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Event listings are a free service to industry. Sale listings are for our advertisers. Your contact is Deborah Wilson at 403-325-1695 or [email protected] April 7-10—Northlands Farm and Ranch Show, Northlands Park, Edmonton, Alta. 15-16—73rd Annual Williams Lake Bull Show and Sale, Williams Lake, B. C. May 27-29—B. C. Cattlemen’s Association Annual General Meeting Cariboo Memorial […] Read more

SEMEN EVALUATIONS………………………………………………….. 12 Drop-back calving…………………………………………………. 14 1,000-pound cows work on this ranch……………………. 18 Going under the hide to sell bulls…………………………. 22 Charolais-galloway f1 heifers are his focus now……… 28 Don’t overvalue recorded birth weights………………… 34 Training the next generation………………………………… 38 Water systems that work………………………………………. 42 Quality starts here……………………………………………….. 45 CATTLE SHOWCASE……………………………………………………. 57

Jack Hextall of Grenfell was officially elected to a one-year term as chairman of the Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association (SCA) at their inaugural annual meeting in Saskatoon in January. He was serving as the interim chairman coming into the meeting. The remaining members of the executive are vice-chairman Ryan Thompson of Ceylon, finance chairman Bill Jameson […] Read more

So many must agree with us that the cover on the CATTLEMEN calving special is wonderful! Thanks to the Debney family and your formatting for this special bit of wonder. DON AND BRENDA DOWELL TROCHU. ALTA. Picked up the 2010 calving special last night and the cover picture immediately caught my attention. Perhaps I have […] Read more

Jess Parsonage, Maple Creek, Sask., Adam Moseson, Wetaskiwin, Alta., and Jill Harvie, Olds, Alta., considered it an opportunity of a lifetime to participate in the first-ever Five Nations Beef Alliance Young Ranchers Program held in Denver, Colorado, during the week of the National Western Stock Show in January. The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA), the Cattle […] Read more

Page Alberta Cattle Breeders Assoc. 27 Alberta Cattle Feeders 47 Boehringer Ingelheim 17 Canadian Agri-Blend 12 Canadian Angus Assoc. IFC Canadian Charolais Assoc. OBC Canadian Food Inspection Agency 15 Canadian Gelbvieh Assoc. 50 Canadian Limousin Assoc. 30, 31 Canadian Red Angus Promotion 13 Canadian Shorthorn Assoc. 49 Canadian Speckle Park Assoc. 47 Canadian Welsh Black […] Read more

Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach has named Drumheller-Stettler MLA Jack Hayden as his new minister of agriculture and rural development and dropped his predecessor George Groeneveld from cabinet. Hayden, a two-term MLA has been Stelmach’s minister of infrastructure since 2008. He was also named to the provincial Treasury Board. Hayden farms at Endiang, about 75 kilometres […] Read more

Branding Is Necessary! Upon reading the article “Is Branding Necessary?” in the January issue of the CATTLEMEN my response is absolutely! I think Doctor Roy Lewis is really out of touch with the realities of cattle ranching in Canada. The notion that a plastic eartag such as an RFID tag can replace a brand is […] Read more