The Canadian Hereford Association awarded several scholarships this year. Cassidy Ross of Estevan, Sask., received $10,000 from the Keith Gilmore Foundation Prize for Beef Innovation. Ross is working on a graduate degree at the South Dakota State University focused on ruminant nutrition of feedlot cattle and cow-calf grazing nutrition. She plans to pursue a doctorate degree, becoming a ruminant nutritionist serving producers by solving problems related to feeding cattle while promoting feed efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
Gus Halibert, Matthew Charlton and Alexa Guilford received $2,500 each. Halibert is enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan in the animal science program and plans to complete a graduate degree in ruminant nutrition and attend the Western College of Veterinary Medicine. He grew up on a small commercial Hereford ranch north of Cowley, Alta.
Charlton, originally from Weyburn, Sask., is enrolled in his final year at Olds College, where he’s working on his diploma in agriculture management. He has been an active member of the Canadian Junior Hereford Association’s National Council, serving as a delegate- at-large. He currently manages a small herd of purebred Hereford cows and plans to return to work on his family’s grain farm upon graduation.
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Guilford is currently enrolled in her second year at the University of Minnesota, Crookston where she is studying animal science with a pre-veterinary focus. She plans to continue on to veterinary school, and eventually practice as a mixed practice veterinarian in rural Manitoba. Guilford hails from Crystal City, Man., and believes growing up on a primarily beef cattle farm running Hereford cattle is where her life- long dream of being a veterinarian originated. Coming from an entrepreneurial family, she finds the business side of running a clinic exciting.
The Keith Gilmore Foundation and Canadian Junior Hereford Association awarded Future of the Breed Scholarships, worth $1,000 each, to Emma Fox, James Rand, Kaylee Wells and Kalla Nicholas.
Saskatchewan’s Kalla Nicholas is the fourth generation of her family active in the cattle industry. Her future goals include attending the University of Saskatchewan to earn a bachelor of science in agriculture, majoring in animal science. Emma Fox is a fifth-generation Hereford breeder. She hails from Manitoba and is majoring in animal science at Oklahoma State University. James Rand of Nova Scotia is the fifth generation in his farming family. He’ll be working towards a bachelor of science in agriculture, majoring in animal science, at the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus in Truro, N.S. And finally, Kaylee Wells of Ontario has been developing her purebred Hereford herd through the junior association’s heifer lottery and semen donation programs. She’s enrolled at the University of Guelph, working towards a bachelor of science in agriculture.
