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The Charolais Connection

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MARCH 2022 • VOL. XXXIX, NO. 2 From the Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 dans nos champs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Canadian Charolais Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 De la Charolais Association Canadienne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Profile – Ab Carroll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Herd Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Canadian Cattlemen’s Association News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Winter Care of the Bull Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Whither the Wind: How to Decide on Windbreaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 CCYA News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Calendar of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

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The Charolais Connection is mailed to over 8,000 cattlemen nationwide. Those cattlemen include all purebred Charolais breeders, buyers of purebred Charolais bulls from the past six years and all subscribers to the Charolais Banner. No material contained in the Charolais Connection may be reprinted without the permission of the Charolais Banner. The publishers reserve the right to refuse any advertisements.

March 2022

On the Cover … a familiar sight in purebred operations this time of year. Taken at R & G McDonald Livestock. Photo: Helge By Design: Tania Wolk

The material produced in this publication is done so with the highest integrity, however, we assume no responsibility for errors or omissions. We are responsible for only the value of the advertisement. Animals in the photographs in the Connection have not been altered by computer enhancement or mechanical methods according to the knowledge of the publisher. Printed by Print West, Regina, Saskatchewan Publications Mail Agreement No. 40047726 Postage paid at Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Postmaster: Please return undeliverable publications (covers only) to: Charolais Banner, 124 Shannon Road, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 5B1, Canada. Published by the Charolais Banner, Regina, SK (3 times per year - February, March and Fall)

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f f u l B High STOCK FARM

BULL & FEMALE SALE Friday, March 18, 2022 |2:00 p.m.

at the farm - Inglis, mB |sale will be broadcast online www.dlms.ca HBSF 29J Triumph 2135 x Ufano

FoCuSinG on raiSinG CattlE witH pErFormanCE and StylE wHilE maintaininG a Good diSpoSition and GrEat HairCoat

Offering 65 BULLS |

22 SiMMEntAL & 43 chAroLAiS BULLS, 25 females- 10 SiMMEntAL & 15 chAroLAiS yEArLing hEiFErS

HBSF 85J

HBSF 154J

HBSF 102J

Game On x Ledger

Triumph 50B x Escobar

Mescalito x Testament

HBSF 169J

ECG 148J

EGC 66J

Mescalito x Triumph 2135

5015C 289G x Driller

Driller x Wallbanger

HBSF 121J

EGC 36J

HBSF 2J

Tried and True x Triumph 50B

Epic x Rambler

Mescalito x Triumph 50B

We invite you to come and tour the bulls and females anytime. Contact us if you would like a catalog. Join us at the farm sale day or online on DLMS.

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the Jackson Family carman: 1-204-773-6448 Erin: 1-204-821-4110 5

Selling 65 Yearling Bulls All are Polled All the bulls in this ad have been DNA tested Homozygous Polled

TLJ 19J

Pleasantdawn Connection 195G x Rawes Duke 401B CE 7.1 BW 0 WW 41 YW 83 M 28 TM 48 BW 93 • Adj 205 801 • Adj 365 1425

TLJ 721J

Pleasantdawn Connection 195G x Eatons Big Bud 10402 P CE 4.8 BW -1.8 WW 53 YW 96 M 28 TM 54 BW 95 • Adj 205 804 • Adj 365 1411

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Our goal is Customer Satisfaction

TLJ 312J CCC WC Resource 417 P x Pleasant DawnClassic 707C

CE 3 BW 2.7 WW 60 YW 106 M 17 TM 47 BW 94 • Adj 205 819 • Adj 365 1449

Our yearling bulls are fed a growing ration to insure their healthy development while maintaining sound feet and legs.

TLJ 809J TRI-N Captain Morgan 340A x Pleasant Dawn Max 70S

CE 5.2 BW .8 WW 52 YW 97 M 17 TM 43 BW 93 • Adj 205 799 • Adj 365 1437

All Bulls Ultrasounded

TLJ 516J PleasantDawn Connection x MAIN Magico Lanzo

DELIVERY AVAILABLE Bulls can be kept until June 1 at no charge

TLJ 953J PleasantDawn Connection x Pleasant Dawn MVP

CE 7.6 BW -3.4 WW 51 YW 100 M 28 TM 53 BW 87 • Adj 205 768 • Adj 365 1408

CE 3.5 BW -.7 WW 50 YW 97 M 28 TM 53 BW 94 • Adj 205 826 • Adj 365 1438

Call today for a catalogue or for more information

View catalogue and videos online at www.pleasantdawn.com Trent & Ashley Hatch

Box 132, Oak Lake, MB R0M 1P0

Trent 204-855-3078 Cell 204-721-3078 trent.hatch@gmail.com

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306-584-7937 Helge By 306-536-4261 Jon Wright 306-807-8424 charolaisbanner@gmail.com

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POINTS TO PONDER

From the Field Helge By

As our in the number of prime cattle, that picturing combined number reached an all-time and videoing high also, at over 85%. This exceeded wrap up for last year’s record. Whether it was the the spring and open winter or better genetics, or the bull sales get enticement of premium futures, or all rolling, there is never a dull moment of the above, there is a new one for the at this time of year in the marketing record books. end of the Charolais industry. We When you throw USDA carcass have been through scores and scores weight data into the mix, there is yet of bull pens and taken 1,000s and another record. The week ending 1,000s of pictures and videos for January 29, actual data was reported advertising and sale catalogues for February 10th and steer carcasses these spring bull sales. There is a etched out an all-time high for any great offering of Charolais bulls for January and fell just 2 pounds short of both your cows and heifers on offer. the all-time record made in October There have been several sales that 2020. have already happened. You can go Then when you put in wholesale to our website to see the averages and and retail beef prices at all time highs highlights and follow the sales as they for any February, and the atmosphere happen. of record-breaking encompasses The past couple years, one thing everything but cattle prices – whether that has amazed me is the demand futures or cash. In 2014 and 2015, for beef with the higher prices. The cattle prices exceeded current levels packers have had the upper hand since the slowdowns in production due to the fire in the packing plant in Texas and then Covid in the packing plant lines, but through it all, the demand has been strong. The packer profits have been the highest in history for the past two years with historic profits never seen before. Finally, it looks like the backlog in the feedlots have been chewed through and Free Resources the finished beef prices are starting to rise for the feeders. This should lead to higher calf prices this fall and, in the future, as we have reduced cow numbers in North America and thus, the number of calves going forward will be less for the next few years. More records have been set for hard working on carcass merit. In the recent beef producers. set of grading data from the USDA, the number of cattle grading choice reached a new www.beefresearch.ca all-time high and when adding

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by a significant amount. And it is the upside potential in cattle prices, as supplies are forecast to decline in 2023 and 2024, that have long-term bulls excited. It just isn’t in Canada that the beef market is hot. In Australia, they have record prices right now with phenomenal demand. I had some prices sent to me from the Australian Charolais Association, from the Victorian Region Silver calf pen shows and sales. Here are a couple from early January. 21 Silver Charolais steers 443 kg (975 lb) $6.10/kg ($2.77/lb) $2,520 AUS ($2,300 CAD). 21 Silver Charolais heifers 378 kg (832 lb) $6.95/kg ($3.16/lb) $2,290 AUS ($2,100 CAD). As we get into more bull sales, if Robbie Chomik, Jon Wright, 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. Most of the Charolais sale catalogues are on our website and remember too, that all our Charolais Banner and Charolais Connection magazines are online for free at charolaisbanner.com. If you want to go back to past issues, or show your neighbours past articles, please do. We also try to keep the sale news very current on our homepage, so you can check the latest results, usually within a day of the sale. We wish everyone a great calving season, with nice weather, and may the moisture conditions this summer be favourable. Until next time, Helge

12th Annual Bull Sale • 1:30 pm • at the Farm

THURSDAY, MARCH 24TH, 2022

Performance, Power, Punch - the Total Package

49 Yearling Bulls On Offer

ELDER’S JAKE 194J • Homo Pld, ET TR CAG Carbon Copy x Grant’s Playboy BW 97 Adj 205 810 Adj 365 1359

Breeding to meet the needs of our Customers

ELDER’S SHAMU 141J • Dbl Pld Elder’s Emperor x Steppler Prince George 43A BW 95 Adj 205 716 Adj 365 1516

• Many Homo Polled • Some Red Factor • Guaranteed • Free Delivery up to 200 km before May 1 or take them home Sale Day and deduct $100.00 from your Total purchase

ELDER’S RIPPER 169J • Dbl Pld

Elder’s Emperor x Sparrows Nixon BW 94 Adj 205 760 Adj 365 1536

Call for a catalogue or view it and videos of the bulls online at www.eldercharolais.com

ELDER’S JAGUAR 181J • Homo Pld CML Raindance x Elder’s Blackjack BW 100 Adj 205 781 Adj 365 1470

Sale broadcast live at www.bylivestock.com

ELDER’S RAINMAKER 185J • Homo Pld

ELDER’S JAMBALAYA 137J • Homo Pld

CML Raindance x Elder’s Blackjack BW 104 Adj 205 778 Adj 365 1644

WCR Commissioner x Elder’s Blackjack BW 77 Adj 205 690 Adj 365 1416

Feel Free to stop and view the Bulls Coffee is On Sale Manager: Helge By 306-536-4261 Jon Wright 306-807-8424 charolaisbanner@gmail.com

VISITORS

WELCOME

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Ron & Donna Elder 306.267.4986 C 306.267.7693 • relder@sasktel.net Mike & Judy Elder C 306.267.7730 Box 37, Coronach, SK S0H 0Z0 @ElderElderly www.eldercharolais.com

DES POINTS À RÉFLÉCHIR

Dans nos champs

Helge By

Alors que nos photos et vidéos se terminent pour le printemps et que les ventes de taureaux commencent, il n’y a jamais de moment ennuyeux à cette période de l’année dans le marketing de l’industrie charolaise. Nous avons parcouru des dizaines et des dizaines d’enclos à taureaux et nous avons pris des milliers et des milliers de photos et de vidéos pour la publicité et les catalogues de vente de taureaux du printemps. Il y a une grande offre de taureaux Charolais pour vos vaches et vos génisses. Il y a eu plusieurs ventes qui ont déjà eu lieu. Vous pouvez aller sur notre site web pour voir les moyennes et les faits saillants et suivre les ventes au fur et à mesure qu’elles se produisent. Au cours des deux dernières années, une chose qui m’a étonné est la demande pour le boeuf malgré des prix plus élevés. Les emballeurs ont eu le dessus depuis les ralentissements de la production du à l’incendie de l’usine d’emballage au Texas puis au Covid dans les lignes des usines d’emballages, mais à travers tout cela, la demande a été forte. Les profits des emballeurs ont été les plus élevés de l’histoire au cours des deux dernières années avec des bénéfices historiques jamais vus auparavant. Enfin, il semble que le surplus dans les parcs d’engraissement s’est rattrapé et que les prix du bœuf de finition commencent à augmenter pour les parcs d’engraissements. Cela devrait entraîner une hausse du prix des veaux cet automne et subséquemment, comme nous avons réduit le nombre de vaches

en Amérique du Nord, le nombre de veaux sur le marché sera réduit au cours des prochaines années. Des nouveaux records ont été dressés quant au mérite de la carcasse. Lors de la récente série de données de classement de l’USDA, le nombre de choix de classement des bovins a atteint un nouveau record absolu. En ajoutant le nombre de bovins de première qualité, ce nombre combiné a également atteint un record absolu, à plus de 85 %. Cela a dépassé le record de l’an dernier. Qu’il s’agisse de l’hiver doux, d’une meilleure génétique ou de l’attrait des contrats à terme premium ou de tout ce qui précède, il y en a un nouveau record établi dans le livre. Lorsqu’on compare les données de l’USDA de poids carcasse dans cette équation, il y a encore un autre record. La semaine se terminant le 29 janvier, où les données réelles ont été rapportées le 10 février les carcasses de bouvillons ont aussi atteint un niveau record pour n’importe quel mois de janvier. Elles étaient seulement que de 2 livres sous le record absolu établi en octobre 2020. Ensuite, lorsque vous mettez les prix du boeuf de gros et de détail à des niveaux records pour n’importe quel mois de février et l’atmosphère de record englobe tout sauf les prix du bétail; qu’il s’agisse de contrats à terme ou au comptant. En 2014 et 2015, les prix des bovins ont largement dépassé les niveaux actuels. Et c’est la possibilité d’une hausse des prix des bovins en raison de la baisse prévue de l’offre en 2023 et 2024 qui stimule la tendance haussière à long terme. Ce n’est tout simplement pas seulement au Canada que le marché du boeuf est en vogue. En

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Australie, ils ont des prix record en ce moment avec une demande phénoménale. J’ai reçu des prix de l’association Charolais australienne des expositions et des ventes d’enclos de veaux gris de la région victorienne. En voici deux examples du début janvier. Vingt-et-un bouvillons Charolais gris avec une moyenne de poids de 443 kg (975 lb) pour 6,10 $/kg (2,77 $/lb) pour un total de 2 520 $ AUS (2 300 $ CA). Vingt-et-une génisses Charolais grises avec une moyenne de 378 kg (832 lb) pour 6,95 $/kg (3,16 $/lb) donc une total de 2 290 $ AUS (2 100 $ CA). Alors que nous entrons de plus en plus dans le temps des ventes de taureaux, si Robbie Chomik, Jon Wright ou moi-même pouvons être d’une aide quelconque, n’hésitez pas à nous appeler. Nous sommes toujours heureux d’aider de toutes les manières possibles. La plupart des catalogues de vente Charolais sont sur notre site et n’oubliez pas que tous nos magazines Charolais Banner et Charolais Connection sont disponibles en ligne gratuitement sur charolaisbanner.com. Si vous souhaitez revenir à des numéros antérieurs ou montrer à vos voisins des articles parus auparavant, faitesle. Nous essayons également de garder les nouvelles des ventes très à jour sur notre page d’accueil, afin que vous puissiez consulter les derniers résultats qui sont généralement publiés la journée suivant la vente. Nous souhaitons à tous une belle saison de vêlage, avec du beau temps, et que les conditions d’humidité cet été soient favorables. À la prochaine fois, Helge

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AT THE FARM, DIDSBURY, AB

1:00 PM FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2022

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Footprints Sir 4J / Sire: LT Nationwide BW: 90 / WW: 906 / YW: 1432

Footprints Sir 25J / Sire: TR PZC Turton BW: 96 / WW: 716 / YW: 1268

Footprints Sir 100J / Sire: Kay R Cannon BW: 90 / WW: 848 / YW: 1432

Footprints Sir 168H / SVY Marksman BW: 98 / Feb 14 WT: 1888

Footprints Sir 145H / Sire: LT Signature BW: 93 / Feb 14 WT: 1748

Footprints Sir 155H / Sire: LT Del Rey BW: 86 / Feb 14 WT: 1662

Footprints Sir 123J / Sire: LT Signature BW: 97 / WW: 728 / YW: 1270

Footprints Sir 162J / Sire: LT Signature BW: 105 / WW: 808 / YW: 1358

Footprints Sir 167J / Sire: LT Del Rey BW: 87 / WW: 686 / YW: 1206

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FROM THE CANADIAN CHAROLAIS ASSOCIATION

Why WE Do What We Do Craig Scott

CANADIAN CHAROLAIS ASSOCIATION 2320, 41st Avenue NE, Calgary, AB T2E 6W8 403.250.9242 F 403.291.9324 www.charolais.com @canCharolais www.facebook.com/cdncharolais

PROVINCIAL REPRESENTATIVES:

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

STAFF:

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

EXECUTIVE:

PRESIDENT: KASEY PHILLIPS Box 420, Waskatenau, AB T0A 3P0 780.358.2360 C 780.656.6400 kphillips@mcsnet.ca 1st VICE-PRESIDENT: SHAWN AIREY Box 639, Rivers, MB R0K 1X0 204.328.7704 C 204.724.8823 htacharolais@hotmail.com 2nd VICE-PRES: RYAN NESBITT

17100 Cedardale Rd, Nestleton, ON L0B 1L0 905.242.2046

ryan@cedardalefarms.ca PAST PRESIDENT: MIKE ELDER Box 216, Coronach, SK S0H 0Z0 306.267.5655 C 306.267.7730

mjelder@sasktel.net

DIRECTORS:

DARWIN ROSSO 78 325 4th Ave SW, Moose Jaw, SK S6H 5V2 306.693.2384 rosso.c@sasktel.net ROGER MALONEY 2420 Jermyn Line RR 1, Indian River, ON K0L 2B0 705.295.6439 C 705.761.7316 malrog64@hotmail.com MATHIEU PALERME 814 Pink Rd., Gatineau, QC J9J 3N3 819.682.2723 C 819.213.3143 matpalerme@yahoo.ca JEFF CAVERS Box 237, La Riviere, MB R0G 1A0 204.242.3467 C 204-242-4448 c2charolais@inethome.ca LORNE LAKUSTA Box 37, Andrew, AB T0B 0C0 780.365.2079 C 780.719.0264 spruceviewcharolais@gmail.com ROD McLEOD 293113 Twnshp Rd 263, Rocky View County, AB T4A 0N5 403.540.7986 rodmcl@telus.net

The purebred beef associations, along with their members, are tasked with the genetic improvement in the beef industry. The stakeholders on the purebred side spend millions of dollars on genetic research to help advance the beef industry. We can have all the very best tools but if they are not utilized, they do us no good. Retail giants such as Costco are demanding that as an industry we improve. Costco is working to improve prime grading from 1% to 5% within four years. Some of the tools they will be using are: -Pre-harvest identification of cattle via genotyping. -Implementation of new management and feeding protocol. -Ultrasound verification of grade. We, as beef supply chain producers, need to be very aware of what retailers want and do everything in our power to produce it. We have a lot of tools in our toolbox, let’s use them. The advancement of genomic information available, the accuracy of EPDs, plus ultrasound data are some of the most important tools we have. A lot of this information can be difficult to understand, but most purebred producers have an understanding and can and want to answer your questions and concerns. These tools are important for the seedstock producer, but equally, if not more valuable, for the commercial breeders. At the end of the day, we are working together for better beef. Through the CBBC (Canadian Beef Breeds Council), the breed Associations are working together and need to continue to do so. One of the projects that is being developed is the CBIN (Canadian Beef Innovation Network) project. Charolais Connection • March 2022

CBIN is a platform for genetic innovation and technology adoption, leveraging data science to advance outcome-based decision-making tools, to further enhance sustainable beef production in Canada. CBIN will facilitate research, development, and utilization of innovative genetic improvement technologies, for the benefit of all segments of the Canadian beef supply chain from primary production through to consumer. The goal of CBIN is to ensure directed and optimal genetic improvement of the Canadian beef herd. This will include providing genetic evaluation and performance prediction data points for outcomebased breeding decisions, lead innovative genetic research and technology transfer programs, and enhance data capture and management systems to assist with implementation of processes that will accurately and consistently yield animals specifically designed for targeted retail programs and/ or specific performance parameters valued by stakeholders within the beef value chain. The beef industry is somewhat under attack by various environmental, health and social groups. We, as producers, know that we are doing a great job of being stewards of the land and environment, but we might not be doing a good job of telling our story. One of the keynote speakers at the Canadian Beef Industry Conference was Professor Timothy Caulfield, an unrivalled communicator who debunks myths and assumptions about innovations in heath care. Part of Professor Caulfield’s message was that we live in a would of fear and misconceptions, today’s society is more likely to believe a celebrity’s endorsement rather than a ..continued on page 18

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HVA High Tide 83F x Elder’s Raptor 43Y 105 lb BW • 759 lb 205 DW • .8 BW 60 WW 113 YW

7th Annual Bull Sale 37 Two-Year Olds * 18 Yearlings

CFC 83F CAPTAIN 80J

CFC 176F HEAVY HITTER 4J

HVA High Tide 83F x CFC Pound Maker 52Z 92 lb BW • 731 lb 205 DW • -.9 BW EPD 61 WW 119 YW 24 M 54 TM Homozygous Polled • Red Factor • Top 3% for WW and 2% for YW

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Your Partners in the Cattle Industry SATURDAY • 1:00 PM

MARCH 26TH, 2022

AT THE FARM • COALDALE, AB Sale Manager: Helge By 306-536-4261 Jon Wright 306-807-8424 charolaisbanner@gmail.com

Mark & Trish Lohues • George & Angela Lohues Box 1094, Coaldale, AB T1M 1M9 • Mark 403-634-2989 lohuesmark@gmail.com • Herdsman: Christopher Lohues 403-795-1343 www.coyoteflatscharolais.com Coyote Flats Charolais @FlatsCoyote coyote_flats_charolais

Herd tours always welcome

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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

PROVINCIAUX REPRÉSENTANTS:

PERSONNEL:

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

EXÉCUTIF:

PRÉSIDENT: KASEY PHILLIPS Box 420, Waskatenau, AB T0A 3P0 780.358.2360 C 780.656.6400 kphillips@mcsnet.ca 1er VICE-PRÉSIDENT: SHAWN AIREY Box 639, Rivers, MB R0K 1X0 204.328.7704 C 204.724.8823 htacharolais@hotmail.com 2e VICE-PRÉSIDENT: RYAN NESBITT

17100 Cedardale Rd, Nestleton, ON L0B 1L0 905.242.2046

ryan@cedardalefarms.ca ANCIEN PRÉSIDENT: MIKE ELDER Box 216, Coronach, SK S0H 0Z0 306.267.5655 C 306.267.7730

mjelder@sasktel.net

ADMINISTRATION: DARWIN ROSSO 78 325 4th Ave SW, Moose Jaw, SK S6H 5V2 306.693.2384 rosso.c@sasktel.net ROGER MALONEY 2420 Jermyn Line RR 1, Indian River, ON K0L 2B0 705.295.6439 C 705.761.7316 malrog64@hotmail.com MATHIEU PALERME 814 Pink Rd., Gatineau, QC J9J 3N3 819.682.2723 C 819.213.3143 matpalerme@yahoo.ca JEFF CAVERS Box 237, La Riviere, MB R0G 1A0 204.242.3467 C 204-242-4448 c2charolais@inethome.ca LORNE LAKUSTA Box 37, Andrew, AB T0B 0C0 780.365.2079 C 780.719.0264 spruceviewcharolais@gmail.com ROD McLEOD 293113 Twnshp Rd 263, Rocky View County, AB T4A 0N5 403.540.7986 rodmcl@telus.net

Pourquoi nous faisons ce que nous faisons Craig Scott

Les éleveurs de race et les associations de races de boucherie ont le mandat de favoriser l’amélioration génétique au sein de l’industrie bovine. Tous les Intervenants du secteur de l’élevage de race pure investissent des millions de dollars dans les recherches génétiques, afin de faire progresser encore davantage l’industrie bovine. Toutefois, on peut bien avoir les meilleurs outils, mais s’ils ne sont pas utilisés, ils ne nous servent à rien. Les géants du secteur du détail tels que Costco demandent à l’industrie de s’améliorer encore plus. Chez Costco, ils travaillent à l’amélioration du classement de la catégorie “Prime”, qu’ils veulent voir passer de 1% à 5% au cours des quatre prochaines années. Pour y arriver, ils utiliseront entre autres les outils suivants : -Identification des bovins avant l’abattage via le génotypage. -Mise en place de nouveaux protocoles de régie et d’alimentation des bovins. -Vérification du classement de la carcasse par les ultrasons. Nous, les producteurs au début de la chaine d’approvisionnement du boeuf, devons être bien au fait des besoins des détaillants, et nous devons faire tout ce qui est possible pour produire ce qu’ils veulent. Nous avons plusieurs outils dans notre coffre à outils, alors utilisons-les. Les progrès au niveau des informations génomiques disponibles, ainsi que l’amélioration de la précision des EPD sont les outils les plus importants à notre disposition. Plusieurs de ces informations peuvent être difficiles à comprendre, toutefois la plupart des éleveurs de race pure ont une bonne compréhension, de sorte qu’ils Charolais Connection • March 2022

peuvent et ils veulent répondre à vos questions et à vos préoccupations. Ces outils sont importants pour les éleveurs sélectionneurs, et ils le sont tout aussi sinon encore plus importants pour les producteurs commerciaux. En fin de compte, nous travaillons tous ensembles pour produire une viande de bœuf de meilleure qualité. Par l’intermédiaire du “Conseil Canadien des Races de Boucherie – CBBC”, les associations de races travaillent ensemble et ils doivent continuer de le faire. Un des projets en développement est le Réseau d’Innovation du Bœuf Canadien (« CBIN- Canadian Beef Innovation Network »). Le projet « CBIN” est en fait une plateforme d’adoption de technologie et d’innovation en génétique, visant à exploiter les données de la science pour améliorer les outils externes de prises de décision qui contribueront à favoriser la production durable de bœuf au Canada. Le projet “CBIN” facilitera la recherche, le développement et l’utilisation de technologies innovantes d’amélioration génétique, au bénéfice de tous les segments de la chaine de production bovine canadienne, à partir du secteur primaire du producteur jusqu’au détaillant. L’objectif du “CBIN” est de permettre une amélioration génétique dirigée et optimale des troupeaux de bovin du Canada. Cela inclura une disponibilité d’évaluation génétique et des prévisions de données de performances visant à produire des décisions d’élevage basées sur les résultats. On pourra aussi conduire des recherches innovantes au niveau de l’évaluation génétique et des programmes de transfert technologique, et améliorer les systèmes de cueillette et de gestion ..continued on page 18

Sparrows Maxwell x Eatons Royal Dynasty BW 102, Oct 10 WW 735, Feb 6 YW 1345

WOB 129J

K-Cow Blue Jeans x M6 Gridmaker BW 105, Oct 10 WW 765, Feb 6 YW 1400

WOB 124J

20th Annual Bull Sale

Circle Cee Legend x HC Yoda BW 90, Oct 10 WW 760, Feb 6 YW 1385

WOB 29J

DIAMOND W CHAROLAIS & RED ANGUS

TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2022 – 1:30 PM JTM LIVESTOCK, MINITONAS, MB

(5 miles East of Swan River on Highway 10) On Offer:

80 BULLS 54 CHAROLAIS Two-Year Old & Yearling Bulls 26 RED & BLACK ANGUS Two-Year Old & Yearling Bulls

Our bulls will work for you:

• Big, Solid Bulls that can cover pastures • Semen tested & ready to work! • Performance Tested • Lots of Hair • Full of Meat • More bull for your dollar • Good Feet, Structurally Sound, Easy Fleshing Sale Manager: Helge By 306-536-4261 Jon Wright 306-807-8424 charolaisbanner@gmail.com

Orland Walker Hudson Bay, SK 306-865-6539 diamondw@sasktel.net

View the catalogue and videos online at www.bylivestock.com

WOB 81J K-Cow Blue Jeans x Sparrows Chitek BW 104, Oct 10 WW 800, Feb 6 YW 1415

WIO 15J Red U2 Malbec x Red Lakeford Kapton BW 85, Oct 10 WW 715, Feb 6 YW 1280 Charolais Connection • March 2022

WIO 3J Red Diamond W Parker x Red Get-A-Long Unltd BW 90, Oct 10 WW 800, Feb 6 YW 1400 17

FROM THE CANADIAN CHAROLAIS ASSOCIATION, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14 scientific explanation. A study was conducted in the U.S. on the 100 most trustworthy people in the U.S. and the top 3 were all Hollywood actors, so how do we compete with that.

We have Provincial and Federal organizations in the beef business that are doing a great job of telling our story and getting the true facts out to consumers about what we

do. We need to work with these organizations to give them the support they need to continue to take our great message forward.

FROM THE CANADIAN CHAROLAIS ASSOCIATION, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 16 des données. On collaborera à la mise en place des procédés qui permettront de produire constamment et précisément des animaux développés spécifiquement pour les programmes ciblés de vente au détail, et / ou selon des paramètres spécifiques de performance d’importance pour les intervenants de la chaine de production du bœuf. L’industrie bovine est dans la mire de plusieurs groupes de pression environnementaux, de santé et sociaux. Nous en tant que producteurs savons que nous sommes des gardiens de nos terres et de notre environnement, toutefois nous ne 18

faisons sans doute pas un bon travail d’éducation au niveau du public. Lors de la dernière Conférence de l’industrie bovine Canadienne, le Professeur Timothy Caulfield, un conférencier émérite, a démystifié certaines suppositions et mythes véhiculés concernant des innovations dans le domaine de la santé. Une partie du message du Professeur Caulfield parlait du fait que nous vivons dans un monde de peur et d’idées fausses, et que la société actuelle aurait plus tendance à croire un énoncé d’une personne célèbre, plutôt qu’une explication scientifique. D’après une étude effectuée aux ÉtatsCharolais Connection • March 2022

Unis, si on prend les cent personnes considérées comme les plus dignes de confiance aux États-Unis, les trois premières personnes de la liste étaient des acteurs d’Hollywood. Dans le monde de la production bovine, nous avons des organisations provinciales et fédérales qui font un très bon travail de promotion et de diffusion aux consommateurs des bons messages et des réalités vécus par les producteurs bovins. On doit travailler en collaboration avec ces organisations et leur accorder notre appui afin qu’ils continuent de diffuser les bons messages dans le futur.

thirty - seven years in the red white and tan

Monday, March 21, 2022 - 2 PM

TRI-NBULL SALE 7th Annual

TRI-N RED BARON X PLEASANT DAWN BONUS HOMO RED, NON DILUTORS

CHAROLAIS - at the farm - Lenore, Manitoba-

NMF 5J

All Red & Black Calves on black cows (no grey)

offering 50 lots of

Yearling

CHAROLAIS BULLS A BULL FOR EVERY BUDGET

Manitoba’s Largest Offering Of Red Factor Charolais Bulls ALL BULLS HAVE CARCASS DATA 32 HOMO POLLED BULLS ON OFFER

SCX JEHU X NCC TRUE

NYK 2158J

only sons to sell this year off the

$245,000 HIGH SELLING SCX JEHU 233E

TRI-N CHAROLAIS FARMS

Merv, Joanne and Jesse Nykoliation Box 899 Lenore, Manitoba R0M 1E0 Merv: (204) 838-2107 | (204) 851-2290 | merv1@prairie.ca Jesse: (204) 851-3391 | jnykoliation@yahoo.com facebook: Tri-N Charolais Farms twitter: @nykoliation

SALE MANAGEMENT

JACK AUCTION GROUP - Brennin Jack 306-641-9285

HEJ EINSTEIN X TRI-N CAPTAIN MORGAN THE LARGEST GROUP OF TAN BULLS YOU WILL FIND

watch & view online with

NYK 2118J

view catalogue and videos online at www.trincharolais.com OR www.jackauctiongroup.com Charolais Connection • March 2022

POPLAR BLUFF STOCK FARM & Guest Consignors Bronyx Angus & L & S Livestock 6TH ANNUAL BULL SALE

Tuesday, March 22nd, 1 PM, Dryland Trading Corp, Veteran, AB 25 Charolais Two-Year Olds • Two-Year Old & Yearling Black Angus

THJ 62H

AHT 14H

LAE Almond 3122A x LAE Whip-Cracker 967W

LAE Chancellor 5122C x DRG Alta Pride 2B

THJ 37H

AHT 26H

LAE Chancellor 5122C x MVY Awesome 1A

LAE Almond 3122A X MNE Most Impressed 28M

THJ 65H

AHT 27H

LAE Chancellor 5122C x LAE Flo-Rida 1111Y

LAE Frontrunner 896F x K-Cow Red KitKat 24X

Legacys Game Day 45G semen available – $75/straw John & Kirsten Taylor & Family T 780-858-2435 • C 780-806-3395 Box 55, Chauvin, AB T0B 0V0 jktaylor@telusplanet.net 20

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ROSS LAKE CHAROLAIS FULL FRENCH & FRENCH INFLUENCE BULLS 30 YEARLING & TWO-YEAR OLD BULLS AVAILABLE BY PRIVATE TREATY Stop in anytime for a visit and view the bulls

ROSS LAKE CHAROLAIS

Byron & Linda Wilkie & family • C 403.740.5247, rosslakechar@xplornet.com, Stettler, Alberta

Available By Private Treaty

RRMM

POLLED

James Bond 102J BW: 88 LBS

SIRED BY RRMM HANG ON 7G

RRMM

Yellowstone 2J HOMO POLLED

(

CHAROL AIS

BW: 75 LBS

MONSOON X HOME GROWN

RRMM

Bob, Nikki, Bobby & Wyatt Miles Czar, AB Bob: 250.267.3424 Bobby: 250.392.0958

Jive On 12J

HORNED

BW: 81 LBS

SIRED BY CEE HANG ON 701E

Give us a call to come and view the entire pen of bulls on offer!

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Brimner Cattle Sons of HTA Batman

CE 11.4 BW -2.3 WW 37 YW 72 M 21 TM 39 Homo Polled, BW 90, 205 DW 838

GBR 6J

CE 11.5 BW -2.1 WW 36 YW 69 M 20 TM 39 Homo Polled, BW 96, 205 DW 764

GBR 8J

GBR 200J

CE 9.8 BW -.9 WW 40 YW 76 M 20 TM 39 Homo Polled, BW 87, 205 DW 837

CE 8.8 BW .2 WW 44 YW 86 M 17 TM 39 Homo Polled, BW 93, 205 DW 798

GBR 44J

CE 8.8 BW .2 WW 44 YW 86 M 17 TM 39 Homo Polled, BW 88, 205 DW 891

Sons of PFC Gunner

GBR 78J CE 1.8 BW 2.8 WW 45 YW 88 M 23 TM 46 Polled, BW 107, 205 DW 812

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GBR 51J

Co. Bull Sale Sons of Beck’s Source

GBR 207J

CE 7 BW .4 WW 42 YW 85 M 18 TM 39 Homo Polled, BW 92, 205 DW 805

GBR 47J

CE 10.8 BW -2 WW 39 YW 76 M 23 TM 42 Homo Polled, BW 100, 205 DW 875

GBR 69J

CE 8.7 BW -.5 WW 40 YW 84 M 21 TM 41 Polled, BW 78, 205 DW 861

GBR 86J

GBR 43J

CE 5.4 BW 1.1 WW 32 YW 67 M 22 TM 37 Homo Polled, BW 101, 205 DW 747

GBR 125J

CE 6.6 BW .6 WW 42 YW 79 M 20 TM 41 Polled/s, BW 89, 205 DW 792

Sale Manager:

Sons of SOS Game of Thrones

CE 4.8 BW 1 WW 36 YW 76 M 24 TM 42 Polled/s, BW 102, 205 DW 855

Brimner Cattle Co. Kelly, Tracy, William & Wyatt Brimner Manor, SK Helge By 306-536-4261 T 306-448-2028 • C 306-577-7698 Jon Wright 306-807-8424 Charolais Connection • March 2022

MVY 7J SVY BOJANGLES 829F x SILVERSTREAM EVOLUTION E BW: 3.8 WW: 47 YW: 86 M: 14 TM: 37

MVY 18J SVY FORTRESS 703E x SILVERSTREAM GEDDES G102 BW: 4.7 WW: 51 YW: 91 M: 17 TM: 42

MVY 97J SVY BOJANGLES 829F x GERRARD PASTOR 35Z BW: 3.0 WW: 46 YW: 91 M: 26 TM: 49

MVY 12J SVY FORTRESS 703E x PLEASANTDAWN HYBRID 37W BW: 1.6 WW: 41 YW: 75 M: 22 TM: 42

MVY 65J HTA SWITCHBLADE 993G x CEDARDALE ZEAL 125Z BW: 0.7 WW: 57 YW: 101 M: 19 TM: 48

MVY 24J SVY FORTRESS 703E x SVY EPIC PLD 127Y BW: 3.0 WW: 49 YW: 94 M: 23 TM: 47

Selling: 40 Yearling Charolais Bulls 40 Red & Black Angus Bulls

Sale Managed By:

Chris Poley 306.220.5006 Shane Michelson 403.363.9973 Ben Wright 519.374.3335

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Mike & Moira, Dean, Dallas, Jace Box 93 Arelee, SK S0K 0H0 Mike’s Cell (306) 241-1975 Dean’s Cell (306) 612-3326 mmcavoy31@yahoo.com

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PROFILE – AB CARROLL

Auctioneer Champion to Social Media Marketing Success Candace By Ab Carroll had an interest in auctioneering as a young teenager. His family had no auctioneers in its history, so it was a new path that was possibly considered as a fleeting interest and not taken too seriously. “I started as a smoke-break auctioneer in Woodville. They had a little auction barn and when Neil Woodrow needed a smoke, I would sell the baby calves, rabbits, and the chickens. I attended the Worldwide College of Auctioneering in 2011, in Denver. There is a school in Iowa, but I was not allowed to miss too much school and the way it worked out, I only missed the first week of grade eleven by going to Denver.” “The deal was that I had to go to college, so I attended college in Barrie, to become a nurse. While I was there, Neil was selling the stocker sale in

Cookstown. I happened to come down one night to watch the sale and Neil introduced me to Wayne Small and Murray Morden, and they just happened to be looking for somebody. It started with me selling the non-vaccinated calves on Thursday nights. I started full-time in November of 2015, when I finished college, and I’ve been here ever since.” (The Cookstown market is formally know as the Ontario Stockyards Inc.) Ab did work as a nurse on weekends at the jail for about a year, while working at the market during the week. He dropped the nursing part from his workload and devoted all his time to his market job. “I started competing in the 2014 LMAC (Livestock Marketers Association of Canada) Auctioneering

“In Whitewood, Saskatchewan, in 2018, I was lucky enough to win the performance.”

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THE BEST OF THE BREEDS March 27, 2022 - Yorkton, SK

CE: 5.1 BW: 1.8 WW: 50 YW: 97 M: 20 TM: 45

Dogpatch Jambuster 25J

CE: 9.4 BW: -2.4 WW: 51 YW: 94 M: 22 TM: 48

LT Ransom 8644 X HC Zelma 931G Born: Jan. 19/ 2021 BW: 90 lbs. Unassisted

WC Milestone 5223 P X Dogpatch Venus 12F Born: Jan. 12/ 2021 BW: 95 lbs. Unassisted WW: Oct. 21/21 - 982 lbs Feb.7/22 - 1345 lbs

CE: 7.9 BW: -0.9 WW: 46 YW: 88 M: 20 TM: 44

Dogpatch Jamieson 22J WW: Oct. 21/21 - 1075 lbs Feb.7/22 - 1340 lbs

Dogpatch Jackpot 32J LT Nationwide 8455 PLD ET X Dogpatch Lily 50F Born: Feb. 9/ 2021 BW: 98 lbs. Unassisted WW: Oct. 21/21 - 1065 lbs Feb.7/22 - 1410 lbs

CE: 7.3 BW: -0.8 WW: 48 YW: 93 M: 21 TM: 45

Dogpatch Junction 90J LT Nationwide 8455 PLD ET X Dogpatch Mattie 90A Born: Jan. 13/ 2021 BW: 100 lbs. Unassisted WW: Oct. 21/21 - 1065 lbs Feb.7/22 - 1440 lbs

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Box 44, Leroy SK S0K 2P0 306.287.4008 306.287.3199 mzentner@bogend.ca 306.287.8180 306.287.8170

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SALE MANAGEMENT Chris Poley: Shane Michelson: Ben Wright:

306.220.5006 403.363.9973 519.374.3335

18th Annual

Best of the Breeds

BULL SALE Yorkton, SK | March 27, 2022 | 1:30pm Videos posted on www.harcourtcharolais.com HBC

Hustle 106J | LT Nationwide X Sparrows Escobar

HBC

Entourage 109J | TR CAG Carbon Copy X HBC Stetson

HBC

Elevation 115J | TR CAG Carbon Copy X PCC Sudden Impact

Harcourt

Sale Broadcast on DLMS

Charolais

Doug, Tammy, Jennifer & Justin Harcourt C: 1-306-383-7068 | d.t.harcourt@sasktel.net Quill Lake, SK Charolais Connection • March 2022

Championship, in Moose Jaw, times.” Saskatchewan. I spent a week “After I won the LMAC, I before the contest with Brennan attended the International Jack, and he gave me some competition at the Calgary pointers about the competition. It Stampede, but I made a mistake was more of a holiday for me than and missed a bid, and that’s how it anything. I think I came 20th out ended. Then covid happened and I of 28 contestants. just haven’t got back into it.” I kept going back to the contests “I grew up in a little town because they were fun. I didn’t called Downeyville, between know it was going to be a career Peterborough and Lindsay. We have thing. In 2015, I came fourth in some family farms there, almost Winnipeg, Manitoba. That caught all my parents’ siblings live close my interest and spurred me on by. We always had beef cows there Ab selling at the championship in Whitewood, Saskatchewan to try harder. I came fourth again with a heavy Charolais influence. in Brussels, and in Lethbridge, My grandfather had a lot of cows, Alberta, I was third. “In Whitewood, Saskatchewan, in for Ontario, and always used Charolais bulls. I did buy some 2018, I was lucky enough to win the performance.” red Simmental heifers last year on the spur of the moment, “After 2014, I started to do any sort of contest just for but we normally have white cows bred white, to market fun. There was an Ontario white calves. I bought a 100Auctioneer contest and acre farm kitty-corner to my an International Plowing grandfather’s place and lease match had a competition. 150 more acres across the road I attended the World to grass exotic influenced Livestock Auctioneering yearlings. I run about 85 cows Competition a couple of of my own. Dad and Grandpa

we normally have white cows bred white, to market white calves

Ab with his brothers, John, Owen and Clair

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Kevin & Janice Kailey & Lexi

KJW 409J KJW 31J

KJW 6J

KJW 97J

KCA 6J

KJW 145J

Sale at the ranch near Elk Point AB Bulls available for viewing anytime Kevin @ 780-614-5959 | kcowranch@gmail.com View the catalogue on our website: kcow.ca Charolais Connection • March 2022

have cut back, but Grandpa probably still has 70 cows. We are down on numbers, but since I am full-time at the market, it is probably best. I will be increasing my numbers shortly.” “I built a new barn to combat the freezing rain and snow. We also built it to make chore time easier and faster. We built it for environmental reasons too, as we run a lot of cows in the cedar bush. I felt if we could get them on concrete, it would save the land. It would also be safe because we designed it for moving cattle through with ease. The barn is 120 x 60 and there is a 120 x 60 cement pad in front. I would like to have a manure pit, but I just haven’t got around to doing that yet.” They try to calve in January or February, if possible, as it is a slow period at the stockyards. “I find it is the lowest input for me. By the time they hit grass, they aren’t eating a ton. It is a little bit more work in the cold, but I find the cold doesn’t bother the calves, if I can keep them out of the wind. I find there are fewer health issues calving in January and there are definitely no flies to bother them.” “I vaccinate the calves with a live vaccine, blackleg and a dewormer in May. When we wean, we give them a live vaccine again.” “We wean and keep some replacements. We background some of the calves from the first-calf heifers. I generally wean in the first week of September, so it extends my pasture. I market the calves in the first week of October.

We watch the market, and if it makes sense to hold them a week or two more, we do.” “I try not to background too many, and what I do is done on grass. I buy white heifers, or Charcross heifers, at 550 pounds in March and April. It gives me a backup plan if the market isn’t right, I can always breed a heifer. When they go out on grass, I find they have lots of frame and growth in them. They gain like a bugger out there. When we bring them here, they weigh up, and the resale value is so great. Every week I get calls here asking how many Charolais yearlings we have to sell. It isn’t how many yearlings do you have, it is how many Charolais yearlings do you have.“ “We lead most of the sales off with a Charolais or Charcross string if we can. We just find that it sets the pace for the day. Every breed has their pros and cons, but I think the Charolais come with easy feeding and high yielding qualities. I feel the Charolais breed is the best breed in the cattle business right now, especially in Canada. They are the right size, they have the birth weight under control, the weaning weights are good. There is not a lot of input to put that weight on them. When they come here, they are easy to market. They go on feed, and they gain. We have guys here that won’t feed anything but a white or a tan.” “The whites will bring the premium of 12-15 cents on a weaned calf. A 700 lb Charolais steer yesterday (October, 2021) was bringing $2.08-$2.15, whereas a black of the

I feel the Charolais breed is the best breed in the cattle business right now, especially in Canada.

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1 : 3 0 P M M A R C H 2 5 , 2 0 2 2 F R I D AY

Homo Polled P O W E R F U L A N D S O G GY DAM 31J T R I N G O N O RT H 7 3 1 E X C H A R L A M O O R E R O U N D U P 1 A

Homo Polled

H E I F E R B U L L P R O S P ECT DAM 10J TR CAG CARBON COPY 7630E ET X CHARLA MOORE ROUND UP 1A

consigning to the MCTAVISH FARMS ANNUAL BULL SALE

PERFORMANCE AND HAIR

DAM 35J

CHARLA MOORE ROUND UP 1A X CJC SYMBOL B1067P

J O R DA N M O O R E B OX 3 5 , R E DV E R S , S K S 0 C 2 H 0

- M O O S O M I N , S K32

Homo Polled

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306-452-8454

MCTAVISH FARMS sale online with

Jared & Heather McTavish Moosomin, Saskatchewan mctavish@rfnow.com 306-435-4925 Home 306-435-9842 Cell

OFFERING 40 CHAROLAIS BULLS W E I N V I T E YO U TO T H E FA R M TO V I E W T H E B U L LS A N Y T I M E

MCTAVISH DIMENSION 17J FEB/6/21 CRACKER JACK 13D SON

11th

ANNUAL BULL SALE 1 : 3 0 PM F R I DAY

March 25, 2022

H E L D AT T H E FA R M - M O O S O M I N , S K

MCTAVISH OL’SON 106J JAN/15/21 CRACKER JACK 13D SON

WITH GUEST CHARLA MOORE FARMS

MCTAVISH HEDEMAN 903J JAN/23/21 SOS HOOEY 127D SON

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same weight was bringing $1.95-$2.01. There is nothing wrong with the blacks, the Charolais just seem to work out for what is going on here. Lots of guys are looking for Charolais bulls and are asking where they can find one. Some of the Limousin guys are still pretty powerful here. There is no debate that Charolais is king here in Ontario.” “Let’s face it. If you get a ten-cent premium on a 500-pound calf, that is $50. That pays for your commission, your expenses getting here, etc. You put that premium on a 700-pound calf, and it is a lot of money in your pocket. It may be a little harder in Ontario to sell silvers than in the west. No matter if you have red cows, white cows, sandycoloured cows, or multi-coloured cows – a Charolais bull will maximize your dollars on the calves. I really like to see guys maximize hybrid vigour in their herd. I like white on white, as I think Charolais is the best overall breed.” “I breed my heifers to a calving ease Charolais bull or a Limousin bull. After the first year, they all see a Charolais bull. I A.I. to a Charolais bull, then they get turned out with a clean-up bull. I use Semex semen to breed my females. My mature cows are around 1,500 lb. I try to keep them between 1,400 and 1,500 pounds. There are lots of moderate framed Charolais available now. Every now and then I kick out a bigger framed bull. The four- and fiveyear old females will see a bigger bull to make the most of their maturity. We run about a six-week calving interval, by A.I.ing in the second week of April and pull the bulls in the first week of June.”

“We weigh all our calves when they are born. I try to keep them under 95 pounds, but we get 95-100-pound calves quite regularly. I know calving was the big scare with Charolais in the past, but it really doesn’t cross my mind anymore, unless they are small heifers.” “I keep cows until they are ten. Running the stockyards here, I don’t have time to for any issues at home. Some cows may stay until eleven, but I prefer to sell at ten. My grandfather doesn’t. He has lots of cows around much older than ten. I try to do a 40-50% weight on weaning. If a cow weighs 1,500 pounds, she should be able to raise a 700 lb calf. If she weighs 1,300 pounds, she should raise at least a 600 lb calf. They may get away with an under-weight calf once, but they won’t see past a second time.” “We weigh our cows and calves every time they go through the chute. Before they go to grass, they are all weighed. We have scales in our handling system, and it isn’t too complicated. We use Herdtrax, we scan their eartag and enter the weight. We go by the cow’s weight when she goes on grass, as we don’t typically bring them in until later in November, depending on the grass situation. We do take into consideration the birth date of the calf. Obviously, if they are born on the first of February, there is going to be a difference with the January 1 calves.” “The cows really do have to fend for themselves. Obviously, we feed them, but they certainly don’t get babied. The commute to the stockyards is about an hour and twenty minutes, so they must be low maintenance

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Charmark Ranches Bull Sale THURSDAY, MARCH 31ST, 2022, 1:00 PM BOW SLOPE SHIPPING, BROOKS, AB

42 Two-Year Old Bulls

• Registered, Performance Charolais Bulls with French Influence • Leptin Tested • Good footed, meat bulls that will calve well and give you the added thickness • Most are calved on grass – just like you do • Many 1/2 and 3/4 brothers for added consistency

FLM 36H

F LM 3 4 H

Sired by 16E, he is double bred Pure Power

As thick & natural muscled bull you will find

FLM 140H

F LM 1 H

Another 16E son, double bred Pure Power

Another 16E son who is polled with a shot of French

F LM 1 9 7H

F LM 3 21 H

1/2 French son of 16E

End of June bull with length and smoothness

Catalogue, Videos and Sale at www.bylivestock.com

Charmark Ranches

Sale Manager:

Helge By 306-536-4261 Jon Wright 306-807-8424

View and Bid

Leigh Marquess Gem, AB T0J 1M0 306-716-4594 Charolais Connection • March 2022

cattle. I bought the farm before our numbers have gone up we started managing the considerably.” stockyards, and the location isn’t “When I first started working the most convenient.” here for Wayne and Murray, Ashley’s parents, Mark Wayne had been the manager and Cindy Ferraro, own the of the Toronto Stockyards since Cookstown and Brussels 1967, until it closed in 1994 stockyards. Ab and Ashley, his (which was actually before fiancée, manage the Cookstown I was born) and they moved operation. “I was the here. He was pretty set in his competition before they owned ways. When I came on board, it,” Ab laughs. “Ashley and I I wanted to take everything met at the Brussels Auctioneer that they had, between them contest in 2016, but I had done there was probably 120 years of lots of business with Mark experience from which to learn. and her two brothers before Brian Pascoe, our barn manager, that. I worked for Wayne Small worked for Wayne for 44 years and Murray Morden until the before that. When we stepped in Ferraros purchased Cookstown, here, we tried to learn as much and we took over on October 1, as we could from them.” 2019.” “I noticed there were a lot of “I had been looking for a sale younger guys that used their facility of my own and talked community sale barn because to Mark about what I had that was what you did and didn’t found. That was when he told really have time to go to the sale Ashley and Ab me he had been talking with barn. I just thought we had a lot Wayne and Murray about purchasing Cookstown, and to offer and there was a lot of untapped potential here, and the opportunity for Ashley and I to manage it. I certainly I was looking for a way to tap it. I was down in Cornwall wasn’t in a spot financially to buy this market, so it worked visiting a friend and he introduced me to his brother-inwell. I knew the customers here. I was pretty young when law. I was talking about the untapped potential in the we took over, I was only 24. It took some time to get my market, and he suggested I try Twitter. To me, Twitter had head wrapped around the business. We are happy here; been something kids did in school, I never knew about Ag

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Annual Bull Sale

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A sample of the bulls consigned to the PRAIRIE DISTINCTION BULL SALE 8TH ANNUAL

RAMM 7J

3rd Gen Pld • Sire: RAMM Glandslam 41G BW 98 • WW 907 • Jan 26 1480

3rd Gen Pld • Sire: RAMM Grandslam 41G BW 105 • WW 986 • Jan 26 1515

RAMM 17J

Tuesday, March 29, 2022 Beautiful Plains Ag Society, Neepawa, MB

Bulls also for sale by private treaty on the farm

RAMM 82J

Red Factor, 4th Gen Pld • Sire: RAMM Grand Canyon 21G BW 100 • WW 906 • Jan 26 1445

3rd Gen Pld • Sire: Merit Roundup BW 96 • WW 932 • Jan 26 1480

RAMM 11J

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JFC CY HOORNE 31H Power & Performance

JFC HUGO 30H

81 lb BW • -3.3 BW EPD

Tuesday, March 29, 2022 Neepawa, MB

12 Coming Two-Year Old Bulls Sell

JFC HANK 40H

Red Factor • BW 96 lb BW • -.9 BW EPD

MJC VERMILLION 35H

90 lb BW • -.7 BW EPD • 101 YW EPD

Scott, Shelley, Madison & Gavin Johnston Box 123, Rathwell, MB R0B 1S0 204-749-2247 • C: 204-723-5030 Like and follow us on Facebook

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8TH ANNUAL

TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2022 1:00 pm DST

RAMM 13J

Beautiful Plains Ag Society Neepawa, MB 19 Two-Year Olds Most are Polled Some Red Factor 15 Yearlings YEARLINGS that will add the PERFORMANCE YOU WANT TWO-YEAR OLD BULLS that aren’t leftovers, but DEVELOPED TO SERVE MORE COWS

JFC 31H

Consignors: DOUBLE P STOCK FARMS Jared Preston 204-732-2054 C 204-647-5416 JOHNSTON CHAROLAIS Scott & Shelley Johnston 204-749-2247 C 204-723-5030 R & G MCDONALD LIVESTOCK Ron & Gail McDonald 204-466-2883 C 204-724-2811

CVF 12J

CROCUS VALLEY FARMS LTD. Curtis & Erika Lovett Box 876, Killarney, MB R0K1G0 204-523-8515 C 204-523-2305

Catalogue, Videos, Sale and Internet Bidding at www.bylivestock.com Sale Manager: 306-584-7937 Helge By 306-536-4261 Jon Wright 306-807-8424 charolaisbanner@gmail.com

JAPR 7H

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Twitter. He started to show me some Ag Twitter accounts, and I thought it was worth a try. I made an account and did some strategic tweets and mentions. I never even asked Wayne or Murray, I just started to follow some highly visible people, like Helge By, John Mielhausen, Brian Good, and the associations. When they liked a tweet, responded, or retweeted, I would gain more followers. It just sort of exploded.” “When we took over, I started the Facebook page. That was to post market reports and acknowledge producers that had done well in a cost-effective way. Print advertising is so expensive, I thought we would try putting it online and that really took off. People started coming from further away and we had an explosion of business from the Maritimes. We get at least a load, if not two loads a week from there now. A big chunk of our business comes from Quebec. We get cattle from the north, it just snowballed. The summer used to be dead here and now we are doing four and five hundred calves all summer. In a year, I think

we run about 90,000 cattle through the yards and about 50,000 sheep and goats. We have three sales each week. Every Monday, we have from 800 to 1,500 sheep, lambs, and goats. January to March can be pretty slow for sheep, lambs and goats, but it is steady through the rest of the year.” “The main thing for me in social media is consistency. If I always tweet about the stocker sale on Thursday, pretty soon people are looking for the results. I did one political tweet, and I will never do it again. I try to keep my Facebook posts to a template, so people know what to expect. I always try to keep things positive. Even in a down market, someone who tops it should still be recognized for doing a good job and demanding the top price. I do push Charolais, because hands down, they are the easiest breed to sell. We acknowledge any breeder that brings a good product and does well, it just seems to be Charolais more often.” “We don’t sell chickens or rabbits unless we volunteer for a fundraiser auction. We just sold some turkeys last week for some 4-H kids. The first turkey sold for $1,000.

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our cattle work for us and they will work for you!

LEJ 19H

POLLED SON OF RAMM 61E

LEJ 23J

POLLED GRANDSON OF BLACKJACK YEARLING AND TWO YEAR OLD BULLS

C O M E TA K E A L O O K !

LEJ 2J

POLLED SON OF WC WHIPLASH

A SAMPLE OF OUR BULLS ON

OFFER B Y P R I VAT E T R E AT Y

LEJ 25H

LEJ 2H

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H O M O P O L L E D S O N O F B R A X TO N

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The second turkey came in the ring and brought $1,000. The third turkey came in the ring, and it was a younger kid, who didn’t have his homework done. We were having trouble getting $100. I saw a friend of mine in the stands and thought it would be a good joke for him to buy a turkey, as I knew very well, he didn’t want one. I started bidding and at $500, I decided it was getting to be an expensive joke. We ended up splitting the cost of the turkey and he got the bird. We do a lot of 4-H sales.” “The Mennonite and Amish population make up about eighty percent of our buyer base. We have a bus that goes and picks them up at their homes on Thursday mornings to bring them to the sale. It keeps the buyer seats more consistently full. All they have to do is call the bus company and say they want to go Thursday, and they get picked up. The company plans a route and gives them an idea what time they will be there. The buyers wait at the end of their driveway, come to the sale and the bus takes them home. It is well worth the investment. We had thirty buyers at the sale

yesterday, that came by bus. When they have to phone to arrange the pick-up, you know they are there to buy. It’s funny, you go out west and there may be seven buyers at a sale. Here it is common to have fifty buyers in the ring.” “We have a sheep, lamb and goat sale on Mondays, a cow sale on Wednesdays and a stocker sale on Thursdays. Three or four times each, in the spring and in the fall, we will have a special vaccinated sale on Tuesdays, and we will run buses on those days.” “Brussels and Kitchener deal heavily in yearlings, and we deal in calves. We just don’t get the same group sizes here. The average producer here probably has thirty cows and some of them run their bull all year. We don’t have presort sales in Ontario, but there are some club sales. We try to keep our sales between 1,200 and 1,400 head, so it is a reasonable day for the buyers.” Accommodating both buyers and sellers has proven to be a successful recipe for Ab and Ashley, and the Cookstown Stockyards. Increasing the market’s visibility has pulled cattle from farther distances and expanded their numbers.

I do push Charolais, because hands down, they are the easiest breed to sell.

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Bred to Work Built to Perform

Yearling Bulls for Sale by Private Treaty

RPJ PHANTON 146J

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RPJ LANDMARK 127J

SVY Wizard 707E x Cedardale Zeal 125Z Complete, sound with 96 lb BW

Special Thanks

RPJ HOME GROWN 122J

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To McTavish Farms Ltd. for your confidence and selecting a group of quality bred cows

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John & Rosemarie Perrot Phone/Fax: 306-874-5496 Rosemarie’s Cell: 306-874-7234 jrperrot@staffcomm.com

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HERD HEALTH

New Ways to Treat Horn and Face Flies in Cattle Roy Lewis DVM

Producers know that Horn and Face Flies can irritate cattle and cause weight loss. Fortunately, they have a broad arsenal of products to combat them, with more fly treatments than ever before. This article will highlight the many options producers have to combat these production-limiting insects. Keep in mind timing is critical and we can save dollars by not overtreating a common mistake. Horn flies are the ones producers see over the cattle’s backs in the summer. They spend most of their time biting through the hide (20-40 times daily) and drawing blood. This biting and irritation makes cattle nervous, resulting in less milk production. Milk production can be reduced so much that weaning weights may be reduced up to 14% on calves. The calves are doubly affected—they have less milk

to drink, and the flies irritate and bite them as well. Face flies feed on animal secretions such as eye discharge and are very bothersome to cattle, and this may result in up to one hour less grazing per day, leading to less weight gain. Face flies also play a significant role in spreading diseases such as pinkeye, which also decreases production and may result in the permanent eye scars we see, if the infection gets bad enough. Both the Face fly and Horn fly life cycles involve eggs being laid in cattle manure. With the entire life cycle lasting two to three weeks, up to five lifecycles can occur in the summer. We should only treat when the numbers get high enough (see chart). We want numbers on average approaching 150200 before we initiate treatment or fire up our oilers. With these flies, herd sires are the ones to closely watch— producers know that they can scrape them off the backs of bulls by the handful when infestations get bad. For a lot

of producers, timing of infestations is highest in the peak of the summer when many bulls are breeding. For those that calve early, the breeding season gets ahead of the fly season, which is a great thing. Producers should think about fly control whenever they are processing cattle in the summer or are transporting cattle to summer pasture. Fly control products can help make it easier to manage the pesky insects and can help producers achieve the economic and emotional returns that come from weight gain and healthy cattle. There are several fly control options available and one should start off with one treatment, only when fly numbers get high enough. The ideal time may vary from time to time. Options available may even need to be changed from time to time. Ivermectin products treat infections and infestations due to gastrointestinal roundworms, eyeworms, lungworms, grubs, sucking lice and mites in cattle, and although producers and veterinarians may not think of them for fly treatment, they also provide control of Horn flies and Face flies. Consider though, that in fly control season, internal parasites may be worthy of treatment but lice really don’t show up until fall, so most producers may save this for a fall treatment of their A single small patch of flies = 25-50 A, B, C each being single patch = 75 flies

A patch covering 2 areas = 100-125 flies A & B, or B & C patch

A large patch covering all areas = 200-350 flies Covering A, B, & C

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JCAV 62J » SLC FEARLESS 828F SON

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JCAV 11J » BECK’S INNOVATION 939G SON

ANNUAL BULL SALE

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1:OO PM - WEDNESDAY

MARCH 30,2022

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INDUSTRY NEWS

Canadian Cattlemen’s Association News Bob Lowe, President

Focusing on the negative can come easy, especially after almost two years of challenges. But I’m an optimist at heart and try to focus on the bright side of things – the opportunities that will set up our industry for future success. There’s no doubt that trade is one of our biggest successes. 2021 was another banner year for Canadian beef exports. It marked the sixth year in a row of Canada hitting record export values. This highlights that our long-term investment in market access advocacy continues to pay significant dividends. We are proud to see this trend continue, and more high-quality Canadian beef being enjoyed at dinner tables around the world. Our priority is to grow our market share in existing markets, while working to gain access to new markets. Diversification is a key consideration of our market access strategy. Another important consideration that can help us grow our exports is Canada attaining Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) negligible risk status from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) in May 2021. With this new status, the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) is working alongside the Government of Canada to remove the remaining BSEera market access restrictions, such as updating Canada’s export certificate with South Korea, moving to the shortlist for specified risk materials (SRM), and the CAN brand on feeder cattle going south. In December 2021, we did see the temporary halting of Canadian beef exports to China, the Philippines and South Korea following the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) notification to the OIE about a confirmed case of atypical Bovine Spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Canada. The detection of an atypical case does not impact Canada’s BSE 48

negligible risk status, nor should it further interrupt trade flows. In January, both South Korea and the Philippines lifted their temporary suspension on Canadian beef imports. We are continuing to work with the Government of Canada to regain market access to China. As we look to the upcoming year, we are keen on attaining access to new markets through the negotiation of the Canada-U.K. Free Trade Agreement, the expansion of the Comprehensive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Agreement (CPTPP), as well as trade negotiations with the Association of Southern Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Indonesia. The Asian region is expected to hold the largest potential for growth in demand over the next 25 years and securing further access to these markets through CPTPP remains an important priority. We are actively advocating for further expansion of the CPTPP subject to review of specific country barriers and potential for beef trade. CCA was also pleased to see trade negotiations launch last year with the ASEAN countries and Indonesia. Canadian beef producers are eager to explore future growth opportunities in new markets and look forward to the ability to increase trade into ASEAN countries that are not part of the CPTPP, namely Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand. Another key priority on the trade front is continuing our work with Government of Canada to address market access challenges in current free trade agreements that are significantly limiting our trade potential. When the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) came into provisional effect in 2017 there was great promise for growth in Canadian beef exports. Since that time, we have seen imports from the European Union (EU) significantly outpace Canadian Charolais Connection • March 2022

exports into their market. CCA is working to enhance two-way beef trade with the EU and is monitoring global environmental commitments and their relationship to beef trade and working to ensure Canadian beef is recognized for its high contributions to environmental stewardship within Canada. We are also anxious to see negotiations move forward on the Canada-United Kingdom (U.K.) Trade Agreement. In 2021, Canada and the U.K. signed and ratified the CanadaU.K. Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-U.K. TCA), which is largely a replica of CETA with some gains being made in how Canada’s quota into the U.K. is administered. As this agreement is meant to be an interim measure, Canada and the U.K. will engage in future negotiations, in the context of both a new, bilateral FTA as well as the U.K. potentially joining the CPTPP. In consultation in the lead up to a future FTA, we have indicated that under no circumstances can we support an outcome where beef from the U.K. continues to have unlimited access to the Canadian market while Canadian beef is subject to a tariff rate quota (TRQ). Although travel was limited in 2021 due to COVID-19, CCA did undertake a trade mission to Europe and the U.K., in conjunction with the United Nations Climate Change (COP26) meetings in Glasgow, to continue these important discussions. We look forward to growing our trade relationship with our counterparts in these important markets. Lastly, CCA is continuing to monitor the progression of the review being conducted in the United States (U.S.) regarding the voluntary “Product of USA” label. The goal of this review is to ensure this label is understandable to most U.S. consumers. CCA is following the review’s progression to ensure that well-meaning regulations don’t lead to ..continued on page 50

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Selling Quality Two-Year Old Charolais Bulls

Saturday, April 2, 2022 • Transcon Advantage Bull Sale • Saskatoon Livestock Sales

Top Herdbull Prospect

PHS 10H

TSS 27H

PHS 77H

SOS Keystone 112E x LAE Ukelele 8109U BW 89 lb (twin) WW 714 lb EPD’s: BW 1.7 WW 43 YW 87

LAE Everest 772E x Winn Mans Vistazo 740X BW 98 lb WW 756 lb EPDs: BW 2.2 WW 50 YW 97

LAE Everest 772E x HBC Outlaw 322A BW 99 lb WW 628 lb EPDs: BW 3.2 WW 53 YW 105 • Top 10% of breed for YW, CW & REA

June Rose Charolais Box 321, Simpson, SK S0G 4M0 Peter, Lynne & Shannon Stewart 306-836-4613 Trevor & Tammy Stewart & family 306-946-8474 junerose@sasktel.net @junerosechar

Jay Good (403)556-5563 Darren Paget (403)323-3985 Glenn Norton (780)542-0634

HERD HEALTH, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 46 cattle and look to other products for fly control. Cost of treatment, convenience and former experience make it used in some situations. Product is secreted in the manure and wreaks havoc with the bung beetle’s immature stage in the manure and they are a great insect to keep around. Other effective fly treatments include fly tags and oilers and mineral treatment. Tags have a long duration of about three months, but with this longer duration comes a higher cost and labor to put them in at the right time. Not many makes are available anymore. Tags must be applied right before fly season to be effective throughout the summer. Meanwhile, there have been fewer and fewer oiler

options with the removal of Malathion from the market. There are still a couple available, but use a fly product approved for cattle oilers and treat according to the fly population. A brand of mineral containing “Altosid” which, when fed throughout the fly season, controls the larvae but does nothing against the adult flies. It is a prevention and is fed through the entire fly season. There are also pour-on pyrethroid insecticides, which control both biting and sucking lice, and provide good activity on files. Some pyrethroids are also effective on certain ticks; these have names like Boss, Cylence, and Saber to name a few. In order to control infestations and

get the 10- to 30-pound weight gain that is desired for yearlings, applying fly control products at the optimum time is crucial. With the increase in cattle genetics and their great propensity to gain, today’s modern cattle could have even greater losses when grazing is disrupted. Breaking the fly life cycle and killing adults and larvae early can help reduce fly levels for the entire season. The closer to fly season you can treat your herd, the greater the benefit. Plan with your veterinarian the ideal time, most economical and yet efficient way to control flies in your herd. The benefits most years will be significant.

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for Canadian beef, but we will continue to work hard to clear the path for more exports, while maintaining our current market access.

17th Annual

BULL SALE

with guest consignor Blue Mountain Charolais

SATURDAY, 2 PM, APRIL 2ND, 2022 Keady Livestock, Keady, ON Selling:

Yearlings

Fall-born Coming Two-Year Olds

JSR Jonas 3J • 4th Gen Pld JSR Gamechanger x Winn Man’s Pistol BW 95, Adj WW 681, Adj YW 1409 CE 5.3 BW 1.2 WW 48 YW 89 M 18 TM 42 JSR Jackson 4J • 3rd Gen Pld JSR Gamechanger x Shelco Made Easy BW 87, Adj WW 675, Adj YW 1309 CE 9 BW -.3 WW 50 YW 97 M 20 TM 45

JSR Jakarta 69J • 4th Gen Pld SVY Wizard x JWX Downtown BW 94, Adj WW 789, Adj YW 1362 CE 4.4 BW 2.5 WW 44 YW 82 M 21 TM 43 Online bidding on DV Auction

Sale Staff:

Auctioneer: Scott Kuhl 519 934 2339 519 477 2339 Ringman: Glen Sinclair 519 372 8614 En Francais: Travis Saunders 519 379 5345

JSR Jonesboro 87J • 4th Gen Pld JSR Eliminator x CJC Symbol BW 96, Adj WW 765, Adj YW 1307 CE 5.8 BW 1.9 WW 60 YW 108 M 17 TM 46 Follow us on Facebook for sale updates

John & Marie • Brent & Marni • Darrell & Billie-Jo RR 3, Markdale, ON N0C 1H0 • saunders@bmts.com Brent Saunders 519.372.6196 Darrell Saunders 519.373.6788 Travis Saunders, en francais 519.379.5345 Charolais Connection • March 2022

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CBT 6J

CBT 75J

CBT 76J

CBT 144H

CBT 80J

CBT 52J

CBT 29J

CBT 7J

GILLILAND Charolais BROS. ANN UA L B U L L S A L E

SATURDAY APRIL 2, 2022 CARIEVALE, SK

DBLG 1304J

HRJ MAVERICK X SVY FORTRESS BW 83 WW 805

DBLG 1319J

G. BROS CASH X STEPPLER TANDEM BW 105 WW 880

OFFERING

DBLG 1309J

DBLG 1338J

G.BROS UNIVERSAL X SOS CHIVE ON LAE CLYDE X DCR GAME CHANGER BW 89 WW 890 BW 90 WW 850

RGCG 170J

HRJ MAVERICK X LAE CLYDE BW 78 WW 750

RGCG 220J

PCC PASTOR X G.BROS UNIVERSAL BW 98 WW 870

“Bulls are fed a TMR ration, NO CREEP FEED! We are striving to produce cattle with heartiness, easy doing gain ability, fertility and high end productivity!”

Charolais Bulls GILLILAND BROS.Charolais

GREG & DAYNA Home: 306-928-4841 Cell: 306-482-7160

RON & JACKIE Home: 306-928-2118 Cell: 306-482-8089

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SALE MANAGED BY:

MANAGEMENT

Winter Care of the Bull Battery Heather Smith Thomas

Bulls need as much care through winter as the cow herd. Winter management is important, to make sure bulls are healthy and in top shape for the next breeding season. They need a chance to regain body condition if they lost weight. Bull management varies with each operation, partly depending on facilities available for keeping bulls separate from the cows. Brett DeBruycker (DeBruycker Charolais, Dutton, Montana) says that if a person is able to bring first-year bulls back in after breeding season and group them separate from the older bulls, it’s easier to give the young ones better feed and some tender, loving care for a while. “Then you can have them in decent shape for going into winter. On our operation, we can’t always do that because of space constraints, but we try to separate them if we can. Many commercial producers have the same problem; if they only have one place to put bulls, they are stuck with that. Still, it is important to get young bulls into better condition after their first breeding season, for more longevity in their service life.” Brian Driscoll (Driscoll Cattle Company, a Charolais seedstock and

commercial operation in central South Dakota) says body condition is one of the biggest concerns. “If bulls get thin in winter, which can happen if a person lets them run with the cows, this is when you might have more trouble with bulls getting scrotal frostbite. We may have stretches of weather below zero for ten days at a time, and this is hard on cattle. You have to keep them adequately fed in cold weather (to generate enough body heat to keep warm), and keep them healthy,” he says. Shelter Bulls need protection from wind. “Trees are the best windbreak but in some pastures or pens you may have to put up temporary windbreaks. Bedding is also helpful, so they don’t have to lie on frozen ground or in a snow drift. They need to be comfortable and out of the wind. Bulls can handle a lot of cold weather if they can get out of the wind and their bellies are full,” Driscoll says. “Our young developing bulls are always well bedded with straw, and have adequate feed, because they are still growing.” The older bulls are the ones that may be at most risk for scrotal frostbite, however, because they tend to have larger, more pendulous scrotums—less able to pull the testicles up against the body for warmth. “We don’t see as many bulls

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with frostbite as we did in the past, however. This is probably due to selection. Everyone has worked hard in the past 30 to 40 years on bull selection, to have bulls that can handle winter better. Different regions require different types of cattle, but in cold climates people have selected for bulls with tighter scrotums, and they are less likely to suffer frostbite,” says Driscoll. Breeders have also selected for feed efficiency, so cattle can hold body condition better in cold weather. Feed It always pays to separate the bulls from the cows, for winter. Then they are not competing for feed. “You can supplement the bulls with a little grain if they need it. The younger bulls (yearlings that have been out with cows for their first breeding season) should be kept separate from the older bulls. They need a lot more attention than the older ones,” says Driscoll. A yearling bull that’s been out with cows trying to do his job usually doesn’t weigh as much when you bring him home, as he did when you turned him out. It’s rough on some of them when they have a lot of ground to cover—especially if they had to go abruptly from being coddled and pampered with good feed and suddenly have to make a living in the real world on their own when turned out with cows.

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When they come back in they may need extra feed, which is easier to do if they are separate from the older bulls. “Even the two-year olds will probably do better through winter if they are separate from the older bulls, with extra care. You don’t want to overdo the feed, however. Some people overdo it on the corn if bulls come in thin, trying to put weight back on them too quickly. This can ruin their feet and maybe lead to acidosis and other problems,” says Driscoll. You want bulls in good condition but not overly fat. “Consistent nutrition is what they need, and you can’t put 300 pounds back on them in two or three weeks. They need a constant level of nutrition that keeps them healthy and in good shape. You don’t want bulls fat, or they won’t be athletic enough to get around.” Too much fat in the scrotum will also interfere with fertility. “You want to keep them at body condition score 6 or 7—with some reserves—but not fat. They will need to be athletic in the spring, so they can cover a lot of ground,” says Driscoll. They won’t hold up if they are too thin or too fat. DeBruyckers run their herd bull battery and their cows like a commercial operation would. “They have to rough it sometimes; they are not pampered or babied, but we do take care of them in a positive manner,” he says. “If we have bulls in a small area, due to pasture concerns or numbers, I try to get the young bulls sorted off into their own group. If necessary, we might put some lick tubs out for the young bulls. If they are in tough shape, a person could also feed some cake for a month or two and pick them up a bit,” he says. “We’ve done all those things, and we don’t always get it done right, but we try! There’s nothing worse than having a $10,000 to $20,000 bull standing out there, after his first year of service, looking like the bulls that were only bringing about $2500! It pays to take care of those bulls,” says DeBruycker. 56

Health Program It’s important to pay attention to overall health. “Providing adequate salt and mineral helps a lot. We try to do that year round, but in winter it definitely helps keep their immune system functioning properly and they do better,” Driscoll says. Health care includes keeping bulls properly vaccinated and dewormed. “We make sure the bulls are dewormed at appropriate times, with a pour-on,” DeBruycker. says. “Occasionally we may use an injectable product. Every spring we also give booster vaccinations, including a vaccination for foot rot,” he says. All cattle are vulnerable to foot rot, but bulls seem more prone to this problem because of their additional weight (more stress on their feet) and the amount of traveling and fighting they do. If footing is wet and boggy or abrasive and rocky, nicks and scrapes can open the way for this infection to get started. “Regarding all the other vaccinations, we make sure the bulls are vaccinated as well as possible when they are young. We vaccinate against just about everything. Then we find they stay healthy later in life, with strong immunities,” says DeBruycker.

A good vaccination program is crucial. “Some people do a good job vaccinating the cow herd but tend to neglect or forget about the bulls,” says Driscoll. “A bull is something you only need for about 90 days out of the year and don’t need him the rest of the time. Some people just kick the bulls out in the back 40 for winter and forget about them and may end up with some problems. You have to take care of them, because even though they are big and tough and hardy, they are fragile in their own little way. They need some extra care— especially the yearling bulls,” he says. The way a person winters bulls may depend on the size of the operation, whether you have 2 bulls or 20, or 50. “Keeping them happy and healthy is a big deal, however. When you buy a bull, it’s a big investment, and you need to protect that investment. You are paying a lot for good genetics so you want to keep those bulls useful and functional for as long as you can,” Driscoll says. Social Order Pecking order problems can occur if you have a lot of bulls together. “If they start picking on one, the more bulls you have in a pen or pasture, the harder it is on that one that’s getting picked on. It may not be the

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same one every day, but it seems like when one starts getting picked on, the others gang up on him, and this can be pretty hard on young bulls,” says Driscoll. Dr. Gerald Stokka (North Dakota State University) mentions one trick that some stockmen use when they put bulls back together after the breeding season. If they put vinegar on the bulls, they don’t fight as much. “I think there might be something to it. We tried it a couple times and thought it did make a little difference, but you have to dose them all at the same time,” he says. It’s best to keep younger bulls separate from older bulls, or some of them won’t be in good shape going into winter. “Older bulls hog the hay line and beat up on those younger ones,” says DeBruycker. “When it gets to be spring, or time to semen check and put bulls back out with the cows, those young bulls won’t be in the condition they need to be in order to pass a fertility test or to get out and breed a lot of cows,” he says. “It varies from year to year, but we try hard to have a large enough area (if we need to have all the bulls together) with good fall pasture, so the young bulls don’t have to be grouped up or compete with the older ones.” Having them out in a big pasture is probably healthiest for them, with room for exercise.

“In the harshest part of the winter we generally have them in a smaller area, but it is still big enough to give them room to stay away from one another and have adequate exercise,” DeBruycker says. “When feeding hay, I find it helpful to spread it out in a longer line, depending on the number of bulls. If you simply dump it in a few spots in a small area, the older bulls pick on the younger ones. They not only keep them away from the feed they need, but may also beat up on them and may break a leg or create other injuries. If the hay is spread out, it helps minimize risk for injuries. We’ve found that if you always make that hay line longer than you think is necessary, the bulls can spread out better,” he says. There’s always some place that the low-on-the-peckingorder bulls can find a place to eat. Facilities Good facilities and fences are crucial. Bulls can be very hard on fences when they start fighting. “They don’t care if its barbed-wire fence, panels or guard rails; they will bounce off it or push each other into it,” says Driscoll. “It takes good fence to keep them contained, especially in the spring when they think they need to go out with the cows; they can go through just about anything. Many ranchers in this area, after they sell their calves they put their bulls

in the calf lots, and that’s where the bulls stay until they turn them out the next spring. It takes a really good corral fence to keep them in. Electric fence sometimes helps, when the bulls respect it.” This takes a training program, however, since electric fence is mainly a psychological deterrent. “If you get bulls trained to respect electric fence, as when they grow up with it and learn about it at a young age, they do pretty well with it. But if bulls start fighting they may forget about the fence. Their minds are not on the fence, and they may go through it, whether it’s electric or not,” he says. Take Care of that Investment! Bulls are a big investment and you want to keep them functional as long as possible. If you were buying an expensive piece of machinery you would maintain it properly, so it will last, and not break down. The same is true with bulls. “You service your tractors, swathers and balers, and you need to treat your bull battery the same way. They are your new genetics; they will be making your calf crop for the next several years, and hopefully keeping your ranch profitable. You want to take good care of those bulls,” says DeBruycker. Reprinted with permission of the author and Working Ranch, November/December 2021 issue.

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MANAGEMENT

Whither the Wind: How to Decide on Windbreaks Reprinted from the Cattlemen with permission from the author Jenifer Heyden is a Livestock and Feed Extension Specialist with the Government of Saskatchewan

If beef producers want to have healthy, productive herds, making sure they’re protected from the wind is crucial, according to Jenifer Heyden. “We want the cattle to be able to maintain condition on cold, windy days,” says the livestock and feed extension specialist with the Government of Saskatchewan. While beef cattle are tough, and can handle fairly cold weather, it’s the wind and wet of snow that can make them vulnerable. “Without a windbreak, the cow’s energy requirements go up, so you end up having to feed them more so your costs go up,” Heyden says, adding that extreme wind and snow also have a detrimental effect on the cattle’s health. If they lose a lot of condition, they’re more susceptible to disease. Fortunately, if farmers make them available, cattle naturally gravitate to windbreaks for shelter. Heyden says that most cattle ranchers in her province have some sort of windbreak system. In the north, where there are more trees, natural windbreaks are more common and in the south, where the prairies are flat and treeless, there are more man-made windbreaks. Natural versus man-made While natural windbreaks – mainly trees and shrubs – are more cost competitive, especially if they already exist, Heyden’s a big fan of the man-made portable ones because the producer has more control over where the herd winters. “You can move them around to wherever you need them,” she says. “If you are on pasture, you can get the manure and urine from the cattle into a larger area, providing better soil nutrient coverage.”

Alternatively, producers can keep the windbreaks in one spot and feed their cattle in areas where there is a soil nutrient deficit. Parcels of land that might never be used for anything else could also be used with windbreaks. Natural windbreaks afford less control over porosity, she says. Optimal porosity – or air flow – for windbreaks is 25 to 33 per cent. This provides the maximum amount of protection from the wind without having too much turbulence on the downwind side. Luckily, she says making that happen is easy. Buying or making a structure with six-inch wide planks that are two inches apart will achieve 25 per cent porosity and putting them three inches apart gives 33 per cent. The planks can be placed either horizontally or vertically. Another downside to natural windbreaks is that they obviously can’t be moved around and are often found near water bodies, which presents the potential for manure runoff and water contamination. Construction Man-made windbreaks should be 10 feet (three metres) high and the length should allow for one foot of fence for each cow. Research has shown that a 10 foot high fence will provide protection for 80 to 100 feet (24 to 30 metres) behind it. The number of cows in a herd determines the number of windbreaks needed, and if they’re mobile, they can’t be too big or cumbersome to move. A onefoot space at the bottom of the windbreak helps ensure snow and ice don’t pile up and make it impossible to move.

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Permanent man-made windbreaks would be better suited to cow-calf operators who keep their cattle in one or two pastures all winter, and the mobile types are better for rotational and cropland grazing. Heyden says that, for the permanent installations, producers should consider where the cows are calving, where they’re feeding and what sacrifices they’re willing to make in terms of such things as soil compaction and plant biodiversity. She also warns that snow builds up around these structures in winter, they limit cattle movement and nutrients are concentrated in the areas around them. Moving and Placement Mobile windbreaks have to be small enough to be easily towed or carried in a front-end loader. Most are made out of wood and can be either vertical or angled – with these, the space that’s nearest the ground can provide additional shelter for calves. They need to be placed perpendicular to the prevailing wind, which normally comes from a consistent direction, although during a snowstorm the direction can change. Heyden says that windbreaks need to be placed far enough away from water bodies to prevent runoff. “In the end, each producer must figure out what will work best for his or her operation,” she says. “Each has different goals and a different set of circumstances – the decision about what type of windbreak is best should be based on animal welfare and economics.” If well built, man-made windbreaks should last many years.”

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CANADIAN CHAROLAIS YOUTH ASSOCIATION NEWS

CCYA Genetics Program Wyatt Burgomaster, Director

With breeding season at our doorstep, the CCYA National Board would like to remind juniors about the Genetics Program offered through the CCYA. To apply for the Genetics Program, applicants must be a current junior member with the CCYA or the CCA. If you are looking for the differences between these memberships, please visit the CCYA CCYA NATIONAL BOARD charolaisyouth@gmail.com President: Haley Rosso hrosso25@gmail.com Vice-President: Evan Jamieson evanjamieson31@gmail.com Treasurer: Tyson Black charolais09@gmail.com

website at www.youth.charolais.com. A member is only eligible to apply for the Genetics Program once every calendar year and must be a junior when the semen is utilized. Members will select three bulls in order of preference from the Semex, Genex, Select Sires or ST Genetics offeringsST Genetics being recently approved by the board. The board also decided to get rid of the application deadline in favor of a 2-3-week grace period in which the applying member will be contacted regarding their application

Secretary: Logan Jamieson loganjamieson22@gmail.com Director: Will Rosso wrosso663@gmail.com Director: Megan Perih perihmegan@yahoo.ca Director: Justin Harcourt justin.harcourt02@gmail.com Director: Wyatt Burgomaster wyattburgomaster@gmail.com

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success. Members will be responsible for arranging the delivery of the semen. With these changes, we hope to see an increase of juniors utilizing the program and we look forward to seeing the progeny from this program grow. To find the Rules/Regulations and the application form please refer to the website under the programs tab. We wish everyone a good breeding season and look forward to seeing everyone at the CCYA Conference in Renfrew, Ontario this upcoming July. CCYA Provincial Advisors SK: Shae-Lynn Book | shaelynnevans03@gmail.com ON: Karen Black | blackbern@hotmail.com MB: Jeff & Jackie Cavers | tobbagirl@yahoo.ca AB: Megan McLeod | cowgirlcreative@outlook.com Youth Coordinator: Haylea Jones

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Annual Bull Sale 1st Wednesday in April Box 174 Stn Main, Moose Jaw, SK S6H 4N8

March 1 Acadia Colony Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, Dry Land Trading Corp, Veteran, AB March 2 Kay-R Land & Cattle Bull Sale, DLMS Timed Online, at the farm, Waskatenau, AB March 4 Future Farms & Charworth Charolais Select Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, Innisfail (AB) Auction Mart March 4 M&L Cattle Company Complete Dispersal Sale, 11 am, at the farm, Indian River, ON March 4 Twin Anchor Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, Dry Land Trading Corp, Veteran, AB March 4 Nish Charolais 16th Annual Bull Sale, 6 pm, Perlich Bros. Auction Mart, Lethbridge, AB

58th Annual

Manitoba Test Station Bull & Female Sale

USA

breeders

1:00 p.m., March 26, 2022 128 bulls & 54 heifers on test 8 breeds available

Lot 918

Lot 705 Charolais consigned by May-On Charolais

Complete information, catalogue & videos at www.manitobabulltest.com Manager: Cody Nolan 204-573-4006 Manitoba Bull Test Station

Charolais Connection • March 2022

March 4 Southland Charolais & Angus Bull Sale, DLMS Timed Auction, at the farm, Shaunavon, SK March 4 Oattes Charolais Bull Sale, 6 pm, at the farm, Cobden, ON March 5 Turnbull Charolais & Guests Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Pincher Creek, AB March 5 Ferme Louber Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Ste-Marie du Beauce, QC March 5 Acadia Ranching Charolais & Angus Bull Sale, 2 pm, Bow Slope Shipping, Brooks, AB March 6 Legacy Charolais 5th Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Botha, AB March 8 Johnson Ranching Bull Sale, 1 pm, Provost (AB) Livestock Exchange March 8 Harvie Ranching Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the ranch, Olds, AB March 10 McKeary Charolais & Flemming Livestock Corp. Tradition Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, Compeer (AB) Community Hall March 10 Pine Bluff Charolais & Fern Creek Simmentals, By Livestock Timed Online Sale, Love, SK March 10 Nelson Family Ranches Charolais & Angus Bull Sale, 10:00 pm, Balog Auction, Lethbridge, AB March 11 CK Sparrow Farms Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, at the farm, Vanscoy, SK March 11 Meridian Agriculture Co Ltd. Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, Acadia Valley, AB March 11 Northern Classic Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, Evergreen Park, Grand Prairie, AB

March 12 Horseshoe E Charolais 24th Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, at the farm, Kenaston, SK March 12 Blackbern, Kirlene & WhiteWater 11th Annual Charolais Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, Renfrew Pontiac Livestock Facility, Cobden, ON March 12 Oakstone Land & Cattle Bull Sale, DLMS Timed Online, at the farm, Bawlf, AB March 12 Transcon’s Red Deer County Bull Sale, Innisfail (AB) Auction Mart March 12 Phillip Charolais Farms Open House and Private Treaty Bull Sale, at the farm, Estevan, SK March 13 Steppler Farms 11th Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, Steppler Sale Barn, Miami, MB March 14 Palmer Charolais 11th Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, at the farm, Bladworth, SK March 15 Desertland Cattle Charolais Bull Sale, 5 pm, at the Ranch, Sedalia, AB March 17 Footprint Farms Bull Sale, 3:30 pm, at the ranch, Esther, AB March 17 Northern Impact Bull Sale, 1 pm, North Central Livestock, Clyde, AB March 17 Lazy S Charolais Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, VJV Auction Mart, Beaverlodge, AB March 18 High Bluff Stock Farm Charolais & Simmental Bull Sale, 2 pm, at the farm, Inglis, MB March 18 Reese Cattle Co. 13th Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Didsbury, AB March 18 Scott Stock Farm, 9th Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Crossfield, AB March 19 Pleasant Dawn Charolais 20th Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, at the farm, Oak Lake, MB March 19 Select Genetics 16th Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, at Forsyth Ranch, Herbert, SK

March 19 Sliding Hills 16th Annual Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, at the farm, Canora, SK March 19 Rollin Acres’/Whiskey Hollow & Guests 11th Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, Maple Hill Auctions, Hanover, ON March 19 Thickness Sells 9th Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, Atlantic Stockyards, Truro, NS March 19 AM Sunrise Farm 5th Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, Northern Livestock Sales, Lloydminster, SK March 21 Flat Valley Cattle Co. & K Lazy T Cattle Co. & Guests “Simple as Black & White” Bull Sale, 1 pm, Medicine Hat, (AB) Feeding Company March 21 Highway 21 Group Bull Sale, at the ranch, Hanna, AB March 21 TRI-N Charolais Farms 7th Annual Bull Sale, 2:00 p.m., at the farm, Lenore, MB March 22 Poplar Bluff Stock Farm 6th Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, Dryland Trading Corp, Veteran, AB March 22 Diamond W Charolais, Red & Black Angus 20th Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, JTM Livestock, Minitonas, MB March 23 HTA Charolais Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, at the farm, Rivers, MB March 24 Elder Charolais 12th Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Coronach, SK March 25 McTavish Farms & Guests 11th Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Moosomin, SK March 25 Thistle Ridge Ranch Bull Sale, 1 pm, Perlich Bros Auction Mart, Lethbridge, AB March 25 Cattle Capital Bull & Female Sale, 1 pm, at Ste. Rose du Lac (MB) Auction Market March 26 Coyote Flats Charolais 7th Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Coaldale, AB

Charolais Connection • March 2022

March 26 K-Cow Ranch Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the ranch, Elk Point, AB March 26 Lazy S Cattle Co. Bull Sale, 6 pm, VJV Auction, Rimbey, AB March 26 Borderland Cattle Company Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, at the ranch, Rockglen, SK March 26 Candiac Choice Bull Sale, 1 pm, Candiac (SK) Auction Mart March 26 Impact Angus & Charolais Bull & Female Sale (McAvoy Charolais), 1 pm, Saskatoon (SK) Livestock Sales March 26 Cornerview Charolais Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, at the farm, Cobden, ON March 26 Tee M Jay Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, Ashern (MB) Auction Mart March 27 Best of the Breeds Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, Heartland Livestock Services, Yorkton, SK March 27 Elite Genetics Bull Sale, 1 pm, at RSK Farms Sale Barn, Douglas, MB March 29 Prairie Distinction 8th Annual Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, Beautiful Plains Ag Complex, Neepawa, MB March 29 White Lake Colony Bull Sale, 1pm, Balog Auction, Lethbridge, AB March 30 C2 Charolais Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, La Riviere, MB March 31 Charmark Ranches Bull Sale, 1 pm, Bow Slope Shipping, Brooks, AB March 31 Power Up Your Pasture Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, Stavely, AB April 2 Vermilion Charolais Group 36th Annual Bull Sale, 1pm, at Lakeview Charolais, Marwayne, AB April 2 Saunders Charolais 17th Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, Keady (ON) Livestock Market

April 2 Transcon’s 26th Annual Advantage Bull Sale, 1 pm, Saskatoon (SK) Livestock Sales April 2 Gilliland Bros. Charolais 10th Annual Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, at the farm, Carievale, SK April 2 Maritime Beef Test Station 49th Annual Bull Sale, Nappan, NS April 4 North of the 49th 19th Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, at Wilgenbusch Charolais, Halbrite, SK April 4 Spirit of the North Bull Sale, 1 pm, Spiritwood (SK) Auction Mart April 5 Cedarlea Farms “Git’R Done” Bull Sale, at Windy Willows Angus, Hodgeville, SK April 6 WhiteCap / Rosso Charolais & Howe Red Angus Bull Sale, 1 pm, at WhiteCap Charolais, Moose Jaw, SK April 7 Hunter Charolais 11th Annual Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, at the farm, Roblin, MB April 7 Daines Cattle 27th Annual Bull & Female Sale, 1:00 pm, Innisfail (AB) Auction Mart April 7 Genetic Distinction 4th Annual Bull Sale, Online (Flat-Top Cattle Co.)

April 9 Eastern Select Bull & Female Sale, 1 pm, Hoard’s Station Sale Barn, Campbellford, ON April 9 Brimner Cattle Co. Bull Sale, 2:00 pm, at the farm, Manor, SK April 9 Mid-Western 8th Annual Bull & Female Sale, 1pm, at Gilchrist Farms, Lucknow, ON (Dudgeon-Snobelen Land & Cattle) April 9 Vanderhoof Bull Sale, Vanderhoof, BC April 12 Top Cut Bull Sale, 2 pm, Stockman’s Weigh Co., Mankota, SK April 13 White Meadow Charolais Bull Sale, DLMS Timed Online Sale, Pipestone, MB April 16 Cedardale Charolais 19th Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Nestleton, ON June 10-12 Canadian Charolais Association AGM, herd tours and inaugural Charolais Foundation Sale, Russell, MB June 18 Saskatchewan Charolais Association Annual General Meeting, Dakota Dunes Resort, Whitecap, SK June 25 Alberta Charolais Summer Tour July 27-30 Canadian Charolais Youth Association Conference & Show, Renfrew, ON

CCA AGM IN PERSON

KAY-R LAND & CATTLE BULL SALE DLMS TIMED ONLINE MARCH 1-2, 2022 MERIDIAN AG BULL SALE ACADIA VALLEY, AB • MARCH 11, 2022 OAKSTONE LAND & CATTLE BULL SALE DLMS TIMED ONLINE MARCH 11-12, 2022 HIGHWAY 21 GROUP CHAROLAIS & SIMM/ANGUS BULL SALE HANNA, AB • MARCH 21, 2022 CATTLE CAPITAL BULL SALE MCCREARY, MB • MARCH 25, 2022 IMPACT ANGUS & CHAROLAIS BULL SALE SASKATOON, SK • MARCH 26, 2022 BEST OF THE BREEDS BULL SALE YORKTON, SK • MARCH 27, 2022 C2 CHAROLAIS ANNUAL BULL SALE LA RIVIÈRE, MB • MARCH 30, 2022 SPIRIT OF THE NORTH BULL SALE SPIRITWOOD, SK • APRIL 4, 2022

SASK ROYAL SALE

DAKOTA DUNES GOLF LINKS, SASKATOON, SK • JUNE 18, 2022 INVITING NOMINATIONS FROM BREEDERS ACROSS THE NATION TO BE A PART OF THIS EXCITING EVENT! NOMINATIONS DUE BY APRIL 1, 2022

Herd Tours Inaugural Charolais Foundation Sale June 10-12, Russell, MB All Charolais enthusiasts are welcome! Watch www.charolais.com for details

Charolais Connection • March 2022

LOOKING TO FIND SOMEONE

Alta Genetics Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 AM Sunrise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Amabec Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Annuroc Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 B Bar D Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Baker Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Bar H Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Beck Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Beef Cattle Research Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Be-Rich Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Blackbern Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Blake Red Angus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Bob Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Borderand Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,69 Bow Valley Genetics Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Brayshar Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Bricney Stock Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Bridor Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Brimner Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,23,70 Buffalo Lake Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 By Livestock. . . . . . . . 6,7,9,15,17,22,23,35,39,63,IBC Campbells Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Carey Auction Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Cedardale Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,69 Cedarlea Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,70 Charla Moore Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,70 Char-Lew Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Char-Maine Ranching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Charmark Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Charolais Journal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Char-Top Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Charworth Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Chomiak Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Circle Cee Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Cline Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Cockburn Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Cougar Hill Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Coyote Flats Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,66 Creek’s Edge Land & Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Crocus Valley Farms Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 C2 Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,68 D & L Plewis Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Davis-Rairdan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Diamond W Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,70 Dog Patch Acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Dorran, Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Double P Stock Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,68 Dowell Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Dubuc Charolais senc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Dudgeon-Snobelen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Eaton Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Edge Livestock Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Elder Charolais Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,70 Fergus Family Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Fischer Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Flat Valley Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Fleury, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Flewelling, Craig. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Advertisers’ Index Footprint Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,66 Future Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Gallelli Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Gilliland Bros. Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,70 Good Anchor Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,66 H.S. Knill Company Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Happy Haven Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Harcourt Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Hard Rock Land & Cattle Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Harvie Ranching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 HEJ Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Hicks Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 High Bluff Stock Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,68 Highway 21 Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,66 Hopewell Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Horseshoe E Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Howe Coulee Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Howe Red Angus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 HTA Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,68 Hunter Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,IBC Jack Auction Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 JMB Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Johnson Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Johnston Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,39 Johnstone Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 June Rose Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,70 Kaiser Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Kay-R Land & Cattle Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 KCH Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 K-Cow Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Kirlene Cattle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 La Ferme Patry de Weedon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Lakeview Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,66 Langstaff Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Lazy S Limousin & Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Leemar Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Legacy Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 LEJ Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,68 Lindskov-Thiel Charolais Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 M&L Cattle Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Manitoba Bull Test Station. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Maple Leaf Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Martens Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Martens Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 McAvoy Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,70 McKeary Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 McLeod Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 McTavish Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,70 Medonte Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Miller Land & Livestock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,69 Misty Hills Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Mutrie Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,70 Myhre Land and Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Nahachewsky Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Norheim Ranching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 P & H Ranching Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Packer Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Palmer Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

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Parsons Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Perrot Martin Charolais Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Phillips Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Pleasant Dawn Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,68 Poplar Bluff Stock Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,67 Potter Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,69 Prairie Cove Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Prairie Gold Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Pro-Char Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 R&G McDonald Livestock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,39,68 Raffan, Don. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Rawes Ranches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Reeleder, Andrew. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Reese Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Rollin’ Acres Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Ross Lake Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,67 Rosso Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,70 Royale Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 RRTS Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Saddleridge Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 SanDan Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Saunders Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,69 Scott Stock Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18,67 Serhienko Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Seven Quarter Circle Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Sharadon Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Skeels, Danny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Sliding Hills Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Southside Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Southview Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 CK Sparrow Farms Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IFC Springside Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Spruce View Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Stach Farms Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Stephen Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Steppler Farms Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Stock, Mark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Sugarloaf Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Sunshine Oak Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 T Bar C Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,24,26,27,47,65,73 Tee M Jay Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Temple Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Thistle Ridge Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,67 Transcon Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 TRI-N Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,68 Turnbull Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Twin Anchor Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Wendt & Murray Farms Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Western Litho Printers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 White Cap Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,71 White Lake Colony. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,67 White Meadow Charolais Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,68 Wilgenbusch Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,OBC Wilkie Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Wood River Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,71 Wrangler Charolais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 XXX Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

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