Bonnie Thompson receiving the Canadian Western Agribition 2024 Barn Boss of the Year Award

Agribition Barn Boss of the Year

Purely Purebred, news from the June 2025 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

Congratulations to Bonnie Thompson on being honoured at the Canadian Western Agribition volunteer banquet with the 2024 Barn Boss of the Year Award. As the longtime Hereford barn boss, she works hard to keep the Hereford barn organized, pitches in wherever she’s needed and is a smiling face every morning for exhibitors coming in bright […] Read more






Manitoba spent a lot of effort in past decades to keep bovine tuberculosis out of the province’s cattle. In June 2025, the disease made a return in a Manitoba dairy. (Dairy cattle photographed above are unrelated to the recent bovine tuberculosis finding) Photo: File

Bovine tuberculosis found in Manitoba

A dairy farm in south-central Manitoba has been declared infected with bovine tuberculosis, the province’s first bovine TB case in years

A dairy farm in south-central Manitoba has been declared infected with bovine tuberculosis after samples from a cow tested positive for the bacterial disease. It's the province's first bovine TB case in years.

group photo of attendees at the Stars Leadership Conference

2025 Stars Leadership Conference

Purely Purebred, news from the June 2025 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

The Canadian Junior Limousin and Shorthorn Associations hosted another successful Stars Leadership Conference in Nova Scotia this February. This year’s event saw record participation, with 40 juniors attending from across Canada. The event kicked off with early arrivals viewing the pre-sort sale at the Atlantic Stock Yards in Murray Siding. The official conference itinerary began […] Read more






Olivia-Woytiuk with cattle in the background

Olivia Woytiuk joins Canadian Simmental Association staff

Purely Purebred, news from the June 2025 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

Olivia Woytiuk has joined the Canadian Simmental Association staff as its summer intern. Woytiuk will be working with Simmental breeders across Canada to assist with the Legacy Media Project to preserve the breed’s history. She will also be archiving and cataloguing some of the historical pictures in the office. Woytiuk’s family runs Crossroad Farms near […] Read more