Newsmakers
New Cattlemen’s Young Leaders, Sask. forage council has a new president
NewsMakers from the September 2021 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Cattlemen’s Young Leaders Sarah Jensen was raised on a commercial cow-calf and grain operation near Arborg, Man. At a young age, she enjoyed helping with chores and was also the youth board representative for the Arborg Agricultural Society. Jensen studied biological sciences at the University of Manitoba. In 2019, she received a Natural Sciences and […] Read more
New Cattlemen’s Young Leaders and Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame inductees
NewsMakers from the August 2021 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Cattlemen’s Young Leaders Mackenzie Argent is an advocate of all things agriculture. Raised on her family-owned and operated cow-calf and backgrounding operation just west of Cremona, Alta., Argent has a deep-rooted passion for the beef cattle industry. She earned her diploma in ag management, with a major in market- ing and communications, from Olds College, […] Read more
New Cattlemen’s Young Leaders, Shipwheel Cattle Feeders awarded for sustainability
NewsMakers from the June 2021 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Cattlemen’s Young Leaders Laura Code works as the beef and livestock industry specialist for the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture. Her love of agriculture started at a young age on her family’s mixed farm on Vancouver Island and while going through 4-H. Code graduated from the University of Guelph with a bachelor of science in agriculture. […] Read more
New Cattlemen’s Young Leaders, ABP elects new board
NewsMakers from the April 2021 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Cattlemen’s Young Leaders Greg Stavert is a fifth-generation farmer from Freetown, P.E.I. He farms with his father and uncle at Stavert Farms Limited, where they produce seed potatoes for local and domestic markets. They also feed 175 natural Angus cattle and have a flock of free-run laying hens. Stavert is a board member of the […] Read more
New Cattlemen’s Young Leaders, roundtable elects committee execs
NewsMakers from the March 2021 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Cattlemen’s Young Leaders Dave Slingerland was raised on a feedlot and cow-calf operation near Coaldale, Alta. Growing up, Slingerland was very involved with 4-H. His love for cattle and their genetics led him to start Tempest Red Angus, a purebred Angus herd founded on heifers purchased for 4-H. It has grown to 25 registered cows […] Read more
New Cattlemen’s Young Leaders, ABP holds delegate elections
NewsMakers from the February 2021 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Charlene Yungblut was raised on a small commercial cow-calf farm in Thorold, Ont. She developed a passion for agriculture, specifically livestock, at a young age while helping on the family farm. Yungblut was also an active 4-H member in Niagara. This passion led her to pursue an agriculture diploma from Ridgetown College. Today she works […] Read more
Cattlemen’s Young Leaders and new faces at beef, cattle groups
NewsMakers from the January 2021 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Andrea van Iterson grew up on a small backgrounding operation near Westwold, B.C. She describes 4-H as an integral part of her childhood, and today she is a 4-H leader with her sons’ club. After eight years off farm, in 2012 van Iterson and her husband moved their young family to Westwold to farm with […] Read more
Producer passings, and Stockmen’s Memorial Foundation Award recipients
NewsMakers from the December 2020 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Canadian Cattlemen is sad to announce that Ernie Esau of Elm Creek, Man., passed away on October 26. Esau was an influential seedstock producer who began breeding Shorthorns in 1951. Esau set out to improve the breed, developing animals with larger frames and more muscling than other Shorthorns of that era. In 1955, he married […] Read more
Accolades for bovine veterinarian, practitioner
NewsMakers from the November 2020 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Dr. Tye Perrett received a Canadian Association of Bovine Veterinarians (CABV)/Association Canadienne des Vétérinaires Bovins (ACVB) Honorary Life Membership in recognition of his service as the association’s first president for two consecutive years (2007-09). Perrett provided capable guidance at a time when even small decisions would be magnified over the span of time. The association […] Read more
Beef cattle publisher and promoter passes
NewsMakers from the October 2020 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
We are sad to report the passing of Laurel “Laurie” Watson, 66, of West Montrose, Ont., on September 3. Watson was a promoter and publisher in the beef cattle industry. Together with her father, Harald Gunderson (deceased in 2012), they produced the World of Beef and the Limousin Leader in the ’70s and ’80s. Watson […] Read more