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“We cannot always build a future for our youth, but can always build our youth for the future”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The theme of this issue is about the youth with in-depth coverage of the Canadian Charolais Youth Association Conference and Show held the end of July in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. This was a great conference with 92 participants, from five provinces, in the four-day event of education and competitions. The strong show saw 83 entries as well. There is also an article of the Charolais-Charbray International Youth exchange which saw two Canadian youth go to Australia from August 9th to 17th. A great experience for them touring with young adults from four other countries.
It’s the first of October and fall is in the air here on the prairies with double digit highs and creeping towards freezing at night. Across the country the feed situation is good in most places and where some shortages do occur the cost of feed is definitely lower than the last few years.
The calf market is booming along with the good Charcross steers averaging well over $2,500 and with the lower feed costs and smaller number of calves available across North America the market should be strong with profitable feedlots competing to fill their pens.
In the USA the packers have been running smaller harvests to try and hold the price of fat cattle down and
the feeders have obliged by holding the cattle on feed longer as with the cost of gain they have still been making more money. The USDA report of actual carcass weight for the week ending September 14th saw steers average 945 lb, up 4 pounds from the week before and up 26 pounds from a year ago. This is a record for any week in history. November and December historically see the heaviest carcasses and it will be interesting to see how heavy they go. I am old enough to remember when we were told that the industry wanted 550 lb carcasses. The packers have dictated that isn’t the case. Size does matter now and growthy cattle are more profitable.
The cull cow and bull markets are also at record levels, with some big bulls commanding $6,000 to go to harvest. D1 and D2 cows in Alberta in August averaged $1.90/lb., which is over $3,000 for a 1,600 pounder. Could be a great opportunity to clean up the bottom of the herd. There are some great sales and some females available privately across the country with quality that would go to the top of most any herd.
Some of the top Australian Charolais breeders have had bull sales in September and they have been very strong.
Palgrove
93/93 Charolais bulls offered, sold to an average of $20,312 top of $60,000
Ascot
65/65 Charolais bulls sold to average $16,892 top of $60,000
Mongool
78/78 Charolais bulls offered, sold
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to an average of $16,359 top of $75,000 With bird flu outbreaks popping up more and more in the United States, officials are asking Canadian producers to not take their own cattle over in case of contamination. That comes as multiple producers will be unable to attend cattle shows below the border due to the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). In a release from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), they advised against all Canadian cattle travelling to and participating in agricultural exhibitions in the U.S. at this time.” While they state that they understand the traditional and business significance of these events, the current HPAI situation in the U.S. may pose a risk of introducing and spreading the virus into Canada. For those who still wish to attend cattle shows in the U.S., they remind producers that exhibitions may have testing requirements prior to entry of the cattle, which may vary by state and exhibition.
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 have them correct in the Charolais Calendar if you requested it to be there. If you haven’t been contacted by a youth member to be part of the 2025 Charolais Calendar, which is a fundraiser for the Youth Associations, again, please contact us.
The National show is in Edmonton this year and I look forward to seeing many of you at the fall shows.
Until next time, Helge
Join us at the fall shows and support the breeders who are promoting the breed for
Harvie Miss Molson 19M
« Nous ne pouvons pas toujours construire un avenir pour nos jeunes, mais nous pouvons toujours construire nos jeunes pour l’avenir »
Franklin D.Roosevelt
Le thème de ce numéro porte sur les jeunes avec une couverture approfondie de la conférence et de l’exposition de l'association canadienne de la jeunesse charolaise qui a eu lieu à la fin juillet à Swift Current, en Saskatchewan. Ce fut une grande conférence avec 92 participants, de cinq provinces, au cours de quatre jours d'éducation et de compétitions. Le spectacle fort en progéniture a également vu 83 inscriptions. Il y a aussi un article de l'échange international de jeunes CharolaisCharbray qui a vu deux jeunes canadiens partir en Australie du 9 au 17 août passé. Une belle expérience pour eux d’échanger avec des jeunes adultes de quatre autres pays.
Nous sommes le premier octobre et l'automne est dans l'air ici dans les prairies avec des températures à double chiffres de jour et des températures glaciales la nuit. Dans l'ensemble du pays, la situation des récoltes est bonne dans la plupart des endroits et là où des pénuries surviennent, le coût du foin et fourrage est nettement inférieur à celui des dernières années.
Le marché des veaux est en plein essor avec les bons bouvillons Charcross qui coûtent en moyenne bien plus de 2 500 $ et avec les coûts de nourriture inférieurs et le plus petit nombre de veaux disponibles en Amérique du Nord, le marché devrait être fort avec des parcs d'engraissement rentables en concurrence pour remplir leurs enclos.
Aux États-Unis, les emballeurs ont réalisé des récoltes plus faibles pour tenter de maintenir le prix du bétail gras à un niveau bas et les éleveurs ont dû s'y résoudre en gardant leurs têtes
au fourrage plus longtemps, car avec le coût de gain, ils ont quand même gagné plus d'argent. Le rapport de l'USDA sur le poids réel des carcasses pour la semaine se terminant le 14 septembre indique que les bouvillons pesaient en moyenne 945 livres, soit 4 livres de plus que la semaine précédente et 26 livres de plus qu'il y a un an. Il s’agit d’un record pour une semaine dans l’histoire. Historiquement, novembre et décembre voient les carcasses les plus lourdes et il sera intéressant de voir à quel point elles pèsent. Je suis assez vieux pour me rappeler quand on nous a dit que l'industrie voulait des carcasses de 550 livres. Les emballeurs ont décidé que ce n’était pas le cas. La taille compte désormais et les bovins en de bonnes tailles sont plus rentables. Les marchés des vaches de réforme et des taureaux ont également atteint des niveaux records, certains gros taureaux commandant 6 000 $ pour aller à l’abattoir. En août, en Alberta, les vaches D1 et D2 coûtaient en moyenne 1,90 $/lb, ce qui représente plus de 3 000 $ pour une tête de 1,600 livres. Cela pourrait être une belle occasion de nettoyer le fond de votre troupeau. Il n’y a pas de ventes de dispersion de troupeaux Charolais cet automne, mais je connais quelques têtes qui sont disponibles. Il existe également d'excellentes ventes en consignation à travers le pays, avec une qualité qui irait au sommet de la plupart des troupeaux. Certains des meilleurs éleveurs Charolais australiens ont réalisé des ventes de taureaux en septembre et elles ont été très fortes:
Palgrove:
93/93 taureaux Charolais offerts, avec une moyenne $20,312, dont le plus haut à $60,000.
Ascot:
65/65 taureaux Charolais vendus avec une moyenne de $16,892, le plus haut à $60,000.
Mongool:
78/78 taureaux Charolais offerts, une moyenne $16,359 et le meilleur vendeur
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à $75,000.
Avec la grippe aviaire dont les épidémies se multiplient aux ÉtatsUnis, les autorités demandent aux producteurs canadiens de ne pas y transporter leur propre bétail en cas de contamination. Cela survient alors que plusieurs producteurs réalisent qu’ils ne pourront pas assister aux expositions de bovins au sud de la frontière en raison de la propagation de la grippe aviaire hautement pathogène (IAHP). Dans un communiqué de l'agence canadienne d'inspection des aliments (ACIA), ils ont déconseillé à tout bétail canadien de voyager et de participer à des expositions agricoles aux États-Unis en ce moment. Bien qu'ils déclarent comprendre l'importance traditionnelle et commerciale de ces événements, la situation actuelle de l'IAHP aux États-Unis peut présenter un risque d'introduction et de propagation du virus au Canada. Pour ceux qui souhaitent toujours assister aux expositions de bovins aux États-Unis, ils rappellent aux producteurs que les expositions peuvent exiger des tests avant l'entrée du bétail, ce qui peut être nécessaire, ce qui varie selon l'état et l’exposition.
Dans ce numéro, vous trouverez le calendrier des ventes de taureaux du printemps. Si votre vente n’y ait pas ou s’il elle est erronée, merci de nous le faire savoir afin que nous les corrigions dans le calendrier Charolais, si vous avez demandé qu'il soit là. Si vous n’avez pas été contacté par un jeune membre pour participer au calendrier Charolais 2025, qui représente une collecte de fonds pour l’associations de jeunes, encore une fois, n’hésitez pas à nous contacter.
L'exposition Nationale aura lieu à Edmonton cette année et j'ai hâte de vous voir en grand nombre aux expositions d'automne.
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The CCA is the first major Canadian breed association to release a multi-trait selection index for public use. Charolais bulls are often sought after as a continental breed component for terminal sire crossbreeding systems. The hallmark index is called the Terminal Sire Index (TSI for short) and has been widely used by commercial cattlemen to make sound breeding and purchase decisions as they incorporate Charolais genetics into their mating systems. As the name implies, TSI is a terminal index designed to rank sire candidates for use in a mating system where all progeny are harvested. TSI doesn’t include any maternal trait selection criteria as no replacement females are to be retained in the herd under this selection strategy. Thus, it shouldn’t be used in production scenarios where replacements are kept from these matings.
Selection indexes provide a single value that describes differences in expected profit in a specific production and marketing circumstance. The selection index simplifies the ranking of candidates across many available EPDs by placing economic weight on traits that have economic impact on the traits in the prescribed scenario. While the selection index is simple to use, it’s construction is not a trivial exercise.
TSI has been updated a number of times in nearly two decades of use. Recently, TSI underwent a major overhaul that featured development utilizing new state-of-the-art selection index construction software and updating of the phenotypic and economic data used to compute the index. The new TSI was developed to model a production scenario and breeding system where Charolais bulls are mated to Angus based cows, 2-years of age and older, and all progeny fed
out with harvested carcasses marketed on a value-based grid which includes a premium structure for cattle that are in the upper 2/3 Choice quality grade. These development features are detailed below.
The biggest change in TSI is the development environment in which the economic weights are estimated. Sophisticated bio-economic software models are among the most effective and efficient means to develop a selection index. The software platform utilized to build-out TSI is called iGENDEC (an internet GENetic DECision support tool) hosted by the Beef Improvement Federation and developed by scientists at the University of Nebraska, the US Meat Animal Research Center, Kansas State University and private industry. iGENDEC development was funded through a USDA CARE (Critical Agriculture Research and Extension) grant program. iGENDEC provides a customizable selection index platform where the selection scenario, selection criteria (EPDs), economic assumptions, breeding system and breeds, as well as phenotypic parameters can be modified.
Once parameterized, iGENDEC simulates thousands of progeny under the model assumptions and produces the economic weights for the selection criteria to achieve the optimal selection index that maximizes progress toward the profit objective. The economic weights place monetary value on a one unit increase in the trait given all other traits held constant. After the weightings are applied to selection criteria EPS, the values are summed together to form the index. The model includes genetic and phenotypic relationships between traits and thereby accounts for correlated responses to selection. iGENDEC also models relevant breed difference and
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heterotic effects.
In the case of TSI, the selection criteria are the EPDs for hot carcass weight, marbling, ribeye area, fat thickness, post weaning gain and calving ease direct. Animals must have published EPD for CW, REA, Marbling, Fat, WW, YW and CED to receive a TSI value. Dry matter intake (DMI) is included in the economic weightings with a genetic value predicted through the association between DMI and yearling weight (YW) EPD. There’s a strong genetic relationship between growth and DMI so animals with high levels of growth are expected to have higher daily DMI.
As presented in Figure 1., DMI accounts for a significant portion of the index and accounts for a large cost component in cattle feeding. Carcass weight, marbling and fat thickness are responsible for the largest value determinants in carcass pricing in a value-based marketing system. The importance of ribeye area in current pricing models is primarily through added carcass weight. The economic weighting in the index then mostly weights the impact REA has on changes in yield grade. Since yield grade changes are substantially less valuable than quality grade changes in the grid pricing model, REA has a smaller relative emphasis.
The second major area of change in TSI is the updated animal performance and economic parameters in the model. In all cases, publicly available data was used to inform the model. A 10-year period was included to capture the average relationships of costs and revenues across an entire cattle cycle. Trends in cattle feed and performance in the most recent 10-year period include extended days on feed in the growing and finishing period, feeding to substantially heavier out weights and the increased cost of feed and value of beef carcasses. Additionally, the industry is realizing substantially higher grading cattle with substantial premiums realized for Prime, Upper 2/3 (program) and Choice grading cattle. All of these trends are represented in the new TSI model parameterizations.
Feedlot parameters are reported in Table 1. The data presented is the 10-year, monthly average cattle performance from the Kansas State University Focus on Feedlot report. The production model includes: 170 days in the finishing phase, delivered feed cost of $261/ton ($0.1308/lb.), average daily gain of 3.60 with daily dry matter intake of 22 lb. per day. Combined, these result in a feedlot cost of gain of $92.69/cwt. Carcass parameters are summarized in Table 2 and represent expected breed of sire means for average Charolais sires from published USDA data. Metrics include expected performance for birth, weaning and yearling growth.
Pricing data included in the model represents a 10-year weekly average of fed cattle prices. Table 3 reports the USDA reported 5 area dressed beef price for steers and heifers with carcasses over and under 600 lb. Similarly, table 5 includes the USDA 5-area weekly average premium and discount schedule for quality and grades.
How to Use TSI:
Implementation of TSI into a terminal sire selection
decision is simple and straight forward. TSI is reported in dollars and represents the differences of sires’ progeny values when harvested on a value-based pricing grid after feeding. The TSI values reported are on a per conceived calve basis. It is expected that users of the TSI index generally conform to this production circumstance. In the example below, we would expect Sire A to produce progeny that average $50 per head more net return than those of sire B.
Sire A: TSI $300
Sire B: TSI $250
Difference: $50 per head
TSI is not a suitable selection criterion for evaluation of sires where replacement females will be retained. The terminal model used doesn’t contemplate replacement female retention and therefore, doesn’t include any maternal trait weightings. In fact, misuse of the index may induce a set of genetic antagonisms. The extra emphasis placed on growth and carcass weight would be expected to have a correlated genetic effect of making larger sized mature females with increased maintenance requirements which may be counterproductive in a replacement scenario.
To search CCA’s EPDs and TSI values visit: https:// charolais.com.
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L’ACC est la première association canadienne de races de boucherie dans l’industrie à publier un indice de sélection multi-caractères. Les taureaux Charolais sont souvent recherchés comme race paternelle de type continental dans les systèmes de croisements terminaux. Cet indice est en fait appelé indice de taureau terminal (« TSI ») et il est largement utilisé par les producteurs bovins commerciaux pour prendre de bonnes décisions de sélection et d'achat lorsqu’ils intègrent la génétique Charolais dans leurs programmes de reproduction. Comme son nom l’indique, le « TSI » est un index terminal conçu pour classer les meilleurs taureaux pour la production de veaux d'embouche dans un schéma de production où tous les descendants sont engraissés. Le « TSI » n'inclut aucun caractère maternel de sélection, car aucune femelle de remplacement ne doit être gardée dans le troupeau en vertu de cette stratégie de sélection. Par conséquent, il ne devrait pas être utilisé dans les schémas de production où on conserve des femelles d'élevage issues de ces accouplements.
Les indices de sélection fournissent une valeur unique qui décrit les différences dans le bénéfice attendu dans un contexte spécifique de production et de commercialisation. L’indice de sélection simplifie le classement des taureaux évalués selon différents EPD, en attribuant un poids économique aux caractères qui ont une incidence monétaire sur les caractères importants du schéma d'élevage considéré. Bien que l’indice de sélection soit simple à utiliser, son calcul n’est pas
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un exercice si facile.
Le « TSI » a été mise à jour plusieurs fois en près de deux décennies d’utilisation. Récemment, il a subi une refonte majeure, soit le développement d’indices de sélection à la fine pointe de la technologie à l'aide de nouveaux logiciels d'évaluation et la mise à jour des données phénotypiques et économiques utilisées pour calculer l’indice. Le nouvel indice « TSI » a été élaborée selon un modèle de production et un système d’élevage où les taureaux Charolais sont accouplés à des vaches Angus croisées âgées de deux ans ou plus, et dans lequel les carcasses de tous les descendants engraissés sont commercialisées sur la base d'une grille de paiement incluant une structure de prime pour les bovins classés à l'intérieur du 2/3 supérieur de la catégorie "Choice". Ces caractéristiques de développement sont expliquées cidessous.
Le plus important changement avec l'indice « TSI » est l’environnement de développement dans lequel les pondérations économiques sont estimées. Les modèles de logiciels bioéconomiques sophistiqués sont parmi les moyens les plus efficaces et efficients pour élaborer un indice de sélection. La plateforme logicielle utilisée pour produire l'indice « TSI » est appelée iGENDEC (un outil de support à la sélection génétique disponible sur Internet) hébergé par la "Beef Improvement Federation-BIF" et développé par des scientifiques de l’Université du Nebraska, du centre "US Meat Animal Research Center", de l'Université du Kansas et de l’industrie privée. Le développement de iGENDEC a été financé par un programme de
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L'outil iGENDEC fournit une plateforme d’indice de sélection personnalisable où le scénario de sélection, les critères de sélection (EPD), les hypothèses économiques, le système de sélection et les races, ainsi que les paramètres phénotypiques peuvent être modifiés. Une fois paramétré, iGENDEC évalue des milliers de progénitures selon les hypothèses du modèle considéré et il produit les poids économiques pour les caractères considérés afin d’obtenir un indice de sélection optimal qui maximise le progrès vers un objectif de profit. Les poids économiques attribuent une valeur monétaire à une augmentation d’une unité du caractère donné, alors que tous les autres caractères sont maintenus constants. Après l’application des pondérations aux EPD des caractères de sélection, les valeurs sont additionnées pour former l’indice. Le modèle inclut les relations génétiques et phénotypiques entre les caractères et, par conséquent, cela permet de tenir compte des réponses à la sélection corrélées. iGENDEC modélise également les différences entre les races et les effets de l'hétérose. Dans le cas de l'ITT, les caractères de sélection sont les EPD pour le poids de la carcasse à chaud ("CW"), le persillage ("Marbling"), la surface de l'oeil-delonge ("REA"), l’épaisseur du gras ("Fat"), le gain en post-sevrage ("YW") et la facilité de vêlage direct ("CED"). Pour recevoir une valeur d'indice ITT, les animaux doivent avoir des EPD publiés pour tous ces mêmes caractères. L’ingestion de matière sèche ("DMI") est incluse dans les pondérations économiques avec une valeur génétique prédite par l’association entre le gain en post-sevrage ("YW") et la valeur de "DMI". Il existe une forte corrélation génétique entre la croissance et le "DMI", de sorte que les animaux ayant des niveaux élevés de croissance devraient avoir un une valeur "DMI" quotidienne plus élevée. Comme le démontre la figure
1, l’ingestion d'aliments ("DMI") correspond à une part importante de l’indice et représente un coût important de l’alimentation des bovins. Le poids de la carcasse, le persillage et l’épaisseur du gras sont les plus grands déterminants de la valeur de la carcasse dans un système de commercialisation basé sur la valeur. L’importance de la surface d'oeil-de-longe dans les grilles de prix actuelles est principalement attribuable au poids supplémentaire de la carcasse. La pondération économique de l’indice reflète alors principalement l’impact de la surface d'oeil-de-longe sur les variations de catégorie de rendement. Étant donné que les changements de catégorie de rendement représentent une valeur sensiblement moins élevée que les changements de catégorie de qualité dans le modèle de grille de paiement, la surface d'oeil-de-longe a une importance relative plus faible.
Le deuxième grand domaine de changement pour l'indice « TSI » est la mise à jour des paramètres économiques et de performance animale du modèle. Dans tous les cas, des données publiques disponibles ont été utilisées pour alimenter le modèle. Une période de dix ans a été incluse pour tenir compte des relations moyennes entre les coûts et les revenus durant un cycle complet de production. Les tendances en matière d’alimentation et de rendement des bovins au cours de la dernière décennie comprennent le nombre additionnel de jours d’alimentation pendant la période de croissance et de finition, l’augmentation du poids de finition des animaux et l’augmentation du coût de l’alimentation et de la valeur des carcasses de bœuf. De plus, l’industrie produit des bovins de classement sensiblement supérieur avec des primes substantielles attribuées pour les bovins classés "Prime", dans le 2/3 du programme et "Choice". Toutes ces tendances sont représentées dans les nouvelles paramétrisations du modèle de l'indice « TSI ».
Les paramètres des parcs d’engraissement sont indiqués dans le
tableau 1. Les données présentées sont la performance moyenne mensuelle des bovins sur dix ans du rapport "Focus on Feedlot" de l’Université de l'état du Kansas. Le modèle de production comprend : 170 jours en phase de finition, un coût d’alimentation livré de 261 $ la tonne (0,1308 $ / lb), un gain quotidien moyen de 3,60 lb avec une ingestion quotidienne de 22 lb de matière sèche par jour. Ensemble, ces coûts donnent un coût de gain de 92,69 $/ 100 lb. Les paramètres de carcasse sont résumés dans le tableau 2 et représentent les moyennes projetées selon la race et cela pour les taureaux moyens Charolais selon les données publiées par l’USDA. Les mesures comprennent la performance prévue pour la naissance, le sevrage et la croissance jusqu'à l'âge d'un an. Les données sur les prix incluses dans le modèle représentent une moyenne hebdomadaire sur dix ans des prix des bovins d'engraissement. Le tableau 3 présente les prix des carcasses compilés par l'USDA pour cinq zones de référence aux États-Unis pour les bouvillons et les génisses avec carcasses autour de 600 livres. De même, le tableau 5 comprend la moyenne hebdomadaire des primes et des pénalités pour les cinq zones de référence de l’USDA en ce qui concerne la qualité et les classes correspondantes. Comment utiliser l'indice « TSI » : L'introduction de l'indice « TSI » dans une décision de sélection de taureaux est simple et directe. Cet indice est exprimé en dollars et représente les différences de valeur des descendants des taureaux engraissés et vendus selon une grille de prix basée sur la valeur après l’engraissement. Les valeurs d'indice « TSI » présentées sont basées sur un nombre de veaux produit par conception. On s’attend à ce que les utilisateurs de l’indice « TSI » se conforment généralement à ce schéma de production. Dans l’exemple cidessous, on s’attend à ce que le taureau A produise une progéniture qui rapporte en moyenne 50 $ de plus par
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It is with great sadness that on Sept 18th at the Carman Memorial Hospital, after a valiant battle with cancer, Patricia Steppler passed away at the age of 71.
Pat will forever be missed by her loving husband Daniel of 51 years, her son Ian and daughter-in-law Sandy, son Geoff and daughter -in-law Sarah, son Adam and daughter-in-law Amber and son Andre and daughterin-law Katie and 12 grandchildren.
Pat was born on April 13, 1953, in Miami, Manitoba, to Edward and Catherine Orchard. She was little sister to Gordon and the two of them were raised on the family farm in Deerwood, Manitoba. Pat and Gordon grew up farming with their parents, learning to drive tractors and combines at young ages and enjoyed riding horses and the odd “quiet” cow during their “down times.”
Pat attended Altamont school from grades 1-8 and completed her high school at the Miami Collegiate. Pat met the boy down the road and married Daniel Steppler in 1973. Together they raised their four boys on the farm and founded Steppler
Patricia Catherine Steppler
Farms, grain farming and raising purebred Charolais cattle.
Pat received her Bachelor of Arts and Teacher training from the University of Manitoba in 1974. She taught at the Miami Collegiate for 5 years before taking some time off to raise her four sons. In 1989, Pat returned to teaching in Miami and remained there until retirement in 2009. Pat had a passion for teaching and genuinely cared for her students, inspiring many of her students to become teachers themselves. Her yearly drama productions were the highlight for many.
Pat retired in 2009 to be able to focus more on her family and farm. She soon took on the role of farm cook, where she would often have over 15 people at her kitchen table for lunch. Pat was a wonderful cook and everyone would look forward to her warm lunch time meals where people could gather. She welcomed everyone to her table with a bright and friendly smile, making time for conversation with everyone.
Pat and Dan were so proud to farm with their four boys over the years and loved watching each of them succeed in their own areas. Pat could often be found chasing cows with
Andre, delivering field meals to the boys, or taking on various projects around the farm. Steppler Farms eventually grew from cattle to include a honey bee operation and a larger grain operation when the four boys were all home to farm together. This kept Pat very busy helping out in each operation as much as she could.
A busy Mom who raised four boys, then welcomed four “daughters” over the years. She welcomed each of them and their families with open and loving arms. Her grandchildren were the light of her life and she adored spending time with each of them. Her wide age range in grandchildren meant intense games of “Crazy Eights” with the little ones, baking, gardening and mini horse training with the older ones, and attending sports and drama productions for the oldest grandchildren.
Pat had an infectious smile that could light up a room and an ability to make everyone around her feel important. She was always a listening ear, a beacon of wisdom and a source of strength to those around her. She will forever be tremendously missed by her family and friends.
tête que celle du taureau B.
Taureau A: TSI 300 $ Taureau B: TSI 250 $ Différence : 50 $ par tête
L'indice « TSI » n’est pas un outil de sélection approprié pour l’évaluation des taureaux dans un schéma où les femelles de remplacement seront gardées. Le modèle terminal utilisé
ne tient pas compte de la rétention de femelles de remplacement et, par conséquent, n’inclut aucune pondération pour les caractères maternels. En fait, une mauvaise utilisation de l’indice peut engendrer une situation d’antagonismes génétiques. On s’attend à ce que l’emphase supplémentaire mise sur la croissance et le poids de la carcasse ait un effet génétique corrélé qui ferait
en sorte que les femelles matures de plus grande taille auraient des besoins d’entretien accrus, ce qui pourrait être contre-productif dans un schéma d'élevage des femelles de remplacement.
Pour rechercher les valeurs des EPD et des indices « TSI » publiés par l’ACC, visitez : https://charolais.com.
Reducing Stress in Cattle Production
Roy Lewis, DVM
Cattle producers and especially those in the purebred industry have embraced preimmunizing calves before the stress of weaning. There is still the issue on certain years and with certain calves they still get sick. I find this to be more of the issue with our rapidly growing bull calves more so than heifers. Others have more problems with heifers because as they cycle, riding behaviour can lead to more issues. In this article I will try to encompass all management and procedural things one can do to keep this sickness to an absolute minimum. There have also been some more recent advances in stress reducing products that could help and I am not talking about antibiotics here. You may not be able to do all the things on your ranch or farm but the more you do the fewer problems you should have.
One must really look at the whole gathering, processing, weaning, feeding, watering and transportation events that happen to that calf and try to reduce the stress as much as possible. Sickness is generally the result of stressors leading to a weakened immune system and then depending on the health and immune protection the calf has if the threshold by exposure to pathogens is exceeded sickness is the result. This of course may vary year to year and of course nothing is 100% so I always say it pays to watch calves especially up to two weeks post weaning or post any stressor like transportation sorting etc. for any poor doing febrile calves that need treatment. We can never get totally away from antibiotics but we may be able to reduce their usage considerably and still keep calves healthy. Avoiding the cost labour of metaphylaxis (treating the whole
herd at say weaning) is also a good management goal.
There must be effort and planning prior to the weaning event itself. This is where purebred people walk through the herd working with them sorting specifically for breeding groups and get the cattle used to people, which in my mind desensitizes them. Quiet cattle are less likely to get sick, simple as that. It has been proven time and again that vaccines against all the respiratory pathogens plus other diseases calves need protection against in your area is critical and ideally vaccinating two weeks prior to weaning is the gold standard. But others if the initial vaccine was given sometime before at say turnout, the booster shot may be given right at weaning since it is a booster shot. Make sure to vaccinate properly and maintain the chain of refrigeration. Some are even using the intranasal vaccines at weaning as a quick booster to their existing shots. All other procedures (branding, if necessary, castration on bulls that don’t make the grade for purebreds, or dehorning if not using polled bulls) should be done way prior to weaning as well. It is pretty much standard now to use pain killers (NSAIDS) when doing all these procedures as they definitely reduce the pain and hence stress on the calf.
What has proven to be the most stress free weaning for the calf is the two staged nose flap process. Here producers combine the processing and inserting the nose flaps in one pass through the chute. The only negative is having to run the calves through the chute again to remove the flaps and this should be done no longer than 6-7 days later. Otherwise it has been found that ulcers develop. Flaps can be cleaned and used the next year. If calves are older, it is the cows that do most of the bawling
and one should consider the stress they can go through as well. Fence line weaning can achieve the same purpose but it depends on the integrity of the fence, space, etc., as to whether that may be utilized. Always be evaluating your facility chute alley system if there is a better way to do things and practice low stress cattle handling techniques. The more experienced at handling the better and smoother the process will go. Some producers have even constructed weaning gates that the calves can walk under taking separating say 200 pairs very quickly and stress free. Remember loading and unloading can be stressful so work at ways to handle calves more calmly in this regard as well.
Any potential stressors, such as a fly problem mid-summer, worm burden from the summer or late fall, a potential lice burden, are also things to consider treating for so the calf is not dealing with these extra issues affecting its immune system.
Feeding and nutrition including trace minerals are critical at any time but if coming off pasture it is ideal if calves are used to the pen, feed bunks or bale feeders and waterers with their mothers before weaning. If not, next best is acclimation where the calves are settled in the pen and shown the watering bowl feed bunks etc. If they are used to eating the feed and drinking the water with their mothers, this really decreases stress.
One final procedure is a variety of nutritive supplement or nutraceuticals given before weaning or right at weaning to again boost the nutrition stimulate more of an appetite and prevent dehydration and more stress. There are a couple products on the market. I am most familiar with “De-Stress” and is a combination of electrolyte, amino acids, vitamins and an energy source. Calves and cows for
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that matter will do better, shrink less and it helps them keep eating. This is especially critical if being weaned and then shipped a distance. It is another tool to help manage calves at a very critical time in their lives. A newer product that I have just seen
lately is ferappease and it is a topically applied product that essentially calms cattle for up to two weeks. The above two products could go along ways to preventing sickness at stressful events. The proof is in the results. Our goal should be to have to treat very,
very few calves for disease, especially respiratory disease in our herds. This all leads to more favorable long-term health outcomes for our cattle. Better to spend on prevention and have piece of mind. Have a great fall everyone.
It’s a Boy!
Chase Donald Moore was born July 31 weighing 7 lb 11 oz to proud parents Jordan Moore and Brittany Rowe, of Charla Moore Farms, Redvers, Saskatchewan. Grandparents are Doug and Sharon Moore.
It’s
a Boy!
The newest member of the W2 Farms is Krew Orval Williams. He was born September 12th to Maston and Brooke Williams, Lanigan, Saskatchewan. Proud big brothers are Jaxson, Walker and sister Paisley. Welcoming grandparents are Don and Tammy Williams.
Panasiuk – Craig Wed
Mike Panasiuk and Mike Craig were married August 10. They reside in Airdrie, Alberta, and operate Springside Cattle Co.
Evans – Oberle Wed
Shelby Evans and Mac Oberle were married July 27 on their farm at Shaunavon, Saskatchewan. Shelby is the daughter of Layne and Paula Evans, of Horseshoe E Charolais, of Kenaston, and Mac’s family runs Circle 7 Ranches, at Shaunavon. Mac runs cattle and works on the family ranch and Shelby is a Registered Nurse on the labour, delivery and pediatrics unit at Cypress Regional in Swift Current, when she’s not helping on the farm. Shelby is a CCYA Alumni.
Preston – Zaporzan Wed
Jordan and Brooke Zaporzan were married on September 21, in Dauphin, Manitoba, at their new home in the backyard. Brooke is employed at MNP and Jordan works at RITZ Machine Works. Brooke is a CCYA Alumni and the daughter of Neil and Lisa Preston, Double P Charolais, Ste. Rose du Lac.
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Robertson Awarded Scholarship
Madisyn Robertson was awarded the 2024 Future Masterfeeder Scholarship of $1,000. Madisyn is attending the University of Saskatchewan in the Faculty of Agriculture and Bioresources and plans to major in Animal Sciences and minor in Field Crop Production. She is a 2nd Generation CCYA Alumni and the daughter of Paul and Dalyse Robertson, Hardrock Land & Cattle Co. Ltd., Neepawa, Manitoba.
Bromley Elected President
With a year under her belt as a member of the Canadian Cattle Youth Council, Emily Bromley, of Renfrew, Ontario, was recently elected President of the Council at their AGM in August during the Canadian Beef Industry Conference in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Emily is eager and ready to take on the opportunity as the new President for the 2024/2025 year. Emily is a CCYA Alumni.
Grad Receives Lifetime Achievement Philanthropist Honour
Stan Grad, Soderglen Ranches Ltd., a generous philanthropist, community leader, and steadfast STARS ally, has been posthymously named the Lifetime Achievement Philanthropist Honouree by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Calgary & Area chapter. This prestigious award is given to the noominee who has a demonstrated history of pioneering advancements in philanthropic support to the charitable sector. STARS was pleased to nominate Stan for this award in recognition of his, his wife Jane and their family’s incredible dedication to STARS’ mission to provide critical care when it’s needed most.
Chomik Awarded Scholarship
Jayden Chomik, Bruce, Alberta, was one of four recipients to receive a $1000 MCSnet Scholarship. Jayden is attending Lakeland College in Lloydminster and is pursuing studies in the Bachelor of Science University transfer program in Dental Hygiene. She is the daughter of Robbie and Candice Chomik and is a CCYA Alumni.
CAVERS/BARON WIN
Manitoba Youth Beef Round-Up
2024 Individual Charolais Highlights
August 2-4, 2024 • Neepawa, MB
115 Entries • 100 Participants
Reserve Junior Individual Judging
Blake Airey, Rivers
Reserve Intermediate Individual Judging
Fischer Cavers, La Riviere
Junior Photography
Ella Sellman, McCreary
Intermediate Photography
Fischer Cavers
Senior Champion Photography
Allie Lavich, Carberry
Pee-Wee Graphic Design
Paisley Baron, Carberry
Intermediate Graphic Design
Fischer Cavers
Reserve Intermediate Graphic Design
Lukas Cavers, La Riviere
Junior Art
Blake Airey
Reserve Junior Showmanship
Blake Airey
Manitoba Youth Beef Round-Up
Manitoba Youth Beef Round-up
Conformation Charolais Show
Judges: Mason Beck, Milestone, SK & Justin Harcourt, Quill Lake, SK
August 4, 2024 • Neepawa, MB
Champion Charolais Heifer Calf
Allie Lavich
Champion Yearling Heifer & Grand Champion Charolais Female
C2 LIBBEY 17L, Fischer Cavers
Reserve Champion Heifer & Reserve
Grand Champion Female
HIDDEN LAKE LAUREL 130L, Paisley
Baron
Grand Champion Charolais FemaleC2 LIBBEY 17L, Fischer Cavers
Reserve Grand Champion Charolais Female - HIDDEN LAKE LAUREL 130L, Paisley Baron
Ontario Charolais Association AGM
The Ontario Charolais Association held their Annual General Meeting, August 17th at DanG Charolais, Colborne. The meeting held in the afternoon was precluded with a Junior show.
Kurtis Black, Haley Station, was elected president of the OCA Board of Directors. Eric Doran, Tweed, was elected 1st Vice-President and Ryan Briggs, Oro-Medonte, was elected 2nd Vice-President. Ashley Baker, Madoc, took on the Secretary/ Treasurer duties with the departure of long-time member Doris Aitken, Mount Forest. Re-elected to the board for three-year terms were Ryan Briggs; Josh Taylor, Dunsford and Scott Colton, Consecon. Sherry Baker, Madoc, retired from the board.
The financial statement showed a consistent income of over $35,000 with promotional products and Royal Junior Show showing increases giving a deficit of $3,800 for 2023. The association is still in good shape with over a couple years’ expenses in the bank.
Reports were given by outgoing president Jim Baker, Stayner, as well as Ontario Fieldman John Mielhausen, Lion’s Head; Ad &
Laurel.
CORNER/HONEY WIN
Ontario AGM Junior Show
August 17, 2024 • Colborne, ON Judges: John & Kathy Pearson, Grafton
42 Youth – 40 Head
Ontario AGM Junior Show
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Grand Champion Female - TR MS OUTSIDER 3765L ET – Jackson Corner, Caledonia
Promo from Kurtis Black; Charolais Breed Awards from Eric Doran and Royal Winter Fair Report from Brad Fergus,
Ontario Charolais Association Board of Directors: Front L-R: Ryan Briggs, 2nd Vice-President, Oro-Medonte; Kurtis Black, President, Haley Station; Eric Doran, 1st Vice-President, Tweed. Back Row L-R: Scott Colton, Consecon; Mel Reekie, Clarksburg; Ashley Baker, Secretary/Treasurer, Madoc; Derek Dekeyser, Colborne; Josh Taylor, National Board, Dunsford; Jim Baker, Past President, Stayner; Ryan Nesbitt, National Board, Nestleton; Absent: Doris Aitken, Outgoing Secretary/Treasurer, Mount Forest; Brad Fergus, Laurel.
Grand Champion Showman –Jackson Corner, Caledonia
Reserve Grand Champion Showman
Darren McCord, Kanata
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As we head into fall, we tend to stockpile feed and supplies for our herds and families, we ensure we are well prepared for winter and then we take time to reflect and strategize for the upcoming year.
The wheels in Ottawa are certainly not slowing down for winter. If anything, things are amping up for a federal election – which could be called at any time. Many organizations cannot be as vocal as CCA, but due to our advocacy nature, it’s our focus. Speaking on your behalf is what your checkoff dollars pay us to do.
At the time of writing this, we are getting more vocal on a number of issues including Bill C-282. If passed, the legislation would make it illegal for Canadian trade negotiators to make any market access concessions on supply managed products, while every other sector and commodity remains on the negotiating table. Quite simply put – this gives less negotiating power in trade negotiations when we are exploring and strengthening markets for our beef. This includes negotiations with our largest trading partner – the U.S. – and that is alarming as CUSMA comes up for review in 2026.
We don’t want to be handcuffed and constrained from negotiating top market access for our producers with the U.S. and abroad. Bill C-282 could be crippling to Canada’s economy
Canadian Cattle Association President’s Report
Nathan Phinney
and CCA is taking a stand to ensure this Bill is defeated.
For months, we have been meeting with Senators, Ministers and MPs. We have hosted and attended meetings and events to ensure we are seen and heard loud and clear on this issue – and the potential impacts it could have on our industry.
As producers, you can also get involved on an individual level and write and call your local Members of Parliament and Senators and let them know where you stand on this Bill. Every time one of our producers reach out to government directly, it gives us a stronger voice and is harder to ignore.
In addition, there are a number of other private members’ bills being brought forward that also stand to negatively impact our industry and are getting away from the sciencebased rules the government had previously been touting. C-355 is the ban on transport of horses for slaughter.
The fact that Bill C-355 specifically targets animals destined for slaughter means that mode of transport is not the issue, but rather that the intended end use for these horses (slaughter) is what this proposed legislation is trying to prevent. We are concerned that policy is being made without any regards to the science behind the legislation and regulations, and with the precedent this sets in Canada. Our regulators have strong sciencebased standards and legislation such
as Bill C-355 would jeopardize the credibility of Canada’s regulatory and inspection systems both at home and internationally. Again – moving away from science-based decision making.
C-293 promotes alternative proteins and suggests that antimicrobial resistance is an issue specific to animal agriculture – rather than viewing it as an issue which needs to take the One Health approach - with human, animal, and environmental perspectives to consider. Focusing on animal agriculture is not sciencebased when all areas are intertwined and impacted. Antimicrobial resistance needs to be tackled from human and environmental areas as well.
With provincial elections looming, the U.S. election, and the impending Canadian federal election, CCA aims to keep being the strong voice of reason to set decision makers and influencers on track and remind them of what really matters to a key driver of our economy and safe food supply – our Canadian beef industry.
We won’t let up and we wholeheartedly expect more challenges to come up. Like each of our producers, CCA is resilient and hardy – just like our herds. We need to keep our existing herds safe and healthy – and growing to meet the demand – while we keep the markets growing and seeking our quality products.
Manitoba Charolais Association AGM
The 57th MCA Annual General Meeting was held August 10, at Hunter Charolais, Roblin, with golf an option before the meeting.
Owen Sellman, McCreary, was elected president of the MCA with Scott Baron, Carberry, taking on the 1st Vice-President position and Jeff Cavers, LaRiviere, 2nd Vice-President and Rae Trimble-Olson, of Portage la Prairie, staying on as SecretaryTreasurer.
Jeff Cavers and Justin Robertson, Amaranth, were elected to the board of directors replacing retiring directors Ron McDonald, Sidney, and Erin Jackson, Inglis.
The financial report for 2023 had carry over to 2024 for things like the Player’s Club (held in conjunction with the National show & sale) which was well attended and showed an $1,800 income over expenses.
In committee reports:
Social Media: The MCA were locked out/hacked from their Facebook account so had to create a new one.
Ad & Promotion continued on
with coffee days at auction marts and focused on the National show & sale and Player’s club.
Scholarship saw none awarded this year and there was discussion to revamp how they advertise to encourage applications.
4-H: This year 76 coffee mugs/ thermos were given out.
Shawn Airey, Rivers, as President of the Canadian Charolais Association,
gave an update from the CCA board and office.
Three farms were nominated for Commercial Breeder of the Year with Munro Farms, Kelwood, being this year’s recipient. They were presented with yard signs at the meeting.
The MCA Ambassador of the Year was voted on at the meeting and was won by Scott Baron & Megan Kemp, of Hidden Lake Stock Farm, Carberry.
Scott Baron & Megan Kemp, Hidden Lake Stock Farm were presented the Ambassador of the Year award from President Owen Sellman
MCA Board of Directors left to right: Tyler Stewart, Foxwarren; Rae Trimble-Olson, Secretary-Treasurer, Portage la Prairie; Michael Hunter, Past President and CCA Director, Roblin; Owen Sellman, President, Kelwood; Scott Baron, 1st Vice-President, Carberry; Justin Robertson, Amaranth; Shawn Airey, CCA President, Rivers & Jeff Caver, 2nd Vice-President, LaRiviere
The Munro family of Munro Farms were awarded the MCA Commercial Producer of the Year
RenfrewFair Charolais Show
September 7, 2024 • Renfrew, ON Judge: Craig Wilgenbusch, Halbrite, SK 28 entries • A BOSS Show
Grand Champion Bull – WJS RINGMASTER 34L, Rollin’ Acres Charolais
Reserve Grand Champion Bull – CEDARDALE MAVERICK 97M, Cedardale Charolais
Grand Champion Female – CRG PRINCESS 53H, Oattes Cattle Reserve Grand Champion Female
EMB GOSSIP GIRL 33M, EMB Charolais
Quebec Charolais Association AGM
The 52nd Quebec Charolais Association Annual General Meeting was held August 10, 2024 at Valley Charolais, Shawville.
L’Association Charolais du Québec désire remercier Valley Charolais (Andrew Simms et Donna Courchesne) de Shawville qui étaient les hôtes pour la tenue de notre 52 e assemblée générale annuelle samedi le 10 août 2024 avec notre invité spécial Craig Scott dg de la CCA. Nous étions plus d’une trentaine
de personnes (membres et amies charolais) à participer à cette très belle journée.
The Quebec Charolais Association wishes to thank Valley Charolais, Andrew Simms and Donna Courchesne, of Shawville, for hosting our 52nd Annual General Meeting on Saturday, August 10, 2024, with special guest Craig Scott, CCA General Manager.
Over thirty people (members and Charolais friends) took part in this
Le bureau de direction 2024 se compose de: (en partant en haut de droite à gauche) Armand Roy 1 er vice-président et directeur national; Janick Bouffard; Mark Frost president; Éric Manningham; Kaven Bégin; Tiffany Frost directrice junior; Chantal Raymond secretaire/trésorière; Absente sur la photo Karine Dubuc 2 e vice-présidente 2024 QCA Board of Directors-Back L-R: Armand Roy, 1st Vice-President and National Director, St-Bernard Lacolle; Janick Bouffard, Stanstead; Mark Frost, President, Kingsey Falls; Eric Manningham, Laurierville; Kaven Begin, Ste-Marie; Front L-R: Tiffany Frost, Junior Director, Kingsey Falls; Chantal Raymond, Secretary/Treasurer, Ste-Eulalie; Missing Karine Dubuc, 2nd Vice-President, St-Patrice-de-Beaurivage
1. EMB SOUL SISTER 32K (TR PZC Mr Turton 0794 ET, calf - D R Revelation 467), EMB Charolais; 2. CRG MISS REDEEMED 4K (CCC WCD Redemption 7143 Pld ET, calf - CRG Outta Here 954G), Oattes Charolais, Cobden.
Females Born Prior to 2022 with Calf 1. CRG PRINCESS 53H (M&M Outsider 4003 Pld, calf - TR Mr Diablo 2742Z ET), Oattes Cattle.
wonderful day.
Félicitations à la Ferme Patry de Weedon pour le certificate Gold Star / Dam of Distinction pour JLP Patry Donat 41D Pour avoir produit cinq veaux consécutifs enregistrés avec un indice à 205 jours de 100 et plus.
Congratulations to Ferme Patry de Weedon for the certificate Gold Star / Dam of Distinction for JLP Patry Donat 41D For producing five consecutive registered calves with a 205-day index of 100 or more.
Senior Champion Female
CRG PRINCESS 53H, Oattes Cattle
Reserve Senior Champion Female
EMB SOUL SISTER 32K, EMB Charolais
Grand Champion Female
CRG PRINCESS 53H, Oattes Cattle
Reserve Grand Champion Female
EMB GOSSIP GIRL 33M, EMB Charolais
Breeder’s Herd
1. Cedardale Farms; 2. EMB Charolais. Get of Sire
1. Cedardale Farms (Cedardale Jaguar 111J).
Progeny of Dam
1. Taylor Farms (Taylor Dream Girl 23D), Dunsford.
Donna Courchesne & Andrew Simms hosted the QCA AGM
Sur la photo de gauche à droite Pierre-Marc Patry Myrianne Lessard Craig Scott dg CCA
Pictured from left to right Pierre-Marc Patry, Myrianne Lessard & Craig Scott dg CCA
Charolais Charbray International Youth Program – Australia
Justin Harcourt
From August 9th-17th, delegates from around the world met in Brisbane to kick off an International Youth Event for Charolais Junior members. Both Maddie and I would like to start out by saying thank you to the Friends of Canadian Charolais Foundation and the Canadian Charolais Association for selecting us as the delegates who got the chance to do a once in a lifetime trip to Australia. We would also like to thank Charolais Charbray International for sponsoring this event and offering financial assistance to each participating country.
The group for the week consisted of Maddie Saunders and myself, Ethan Shoemake (USA), Charlotte Hitchen and Edward Scott (U.K.), Tuuli Pikkmets and Dirgis Jõemaa (Estonia) and Deana Barefoot (New Zealand). (Dirgis also attended the first Charolais International Youth Program in Brandon, 2018.) The group was led by the General Manager of the Charolais Society of Australia. Colin Rex. Getting to travel hundreds of kilometres on the road with a small group of nine really allowed us to get the chance to get to know one another and gain an understanding of different perspectives on the benefits of Charolais cattle across the world.
Justin Harcourt, Canada; Deana Barefoot, New Zealand; Edward Scott, United Kingdom; Tuuli Pikkmets, Estonia; Dirgis Jöemma, Estonia; Charlotte Hitchen, United Kingdom; Madison Saunders, Canada; and Ethan Shoemake, USA; Colin Rex, Charolais Society of Australia GM
The trip started on Friday, August 9th, where Maddie got to take in a day at the EKKA (Brisbane Royal Exhibition). Due to delays out of Saskatoon, I missed my connecting flight out of Vancouver to Brisbane by ten minutes and got to watch the plane pull away from the terminal. Being that there is only one flight to Brisbane out of Canada per day, I was stuck in Vancouver for an extra day and missed the first dinner with the whole group.
Saturday was a day at the Ekka (Royal Queensland Show). The day started out with a group picture at the show right before the Charolais show began. There were roughly 50 head in the show and it was really interesting to see the kind of cattle that were being selected not only by the judge but also by the breeders to bring to show. In the bull show, they emphasize performance and structure. The bulls must show masculinity and growth, sound feet and legs, lots of shape and easy fleshing ability. Females must be equal in terms of structural correctness, lots of volume and mass with a tidy udder and a clean front end. Animals have to be able to get out and move as the majority of cattle breeders that come from the Brisbane area sell into the northern territory where animals will be in paddocks
covering tens of thousands of acres and harsh conditions.
We also stayed and watched the interbreed judging later that afternoon. They begin with a parade of champions and then judge the breed champions similar to a supreme championship drive in Canada. The Red Angus cow/calf pair won the interbreed champion female title and the Charolais bull was the interbreed champion bull. After the bull drive was done, the exhibitors brought all the females back into the ring where the breeds were then judged against each other with both of their champion bulls and females as competitors. The supreme champion breed then went to the Charolais, which was really cool to witness among the rest of the breeders. Towards the end of the day, we were
invited to go to a breeder function at the Jubilee Hotel where we also got to know the junior board of the Australian Youth Association which included Eleni Fogden (whose older sister, Alizah, came to Canada in 2018 for the same program), Amanda Cavanagh, Josh Fenech, Sophie Inder and Amy Whitechurch.
Our Sunday was very relaxed and fun for us members. We started out by going to Mount Coo-tha where we saw an amazing view of the city of Brisbane. We then headed to Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary where we got to see many animals native to Australia such as kangaroos, emu, platypus, a vast array of birds and reptiles and koalas. This sanctuary provided a natural setting for the animals and a home for many rescued animals. From there we went to a race track
with an awesome setup for gokarts. This really brought out some competitive spirit that even our bus driver joined on the last race and was first place by a wide margin.
We departed from Toowoomba in the morning and headed to Branchview Charolais, which is owned and operated by Andrew and Jemma Postle since 1981. They raise two-year old bulls that are geared to be successful in the commercial industry and excel in the fundamentals. After getting a bit lost and skipping lunch, we finally reached the Palgrove Bull Depot. This impressive facility was highlighted by their newly built sale barn and handling system. We toured through their sale bulls and the quality and consistency was very apparent. It was cool to see some Canadian genetics at work in a different environment as well at both of these stops with grandsons of Elder’s Blackjack and sons of Elder’s Houlio.
After staying the night in Roma, we woke up for a tour of the Roma Saleyards. This facility is the largest sale yard south of the equator and processes 400,000 head annually. This facility brings in most of the cattle
from across the state of Queensland which has nearly half of the Australian herd within its borders. One of the more interesting things about the sale yards is that it is also a tourist attraction. There was a visitor center when you first enter that gives a great overview of the history of the beef industry and current practices in Australia. There are also guided tours that in 2023 drew in 7000 visitors from both urban and rural areas.
That afternoon we were treated to some amazing hospitality from the Price family at Moongool Charolais. They are the breeders of the current record holding bull ‘Revolution’ who sold for $265,000 a couple years ago. They also had just exhibited the reserve champion female at the Ekka just a few days previous. There were a large number of bulls here across the Charolais, Simmental and Brahman breeds. We had lunch before we left and the beef pies were a definite highlight as far as food went for the week.
That night we grabbed supper at a Chinese restaurant and visited with the Runzers, who were friends with our second bus driver we had for most of the week, Nicole Nicholls
(her daughter Heidi also was in the international program when it was held in Brandon in 2018). Nicole met Terry Runzer at Agribition in 1990 as he is from Spring Valley, Saskatchewan. He also met his wife that year who travelled with Nicole to Regina that fall. Nicole’s family also owned and exhibited the champion steer at the Ekka which is a major deal as over 300 head compete.
Wednesday, we crossed into New South Wales and toured 4 Ways Charolais. They had a group of spring and fall calvers to show us as well as the $265,000 Revolution bull, of which they are the sole owners. The pouring rain caused some difficulty as all three trucks were spinning tires and ripping apart their barley crops on the way to the paddocks.
One thing to note was that because the window to have crops seeded is 3-4 months, as opposed to 6-8 weeks that we mostly see here in Canada, all fields were at different stages. We saw harvested cotton and sorghum crops beside canola in full flower, beside barley and wheat that was 2-3 weeks old. Luckily, the rain let up when we arrived to Dangars Falls located 15 minutes outside of Armidale. This
stop had some awesome views and the chance to get a close up look at a Wallaby that startled some of us who had no idea what it was at first.
On Thursday, we went to tour the University of New England where we had a couple different seminars about the research going on there. Researchers talked about their program Breedplan and the Southern Multibreed project that has tons of information online. We also got the chance to go tour the inside of their methane testing barns. Here they measure the methane emissions of cattle over a period of two days. This is a government funded project to see if some cattle are more genetically conditioned to emit more than others. As of now, the answer is yes there is a correlation but the main driver is feed intake and the ingredients within the ration.
That afternoon, we went to the Charolais office in Armidale where each country’s delegates made a PowerPoint presentation with an overview of the breed within each nation. This included a great look into how the U.K. Charolais breeders select cattle, testing for Q & F genes that related to double muscling, the multibreed registry that is set up in Estonia, the layout of how the American Junior election system works and the environment and landscape breeders face in New Zealand. We highlighted the size of our registry in members and cattle registered and current upward trends. It was also interesting to note the different marketing slogans for the breed across different countries such as ‘More Pounds, More Profit’ and ‘Cross into Profit’ from the US and Australia respectively. The passion for this breed is worldwide no matter if people are breeding for show, maternal, terminal, commercial, carcass or any other traits. These presentations also sparked some conversation about the general feeling breeders in each country have about Progressive Ataxia (PA) and how everyone is deciding to deal with it when making breeding and marketing decisions to continue to
produce the highest quality cattle. Friday morning we flew out of Armidale and into Sydney and took the light rail system to catch our harbour tour. Unexpectedly, our boat was actually the size of a yacht and made the tour just that much better. Saturday morning most of the delegates flew home. Maddie extended her visit to explore more of Australia. She spent the weekend in Sydney completing the tourist attractions such as visiting Bondi Beach and doing a whale watching tour. She met up with Sophie Inder from the Australian Youth Association in Wagga Wagga where she was attending University. They continued north doing tours along the way to eventually end up at Sophie’s
home. Sophie’s family operates a feedlot so Maddie was able to help process a group of cattle and see the similarities and differences compared to Canada. While there Maddie met Sophie’s family who graciously let her stay for a few days before she had to return home.
Overall, this experience was one of the coolest and most interesting things we have ever done. It was awesome to network with breeders at every stage of their business, whether they are successful and established or up and coming. If anybody is hesitant about applying for this trip, don’t be afraid to contact Maddie or myself, it was definitely worth the almost 20 hours of flying to see a new side of our breed.
The Charolais Charbray International Youth Program participants with the Australian Charolais Youth Association board members at the Charolais judging at the Brisbane Ekka
Canadian Charolais Youth Association 2024 Conference & Show
CCYA National Board
2nd Generation Awards
Scarlet, Suzanne & Cooper Smyth
Brooke, Crystal, Tristen & Owen Raymond Jared & Hayden McTavish
Cassidi Elder thanked Barn Boss Jordan Retzlaff
Friends of the Canadian Charolais Foundation Travel Bursary
Kelly Howe, Chairman, and Keith Black, Vice-Chair of the Friends of the Canadian Charolais Foundation, presented six participants with $500 cheques to assist with travel to attend this year’s Conference
Cassidi Elder, SK - President
Payton Caldwell, SK - Vice-President
Madisyn Robertson, MB - Secretary Morgan Debenham, SK - Social Media Director
Abigail Tilleman, AB Madison Saunders, ON
Darren McCord, ON Haley Rosso, Alumni Director
Shelby Scott, AB
Charolais Banner • October 2024
Opening Mixer
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Showmanship
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Canadian Charolais Youth Association Conference 2024 National Show
Canadian Charolais Youth Association National Show
July 27, 2024 • Swift Current, SK Judges: Garth & Kade Rancier, Killam, AB 83 Entries
Bulls Born in 2024
1. MRZ MASTER MY BADGE 3M (LT Badge 9184 Pld), Tessa Zoerb, Delisle; 2. WRIGHT’S TAYLOR MAXIMUS 1M (Turnbull’s Knockin Boots 604K), Cade Wright, Pangman; 3. EDZ MAKES MY DAY 67M (EC Master Plan 549 Pld), Erica Zoerb, Delisle; LAKEVIEW MOE 30M (SVY Profound 145J), Kailee Murray, Marwayne. Bull Calf Champion
MRZ MASTER MY BADGE 3M, Tessa Zoerb
Reserve Bull Calf Champion WRIGHT’S TAYLOR MAXIMUS 1M, Cade Wright
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October 18
Uppin’ the Ante Charolais Sale, 7 pm, Maple Hill Auction, Hanover, ON
October 19
Fall Feature Female Sale, 2 pm, Hoards Station, Campbellford, ON
October 21
Daines-O’Neill The Hunt Online Heifer & Steer Sale, LMS Farmgate Timed Auction, Innisfail, AB
October 24
JMAR Genetics Bull & Heifer Salem, DV Online Auction, Appomattox, AR
October 25
Manitoba Ag-Ex Charolais Show, A BOSS Show, Brandon, MB
October 26
Platinum Picks Female Sale, 4 pm, at DanG Charolais, Colborne, ON
November 1
Toronto Royal Charolais Show, A BOSS Show, Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, Toronto, ON
November 1
Lloydminster (SK) Stockade Roundup Show, A BOSS Show
November 1
Cline Cattle Co. Private Treaty Bull Sale, at the farm, Belmont, MB
November 7
Farmfair International Players Club Bull Futurity, 5 pm, Ag Expo Centre, Farmfair International, Edmonton, AB November 8
Canadian National Charolais Show, 2 pm, A BOSS Show, Ag Expo Centre, Farmfair International, Edmonton, AB
November 12
Harvie Ranching Female & Genetics Sale, DLMS Farm Gate Timed Auction, Olds, AB
November 15
Cedarlea Farms “Girls Night Out” Female Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Hodgeville, SK
November 29
Canadian Western Agribition Charolais Show, 1:30 pm, A BOSS Show, Regina, SK
November 30
Valanjou Charolais Bull & Female Sale, Farm Gate Timed Online, Clyde, AB
December 2
Calendar of Events
Anderson 11th Annual Bred Heifer Sale, 11 am, Innisfail (AB) Auction Mart
December 4
Sterling Collection 45th Annual Sale, 2 pm, Horseshoe E Charolais, Kenaston, SK
December 6
Char-Maine Ranching Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, Southern Alberta livestock Exchange, Fort MacLeod, AB
December 7
BOB Charolais Dispersal, Anchor D Ranch, Rimbey, AB
December 9
No Borders Select 13th Annual Sale, 1 pm, Heartland Livestock, Virden, MB
December 9
Diamond K Cattle Co. Bred Heifer Sale, 2 pm, Bircham Ranch, Piapot, SK
December 12
King Ranch Full French Charolais Bull Sale, DLMS Farm Gate Timed Online, Dapp, AB
December 13
Alberta Charolais Association AGM, 2 pm, Westerner Park Agricenter, Red Deer, AB
December 13
Alberta Select Single Bull Show, 4 pm, Westerner Park Agricenter, Red Deer, AB
December 13
Coyote Flats Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Coaldale, AB
December 14
Alberta Select Pen Of 3 Bull Show, 9:30 am, Westerner Park Agricenter, Red Deer, AB
December 14
Alberta Select Female Sale, , 1:30 pm, Westerner Park Agricenter, Red Deer, AB
December 16
Diamond R Stock Farm Select Bull & Female Sale, 2 pm, Wawota (SK) Drop-In Centre
December 18
Steppler Farms Female Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Miami, MB
December 21
Transcon’s White Gold Sale, 1 pm, Red Deer, AB
December 21
Transcon’s National Trust On Ice Sale, Transcon Online
December 22
Superstar Charolais Sale, 2 pm, Saskatoon (SK) Livestock Sales
December 30
Premier & Guests Fallsview Production Sale, 7 pm, Listowel, ON January 25, 2025
M.C. Quantock Bull Sale, 12 noon, Lloydminster (SK) Exhibition Grounds
January 31
Wirstuk Farming & Ranching Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Cutknife, SK
February 1
Howe Coulee Charolais Private Treaty Bull Sale, at the farm, Moose Jaw, SK
February 1
Valley’s End Charolais Private Treaty Bull Sale, at the farm, Bridgeford, SK
February 1
Hill 70 Quantock Bull Sale, 12 noon, at the ranch, Lloydminster, AB February 7
Anchor D Ranch Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the ranch, Rimbey, AB
February 8
MJT Cattle Co. Ltd. 31st Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, at the ranch, Edgerton, AB February 12
Steppler Farms 14th Annual Bull Sale, at the farm, Miami, MB February 14
Springside Farms Bulls For Every Budget Charolais Bull Sale, Stettler, AB February 15
Prouse Ranch 5th Annual Bull Sale, at the farm, Invermay, SK February 15
P & H Ranching Co. Bull Sale, 1 pm, Innisfail (AB), Auction Mart
February 15
St. Martin Test Sale, Saint-Martin de Beauce, QC February 15
Denbie Ranch with Guests Myhre
Land & Cattle & Bar J Charolais, 2 pm, Ste. Rose (MB) Auction Mart
February 18
Rawe Ranches 42nd Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the ranch, Strome, AB
February 19
McLeod Livestock & Triple M Farms
Bull Sale, 1 pm , Cow Palace, Olds, AB
February 19
Beck Farms & McCoy Cattle Co. Bull Sale, 2 pm, at the farm, Milestone, SK
February 20
Prairie Cove Charolais Bull & Select Female Sale, 1 pm, at the ranch, Bashaw, AB
February 22
Quebec Select Bull Sale, at Ferme Claude Lemay, Shawinigan, QC February 22
Triple C Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, Ashern (MB) Auction Mart
February 22
Pure Production Charolais Sale, 1 pm, Hoards Station, Campbellford, ON February 22
Kay-R Land & Cattle Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Waskatenau, AB
February 23
McKeary Charolais & Diamond L Ranch Tradition Bull Sale, 4 pm, Compeer (AB) Community Hall
February 24
Parsons Cattle Company Bull Sale, 6 pm, VJV Auction Mart, Ponoka, AB
February 24
Beechinor Bros. Simmentals & Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Bentley, AB
February 24
KSL Simmental & Charolais 7th Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, at the farm, Beaverlodge, AB
February 25
Acadia Colony Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, Dry Land Trading Corp. Veteran, AB February 28
HEJ Charolais 20th Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Innisfail, AB March 1
Turnbull Charolais 5th Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Pincher Creek, AB
March 1
Ferme Louber Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Ste-Marie de Beauce, QC
March 1
DanG & Friends Charolais Bull Sale, 2 pm, at the farm, Colborne, ON
March 2
Legacy Charolais 8th Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Botha, AB
March 4
Johnson Ranching Bull Sale, 1 pm, Provost (AB) Livestock Exchange
March 5
Pine Bluff Charolais & Fern Simmental Bull Sale, Farm Gate Timed Online, Love, SK
March 5
Twin Anchor Charolais Bull Sale, 6 pm, Holloway Sale Barn, Castor, AB
March 7
CK Sparrow Farms Bull Sale, 2 pm, at the farm, Vanscoy, SK
March 7
Nish Charolais 19th Annual Bull Sale, 6 pm, Perlich Bros. Auction Mart, Lethbridge, AB
March 7
Future Farms & Charworth Charolais Select Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, Innisfail (AB), Auction Mart
March 7
Southland Charolais & Angus Bull Sale, 1 pm, Heartland Livestock, Swift Current, SK
March 7
Meridian Agriculture Co. Ltd
Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, Acadia Valley, AB
March 7
Northern Classic Charolais & Simmental 22nd Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, Evergreen Park, Grand Prairie, AB
March 8
Transcon’s Red Deer County Bull Sale, 1 pm, Innisfail (AB), Auction Mart
March 8
Horseshoe E Charolais 27th Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, at the farm, Kenaston, SK
March 8
Blackbern/WhiteWater 14th Annual Charolais Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, Renfrew Pontiac Livestock Facility, Cobden, ON
March 8
Phillips Farms Charolais Open House & Private Treaty Bull Sale, at the farm, Estevan, SK
March 8
Oakstone Land & Cattle Bull Sale, DLMS Farm Gate Timed Online, Bawlf, AB
March 9
Nahachewsky Charolais Bull Sale, Farm Gate Timed Online, Norquay, SK
March 10
Palmer Charolais 14th Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, at the farm, Bladworth, SK
March 11
Deertland Cattle Charolais Bull Sale, 5 pm, at the ranch, Sedalia, AB
March 11
Harvie Ranching Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the ranch, Olds, AB
March 11
Ron-Way Charolais & Friends Bull Sale, Renfrew Pontiac Livestock Facility, Cobden, ON
March 13
Creek’s Edge Land & Cattle Bull Sale, Farmgate Timed Online Auction, at the farm, Yellow Creek, SK
March 14
Scott Stock Farm 12th Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Crossfield, AB
March 15
Sliding Hills Charolais 19th Annual Bull Sale, 1;30 pm, at the farm, Canora, SK
March 15
Pleasant Dawn Charolais 24th Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, at the farm, Oak Lake, MB
March 15
Rollin’ Acres/Whiskey Hollow & Guests 14th Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, Maple Hill Auction, Hanover, ON
March 15
Balamore Farm Ltd. 13th Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, at the farm, Great Village, NS
March 15
Select Genetics 19th Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, Forsyth Ranch, Herbert, SK
March 15
Lazy S Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, VJV Auction Mart, Dawson Creek, BC
March 15
Continental Connection Bull Sale, Pinnacle View Farms, Quesnel, BC
March 17
Simple as Black & White Bull Sale, 1 pm, Medicine Hat (AB ) Feeding Company
March 17
Highway 21 Group & Brayshar Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the ranch, Hanna, AB
March 17
TRI-N Charolais Ltd 10th Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, at the farm, Lenore, MB
March 18
Diamond W 23rd Annual Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, JTM Livestock, Minitonas, MB
March 18
Poplar Bluff Stock Farm 9th Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, at the farm, Chauvin, AB
March 19
Cedarlea Farms Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, at the farm, Hodgeville, SK
March 19
HTA Charolais Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, at the farm, Rivers, MB
March 20
White Meadow Charolais Online Bull Sale, Farm Gate Timed Online, Pipestone, MB
March 20
Footprint Farms Bull Sale, 3:30 pm, at the ranch, Esther, AB
March 21
High Bluff Stock Farm Bull & Female Sale, 2 pm, at the farm, Inglis, MB
March 22
K-Cow Ranch Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the ranch, Elk Point, AB
March 22
Cornerview Charolais Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, at the farm, Cobden, ON
March 22
Lazy S Cattle Co. Bull Sale, 6 pm, VJV Auction, Rimbey, AB
March 22
McAvoy Charolais Bull & Open Heifer Sale, 1:30 pm, Saskatoon (SK) Livestock Sales
March 22
Limestone Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, Clinton (BC) Rodeo Grounds
March 22
Dry Creek Ranch Bull Power Sale, Dawson Creek, BC
March 22
Heart of the Peace 5th Annual Bull Sale, Farmgate Timed Online Auction
March 23
Best of the Breeds Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, Heartland Livestock, Yorkton, SK
March 25
White Lake Colony Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, Balog Auctions, Lethbridge, AB
March 25
Prairie Distinction 11th Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, Beautiful Plains Ag Complex, Neepawa, MB
March 25
Top Cut 35th Annual Bull Sale, 2 pm, Stockman’s Weigh Co., Mankota, SK
March 27
C2 Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, La Riviere, MB
March 27
Elder Charolais Farms 15th Annual Bull Sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Coronach, SK
March 28
McTavish Farms 14th Annual Bull sale, 1 pm, at the farm, Moosomin, SK
March 29
Borderland Cattle Company Bull Sale, 1:30 pm, at the farm, Rockglen, SK
March 29
Tee M Jay Charolais Bull Sale, 1 pm, Ashern (MB) Auction Mart
