News from the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Purely Purebred, news from the December 2023 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Published: December 7, 2023

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Andchris Just Crushin’ It 20J, Grand Champion Speckle Park Bull.

The Canadian Speckle Park Association hosted their first Speckle Park breed show at this year’s Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto, Ont. 

Grand Champion Female honours were awarded to Watson Land and Livestock Inc. with two-year-old female Watson Leopard Trillium 7J. Reserve Female honours went to MartinStar Farms with senior yearling Steele Katelynn 3K. 

Grand Champion Bull was awarded to two-year-old bull Andchris Just Crushin’ It 20J, owned by Andchris Farms and INC Cattle Co. (see photo at top).

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Reserve Grand Bull honours went to MartinStar Farms with senior bull calf Martin Star Lucifer 1L. 

Congratulations to all exhibitors and the association wants to thank all organizers and sponsors! They said the first Speckle Park show at the Royal was a huge success! 

On the Angus front, for the past 20 years the Ontario Angus Association has been very fortunate to have Brian Jones (see below) as their Royal Agricultural Winter Fair barn boss. The folks at the association feel he has been a huge asset to the association and all Royal exhibitors. Jones was presented with a token of appreciation from the Ontario Angus Association.

Left: Ontario Angus Association president Brad Gilchrist, Brian Jones and Canadian Angus Association past-president Graham McLean. Right: Kades Miss Knight 16K was the Grand Champion Simmental female at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair 2023. photo: Supplied

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Mike Millar

Mike Millar

National account manager

As National account manager for Canadian Cattlemen, I work with all major accounts including equipment manufacturers, ad agency's and national breed associations. When I'm not busy working and promoting Canadian Cattlemen magazine, my family and I are running a purebred herd of Simmental cattle at Grandora, Sask.

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