President’s Message

Eddie Marsman

Here we are, time already for the spring/summer edition of the Gelbvieh Guide. Time sure does fly by when you are having fun and working hard! For those breeders calving early in the year, I hope you had a successful calving season, and to those getting started calving, me included, I wish you nice weather and trouble-free calving. Bull sale season is now behind us and were there ever a lot of quality bulls up for sale! With the impressive selection of Gelbvieh bulls for purchase everyone should have been able to find excellent addition(s) to their herd.

With that being said, it is now time for many of us to get into the fields for the spring work. Let’s hope for adequate moisture and good growing weather. It appears moisture could be somewhat of a concern in quite a few areas. Despite the potential weather worries, the good news is that cattle prices are very good and projected to remain steady for the foreseeable future.

In March, we had our first in person meeting as the Board of Directors since the onset of Covid. Every board member made it to the meeting which was held at the old CGA office in Calgary on March 11. It was very productive to have this face-to-face meeting wherein a lot of business was resolved. I would personally like to thank all the board members for taking the time out of their busy lives to make it to the session.

On to some fun events this summer. On July 1st the Gelbvieh Associations of Alberta and B.C. will be having a field day at Towerview Ranch and on July 27 – 29 the Canadian Junior Gelbvieh Association will be having their Canadian National Junior Gelbvieh show in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. The CGA Annual General Meeting will be held in Swift Current during this event.

We hope to see all of you at one or more of these events, and remember, in a world full of Angus, be a Gelbvieh!

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Front L-R: Bev Milne (vice president), Cody Girling, Duncan Pearson, Kirk Hurlburt