Congratulations to the 2022 Canadian Hereford Association Honour Roll recipients. The recipients include Randy Radau of Red Deer County, Alta.; Harold and Maurice Oddan of Maidstone, Sask.; Don and Diane Guilford of Clearwater, Man.; and Brian Trueman of Amherst, N.S.
Third-generation Hereford breeder Randy Radau has been involved with the Canadian Hereford Association since becoming a member of the junior association in 1974. Radau has chaired the association’s pedigreed committee and was president when the Canadian Hereford Association hosted the World Hereford Conference in 2012. Today he and wife Sandra run Coulee Crest Herefords, along with son Luke.
Brian Trueman, his wife, Joan, son Mark and daughter Beth are all involved in the mixed family operation, today known as Thunderbrook Farms. The farm was originally established by a Trueman ancestor in 1817. Trueman has been on many producer boards, and served as president of the Canadian Hereford Association.
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Don and Diane Guilford have been farming together since 1971. Don has served on several industry boards, including the Canadian Hereford Association, where he chaired the breed improvement committee. He was also the Manitoba Hereford Association rep for the Manitoba Beef Cattle Performance Bull Test Station at Douglas, and volunteered as a pen rider for several years.
Brothers Harold and Maurice Oddan ran Misty Valley Farms, originally started in the Maidstone area by their parents, Agnes and Vic, in 1965. In the early years of Canadian Western Agribition, Harold would take 30 to 40 head for the pen show. Harold has volunteered with many organizations over the years, including the Northwest Saskatchewan Hereford Club. He also travelled to China, South America and the U.S. to promote Canadian Hereford genetics.
After graduating from the University of Saskatchewan’s vocational agriculture program, Maurice spent five months working on a large Hereford and sheep operation in New Zealand. He was the first president of the Saskatchewan Junior Hereford Association and served on the boards of the Northwest Saskatchewan Hereford Club and the Saskatchewan Hereford Association. He managed Saskatoon’s Red Carpet Female Sale, and has judged many 4-H shows, bull sales and stock dog trials.
