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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.

Canadian Cattlemen’s top three profiles of 2024

By Glacier FarmMedia staff December 31, 2024

Some people think this magazine is all about cattle, but it’s also about the people doing everything from raising cattle to analyzing markets. Here are the top three “people” stories of the year. Alberta author busts myths about history of women in ranching Women have been largely absent from the written history of ranching, aside […] Read more

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National Farmers Union opens applications to training, support program for underrepresented farmers

By Geralyn Wichers September 10, 2024

Women, racialized, Indigenous and young farmers and farm workers, as well as those from other underrepresented groups, are invited to apply to THE EXCHANGE, a new training and support program led by the National Farmers Union (NFU).

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Report examines farming women’s safety needs

Safety of children, stress over general safety a common experience for women

By Geralyn Wichers April 23, 2024

Farming women may need more support and programing to address their specific safety needs according to a recent study.

“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.

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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

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan January 8, 2024

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

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First-generation cattlewoman earns her cowboy boots

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

By Emily Lowe December 7, 2023

[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

Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau speaks at the evening reception at the Advancing Women in Agriculture conference in Calgary on March 13, 2023. (Jessika Guse photo)

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AWC 2023: Federal ag minister inspired by farm women’s progress

Don't wait to be asked to participate, Bibeau tells AWC West

By Jessika Guse, GFM Network News March 14, 2023

Calgary — Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau drew applause from delegates attending the Advancing Women in Agriculture (AWC) conference here this week as she acknowledged their efforts for paving her path into politics. Bibeau told delegates attending the 10th annual conference she’s never felt like she’s had to fight for spot at the political table […] Read more

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Speaker promoting well-being takes the stage at Advancing Women in Ag Conference

Beverly Beuermann-King is ready to talk about supportive conversations, depression and self-care

By Kelly Sidoryk November 10, 2021

Resiliency has been brought to the forefront in these last few months. It is the key to move forward in these changing times. The old strategies don’t work anymore,” says Beverly Beuermann-King, mental health and resiliency expert. Beuermann-King has been referred to as the “resiliency builder.” She has been a long-time spokesperson for mental health. […] Read more

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Canadian Cattlemen’s top three profiles of 2024

National Farmers Union opens applications to training, support program for underrepresented farmers

Report examines farming women’s safety needs

Alberta author busts myths about history of women in ranching

First-generation cattlewoman earns her cowboy boots

AWC 2023: Federal ag minister inspired by farm women’s progress

Speaker promoting well-being takes the stage at Advancing Women in Ag Conference

Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field

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