Canadian Cattle Young Leaders Holly McGill is a feed mill sales representative who joined the Elanco Canada team in 2022. Having completed both a bachelor’s degree in agriculture and a master’s degree in dairy nutrition, she was a ruminant nutritionist focused on beef and veal nutrition for almost 10 years after graduation before joining Elanco. […] Read more
New Cattle Young Leaders, Ag Hall of Fame inductees announced
NewsMakers from the August 2023 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Condolences to the loved ones of Perry Wilkes
Purely Purebred, news from the June 2023 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Perry Traver Wilkes, age 83, of Cochrane, Alta., passed away peacefully at home Sunday, April 23, 2023. Wilkes was born in St. Catharines, Ont., on June 29, 1939, and grew up on a fruit and vegetable farm. His twin, Terry (deceased), was his closest friend and they shared everything in the early days — a […] Read more
New Canadian Cattle Young Leaders, regional TESA winners announced
NewsMakers from the June 2023 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Heath Ferguson grew up in a small town just outside Edmonton, Alta. Growing up, his family had a small herd of Simmental/Saler-cross cows and he raised a few bottle calves every year with his brothers. In high school, he was in 4-H, Green Certificate and worked at the local packing plant, as well as helping […] Read more
New Cattle Young Leaders, holistic management contributions recognized
NewsMakers from the May 2023 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Canadian Cattle Young Leaders Madison (Madi) Lewis grew up in Meaford, Ont., and went on to enrol in the bachelor of science, honours agriculture program, at the University of Guelph. She plans to pursue a master of science in beef nutrition. Lewis is an active member of the Ontario Beef Youth Alliance. When she is […] Read more
New Cattle Young Leaders, Alberta Beef elects new board
NewsMakers from the April 2023 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Canadian Cattle Young Leaders Delanie Ferguson grew up east of Crossfield, Alta., on a cow-calf operation. Her passion for the beef industry started at an early age while helping with the daily chores and developed further as she went through the 4-H program. During her time in 4-H and junior and breed show programs, she acquired […] Read more
Potato wart survey gives clean bill of health
Fields across Canada with a history of getting seed potatoes from P.E.I. tested negative
A national survey on the watch for potato wart has come back clean. On March 13, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said results from their 2022 potato wart survey had not found any cases of the soil-borne fungus. The agency had tested nearly 1,500 soil samples from fields in British Columbia, the three Prairie […] Read more
New Cattle Young Leaders, new chair for Sask. Cattlemen’s Association
NewsMakers from the March 2023 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Canadian Cattle Young Leaders Raelynn Blumhagen was born and raised in Jaffray, B.C., where her family has been running a cow-calf operation for five generations. Blumhagen briefly left the ranch to attend college, majoring in business finance. She now lives on the ranch with her husband Dale and her two daughters, working alongside her parents […] Read more
New Cattle Young Leaders, livestock nutritionist gets Hall of Fame nod
NewsMakers from the February 2023 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Canadian Cattle Young Leaders Dr. Gleise da Silva earned her bachelor’s degree in animal science from the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco in Brazil in 2015. Before that, she attended Texas A&M University as an exchange undergraduate student and completed an internship at the North Florida Research and Education Center, University of Florida. Silva then […] Read more
Potato storage research to get boost
A federal-provincial investment goes to improve an existing storage facility at the University of Manitoba
Manitoba’s potato research landscape is getting a funding injection to improve infrastructure. The governments of Canada and Manitoba are investing $98,970 through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership to upgrade the University of Manitoba’s horticulture storage facility so it can conduct potato research. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and provincial Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson made the announcement […] Read more
New Cattle Young Leaders, new ag manager for Lloyd exhibition
NewsMakers from the January 2023 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Canadian Cattle Young Leaders Austin Ashbacher was born and raised in Alberta. After graduating high school, he travelled to Australia and then completed an agriculture business degree from the University of Alberta. Having grown up on a primarily beef farm, Ashbacher returned to his family farm to pursue a farming career. Now with his wife, […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
