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Simmental breeders celebrate 50th anniversary

Seedstock: News Roundup from the January 2018 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 31, 2018

A week of events during Canadian Western Agribition wrapped up the Canadian Simmental Association’s (CSA) milestone year of activities in co-operation with provincial Simmental associations to mark 50 years since the first Simmental set foot on Canadian soil. Parisien, a 1966 red-and-white spotted Simmental bull calf bred and born in France, was the lone Simmental […] Read more

Having the scale built into the calf cart saves time at calving. Every calf is weighed at birth.

Cow-Calf, Features, Livestock

Two calving seasons at Lewis Farms

By Heather Smith Thomas January 20, 2017

Jordan Buba manages the calving at Lewis Farms near Edmonton, Alta. She is a fourth-generation family member at the farm. “We run about 1,000 cows along with the farming — grain and seed potatoes. We have two calving seasons, with two groups of cows. We calve about 400 cows in December-January and about 600 in […] Read more

News, Purely Purebred

Simmental bull ‘Wheatland Kill Switch’ sells for $210K

Purely Purebred with Mike Millar: News about you from the May 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Mike Millar May 30, 2016

Garner Deobald of Hodgeville, Sask., was elected president of the Canadian Beef Breeds Council at the group’s recent annual meeting in Calgary. Roger Peters of Red Deer is vice-president. They are joined on the board by new director Mel Reekie and returning directors David Bolduc, Bruce Holmquist, Rod Remin, Stephen Scott, Rob Smith and Byron […] Read more

Cow-Calf, Features

Champions by design

Club-calf fever spreads  across the West

By Debbie Furber February 17, 2016

Money-strip blaze, chrome, super hairy, freaky hairy, oh so stout, stylish, high in volume, show-ring swagger, long-spined, deep-sided, sweet-fronted… If you couldn’t be there, the catalogue descriptions of genetics on offer at Canadian Western Agribition’s first-ever Champions by Design club-calf genetics sale gives a glimpse of the excitement surrounding the emerging club-calf industry on the […] Read more

"The Mexicans are looking for lines to improve their beef genetics and mainly look for easy-going cattle with good conformation and feet." – Grant Chittick, Mayerthorpe, Alta.

Beef Cattle, Features

Breeding stock bound for Mexico

By Debbie Furber December 14, 2015

It won’t be the sandy beaches that draw Grant and Tanya Chittick south to Mexico for the winter. When they do make the trip on their own time, it will be to visit the ranches that are home to breeding stock purchased from the family’s ranch north of Mayerthorpe, Alta. Chittick received word September 28 […] Read more

This is the Canadian delegation of 37 at the Durango portion of the World Angus Secretariat in Mexico. Durango is the second leg of the three-location event wrapping up Oct. 27 in Mazatland/Sinaloa.

Livestock, Purely Purebred

Young 4-H cattle producer donates proceeds to STARS

Purely Purebred: News about you from the November 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Mike Millar November 30, 2015

In 2017 The World Angus Forum will be held in Scotland, the home of the Aberdeen Angus breed. The forum will take place from Thursday, June 15 to Monday, July 3, 2017 and will incorporate a pre-forum tour in England, a post-forum tour in Scotland and the Royal Highland Show taking place in Edinburgh. The […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Features

Locking in purebred cattle traits

The Lafrentz family relied on planned matings and linebreeding to lock in their genetic package

By Debbie Furber March 20, 2015

Denise and Vern Lafrentz started out on their own 20 years ago with a goal of raising commercial-style purebred Simmental and Simmental-Angus breeding stock to meet the needs of commercial cattlemen. Along the way, their foresight and commitment to their breeding plan has put their ranch, Wheatland Cattle Co. of Bienfait, Sask., in the limelight […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Features

Building consistency into a seedstock Simmental operation

By Debbie Furber February 20, 2015

Attention to detail paired with a no-fuss production system have been behind the Adair family’s success in building consistency into its seedstock Simmental herd. The ranch maintains a 42-day breeding period and has a firm policy of culling open females and those that don’t bring in a seedstock-quality bull or heifer calf each year. Cows […] Read more

Purely Purebred

Canadian National Grand Champion, two years running

News about you from the Jan. 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Deb Wilson January 23, 2015

Highland Stock Farms of Bragg Creek, Alberta & Payne Livestock of Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, are the proud owners of the completely undefeated for two years Canadian National Grand Champion Limousin Bull and two-time Canadian Limousin Show Bull of 2013 & 2014 — RPY PAYNES DERBY 46Z (see photo at top). He was named Grand Champion Limousin […] Read more

Cow-Calf, Features

Have a restful calving season

The Ross family planned for one

By Debbie Furber January 13, 2015

Calving is the year-round focus on Chad and Crystal Ross’s 800-head cow-calf operation, but when calving season actually rolls around it’s the cows’ turn to do the work. The idea of letting cows calve on their own wouldn’t have entered their minds back in 1999 when they set up their place on the Ross L-7 […] Read more

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Simmental breeders celebrate 50th anniversary

Two calving seasons at Lewis Farms

Simmental bull ‘Wheatland Kill Switch’ sells for $210K

Champions by design

Breeding stock bound for Mexico

Young 4-H cattle producer donates proceeds to STARS

Locking in purebred cattle traits

Building consistency into a seedstock Simmental operation

Canadian National Grand Champion, two years running

Have a restful calving season

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