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New Cattlemen’s Young Leaders, passings of note

NewsMakers from the March 2022 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Cattlemen’s Young Leaders Darren Dinsmore spent part of his childhood living and working on farms in Ontario, and was a 4-H member. He now farms in Goose Bay, Labrador, where he grows forage and raises cattle. Although Labrador has no abattoir and he is the only one raising beef cows, he hopes to see an […] Read more
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New Cattlemen’s Young Leaders, CWA announces scholarship recipients

NewsMakers from the Febraury 2022 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Cattlemen’s Young Leaders Amanda Miller spent part of her childhood on a small ranch in the Chilcotin region of B.C., which instilled a love for ranching. While attending Thompson Rivers University she found rangeland management intriguing as both a complex science and a field where the importance of grazing as an ecosystem function was celebrated. […] Read more
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Forage association inducts five into hall of fame

NewsMakers from the January 2022 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Congratulations to Germain Lefebvre, winner of the 2021 Canadian Forage and Grassland Association (CFGA) Leadership Award. Lefebvre began work in the forage sector in 1985, participating in the first meeting organized to launch a Quebec forage council in the fall of 1987. The Conseil québécois des plantes fourragères (CQPF) incorporated in 1989 with Lefebvre joining […] Read more
Jensen Cherewyk.
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USask student awarded doctoral scholarship

NewsMakers from the December 2021 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The post-election cabinet shuffle took place earlier this fall. Marie-Claude Bibeau, MP for Compton-Stanstead, remains the federal minister of agriculture and agri-food. Conservative John Barlow, MP for the Foothills, was moved back to the ag critic chair. Steven Guilbeault is the federal minister of environment and climate change, while Dan Albas is the Conservative environment […] Read more
Duane Movald receives the 2021 Dave Reid Award from Christine Campbell, ALUS senior hub manager.
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ALUS awards stewardship efforts

NewsMakers from the November 2021 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Barbara and Merle Olson, as well as the late Cor Vaan Ray, are among the eight citizens who received the Alberta Order of Excellence this year. The award is the province’s highest honour for citizens under the Canadian honours system. Barbara and Merle Olson are behind Alberta Veterinary Laboratories Ltd. and Solvet, where they research, […] Read more
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BCRC mentorship participants announced

NewsMakers from the October 2021 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The Beef Cattle Research Council announced the participants in its 2021-22 Beef Researcher Mentorship program. The program pairs each researcher with two leaders in the beef industry, in a bid to inform researchers of industry needs and encourage a practical, solutions-based approach to sharing findings. Dr. Gleise Medeiros da Silva is the new BCRC Hays […] Read more
Susan Hamilton, Holly Sparrow, Evan Chaffe and Jessica Sperber.
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CCA announces CYL finalists, award given for outstanding research and innovation

NewsMakers from the September 27, 2021 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association has announced the 2021 Cattlemen’s Young Leaders (CYL) finalists. Finalists from B.C. include Julia Flinton (Williams Lake), Amanda Miller (Lumby) and Janine Rubin (Rose Prairie). CYL finalists from Alberta include Diane Van Essen (Picture Butte), Nikki Olson (Red Deer County), Rheanne Ritchie (Didsbury), Laura Macrae (Westlock), Tia Schram (Bruderheim) and Melissa […] Read more
Mark McNinch and Tamara Carter.
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New Cattlemen’s Young Leaders, Sask. forage council has a new president

NewsMakers from the September 2021 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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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
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New Cattlemen’s Young Leaders and Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame inductees

NewsMakers from the August 2021 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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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
Shipwheel Cattle Feeders is the recipient of Alltech Canada's Planet of Plenty award (see below). Seen here are Andrea Stroeve-Sawa and family.
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New Cattlemen’s Young Leaders, Shipwheel Cattle Feeders awarded for sustainability

NewsMakers from the June 2021 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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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

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