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Tessa Verbeek
ShowChampions, Jill Renton with CattleVids
A JUNIOR'S POINT OF VIEW
CONNOR RODGER Ontario Juniors finds success with Limousin in and out of the show ring.
G LIMOUSIN VOICE / DECEMBER 2019
rowing up on a cash crop farm near Auburn, Ont., 22-year-old Connor Rodger was not always involved with cattle. His passion for raising and showing cattle, and the Limousin breed in particular, grew as he became involved in 4-H under the mentorship of his grandfather, Byron Black, and uncle, Brent Black, of Loyal Line Limousin.
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Loyal Line Limousin began in the early 1990’s with the purchase of ¾ blood Limousin females for 4-H projects. Purchases of purebred cattle soon followed. Brent’s later 4-H projects are the foundation of the herd the Black’s have today. Connor was old enough to join the local 4-H club in 2008 and Byron and Brent saw to it that Connor, along with his brother and sister, were showing Limousin calves. Connor has shown a Limousin heifer every year since and was fortunate to make it to the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair every year as well. Loyal Line Limousin has retained nine out of the 12 4-H projects that Connor has shown, including that very first Limousin heifer from 2008 who is still producing in their herd. In 2018, Connor made his first heifer purchase with his uncle and grandpa, bringing home B Bar / Hawkeye Foxtrot 27F. Connor says that the Limousin breed is his breed of choice because of how versatile the cattle are,
