Tyler Blanchette leads his Grand Champion Charolais bull into the ring at Agribition’s Beef Supreme on November 30.

New purebred producers passionate about showing cattle

After making the jump into the seedstock industry, Tyler Blanchette and his family have attended several cattle shows, finding successes along the way

There are 100 animals in the ring of Agribition’s Beef Supreme on November 30, consisting of bulls, cows and some calves. The stands are full of people, and even more crowd around the door — almost more than the room can hold. They are all eagerly waiting to see who will win the coveted titles […] Read more

Dave Solverson and his grandson, Ethan Solverson, stand in the middle of a group of steers destined for the packers.

Over a hundred years of ranching along the Battle River

The Solverson family’s ancestors settled near Camrose, Alta., in the 1880s, and they’re still 
ranching in the area today

Ranching in the middle of central Alberta’s grain country, with inches-deep topsoil and flat, open fields, may not be traditional cattle country, but it has worked for the Solverson family for more than a century. Ranching amongst their mainly grain farming neighbours does have its benefits, said brothers Dave and Ken Solverson of Camrose, Alta. […] Read more


Cassie Marchand and family

Mentorship program expands participant’s view on public trust

For Cassie Marchand, the CYL program offered new ways of thinking about how she works in the beef industry

Cassie Marchand entered the Canadian Cattle Association’s mentorship program expecting to learn about building public trust between individual producers and consumers. Instead, she saw first-hand how beef industry players are working on the big picture. Marchand was one of 16 candidates selected for the 2023-24 Canadian Cattle Young Leaders (CYL) program. The CYL program is […] Read more

man taking a picture of a cow in a field

Focus on innovation puts Browarny family at leading edge of livestock photography

Nothing catches a beef producer’s attention like a compelling image of the near-perfect bull or female

Perhaps livestock photography is not the first occupation people think of in the beef sector. However, professional images create an opportunity to build relationships, add value and promote livestock on the farm level and far beyond. The Browarny name is synonymous with livestock photography. For decades, Walt Browarny, Allan’s father, was well known for his […] Read more


Since moving to Saskatchewan, the Stewarts have changed some of their grazing and winter feeding practices, and have been pleased with the results.

The big move: Relocating the ranch

The Stewart family undertook a modern cattle drive, moving their operation from B.C. to Saskatchewan

Ranching is ranching, wherever you are. Or is it? Erika and Cyle Stewart would likely say it is, and it is not. Relocating a house and family to another province is no small task. Make it an entire ranch and cow herd and you are at a whole other level. In 2017, the Stewarts had […] Read more

Lars Deleeuw of the Ontario Livestock Exchange became the first and youngest person to win both Rookie of the Year and Grand Champion the same year at the Canadian Livestock Auctioneering Championship.

Rise of the rookie auctioneer

Ontario auctioneer Lars Deleeuw is the youngest-ever winner of the Canadian Livestock Auctioneering Championship. He also took home Rookie of the Year

Glacier FarmMedia – Lars Deleeuw tipped his cowboy hat to the crowd as his rhythmic chant danced from the speakers. The 19-year-old self-taught auctioneer from Burford, Ont., swept the 25th annual Canadian Livestock Auctioneering Championship, winning Rookie of the Year and Grand Champion at the Livestock Marketing Association of Canada (LMAC) gala on May 24. […] Read more


Albert Mutcher’s advice to young cattle producers is to grow the herd slowly and leverage government incentives and programs.  Photo: Mallorey Bergen

A lifetime in the beef industry

After several decades in the cattle business, Albert Mutcher’s love for ranching remains constant

Seven decades ago, Albert Mutcher was doing many of the same things he does now. When he was just starting his agricultural career, he walked through his pastures west of Carman, Man., checking on his recently purchased herd of cattle. The future stretched far and wide in front of him, full of opportunity and as […] Read more

With no feed store, abattoir or vet nearby, raising cattle in Labrador is challenging. But Dinsmore is slowly expanding his farm and plans to break ground on an abattoir.

Farming “the Big Land”

Here’s what it’s like to farm in Labrador

If there is a cattle-related analogy for the “chicken-and-egg” scenario, it might be farming in Labrador, Canada. There isn’t a single abattoir because there has been no livestock to process. And also there has been no livestock, because there is no abattoir. It’s something Darren Dinsmore, Labrador’s only beef farmer, hopes to change. Dinsmore, who […] 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.

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

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

Danika Mayer in the show ring.

First-generation cattlewoman earns her cowboy boots

Danika Mayer channels empathy and experience gained in nursing into career as beef producer

[Update: December 9, 2023] Starting small is better than not starting at all, and first-generation rancher Danika Mayer knows that better than most. Without growing up with any direct connection to the beef industry, the enthusiastic Canadian Cattle Young Leaders program graduate has made many miles, carving out her place in the Canadian beef industry, […] Read more