LMAC’s industry champion Danny Skeels (centre) accepts the limited-edition bronze auctioneer figurine from peers (l. to r.) Dean Edge, Blair Vold, Rob Bergevin and Chance Martin.

Livestock marketing champs

Marketing: News Roundup from the June 2017 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

A new recognition program to honour peers from the past was introduced to celebrate the 20th running of the Canadian Livestock Auctioneering Championships during the Livestock Markets Association of Canada’s 38th annual convention in May. Leonard Patterson of Dawson Creek, B.C.; Bruce McCall of Brussels, Ont.; Peter C. Gregory of St. Boniface, Man.; Terry Schetzsle […] Read more

Canada Beef welcomes a new executive vice-president

NewsMakers from the June 2017 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

Francis Andres is the new executive vice-president of Canada Beef. Working with the board of directors he will lead all aspects of the organization’s domestic and international market development and promotion efforts and as the senior officer will essentially replace former president Rob Meijer who resigned unexpectedly last September. Andres’ background is in global branding […] Read more


Identification: Full traceability… we have a plan for that!

Identification: Full traceability… we have a plan for that!

News Roundup from the February 2017 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

Full traceability for cattle is once again set to move full-steam ahead as the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) renews its push to develop regulations that require mandatory premises identification and animal movement reporting. These two components, together with mandatory animal identification, in place for cattle since July 1, 2001, constitute an internationally recognized traceability […] Read more

Age verification is getting old

Age verification is getting old

Nobody wants to say age verification isn’t worth the hassle, but neither will they say it is, at least not in the way cow-calf producers would like to see, with premiums. One message that does come across loud and clear is that incorrect birthdates create headaches and losses all along the value chain. The responsibility […] Read more


Mark and Cindy Ferraro.

Looking out for No. 1

Farmers come first at Brussels Livestock

The village of Brussels in rural southwestern Ontario is known for two things not typically mentioned in the same sentence: its quaint Victorian charm and a bustling auction market. Brussels Livestock hosts three sales weekly, with fed cattle and butcher bulls and cows selling Tuesdays, an assortment of veal calves, sheep and goats on Thursdays, […] Read more

Ryan Hurlburt, auctioneer with Saskatoon Livestock Sales, won the 2016 LMAC champion auctioneer of the year.

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

New general manager takes the helm of Manitoba Beef Producers

Newsmakers from the May 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

Brian Lemon is the new general manager of the Manitoba Beef Producers, replacing Melinda German who was appointed as the first general manager of the National Checkoff Agency in March. Lemon comes to the MBP after a long career with the federal government, serving in senior positions based in Winnipeg with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, […] Read more