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PLEASANT DAWN CHARM 143K
National Sale in Brandon
PLEASANTDAWN GLAMOUR 519H
Broody Pleasant Dawn Chisum daughter bred to JBARW MR TOP GUN 1311. Sells with her Silverstream Padra heifer calf at side.
PLEASANT DAWN UNIQUE 365K
Beautiful from head to tail, this daughter of Pleasant Dawn Column sells bred to PLEASANT DAWN MOBILE, who is being used in many countries.
PLEASANT DAWN BELLA 809K
Deep, thick & homozygous red. This is a powerful daughter of PLEASANT DAWN PORTAGE and bred to our proven calving ease PLEASANT DAWN MAX 70S.
This issue is again dedicated to the youth with extensive coverage of the Canadian Charolais Youth Conference and Show held in Brandon, Manitoba, at the end of July. The Manitoba breeders and youth did an excellent job putting on a first-class event. There were over 80 youth and 60 head of cattle.
There is also a feature article from Keagan Blehm and Haley Rosso who attended the International Youth Conference in Ireland this summer. This is the fourth year for this program and next year it will be hosted by Australia.
It has been a big success getting young adults from around the world networking and learning about other countries and their cattle.
Many of the early fall shows in the east are finished and are reported in this issue. See who is out and about and doing the winning with what pedigrees. The National show is in Brandon, Manitoba, and I hope that many of you can make the trip. The Manitoba Association is running the Player’s Club Bull Calf Futurity this year and it is always an exciting event. Come be a part of it.
There is a great cost-effective opportunity to promote your operation to Charolais breeders across Canada and to showcase the quality of cattle we have in Canada to the world. Check out the Charolais Charbray International virtual show at www.charolaisinternational. com. This event was first initiated to promote the marketing of Charolais genetics around the world with the cancelling of the World Congress in 2020 and the World Technical Conference in 2021. In the inaugural show, we saw entries from nine countries being judged by judges from 8 countries. Included with your entry is a one page advertisement in the Virtual Show Book. There will be People’s Choice judging of the cattle from around the world, so even if you are not submitting entries, you can view and participate. With the World Charolais Congress coming to Canada next June 21st to July 6th, it would be a great place to attract attention to your program and Canada to encourage more from around the world to attend.
If you are looking to start a Charolais herd, expand your existing operation, or buy a heifer for your kids to show with some top-quality females, there are a number on offer this fall. Check out the offerings from
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one end of the country to the other, with many breeders showcasing their operations with cattle from the top of the programs. You will never go wrong buying quality cattle to improve your herd.
With the high price of cull females, selling the bottom end and adding to the top of the herd has never been better.
Also, in this issue is the calendar of events for all the spring bull sales. If yours is missing, or incorrect, please let us know so we can have them correct in the Charolais calendar if you have requested it to be there. If you haven’t been contacted by a youth member to be a part of the 2024 Charolais Calendar, which is a fund raiser for the Youth Associations, again please contact us.
As you read this, we are heading into the fall show and sale season and I look forward to visiting with as many of you as possible. If we have never met, please come up and introduce yourself. I would like to meet every breeder in Canada if possible.
If Robbie Chomik or I can be of any assistance aiding in your sale participation this fall, please don’t hesitate to give us a call.
Until next time, Helge
Ce numéro est encore une fois dédié à la jeunesse avec une large couverture de la conférence et de l’exposition de l’association canadienne des jeunes Charolais qui s’est tenue à Brandon, au Manitoba, à la fin du mois de juillet. Les éleveurs et les jeunes du Manitoba ont fait un excellent travail en organisant un événement de première classe. Il y avait plus de 80 jeunes et 60 têtes de bétail présent.
Il y a aussi un article de fond de Keagan Blehm et Haley Rosso qui ont assisté à la conférence internationale des jeunes Charolais en Irlande cet été. C’est la quatrième édition pour ce programme et l’année prochaine, il sera animé par l’Australie. Ce fut une grande opportunité de permettre aux jeunes adultes du monde entier d’agrandir leurs réseaux et de découvrir d’autres pays et leurs boeuf. La plupart des expositions du début de l’automne dans l’est du pays sont terminées et sont somatisés dans ce numéro. Voyez qui s’est déplacé et qui ont gagné et quels pedigrees font du bon rendement. L’exposition nationale a lieu à Brandon, au Manitoba, et j’espère que vous serez nombreux à vous déplacer. L’association du Manitoba organise cette année le Player’s Club Bull Calf Futurity et c’est toujours un événement passionnant. Venez en faire partie.
Dans nos champs
Il existe une excellente opportunité rentable de promouvoir votre exploitation auprès des éleveurs Charolais de partout au Canada et de mettre en valeur la qualité de notre génétique que nous avons au Canada, aux yeux du monde. Découvrez l’exposition virtuelle Charolais Charbray International sur www.charolaisinternational. com. Cet événement a été lancé pour la première fois pour promouvoir la commercialisation de la génétique charolaise dans le monde suite à l’annulation du congrès mondial en 2020 et de la conférence technique mondiale en 2021. Lors de l’exposition inaugurale, nous avons vu des candidatures de neuf pays jugées par des juges de 8 pays. Votre inscription comprend une publicité d’une page dans le livret du spectacle virtuel. Il y aura un jugement du public sur les têtes du monde entier, donc même si vous ne soumettez pas de candidature, vous pouvez regarder et y participer. Alors que le congrès mondial Charolais aura lieu au Canada du 21 juin au 6 juillet prochain, ce serait un endroit idéal pour attirer l’attention de votre élevage et le Canada pour encourager davantage de personnes du monde entier à y assister.
Si vous souhaitez démarrer un troupeau Charolais, agrandir votre exploitation existante ou acheter une génisse d’exposition pour vos enfants avec des femelles de qualité supérieure, plusieurs offres sont proposées cet
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automne. Découvrez les lots d’un bout à l’autre du pays, avec de nombreux éleveurs présentant leurs opérations avec des sujets des meilleures opérations. Vous ne vous tromperez jamais en achetant un sujet de qualité pour améliorer votre troupeau.
Avec le prix élevé des femelles de réforme, vendre le bas de l’échelle et augmenter le haut de votre troupeau n’a jamais été aussi bon.
Vous trouverez également dans ce numéro le calendrier des événements de toutes les ventes de taureaux du printemps. Si la vôtre est manquante ou incorrecte, merci de nous le faire savoir afin que nous puissions les corriger dans le calendrier Charolais, si vous en avez fait la demande. Si vous n’avez pas été contacté par un jeune membre pour faire partie du calendrier Charolais 2024, qui est une levée de fonds pour les associations des jeunes, veuillez nous contacter à nouveau.
Au moment où vous lisez ceci, nous nous dirigeons vers la saison des expositions et des ventes d’automne et j’ai hâte de vous rendre visite, avec le plus grand nombre d’entre vous possible. Si nous ne nous sommes jamais rencontrés, venez vous présenter. J’aimerais rencontrer tous les éleveurs du Canada si possible.
Si Robbie Chomik ou moi pouvons vous aider dans votre participation à une vente cet automne, n’hésitez pas à nous appeler.
À la prochaine fois, Helge
Si vous organisez une vente de taureaux au printemps, vérifiez le calendrier des événements pour vous assurer que la date de vente y figure correctement. Si ce n’est pas le cas, veuillez nous en avertir.
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We are in unprecedented times in the beef industry.
Steer calves bringing $2200 upwards to $2500, heifer calves at $2100 up to $2300, cull cows at $3000 plus, and bulls at $4000 plus. The timing is right for the entire beef industry to move towards genetic improvement. When you can cull the bottom of your herd and replace them with younger and better stock, why not take advantage. Purebred breeders can take advantage of the cull cow market and cut hard on the replacement pen. The quality of females offered in these fall production sales is always from the top of most breeder’s herds, more bred females in your operation means a bigger return on investment. The commercial side of the industry can also take advantage of this market, we are seeing more producers breeding and selling top quality heifers although we have not seen a lot of bred cattle sold this fall yet. When you can sell 2 weaned commercial heifer calves and replace them with a bred heifer that is a great ROI.
We have had a very busy summer at the CCA, July was busy with the Beef Improvement Federation Symposium that was held in Calgary, this is a science-based conference that I would highly recommend for any breeder to attend. I also attended the annual CCYA Conference in Brandon, MB. This is always a highlight to my summer and every year I am so impressed with the quality of youth within our industry, congratulations to the organizing committee as well as all the participants, also thanks to the parents for your commitment to such a great organization.
We also completed the trial Joint evaluation EPD run with the
American International Charolais Association, this went very well, and we moved into full production of the joint EPD run with the AICA in August. We will now be doing nine EPD runs per year (August through April) the EPDs will be published at the beginning of each month. We will have a new data deadline date. All Data must be submitted to the CCA office by the 20th of the month to be included in the next EPD run.
August, I attended the Canadian Beef Industry Conference in Calgary, this conference is a great opportunity to network with a lot of our industry partners and service providers.
This fall I plan to visit more auction markets and attend more calf sales; we are once again seeing more producers at these sales, and I want to help them wave the Charolais advantage flag. Please, if you know of any special Charolais influenced or large numbers of Charolais influenced calves selling, give me a call and I will do my very best to be there.
The fall run of production sales will have started by the time this article is published, but there will still be lots of these events to attend, get out and support as many of the fall sales and shows as possible. If you are taking cattle to these shows, thank you for representing our breed.
The CCA board of directors will be having their Fall Board meetings October 16 and 17 at the office in Calgary. These meetings are very important to help move our breed forward and to sustain a healthy and sustainable association, please contact the director in your region with any questions or concerns that you might have. The Canadian Charolais Association belongs to all its members, and you should have a say.
I look forward to seeing you at events this fall.
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President: Michael Hunter, Roblin
Secretary: Rae Trimble, Portage la Prairie ONTARIO
President: Jim Baker, Stayner Secretary: Ashley Baker, Madoc
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JEFF CAVERS
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ROD McLEOD
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TRAVIS FOOT
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JOSH REDDEN
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Le temps d’améliorer la génétique
Nous vivons une période sans précédent dans l’industrie bovine.
Les veaux d’embouche mâles rapportent plus de 2500 $ et jusqu’à 2800 $, les génisses sont vendues 2100 $ et à plus de 2300 $, le prix des vaches de réforme est de 3000 $ ou plus, et les taureaux de réforme obtiennent jusqu’à 4000 $ C’est présentement le moment pour l’ensemble de l’industrie bovine de mettre l’emphase vers l’amélioration génétique. Lorsque vous pouvez réformer les moins bons sujets de votre troupeau et les remplacer par des animaux plus jeunes et de meilleure qualité, pourquoi ne pas en profiter. Les éleveurs de race pure peuvent profiter du marché des vaches de réforme et être très sélectif avec leur groupe de femelles de remplacement.
La qualité des femelles offertes dans les ventes de production cet automne équivaut toujours à la meilleure qualité de la plupart des troupeaux. En ayant davantage de femelles gestantes dans votre troupeau, vous obtenez un meilleur retour sur votre investissement. Les producteurs commerciaux de l’industrie peuvent également profiter de ce marché, il y a davantage de producteurs qui produisent et vendent des taures gestantes de haute qualité. Nous n’avons toutefois pas encore vu beaucoup de taures commerciales gestantes vendues cet automne. Lorsque vous pouvez vendre deux génisses commerciales sevrées et les remplacer par une taure gestante, vous obtenez ainsi un excellent retour sur votre investissement.
Craig Scott, Directeur général
a eu lieu à Calgary, une conférence scientifique à laquelle je recommande fortement à tout éleveur d’assister. J’ai également assisté à la conférence annuelle des jeunes éleveurs Charolais (“CCYA”) à Brandon, au Manitoba. C’est toujours un moment fort de mon été et chaque année je suis tellement impressionné par la qualité des jeunes au sein de notre industrie, félicitations au comité organisateur ainsi qu’à tous les participants, merci également aux parents pour votre engagement envers une organisation aussi formidable.
Nous avons également terminé l’essai d’évaluation génétique conjointe des ÉPD avec “l’American International Charolais Association (AICA)”, laquelle s’est très bien passée. En août, nous sommes passés à la production conjointe des ÉPD avec l’AICA. Nous allons maintenant effectuer neuf rondes de calcul des ÉPD par année (août à avril), et les ÉPD seront publiés au début de chaque mois. Nous aurons par conséquent une nouvelle date limite pour la réception de vos données. Toutes les données doivent être soumises au bureau de l’ACC au plus tard le 20e jour du mois pour être incluses dans la prochaine ronde de calcul des ÉPD. En août, j’ai assisté à la Conférence de l’industrie bovine canadienne à Calgary. Cette conférence est une excellente occasion de réseauter avec un grand nombre de nos partenaires et fournisseurs de services de l’industrie.
Cet automne, j’ai l’intention de visiter plus de marchés d’enchère de bétail et d’assister à plus de ventes de veaux d’embouche; nous voyons plusieurs producteurs assister à ces ventes, et je veux les aider à promouvoir les avantages d’utiliser la race Charolais. Si vous connaissez soit des encans spécialisés qui vendent des veaux Charolais ou encore un grand nombre
902.670.5919 • jhredden@nsac.ca ..continued on page 16
Nous avons eu un été très occupé à la CCA. En juillet, nous avons participé au Symposium du “Beef Improvement Federation (BIF)” qui
Stan Grad passed away Saturday, July 29, 2023, at the age of 78 due to complications from a lung infection and cardiac arrest.
Stan was raised on the outskirts of NW Calgary where his parents owned a small motel business, the Graddell Motel. Stan received his younger years of schooling in Calgary, attended Notre Dame College in Wilcox, Saskatchewan, obtaining his Petroleum Technology Diploma from S.A.I.T. in Calgary, and a bachelor’s degree in petroleum technology in Laramie, Wyoming.
Business excellence, an entrepreneurial spirit, and inspiring leadership enabled Stan to create success in two separate sectors –energy and ranching, serving both industries with a continuous focus on fostering excellence and innovation.
Stan was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Grad & Walker Energy Corporation that he founded with partner Willard Walker - an oil and gas exploration and production company which reached the TSE 300 Index before being sold to Crestar Energy in 1997. He has subsequently founded additional oil and gas enterprises and served as a Founder/ Director on the boards of several other energy and service companies.
Stan became involved in the seedstock cattle industry over 40 years ago. Starting in Charolais the fall of 1983, they were very competitive on the road with their most notable herdbull Roxy’s Jack Dempsey 63R. After a
Stanwill “Stan” G. P. Grad
August 5, 1944 – July 29, 2023
dispersal sale in 1990, they built back a multi-purebred operation including Charolais running up to 2,600 cows on 22,000 acres at Airdrie, Fort MacLeod and Cardston ranches and having a very successful bull sale every spring.
His litany of awards and honors included:
• 2019 - the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Wyoming for Petroleum Engineering - the first Canadian to receive this honor.
• 2015 - the Order of Excellence – the highest honour the Province of Alberta can bestow on a citizen. This award followed an award from the Calgary Business Hall of Fame in 2012.
• 1968 - The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. Priory of Canada, after reviving a man rendered unconscious by toxic gases near Olds, Alberta.
In addition, Stan brought his leadership and business skills as a founding member of the Calgary Stampede Foundation, as well as a member of the Board of Governors of Mount Royal College.
A strong supporter of his alma matter SAIT - the restored Heritage Hall is now rechristened the Stan Grad Centre.
STARS (Western Canada’s air ambulance trauma service) was one of those organizations that grew, flourished, and changed in many innovative ways through his strong leadership, innovation, and the multiple volunteer roles in which he contributed to governance and
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de veaux croisés Charolais, veuillez s’il vous plaît m’en informer et je ferai de mon mieux pour être présent.
Le circuit d’automne des ventes de veaux d’embouche sera commencé au moment de la publication de cet article, mais il y aura encore beaucoup d’autres événements à assister et à soutenir, notamment les ventes de production
et les divers jugements aux expositions agricoles. Si vous participez à ces expositions avec des bovins, merci de représenter notre race.
Le conseil d’administration de l’ACC tiendra ses réunions d’automne les 16 et 17 octobre au bureau de Calgary. Ces réunions sont très importantes pour faire progresser notre race et pour
philanthropy. With the tragic loss of his daughter Kristine in 1990, he began a journey of over 30 years of passionate dedication to the organization and its lifesaving mission, bringing together the corporate world and the rural community to galvanize support for the then fledgling entity. His fervent passion and dedication are key reasons for STARS becoming what it is today. He filled roles as its first fundraising chairperson, followed by Chair of both the Society and the Foundation Boards of Directors, and as Chair of the Seconds Count Capital Campaign.
His wisdom as a leader, entrepreneur, and philanthropist are legendary and he was recognized as a STARS Honourary Member upon his retirement from the organization. Today, STARS now provides care from eastern British Columbia across the three prairie provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba – an incredible legacy.
An ardent outdoorsman, he loved being out on the land riding his horse surveying the year’s crops, checking the cattle, appreciating the birds on the lake or in the trees, the doe and her new fawns, and all other wildlife. Stan helped to develop the UBA Project (Upland Birds Alberta) committed to a Pheasant Release program throughout the province and was an avid supporter of Ducks Unlimited.
He is survived by his wife Jane Grad, daughters Kara Grad (Wyatt and Sage) and Samantha (Justin) Wharton, (Aria, Georgia, and Addelyn), sister Celeste Grad (Bonita Price) and goddaughter Chelan Lees.
maintenir une association saine et durable, veuillez contacter le directeur de votre région pour toute question ou préoccupation que vous pourriez avoir.
L’Association canadienne Charolais appartient à tous ses membres, et vous devriez avoir votre mot à dire.
J’ai hâte de vous rencontrer cet automne.
Charolais Life
This column will be dedicated to keeping Charolais members in touch with the people of the business. It will contain births, weddings, convocations and momentous anniversaries and events of note, but not high school graduations. If you have news and/or photos you’d like to submit, please email charolaisbanner@gmail.com for print in upcoming issues.
It’s a Boy!
Winston Robert Lee MacPherson was born June 30th, weighing 8 lb 1 oz, measuring 20.5 inches, to Ashley Baker and Travis MacPherson. Ashley is a CCYA Alumni and proud grandparents are Kevin and Sherry Baker, Madoc, Ontario.
It’s a Girl!
Tilly Leslie Voice was born on May 31, weighing 7 lb 13 oz. Sister Cawley and parents Kirstin and Robert Voice, Bradwell, are smitten. Grandparents are Morley and Patti Sparrow, Vanscoy, Saskatchewan. Kirstin is a CCYA Alumni.
It’s a Girl!
Ella Jean Brown was born July 27 at 9:02 a.m., weighing 8 lb 4 oz, measuring 20.5”. Her proud family includes parents Tammy and Brandon Brown and brother Brody, of Strasbourg, Sask., and grandparents Raymond and Betty Paschke, Love, Saskatchewan.
It’s a Girl!
Avery Margaret Gallelli was born on August 27, in Calgary, Alberta, weighing 6 lbs 5 oz and measuring 19”. Excited parents are Natasha Crozier and Russell Gallelli, Gallelli Charolais, Crossfield. Russell is a CCYA Alumni.
Hayden - Wilkie Wed
Kelsey Hayden and Casey Wilkie, Wilkie Charolais, Big Valley, Alberta, were married on December 31, 2022. Casey is the son of Don and Wanda Wilkie.
It’s a Girl!
Charlee Faith Wilkie was born on July 19, weighing 6 lb 11 oz and measuring 19 inches, to Kelsey and Casey Wilkie. Proud grandparents are Don and Wanda Wilkie, Big Valley, Alberta.
It’s a Girl!
Adelyn Mary McLeod was born July 7 at 2:55 a.m., weighing 6 lb 12 oz to Alyson and Colby McLeod. Colby is a CCYA Alumni and son of Rod and April McLeod, McLeod Livestock, Cochrane, Alberta.
Manitoba Youth Beef Round-up
2023 Individual Charolais Highlights
August 4-6 • Neepawa, MB
77 Entries • 71 Participants
Junior Photography
Blake Airey, Rivers
Reserve Junior Photography
Kate Hinsburg, Rapid City
Intermediate Photography
Kendra Hinsburg, Rapid City
Reserve Junior Graphic Design
Brianna Snowden, Carberry
Reserve
Intermediate Graphic Design
Kendra Hinsburg
Junior Art
Lukas Cavers, Las Riviere
Intermediate Art
Madisyn Robertson, Neepawa
Reserve Junior Scrapbook
Lukas Cavers
Junior Champion Sales Talk
Blake Airey
Manitoba Youth Beef Round-up
Junior Individual Judging
Blake Airey
Intermediate Individual Juding
Madisyn Robertson
Intermediate Showmanship
Madisyn Robertson
Junior Aggregate
Blake Airey
Intermediate Aggregate
Madisyn Robertson
Grand Aggregate winners with Platinum SponsorEnns Brothers - L to R: Lois McRae (Co Chair Round-up 2023) Pee Wee Khloe Stocki, Enns Brothers (Trevor Bennett) Junior – Blake Airey, Intermediate - Madisyn Robertson and SeniorAllie Lavich
Manitoba Youth Beef Round-up
Conformation Charolais Show
Judges: Darren Ippolito, Kisbey, SK & Owen Legaarden
August 6, 2023 • Neepawa, MB
Champion Charolais Heifer Calf
C2 LONNIE 12L, Grace Keen, Manitou
Champion Yearling Charolais Heifer
KCH SUGAR N’ SPICE 228K, Kendra
Hinsburg, Rapid City
Reserve Champion Yearling
Charolais Heifer
JMB KIRSTEN 212K, Madisyn
Robertson
Champion Two-Year Old Charolais
Female with Calf
C2 KATE GRACE 6J, Grace Keen
Champion Mature Charolais Female with Calf
EMB MIRABELLE 5D, Fischer Cavers, La Riviere
Grand Champion Charolais Female
EMB MIRABELLE 5D, Fischer Cavers, La Riviere
Reserve Grand Champion Charolais Female
C2 KATE GRACE 6J, Grace Keen
Reserve Grand Champion Charolais
Female – C2 KATE GRACE 6J, Grace
Keen
Saturday, December 16, 2023
Westerner Park, Red Deer, Alberta 5:30 pm - Dinner | 6:30 pm Sale
www.transconlivestock.com
Grand Champion Charolais Female –EMB MIRABELLE 5D, Fischer Cavers, La Riviere
Pinnacle View Open House & Junior Clinic
On September 9th newcomers to the breed, Pinnacle View Livestock of Quesnel, British Columbia, hosted their biennial Open House. What started out as brainstorming idea back in the spring to host a little junior clinic in conjunction with their open house, turned into a massive event drawing over 70 kids from all over BC! Juniors from Vancouver Island all the way to Vanderhoof, and one from Alberta, gathered at Pinnacle View to attend the judging, fitting, and showmanship clinics while the parents they drug with them enjoyed cattle displays, tours, and draw prizes.
They fed over 150 people with a feast of brisket and drunk chicken, salads, and dessert. The kids were each given a swag bag and then split into three groups to rotate through the clinics throughout the day. The event was very generously supported by many local businesses so they had many draw prizes to give away to the
adults and the kids, with the grand prize being a heifer calf!
After the juniors completed each clinic, they were able to put their name into the drum roller for their chance to win the heifer calf of their choice. There were five heifer calves to choose from: 2 purebred Limousin, 1 purebred Charolais, 1 Lim-Flex heifer, and 1 Char/Limo cross heifer. The anticipation built throughout the day with each kid carefully analyzing the draw heifers to see which one they would pick if they were the lucky winner!
After the clinics were all done, everyone gathered around the carrousel of draw heifers, jittery and jumping with excitement! First, there were awards given to the top three juniors who participated in the judging class that followed their judging clinic, then over 20 draw prizes were given away to the kids, and then their names were returned to drum roller for the drawing of the
final grand prize!
The winner was Sylvie Schimann of Prince George, BC. She was absolutely beaming with excitement and it took her over an hour (with consultation from her family) to finally choose the heifer that she was going to take home. She chose the purebred Charolais heifer!
It was a smashing success and the positive feedback from everyone who attended made the hours and hours of preparation very well worth it! This event will be table conversation for months to come!
The participants
Grooming
The carousel of heifers to choose for the final draw
Erin Kishkan with heifer winner Sylvie Shimann
Hear from local producers and industry experts about applying research on the farm
December 12 and 13, 2023 I Victoria Inn, Brandon Manitoba
Featuring Dr. John Campbell, Dr. Kim Ominski and Lewellyn Melnyk, author of “Rooted” and many other great speakers. For more information, visit mbfi.ca/conference or scan the QR code. Learn about:
• And more… Early Bird Registration closes November 16, 2023
• Smart Farm Technology
• Implanting Calves
• Soil Health
• Grazing Plans
• Intercropping
• Cow-Calf Health & Nutrition
Anderson Bred Heifers 10th Annual Sale
Monday, December 4th, 11:00 AM, at Innisfail Auction Market
Approximately 450 head of Red/Black/Tan heifers
Bred Red Angus, Black Angus and Charolais
Calving dates of January 1-12 and February/March
Anderson Bred Heifers Red & Black Heifer pairs with Charolais sired calves at foot will be on offer
February 21, 2024, in conjunction with the McLeod Livestock Charolais Bull Sale at Olds, Alberta
Lindsay Exhibition Charolais Show September 22, 2023 • Lindsay, ON Judge: Jordan Bubba 44 Entries (A BOSS Show)
It was a nice day for the Quebec Charolais Association Annual General Meeting on August 12, at Ferme François Poirier, in Ste-Agathede-Lobinier.
To start the day, we did a tour of Ferme Poirier’s sugar bush, which is a 22,000 tap operation. This was followed by a tour of the herd and facilities followed by a picnic.
After lunch was the AGM and to end the day they auctioned off donated items to benefit our youth.
Quebec Charolais Association Board of Directors (L-R) Chantal Raymond, Ste-Eulalie, Secretary/Treasurer; Mark Frost, Kinsey Falls, President; Armand Roy, St-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Vice President & National Director; Karine Dubuc, Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage, 2nd Vice President; Eric Manningham, Laurierville; Kaven Begin, Ste-Marie; Janick Bouffard, Sanstead Est; Tiffany Frost, Kingsey Falls, Junior Director
Saturday, September 9, 2023
Renfrew, ON
Judge: Jennie Mutch, Vernon River, PE 19 Entries (A BOSS Show)
Grand Champion Female — CRG MISS REDEEMED 4K, McCord Farms
Reserve Grand Champion Female
Charolais
LAREDO 7L, Cornerview Charolais
— DMC MCCORD MISS CANADA 1L, McCord Farms
The arrival of fall always brings a flurry of activity at the Canadian Cattle Association (CCA) and renewed energy to advance the key priorities of importance to cattle producers. This year is no different and we have important work that needs to continue on many important policy fronts.
With the return of Parliament in mid-September, our tradition of helping kick off the Fall Parliamentary session with our annual Barbecue on the Hill continued. I enjoy attending this event each year, as it gives our team an opportunity to connect with Members of Parliament (MPs), Senators, and their staff in an informal setting. There were many great conversations over delicious Canadian beef brisket supporting farming and ranching practices that meet Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB) standards.
A special thank you goes out to Senator Rob Black for co-hosting the event as well as our partners, Propane Canada and InterCity Packers for helping make the barbecue a big success!
In preparation for our upcoming involvement in international policy discussions on climate change and biodiversity, we hosted a virtual climate adaptation and sustainable livestock systems event. Held in partnership with Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) and the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC), we shared our priorities for this year’s United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP28). The event brought together key government, industry, academia, conservation partners, and cattle producers to explore the positive connections between sustainable livestock
Canadian Cattle Association President’s Report
Nathan Phinney
systems, climate change, and biodiversity.
We were pleased by the positive discussions that took place through the sessions and how we were able to showcase the strong collaborative efforts underway in Canada to harness the true value of working landscapes and their environmental benefits. Our team looks forward to sharing our positive story and building on these conversations at COP28 in Dubai later this fall.
Over the next four months, CCA’s engagement with Parliamentarians will focus on priorities including trade, sustainability, and our 2024 federal budget asks.
Trade remains a hot policy area for us. We continue to monitor developments on Bill C-282: An Act to amend the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act (supply management) that moved to the Senate before Parliament recessed for the summer. This bill seeks to take supply management off the table during future trade negotiations. We continue to emphasize the ramifications this bill could have on our economy and cattle producers with Senators and will carry this message forward in our advocacy work through the fall session.
CCA has ramped up advocacy efforts on trade with the United Kingdom (UK). The main sticking point is that the UK does not recognize our world-class food safety system. The CCA board and staff will continue to reiterate with elected officials how Canadian beef is disadvantaged in the interim trade agreement with the UK. Nontariff trade barriers continue to shut Canada out of this market, while UK has unfettered access to the Canadian market. We are pushing for the Government of Canada to delay the
UK’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for TransPacific Partnership (CPTPP) until our barriers in the UK market can be addressed.
As I mentioned in my last column, grassroots producers and industry partners can easily support our advocacy efforts on equitable trade with the UK by supporting the Say No to a Bad Deal campaign. We are pleased with the support that we’ve received so far from producers and industry stakeholders – thank you! If you haven’t done so already, please visit www.saynotoabaddeal.ca to send an email to your MP.
Lastly, our advocacy efforts this fall will also highlight our four key recommendations for the upcoming 2024 Federal Budget.
We are asking for the Government of Canada to partner and invest in the Grassland Conservation Initiative (GCI), led by CCA with support from DUC and the NCC. This initiative works to find voluntary solutions to help conserve our prairie native grasslands and aims to be another incentive-based tool in the toolkit for producers.
We are also seeking an amendment to the Livestock Tax Deferral (LTD) provision in the Income Tax Act to give producers the ability to selfelect rather than rely on a geographic determination. This change would enable access for producers who fall outside of the boundary lines and those who are impacted by consecutive years of adverse weather under the current provision.
We are also advocating for the interest-free portion of the Advanced Payments Program (APP) to remain at the current level of $350,000. A return to $100,000 at the end of this federal budget cycle does not accurately
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Gordon Meakin, of Westlock, Alberta, passed away September 19th at the age of 91.
He will be dearly missed by his wife of 67 years, Pat, his five children: Janice (Arnold) Piontkowski, Wayne (Linda) Meakin, Pam (Peter) Gonnet, Wade (Sherry) Meakin, Norine (Ken) Schuster, 10 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
William “Gordon” Meakin
August 8, 1932 - September 19, 2023
He left his family farm and moved to Edmonton and began his career as a floor layer. However, farming and animals were his true passion, so he moved Pat and four young kids out to a bush-covered quarter one mile from where he grew up. With a lot of work clearing brush, they moved a house onto it. They had milk cows, pigs, chickens, sheep and lots of roots and rocks to pick. Their last child was born a few years later. In 1967, he purchased another farm 3 miles west
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reflect the profound inflation of farm input costs.
Lastly, CCA recommends that the Government of Canada take a science-based approach and align our specified risk material (SRM) regulations with those in the United States (U.S.). Differences in our
SRM regulations have reduced the competitiveness of our industry by adding approximately C$31 million in additional costs. This change would help us get more Canadian beef to international markets. It would also help our processors (existing and potential) to compete internationally.
of Alcomdale where they lived until 2009 when his health began to decline and they moved to Westlock.
Gordon and Patricia purchased their first Charolais heifers in the early 1970s and grew the Char-Kin Farms herd until they dispersed it in 2002. Over the years, he was a 4-H Leader and a director on the Alberta Charolais Association Board. In 2009, they were awarded the Canadian Charolais Association Honour Roll.
Before signing off, I wanted to quickly mention that at the time of writing this column, the AgriRecovery response hasn’t been announced. We are monitoring the situation and pushing for support to be rolled out immediately.
An entry in Charolais Charbray International Virtual Show gives you: - a one minute video on or off halter - a page of advertising in the Virtual Show book - a still photo
It’s an easy way to promote your herd to the world!
Olds Fall Classic
October 1, 2023 • Olds, AB
Judges: Dennis & Katie Serhienko, Maymont, SK
15 Entries • A BOSS Show
Females Born in 2023
1. WGD MISS LUNA 21L (WGD Ruger 8J), Daines Cattle & O’Neill Livestock, Red Deer County; 2. ONL MISS ALLIE 76L (ONL Hot Toddy 13G), Daines Cattle & O’Neill Livestock; 3. ONL MISS SIPPIN’ ON FIRE 58L (ONL Whiskey Bent 39H), Daines Cattle & O’Neill Livestock; 4. SOS DESIRAE
PLD 310L (WGD Ruger 8J), Springside Cattle Co., Airdrie; 5. NIER LADY 1L (WDZ Warroad 906), Nier Charolais, Crossfield.
Heifer Calf Champion
WGD MISS LUNA 21L, Daines Cattle & O’Neill Livestock Reserve Heifer Calf Champion
ONL MISS ALLIE 76L, Daines Cattle & O’Neill Livestock
Females Born in 2022
1. SOS KARDASHIAN PLD 798K (BRCHE White Bear 8505 Pld ET), Springside Catte Co.; 2. NIER KARAOKE 1K (WC Milestone 5223 P), Nier Charolais; 3. MISS PRAIRIE COVE 255K (SVY Trust 6H), Kemp Farms Ltd., Red Deer County. Junior Champion Female
SOS KARDASHIAN PLD 798K, Springside Catte Co.
Reserve Junior Champion Female
NIER KARAOKE 1K, Nier Charolais
Females Born in 2021 with Calf
1. SOS PJP BEYOND WORDS 21J (TR Mr Fire Water 5792RET, calf - PCC Burbon 118J), Springside Cattle Co., Peterosa Exports, Red Deer, AB & Rancho ADE, MX; 2. NIER JOLENE 1J (WC Milestone 5223 P, calf - WDZ Warroad 906), Nier Charolais.
Senior Champion Female
SOS PJP BEYOND WORDS 21J, Springside Cattle Co., Peterosa Exports, Rancho ADE
Reserve Senior Champion Female
NIER JOLENE 1J, Nier Charolais Grand Champion Female
SOS PJP BEYOND WORDS 21J, Springside Cattle Co., Peterosa Exports, Rancho ADE
Reserve Grand Champion Female WGD MISS LUNA 21L, Daines Cattle & O’Neill Livestock
Bulls Born in 2023
1. ONL BACK ROAD 35L (WIA Backwater Jack 060 P), Daines Cattle & O’Neill Livestock; 2. SOS KG REVOLVER PLD 366L (WGD Ruger 8J), Springside Cattle Co., KG Land and Cattle, Gadsby; 3. WGD SOLD OUT 122L (WGD Ruger 8J), Daines Cattle & O’Neill Livestock; 4. NIER LAMBORGHINI 2L (WC Milestone 5223 P).
Grand Champion Female — SOS PJP BEYOND WORDS 21J, Springside Cattle Co., Peterosa Exports, Rancho ADE
Grand Champion Bull — SOS KICKSTART PLD 825K, Springside Cattle Co., Steppler Farms, Peter Peters
Olds Fall Classic
Bull Calf Champion
ONL BACK ROAD 35L, Daines Cattle & O’Neill Livestock
Reserve Bull Calf Champion
SOS KG REVOLVER PLD 366L, Springside Cattle Co., KG Land and Cattle
Bull Born in 2022
SOS KICKSTART PLD 825K (SOS Apex Pld 139F), Springside Cattle Co., Steppler Farms, Miami, MB & Peter Peters, Souris, PE
Junior Champion Bull
SOS KICKSTART PLD 825K, Springside Cattle Co., Steppler Farms, Peter Peters
Grand Champion Bull
SOS KICKSTART PLD 825K, Springside Cattle Co., Steppler Farms, Peter Peters
Reserve Grand Champion Bull ONL BACK ROAD 35L, Daines Cattle & O’Neill Livestock
Reserve Grand Champion Female — WGD MISS LUNA 21L, Daines Cattle & O’Neill Livestock
Reserve Grand Champion Bull — ONL BACK ROAD 35L, Daines Cattle & O’Neill Livestock
Charolais Charbray International Youth Program — Ireland
Keegan Blehm
During the month of August, Haley Rosso and I, Keegan Blehm, had the incredible privilege of representing Canada at the World Charolais Youth Conference in Ireland from the 7th -14th, 2023. We were joined by other youth from around the world which included the countries of Czech Republic, England, Mexico, Scotland and the U.S.A.
Our trip started out in Dublin with a walking tour around the city. We stopped by Dublin Castle, Dubh Linn Gardens and Trinity College. All these locations have historical and cultural importance to the city of Dublin and the country of Ireland. The afternoon found us at the Guinness Storehouse, where we experienced every aspect of how Guinness is made, to how it was shipped and marketed. We enjoyed a meal at the oldest pub in Dublin named, “The Brazen Head” and continued on afterwards participating in a bit of the Dublin nightlife.
The next day we departed Dublin and headed to our scheduled tours. Our first stop was at the Grange Research Center which is one of Ireland’s largest livestock and forage research areas. We had the opportunity to listen to Dr. Nicky Byrne, who educated us on the dynamics of beef production in Ireland. Taking time to savor some tea, our group then moved on to see two of the main research trials taking place.
One of the main projects was the difference between native grasses with white clover versus without and how that affects the finishing time of animals. There were no results to share at this time, as these animals won’t be ready for market until the spring.
The second trial measured methane emissions and tried to find the most efficient beef breed cross with dairy cattle. Unfortunately, the calves would not be weaned for another two weeks so no final data was given.
After lunch, we saw our first Charolais herd of the week at Sebana Moynagh farm. We finished our visit with a fun competition of heifer judging. It was interesting, to say the least, comparing the differences in North American Charolais cattle to Irish Charolais Cattle. Seeing the miles and miles of lush green grass on our journey today was a beautiful backdrop and made the time traveling quickly pass by.
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The third day of our adventure, we woke up in Ballina. It was a packed day, busy learning about different herds. We toured the facilities of Bostonia Pedigree Charolais. We began with a quick guessing game on the weight of a heifer calf, then continued onto the most breathtaking pasture tour Haley and I had ever seen. The Atlantic Ocean in the background made this area almost magical.
As the day commenced, we all had the opportunity to watch and try grooming the Irish way. This made us appreciate how different things can really be! To wrap up our time at this facility, a representative from Smyths Daleside Animal Feeds delivered a presentation on nutrition.
Mid-day, we traveled down to Crossmolina Farms where we toured their dairy facility and Charolais herd. Here, we were exposed to this producer’s successes in crossing dairy with beef cattle. We also got a sneak peak of the bulls they had ready to take to the upcoming Tullamore show. Finishing up our day, our group took part in judging yearling bulls, where our ”proud Canadian” Haley came out on top by winning the challenge.
Spending a free, relaxed evening in Galway after our busy Thursday in Ballina, Friday found us all back to being tourists! We decided to take the ferry from Galway to the Aran Islands. Once on the island, we all rented bikes and took off exploring; soaking up the fresh air, landscape and stunning scenery. On the trip back to Galway, the ferry traveled by the “Cliffs of Moher” which has been a popular site for many movie scenes over the years. The 700 ft drop of the cliffs was exceptional to see in person. I learned a little bit about the history and importance of this natural wonder within Irish history. Later, the evening passed by with many hands of cards and some great story telling amongst our group of new friends.
Bull Judging
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Clenagh Charolais was our final farm tour. While we were looking through the herd, it started to rain, so we retreated to the barn to watch a demonstration on grooming. After leaving the farm we traveled to Bunratty Castle. Being a little behind on our schedule, we only got to observe the castle from the outside. A nearby small village was filled with people happy to share stories of the castle and the old times. That evening we found ourselves in Portlaoise, where we checked into the hotel and shared a meal together as a group.
Rounding out the last leg of our trip, we spent the day at Ireland’s famous Tullamore Show. Tullamore is the country’s biggest livestock and trade show. It has everything from multi breeds of cattle, horses, sheep, goats to antique tractors, cooking and baking competitions and many, many shops. The off and on rain all day kept things exciting and everyone moving. The actual cattle show is different then anything that Haley and I are used to watching in Canada! Every breed has its own ring and every show starts at 10 a.m. The first class that entered the showring was the mature bull class. It featured a five-year old that weighed in at 1400 kgs. The Champion class had both bulls and females in it. There were two judges who agreed on the Champion animal. They selected a yearling bull exhibited by Brendan and Niall Canning. The day was filled with all types of new things to see, watch and listen to. Back on the bus after another eventful day, we traveled back to the hotel. Preparations and packing for our trip home in the morning was on the agenda for the evening.
On behalf of Haley and I, we are finding it hard to express our gratitude and thanks to Canadian Charolais Association and the Friends of the Charolais Foundation for choosing us to participate in this once in a lifetime opportunity. Also, a big thank you to the Irish Charolais Cattle Society for hosting this event and Charolais Charbray International for sponsoring this educational adventure. It was an incredible experience, one we won’t soon forget. We are truly grateful for these associations for making this trip possible. Thank you
Supply Chain of Biologicals and Other Pharmaceuticals Always in Jeopardy
Roy Lewis DVM
A lot of reliance for disease prevention and maintaining productivity relies on vaccination. There are key disease prevention strategies that veterinarians rely on heavily for the health of the Canadian cattle industry. We often don’t realize how much we rely on these vaccines until there is a shortage. With there only being a few large pharmaceutical companies out there, often there may be few alternatives to turn to. With regulatory control being very strict and changes slow to implement, there have been many times where tight supplies have occurred.
Over the last number of years, this has been even more prevalent in the swine industry. With their production cycle being shorter and with massive farrow to finish operations, critical vaccine supplies have forced changes to protocols. One vaccine was only to be available for half the pigs so swine veterinarians in some cases went at half the dose to double the number of pigs vaccinated and got away with half decent efficacy. This need has not happened in the cattle industry to my knowledge but it can come precariously close.
As vaccines are manufactured, they are checked for efficacy to determine if the manufacturing process has been successful. Especially the modified ones are a living biological entity so variance is inevitable. If one or more of the components in a multivalent vaccine does not meet specs, this is known as a batch failure. Then depending on how big the batch failure, how big the demand is (season of year), and how either unique the vaccine is or how big the market share is from that particular company, a backlog shortage can cause a domino effect. It is difficult to get an excess of
vaccine because of the shorter expiry dates. Most vaccines when they come out have expiry dates of between one and two years on them.
There is not an even year round demand for vaccines and we all know in the cattle industry there is a huge demand in the fall around weaning time and entry into the feedlot and as well at spring turnout. Companies are trying to project demand and supply in an ever changing market and at the same time trying to grow their market share. While at the same time, never knowing what the exact cattle inventory is and what percentage of people will use the vaccines as recommended by their veterinarians. Add to this the fact that pharma companies because of competition don’t really want to divulge information like batch failures, losses of refrigeration in shipping and product needing to be destroyed, plant fires shutting production, or a myriad of political, transportation, trade embargo, tariffs that we see in a global economy.
There have been absolute shortages of vaccines, implants and even penicillin in recent years. The most recent is scour vaccines. What can you do as a producer, and especially the purebred producers, to guard against this? First off get your inventory of vaccines, antimicrobials as much ahead of time as you can. I would suggest getting them several months ahead of time. That way if there is a shortage, you find out ahead of time. Make sure your fridge is very functional, accurate and if possible alarmed against temperature fluctuations. You don’t want to be the one that has vaccine overheat and be destroyed. What’s even worse if you didn’t realize it and vaccinate your cattle with an ineffective vaccine that overheated or froze in a farm fridge. This happens and can be devastating
to the individual producer. Don’t store vaccine in the door of a fridge that is always opened and shut.
What happens if one big manufacturer goes down in vaccine production?
They rightfully tell their customers who then go and essentially cannibalize the markets of the other pharma companies for similar vaccines as an example. This is just what happens in free enterprise so one way to avoid this is to keep your own inventory on the farm ahead of time. Secondly, to have as your veterinarian a clinic which keeps a decent amount of inventory and has yourself as one of their key customers.
In the purebred industry, one never knows which bull calves will be the really valuable ones so all are treated as having the potential for greatness and that is a great attitude to have. It is too bad when shortages occur, or there is a huge spike in demand that some of the regulatory issues could at least be relaxed. This would mean things like making it easier to bring in US licensed vaccine. (Often the same product as in Canada but doesn’t have the bilingual labelling.)
If there is a vaccine failure, it may be just one component of the vaccine failed but the other components were fine. As an example, some of the vaccine companies have their 5-Way viral vaccine fail because of the BRSV component in it. I would argue that it is maybe the least important component as the IBR and BVD protection are the most critical. In times of a huge shortage, I wish companies could still market the vaccine with the relabelled caveat that the BRSV component is ineffective. Far better to have IBR and BVD protection than nothing if the vaccine is pulled. I realize it is a competitive world out there but some companies could
Moving into the fall show run, we look forward to seeing members on the road competing and taking in all of the events! This year’s semen auction will be taking place at the National Sale in Brandon, on October 26. All proceeds from our fundraising auctions go towards our scholarships and other programs offered to our members throughout the year! Make sure to stay up to date on all
Make sure to look into our Buy & Show Program where members can earn $125 for the purchase of a female this year.
Canadian Charolais Association Scholarship deadlines are also coming up fast! The Dale Norheim Memorial Scholarship worth $1,500 and two CCA scholarships valued at $1,000 each. The deadline is October 31st and can be found on our social media pages and the Canadian Charolais Association
Social Media: Madisyn Robertson robertsonmadisyn@gmail.com
ramp up production if they knew there was an imminent shortage in the marketplace.
Just as we saw with COVID 19 vaccination production some companies with approved vaccines used other companies. That same model could then be used if a similar need was determined for production of animal vaccines on a world wide scale.
There as an example are different foot and mouth vaccines holed away in different locations around the world in the event of an outbreak. You don’t need an F & M vaccine until an outbreak and then you may need millions of doses. This is the complicated world we live in, but if there are vaccines or pharmaceuticals your herd cannot do without, make sure you have access to that inventory. Your herd’s health may depend on it. If supplies are short, rely on your veterinarian to see what alternative approaches you may have or ways
to stretch vaccines. Certain ages of cattle may be critical to be vaccinated. An example of this is insuring bred heifers get scours vaccinated and boostered but maybe older multiparous cows we can get away without vaccinating. Vaccines for things like pinkeye or footrot where a clinical case does not result in death are ones to consider for dose splitting or potentially taking the year off. These are all choices and direction that your veterinarian may help you determine.
The two recent choices I am aware of for a shortage is scour bos 9 for this calving season, and the clostridial vaccines containing tetanus. Most can get another clostridial vaccine but if tetanus is mandatory, we may see some deaths with that.
Scour Bos is from Novartis a big player with about 40-45 percent of the market share, so there will be a domino effect and severe shortages
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Justin Harcourt, President
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We would also like to thank Lorne Lakusta for his donation to CCYA. Lorne selflessly decided that in lieu of flowers for his funeral, the proceeds would instead go towards the CCYA where the funds are to be used for different membership programs such as scholarships, educational components, as well as the conference itself. This donation will go a long way in helping the show continue to provide the best experience for our members!
this spring. Just be aware there are other trade names out there but work with your veterinarian as to how to deal with it in your herd and have a plan B and C.
These shortages in our industry will continue to be a problem. I am even wondering with between veterinary clinics keeping a higher inventory, drug warehouses the pharmaceutical companies warehouses and with slight relaxations by regulatory agencies, if we can hope to keep ahead. We can always expect some disruption in the supply of pharmaceuticlals and biologicals but taking these precautions and perhaps maybe an emergency supply available at the breed association offices is not just pie in the sky. Here’s to a tight supply this fall. We don’t want to hear about losses from preventable diseases where animals could have easily good protection from a vaccine that simply isn’t available in Canada.
Canadian Charolais Youth Association 2023 Conference & Show
2nd Generation Awards
Madisyn Robertson thanked Richard Bramley for announcing the Showmanship and Conformation classes as well as auctioning the fundraiser following the banquet
Retiring Director
Justin Harcourt presented Tyson Black with an appreciation gift for his work with the National Board. Tyson attended every CCYA Conference & Show since he was eligible.
Shelby & Camille Scott
Trace & Karen Bouchard
Emily & Matthew Ramsey Scott & Paisley Baron Ryleigh, Blake & Jimmy Hunter
Friends of Canadian Charolais Foundation
Keith Black and Kelly Howe, directors for Friends of Canadian Charolais Foundation, presented 21 participants with $500 cheques to assist with travel to attend the Conference
Harper & Craig Wilgenbusch
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The CCYA National Board selects one honouree per year to express their appreciation for dedication to the program.
Education at the Manitoba Beef & Forage Centre
Madisyn Robertson thanked Nicki and Tyler Stewart for being Barn Bosses
Host Committee Chairperson, Madisyn Robertson presented flowers to Dalyse Robertson and Tanya Airey who were their show co-chairs
Tyson Black, Madison Saunders, Travis Saunders, Dalyse, Madisyn & Paul Robertson, Justin Harcourt, Payton Caldwell
CCYA National Board
Justin Harcourt, President, Quill Lake, SK; Madisyn Robertson, Social Media, Neepawa, MB; Payton Caldwell, Secretary, Weyburn, SK; Madison Saunders, Markdale, ON; Travis Saunders, Treasurer, Markdale, ON. Missing: Cassidi Elder, Vice-President, Coronach, SK; Logan Jamieson, Rocky View County, AB; Kim Turnbull, Pincher Creek, AB
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Team Grooming
Keep & Cull
Individual Judging
Candian Charolais Youth Association Conference 2023 National Show
Canadian Charolais Youth Association
National Show
July 29, 2023• Brandon, MB Judges: Dennis & Katie Serhienko, Maymont, SK 58 Entries
Justin Harcourt, Jorja Beck, Tyson Black presented by Craig Scott
Jorja Beck, Justin Harcourt
Madisyn Robertson, Payton Caldwell
Travis Saunders, Madison Saunders presented by Justin Harcourt
Madisyn Robertson, Braden Scott
Indy Fowler, Anna Nesbitt
Tyson Black, Justin Harcourt
Madisyn Robertson, Payton Caldwell
Jack Wright, Sarah Scott
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October 9
Balamore Farms Shoreline Female Sale with guest Lobster Point Properties, 1 pm, Great Village, NS
October 13
Uppin’ the Ante Charolais Sale 7 pm, Maple Hill Auction, Hanover, ON
October 14
Fall Feature Female Sale, 2:30 pm, Hoards Station, Campbellford, ON
October 21
Potter Charolais Online Dispersal Sale, DLMS Timed Online, Earlton, ON
October 21
Spruceview Charolais Closing Chapter Bull Sale, 1 pm, Vermilion (AB)
Livestock Exchange
October 26
Player’s Club Bull Show, 11 am, Manitoba Ag-Ex, Brandon, MB
October 26
Canadian National Charolais Sale, 6 pm, Manitoba Ag-Ex, Brandon, MB
October 27
Canadian National Charolais Show & Sale, 1 pm, Manitoba Ag-Ex, Brandon, MB (A BOSS Show)
October 28
Platinum Picks Female Sale, at DanG Charolais, Colborne, ON
November 2
Lloydminster (SK) Stockade Roundup Show, 11 am, (A BOSS Show)
November 3
Toronto Royal Charolais Show, 9 am, Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, Toronto, ON (A BOSS Show)
November 10
Farmfair International Charolais Show, 2 pm, Edmonton (AB) Ag Expo Centre (A BOSS Show)
November 11
Atlantic Elite Charolais Sale, 2:30 pm, Atlantic Stockyards, Truro, NS
November 15
Harvie Ranching Female & Genetics
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November 17
Effertz Key Ranch Online Sale, DV Online Auction, Velva, ND
November 23
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Charolais Sale, 3 pm, Regina, SK
November 24
Canadian Western Agribition Charolais Show, 1:30 pm, Regina, SK (A BOSS Show)
November 25
Valanjou Charolais Bull & Female Sale, Farm Gate Timed Online, Clyde, AB
December 1
Gilliland Bros. Charolais Dispersal Sale, Alameda (SK) Auction Market
December 4
Anderson 10th Annual Bred Heifer Sale, 11 am, Innisfail (AB) Auction
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December 5
No Borders Select 12th Annual Sale, 1 pm, Heartland Livestock, Virden, MB
December 6
Sterling Collection 44th Annual Sale, 2 pm, Horseshoe E Charolais, Kenaston, SK
December 7
Char-Maine Ranching Charolais Bull Sale, Southern Alberta Livestock Exchange, Fort MacLeod, AB
December 8
Alberta Charolais Association AGM & Awards Banquet, Westerner Park AgriCentre, Red Deer, AB
December 8
Alberta Select Individual Bull Show, Westerner Park AgriCentre, Red Deer, AB
December 9
Alberta Select Pen of 3 Bull Show & Alberta Select Female Sale, Westerner Park Agricentre, Red Deer, AB
December 11
Wilgenbusch Charolais “Volume IV” Female Sale, 1 pm, at the ranch, Halbrite, SK
December 11
Diamond K Cattle Co. Bred Heifer Sale, 2 pm, Bircham Ranch, Piapot, SK
December 13
Steppler Farms Female Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Miami, MB
December 14
Chomiak Charolais Production Sale, Viking (AB) Auction Market
December 15
HEJ Charolais Female Sale, at the Farm, Innisfail, AB
December 15
Coyote Flats Charolais Bull Sale, at the farm, Coaldale, AB December 16
Transcon’s White Gold Sale, Red Deer, AB December 16
Transcon’s National Trust – On Ice Sale, Red Deer, AB December 17
Superstar Charolais Sale, 2 pm, Saskatoon (SK) Livestock Sales
December 18
Diamond R Stock Farms Commercial Bred Heifer & Bull Sale, 2 pm, at the farm, Wawota, SK
December 30
Premier & Guests Fallsview Production Sale, 7 pm, Listowel, ON
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January 27
M.C. Quantock Bull Sale, 12 noon, Lloydminster (SK) Exhibition Grounds
February 1
Howe Coulee Charolais Private Treaty Bull Sale, at the farm, Moose Jaw, SK February 2
Wirstuk Farming & Ranching Bull Sale, at the farm, Cutknife, SK February 3
Hill 70 Quantock Bull Sale, 12 noon, at the ranch, Lloydminster, AB February 9
Anchor D Ranch Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the ranch, Rimbey, AB
February 10
MJT Cattle Co. Ltd. 30th Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, at the ranch, Edgerton, AB
February 14
Steppler Farms 13th Annual Bull Sale, at the farm, Miami, MB
February 16
Springside Cattle Co. Bull Sale, Stettler Agri-Plex, Stettler, AB
February 17
Prouse Ranch Charolais Bull Sale, 7 pm, at the farm, Invermay, SK (live online sale)
February 17
St. Martin Test Sale, St. Martin Test Station, QC
February 17
P & H Ranching Co. Bull Sale, Innisfail (AB) Auction Mart
February 17
Denbie Ranch with Guests Myhre Land & Cattle & Bar J Charolais, 2 pm, Ste. Rose (MB) Auction Mart
February 17
Ross Lake Charolais Open House & Private Treaty Bull Sale, at the farm, Stettler, AB
February 20
Rawe Ranches 41st Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the ranch, Strome, AB
February 21
Saddleridge Charolais with Kaiser Cattle Co. Bull Sale, 1 pm, Bow Slope Shipping, Brooks, AB
February 21
McLeod Livestock & Triple M Farms Bull Sale, 1 pm, Cow Palace, Olds, AB
February 22
Prairie Cove Charolais Bull & Select Female Sale, 1 pm, at the ranch, Bashaw, AB
February 23
HEJ Charolais 19th Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Innisfail, AB February 24
Kay-R Land & Cattle Bull Sale, 1:00 pm, at the farm, Waskatenau, AB February 24
Triple C Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, Ashern (MB) Auction Mart
February 24
Quebec Select Bull Sale, Danville, QC
February 25
Pro-Char Charolais 12th Annual Bull Sale, 1:30 p.m., at the farm Glenevis, AB
February 26
BOB Charolais Bull Sale, 2 pm, Stettler (AB) Agriculture Society February 26
KSL Simmental & Charolais 6th Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, at the farm, Beaverlodge, AB February 27
Acadia Colony Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, Dry Land Trading Corp. Veteran, AB February 28
Beck Farms & McCoy Cattle Co. Bull Sale, 2 pm, at the farm, Milestone, SK
March 1
Nish Charolais 18th Annual Bull Sale, 6 pm, Perlich Bros. Auction Mart, Lethbridge, AB
March 1
Future Farms & Charworth Charolais Select Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, Innisfail (AB) Auction Mart
March 1
Twin Anchor Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, Dry Land Trading Corp. Veteran, AB
March 1
Southland Cattle Bull Sale, 1 pm, Heartland Livestock, Swift Current, SK
March 1
DanG Charolais Bull Sale, at the farm, Colborne, ON
March 2
Turnbull Charolais & Guests 4th Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Pincher Creek, AB
March 2
Ferme Louber Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Ste-Marie de Beauce, QC
March 3
Legacy Charolais 7th Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Botha, AB
March 5
Johnson Ranching Bull Sale, 1 pm, Provost (AB) Livestock Exchange
March 6
Pine Bluff Charolais & Fern Simmental Bull Sale, Farm Gate Timed Online, Love, SK
March 7
McKeary Charolais & Fleming Livestock Corp. Tradition Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, Compeer (AB) Community Hall
March 8
CK Sparrow Farms Bull Sale, 2 pm, at the farm, Vanscoy, SK
March 8
Meridian Agriculture Co. Ltd Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, Acadia Valley, AB March 8
Northern Classic Charolais & Simmental 21st Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, Evergreen Park, Grand Prairie, AB
March 8
JG Larson Bull Sale, TEAM Online Auction, at the farm, Jenner, AB
March 9
Horseshoe E Charolais 26th Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, at the farm, Kenaston, SK
March 9
Blackbern/WhiteWater 13th Annual Charolais Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, Renfrew Pontiac Livestock Facility, Cobden, ON
March 9
Oakstone Land & Cattle Bull Sale, Farm Gate Timed Auction, at the farm, Bawlf, AB
March 9
Transcon’s Red Deer County Bull Sale, Innisfail (AB) Auction Mart
March 11
Palmer Charolais 13th Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, at the farm, Bladworth, SK
March 12
Desertland Cattle Charolais Bull Sale, 5 pm, at the ranch, Sedalia, AB
March 12
Harvie Ranching Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the ranch, Olds, AB
March 14
Footprint Farms Bull Sale, 3:30 pm, at the ranch, Esther, AB
March 14
Creek’s Edge Land & Cattle Bull Sale, Farmgate Timed Online Auction, at the farm, Yellow Creek, SK
March 15
High Bluff Stock Farm Bull & Female Sale, at the farm, Inglis, MB
March 15
Scott Stock Farm 11th Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Crossfield, AB
March 16
Sliding Hills Charolais 18th Annual Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, at the farm, Canora, SK
March 16
Pleasant Dawn Charolais 23rd Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, at the farm, Oak Lake, MB
March 16
Rollin’ Acres/Whiskey Hollow & Guests 13th Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, Maple Hill Auction, Hanover, ON