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We’re hiring… five steps to get it right
Eighty per cent of employee turnover in the first year is the result of hiring and interviewing errors that in the long run can end up costing you a lot more than a departed employee’s annual salary. The most obvious cost is the time and money spent recruiting replacements. Then there’s the negative effect high […] Read more

Speckle Park cattle sets new world record
Purely Purebred with Mike Millar: News about you from the June 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Introducing the 2016 Canadian Western Agribition board of directors (photo below). Back row (l-r): Carla Schmitt*, Blake MacMillan (executive member at large), Bryce Thompson (executive member at large)*, Stewart Stone (president), Bruce Holmquist (vice-president), Reed Andrew (past president), Chris Lees (executive member at large)*, Barry Young. Front row (l to r): Marty Kratochvil*, Michael Latimer, Jodi […] Read more

Ryan Hurlburt wins LMAC auctioneering champion
News Roundup from the June 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Camaraderie and a chance to learn livestock selling from the best drew 29 auctioneers from points across Alberta through Quebec to the Livestock Markets Association of Canada’s (LMAC) annual auctioneering championships May 13 at Brussels Livestock, Brussels, Ont. It was standing room only for six hours straight in the house with a live feed to […] Read more
Manitoba gets a new agriculture minister
Newsmakers from the June 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Ralph Eichler was sworn in last month as Manitoba’s new agriculture minister. A one-time cattle producer who raised purebred Simmentals and a commercial herd, he also owned Prairie Farm and Ranch Supply, a livestock-handling equipment manufacturer and dealership and a Teulon auction company Ray’s Auction Service. He served as the administrator of the Interlake School […] Read more
CCA Report: Support for Canadian beef producers
From the June 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
On May 17, the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) enjoyed participating in a fundraiser for people displaced by the Fort McMurray wildfire. Conservative Party interim leader and member of Parliament for Sturgeon River — Parkland Rona Ambrose hosted an all-party barbecue fundraiser in the East Block Courtyard on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Joining me to serve […] Read more

Protecting your cattle from theft
Corporal Christian Reister, one of Alberta’s two RCMP officers dedicated to livestock files, offers some tips on how to protect your herd on pasture: 1. Branding is the single biggest deterrent and the greatest single piece of evidence the RCMP can use in court because a brand can’t be altered or removed. 2. Watch out […] Read more

A full-time commitment to stewardship
The transition from a tobacco farm to Texas Longhorn ranch in southern Ontario’s foremost tobacco-growing region wasn’t without turmoil for Cathy and Bryan Gilvesy, but the rewards far outweighed regrets as they reinvented the farm to better reflect their philosophies on agriculture and life. The latest material reward came in the form of Ontario’s environmental […] Read more

Intranasal vaccination could protect young calves from BRD
News Roundup from the May 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is a major animal health problem in feedlot cattle. Presently, BRD makes up about 65 to 80 per cent of feedlot diseases and 45 to 75 per cent of deaths in many lots. The financial toll of BRD on North America’s cattle industry is more than $1 billion per year. Previously, […] Read more

Canadian Centre for Food Integrity kicks off
News Roundup from the May 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Farm & Food Care Canada (F&FC Canada) is on target with its year-one game plan culminating with the official kickoff of the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity (CFI) and a rundown on insights from Canada’s first public-trust research on farming and food during the Public Trust Summit at the end of this month in Ottawa. […] Read more

Simmental bull ‘Wheatland Kill Switch’ sells for $210K
Purely Purebred with Mike Millar: News about you from the May 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Garner Deobald of Hodgeville, Sask., was elected president of the Canadian Beef Breeds Council at the group’s recent annual meeting in Calgary. Roger Peters of Red Deer is vice-president. They are joined on the board by new director Mel Reekie and returning directors David Bolduc, Bruce Holmquist, Rod Remin, Stephen Scott, Rob Smith and Byron […] Read more