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Canadian Beef Breeds Council.
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Canadian Beef Breeds Council elects board

Purely Purebred, news from the February 2024 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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At their annual meeting held during Canadian Western Agribition, the Canadian Beef Breeds Council membership elected their 2023-24 board of directors. New directors elected to the board are Eddie Marsman, current president of the Canadian Gelbvieh Association and Andy Schuepbach, a current director of the Canadian Hereford Association. Re-elected to the board were Kevin Blair, […] Read more
Bill Robinson (centre).
News, Newsmakers

New Cattle Young Leaders, Lakeland College gets $1 million donation

NewsMakers from the February 2024 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Canadian Cattle Young Leaders Adeleen Bolduc is a fifth-generation Alberta rancher. She ranches alongside her husband, Mat, and three kids at Cudlobe Angus West near Stavely, Alta., where they raise purebred Black Angus with Mat’s family. Bolduc also runs commercial Angus cows with her mom near Cereal, Alta. Feeder cattle and her oilfield maintenance job […] Read more
Fed cattle prices will likely continue to struggle through the first quarter of 2024.
Markets, News

Wholesale price drop pressures fed cattle prices

The Markets with Deb McMillin, from the February 2024 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Fed cattle A drop in wholesale prices — in particular the choice cutout value — has in part pressured fed cattle prices lower. Beef demand concerns were evident as we started the new year as retail beef prices are high and cost of living for consumers continues to increase. Since the start of 2024, the […] Read more
Mader Big Energy 97J.
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Canadian Simmental Association recognizes breeders

Purely Purebred, news from the January 2024 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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In 2017, the Canadian Simmental Association established the Award of Excellence program to showcase and recognize breeders who exhibit registered Simmental seed stock across Canada each year. We are once again pleased to announce this year’s top five Award of Excellence females and bulls.  The 2023 Canadian Simmental Association Award of Excellence Female was GVR […] Read more
CCA pushes for fair deals in trade
CCA reports, News

CCA pushes for fair deals in trade

From the January 2024 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Another year is upon us. Ringing in a new year brings renewed optimism and a blank slate as we work to accomplish our goals for the year. It’s been a challenging couple of years with successive years of adverse weather and recovering from the impacts of the pandemic and yet I remain optimistic for the […] Read more
Gary and Nancy Kiziak.
News, Purely Purebred

Speckle Park cattle news and show results

Purely Purebred, news from the January 2024 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The Canadian Speckle Park Association 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Gary and Nancy Kiziak and family at the Speckle Park banquet hosted at Agribition. The association recognizes the Kiziak family for the immense impact they have made and continue to make on the Speckle Park breed.  A new award was created by the […] Read more
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Agribition sees highest attendance in 18 years

Purely Purebred, news from the January 2024 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Canadian Western Agribition saw a total attendance of 142,807 for the 2023 show, which took place November 20-25, 2023. This number is the highest attendance CWA has seen since 2005, and up 19 per cent from 2022.  On the show side of things, GVR Miss Peppa 21J took the Supreme Champion female title, with heifer […] Read more
Left: YFS Miss Bethany 47K; Right: WWC Kayo 581K.
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News from the Salers’ 50th anniversary celebrations

Purely Purebred, news from the January 2024 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The Salers Association of Canada marked their 50th during Farmfair International in Edmonton, Alta., in November.  Festivities kicked off with the Purebred and Optimizer Salers Show on November 8, with Dawn Wilson judging. Results follow:  Congratulations to all the breeders and exhibitors. On Thursday, the Neogen Cattlemen’s Choice took place and the judges crowned Grand […] Read more
“I’ve been really blessed that a sense of family and history and roots and legacy have always been real for my family.” – Rachel Herbert.
News, People

Alberta author busts myths about history of women in ranching

Rachel Herbert mined her own family’s ranching legacy to document the roles women played in establishing and sustaining family ranches

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When Rachel Herbert thinks about ranching, she thinks about all the women who came before her. She thinks of her great-grandmother, pulling the ranch through the Great Depression after her husband’s death. She thinks of her grandmother, who raised her family on the ranch, and her own mother, who found her way back to it […] Read more

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