An award-winning documentary about Alberta cowboy John Ware is being released online in time for Black History Month in February and will be available free of charge to Canadians. Ware was born into slavery in the American South. He drove cattle into what would become Alberta in 1882, and found work at the Bar U […] Read more
John Ware film slated for wide release
News Roundup from the February 2021 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
History: Ranching De Luxe
Reprinted from the March 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Historical Tales: Ranching de Luxe By Senator F. W. Gershaw ‘As the dwindling herds of buffalo retreated from the hills of Western Dakota an effort at big-time ranching was started. One day in April, 1883, a private car was shunted onto a side-track in Missouri known as the toughest little town on the line. The […] Read more
New Cattlemen’s Young Leaders, ABP holds delegate elections
NewsMakers from the February 2021 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Charlene Yungblut was raised on a small commercial cow-calf farm in Thorold, Ont. She developed a passion for agriculture, specifically livestock, at a young age while helping on the family farm. Yungblut was also an active 4-H member in Niagara. This passion led her to pursue an agriculture diploma from Ridgetown College. Today she works […] Read more
History: Canadian Railway Transportation
Reprinted from the April 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Canadian Railway Transportation By Francis Olson ‘The first settlement of Western Canada was dependent upon the development of a railroad system whereby raw materials could be exported and supplies imported to the prairie region. The confederation with British Columbia in 1871 required that a railway be completed to the Pacific Coast in order to link […] Read more
History: Roughing it on the Rural Routes
Reprinted from the March 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Roughing it on the Rural Routes By P.W. Luce There’s plenty of variety in a rural mail carrier’s job, but there isn’t much money in it. Conditions are a little better than they were in the early years of the century, when I was a temporary major domo of one of the sideroads of the […] Read more
History: Chilco Ranch, Hanceville, B.C.
Reprinted from the February 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Chilco Ranch, Hanceville, B.C. By Lyn Harrington ‘Chilco Ranch is one of the Big Five in the Chilcotin section of B.C.’s Cariboo. Beginning in the 1860’s, it is also one of the most storied. Nine owners have left their mark on the ranch in less than a century. Few large ranches have changed hands more […] Read more
History: Dwarfism Is a Breeder’s Problem
Reprinted from the February 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Dwarfism Is a Breeder’s Problem By Grant MacEwan ‘Dwarf calves are creating headaches for cattle breeders and the criticism has been advanced that not enough is being done to rid the breeds of this menace. Unfortunately, there is tendency on the part of some breeders to say as little as possible about dwarfs and do […] Read more
History: With the Junior Cattlemen
Reprinted from the January 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
With the Junior Cattlemen By Grant MacEwan ‘Question for today: Who was Robert Bakewell? If the question was about Thomas A. Edison, every young person would have the answer, “one of the world’s foremost inventors, the inventor of the phonograph”. If it were about George Stephenson, the equally ready answer would be, “an English engineer […] Read more
Cattlemen’s Young Leaders and new faces at beef, cattle groups
NewsMakers from the January 2021 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Andrea van Iterson grew up on a small backgrounding operation near Westwold, B.C. She describes 4-H as an integral part of her childhood, and today she is a 4-H leader with her sons’ club. After eight years off farm, in 2012 van Iterson and her husband moved their young family to Westwold to farm with […] Read more
Momentum builds behind certified-sustainable beef
Loblaw becomes first Canadian retailer to purchase certified-sustainable beef, while other supply chain players sign on or increase commitments.
The Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB) is starting the new year with a wave of recent support from across the supply chain. Loblaw Companies Ltd. became the first Canadian retailer to purchase beef from CRSB-certified operations in December. Loblaw, a founding member of the CRSB, purchased a million pounds of beef from certified sustainable operations. The beef sourced from CRSB-certified operations will be incorporated into Loblaw’s overall beef […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
