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Box 7, Miami, MB R0G 1H0 • www.stepplerfarms.com

Dan & Pat 204.435.2021Andre & Katie T 204.435.2463 C 204.750.1951

@steppler_andre • [email protected] miles West of Miami and 1.5 miles South

SPARROWS SEMINOLE 927W

Seminole

SPARROWS COPENHAGEN 210Z

CopenhagenLanza son who has added meat to his offspring and

sired the high sellers in our bull sale this spring

Watch for our consignments at the NATIONAL and NO BORDERS Sales

Steppler Farms 5th Annual Bull Sale, March 22, 2016

STEPPLER MISS 104A Seminole daughter

STEPPLERS JACKSONVILLE 335Z

Jacksonville

STEPPLER MISS 246BJacksonville daughter out of aSeminole daughter.Watch for her this fall.

Mr. Consistency with great customer acceptance and

satisfaction of both sons and daughters. Australian semen rightssold to Bauhinia Park Charolais, Emerald, QLD, and Alta Geneticspurchased the rest of the semen rights outside of Canada.

Calving ease specialist used on our heifers with a 98 CE EPD and �3.2 BW EPD

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Oops!..............................................................................................8Canadian Genetics in Norway ....................................................18World Charolais Technical Conference ......................................35Charolais International AGM......................................................54Airey to MB Agriculture Hall of Fame........................................56Calving Ease in Charolais ............................................................60Awareness of Depression ..........................................................62MCA Pen Show and Picnic ..........................................................64Obituary – John Wilgenbusch ....................................................66Obituary – Camiel Dooleage ......................................................70Obituary – Joseph Grandmont ..................................................70ACA Newsletter ..........................................................................71SCA AGM......................................................................................72The Key to Unlocking the Value of Data ..................................74Summer Safety for the Farm and Ranch....................................78New Members ............................................................................78

From the Field................................................................................8Du Champ ....................................................................................10Charolais Life ..............................................................................12Herd Health ................................................................................16Keeping Track ..............................................................................28Website Display Ad Rates and Placements ..............................76Canadian Charolais Youth Association News............................80Calendar of Events ......................................................................89Magazine Rates and Deadlines ..................................................89Index of Advertisers....................................................................90

Box 40, Oak Lake, MB R0M 1P0

Tully & Arlene Hatch, Kevin Hatch204-855-2402 C 204-748-7595 • [email protected]

Trent & Ashley Hatch204-855-3078 C 204-721-3078 • [email protected]

These are some of thesires of the bulls in our

14TH ANNUAL BULL SALE

March 19, 2016Virden, MB

See more of our program at

www.pleasantdawn.comor on the show road

Chisum Big Bud

CTP MR ARROW 156A • Sired by Pleasant Dawn MVP 316Y, he has WW &YW EPD in the top 1%. • CE 89 BW -1.4 WW 60 YW 111 M 26.5 TM 57

Arrow

SWR AEROSMITH 7A • A good haired performance son of Merit Round-UpCE 50 BW 3.1 WW 50 YW 94 M 19.7 TM 45

Aerosmith

Australian Rights to Palgrove Charolais

Also some great herdsire prospects by VIKSE OVER TIME 104A, FOOTPRINTS CROSS FIRE 113Y & LT LEDGER 0332 P

PLEASANT DAWN CHISUM 216A • A bull we retained to breed our heifers.Semen will be available soon, and what a set of calves! Top 5% for BW,

WW & YW • CE 95 BW -2.3 WW 58 YW 112 M 18.7 TM 48

EATONS BIG BUD 10402 P • Again the sire of many of our sale high sellers this year. Calving Ease and Performance. Co-owned with

Eaton Charolais • CE 82 BW -1.5 WW 57 YW 108 M 7.4 TM 36


New Zealand OutcrossHis first calves are creating a stir with their meat, volume and performance

Watch for sons in the 2016 edition of the HTA Charolais & Guests Bull Sale –

March 23, 2016

SILVERSTREAM EVOLUTION E168

RGP REMINGTON 101Y

HTA CHALLENGE 161Y

Evolution

HTA Rhapsody 390N grandsonAdmired by many at the CCA AGM herd tour for

his docility, power and performance. Top 1% of the breed for WW and YW.

Remington

HTA Senator x LT Rio BlancoCalving ease combined with length, style and performance.

Challenge

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PO Box 639, Rivers, MB R0K 1X0Harry & Joan Airey • 204-328-7103, 204-724-3605

Shawn & Tanya Airey & family • 204-328-7704, [email protected] • www.htacharolais.com

Thank you to all that supported our program in the last year including these breeders who

purchased herdbulls this spring:Wendt & Murray Farms, Lloydminster, AB

XXX Farms, Kitscoty, ABRammer Charolais, Strathclair



It has been aninterestingsummer withweather patternsacross this vastcountry being

from too dry in a big chunk of theprairie provinces, to too wet acrossparts of eastern Canada. Cattleproducers will have to get creative ontheir winter feed stuff to keep thecosts of maintaining the herd overwinter affordable. Grain and straw,green feed, screening pellets andmany other things can and will haveto be used in place of very high hayprices. At least the prices are still verygood if some extra selling down innumbers has to be done.

The Canadian CharolaisAssociation Annual General Meetingwas held in Manitoba in June. TheManitoba Charolais breeders led byShawn and Tanya Airey did a greatjob in putting together a fun penshow and evening at HTA Charolaisthe day before the AGM. A big tent,that was good shade during the hotafternoon and a big umbrella duringa down pour that evening, workedgreat. An excellent meal, and livemusic by Juno nominated recordingartist Del Barber made for a fabulousevening. A semen and baking auctionraised more than enough money tocover all the costs that had to becovered by the association, showingthat with a little work these types ofevents can be very affordable. With a good crowd attending the meetingsthe next day, it was a fun couple of days.

Something I found interesting fromthe business side of the CCAmeetings is that the board hasinvested less than $30,000 on

Genomics to this point. I have hadbreeders express concern that wewere spending too much money onthis and what is the point. Well wehaven’t invested much at all and Ifeel it is very important to the geneticadvancements of the Charolais breeddown the road. The board has takena very cautious approach with muchof the initial steps being done byDorian Garrick at Iowa StateUniversity as research projects. Weare combining our DNA work withthe American International CharolaisAssociation to build numbers to havea more accurate GenomicallyEnhanced EPD when the first one isproduced, hopefully in the not too distant future. Also whentransferring to the SNP technologyfrom the micro satellite or bloodwork process used before, this alsowas funded through governmentprograms. Along with the work thatGenome Canada has been doing onall cattle breeders behaves we aremoving down the path quite nicely.What GE EPD will do is just give ahigher accuracy to the EPD we nowalready have. You won’t see anydifference in how the numbers areexpressed, they will just have ahigher accuracy number.

Whole Herd Enrollment numberslook like they will be up this yearwhich is also very positive for theCharolais breed coming off the bestbull sale season ever. The buzz in theindustry is very positive for Charolaisat all levels. Make sure you are doingyour part to promote the breed inyour area and province to continuethis growth.

The last week of June saw Canadahost the World Charolais Technicalconference with the acceptance of our

cattle being very positive. Withbreeders from eight countries besidesCanada, it was a fun, educational andwell worthwhile project for allCanadian breeders. A complete reportis later in this issue. We hope ourcoverage gives you the feeling thatyou were there and saw much of whatwe presented to the internationalbreeders and association personnel.

We had lots of feedback frombreeders across the country followingsome of us on Twitter during theevent. I also know that many of theout of country breeders were postingon Facebook some of the pictures and happenings with favourableresponses by breeders back in theirhome countries.

Social media is definitely beingused more each year by farmersaround the world. It is becoming avery valuable marketing tool and ifyou aren’t utilizing it yet, you need tolook into it. There are many differentoptions and forms, but at this pointTwitter, Facebook and Instagram seemto be the most used in the industry.

Well I am now off to one of the funevents of the year, which is the CCYAConference and Show. By the timeyou read this Craig and I will bestarting to picture for fall sales andworking on the Fall Connection andOctober Banner. If we can be of anyassistance with your marketing thisfall or preparing for next spring’s bullsales, please let us know.

I don’t normally put any humourin these editorials but I saw a linethat I couldn’t resist passing on. Evenduct tape can’t fix stupid… but it canmuffle the sound.

Until next time,Helge

From the FieldHelge By

POINTS TO PONDER

In the May issue of the Charolais Banner we inadvertently missed StepplerOverdrive 61B in our High Selling Bull Chart. This lists the high selling bullsin Canada for the fall of 2014 and the spring of 2015. Overdrive was the 5thhigh seller at $40,000 going to Wrangler Charolais, Westlock, AB and sold bySteppler Farms, Miami, MB. Sorry for this oversight.

OOPS!

Banner Correction

Mel ElderRon & Donna 306-267-4986

Michael, Judy & family 306-267-5655Cell: Ron 306-267-7693 Mike 306-267-7730

Box 81, Coronach, SK S0H [email protected] • www.eldercharolais.com

A PASTURE SAMPLE… July 14th

KLR 65C

KLR 249A

Sparrows Nixon 111Y two year old

doing a great job on her Grant’s

Playboy 3X calf

Some prospects and their dams

KLR 63C

KLR 155X

Complete CML Encore 4Y bull calf

out of a productive SVY

Kaboom daughter.

KLR 53C

DFE 49U

Elder’s Zeus 22Z son with

all the makings of a herdbull

out of a beautiful 2Up Peugeot

granddaughter.

Visitors Welcome

Come to see the prospects and theirsires anytime or watch for them at the

National Show in Regina.

6th ANNUAL BULL SALEMARCH 24th at the farm

ELDER’S ZEUS 22Z SPARROW’S NIXON 111Y GRANT’S PLAYBOY 3X



Les conditionsmétéorologiquesont été trèsvariable àtravers le paysce printemps,

très sec dans les prairies et trèshumide dans l’est du Canada. Lesproducteurs de bovins devront fairepreuve de créativité l’hiver prochainpour garder leurs coûts d’entretien leplus bas possible, en utilisant dugrain, de la paille et de la moulée encubes pour remplacer le foin dont lesprix sont très élevés. Au moins lesprix pour les animaux sont encorebons.

L’Assemblée Générale Annuelle deL’ACC s’est tenue au Manitoba, elleétait supervisée par Shawn et TanyaAirey, qui ont fait un excellent travailpour monter un spectacle et unegrande tente qui a servi de parasoll’après midi et de parapluie pendantla soirée. Un excellent repas nous aété servi et la musique de l’artiste Del Barber un nominé au (JUNO) aété très apprécié. Un encan desemence et de pâtisserie a rapportéassez pour couvrir les frais del’évènement cela prouve qu’on peutmonter ce genre d’évènement et lerendre abordable. Les deux jours ontété très intéressants.

Une autre chose que j’ai trouvéintéressante c’est que l’ACC a investimoins de $30,000.00 à ce jour dans laGénomique. Certains craignaient quel’ACC dépense trop d’argent dans

cette recherche. Il est très importantde faire ces investissements pour leprogrès de la race Charolaise. Lesdirecteurs ont adopté une approchetrès prudente, avec plusieurs étapesdirigés par Dorian Garrick del’université de l’état de l’Iowa sur ceprojet de recherche. Nous continuonsnotre travail avec l’AmericanInternational Association Charolais àconstruire des EPD génomiquementaméliorés dans un avenir rapproché.Lorsque le transfert de la technologieSNP financé par Génome Canadasera mis de l’avant, les éleveurs sedirigeront dans la bonne direction.Qu’est-ce que le GEEPD c’est toutsimplement une plus grandeprécision des EPD que nous utilisonsprésentement, vous ne verrez pas ladifférence, ils seront tout simplementplus précis.

L’enrôlement n’a jamais été aussibon que cette année dû à la meilleuresaison de ventes de taureaux. Le buzzde l’industrie bovine est très positivepour la race charolaise à tous lesniveaux. Assurez-vous que vousfaites votre part pour promouvoir larace dans votre région et provincepour quelle continue sa croissance.

La dernière semaine de juin, leCanada a accueilli la ConférenceMondiale Technique du Charolais etnotre bétail a été coté trèspositivement. Avec des éleveurs dehuit pays cela a été très amusant etéducatif pour nos éleveursCanadiens. Nous espérons que la

couverture de cet évènement a ététrès positive pour les éleveursinternationaux et pour le personnelde l.ACC. Nous avons eu beaucoupde commentaires d’éleveurs departout au pays sur Twitter lors del’évènement. Je sais aussi queplusieurs ont publiés sur Facebook deretour dans leur pays d’origine. Lesmédias sociaux sont très utilisés parles agriculteurs dans le monde entier.Ils deviennent un outil de marketingtrès précieux et si vous ne l’utilisezpas encore il serait grand temps de lefaire. Il y a beaucoup d’optionsdifférentes et de formes, mais à cejour les plus utilisés dans l’industriesont Twitter,Facebook et Instagram.

Et bien maintenant j’en suis renduà l’un des évènements les plusamusants de l’année soit le CCYA.

Au moment où vous lirez ces lignesCraig et moi seront à préparer lapublicité des ventes dans le CharolaisConnection et le Banner d’Octobre. Si nous pouvons vous aider dequelque manière que ce soit pourvotre marketing de ventes d’automneet du printemps prochain n’hésitezpas à nous contacter.

Normalement il n’y a pasd’humour dans mes éditoriaux maiscette fois je n’ai pu y résister < leruban adhésif (duck tape) ne peut pasfixer la stupidité il peut simplementla camoufler>

À la prochaine,Helge

Du ChampHelge By

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LOUB 816B

LOUB 712B � SRK Canyon 2Y sonBruce Klassen, Dewberry, AB

LOUB 662A �HTA Mantracker 958W sonMcNeil Charolais, Figuery, QC

LOUB 713B �Mr Louber Superior 739W sonDesertland Cattle Co., Sedalia, AB

LOUB 615A �HTA Mantracker 958W sonCornerview Charolais, Cobden, ON

HTA Mantracker 958W � Sire of LOUB 654ARanch Ostiguy Charolais, Ste-Cesaire, QC

A sample of the offering in our 12th ANNUAL SALEMarch 5, 2016, at the farm

Bernard Bégin T: 418.387.7514 C: 418.389.7181

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Charolais LifeThis 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 [email protected] for print in upcoming issues.

NEWS

Weinbender ConvocatesSarah Weinbenderconvocated onJune 1st from theUniversity ofSaskatchewanwith a Bachelor ofScience degree inAgriculture,majoring inAnimal Science.

Sarah is currently the CCYA NationalBoard President. Her parents, Careyand LeeAnn Weinbender and familyoperate Sliding Hills Charolais atCanora, Saskatchewan.

Sparrow ConvocatesKirstin Sparrow,Vanscoy,Saskatchewan,convocated fromthe University ofRegina with aBachelor ofScience inNursing. Kirstin is currently

employed in Saskatoon on a surgicalunit. She is also the CCYA Co-ordinator and a past National BoardPresident. Kirstin is the daughter ofMorley and Patti Sparrow, Vanscoy.Jackson Convocates

Autumn Jackson,CCYA Alumni,convocated withDistinction fromthe University ofAlberta, Red DeerCampus with aBachelor of Sciencein Nursing.Autumn, daughterof Carman andDonna Jackson,

High Bluff Stock Farm, Inglis,Manitoba, is a Registered Nurse andis working in Bonnyville, Alberta.

Airey Publishes CookbookAfter several requests urging Joan

Airey to publish another cookbook,she went to work and did it. Her friendand friend of the Charolais industry,Joyce Stewart, has about twenty-fivetried and true recipes included.

Profit from this cookbook will bedonated to Cancer Care in Manitoba,in memory of Joan and Harry’s niece,Wanda Ullberg who lost her battlewith cancer in December 2014.

The cookbook is full of recipes that anyone can make withingredients they have on hand. You can check out Joan’s bloghttp://joanairey1.wordpress.com for asample of the type of recipesincluded in the series of cookbooks.Purchase your copy by contactingJoan at [email protected]. Thecost is $15 and includes shipping.Evans Wins Scholarship

Shelby Evans,CCYA Alumni,was awarded a$2000 scholarshipfrom the theSaskatchewanMinistry ofAgriculture. TheAgriculture

Student Scholarship is awarded tostudents who thinkAG and show it bytalking about their passion forSaskatchewan’s world-classagricultural industry. Shelby is thedaughter of Layne and Paula Evans,Horseshoe E Charolais, Kenaston, SK.Summer Synergy Results

CCYA Alumni participating in thisyear's Summer Synergy showedstrong representation for the breed.Jade Marshall, Innisfail; MeganMcLeod, Cochrane and CandaceFankhanel, Ferintosh, earned theReserve Team Grooming title.Raymond Gallelli, Innisfail, won theExposure Photo Contest. Megan

McLeod was one of the Ag for LifeHarvest Gold Ambassadors.

The Alberta Junior PurebredCharolais Champion was Covergirl429B, exhibited by CandaceFankhanel. The Reserve was PZC TRDesirae 012 exhibited by MeganMcLeod. Alberta Junior CommercialCharolais Champion was SilverSpiced exhibited by Luke Marshall,Innisfail. Reserve CommercialCharolais was Dixie, exhibited byAidan Jamieson, Dalemead.

CCA members receivingscholarships were CandaceFankhanel and Megan McLeod,Senior RBC Ambassadors, $1000;CSIYL Scholarships for $3000Candace Fankhanel and MeganMcLeod; $2000 for Aiden Jamiesonand Luke Marshall and $1000 forJade Marshall and Ward Marshall.Synergy Senior Aggregate Championwas Candace Fankhanel. It's a Boy!

CooperMurrayThomas Smythwas born April26 weighing 7lb. 3 oz.,measuring 21inches toSuzanne andTyler Smyth,Flat-Top CattleCo., Herbert,

Sask. Suzanne is the current adultadvisor for the SCYA and is a CCYAAlumni. Tyler is a newly elected SCABoard member. Proud grandparentsare Murray and Nicole Blake, WoodRiver Charolais, McCord, Sask.

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HERD HEALTH

Every year inmid to latersummer we seea few outbreakswith lungworms

on pasture. This is especially true ifthe year has been wet where the lifecycle of the lungworm can becompleted. This year is starting outdry, but much like we see withAnthrax outbreaks, in drier yearswhere cattle can now pasture lowlying areas we will see flare ups ofthis parasitic disease as well.

The life cycle of the lungworm(dictyocaulus viviparous) starts withthe animals picking up infectivelarvae off the grass. The larvae arethen ingested and migrate throughthe intestine into the bloodstreamand end up in the lungs as adults.They cause damage to the air sacs inthe lungs and the adults live in thebronchial tubes. The adults produce atremendous number of eggs whichare coughed up and swallowedwhere they on passage through theintestinal tract change to larvae bythe time they are passed in themanure. The entire cycle takes aboutone month. These larvae are one ofthe ways veterinarians can diagnosethe condition by examining a manuresample. It takes a different test thanlooking for the intestinal worm eggs.The baerman technique is done on ahandful of fresh manure and takes afew hours to run. We have samplesarrive in the morning so we can giveyou an answer the same day. Mostclinics are set up to run this test inhouse. The finding of even severallarval lungworm is significant andnecessitates deworming so if worriedhave several samples checked aslevels will vary.

Other than checking manuresamples cattle can be checkedclinically or autopsies can be done ifany have died. Clinically we may seecattle doing poorly in spite of goodgrass conditions. There is often anumber with very prominent

coughing. Some may have varyingdegrees of diarrhea. With herdinvolvement there is always greatvariation with some doing verypoorly others just a bit rough hairedand still others looking almostnormal. Generally the younger cattle(calves and yearlings) are mostsusceptible as any previous exposureyields some immunity. If we listen tothe lungs there is often evidence ofemphysema caused by the lungwormlarvae damaging the air sacs. We mayeven get a secondary bacterial or viralpneumonia from the stress the lungsare under. Some of these lungchanges if severe enough will notreverse so even if treatment issuccessful a poor doing animal withreduced lung capacity is the result.With autopsies an experienced vetwill notice changes to the lungs andactual adult lungworms can be foundin the bronchial tubes and trachea. Itis very easy to see how lung capacityhas been diminished.

The lungworm can over winter inour Canadian winters but most of theexposure comes from carrier cattleshedding the larvae on the pastures.Generally then you will get buildupby midsummer in areas that areaffected. If a clinical diagnosis ismade in the summer we sometimeshave the dilemma of how to treat ifcattle cannot be easily rounded up.The drug fenbendazole (safeguard) isvery effective against lungworms. Itcomes as an oral suspension, crumbleor concentrated feed additive. Theproduct can either be mixed in grainand fed in feeders as a one timetreatment or fed in reduced amountsover three to six days or be scriptedinto the minerals by yourveterinarian. This is because this isnot an approved method ofadministration. This ensures most ofthe cattle will get it. Most cattleyoung or old consume minerals attheir leisure. This product if put outjust before maximum exposure tolungworm (that appears to be around

July first in northern Alberta) thisgoes a long way to reducing theincidence. The safeguard is mixed inwith many assumptions. We assumeadult cattle will eat 30 to 60 grams ofmineral per day and that all cattlewill eat minerals at least every coupledays. Some cattle get over treated butat least there is a very goodlikelihood most cattle will get treatedand reduce contamination for the restor subsequent animals that may getreintroduced. On average 80 90percent of the cattle get enough toclear the lungworms. Again to go inthe minerals you need a veterinaryprescription. The added benefit hereis by treating for lungworms you arealso treating for other internalparasitic worms so both gains andfeed efficiency improves as well.

When treating clinical cases thesymptoms such as coughing orrespiratory problems will actuallyincrease for a few days aftertreatment. This is because all thedead worms need to be coughed upand swallowed. The killing of all theadult worms may cause a reactionbut the animal must be dewormed soyou have to treat. Any pneumoniacomplications may need to be treatedwith antibiotics at this time. Pasturesthat have had previous problems onare the ones we really concentrate on.Over a few years the treatmentpossibly can be phased out butalways be on the lookout for theclinical signs reappearing and wewant to keep treating the internalparasites anyways.

Bison are very susceptible tolungworms and the same safeguardcan be used but under a veterinaryprescription. The endectocides ifgiven are used at the same rate ascattle. Horses can get the cattlelungworms as well but all you willsee is clinical evidence as they are adead end host so no larvae will beshed in the manure.

Any time cattle are coughing have

LungwormsRoy Lewis DVM

continued on page 18


KAYR Velocity 812ZRolling D Classic x SVY Pioneer 402P

JWX Domino 23Z

CSS Sir Navigator 37T x HTA Pld Rain 258M

Thanks to Oklahoma Bovine Genetics, Miami, OK, Bauman Show Cattle, Falcon, MO and

Dismukes Ranch, Checotah, OK for purchasing Patent.

Also to P & H Ranching for selecting Kay�R genetics.

KAYR PATENT 748BRolling D Classic

878U x KEYS PolledFusion 163E



them checked because if at pasture inthe summer lungworms are a realpossibility and often get overlooked.Anytime a postmortem is doneespecially at pasture have the lungschecked. The lungs will often lookoverinflated yet still quite pink andthey often have areas of emphysemain them. If doing any butchering we

always want to check the internalorgans as I know of several instanceswhere butchers alerted the farmers toevidence of lungworms in their herdseven though there may have beenvery little clinical evidence of it. Bringseveral manure samples into yourveterinarian if you suspect it andfollow their recommendations for

treatment if it is diagnosed. You thenknow that pasture has lungworm andtreatment in subsequent years isgenerally highly recommended byyour veterinarian if continuing toutilize that pasture. By being diligentand checking manure samples ifsuspicious we can go a long way tokeeping lungworms out of our herds.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Beef Maxx AwardFat Lane av Veistad, a Charolais bull raised by Erling

Gresseth of Veistad Charolais, Stjodal, Norway, wasnamed the top beef bull of all breeds in Norway thisspring. Fat Lane is from a Canadian embryo sired by BXBDateline Son 65R, out of a CS Mango 256M daughter fromJMB Charolais, Brookdale, MB. The Beef Maxx prize is acompetition between all breeds for progeny tested bulls.These bulls have at least 500 progeny from crossing withNorwegian Red (dairy cows) and beef cows. They need tobe okay for calving ease and then they are evaluated onthree factors: 1. Feed Efficiency 2. Average Daily Gain 3.Beef Capacity. The first measure is of the bull himself in aperformance test where they measure what they eat bothof concentrate and sileage. The other two categories areon the progeny.

Record High Seller

A record price for a beef bull was established thisspring in Norway when Erling Gresseth, VeistadCharolais, Stjodal, sold a 12 month old, full brother toWinn Mans Lanza 610S, for $180,000 NOK (NorwegianKrone) (about $30,000 Canadian). Andreas HansenBrandvold of Osen purchased this outstanding bull, TotalBalanz av Veistad which was raised from an embryopurchased in Canada.

Canadian Genetics Excelling in Norway

Winn Mans Lanza 610S (full brother)

Candace By at Veistad Charolais with Erling, Per & Anna Gresseth. Erling Gresseth has been to Canada many times in search of newbloodlines and purchasing embryos and semen. He has been doingvery well with his Canadian genetics.

Above: BXB Dateline Son 65R (sire) Below: JMB Ms Mango 525R (dam)

HERD HEALTH CONTINUED FROM PAGE 16

2015 CCA Board of Directors: Left to right: Darwin Rosso, SK; Brent Saunders, ON; Travis Foot,AB; Andre Steppler, MB; Mike Elder, SK; Brian Coughlin, ON; Ricky Milton, Maritimes; Mel Reekie,General Manager, CCA; Bernard Bégin, QC; not pictured Rod McLeod, AB; Kasey Phillips, ABConseil d’administration de l’Association Canadienne Charolais (de gauche à droite): DarwinRosso, SK; Brent Saunders, ON; Travis Foot, AB; Andre Steppler, MB; Mike Elder, SK; BrianCoughlin, ON; Ricky Milton, Maritimes; Mel Reekie, Directrice Générale. Bernard Bégin, QC.Absents: Rod McLeod, AB; Kasey Phillips, AB

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Highlights from the AnnualGeneral Meeting

They call it “Friendly Manitoba”for a reason! Charolais andIndustry enthusiasts met inBrandon, Manitoba for theCanadian Charolais Association’s2015 Annual General Meeting onJune 12 and 13.

We were greeted with smiles andwonderful hospitality at HTACharolais in Rivers, MB on Friday,July 12 for the Manitoba Pen Showand Picnic. Twenty-eight pens wereexhibited and Brian Coughlin,Cobden, ON sorted through theentries to name his Champions forthe day. The Pen Show wasfollowed up with a pasture tourand dinner. A semen auction to

raise funds for the ManitobaCharolais Association rounded outthe evening.

We met on Saturday, July 13 atthe Victoria Inn, Brandon, MB forthe Annual Meeting. The meetingwas well attended by members,associates and guests who engagedin positive, productive interaction.Active membership of the CCA isholding strong at 700+ and wecontinue to maintain a healthy20,000+ breeding females on ourannual Whole Herd Enrollments.The Association remains in a solidfinancial position because of ourmaintained revenues, strongmemberships and enrollments, aswell as optimizing efficiencies. TheCCA realized a profit in 2014 and

The 2015 newly elected Board ofDirectors:Brian Coughlin, Cobden, ON –PresidentAndre Steppler, Miami, MB – FirstVice PresidentRod McLeod, Rocky View County, AB– Second Vice PresidentBrent Saunders, Markdale, ON – PastPresidentRicky Milton, Nine Mile Creek, PEIBernard Begin, Ste-Marie, QCDarwin Rosso, Moose Jaw, SKMike Elder, Coronach, SKTravis Foot, Esther, ABKasey Phillips, Waskatenau, ABDNA RemindersAll DNA samples require a minimum65 hairs and approximately fourweeks to receive results• Walking sires must have DNA

on file• ALL AI sires, including on-farm

semen collection must be Parent Verified (sire and dam)

• ALL Full French animals (male and female) must be Parent Verified

• Embryo Transfer calves must be Parent Verified

• Donor Dams must have DNA on file

Don’t forget to pull hair on your herdsires!

AUGUST 2015



particulars are shown with theKenway Mack Slusarchuk StewartReview Engagement included in theAnnual Report. Under the guidanceof ATB Investment Services the CCABoard continues to invest theAssociation’s finances wisely.

The Canadian CharolaisAssociation has taken a more activerole with our digital footprintengaging thousands of Charolaissupporters from around the worldnot only through our refreshedwebsite but also through socialmedia, Twitter and Facebook.

Genomics and how they relate toour herd was discussed openly; theCCA has taken a conservativeapproach in moving forward withincorporating genomics into ourevaluation and in doing so thefounding technologies haveimproved and advanced. As anAssociation we have investedminimal amounts of funding over thelast two years researching our mostappropriate course of action.

The CCA congratulates BrianCoughlin of Cobden, Ontario, onbeing elected president andwelcomes new board members MikeElder of Coronach, SK, and KaseyPhillips of Waskatenau, AB. Newlyelected President Brian Coughlinshares that “It is an honour to take onthe role of president. I look forwardto collaborating with members of the board tocontinue the good work of ourpredecessors, and working forCharolais breeders across Canada.”

The CCA also extends its gratitudeto Wade Beck, Milestone, SK, out-going Past President, and DoryGerrard of Innisfail, AB, retiringDirector representing Alberta, fortheir time, effort and commitment tothe association and its members, andtheir overall dedication to theCharolais breed in Canada.

View the complete 2014 AnnualReport at www.charolais.com or

request a printed copy from Mel atthe CCA Office.

The Canadian CharolaisAssociation appreciates andrecognizes the following members fortheir continued commitment to theCharolais Breed in Canada.TWENTY�FIVE YEAR MEMBERSSpringside Farms - Airdrie, ABAnchor J Charolais - Cochrane, ABLEJ Charolais - Portage la Prairie, MBKevin Stebeleski - Oakburn, MB

FORTY YEAR MEMBERSSteppler Farms - Miami, MBPeno Valley Charolais - Pierceland, SKRobert G Palmer - Bladworth, SKJack McAffee - Lower Knoxford, NBBrimner Cattle Co. - Manor, SKWood River Charolais - McCord, SKBlackbern Farm - Foresters Falls, ONHappy Haven Charolais - Oakburn, MB

World Technical ConferenceThe World Technical Conference

was an outstanding success; we werefortunate to host a keen group of

Top: 25 Year MemberAwards/Membres depuis 25ans: Pictured: LEJ Charolas,Springside Farms, KevinStebeleski

Center: Forty Year Members/Membresdepuis 40 ans: Pictured: Steppler Farms, PenoValley Charolais, Wood RiverCharolais, Happy HavenCharolais

Bottom:Recipients of the Gold StarDam of DistinctionAwards/Récipiendaires pour lesprix Femelle de Distinction:Pictured: Hunter Charolais,Springside Farms, MarinaRasmussen, Be�Rich Farms,Peno Valley Charolais,Cornerview Charolais, DefoortStock Farm, HTA Charolais, Wood RiverCharolais

Résume de l’assembléegénérale annuelle

La province du Manitoba tienttoujours sa promesse d’êtreaccueillante et hospitalière. Les amateursde Charolais et de l’industrie du bœufse sont réunis à Brandon (Manitoba)pour l’assemblée générale annuelle2015 de l’association canadienne les 12et 13 juin derniers et ils ont ététémoins de cette promesse.

Vendredi, le 12 juillet, nous avons

été accueillis avec à bras ouverts chezHTA Charolais à Rivers pour leconcours de groupes d’animaux et lepique-nique. Vingt-huit groupes ontété évaluéspar le juge M. Brian Coughlinde Cobden, Ontario. Le jugement desgroupes a été suivi d’une tournée despâturages et un souper. Une levée defond pour l’Association Charolais du Manitoba a terminé la soirée parl’entremise d’unevente aux enchèresde semence.

Les membres de l’association ainsique d’autres invités spéciaux se sontrencontrés samedi 13 juillet àl’Auberge Victoria à Brandon(Manitoba) pour la réunion annuelle.L’adhésion active de l’AssociationCanadienne Charolais (ACC) estmaintenant à plus de 700 membres etnous continuons un enrôlement detroupeau solide avec 20 000 +femelles reproductricesau derniercompte. L’Association demeure dans

Tenir Compte • Association de Charolais Canadien • Août 2015

Charolais enthusiasts here in Canada.We covered lots of ground throughSaskatchewan and Alberta touringherds, discussing various topics in theindustry on a global scale, touredCattlelandFeedyards and the Roy BergKinsella Research Station among otherinteresting visits and experienced trueWestern Canadian Culture at thePonoka Stampede.

We extend our gratitude and manythanks to Candace and Helge By fortaking the lead and championing thetour into the achievement that it was,hats off to a job well done!

SAVE THE DATE for the nextWorld Charolais Congress April 15 –24, 2016 in Mexico! As details becomeavailable they will be posted on theCCA website.2015 DAMS OF DISTINCTION

Congratulations to the Breeders andOwners of the 2015 recipients of GoldStar Dams of Distinction. Dams ofDistinction are females recognized fortheir genetic contribution to theCharolais Industry having producedfive consecutive registered calves andhave attained a 205 Day Index of 100.0or more. Dams of Excellence arefemales that have produced tenconsecutive registered calves with thesame Index criteria; there were noDams of Excellence awarded in 2015.FEMELLES DE DISTINCTION 2015

Félicitations aux éleveurs etpropriétaires des femelles qui sont

REG. NO. NAME BREEDER OWNERFC378725 BECK’S LADY CRUISER 221U Beck Farms Beck FarmsFC359494 BERICH LARIAT LADY 748T Be�Rich Farms Be�Rich FarmsFC369492 BERICH LARIAT LADY 898U Be�Rich Farms Be�Rich FarmsFC369491 BERICH MAIN LADY 874U Be�Rich Farms Be�Rich FarmsFC359524 BERICH LADY 701T Marvel Farms Be�Rich FarmsFC361587 CEDARLEA TRUFFLE 17T Cedarlea Farms Cedarlea FarmsFC368206 CHARROW MISS UGANDA 17U Charrow Charolais Charrow CharolaisFC302783 HFCC WHITE PROMISE 34L Harder Farms Circle Cee CharolaisFC303351 CORNERVIEW LACEY 7L Cornerview Charolais Cornerview Charolais FC350822 CORNERVIEW SAVANA 4S Cornerview Charolais Cornerview Charolais FC339879 CHARWORTH MISS ICE 40P Darryl Shuttleworth Darryl ShuttleworthFC364866 GDSF MISS JR PLSTINUM 62T Defoort Stock Farm Defoort Stock FarmFC373718 GDSF MISS R U REDY 20U Defoort Stock Farm Defoort Stock FarmFC372684 DIAMOND W BOLIVA 89U Diamond W Charolais Diamond W Charolais FC351719 HMP SALOME 28S Ferme HMP Baillargeon Ferme HMP BaillargeonFC336788 HMP PAQUERETTE 28P Ferme HMP Baillargeon Ferme HMP BaillargeonFC364002 JIL FANCY 108T Future Farms Future FarmsFC369187 JIL CRIMSON 5U Future Farms Future FarmsFC337792 GOLD IN BOULDERS 423P Gold In Boulders Farms Gold In Boulders FarmsFC324991 GOLD IN BOULDERS 303N Gold In Boulders Farms Gold In Boulders FarmsFC362653 GOLD IN BOULDERS 735T Gold In Boulders Farms Gold In Boulders FarmsFC360110 GLT MISS WIND 40T Gordon & Leone Thurston Gordon & Leone ThurstonFC360107 GLT MISS WIND 11T Gordon & Leone Thurston Gordon & Leone ThurstonFC367231 HTA BRIDGET 704T HTA Charolais HTA CharolaisFC360980 FFBB BRIDGET PLD 711T Forsyth Bros Charolais Hunter CharolaisFC378965 NINA ULTRA SWEET 24U Marina Rasmussen Marina RasmussenFC362390 FPC MS TOPAZ 722T Peno Valley Charolais Peno Valley CharolaisFC350886 KCH PARIS HILTON 51S KCH Charolais Pro�CharFC368413 POST MISS BRAVO 601U Ranch Ostiguy Charolais Ranch Ostiguy CharolaisFC365452 ANCHOR TAMARA 4T Anchor Ranch Springside Farms FC337422 HOLK JEMIMA 402P BLK Charolais Sven JensenFC355674 TMJF SHANA 147S Tee M Jay Farms Tee M Jay FarmsFC364606 MRSC MISS 137S Canada/Alta Lvst Research Thistle Ridge RanchFC334291 CTP MISS CINNAMON 77P Turnbull Charolais Turnbull CharolaisFC347425 RTP MISS UNSEEN 106R Turnbull Charolais Turnbull CharolaisFC358032 VAL�END TILLIE 53T Valleys End Ranch Valleys End RanchFC330168 WOOD RIVER SUNSHINE 52N Wood River Charolais Wood River Charolais

maintenant sur la liste de distinction 2015. Ces femelles distinguées sontreconnues pour leur contribution génétique à l’industrie Charolais ayantproduit cinq veaux enregistrés consécutifs qui ont atteint un indice de 100 ouplus à 205 jours. Les femelles d’excellence sont des vaches qui ont produit dixveaux enregistrés consécutifs avec les mêmes critères d’indice ; toutefois il n’ya pas de récipiendaire pour le prix de femelle d’excellence en 2015.


une position financière enviablesoutenue pardes revenues stables quiproviennent de l’adhésion et desenrôlements, ainsi qu’une efficacitéoptimale des opérations quotidiennesau bureau. Le bilan financier del’association a été préparé par la firmeKenwayMack Slusarchuk Stewart etse trouve dans le cahier des rapportsannuels. Sous la direction des Servicesd’investissement ATB, votre Conseild’administration continue d’investirpositivement les excès de recette del’Association.

Au cours de l’année 2014,l’association canadienne Charolais aassumé un rôle plus visibleau niveaudes empreintes digitales, enengageant des milliers de partisansCharolais de partout dans le mondenon seulement par le biais du siteinternet maintenant actualisé, maisaussi par le biais de médias sociauxcomme Twitter et Facebook.

Le sujet de la génomique et commentelle se rapporte à notre cheptel national,a été discutée ouvertement lors del’assemblée. L’ACC a adopté uneapproche prudente tout en se déplaçantvers l’avant avec l’intégration de lagénomique dans les évaluationsgénétiques et, ce faisant, lestechnologies fondatrices se sontaméliorées et odernisé. L’association ainvesti des sommes minimes d’argentau cours des deux dernières années,toujours à la recherche de lameilleure ligne de conduite pour lebénéfice maximum des membres.

L’ACC félicite Brian Coughlin deCobden, Ontario, pour avoir été éluprésident et nous accueillons aussides nouveaux membres au Conseilsoit; Mike Elder de Coronach, SK etKasey Phillips de Waskatenau, AB. Lenouveau président Brian Coughlinpartage ses sentiments: “c’est unhonneur d’assumer le rôle duPrésident. J’attends avec impatience decollaborer avec les membres duConseil d’administration pourpoursuivre l’excellent travail de nosprédécesseurs et de travailler pour les

éleveurs de Charolais partout au Canada.

L’ACC tient aussi à remercierWade Beck de Milestone, SK (ancienprésident) et Dory Gerrard d’Innisfail,AB(représentant l’Alberta), qui ontmaintenant terminé leur terme sur leconseil. Le travail de ces messieurs etleurs effortsd’engagement enversl’association et ses membres ontdémontré un dévouement total à larace Charolaise au Canada.Le conseil d’administration del’association pour 2015; Brian Coughlin, Cobden, ON –PrésidentAndre Steppler, Miami, MB – 1erVice-présidentRod McLeod, Rocky View County,AB – 2ieme Vice-présidentBrent Saunders, Markdale, ON –Président sortantRicky Milton, Nine Mile Creek, PEIBernard Begin, Ste-Marie, QCDarwin Rosso, Moose Jaw, SKMike Elder, Coronach, SKTravis Foot, Esther, ABKasey Phillips, Waskatenau, AB

Le rapport des activités annuellesest affiché sur le site web àwww.charolais.comou vous pouvezfaire la demande d’une copie imprimée.

L’Association Canadienne Charolaistient à souligner les membres suivantspour leur engagement continu enversla race Charolais au Canada.MEMBRES DEPUIS 25 ANSSpringside Farms - Airdrie, ABAnchor J Charolais - Cochrane, ABLEJ Charolais - Portage la Prairie, MBKevin Stebeleski - Oakburn, MBMEMBRES DEPUIS 40 ANSSteppler Farms - Miami, MBPeno Valley Charolais - Pierceland, SKRobert G Palmer - Bladworth, SKJack McAffee - Lower Knoxford, NBBrimner Cattle Co. - Manor, SKWood River Charolais - McCord, SKBlackbern Farm - Foresters Falls, ONHappy Haven Charolais - Oakburn, MBTests d’ADN

Tous les échantillons d’ADN

nécessitent un minimum de 65 poilset environ quatre semaines avant derecevoir les résultats.• Les taureaux en service naturel

doivent être testés par ADN• Tous les taureaux en insémination,

incluant les taureaux dont la semence a été récoltée pour l’utilisation par le propriétaire seulement, doivent être vérifiés à leur père et à leur mère par ADN

• Tous les animaux qui sont pur-sang français (mâles et femelles) doivent être vérifiés à leur père et à leur mère par ADN

• Tous les veaux issus de la transplantation embryonnaire doivent être vérifiés à leur père et à leur mère par ADN

• Toutes les donneuses d’embryons doivent avec un test d’ADN en dossierN’oubliez pas de prendre un

échantillon de poils pour tous vostaureaux en service! Conférence technique mondiale

La conférence technique mondialea été un franc succès ; Nous avons eula chance d’accueillir un groupe depassionnés de la race Charolais ici auCanada. Nous avons voyagé plusieurskilomètres entre la Saskatchewan etl’Alberta tout en visitant destroupeaux le long du parcours et endiscutant de divers sujets pertinent àl’industrie au niveau mondiale. Parmiles visites on se souviendra deCattlelandFeedyards, un parcd’engraissement à grande échelle et lastation de recherche de Roy BergKinsellaainsi qu’une expériencedeculture canadienne Western auStampede de Ponoka. Nous exprimonsnotre gratitude et un grand merci àCandace et Helge By pour leurleadership envers la réalisation de cetévénement extraordinaire.

Marquez vos calendriers dèsmaintenant pour le CongrèsMondiale Charolais au Mexique du15 au 24 avril 2016. Les détails serontaffichés sur notre site internetaussitôt qu’ils seront disponibles.


Merit 8789U (Rhadsody) • 7th breeding season here.Another powerful set of sons with performance and meat

CSS Sir Jr Navigator 44Y • Siring thick topped, goodhaired progeny

HTA Vegas 134Y • Sired some high sellers in thisyear’s sale & his first daughters in production look great

PCC Gunslinger 316A • Stylish Firewater son out ofthe great Madison 85M. Calves have shape and hair

High Bluff

Bodacious

78B

The two high selling bulls in this spring’s Family Tradition Bull Sale • Powerful, thick sons of HD 14Y

High Bluff

Buschwacker

27B


HVA Raltor 1010B4th Generation Polled & Leptin TT

High selling bull in our 4th Annual Bull SaleSired by Merit 8789U (Rhapsody). Sold toSLIDING HILLS CHAROLAIS, Canora.

RGP Crossfire 25B • 3rd Gen Polled, March son of HTACountdown 9103W with a 944 lb. WW. Sold to repeat customer WENDT & MURRAY FARMS,

Lloydminster, AB.

HTA Countdown 9103W • HTA CHAROLAIS, Rivers, MB,

purchased this powerful proven herdsire who has done agreat job here and left many daughters in the herd.


Eatons Big Bud 10402 P x Diamond W Redvar 78U

CE 93 BW -1.2 WW 56 YW 108 TM 49

Pleasant Dawn Magnum 56T x LT Rio Blanco

CE 99 BW -5.6 WW 63 YW 108 TM 49

CSS Sir Gridmaker 2W x SS Polled Detonator 8M

CE 80 BW 2.3 WW 38 YW 82 TM 42

Pleasant Dawn Spawn 765W x HEJ Magnum 36R

CE 66 BW -.5 WW 30 YW 60 TM 48

Merit Round Up 9508W x HC Score Card 629S

CE 98 BW -4.7 WW 42 YW 85 TM 45

Thanks to Nish Charolais,

Jordan River Charolais,

Dale Jorgensen Farms and

Peter Heins & Sons

for selecting new herdsires

Pleasant Dawn Tracker 15APleasant Dawn MVP 316Y

Pleasant Dawn Radar 25Y

Cedarlea Grid Master 22Z

HC Anchor 306A

TURNBULL CHAROLAISCurtis & Nanette Turnbull • Box 208, Pincher Creek, AB T0K 1W0

T 403-627-4535 C 403-627-6951 F 403-627-5063 • [email protected]

Raising Quality Charolais in the Foothills of the RockiesAnnual Bull Sale the first Saturday in March



Four years ago, the Canadian Charolais Associationrequested permission from Charolais International

to host the 2015 World Technical Conference. Since then,interest in the Canadian trip grew to a point whereCanada requested the approval at the AGM in France toopen the Technical to anyone that wished to attend, ratherthan the normal two delegates per country. The event wasattended by 59 people from nine countries, includingCanada.

From the buzz at the opening social on Monday, June22, in Regina, we knew it was going to be a great trip. Thepeople were excited to see one another again, meet newbreeders and join in on the adventures planned for theweek. The next morning everyone was at the bus earlyand the excitement continued as we made our first hourand a half drive across the Regina plains. Many questionsabout the crops, land prices, inputs and everything elsefarm related were put forth as is customary byfarmers travelling in a different country.

The first stop on the tour was at WilgenbuschCharolais. Many in the bus were excited to see theirfriends John and Brenda and their cattle. They were notdisappointed. Being greeted with special edible cowboy-hat-topped muffins and cherry tarts, the red and whiteCanadian theme was well received and those muffinswhere photographed by many before being consumed.

Craig and Tricia Wilgenbusch had about 30 cow/calfpairs on display in a large round pen with five herdbullsbeing displayed in adjoining pens outside the circle. Theguests were thorough in their appraisal of the cattle andinterest was expressed in live animals and embryos.

Wilgenbuschs served a beautiful prime rib lunch withCharolais beef from Western Prime Meats, a packingplant John and a partner built at the start of BSE. This wasvery well received as good beef is the end result of ourindustry. Canada markets beef at a much younger age


Anders Wiklert & Anna Ingvar�Nielson thanked the Wilgenbusch family

than many European countries and the quality of theproduct was evident.

Being well fed, we set off to find dessert! Beck Farmshad a special treat for the group as Donna had bakedpies and Gary had made home-made ice cream for ourguests. The tent they had set up to serve the specialtreats was welcomed shade from a very hot day.

The cattle on display started with the Beck children’s(Mason, Jorja, Kaden and Kylie) 4-H projects. For manyEuropean countries, this type of youth organization isuncommon and seeing the kids there to explain theirprogram and talk about their animals was beneficial.

Wade and Cynthia Beck also had pens of cow/calfpairs on display and people were welcome to hop in theback of a truck and tour the cows in the adjacentpasture. We were in very dry conditions at this time andmany of the guests were surprised to see the cattleholding their condition so well. When they saw whatnative prairie looked like this year, they had troublecomprehending the nutritional value of short-grasscountry and its ability to sustain livestock.

Being fully and completely well-fed and watered, weventured on to Moose Jaw to the Temple GardensMineral Spa for supper and a free evening. Manyutilized the healing waters to shake off the remnants ofbeing cramped in a plane for hours to get here. Othersventured across the street to try their luck at the casino.Whichever they chose, they were up the next morningready to start the day and participate in theopportunities it provided.

Wednesday started with the upbeat, dynamicpresentation by Lyndon Carlson, Senior Vice-Presidentof Marketing for FCC. Lyndon discussed the veryfavorable position agriculture is in today and howproducers can contribute to the positive marketing oftheir industry. His vision for the inception of Ag MoreThan Ever has grown beyond his expectations and isstarting to have a following outside North America.

As this was a Technical conference there werepresentations from theparticipating countries toupdate the rest of the worldon what they are working onin their countries andsharing concerns ofagriculture in their parts.Canadian CharolaisAssociation General


C2 BAUER 16B • HTA Urban Legend son purchased by Temple Farms, Carrot River, SK

C2 Beasley 72B • Soder Rhapsody 501X son selected by LEJ Charolais, Portage la Prairie

Thank you to all our bull buyers for another sold out bull pen. Special thanks to these breeders:

Thanks also to Wilgenbusch Charolais, Elder

Charolais and Blackbern Farms for purchasing

our consignments in last fall’s No Borders Sale.

Watch for us at Manitoba Livestock Expo & No Borders Sale.

Jeff & Jackie CaversBox 237, La Riviere, MB R0G 1A0T 204.242.3467 C [email protected]



Brian Coughlin thanked the Becks for the hospitality

Effluent irrigation at White Cap Charolais (photo by Ben Harman)

The Technical Conference at the Temple Gardens Mineral Spa


Manager Mel Reekie gave Canada'spresentation with an indepth updateon the Association and Canadiancattle industry.

Cherilyn Nagel then gave apresentation on behalf of Farm &Food Care Saskatchewan. Cherilynfarms with her husband in southernSaskatchewan and continued on thetheme of being proactive as farmersto the consumers. Consumers wanthealthy, safe, environmentallyfriendly food and she told how weshould educate the consumer that weare doing this to the best of our ability.

The Wednesday morning sessionsended with a presentation fromDavid Benson of the British CharolaisSociety talking about the steps theyhave taken to insure the integrity oftheir herdbook with relevance to age,birth weights, etc.

These events are always a blend ofmeetings, cattle and culture. Theafternoon started with a stop at the Tunnels of Moose Jaw to enjoythe escapades of Al Capone and theBootleggers of Moose Jaw’s colourfulhistory. Many of the guests enjoyed

this tour so much, they chose to see thesecond tunnel tour Passage to Fortune.

The afternoon concluded with avisit to White Cap Charolais to learnabout their effluent water irrigationproject with the city of Moose Jaw.The drought this year displayed adramatic difference between theeffluent irriagation crops and thenon-irrigation crops. The interest in theprogram was evident and the desirefor such a useful way of handlingwater treatment was enviable.

We also had the opportunity tolook at some cow/bull calf pairs andbred heifers on pasture at White Capand many remarked on the framesize of the herd. The last time manyof these people saw Canadian cattlewas at the 2006 World Congresswhen the show ring featured smallerframed animals. They presumed wewere still stuck there and wereexcited to see livestock they couldutilize in their home countries.

When we went to the farm, RossoCharolais and Elder Charolais alsohad cattle on display. The pens werebusy with many showing interest in

the genetics. Johnny and DarwinRosso had a special treat for theguests as they were serving prairieoyster appetizers. Most everyone wasbrave enough to try them and theydefinitely created some excitement.

Supper that night was a ventureinto the heritage of many Canadianswith a feast of cabbage rolls andperogies and a variety of salads. Thetrip was planned to offer a variedmenu to keep people eating andentertained. It was very well receivedand the evening couldn’t have beenbetter. We were definitely gifted withterrific weather and the only thinggood about a drought – nomosquitoes. We were able to sit outand enjoy the networking opportunity.

We returned to Moose Jaw for thelast night at the Spa and enjoyed thefreedom to choose the water or thecasino; some managed to do both.

Thursday started with apresentation on genomics by Dr JohnCrowley who works with theCanadian Beef Breeds Council andhas been very involved with theUniversity of Alberta and Delta


Genomics. This was a great, easy tounderstand presentation that showedwhere we in Canada are indeveloping Genomically EnhancedEPD in all breeds.

Colin Rex the new BreedDevelopment Officer for theCharolais Society of Australia talkedabout the performance testing trialsthat they have been working on aswell as an overview of the society.

Neil Orth, Executive Vice-Presidentof the American InternationalCharolais Association and Dr. RexRicketts explained a new project theyare working on in the United Statesbeing a multibreed genetics serviceand registry under one roof. It wasvery interesting and they are downthe path quite a ways in theformation of the plan.

Gregorio Farias, the generalmanager of the Mexican CharolaisAssociation and José Medina, thepresident of the TechnicalCommittee in Mexico gave their

presentation on the country and theindustry with some genetic lessonsthrown in.

The alternate program for themorning was a tour of the historicalmansion Greyson House, the home ofFifth Avenue Collection. The tourincluded more of the colourfulhistory of Moose Jaw that prominentnames in the community would nothave wanted known. Enough timehas passed to afford people the safetyof telling it like it was and how someof the most rich and prominentcollected their fortunes. Then theyopened the doors to the jewelrycollection and told us to have fun.And that we did! We tried on amultitude of fine jewelry, shoppedfor gifts and ourselves. They were soeasy going and helpful we had to

hurry to get back for lunch! The stoptook far longer than anticipated andit was decided that no pictureswould be allowed. If there were nopictures, there was no evidence!

As soon as we finished lunch, wewere on the bus heading toSaskatoon. We had a good laugh aswe travelled down and up the

Qu’Appelle Valley and actuallyexperienced the first hill of the trip.

Many were excited to tour A.Sparrow Farms as they have seentheir bull sale reports in the CharolaisBanner magazine and on the websitenews for years. They were notdisappointed. The tour through theherd was very well received. Interestin buying genetics was againexpressed. Many took theopportunity to walk through the yardand facilities and also see some of thegrain operation.

The evening ended with barbecuedburgers and all of the trimmings.Everyone was quite jovial andrefreshed as we continued to NorthBattleford for the night. A few triedtheir luck at the casino here and werevery successful!

John Morris, England, thanked the Howe family for the hospitality

Jack Anderson, Scotland, thanked the Sparrow clan for the visit

Mel Reekie thanked John Crowley for thepresentation

Delicious barbecue was enjoyed by all


� High Selling Bull in Elder’s 2012 SaleWhat a bull!

With the purchase of the Dale Jorgensen herd and 40 females from the P&H operation added to our existing herd, we are now breeding 225 females to these exciting herdsires.

� High Selling bull in McTavish’s 2015 Bull Sale

� High Selling bull in Pleasant Dawn’s2013 Bull SaleCalving Ease and Growth

Watch for us this fall at the National Show and

the Alberta Select Sale

Mark your calendar for our

FIRST ANNUAL BULL SALEMarch 7, 2016 at the farm



Friday was a big day, but a good day that became ahighlight of the trip for many. We toured the Roy BergKinsella Research Farm where there is a Charolais herd,an Angus herd and a composite herd that are used by theUniversity of Alberta for research. They are also doingextensive Residual Feed Intake testing using theGrowSafe systems. This will be the basis for the CharolaisRFI Genetically Enhanced EPD. A presentation on theprogram was made before we went and saw the systemfirst hand. As well a very elaborate handling and chutesystem was demonstrated by the staff at the station.

Under the time restraints of the day, we had pizza forlunch on the bus. Team Canada (Mel Reekie, Craig Scott,Andre Steppler, Candace and Helge) served it so efficientlywe had everyone fed and beverages refreshed well beforeour next stop. Anders Wiklert from Sweden stood on thebus to request a round of applause for the fast food thatwas good. He couldn’t believe how well it went.

We rolled into the Ponoka Stampede & Rodeo just alittle late for the start of the rodeo, but we saw all theevents, which was excellent. Rodeos are illegal in Europe,so this was a first for many.

Following the rodeo, we had made arrangements tovisit the stall of Rae Croteau Jr. in the the chuck wagonracing stalling area. Rae, who was stalled beside TroyDorchester, was very open about discussing the ins andouts of racing. They fielded questions on all aspects of thesport and the animals. Many stopped to have their picturetaken in wagons and some were treated to 11 x 17 postersof Troy Dorchester in racing action. They were thrilledwith the experience and we were impressed with theirwillingness to share their time with us on a race day.

Supper in the Big Top Tent on the grounds wasexceptional and everyone wished they could eat more, butour capacities were maxed and it was time to get our seatsfor the Chuck Wagon races. They did not disappoint! Theexcitement was evident as we cheered for Troy and Rae,although their success was not to come that night.Leaving the arena, we had many positive comments

about the day and how wonderful itwas. No matter what our gueststhought the day was going to belike, we surpassed their expectationsand there were many questions onthe bus to Red Deer about thingsthey saw and we were able to sharetidbits of information to enhance the experience.

Harris Thompson, Australia, took the opportunity to meet some local celebrities

Residual Feed Intake display

Everyone was amused by the wild pony race (photo by Ben Harman)

Kinsella Research Farm presentation

Saturday was the day of the Alberta CharolaisAssociation Field Day and our guests enjoyed viewing thecattle on display by Alberta breeders that accepted theopportunity to participate. The trip was drawing to aclose and there was starting to be a building anticipationto buy genetics from Canada. Everyone was so pleasedwith the trip and the cattle, they just wanted some to take home. Some good interest and business was done atthis stop.

The barbecued beef ribs and roast beef at the field daywere exceptional and there started to be talk aboutpersonal ADG on the trip.

From Bowden we bused to Cattlelands Feedyards nearStrathmore and were given a very informative tour of thelarge feedlot by William Torres the manager of the BullEvaluation and Cattle and Research projects. This feedlotdoes many research projects for a vast array of companiesalong with specific testing for breeders and breeds. Heexplained their handling and tagging systems they usealong with how the whole operation runs. Many had notseen a feedlot of this size so it was very impressive.

We arrived in Calgary ahead of schedule for a freeevening following dinner. For many this seemed toconsist of continuing the networking until closing time inthe lounge.

Sunday morning started with a Sustainabilitypresentation by Fawn Jackson. Fawn, a former CanadianCharolais Youth Association alumni, is the Manager ofEnviornment and Sustainability for the CanadianCattlemen's Association. Fawn has been around the worldsitting in on beef round table meetings on these topicsand explained what it means to cattle producers and howcompanies like McDonalds are wanting to source meatonly from verified sustainable operations. It was veryinformative and will affect every cattle producer in theworld at some stage.

Michel Baudot, the president and Clement Perrodin, theTechnical Director of Herd Book Charolais in France, gavean update on their association and country.

Ponoka chuckwagons (photo by Ben Harman)

Everyone cheered for Rae Croteau Jr. (photo by Dottie Macy)

Rae Croteau Jr. talking about Chuck Wagon racing

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Leanne and Ben Toll, Australia; Ben Harman, England and AndreSteppler, Canada, discuss the day

William Torres fields questions at Cattlelands Feedyards

Above: Director Tyler Bullick welcomes the group to the ACA Field Day; Right: Cathy & Joe Lyons, Ireland, enjoyed some shopping


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The final country presentation wasgiven by Anna Ingvar-Nilsson, adirector on the Swedish CharolaisBreed Improvement Committe on the association and testing that theyare doing.

The technical portion of theConference concluded with theCharolais International AGM whichis featured in a separate article.

The alternative for the morningwas the Calgary Zoo or shopping at theChinook Centre. As it turned out, theCalgary Zoo was closed due to apower outage, which was unfortunate,but out of our control. No oneseemed to mind and they found otherways to amuse themselves.

The afternoon started with a stopto shop at Cross Iron Mills Mall atBalzac. For many, this was their firstopportunity to find things to takehome. Shopping was successful formany, and for others it was anopportunity to visit, taste test the icecream or local brew and people watch.

The final stop on the cattle part ofthe tour was at McLeod Livestock.

Rod, April, Colby and Megan didextensive amounts of landscaping toget ready for the day and thingslooked great. The tent was once againwell received as the heat of summerwas definitely upon us. Cold drinks

were disappearing as fast as the ice. Itwas so hot, some of the cups weremelting in the sun before they wereused. Many extra people accepted theinvitation to join in the evening andthere were many breeders and

Greg Farias, Mexico; Craig Scott, Canada; Ben Harman, England;David Benson, England; Candace & Helge By, Canada, enjoyed shopping in a different way

The Muppet Gallery

Rod McLeod tells the group about his donor females

Colin Rex, Australia, thanks the McLeods for the hospitalityEnjoying Cows ice cream



industry related people present.The tour through the donor females and other pens

inspired some of the international guests to pursuepurchases.

The steak supper was exceptional and the buzz in thetent was indicative of the trip. The entire week was filledwith discussion. The time spent on the bus went quicklyand everyone enjoyed the scenery and/or the visiting.

The last day was a tourist day in Banff and the onlydisappointing weather of the week. We went up thegondola to find it overcast, hindering the beautiful views.It didn’t seem to disappoint as it meant more time to shoparound town on the last day. Many tested the Cows icecream and picked up souvenirs. Some did the hike to thefalls and many expressed interest in returning to Banff inthe future.

The final banquet in Calgary ended with many thankyous, country gifts and farewells. We received manythanks from those who felt they didn’t know what wecould have changed to improve the trip, everything wentso well. We were pleased to show off the land we love,the exceptional cattle, the warmth of the people and aflavour of our lifestyle. We would like to thank thebreeders that opened their doors to us and made theeffort to make the tour great. Your work was veryappreciated. We also want to thank all of the people whotravelled to Canada to join us. You were terrific guestsand gave us many wonderful memories as we sawCanada through your eyes. We hope you will return someday. Until then, we hope to see everyone at the WorldCharolais Congress in Mexico next April.

Banff

The Australian delegation

Molly and Max Eaton enjoyed the trip asmuch as everyone enjoyed having themalong with grandparents Lee and ConnieEaton

The Mexican delegates

M&L TOULON 311AFull French bull pictured at under two years of age after breeding 40 femalesthis spring. Exciting with excellentweaning, carcass & maternal profile, super sound and athletic

CEDARDALE ARGO 25AHomozygous Polled Bluegrass sonout of a real good DBAR Survivordaughter I purchased to breedheifers. Long bodied, big nutted andsound, he has done an excellent job.

M&L 31U • Powerful Full French bull I purchased back

after seeing his offspring. He services a large portion ofmy fall calving females due starting in September.

MLCC 268CExample of our AI calves. Full French – Trezegoal x Habit

Paternal sister by Toulon & her Silverstream Performer calf. Daughter

sells in Eastern National Sale

25A heifer calf

MLCC92X

MLCC58C

M&L ROUKY 450BA Full French power bull. Incrediblebone, frame & muscle, used mainly on a group of Winn Mans Motoro 645S (paternal brother to Lanza) females I purchased from my uncle, Michael Hickey.

XAL FIRE IT UP 5AHomozygous Polled, Leptin TT son ofFire Water I purchased to breedheifers. An excellent cross with theFrench heifers with a 278 day gestationand 88 lb. average BW

MLCC11C

WR 241Y

Paternal sister by Rouky

5A bull calf

Roger Maloney2420 Jermyn Line, Indian River, ON K0L 2B0

[email protected] 705-295-6439 Cell 705-761-7316

Look for these genetics at the Eastern National in Quebec

and the Eastern Select Bull & Female Sale

the second weekend in April


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M6 Gridmaker granddaughter with a KCMMagnum 239Z heifer calf and rebred the same

Dam of JWX 871B by SRK Canyon 2Y, bred to SVY Kaboom Pld 7113T

LOUB 887B LOUB 929C CMED 79A

Rancard JWX Three Peet 73X CMED Timay Watson 6Y, bred Merit Round Up 9508W

MLCC 920A PALE 44C PALE 21B

Voimo, bred XAL Fire It Up 5A Anjou Pure Power 184Y Embryo lot out of 21B and sired by Anjou Pure Power 184Y



INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Charolais International Association,Coast Plaza HotelMeeting Room, 28 June 2015,Calgary, AB, Canada

President Helge By called themeeting to order. Minutes of 2014Annual General Meeting in Francewere adopted as read.

Clement Perrodin presented the2014 financial report. ClementPerrodin advised the Total Assets ofCharolais International at year end$€95,836.71 Agreed to accept thefinancial report as presented.

Clement Perrodin advised of arequest from Ecuador formembership of the Association.Acceptance of this request was carried.

Colin Rex asked for clarification ofthe process of renewal ofmemberships. Clement Perrodinadvised the meeting that all membersare sent an invoice for membershipfees for Charolais International. Thefinancial year is the calendar year.ICAR Meetings

Helge By advised the meeting agenomics subcommittee had beenformed in 2013 (Robert Williams ofUSA, Terence Ferrell of Australia,Nuala Hourihane of Ireland andMichel Baudet of France) however,several members of the subcommitteewere no longer involved in Charolais.

Moved Ben Harman, SecondedGregerio Farias Mateo that AnnaIngvar-Nilsson be appointed asCharolais InternationalRepresentative to ICAR meetings.Carried

Moved Neil Orth, Seconded Colin

Rex that Gregerio Farias Mateo isappointed to the Genomicssubcommittee and that funding beavailable to Anna Ingvar-Nilsson forrepresenting Charolais Internationalat ICAR meetings. CarriedWebsite

Clement Perrodin advised themeeting that a quote for $€3840 hadbeen obtained to update the website.Construction time frame of threemonths. Ben Harman reported thatthe control of the Internationalwebsite should be vested in thecountry hosting the next World event.

Gregerio Farias Mateo proposedthat access be granted to Mexico toupdate the current website with 2016World Congress material while thenew site is under construction. AnnaIngvar-Nilsson recommended thepage be in English, French andSpanish. Ben Harman recommendedthat each country be responsible fortranslation into their language. ColinRex recommended that if the sitemaintenance is moving worldwidethen the labels of pages etc on thedashboard should be in English.

Moved Gregerio Farias Mateo,Seconded Ben Harman that Mexicobe given administration access toupdate the current website with theirWorld Congress information. Carried

Moved David Benson, Seconded

Neil Orth for Clement Perrodin toproceed with construction of the newCharolais International website.Future Events

Helge By asked for nominations forhosting the 2017 World TechnicalConference and the 2018 WorldCongress events. It was noted thatSweden had requested the rights tohost the World Congress 2018.

Moved Neil Orth, Seconded DavidBenson to award the 2018 WorldCongress to Sweden. Carried

Ben Harman recommended thatIreland be approached to host the2017 Technical Conference. Headvised that Ireland had a programin place to capture data into theirgenetic evaluation which would be ofinterest to many countries. Australiawas also mentioned as a possibility.

Agreed to correspond with Irelandin regard to hosting the 2017 WorldTechnical Conference. Carried

Colin Rex reported that Australiawould celebrate their 50thanniversary of Charolais in 2020 andthe Australian Committee woulddiscuss a proposal for the 2020 WorldCongress in the next month.

Clement Perrodin and MichelBaudot reported that the technicalconference could be held prior to theWorld Congress for the technical

Charolais International AGM

Charolais International delegates present forthe AGMFront l�r: Helge By, President, Canada;Clement Perrodin, Secretary�Treasurer,France; José Manuel Medina Chapa, Mexico;Bill Notke, USA; Mel Reekie, Canada; Anna Ingvar�Nielson, Sweden; David Benson,United Kingdom; Neil Orth, USABack l�r: Colin Rex, Australia; Gregorio FariasMateo, President Elect, Mexico; Fredrik Persson, Sweden; Michel Baudot, 1st VicePresident, Franch; David Ellis, Australia; Ben Harman, United Kingdom


Sylvan & Karen Martens Box 85, Glenbush, SK S0M 0Z0

306-342-2099

Also to Midnight Lake Charolaisand Bricney Stock Farm for adding herdsires to their herds.

CSS CHAROLAIS bought this calvingease MXS Craftsman 910W son

Cas-Bar Farms purchased this powerfulSparrows Landmark 963W son

Saunders Charolais took this completeson of SVY Northstar 153Y


MVY 51Y & PFC 504CGood milking, PleasantdawnHybrid daughter that we purchased out of the SterlingCollection last fall with her stoutMVY Showcase 8A bull calf.

Kurtis & Kristy PhillipsBox 357, Estevan, SK S4A 2A4

T 306-636-2213

C 306-421-6416

PhillipsCHAROLAIS

Farms

A Sample of our Prospects

These prospects will sell at theAlameda Bull Sale,

March 26th.

Stop by the stall for a visit at the National Show and Sale

this fall at Agribition.

Productive Merit 8671U daughter raising a long bodied G.Bros Alejandro346A bull calf

PFC 502C

JMB133Y


delegates instead of a stand-aloneevent. France discussed condensingthe Technical Conference into a smallperiod in Europe so that a smallernation could host at a reasonable cost.

Helge By commented thatcombining the two events could behard work for attendees. Ben Harmancommented the Canadian format ofmixing meetings and farm visits wasworking very well.

Helge By requested the secretariatto send all countries a copy of theConstitution and Bylaws to eachmember country and a copy of the

minutes and financial reports.International Committee

President: Luis En Rico (Mexico)1st Vice President: Michel Baudot(France); 2nd Vice President: (vacantuntil 2017 Technical Conference hasbeen determined); Secretariat:Clement Perrodin

Moved Mel Reekie, Seconded BenHarman to approve the internationalcommittee as nominated. CarriedNew Business

Neil Orth reported that we couldlook at sequencing some bulls

through our involvement with ICAR.David Benson felt there should be achairperson for the working group.

Moved Neil Orth, Seconded DavidBenson that Gregerio Farias Mateo bethe chairperson of the working groupconsisting of Gregerio Farias Mateo(Mexico), Anna Ingvar-Nilsson(Sweden), Nuala Hourihane (Ireland)and Michel Baudet (France).

Moved Ben Harman, SecondedMichel Baudot to conclude themeeting at 12 noon. RetiringPresident Helge By thankedeverybody for their participation.

INDUSTRY NEWS

Harry Airey was born and raised on a farm in the RMof Daly. He attended Rivers High School, and followingthat he began farming with his father. In 1965 he took overthe home farm and began his own mixed farming operation.Two years later, Harry married Joan Bennett. Harry andJoan have three children, Raymond (Barb), Lori (Darcy)Heapy, and Shawn (Tanya) and several grandchildren.

In 1972, the Aireys bought their first Charolais cattleand their farm became known as HTA Charolais. Theycontinue to raise cattle as well as farm over 3,000 acres ofpasture, hay and grain land. HTA Charolais has shownand sold cattle across Canada and the United States. Theirheifers have also been sold and shipped to Russia.Charolais embryos exported to purebred breeders inSweden produced a bull that was the only one allowed inSweden’s herd book because of his quality.

Since the purchase of their first Charolais bull, Harryhas been hooked on the breed because of its superiorperformance. In addition to becoming an AI technician tohelp promote and establish the breed in Manitoba, he alsoserved for many years as Chair of the Breed ImprovementCommittee of the Canadian Charolais Association. Harrywas actively involved in the Canadian CharolaisAssociation from 1992 to 2001 and the Manitoba CharolaisAssociation from 1986 to 2013.

Record of performance (ROP) of his animals has beenof upmost importance to Harry. At the Douglas Bull TestStation, he served as a director, vice-president and president.He also worked on the ROP Board and the CharolaisHerd Analysis and Records Management program.

In 2002, Harry was named to the Canadian CharolaisAssociation Honour Roll. In 1988 he was awarded the

Purebred Beef Producer Award from the ManitobaDepartment of Agriculture and in 1989 and 1998 he wasnominated for the Seedstock Producer Honour Roll ofExcellence by the Beef Improvement Federation based inSouth Dakota.

In his community, Harry was a promoter of cattleproduction in general and the Charolais breed inparticular. As a leader for 18 years in the Rivers 4 -H Club,he was always active and interested in the Beef Project.When his children were younger, Harry took time tocoach minor sports – baseball, hockey and ringette. Anavid curler, he served on the Rivers Rink Board forseveral years.

In 2009 Harry became a director of the Rivers and AreaCommunity Foundation. His quiet demeanor, combinedwith his “let’s get it done attitude”, never fails to keep allof the directors on point and completing the task at hand.

Harry Airey Inducted to Manitoba Agriculture Hall of Fame

Brian Saunderson, President of the Manitoba Agriculture Hall ofFame welcoming Harry Airey

CHAROLAIS INT AGM CONTINUED FROM PAGE 54


Etienne Palerme DVM 819-210-7210

Mathieu Palerme 819-213-3143

[email protected]

257 Perr y, Gatineau, QC J9J 3A1

“At the forefront of tomorrow’s genetics”

PALE MISS JUICE BOX 21B

LAE Juice Box 190Y x STA Gibson’s Finest 3X • Donor Dam

CE 46 BW 4.5 WW 59 YW 116 M 24.6 TM 54

ANJOU PURE POWER 184Y • Rare Outcross

Full French Pedigree – His Genetics Sell!

He has greatly influenced

our breeding program

EASTERN NATIONAL SALE• 3 Grade A embryos by Anjou Pure Power out of PALE Miss Juice

Box 21B• PALE Miss Charity 44C (Anjou Pure Power 184Y x STA Gibson’s

Finest 3X)• PALE Miss Pure Power 32B, Anjou Pure Power 184Y x Footprints

Ranchhand, bred CML Encore• PALE Miss Prefix 12B, Tri-N Prefix x Russ, bred Winn Mans Big Rig• PALE Lady Sara 12A, ET Dam, LT Rio Blanco x VCR Sir Duke 914,

bred Anjou Pure Power• PALE Lady Sara 13C, CML Encore x LT Rio Blanco

AUTUMN PRESTIGE SALE• 3 grade A exportable embryos by TR PZC Mr Turton out of PALE

Miss Juice Box 21B• PALE Miss Charisma 27C, Gerrard Pastor x Anjou Pure Power,

a high performance ET calf!• PALE Miss Cypress 35C, Anjou Pure Power x Land O’Lakes Havana• PALE Miss Turton 4B, TR PZC Mr Turton x Virgil SC, bred Pinay• PALE Miss Prefix 38B, Tri-N Prefix x Pinay, bred

Vikse Over Time 104A

PALE CONQUEST 17C • Pure Power Progeny

AnJou Pure Power x RPJ 768T • ET

Herd Bull Prospect • WW July 29, 881lbs

Sale Staff:Kirby Hakkesteegt – Sale Chair 613-848-6917

Barry Potter – Blockman 705-563-2752

Helge By – Ringman 306-536-4261

Dave DeNure – Ringman 705-653-3660

Brad DeNure – Auctioneer 705-653-3660

Sale Group:AMABEC CHARLOAISIvan & Grace Hutchinson, Warkworth, [email protected] • 705-924-2936

KIRLENE CATTLEKirby & Arlene Hakkesteegt, Brighton, [email protected] • 613-848-6917

LAND O’LAKES CHAROLAISBob, Arlene & Barb Bateman, Madoc, [email protected] • 613-473-4743

POTTER CHAROLAISBarry & Liz Potter, Earlton, [email protected] • 705-563-2752

WINDYVIEW FARMThe Ormiston Family, Omemee, [email protected] • 705-340-1858

Guest Consignors:A&D CHAROLAISAlan & Derek Lord, Codrington, [email protected] 705-653-6450 cell 613-475-9537

MELBAR FARMSBarry & Melissa Baldwin, Ameliasburg, [email protected] 613-967-0075

ARMSVIEW FARMDonald Armstrong, Newburgh, [email protected]

BLACKBERN FARMSKeith & Karen Black, Foresters Falls, [email protected] or [email protected] 613-646-2673

FERME PALERME SENCEtienne & Mathieu Palerme, Gatineau, PQ [email protected]: 819-210-7210 F: 819 684-9071

For a catalogue email Kirby Hakkesteegt: [email protected] or view the catalogue and videos online at www.charolaisbanner.com when available


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GIC 13C Show prospect sired by our super bull CED Revival 110Y(Sparrows Alcatraz X Sparrows Alliance).AmaBec is offering 4 bred heifers, 2 heifer calves and 1 bull calf.

Land O’Lakes Havanna 3U the sire or grandsire of our four bredheifers. This proven Wyoming Wind son out of a great Cigar cowhas done an excellent job.

BPL 18A one of five females by our Golden Meadow Winner 9Wbred to Merit Roundup or Cedardale Zeal.Potter Charolais are celebrating 40 years in Charolais.

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MANAGEMENT

While manycommercial usersof Charolaisgenetics may askquestions or pay

close attention to the birth weight ofa potential purchase, in truth whatthey are really concerned about is thecalving ease associated with thatanimal. While birth weight is highlyassociated with calving ease (0.65) itis not a reliable predictor of potentialcalving ease. For this reason theCanadian Charolais Associationinvested in a unique geneticevaluation for Calving Ease thatcombines calving ease scores fromfirst calf heifers, birth weightinformation from calves andinformation on gestation lengthwhere available.

These pieces of information arecombined to provide the foundationfor a very effective tool to improvethe calving ease of Charolais cattleand to work with commercialcustomers to maximize growth whileminimizing calving difficulty. Theevaluation uses the association orrelationships for calving easebetween direct effects such as howheavy the calf is and its actualcalving ease score and maternaleffects, such as the dam’s influenceon the gestation length. Calving easeactually has a relatively lowheritability compared to traits such asbirthweight and gestation length, butby combining these indicator traitsinto the evaluation, we can producean EPD for calving ease that is abetter predictor of easy calving thanany of the component traits includedin the evaluation. The associationsbetween the various traits included inthe evaluation are shown in Table 1.

One obvious question that comesto mind is why we do not includeinformation on calving ease frommature cows. The main reason forthis is that there is virtually nodifference in expressed calving easebetween mature cows and very few

calves are assisted out of maturedams. In essence if all calves are bornunassisted, we cannot tell which siresare throwing calves that createdifficulty. We do use the birth weightand gestation length informationfrom these cows as it is a goodindicator of relative calving difficultyand there is variation in the data.

Results from the EPD analysis arestandardized on a scale from 0 to 100that includes all Charolais cattleevaluated (back to the earlyherdbook). Although the EPD iscalculated based on predicted calvingdifficulty when used on first calfheifers, higher values indicate easiercalving for all classes of cattle.

Breeders have made tremendous

progress in this area. The currentaverage CE EPD is 68.8 for thecurrent population which includescalves born in 2013 through to 2015.These are the cattle that are newlyactive in the commercial industry orwill be heading out to the industry inthe next year. By looking at theGenetic Trend for Calving Ease(Figure 1.) we can see a meteoricimprovement compared to a mere 15years ago when the average wasunder 50.

In terms of using the CE EPD andunderstanding the values. The rangeof EPD for the current populationgoes from 0 (very difficult) to 100(very easy) calving. While it wouldnot be recommended to use bulls

Calving Ease in CharolaisSean McGrath

direct maternal

ce_d bw_d GL_d ce_m bw_m GL

ce_d 0.15 0.65 0.29 �0.16 0.00 0.00

bw_d 0.53 0.34 0.00 �0.49 �0.20

GL_d 0.64 0.00 �0.15 �0.36

ce_m 0.15 0.59 0.00

mat bw_m 0.16 0.00

GL_m 0.10

direct

Table 1. The heritabilities (diagonal) and correlations between the directand maternal traits that are included in the Canadian Charolais evaluationfor Calving Ease.

Figure 1. Genetic trend for Calving Ease 2000 to 2015.



with lower CE to breed heifers, thereare certainly some easy calvingCharolais genetics available. In mostcases cattle in the upper 10% shouldhave no issues when used ongrowthy heifers, dependent upontheir genetics and pre-calvingmanagement and most modernCharolais cattle will readily work forbreeding mature cows.

Admittedly most customers aregoing to continue to look at birthweight, however, the calving ease EPDthat combines birth weight information,gestation length information, calvingease information from first calfheifers and maternal effects is a muchmore powerful tool to select easycalving Charolais genetics.

Cows calved in a single group from a Cow Herd. Data that is included in the evaluation is in bold. Known gestation lengths, calving ease scores from first calf heifers, and birth weights are all included in the evaluation.As well, known pedigree information is also included in determining the relative calving ease.

Dam Breeding Date Calving Date Group Birth Calving Gestation Sire(2014) (2015) Wt Ease Length

Cow 1 First Calf Heifer June 1 March 14 1 92 H 286 Bull A

Cow 2 First Calf Heifer May 25 March 4 1 84 U 283 Bull B

Cow 3 Second Calver June 1 to July 15 March 6 1 98 U ? Bull B

Cow 4 Third Calver June 1 to July 15 March 12 1 102 U ? Bull B

Cow 5 Fourth Calver May 20 February 28 1 95 U 284 Bull A

COMMUNITY

Dear HelgeThank you for helping me get the

semen and for helping with thetransit to Alta-Genetics.

Unfotunately, I had another set backwith my depression back in January.It took until early April before I could get going again. Needless tosay my grandiose plans of embryotransplanting the heifer I bought gotput off for amother year. The heiferdid calve in January outside on herown and has a beautiful bull calf. Hestill has all of both ears and all of histail. She calved January 18th, whichjust happened to be one of the threedays in January that the temperaturegot up to +5 C. I named him Lucky!

The young man that is looking

after the heifer has Speckled Park. Healso calves in January and Februaryso a warm barn was available if sheneeded it.

He decided he wanted to trysynchronized AI, so I offered to dothe AIing if he synchronized my cow.I bought a brand new shiny nitrogentank and drove to Balzac to pick upthe semen. When the day finally gothere I was so excited I could hardlysleep the night before. It was a timedsynchro so at 3:00 pm. we started toA.I. I was able to thread 7 out of 8.Not bad for a guy who hasn’t A.I.d acow in 25 years. I am pretty sure thecow I couldn’t thread was not in heatanyway. At least that’s what I told theyoung man!

I once told you that going to aCharolais convention is for me likegiving beer to an alcoholic. I can’tdescribe the rush I got from A.Iing 8cows in one session.

All I can say is I’m back!Helge, after a 15 year hiatus, due to

a long battle with depression, I wantto announce to you and all theCharolais world, I’m back!

Gerald Sim stopped in the otherday for coffee. He told me that whenI took him to the SCA convention lastJune so he could have a visit, that theafternoon turned his life around. Hefound a new reason for living.

I guess going to Charolaisconventions is like giving beer to an alcoholic!

Contribution to the ‘Awareness of Depression’ Campaign

Doug Johnston

Pctl CE

Avg 68.8Max 100.0

1 99.65 97.910 95.525 87.550 72.975 54.4

Min 0.0

Table 2. Percentiles for the current population (calves born in 2013, 2014 and 2015)

CALVING EASE CONTINUED FROM PAGE 60

Table 3. An example of calving data from a cow herd. Data in bold would be included in the genetic evaluationfor calving ease.


ASSOCIATION NEWS

Shawn and Tanya Airey organizedand hosted the Manitoba Pen Showfor the 2nd year in a row at theirHTA Charolais operation near Rivers.This year it was the day before theCCA AGM and we saw breedersfrom across Canada come to enjoy abeautiful day. There were 28 pens of

both purebred and commercialcow/calf pairs and bred heifers.Following the Pen show that wasjudged by Brian Coughlin, ofCornerview Charolais, Cobden,Ontario, we had a small tour of someHTA pairs that were held in close forgreat viewing.

A great supper was sponsored byHTA Charolais and then a semen andpie auction was held, which raisedenough to cover the cost of the eventfor the MCA. This was followed by anevening of socializing and enjoyingthe music of Juno nominated artistDel Barber and his band.

Manitoba Pen Show at HTA Charolais

A beautiful day was enjoyed Brian Coughlin judging commercial pairs

A good crowd enjoyed the evening

Kiernan Olson presented Kris Kristjansonwith the Champion Commercial Pair award

Del Barber and his band entertained

HTA sponsored and provided a great supperShawn Airey and Brian Coughlin present Bert McDonald with the overall Championaward won by JMB Charolais and the FunBus Syndicate

Kevin, Crystal, Kory & Shaylin StebeleskiBox 266, Oakburn, MB R0J 1L0

204�234�5425 C 204�365�6010 happy�[email protected]

Happy HavenCHAROLAIS

GLT Quantock 83W • Outcross genetics with great calving ease of 96 and -2.6 BW EPD

Winn Mans Terantino 9131Y • Very correct, complete son of WinnMans Marquez doing a solid job here

KCH Winchester 26X • Growth combined with top 2% for milk and -2.2 BW EPD and 94 CE EPD

Steppler Horizon 10B • -2.1 BW calving ease bull we purchased to clean up our heifers this year

Fire Water x Ad Invincible out of theStarstruck cow family

Leptin TT CE EPD 96 BW EPD -.1

He saw heavy service here and combines calving ease, correctness

and buyer acceptance

Watch for us at Manitoba Livestock Expo

and No Borders Sale

Package of cows and

bred heifers available

Pictured as a Yearling

XAL FIRESTRUCK

3Z



OBITUARY

John AllanWilgenbusch,late of Halbrite,passed awayJuly 4, 2015at the age of

61 years, after a four year battle withcancer. John was born in MidaleAugust 20, 1953 and raised on thefamily farm south of Halbrite. Heattended school in Halbrite andfinished his high school in Midale. Itwas there he met his future wife,Brenda McGregor. He attended theUniversity in Saskatoon until heheard of some farm land for sale. Hepurchased the farm that he hasoperated for 42 years. John andBrenda were married in 1974. Alwaysinvolved in sports, John played andcoached hockey and baseball at allage groups even before his ownchildren were involved.

In 1979, son Colin was born,followed by Conrad in 1983 andCraig in 1986. He was always theirfirst coach and their biggestsupporter. “If a job was worth doing,you do it to the best of your ability.”Because John had been involved withcattle his whole life and a former 4-Hmember, it was only natural the boyswere also involved. John was Cymri4-H leader for over 10 years. He alsoserved on the local rink board formany years organizing many hockeytournaments, ball tournaments andfund raisers. Supporting your localcommunity was important.

The drought and grasshopperyears in the 1980s changed life on thefarm. To support his growing familyJohn went to work full time forSaskatchewan Crop Insurance andworked for them for 10 years. Heloved the work and the people hemet but hated being away all dayfrom his farm. The choice had to bemade – sell the cattle and continueworking away or quit the job andexpand the cattle herd and try to stay

on the farm. The decision was easyfor him. Expand the cattle herd andspend more time at home with hisboys. This led to the eventualcreation of Wilgenbusch Charolais,the purebred Charolais cattleoperation that has been the focalpoint of his life for 27 years. Hepurchased their first Charolaisfemales in 1987 and sold their firstbull in 1989. In 1994 they hit the showroad and have been out there eversince. They have been PremierBreeder and Exhibitor at Brandonand Regina many times and hadmany champions showing the qualityof the herd today. The WilgenbuschCharolais herd is now the secondlargest in Canada. John was happiestwhen talking to other breeders abouttheir latest calf crop or showingpeople through the bull pen for theupcoming bull sale. John served onthe Saskatchewan CharolaisAssociation for many years includingtwo years as president and then theCanadian Charolais Associationboard including 2nd Vice-Presidentuntil the past year when his healthdeclined. During this time John andBrenda travelled to many countriesaround the world looking at andpromoting the Charolais breed.Because of his outgoing personality,John made many friends worldwide.In 2012 John and Brenda werepresented with the SaskatchewanCharolais Association Honour Scrollfor their dedication and hard work tothe breed.

John’s love of sports led to a life-long love of the Roughriders andthe Blue Jays. At one bull sale inOntario, the bonus was a Blue Jaysbaseball game. The cows took a backseat to the excitement of going to theJays game.

BSE, in 2003, was a huge hit to thecattle industry and at that time Johnand Mike Guest decided the time wasright for a meat processing plant to

help local ranchers get a fair returnfor some of their animals. WesternPrime Meats was started and Johnworked there for over 2 years to helpget it off the ground but then it wasback to his own cows. That year Johnalso decided that to sell his ownbreeding bulls more efficiently, heneeded his own bull sale. The 12thannual bull sale was held this pastApril. In 2006, Western Prime wasawarded a Weybex award forbusiness of the year in Weyburn. That same year John and Brendawere awarded the Golden Sheafaward by the Weyburn Chamber of Commerce for excellence infarming achievement.

John’s latest passion was hisgrandchildren. The past 3-4 yearshave been the most painful for himbut also the most exciting. It didn’tmatter how bad a day he was having,when those grandchildren showedup it was time to have fun. Have aplay fight, read a book, share someice cream or have a snooze withgrandpa in his chair!

John was predeceased by hisparents, Henry and KayWilgenbusch, sister, Rita Casey andmother-in-law Marvel McGregor.

He will lovingly be remembered byhis wife, Brenda Wilgenbusch; son,Colin (Ashlee) Wilgenbusch and theirfamily, Cash, Carter and Cally; son,Conrad (Erica) Wilgenbusch and theirfamily, Rhea and Turner; son, Craig(Tricia) Wilgenbusch; father-in-law,Keith McGregor; sisters, Rosella (Jim)McGrane and family and Marilyn(David) Elliott and family; brother,Daniel (Robbie) Wilgenbusch andfamily; brothers-in -law, Robin(Robin) Casey and Ross (Karen)McGregor and sister-in-law Carla(Tom) Mesic; as well as 15 nieces andnephews and many close friends.

John Wilgenbusch1953 – 2015


DRD CharolaisDon Railton, Box 91, Sintaluta, SK S0G 4N0

T 306-727-4927High Bluff Battle River 69B • Double Red, Double Pld

HBSF Express x LLW Heat Wave Pld 61S

Thanks to all our bull buyersincluding HTA Charolais

and King’s Polled Charolais

Watch for our consignments to the NO BORDERS SALE

VALANJOU CHAROLAISPhilippe & Rae, Emilie, Danté & Matéo Lusson

Box 148, Clyde, AB T0G 0P0403.348.5683 � [email protected]

� Keeping with the tradition of naturally thick muscled bulls/Tousjour des taureaux avec de la viande naturelle� Cinq decenie a produine des champion de carcass/Five decades of producing carcass champions

YOUR CANADIAN SOURCE FOR FULL FRENCH AND FRENCH INFLUENCED GENETICS

Merci, Gracia, Thank you to all who supported our program in 2015 and the last 50 years.

Introducing SOUTHSIDE UNO 31A � 3rd Generation Polled

SANS CORNE � FULL FRENCH � POLLED

CONSIGNORSLangstaff Charolais ..................................................519�627�3464Bridor Charolais ........................................................519�323�2538Rollin’ Acres Charolais ..............................................705�627�0672Medonte Charolais ....................................................705�835�3310Whiskey Hollow Cattle Co. ........................................705�696�3567Cornerview Charolais................................................613�646�9741Gold Bar Livestock ....................................................519�400�0668Saunders Charolais ..................................................519�986�4165

GUEST CONSIGNORSBaker Farms ............................................................613�473�2452Echo Spring Charolais ..............................................705�487�5840Moyer Cattle Co.........................................................519�848�5294Sunrise Charolais......................................................705�428�3205

SALE STAFFChester Tupling, Sale Chair, Blockman......................705�627�0672Dory Gerard, Ring Service ........................................403�227�5632Helge By, Ring Service ..............................................306�536�4261Carl Wright, Auctioneer ............................................519�369�7489Andy McCulloch, Sales Barn Manager ......................519�379�1370

ACCOMMODATIONSTravelers Inn, Hanover ..............................................519�364�1911Best Western, Walkerton ..........................................855�436�3030

Contact the breeders or sale staff for a catalogue or view it online at www.charolaisbanner.com

CHAROLAIS SALENEW SALE DATE: Saturday, October 24, 2015

2:00 p.m. • Maple Hill Auction, Hanover, ON

50 Select Purebred Charolais Female Lots• Heifer Calf Show Prospects • Bred Yearlings • Flu sh & Recipients • 3 in 1 cow/calf pairs

JUNIOR INCENTIVE PROGRAMCash incentive program for a project animal purchased from the Uppin’ the Ante Female Sale

• $500 to the Grand Champion at the CCYA National Junior Show• $500 to the Supreme Champion at the Canadian Junior Beef Show (Royal Winter Fair)

• $250 to the Reserve Grand Champion at the CCYA National Junior Show• $250 to the overall Grand Champion at the Junior Exhibitors Regional 4�H Show

• $100 for the completion of the 4�H project

SCHEDULETHURSDAY, OCTOBER 22 � the cattle will be available for viewing in the evening

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23 � viewing of the cattle all day followed by a social in the eveningSATURDAY, OCTOBER 24 � viewing of the cattle all morning, lunch and refreshments available prior to 2:00 p.m. sale start



McTavish

Contender

77B

Homozygous Red,

Double Pld

JS Stallone x

Merit’s Chieftan

½ French, Double Polled

Carnot x Gilliland Diago

A real meat machineJS Navajo

Red 15x

Homozygous Polled • Soder Rhapsody x LEK Ease

Purchased this spring to put in our heifer pen.

Long and smooth.

C2 Beasley

72B Jim, Rae, Kiernan & Erik Olson

Box 882, Portage La Prairie, MB R1N 3C3

[email protected] • T: 204-252-3115

C: Jim 204-856-6357 Rae 204-871-1063

Thank you to all our buyers this past year, including Borderland Cattle Co. at No Borders

See us at Manitoba

Livestock Expo and

the No Borders Sale

OBITUARY

Joseph Laurent (Lawrence) AntoineGrandmont, Charmont Farms,Arglyle, Manitoba passed away May10th at his residence in Bethel Home,Selkirk, MB at the age of 87. Left tocherish Lawrence’s memory is hiswife Irene, the love of his life for 62

years, his sons John (Joan), Ronald(Dawn), daughter Judy, two grandsonsand three great-grandchildren.

In 1975 Lawrence partnered withhis son John to expand their grainfarm and establish a herd of purebredCharolais cattle carrying the name

Charmont Farms. This breeding herdstill operates today.

Lawrence was very communityoriented volunteering for manyboards and projects, including beinga councilor in the RM of Woodlandsfor 27 years.

Joseph GrandmontAge 87

OBITUARY

Camiel Henricus Doolaege wasborn in Oostburg, Holland, where hetook schooling and one year ofAgriculture College. In 1951, hemoved to Canada and worked forfarmers in Spirit River, Alberta. Laterthat year his fiancé Margriet joinedhim in Canada and they weremarried. In 1952 they moved to theCastor area where Camiel worked as

a farm laborer. Finally they rented aplace which included 31 Angus cows.

Marguerite worked right alongwith Camiel. She also had a babyevery year; 10 children in 11 years.He had a passion for raising cattleand excelled at it. Switching to raiseCharolais cattle the Spruceville CattleCompany and the Doolaege FarmingLtd. continued to grow over the

years. Camiel was a director of theCanadian Charolais Association for aterm from 1982 – 1985.

Camiel was predeceased by hiswife Margriet in March of 2015 andby children Joseph, Anthony, Annieand Robert. He is survived bychildren Maria, Willy, Lucie, Paul,Gerald and Leana, 23 grandchildrenand 6 great-grandchildren.

Camiel Doolaege1925 – 2015

ALBERTA DESIGNATED SHOWOLDS FALL CLASSIC • Oct 2nd to 4th, 2015, OldsOct. 3rd

2:00 p.m. Charolais ShowContact Olds Ag Society at 403-556-3770 for entry information

FARMFAIR INTERNATIONAL – EDMONTONNov. 12th 6:00 p.m.

2015 Heifer Calf Futurity $1,000 prize money

2014 Yearling Heifer Futurity $1,000 prize money

2015 Prospect Steer Futurity $1,000 prize money

2015 Percentage Heifer Calf Futurity $1,000 prize money

Nov. 13th2:00 p.m. Farmfair Charolais ShowFor information contact: Tyler Bullick 403-501-0660

ALBERTA SELECT CHAROLAIS SHOW & SALEDec. 10th & 11th, 2015 • Red Deer (AB) Westerner GroundsDec. 10th

4:00 p.m. ACA AGM followed by Supper

7:00 p.m. ACA Single Bull Show judged by all CCA members in attendance.

Dec. 11th11:00 a.m. ACA Pen of 3 Bull Show

1:00 p.m. ACA “Pick of the Barn” Raffle Draw

Presentations of over $10,000 in bull sale credits to commercial producers from across Canada! There will be over 10 chances to win!

Entry Deadline for the Single and Pen Bull Show is November 15th,2015. For entry information contact Rod McLeod at 403-540-7986 or [email protected]

1:30 p.m. Alberta Select Sale

ATTENTION ACA JUNIOR MEMBERS Scholarship deadline is October 15, 2015

c/o Tracee VikseRR #1

Donalda, AB T0B 1H0403-883-2461

Alberta Charolais AssociationNEWSLETTER

For sale entries contact:BY LIVESTOCK124 Shannon Rd, Regina, SK S4S 5B1 • 306-584-7937Helge 306-536-4261 • Candace 306-536-3374 • [email protected]

2014 Heifer Calf Futurity Winner

CML Covergirl 429B, McLeod Livestock

ACA Pen of 3 Bulls Champion, McLeod Livestock

2014 Yearling Heifer Futurity Winner

Gerrard Evetta 30A, O'Neill Daines Livestock

ACA Single Bull Champion

HRJ Bullet Proof 411B, Johnson Charolais



ASSOCIATION NEWS

The 52nd Annual General Meetingof the Saskatchewan CharolaisAssociation was held in conjunctionwith the Canadian Charolais YouthAssociation Conference and ShowJuly 25th in Yorkton. This year about12% of the Saskatchewanmembership was in attendance.

Greg Gilliland, Carievale, was re-elected President for the upcomingyear while Carey Weinbender, Canora,takes his 3rd year as 1st Vice-President.Kelly Howe, Moose Jaw, was voted2nd Vice-President and DaveBlechinger, Rosetown, goes into his8th year as Secretary-Treasurer.

Re-elected to three year terms onthe board were Dave Blechinger andKelly Howe, while Tyler Smyth,Herbert, was newly elected for athree year term replacing retiringdirector Orland Walker, Hudson Bay.

The 2014 financial statementshowed a net loss of $7,200 with still$36,000 in reserves on a budget ofover $40,000.

The Fieldman budget is the largestexpense with nearly $14,000 investedin time and travel of Bob Jackson.Bob attended 17 market sale daysincluding 5 bred cow sales. Of the 12feeder sales he attended all but onestarted with Charcross calves andthey consistently showed a 2 to 5 centpremium over other breeds. Besidesthe sales Bob attended industryconferences with a booth at theSaskatchewan Beef Industry Conference,the Sask. Stockgrowers AnnualMeeting and the Western Beef FieldDay at Termuende Ranch.

Advertising and promotion is thenext biggest budget item spendingnearly $13,000 with Radio advertisingand promotional handouts taking thebiggest part of this. Some paperadvertising and newletter were alsoincluded in the spending.

In 2014 the SCA supported 4-Hmembers showing Charolais animalsby distributing 75 Dairy Queen giftcards to 24 clubs in the province.

Also, at Agribition they awarded 13embroidered Stormtech jacketscarrying both the SCA and 4-H logos.The recipients of the jackets had wontop hours at their respective Regionalshows. They also sponsored themajor Spring steer and heifer shows.

Mel Reekie, General Manager ofthe CCA, was on hand along with thetwo Saskatchewan directors on theCCA board to bring an update fromthe association office and answerquestions from the membership.There was good discussion on topicssuch as Genomics, Scholarships and more.

Colin McCaw, from Whitewood,

told about the Charolais Pen Showand BBQ that he is organizing at hisfarm on August 8th and invitedeveryone to come and bring cattle forthe show.

Saskatchewan CharolaisAssociation AGM

Saskatchewan Charolais Association Board of Directors (front l�r) Dave Blechinger, Rosetown(Sec�Treas.); Carey Weinbender, Canora (1st Vice�President); Greg Gilliland, Careivale (Presi�dent); Kelly Howe, Moose Jaw (2nd Vice�President). (back l�r)Stephen Wielgosz, Yellow Creek;Glen Mangels, Carrot River; Tyler Smyth, Herbert; Jared McTavish, Moosomin & Mike McAvoy, Arelee.

Carey Weinbender presents Jodi Hansen,Double J Land & Cattle Co., Springside with aCharolais Booster award

Retiring Director Orland Walker is thankedby President Greg Gilliland

Carey Weinbender presents Paul & Dee Valstar, Valstar Cattle Co., Springside with aCharolais Booster award


Good Anchor Charolais would like to express

special thanks to Alta Pride Charolais, of Chauvin,

Alberta for purchasing Good Anchor Keister406B, sired by Sparrow’s Kingston 139Y, at the 29th

annual “Vermilion Charolais Group Bull Sale”.

Thanks to Moses Farms, Vermilion for purchasing

the high selling yearling, Good Anchor 419B.

Watch for Good Anchor Vernon 241Z sons

(Vermilion grandsons), and sons of Wrangler

Kingston 45A that will be offered in the

30th Annual Vermilion Charolais Group BullSale, at Vermilion in 2016. We are also very

happy to announce that we have purchased a

Kingston son, Wrangler Eagle 23B, in partnership

with Spruceview Charolais, Andrew. We are looking

forward to his calves next spring. We sincerely

wish everyone a safe and healthy summer. May

the waters be fresh and the grass be green.

Don Good and Marion Smyth • Good Anchor CharolaisVermilion, Alberta • 780.853.2220 • Home of Good Charolais


The Key to Unlocking the Value ofData Is in the Industry’s Hands

Deborah Wilson, Sr. Vice President, BIXSCO Inc.

INDUSTRY NEWS

During themonth of June2015, I had the

great privilege of formallyinterviewing nearly twenty industryleaders from all parts of the supplychain to discuss a critical topic—theissue of exchanging information. (Afull summary of information isavailable at a link below). Those ofyou who know me know that thisissue has been on my radar for years.This is why I agreed to join a startuptechnology company (BIXSCO) whenmost women at my stage of life(notice I didn’t say age, I said stage)would be finding ways to wind down.

I believe that industry-wide datasharing is critically important.Despite my passion, I realize that noteveryone shares my enthusiasm. Talkto the hand Deb, some might say.Instead, let me talk to a couple ofother important localities. The first isyour back pocket. The second is yourchest pocket. But don’t take my wordfor it. Take it from the cross section ofindustry leaders I spent hours withon the phone.

The first thing they will tell you, asthey told me, is that information ispower. It’s the key to understandingwhat you’re producing so you can doit better, faster, with a higherquality—and get properly rewardedfor the meat you’re able to produce.One insider told me that there couldbe up to twenty-five percent moreprofit if producers have access to datainformation flow at the cow/calf stage.

It’s also the key to accessing theworld’s high value markets like Asiaand Europe—who are asking us toprove the history of care of ouranimals, which at the moment, wearen’t able to do. Countries thatcan—like Ireland and Australia—aregoing to gain a much bigger share ofthese markets while fight amongstourselves, thinking that the best wayto make money is at someone else’sexpense (their words, not mine).

I was happy to hear them say thatthe industry has a lot of confidence inBIXSCO’s management and is willingto give BIXS another shot after adisappointing first attempt. Andwhile they’re optimistic, they’re alsorealistic about our chances forsuccess. So they’re sceptical aboutwhether BIXS can overcome thecompetitiveness, mistrust, andcomplacency that plague the industryand have delayed the evolution ofdata sharing.

That’s why our job at BIXSCO is tohelp the industry imagine the valueof an integrated supply chain, and tohelp everyone (from producersthrough to packers) find their ownways to unlock the value ofinformation by buying and selling itto others. We’re here to help facilitatethose relationships so that everyonecan find value. When we do that,some believe that industryfragmentation will be a thing of thepast. Others wonder if mandatingdata sharing is the only realisticsolution. The answer is clearly in theindustry’s own hands.

Now that I’ve addressed your backpocket, let me talk to the chestpocket—specifically the left sidepocket. Yes, I’m speaking to yourheart now, and the pride that everyone of us feels about being part ofthis industry. But again, don’t takemy word for it. Listen to the industryleaders I interviewed. They’ll tell youthat Canadian beef is recognized asthe highest quality protein in theworld, raised right by producers whocare. They’ll tell you that you’re partof a great industry with a great story.They’ll also tell you that none of thatmatters because we can’t prove ourpromises. And that’s the otherimportant thing that BIXS can do—reflect the pride of care that goes intoraising, feeding, and packaging ourbeef. By helping to track thosepractices through the chain, we canstrengthen and protect the whole

industry while helping individualplayers extract value from their data.

The last thing these industryleaders told us is that our job isn’tgoing to be easy. So our goal is tostart with some small wins. As a signof positive momentum, several breedassociations are now prepared tobridge their databases with BIXS toallow their data to flow through thechain. This is an important first step,providing us with millions of newrecords. Secondly, the packers haveagreed to re-engage with BIXS byinputting their most recent carcassdata into the system. These areexciting new developments for sure,but we still have other hurdles toovercome. We’re working ontechnology and website improvements,and have developed a strongindustry engagement plan that we’llroll out later this fall.

Over the next few months, we’llkeep building momentum by gettingsupport from different parts of thechain—starting with the mostinterested and engaged parts of theindustry that already buy into theimportance of data sharing. Maybeyou’re not interested in unlocking thevalue of the data that you alreadyhave. Perhaps you don’t want to getcompensated by other parts of thechain for the value of your work orthe pride you take. After all,improving marketing, management,and profitability isn’t for everyone.But if it’s for you, get on board! Infact, what are you waiting for? Ifeveryone waits until someone else takesthe first move, we’ll never progress. Ifyou haven’t already signed on toBIXS, please take a moment to signup now—it’s as easy as three simplesteps (www.bixs2.ca). And pleaseencourage others to do the same.

BIXSCO is helping to unlock thevalue of data. But you hold the key. Ifyou don’t believe me, read thesummary report by contacting me [email protected].

Other OpportunitiesNot ShownSidebar ads are alsoavailalbe on the Events,Catalogue and Video,Breeders, About Us, International Genetics,Semen and Classifiedpages. The cost is $75 perweek or $250 for a month.

EblastsEblasts are available for $125 to our extensive email directory in Canada, theUnited States and overseas.Target or blanket areas canbe selected.

CataloguesCatalogues can beuploaded to our site at acost of $300 each. Simplyemail the catalogue in aPDF format when it is complete.

Booking SpaceSpace must be bookedthrough Candace By at 306-546-3940 (office), 306-584-7937 (home) or306-536-3374 (cell). Spots for bull sale season are going quickly.



ASSOCIATION NEWS

Welcome New Members/Nouveau Membres

Safety nevershould be takenfor granted on

any farm or ranch. And even more sowhen guests arrive, so plan ahead.

Growing up on a farm or ranchseemed to be the norm and somethingeveryone did. At least that was thethinking for all those kids who grewup in the middle of the last century.Granted, not everyone wanted to stayon the home place, but regardless ofwhere life led, the memories of thosecarefree days are real. But times havechanged, and today, most kids do nothave the opportunity to explore andreach out to nature as farm and ranchkids did in the past.

The fact is many, many childrentoday grow up in a city or urbanenvironment with little contact orinteraction with the farms and ranchesof yesterday. The stark reality: Even ifa child is growing up on a modernfarm or ranch, the complexities oftoday’s agriculture often prohibitmuch involvement. Instead, those“country kids” are pretty urban-friendly, while the urbanized child isnot farm or ranch savvy. Child safetyis a huge concern because when achild does not grow up in a rural

environment, the many survival traitsof rural youth are missing.

Growing up, we buzzed aroundcows and bulls and pigs and chickensand tractors and drills and about anyother obstacle that would be around.Our skate parks were cow paths andthe ramps simply cliffs. In fact, evenback then, the arrival of the citycousins was always a bit challenging.

The story goes that it really was myown cousins who chased several pigsto death on a hot summer afternoon.Catching them was much like thecentennial greased pig chase, only inthis case, the pigs were in a pasturesupposedly gaining weight for market.Those city kids just did not know.

The “good old days” were real. Buthow many children today wouldknow how to catch a pig? I canremember handing the city cousins abucket of feed for 30 troughs and theyalways would put the whole bucket inone trough. And they wouldn’t evenspread out the grain. Those citycousins had no concept of how to feeda herd.

And then there was the stud. Coltswere always pretty nice, but the samecould not be said for the stud. Or theboar, the bull, the ram or maybe even

the rooster. One simply knew: Do notgo in the stud pen. But those city kids,no, they just climbed over the fencelike a bunch of lemmings followingone after the other over a cliff.Retrieval was always successful butnot fun.

Today, these memories only serveas strong reminders that thosesummer visitors are pretty naïve whenit comes to farm and ranch safety.Constant monitoring of not only thelittle tykes, but their parents as well, isnecessary. As equipment has gottenlarger, there is no room for errors andcertainly not for passengers andwannabe farmers.

Today is not a day to overreact, butit’s certainly a day to contemplate thearrival of summer guests and draw upa plan for everyone’s safety. Perhapssimply shutting down for the day,pulling the keys, locking up the shopand making sure the pen gates are allsecure would be a good practice.

Prepare for summer family andguests and do not expect the nextgeneration has any common sense onhow to herd cows, shut gates, watchout for the bull, catch a calf or evenwhy there are sharp barbs on the wirefence. Think safety first.

BeefTalk: Summer Safety for theFarm and Ranch

Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service

MANAGEMENT

Valley ViewChloe Gresel, Erin, ONHogs Back CharolaisChris Wicklam, Selby, ONGrant DainesRed Deer County, ABWyatt DainesRed Deer County, ABMedonte CharolaisShane & Allison Cramp, Hillsdale, ONAlbert HeffernanDouro-Dummer, ONDenys HamiltonJasper, ON

Balamore Farm LimitedJoseph Cooper, Great Village, NSOld Mill CharolaisRobert Cooper, Great Village, NSAllan & Teeny PlumtonBrighton, ONCraig CharolaisKenneth Craig, Mossbank, SKDestiny FarmsBonita Mercer, Monetville, ONStanhow Farms Inc.Lee Stanley, Bristol, PQMichelson Land & Cattle CorpShane Michelson, Ituna, SK

Glenny Leitch & Darcy EastmanBerwyn, ABShepherd CharolaisSara Shepherd, Stuart, IA, USAPatrick ProulxSt Isidore De Clifto, PQCimetta La Grande CharolaisSebastian Cimetta, Colborne, ONSteve MacKayDobbinton, ONMajestic Cattle Co.Jim J. Henderson, Stettler, ABLittle Bitty LivestockNancy Dowson, Oakwood, ON


Sixty-fivejuniors met inYorkton,Saskatchewan,this year for the

Canadian Charolais YouthAssociation Conference and Showfrom July 22-25. The week was agreat success, and will be featured inthe Charolais Banner in October withshow results and highlights from the week!

At the National Board meeting heldduring the conference, it was decidedto make a small change regardingmembership. Previously, membershipwas due in July to coincide withconference registration and ourmembership year ran from July toJuly. We have decided to change themembership due date to January 1stso the youth memberships can bepaid at the same time as the CCAmemberships. The cost ofmembership will be $20.00 if paid inJanuary, and if the membership islate and paid in July with conferenceregistration, the cost will be increasedto $40.00. Members will receive aletter in the mail at the beginning ofthe year as a reminder thatmembership fees are due.

One of the major benefits of havinga junior membership for the wholeyear is that youth members have theopportunity to take advantage of thevariety of CCYA programs available.Here is a brief outline of some of theprograms available:

Genetics Program - This programis run by the National Board andencourages youth to take an activerole in their breeding programs.Youth are able to apply for free semenfrom leading bulls in the industry anduse them in their own herds. Thisyear we expanded the semen on offerto all Canadian exportable bulls fromthe Semex and Genex catalogues, aswell as any semen that is held in theCCYA storage at Alta Genetics. Wewere very excited that eleven youthmembers took advantage of theprogram this year.

Essay Competition - This programaims to encourage youth to beinvolved in the industry by thinkingcritically about topics influencingagriculture and the Charolaisindustries, as well as encouragingeducation. Essays are due in June andprize money ranging from $75-300 isawarded at the conference. This yearwe had ten essays entered in thecompetition, and were very excitedwith this turn out.

Leadership Scholarship - Theleadership scholarship is funded bythe annual semen auction, which washeld in conjunction with the CharolaisNational Sale in Brandon, Manitobathis past November. Because of sucha great turn out this year, prizemoney was increased to $1400 forfirst, $900 for second, and $700 forthird place. The scholarship is basedon an application and an interview,and awarded on contribution to theindustry and the association.

Newsletters - The CCYAnewsletters are sent out via emailtwice a year, in fall and in spring.Newsletters are full of tips andhelpful hints for showing, as well asupdates from your National Board.

Buy and Show Program - Monetaryrebates up to $125 are available foryouth who have purchased their ownCharolais or Charcross female, and thenproceed to show her. For furtherguidelines or details, visit the CCYAwebsite at www.youth.charolais.com

Purchase Incentive Program -Youth members who purchase afemale will be provided with a copyof the CCYA semen inventory listsand can select two straws of semenfor their female. For more details,visit www.youth.charolais.com

Each of the programs listed aboveare also outlined on the web page, so feel free to visit the site or contactone of your National Board membersfor details.

To run these programs, the CCYAraises funds through calling breedersto advertise with bull sale dates andbusiness cards in the Charolais

Calendar, running the Annual SemenAuction each November, fundraisingand sponsorship for each conference,membership fees, and the annualdonation from the T-Bar InvitationalGolf Tournament.

Annual expenses include payoutsfor the education award, theleadership scholarship, and the essaycompetition, the National Boardwinter meeting, the Conference andShow, conference calls, and newmember rebates. This year we hadtwenty three new members attend theconference and each will be rebated$50 for their conference registration.

We are very proud of the programsoffered by our association and hopeto have many new members takeadvantage of these programs in theyear ahead! We hope everyone reallyenjoyed the conference in Yorkton,and we hope to see everyonethroughout the year, and again atCCYA in Alberta next summer!

CANADIAN CHAROLAIS YOUTH ASSOCIATION NEWS

CCYA ProgramsShae-Lynn Evans, National Board President

CCYA NATIONAL [email protected]: Shae-Lynn [email protected]: Wyatt [email protected]: Courtney [email protected]: Tomina [email protected]: Luke [email protected]: Megan [email protected]: Shelby [email protected]: Keegan [email protected]

2015 CCYA Conference & Show Exec.President: Sarah [email protected]: Wyatt [email protected]: Laura Weinbender

CCYA Provincial AdvisorsSK: Suzanne [email protected]: Billie-Jo Saunders [email protected]: Donna Jackson [email protected]: Kasey Phillips [email protected] Coordinator: Kirstin [email protected]

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September 6Renfrew Fair Charolais Show, 12:30p.m., Renfrew (ON) Fair Grounds (ABOSS Show)September 18Lindsay Exhibition Charolais Show,5:30 p.m., Lindsay (ON) ExhibitionGrounds (A BOSS Show)September 25 – 27Young Ranchman’s All BreedsLivestock Show 2015, Swift Current(SK) Ag GroundsSeptember 26Eastern National Charolais Sale, 1:00p.m., at Ferme Louber, Ste-Marie deBeauce, QCOctober 10Expo Boeuf Show, Victoriaville, QC(A BOSS Show)October 17Autumn Prestige Sale, 6:30 p.m.,Hoard’s Station, Campbellford, ONOctober 24Uppin’ the Ante Sale, 2:00 p.m.,Maple Hill Auction, Hanover, ON

October 29 �31Manitoba Livestock Expo, Brandon,MB (A BOSS Show)November 6Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, 1:00p.m., Exhibition Place, Toronto, ON(A BOSS Show)November 12Edmonton Farm Fair CharolaisFuturity Show, 4:30 p.m., NorthlandsPark, Edmonton, ABNovember 13Edmonton Farm Fair Charolais Show,4:00 p.m., Northlands Park,Edmonton, AB (A BOSS Show)November 26Canadian National Charolais Sale,3:30 p.m., Auditorium, Evraz Place,Regina, SKNovember 27Canadian National Charolais Show,2;30 p.m., Stadium, Evraz Place,Regina, SK (A BOSS Show)

December 4Sterling Collection Sale, 1:30 p.m.,Saskatoon (SK) Livestock SalesDecember 5Jordan River Charolais DispersalSale, 1:00 p.m., Saskatoon (SK)Livestock SalesDecember 8No Borders Select Sale, 1:00 p.m.,Heartland Livestock, Virden, MBDecember 10Alberta Charolais Association AGM,4:00 p.m., Red Deer (AB) WesternerDecember 10 & 11Alberta Charolais Select Show & Sale,Red Deer (AB) WesternerDecember 14Wilgenbusch Charolais Volume IBiennial Female Sale, 1:00 p.m., at thefarm, Halbrite, SKDecember 17Char-Maine Ranching 11th AnnualCharolais Bull Sale, 1:00 p.m.,Southern Alberta Livstock Exchange,Fort McLeod, AB

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Advertisers IndexA & D Charolais ..........................................58,59Alberta Charolais Association ......................71Amabec Charolais ................................58,59,86Annuroc Charolais ..........................................86Armsview Farm..........................................58,59B Bar D Charolais ............................................86Baker Charolais ........................................69,86Bar H Charolais ..............................................87Bar Punch Ranch ............................................84Beck Farms ......................................................87Beef Cattle Research Centre ....................63,67Be-Rich Farms ................................................84Blackbern Charolais ............................58,59,86Bo-Jan Enterprises..........................................87Bova-Tech Ltd. ................................................83Bow Valley Genetics Ltd. ................................83Bricney Stock Farms ......................................87Bridor Charolais ........................................69,86Brimner Cattle Company................................87Buffalo Lake Charolais ..................................84By Livestock ....................................49,52,53,63Canadian Charolais Association ..............28-31Carey, Brent ..............................................73,83Cedardale Charolais ......................................86Cedarlea Farms (Cypress) ..............................88Charla Moore Farms ......................................87Char-Maine Ranching ....................................84Charolais Journal............................................83Char-Top Charolais (Cypress) ........................88Charworth Charolais Farms ..........................84Chomiak Charolais ........................................84Circle 7 Charolais ............................................22Circle Cee Charolais Farms ............................84Cornerview Charolais ....................................69Cougar Hill Ranch ..........................................87Coyote Flats ..............................................41,84Creek's Edge Land & Cattle Co. ......................87C2 Charolais ..............................................37,85Daines Cattle ..................................................61Davis-Rairdan ................................................83Defoort Stock Farm ........................................85Demarah Farms ..............................................84Diamond W Charolais ....................................87Dorran, Ryan ..................................................83Double L Ranch ..............................................84Double P Stock Farms ....................................85DRD Charolais ................................................68Dubuc Charolais ............................................87Dudgeon-Snobelen Land & Cattle ................86Eaton Charolais ..............................................88Echo Spring Charolais ..................................69Elder Charolais Farms .................................9,87Ericson Livestock Services ............................83Farmfair International....................................67Ferme Palerme ....................52,53,57,58,59,87Fischer Charolais ............................................84Fleury, Michael................................................83Foat Valley Stock Farm..............................21,84Footprint Farms ..............................................844-G Charolais Ranch ......................................87Future Farms ..................................................84Gerrard Cattle Co ............................................84

Gilliland Bros. Charolais ................................87Gold Bar Livestock..........................................69Good Anchor Charolais ............................73,84GRP Ltd............................................................83H.S. Knill Company Ltd...................................83Happy Haven Charolais ............................65,85Hard Rock Land & Cattle Co ..........................85Harvie Ranching ............................................84HEJ Charolais ..................................................84Hicks Charolais ..........................................13,86High Bluff Stock Farm ................................5,85Holk Charolais ................................................84Horseshoe E Charolais....................................88Howe Family Farm ..........................................39HTA Charolais Farm ....................................7,85Hunter Charolais ......................................85,IBCJMB Charolais ................................................85Johnson Charolais ....................................27,84Johnstone Auction ........................................83Jordan River Charolais ..............................49,88Kaiser Charolais Farm ....................................84Kanewischer, Jerry..........................................83Kay-R Land & Cattle Ltd. ..........................17,84KCH Charolais ................................................85Kirlene Cattle........................................58,59,86La Ferme Patry de Weedon ............................87Land O' Lakes Charolais ......................58,59,86Langstaff Charolais ..................................69,86Laurel Creek Ranch ........................................88Leemar Charolais............................................84LEJ Charolais..............................................70,85Lemay, Claude ..........................................52,53Lindskov-Thiel Charolais Ranch ....................88Louber Farm ........................................11,52,53LVH Fairfield Charolais ..................................20LXL Charolais Farm....................................52,53M & L Cattle Co ................................51,52,53,86Mack's Charolais ............................................86Maple Leaf Charolais ....................................84Martens Cattle Co. ....................................55,88Martens Charolais ..........................................85McAvoy Charolais Farm..................................88McKay Charolais ............................................86McKeary Charolais..........................................84McLeod Livestock ................................19-26,83McTavish Charolais ........................................88Medonte Charolais ....................................69,86Melbar Farms ............................................58,59Miller Land & Livestock..................................86Moyer Cattle Co...............................................69Murphy Livestock ..........................................85Mutrie Farms ..................................................88Myhre Land and Cattle ..................................86Nahachewsky Charolais ................................88Norheim Ranching..........................................83N3 Stock Farms (Cypress) ..............................88O'Neill Livestock ............................................61P & H Ranching Co ....................................45,85Packer Charolais ............................................86Palmer Charolais ..................................32,33,88Parklane Charolais ........................................85Patton Charolais ............................................87

Pee Vee Charolais ......................................52,53Phillips Farms ............................................55,88Pleasant Dawn Charolais ............................6,86Poley, Chris......................................................83Potter Charolais ..............................57,58,59,87Prairie Cove Consulting ............................15,83Prairie Gold Charolais ....................................88Prairie Sky Farms (Cypress)............................88Prairie View Charolais ....................................86Pro-Char Charolais ....................................27,85Qualman Charolais ........................................88Ranch Ostiguy Charolais ..........................52,53Rawes Ranches................................................85Rebuild with Steel ..........................................83Reykdal Farms Charolais................................86Rollin' Acres Charolais ........................14,69,87Rosso Charolais (Cypress) ..............................88Royale Charolais ............................................87RRTS Charolais ................................................85Saddleridge Charolais....................................85Sandan Charolais Farms ................................85Saunders Charolais ..................................69,87Scarth Cattle Co. ............................................86Serhienko/Voegeli Cattle Co. ........................88Sharodon Farms..............................................87Silver Spur Ranches........................................19Skeels, Danny..................................................83Sliding Hills Charolais ....................................88Soderglen Ranches ........................................22A. Sparrow Farms ..........................................IFCSpruceview Charolais ....................................85Stephen Charolais Farm ................................88Steppler Farms Ltd. ....................................3,86Stock, Mark ....................................................83Stockmen's Insurance ....................................83Sunrise Charolais......................................,69,87T Bar Invitational ............................................77Temple Farms..................................................88Thistle Ridge Ranch........................................85Transcon Livestock Corp. ..............................83Tri-N Charolais ................................................86Turnbull Charolais ....................................34,85Valanjou Charolais ........................................68Wells Charolais................................................24Western Litho..................................................84Whiskey Hollow Cattle Company ............69,87White Cap Charolais ..................................39,88White Lake Colony..........................................23WhiteWater Livestock ....................................87Wilgenbusch Charolais................52,53,88,OBCWilkie Ranch ..................................................85Windyview Farm........................................58,59Winters Charolais ..........................................87Wood River Charolais (Cypress) ....................88Wrangler Charolais ..............................46,47,85

Box 569, Roblin, MB R0L 1P0Doug & Marianne Hunter T 204�937�2531 C 204�937�7737Jimmy & Amy Hunter 204�937�0219Michael Hunter 204�247�0301

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Playboy x Silver BuckleImpressive shape and meat

Senator x AllianceHis first daughters in production hereare working very well

Hunter CharolaisWatch for us at

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5TH ANNUAL BULL SALE next April

The Source of Power for Tomorrow’sIndustry with 400 Females

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WILGENBUSCH CHAROLAIS VOLUME 1 BIENNIAL FEMALE SALE

December 14th, 2015 at the ranch

KAYR VELOCITY 812ZTop 1% for WW and 4% for YW

SILVERSTREAM EVOLUTION E168Powerful New Zealand Outcross

GERRARD PASTOR 35Z Top 4% or higher for WW, YW, M & TM

JWX DOMINO 23Z DOUBLE POLLEDEasy doing, big volume & meat

ELDER’S ZEUS 22ZShape & style in his calves

LAE JUICE BOX 190YTop 1% for WW, YW & TM

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