Keeping an eye on market trends is another management practice to consider. “You need an understanding of the economic dynamics,” Odde says. For some herds, it may work better to develop more replacement heifers via sexed semen and marketing those replacements to terminal-

focused operations, particularly when replacement females are in demand. “It could be that male sexed semen works well in some situations, and a few years later, it may not have the same incentive,” Odde adds. “When there is a good price difference between steers and heifers, it can really work well.” Odde presented his on-ranch research findings during the Beef Improvement Federation Annual Symposium in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on July 3. For more information on breeding indicator patches, visit ESTROTECT.com. The ESTROTECT Breeding Indicator is the industry standard for optimizing cattle breeding efficiency and economics. With millions and millions of units sold around the world, ESTROTECT is the only breeding management tool tested in a multitude of university studies by researchers.

Table 1: AI Pregnancy Rates for Gender Sorted Semen in Yearling Heifers-2019, 2021 and 2022

Year

Semen Gender

Breed of Sire

No. of Heifers

Breeding Protocol

101

Estrus Synchronization Protocol MGA-PGF2a

Breed by Estrus

No. A.I. Pregnant Pregnancy A.I. Rate (%) 64 63.4

2019

Female

Angus

2021

Female

Simmental

MGA-PGF2a

Breed by Estrus

58.0

2021

Female

Angus

MGA-PGF2a

Breed by Estrus

56.2

2022

Male

Angus

148

MGA-PGF2a

Breed by Estrus

52.0

Table 2: A.I. Pregnancy Rates for Gender Sorted Semen in Cows-2019, 2021 and 2022, Summer of 2021

Year

Semen Gender

Breed of Sire

No. of Cows

Estrus Synchronization Protocol

Breeding Protocol FTAI

No. Pregnant A.I. 36

A.I. Pregnancy Rate (%) 40.9

2019

Male

Charolais

CO-Synch-CDIR

2019

Male

Charolais

CO-Synch-CDIR

STAI

45.0

2019

Female

Angus

CO-Synch-CDIR

STAI

47.0

2021

Male

Charolais

204

CO-Synch-CDIR or 7&7 Synch

FTAI

47.0

2022

Male

Charolais

CO-Synch-CDIR

FTAI

52.2

2022

Male

Charolais

CO-Synch-CDIR

FTAI

44.9

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TEN WAYS TO MAKE YOUR COW HERD... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 78 1,200-pound cow’s highest nutritional requirements during peak lactation (two to three months post calving). . UTILIZE HETEROSIS. Heterosis, or hybrid vigor, is an often-overlooked tool to increase the commercial cattleman’s overall efficiency. Heterosis is an easy tool to implement for most cattlemen and can increase weaning weights, cow fertility and longevity, improve growth performance, and produce a more desirable feeder calf. . IF FEEDING HAY, DON’T WASTE IT. Hay feeding is probably the most expensive form of delivering forage to the cow. If you are locked into this system by the forage type available on your operation, make sure you don’t waste hay by using antiquatedstyle hay rings. A modified cone hay feeder can reduce hay loss by 8% to 15% compared to older, typical-style feeders. Feeding hay may be necessary during weather emergencies, when

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Ralph Retzlaff 403.793.0794 Leonard Retzlaff 403.501.9333 Rosemary, AB • www.saddleridgecharolais.com

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Jonathon, Camille, Shelby & Bow Scott, Crossfield, AB Jonathon 403.333.1790 Camille 403.369.1791 @Scott Stock Farm Ltd www.scottstockfarm.com

Scott and Krista Sherwood & family Vermilion, Alberta 780-853-1025 (Krista) 780-853-7895 (Scott) sherwoodfarms1904@gmail.com

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Casey 403.741.5799 • Don & Wanda 403.876.2596 Full French Charolais, Box 115, Big Valley, AB

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Ken & Kerri Hinsburg Box 99, Rapid City, MB R0K 1W0 431-541-3245 kchchar@gmail.com TRI-N Charolais Farms

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IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES IN OUR INDUSTRY

January 27 M.C. Quantock Bull Sale, 12 noon, Lloydminster (SK) Exhibition Grounds February 1 Howe Coulee Charolais Private Treaty Bull Sale, at the farm, Moose Jaw, SK February 1 Valleys End Charolais Private Treaty Bull Sale, at the farm, Bridgeford, SK February 2 Wirstuk Farming & Ranching Bull Sale, at the farm, Cutknife, SK February 3 Hill 70 Quantock Bull Sale, 12 noon, at the ranch, Lloydminster, AB February 9 Anchor D Ranch Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the ranch, Rimbey, AB February 10 MJT Cattle Co. Ltd. 30th Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, at the ranch, Edgerton, AB February 14 Steppler Farms 13th Annual Bull Sale, at the farm, Miami, MB February 16 Springside Cattle Corp. Bull Sale, Stettler Agri-Plex, Stettler, AB February 17 Prouse Ranch Charolais Bull Sale, 7 pm, at the farm, Invermay, SK (live online sale) February 17 St. Martin Test Sale, St. Martin Test Station, QC February 17 P & H Ranching Co. Bull Sale, Innisfail (AB) Auction Mart February 17 Denbie Ranch with Guests Myhre Land & Cattle & Bar J Charolais, 2 pm, Ste. Rose (MB) Auction Mart February 17 Ross Lake Charolais Open House & Private Treaty Bull Sale, at the farm, Stettler, AB February 20 Rawe Ranches 41st Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the ranch, Strome, AB February 21 Beck Farms & McCoy Cattle Co. Bull Sale, 2 pm, at the farm, Milestone, SK

Calendar of Events

February 21 McLeod Livestock & Triple M Farms Bull Sale, 1 pm, Cow Palace, Olds, AB February 22 Prairie Cove Charolais Bull & Select Female Sale, 1 pm, at the ranch, Bashaw, AB February 23 HEJ Charolais 19th Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Innisfail, AB February 24 Kay-R Land & Cattle Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Waskatenau, AB February 24 Triple C Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, Ashern (MB) Auction Mart February 24 Quebec Select Bull Sale, Shawinigan, QC February 24 Pure Production Charolais Sale, 1 pm, Hoards Station, Campbellford, ON February 25 McKeary Charolais & Diamond L Ranch Tradition Bull Sale, 4 pm, Compeer (AB) Community Hall February 25 Pro-Char Charolais 12th Annual Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, at the farm Glenevis, AB February 26 BOB Charolais Bull Sale, 2 pm, Stettler (AB) Agriculture Society February 26 KSL Simmental & Charolais 6th Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, at the farm, Beaverlodge, AB February 26 Parsons Cattle Company Bull Sale, 6 pm, VJV Auction Mart, Ponoka, AB February 27 Acadia Colony Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, Dry Land Trading Corp. Veteran, AB February 28 Saddleridge Charolais with Kaiser Cattle Co. Bull Sale, 1 pm, Bow Slope Shipping, Brooks, AB March 1 Nish Charolais 18th Annual Bull Sale, 6 pm, Perlich Bros. Auction Mart, Lethbridge, AB

March 1 Future Farms & Charworth Charolais Select Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, Innisfail (AB) Auction Mart March 1 Twin Anchor Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, Dry Land Trading Corp. Veteran, AB March 1 Southland Cattle Bull Sale, 1 pm, Heartland Livestock, Swift Current, SK March 2 Turnbull Charolais & Guests 4th Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Pincher Creek, AB March 2 DanG Charolais Bull Sale, at the farm, Colborne, ON March 2 Ferme Louber Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Ste-Marie de Beauce, QC March 3 Legacy Charolais 7th Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Botha, AB March 5 Johnson Ranching Bull Sale, 1 pm, Provost (AB) Livestock Exchange March 6 Pine Bluff Charolais & Fern Simmental Bull Sale, Farm Gate Timed Online, Love, SK March 8 CK Sparrow Farms Bull Sale, 2 pm, at the farm, Vanscoy, SK March 8 Meridian Agriculture Co. Ltd Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, Acadia Valley, AB March 8 Northern Classic Charolais & Simmental 21st Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, Evergreen Park, Grand Prairie, AB March 8 JG Larson Bull Sale, TEAM Online Auction, at the farm, Jenner, AB March 9 Horseshoe E Charolais 26th Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, at the farm, Kenaston, SK March 9 Blackbern/WhiteWater 13th Annual Charolais Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, Renfrew Pontiac Livestock Facility, Cobden, ON

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March 9 Oakstone Land & Cattle Bull Sale, Farm Gate Timed Auction, at the farm, Bawlf, AB March 9 Transcon’s Red Deer County Bull Sale, 1 pm, Innisfail (AB) Auction Mart March 9 Phillips Farms Charolais Open House & Private Treaty Bull Sale, at the farm, Estevan, SK March 10 Nahachewsky Charolais Bull Sale, Farm Gate Timed Online, Norquay, SK March 11 Palmer Charolais 13th Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, at the farm, Bladworth, SK March 12 Desertland Cattle Charolais Bull Sale, 5 pm, at the ranch, Sedalia, AB March 12 Harvie Ranching Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the ranch, Olds, AB March 12 DM Livestock Bull Sale, Farm Gate Timed Online, Carrot River, SK March 14 Creek’s Edge Land & Cattle Bull Sale, Farmgate Timed Online Auction, at the farm, Yellow Creek, SK March 15 High Bluff Stock Farm Bull & Female Sale, 2 pm, at the farm, Inglis, MB March 15 Scott Stock Farm 11th Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Crossfield, AB March 16 Sliding Hills Charolais 18th Annual Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, at the farm, Canora, SK March 16 Pleasant Dawn Charolais 23rd Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, at the farm, Oak Lake, MB March 16 Rollin’ Acres/Whiskey Hollow & Guests 13th Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, Maple Hill Auction, Hanover, ON March 16 Thickness Sells 11th Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, Atlantic Stockyards, Truro, NS March 16 Lazy S Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, VJV Auction Mart, Dawson Creek, BC

March 16 Select Genetics 18th Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, Forsyth Ranch, Herbert, SK March 18 Highway 21 Bull Sale, at the ranch, Hanna, AB March 18 Simple as Black & White Bull Sale, 1 pm, Medicine Hat (AB ) Feeding Company March 18 TRI-N Charolais Ltd 9th Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm , at the farm, Lenore, MB March 19 Poplar Bluff Stock Farm 8th Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, at the farm, Chauvin, AB March 19 Diamond W 22nd Annual Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, JTM Livestock, Minitonas, MB March 20 Cedarlea Farms Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, at the ranch, Hodgeville, SK March 20 HTA Charolais Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, at the farm, Rivers, MB March 21 White Meadow Charolais Bull Sale, Farm Gate Timed Online, Pipestone, MB March 21 Footprint Farms Bull Sale, 3:30 pm, at the ranch, Esther, AB March 22 McTavish Farms 13th Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Moosomin, SK March 22 Thistle Ridge Ranch Bull Sale, 1 pm, Perlich Bros. Auction Mart, Lethbridge, AB March 23 K-Cow Ranch Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the ranch, Elk Point, AB March 23 Lazy S Cattle Co. Bull Sale, 6 pm, VJV Auction, Rimbey, AB March 23 McAvoy Charolais Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, Saskatoon (SK) Livestock Sales March 23 Cornerview Charolais Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, at the farm, Cobden, ON March 23 Borderland Cattle Company Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, at the farm, Rockglen, SK

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March 23 Limestone Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, Clinton (BC) Rodeo Grounds March 23 Heart of the Peace 4th Annual Bull Sale, Farm Gate Timed Online March 24 Best of the Breeds Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, Heartland Livestock, Yorkton, SK March 26 White Lake Colony Bull Sale, 1 pm, Balog Auctions, Lethbridge, AB March 26 Top Cut 34th Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, Stockman’s Weigh Co., Mankota, SK March 26 Prairie Distinction 10th Annual Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, Beautiful Plains Ag Complex, Neepawa, MB March 26 Charmark Ranches Bull Sale, 1 pm, Bow Slope Shipping, Brooks, AB March 28 C2 Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, La Riviere, MB March 28 Elder Charolais Farms 14th Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Coronach, SK March 29 Power Up Your Pasture Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, Foothills Auctioneers, Stavely, AB March 30 Tee M Jay Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, Ashern (MB) Auction Mart March 30 Transcon’s 29th Annual Advantage Bull Sale, 1 pm, Saskatoon (SK) Livestock Sales March 31 Stephen Charolais With Bar H Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, Whitewood (SK) Auction Mart April 1 21st Annual North of the 49th Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the ranch, Halbrite, SK April 1 Spirit of the North Bull Sale, 1 pm, Spiritwood (SK) Auction Mart April 1 Prairie Lands Bull Sale, Innisfail (AB) Auction Market

April 3 Whitecap/Rosso Charolais & Howe Red Angus Bull Sale, 1 pm, at Whitecap Charolais, Moose Jaw, SK April 4 Hunter Charolais 13th Annual Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, at the farm, Roblin, MB April 4 Daines Cattle & O’Neill Livestock 29th Annual Bull & Female Sale, 1 pm, Innisfail (AB) Auction Mart April 6 Vermilion Charolais Group 38th Anuual Bull Sale, 1 pm, Lakeland Charolais, Marwayne, AB April 6 Saunders Charolais 19th Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, Keady (ON) Livestock Market April 6 Maritime Beef Test Station 51st Bull & Female Sale, Nappan, NS April 6 Vanderhoof Bull Sale, BC Livestock, Vanderhoof Stock Yards April 8 Springtime Alliance Bull Sale, Candiac (SK) Auction Mart April 11 Acadia Ranching Charolais & Angus Bull Sale, 2 pm, Bow Slope Shipping, Brooks, AB

April 13 Brimner Cattle Co. Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, at the farm, Manor, SK April 13 Eastern Select Bull & Female Sale, 1 pm, Hoards Station, Campbellford, ON June 6 Saskatchewan Charolais Association AGM & Sask Royal Sale, Moose Jaw, SK June 7 Friends of Canadian Charolais Foundation Breeders School, Moose Jaw, SK June 7 Canadian Charolais Association Annual General Meeting, Moose Jaw, SK June 7 Friends of Canadian Charolais Association Fundraiser Auction, Moose Jaw, SK June 21-July 5 World Charolais Congress Toronto, ON to Calgary, AB July 3 World Charolais Congress “Genetics for the World” Sale, at McLeod Livestock, Cochrane, AB July 24-27 Canadian Charolais Youth Association Conference & Show, Swift Current, SK

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SPRINGSIDE CATTLE CO. ANNUAL BULL SALE STETTLER, AB - FEBRUARY 16, 2024

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PRAIRIE COVE CHAROLAIS ANNUAL BULL & FEMALE SALE BASHAW, AB - FEBRUARY 22, 2024

HEJ CHAROLAIS BULL SALE INNISFAIL, AB - FEBRUARY 23, 2024

KAY-R LAND & CATTLE BULL SALE WASKATENAU, AB - FEBRUARY 24, 2024

SOUTHLAND CHAROLAIS & ANGUS BULL SALE SWIFT CURRENT, SK - MARCH 1, 2024

SPRINGSIDE CATTLE CO. SPRING STORM FROZEN GENETICS SALE DLMS.CA - MARCH 3, 2024

MERIDIAN AG BULL SALE ACADIA VALLEY, AB - MARCH 8, 2024

OAKSTONE LAND & CATTLE CHAROLAIS BULL SALE DLMS FARMGATE - MARCH 9, 2024

BALAMORE FARMS THICKNESS SELLS BULL SALE GREAT VILLAGE, NS - MARCH 16, 2024

HIGHWAY 21 GROUP CHAROLAIS & SIMM/ANGUS BULL SALE HANNA, AB - MARCH 18, 2024

HERD HEALTH, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 80 calves, an amount of acepromazine tranquilizer can work wonders for the first day. With an even moderate pull, pain killers such as banamine or meloxicam can speed up recovery. The products mentioned previously can be purchased from your veterinarian under prescription. If calving areas are well bedded, as well as any carts, sleds, or anything used for handling or transporting the calves should be cleaned as regularly as possible with a virkon disinfectant. This may go a long

way to eliminating navel infection and other blood born diseases. We should always be trying to improve our success rate and by talking with each other and with the animal health team of veterinarians, nutritionists, hoof trimmers, geneticists, AI technicians, they all have something to contribute to the betterment of your herd. All you have to do is ask. Have a great spring calving. The weather has sure been on our side, at least in January here until just recently.

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BEST OF THE BREEDS BULL SALE YORKTON, SK - MARCH 24, 2024

C2 CHAROLAIS ANNUAL BULL SALE LA RIVIÈRE, MB - MARCH 28, 2024

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CHRIS POLEY 306-220-5006 SHANE MICHELSON 403-363-9973 BEN WRIGHT 519-374-3335

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A&L Robbins Ranching Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 Alta Genetics Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 Anderson Bred Heifers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28,29,85 Annuroc Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Baker Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Balamore Farm Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Bar H Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Bar J Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Beck Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22,23,89 Blackbern Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61,88 Bob Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Bohrson Marketing Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Borderland Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Bow Valley Genetics Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 Brimner Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Buffalo Lake Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 By Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6,7,20,21,59,IBC Campbells Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Carey Auction Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 Cas-Bar Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Cedardale Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Cedarlea Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,89 Charla Moore Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Char-Lew Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53,85 Char-Maine Ranching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Charmark Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Charolais Journal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 Char-Top Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Charworth Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49,85 Chomiak Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Circle Cee Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Circle G Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 CK Stock Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Cline Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Cockburn Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,88 Cougar Hill Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Coyote Flats Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Creek’s Edge Land & Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71,89 Crocus Valley Farms Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 CSS Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 C2 Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 D & L Plewis Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Davis-Rairdan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 Desertland Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 Diamond L Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Diamond W Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Double P Stock Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Dowell Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Dubuc Charolais Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Dudgeon-Snobelen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Eagle Valley Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 Eaton Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Edge Livestock Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 Elder Charolais Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,21,89 Fergus Family Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Fern Creek Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Fischer Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Flat Valley Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73,86 Fleury, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Flewelling, Craig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 Footprint Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Future Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49,86 Gallelli Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25,86 Gilliland Bros. Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Good Anchor Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 H.S. Knill Company Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Happy Haven Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Hardrock Land & Cattle Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Harvie Ranching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65,86 HEJ Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33,86 High Bluff Stock Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,87 Highway 21 Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,86 Hopewell Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Horseshoe E Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60,90 Howe Coulee Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,90 HTA Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,87 Hunt Charolais Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Hunter Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87,IBC Hurlburt, Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 JMB Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Johnson Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68,86 Johnson Ranching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,86 June Rose Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Kaiser Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43,86 Kay-R Land & Cattle Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30,86 KC Land & Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12,13 KCH Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Kemble Rock Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Kirlene Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 KLCC Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 La Ferme Patry de Weedon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Land O’ Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Langevin Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Leemar Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Legacy Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55,86 LEJ Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Lindskov’s LT Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Louber Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 M&L Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Martens Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 McAvoy Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 McKeary Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39,86 McLeod Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28,29,85 McTavish Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Meridian Agriculture Co. Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Miller Land & Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Myhre Land and Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72,88 Nahachewsky Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Nish Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,86 Norheim Ranching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Oakstone Land & Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62,86 Over the Top Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 P & H Ranching Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25,86 Palmer Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63,90 Parsons Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,86 Peno Valley Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Phillips Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58,90 Pine Bluff Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Pleasant Dawn Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,88

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Poplar Bluff Stock Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15,86 Potter Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Prairie Cove Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Prairie Gold Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Pro-Char Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34,35,86 Quarter Horse Coulee Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 R&G McDonald Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Raffan, Don . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Rasmussen, Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Rawes Ranches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,86 Reeleder, Andrew. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Rollin’ Acres Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Ross Lake Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39,86 Rosso Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Royale Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Saddleridge Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43,86 SanDan Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Saunders Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Scott Stock Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,87 Serhienko Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Sharodon Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Sherwood Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Skeels, Danny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Sliding Hills Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19,90 Snake Valley Farm Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Southland Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,90 Southside Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Southview Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,89 CK Sparrow Farms Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IFC Springside Cattle Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,13,87 Stach Farms Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Stephen Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Steppler Farms Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,11,88 Stock, Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Sugarloaf Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Sunshine Oak Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 T Bar C Cattle Co. . . . . . .9,12,13,30,33,47,58,85,93 Temple Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Thistle Ridge Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Transcon Livestock Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66,85 TRI-N Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Triple C Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Triple M Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28,29 Turnbull Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53,87 Twin Anchor Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Valley’s End Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79,90 Wagstaff Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Wendt & Murray Farms Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Western Litho Printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 White Cap Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 White Lake Colony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75,87 White Meadow Charolais Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 WhiteWater Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 Wilgenbusch Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90,OBC Wilkie Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Wood River Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Wrangler Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Wright Livestock Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51,53 W2 Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Hunter Charolais Box 569, Roblin, MB, R0L 1P0 Doug & Marianne Hunter T 204-937-2531 C 204-937-7737 • huntchar@mymts.net Jimmy Hunter 204-937-0219 • Michael & Candace Hunter 204-247-0301 Hunter Charolais @HunterCharolais • www.huntercharolais.com

A Charolais family for over 40 years

HC 3119L SVY TRUST 6H X DC/CRJ TANK E108 P BW 107 ADJ 205 DW 981 HOMO POLLED, ET

HC 3153L HC HIGH COUNTRY 2H X ELDER’S CANDID 75C BW 92 ADJ 205 DW 814

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Yearling 50 Charolais Bulls

HC 3120L HC JOHNSTOWN 113J X ELDER’S ZEUS 22Z BW 109 ADJ 205 DW 750

HC 387L HC HIGH COUNTRY 2H X JWX DOWNTOWN 7C BW 100 ADJ 205 DW 660

HC 373L HC JOHNSTOWN 113J X LT LEDGER 0332 P BW 100 ADJ 205 DW 721

HC 303L DC/CRJ TANK E108 P X WC UNCHARTED 7328 P BW 75 ADJ 205 DW 621

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13 Annual Bull Sale THURSDAY APRIL 4 , 2024 • 1:30 PM DST • AT THE FARM, ROBLIN, MB TH

TH The bulls are on display for your viewing at the farm anytime.

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