Today's Angus Advantage

Today’s Angus Advantage

Fall Sale Issue

Late Fall 2015

Volume 9 Issue 5

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A 9 E RAG

g n i k a Bre aawwaay. . .

‘ANTHEM’ ‘ANTHEM’

RED RED NORTHLINE ATLANTIC CITY RED WHEEL ALLIANCE 22U RED WHEEL AUBURN 2K RED SSS BOOM TOWN 260D RED BAR-E-L FRADO 209U RED BAR-E-L SCARLET 193S

from the pack!

BW+1.6 WW +56 YW +81 MILK +17

RED BAR-E-L ANTHEM 46A

Progeny Sell

‘4ACES’ ‘4ACES’ RED CROWFOOT MOONSHINE 8081U XO CROWFOOT 0102X X0 CROWFOOT BLACKBIRD 8810U RED SSS OLE 746P RED CROWFOOT MISS STRTCH RED CROWFOOT LADY 3320N

BW+1.7 WW +68 YW +96 MILK +19

Remitall F Rage 9A

Z 0 1 1 R O T C E P S

2013 Agribition Reserve Grand Champion Female with his Dam $40,000 High Seller Remitall Farms 2014 Bull Sale

PRO

RED CROWFOOT 4ACES 2193Z

‘JUSTIFIED’ ‘JUSTIFIED’

RED FLYING K AMBUSH 6T RED U-2 MAMA’S BOY 167X RED FLYING K LAKOTA 104U RED U-2 INXS 1665S RED U-2 DUCHESS 386X RED U-2 DUCHESS 2G

BW+1.5 WW +55 YW +87 MILK +25

Progeny Sell

OTHER RED SIRES: RED BAR-E-L AB MAGIC MIKE 189Z RED DURALTA FORWARD MOTION 4A RED U-2 JUSTIFIED 235Z

Remitall F Prospector 110Z

Sons of all these sires will highlight our March 10th bull sale!

Richard Latimer 403.507.1122 Gary Latimer 403.507.1123 RR 4 Site 3 Box 16, Olds, Alberta T4H 1T8 www.remitall.ca • cattle@remitall.ca Office: 403.556.2742 • Fax: 403.556.2761

For your opportunity, plan to be with us!

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Bull and Select Female Sale March 14, 2016 At the Farm

Double Supreme Champion in 2014 Farm Fair and Agribition $62,000 High Selling Bull in Power and Perfection Sale

March March 10, 2016 . . . Red & Black Angus Bull & Select Female sale

BAR-E-L Angus

Remitall Farms

Dave & Lynne Longshore Family Stettler, AB 403.579.2394 403.740.6788 www.bar-e-l.com barelangus@gmail.com

Directions: 4 miles South of Olds on HWY 2A, 1 mile West on Amerada Road

Scott Anderson - 587.282.9683

15-10-28 11:44 AM

10/30/2015 12:22:10 PM

THEY SELL DECEMBER 19, 2015 AT THE ANGUS COLLECTION SALE, OLDS, AB

EARLY SUNSET XCALIBER 1C

Xcaliber X S Chisum BW: 2.9 WW: 71 YW: 120 M: 16 TM: 52

EARLY SUNSET ERELITE 29C

Game Day X Xcaliber BW: 2.1 WW: 61 YW: 103 M: 21 TM: 51

KATE ALONG WITH HER SISTER FAVORITE 9C SELL CHOICE DECEMBER 19, 2015 AT THE CHECKERS SIMMENTAL SALE, PONOKA, AB

EARLY SUNSET KATE 6C

Vision X High Voltage BW: 1.4 WW: 64.3 YW: 89.8 M: 20.7 TM: 52.7

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Lot 24

Lot 84A

Lot 23A

Lot 16

Lot 36

Lot 91A

Lot 41

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Lot 122A

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The View From Hobart’s 32 Olds Fall Classic 42 Under the Hide, Before the Beef Sales 44 Manitoba Youth Beef Roundup 46 Barrie Fair 47 45th Central Ontario Angus Preview Show 50 Practical Tattooing 60 Under the Gavel 66

As In Every Issue The Real World 20 Not Taken For Granted 26 Rates and Subscriptions 69 Schedule of Events 75

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Selling at the Keystone Klassic Sale

December 5, 2015 Brandon, MB

HBH Bella 12C

Double Vision X Sitz Upward 2 Year Old BW 2.3 WW 65 YW 119 Milk 27 TM 60 Heifer Calf Champion at the Manitoba Angus Summer Gold Show Bella is a top female from a very strong Brookmore cow family

MCATL Pure Product X HBH Objective 2Yr old BW 1.1 WW 52 YW 90 Milk 27 TM 53 Eline is a predominant cow family at HBH An Eline was Grand Champion Female at the Manitoba Summer Gold Show 2014 AI bred to Double Vision

HBH Eline 440B

Visit us at Brandon Fall Fair, Agribition - Bull Pen Alley or stop by the farm

Remitall F Rage X Sitz Upward BW 2.3 WW 63 YW 122 Milk 25 TM 57 Our first Rage to Sell - A maternal sweetheart Maternal sister sold to Blair’s.Ag Watch for Tibbie 55C at Brandon Fall Fair

HBH Tibbie 55C

Cattleman’s Connection Bull Sale March 4, 2016 Brandon, MB HBH Farms Inc. Oak River, MB Manager: Barb Airey 204.566.2134 • 204.761.1851 rbairey@hotmail.com

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registered stock...

its what we do. We collect data, write down dates and keep breeding records. Weigh, measure, test, pull hair spend money on travel to search out tools to add for a desired result. The task can seem laborsome at times with many hours of midnight oil and many hours and many miles on vehicles and even airports, all to turn over that last leaf just to be sure. In this time of ag production it’s all about minimizing the risk.

S Titlest

Seedstock production is all encompassing, starting with a vision and using every tool and resource available to achieve the desired result. Birth weight, calving ease, body type, structure and production, it’s all measured and it’s all documented with registered stock. That is why we do it!!

EXAR Foreman

HF High Roller

Bar-H Rita 1C

Sire: EXAR Foreman SOD: S Titlest 1145 EPDs: BW: 1.6 WW: 56 YW: 99 Milk: 25 TM: 53 Division Champion at the 2015 Young Ranchman’s, Swift Current, SK

Langenburg, SK Can S0A 2A0 306.743.2840 Robin, Michelle and John Hogberg www.barh.ca Visitors welcome!

40 miles east of Yorkton, 9 miles south of Langenburg

Bar-H Tibbie 105B

Sire: S Titlest 1145 SOD: HF High Roller 79REPDs: BW: -0.1 WW: 67 YW: 109 Milk: 35 TM: 69 All Breeds Grand Champion Jackpot Heifer, Grand Champion Open Heifer at the 2015 Yorkton Spring Heifer Show, Supreme Champion at Whitewood and Division Champion at Prince Albert Exhibition 2015.

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On the ranch Russell, Manitoba Thursday, February 18, 2016 Black and Red Simmentals, Angus and Simm-Angus Bulls

Look forward to our best offering yet!

Miles, Bonnie & Jared Glasman Russell, MB, Canada Home: 204.773.3279 Miles’ Cell: 204.773.6275 Jared’s Cell: 204.796.0999

mjfarms@inetlink.ca www.mjsimmentalangus.com mlg@glasmanfarms.com www.glasmanfarms.com

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Matthew & Leanne Glasman Russell, MB, Canada Home: 204.773.3209 Matt’s Cell: 204.773.6055

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SRD 38B

SRD 1C

SRD 50A

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Add Some “Class” To Your Herd!

Selling at the Touch of Class Angus Sale December 11, 2015 Saskatoon, SK

Triple L Blackbird 26C

Eastondale Black Cedar 10’13 Triple L New Trend 7N

Red Triple L Lucy 27C Red Six Mile Hyjak 297Y Red Dwajo All Star 10T

Triple L Eston Anne 6C Captain Morgan 201X S A V 004 Traveler 6165

21C sells at the Masterpiece sale November 25, 2015 Regina, SK Watch for us at these fall shows: Lloydminster Stockade Roundup Canadian Western Agribition

Triple L Blackcap 21C Captain Morgan 201X S A V 004 Density 4336

Saturday March 26, 2016 Saskatoon Livestock Sales Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Today’s Angus Advantage Late Fall 2015

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Benchmark Top Shelf 194’14

BW: -1.9 WW: 50 YW: 103 MILK: 26 REA: 0.50 MARB: 0.74 FAT: -0.022

Benchmark Top Shelf 198’14 BW: 2.1 WW: 58 YW: 127 MILK: 22 REA: 0.57 MARB: 1.00 FAT: -0.001

Benchmark Top Shelf 201’14 BW: 2.3 WW: 62 YW: 120 MILK: 31 REA: 0.67 MARB: 1.38 FAT: 0.039

3rdAnnual Fall Bull Sale At the Ranch Warner, AB November 30, 2015 at 1:30PM

35 August/September 2014 Born Bulls 10 February/March 2015 Born Heifers Go Online at www.benchmarkangus.com for Sale Videos Doug: 403.328.6966 Mike: 403.394.4903

Benchmark Lavender Lady 94’15 BW: 1.4 WW: 47 YW: 89 MILK: 30 REA: 0.44 MARB: 0.30 FAT: 0.031

Benchmark Baseline 253’14

BW: 0.5 WW: 57 YW: 112 MILK: 34 REA: 1.00 MARB: 1.22 FAT: -0.007

YOUR CARCASS SOURCE WWW.BENCHMARKANGUS.COM Today’s Angus Advantage Late Fall 2015

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Bid Live or Online

Benchmark Barbara 41’15

BW: -1.2 WW: 54 YW: 108 MILK: 26 REA: 0.58 MARB: 1.57 FAT: 0.008

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2 0 1 5 DECEMBER at the farm

New Generation female sale 0 5 sell Red Angus d a e h

Red and Black Simmental With a large number of heifer calves in 2014 we have decided to offer every bred heifer with the Mar Mac prefix, an elite group of heifer calves and groups of commercial females.

Consultants

T Bar C Cattle Co. Chris Poley 306.220.5006 Bohrson Marketing Darryl Snider 780.385.5561 MacKenzie Marketing Bryan MacKenzie 403.627.8266 Online Bidding & viewing aT dlMS.Ca

genetics you can trust

Blair, Lois, Brett & Melissa McRae Videos Brandon, MB and pictures 204.728.3058 - 204.729.5439 on our website marmac@inetlink.ca and Facebook page www.marmacfarms.net Today’s Angus Advantage Late Fall 2015 

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Selling At The Keystone Klassic - December 5, 2015 Brandon, MB

Red Fraser Countess 530C

Sired By RKY MTN The Answer 10X BW -1.4 WW 44 YW 69 MM 20

Red Fraser Countess 556C

Sired by Red Brylor Roughrider 214Y BW +1.3 WW 53 YW 73 MM 19

Selling At The Touch Of Class - December 11, 2015 Saskatoon, SK

Red fraser 540C

SIred By Red Brylor Roughrider 214Y BW +1.5 WW 57 YW 82 MM 22

Red Fraser Rose 126B

Sired by Red Brylor Roughrider 214Y BW +1.6 WW 61 YW 92 MM 18 AI service to Red Brylor Red Kodiak 3A Exposed to Red Brylor Hi Capacity 44A

Red Brylor Roughrider 214Y Senior Herdsire

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BRINGING OUR KLASSICS TO MANITOBA

Red RCR Shadow 80C

RCR WINNIE 86C

S: RED SCCA YOU’RE A STATEMENT 1Y DS: RED SHODEREE DYNAMITE 112N BW: 3.3 WW: 64 YW: 102 MM: 18 TM: 50 CE: -2.2 MCE: 1.8

S: GJP 9969 RANGO 86Z DS: N BAR EMULATION EXT BW: 3.1 WW: 46 YW: 80 MM: 20 TM: 43 CE: -1.0 MCE: 5.5

Keystone Klassic

Black & Red Angus Cattle Bull Test & Sale Facility Box 100, Kisbey, SK S0C 1L0

Saturday, December 5, 2015 1:00 pm - Keystone Center Brandon, MB

Jim & Sarah Anderson Ph: 306-462-4440 Jim’s Cell: 306-575-7608 Sarah’s Cell: 306-575-7609

w w w. r i g h t c r o s s r a n c h . c o m

rightcrossranch@hotmail.com

Genetics To Watch For ...

Greenbush Ballot 4B S: S A V Resource DS: S A V NetWorth SS: Angus Valley

Greenbush Georgina 32B

Greenbush Pride Lady 5B

Greenbush Anne 35B

S: Basin Excitement DS: HARB Windy SS: Cedar Ridge

S: Connealy Consensus DS: S A V Providence SS: Basin Excitement

Angus

S: Connealy Imprint DS: S A V Density SS: Basin Excitement

Keystone Klassic Saturday, December 5, 2015 1:00 pm - Keystone Center Brandon, MB

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50 Cow/Calf pairs 15 Bred heifers

LOT 12

LOT 29A

LOT 52

LOT 45A

LOT 30A

LOT 8 & 8A

Attention Ranchers!

LOT 17

On all bull calves, Sunset Ridge is offering a wintering program and a finance program 50% down sale day with a post-dated cheque for the balance on April 1, 2016.

Nancy Howatt & Family

Chris Poley: 306-220-5006 Ted Serhienko: 306-221-2711 Shane Michelson: 403-363-9973

Box 306, Manitou, MB R0G 1G0 Ph/Fax 204-242-2550 C: 204-825-8292 sunsetrd_xxmymts.net@outlook.com

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What a year 2015 has been, starting off with a cattle market full of enthusiasm like never before.This energy in the cattle business led to a record setting bull sale season that many had not even dreamed of. There was starting to be a feeling of the industry being bullet proof, but then a dry spring and start to summer had many worried of a wide spread drought. Humans are greedy by nature and that quickly began to appear in feed prices. Most producers did not jump the gun though, if the decade of BSE did anything for producers it taught them patience and ingenuity. Luckily in most areas, rain started to come in late July and most producers have reported unbelievable forage and pasture growth late in the season. In fact in many areas the fall is wet and has even hindered harvest, again good news for those of us with a little water and grass mixed together on our boots. We actually have clients who were planning to reduce their herd size who now have greenfeed for sale due to late germinating crops and less than ideal harvest weather.

Out of the gate this fall, the calf market was wild, again higher than most of us could even imagine. Of course this led to record numbers of calves being sold for later delivery, which essentially kicked the calf run into motion quicker than usual. The last couple of weeks has seen the calf market moderate, which it always does when big numbers are on offer. Also some strength in the dollar as well as a few other factors have forced the market to level off, but definitely not crash. I recently had one producer call me up and say “man is this market ever ugly.” This same guy sold calves for the same money a year ago and called me ecstatic thinking he had just won the lottery! Again that damn human tendency to be greedy! Remember, every sector of the industry had a phenomenal turn last year and this year will be very profitable as well.

Ted has a saying “there is money for the bulls and money for the bears but there is no money for the hogs,” I think that fits as there is no place for any negativity in our industry today.

As for the future, my recommendation is, put your sunglasses on! Our cow herd is still contracting and our markets only look to have the potential for expansion.

After a great deal of trade negotiations it has been announced that Canada is part of the ground breaking Trans-Pacific Partnership. A free trade agreement including twelve Asia-Pacific nations including three of Canada’s largest trade partners, the U.S., Mexico and Japan. The later of these three is the most significant as we already have trade agreements with the other two. Japan imports 60% of the agricultural products they consume, which makes it a larger market than the entire EU market, all twenty eight countries.

Canada already had Japan as a major customer but this agreement can only help us to get a larger portion of this huge and growing market. Around the world Canada is viewed as a country that will be prime to take advantage of a growing global food market. Canada has the ability to increase production in a sustainable way, due to our arable land, natural recourses, skilled producers, ability to process our products and our transportation infrastructure. All things point to a bright future in the Canadian cattle business.

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Lot 1

BRooKinG Annie K 5010 Motive 9016 x Annie K 390

Lot 5

BRooKinG Queen 5006 Advance 28 x Queen 304

Lot 15

BRooKinG MAuReen eMilie 4016 Harvestor 0338 x emilie 243-559 Bred to HF instigator 115B

Lot 2

Lot 3

CoMe AS u R lAdy 508C Prosecutor 222 x lady 06 112

Lot 11

BRooKinG BlACKCAP 5018 Prosecutor 222 x Blackcap 955

Lot 13

BRooKinG MAuReen eMilie 5021 earnan 076e x emilie 243-559

BRooKinG Annie 4030 Motive 9016 x Annie K 2176 Bred to HF instigator 115B

Lot 21

Lot 16

BRooKinG BlACKBiRd 4109 Monarch 53’08 x Blackbird 80698 Bred to HF instigator 115B

BRooKinG BeAuTy 4098 Monarch 53’08 x Beauty 1027 Bred to HF instigator 115B

Brooking Angus Ranch - Justin and Tawnie Morrison Box 813 :: Radville, SK :: S0C 2G0 :: morry_morrison@hotmail.com Justin - 306 536 4590 :: Tawnie - 306 861 4155 www.BrookingAngusRanch.com Today’s Angus Advantage Late Fall 2015

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sale hosted by

LCI Final Product 171C Sire: Connealy Final Product Dam’s Sire: Pahl Networth 200W BW: 1.7 WW: 54 YW: 100 MK: 24 TM: 49

42nd Annual Production Sale Thursday, November 19, 2015

LCI Final Product 178C

1 pm at the Ranch 3.2 km E of Warner on #504 & 3.2 km N on Rg Rd 170

Sire: Connealy Final Product Dam’s Sire: Pahl Networth 200W BW: 1.2 WW: 54 YW: 98 MK: 25 TM: 50

Selling:

LCI O’Reilly Factor 65C Sire: Vin-Mar O’Reilly Factor Dam’s Sire: B/R New Frontier 095 BW: 2.3 WW: 52 YW: 97 MK: 19 TM: 43

30 Hereford Bull Calves 35 Angus Bull Calves 15 Yearling Hereford Bulls 5 Yearling Angus Bulls 6 Outstanding Bred Heifers

Special Sale Terms:

-Half cash sale day, remaning balance due June 1, 2016 -Free wintering on bull calves -Free fall delivery up to 300 miles to central points

DOENZ RANCHES LTD. LCI O’Reilly Factor 78C Sire: Vin-Mar O’Reilly Factor Dam’s Sire: Western Freedom 505 BW: 4.4 WW: 50 YW: 93 MK: 21 TM: 47

LCI Consensus 236B Sire: Connealy Consensus 7229 Dam’s Sire: Pahl Networth 200W BW: 3.1 WW: 57 YW: 105 MK: 26 TM: 55

Nelson Doenz: 403-642-7696 Brad Doenz: 403-642-7694 Josh Pickett (Herdsman): 403-642-7686 PO Box 362, Warner, AB T0K 2L0 E-mail: doenzranches@gmail.com

View the catalogue online on our website www.doenzranches.net

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LCI 100W Trust 201B Sire: NJW 73S M326 Trust 100W ET Dam’s Sire: LCI BD 40U North Star 370X BW: 6.6 WW: 65.6 YW: 111.1 MK: 27.7 TM: 60.5

NOW AVAILABLE IN CANADA 1AN01350 MAR RESPOND 1734

S A V Resource 1441 x Sitz Upward 307R | USA Reg#: 17921901 Birthweight: 92 lbs. | 205 Days: 841 lbs. | 365 Days: 1467 lbs.

Yearling Frame: 6.2 | scrotal: 39 cm @ 13 mos.

Respond offers breed-leading growth and muscle in a stout, attractive package.

His pedigree stacks two of the breed’s most popular and proven performance sires – Resource and Upward.

CED BW WW YW RADG SCR

DOC

HPG CEM MILK MW

2%

20%

-3 4.6 78 139 0.27 2.17 31 14.2 1 32 .35 .44 .33 .35 .30 .47 .31 .14 .09 .17 1% 1%

10%

2%

MH

$EN

CW

38 0.4 -36.48 65 .29 .15 .18

10%

MARB

RE

FAT

$W

$F

3%

1%

$G

$B

0.30 0.74 0.060 78.28 114.04 15.20 164.94 .32 .26 .30

2%

15%

3%

1AN01359 PINE VIEW ROCK SOLID P234

Connealy Black Granite x S S Objective T510 0T26 | USA Reg#: 17880784 Birth Weight: 76 lbs. | 205 Days: 635 lbs. | 365 Days: 1225 lbs.

One of Black Granite’s most complete sons. He reads extremely well across the board.

His pedigree will provide tremendous mating flexibility on traditional Genex pedigrees.

CED

BW WW YW RADG SCR DOC HPG CEM MILK MW

14 0.1 64 112 0.20 0.91 15 10.6 13 26 .34 .37 .30 .32 .35 .39 .33 .16 .11 .17

4% 25% 10% 10%

MH

$EN

CW

21 0.3 -13.88 38 .30 .17 .20

10%

MARB

RE

15%

2%

FAT

$W

$F

$G

$B

5%

20%

5%

20%

0.75 1.03 -0.006 75.41 66.66 46.82 135.08 .33 .27 .31

1AN01347 GCC BUSINESS ELITE

Dameron First Class x Northern Improvement 4480 GF | USA Reg#: 17778389 Birth Weight: 79 lbs. | 205 Days: 903 lbs. | Yrlg Frame: 6.0 | Scrotal: 37.0 cm @ 14 mos.

Business Elite is moderate, super sound, with tremendous eye-appeal, a quiet attitude and the dimension to sire show winners.

His dam has produced champions in multiple breeds.

CED BW WW YW RADG SCR

DOC

-2 3.3 72 109 0.24 0.01 -1 .29 .44 .34 .31 .30 .39 .29

HPG CEM MILK MW

9.4 7 22 .12 .13 .21

3% 15% 20%

20% 10%

EPDs as of 10/9/15

CONTACT YOUR LOCAL GENEX REPRESENTATIVE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

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$EN

CW

53 0.8 -11.91 39 .30 .16 .17

23

25%

MARB

RE

FAT

$W

$F

20%

10%

10%

0.04 0.18 -0.017 71.41 74.37 .31 .23 .28

$G

$B

9.87 117.83

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NOT TAKEN FOR GRANTED Low Lines and High Expectations

It was kind of a tight knit community out at the ranch.

There was a cluster of a few ranches within a mile or two that were, as a group pretty much out of the way. So, when Shorty’s neighbour Doug asked for help one early summer evening, Shorty responded without hesitation.

“Doug…what’s up?” Shorty asked as Doug approached.

“Well Shorty, I kinda need some help clipping Chase’s 4-H steer.”

“I didn’t know Chase was in 4-H! Isn’t he kinda little?”

“Oh no,” Shorty didn’t like where this was going. “You can hold him, I will clip.”

“Whatever Shorty. quiet.”

He will be fine, Chase has him pretty

Hercules was standing in his pen, all alone, chewing his cud looking like a true 4-H steer, just little. Doug grabbed the bright blue nylon rope halter from the gate post and caught the mighty Hercules without incident. Shorty sighed with relief; maybe this was going to be okay after all.

“Geez Shorty, you sound like my wife. He’s 9 years old, he can start this year. The wife thought he should start with a lamb, but shit Shorty, lambs are kinda girly. I figured he needed something a little more manly, like a steer.”

Doug was able to drag Hercules to the clipping chute relatively easily.

Shorty looked at Doug like he may agree with the wife on this one.

“Sure he does.” Shorty assumed the pushing position and between the nearly 400 pounds of men they were able to maneuver roughly the same weight of steer into the chute.

“Come on Shorty. A lamb….really.

I got to thinkin’”

Doug looked at Shorty, Shorty was shaking his head. It was never good when Doug got to thinking.

“I thought” Doug continued, “that if I could find a little steer, I could get him halter broke and quiet and Chase would be good. So I went down to that hippy dude at the bottom of the hill, you know, the ones that has Lowlines and bought Chase a steer.”

“Geez Doug, are you sure? I ‘ve watched some of those at the fair and they can be downright nasty.”

“What the hell? Have you and my wife been planning to gang up on me or what? Hercules is fine.”

“Hercules?” Shorty was following Doug to the barn.

“Yeah, Chase wanted to call him Hercules.”

“So why am I here?”

“Well, Chase is at ball practise tonight and I have to clip the steer.”

“Geez Doug, you’ve got a Lowline steer because your kid is young and small and it takes two adults to clip him?

Seriously?”

“Shorty the little bugger won’t fit in the clipping chute, he can scoot from side to side in there under the side rails. I just need someone to hold him.”

“He leads better for Chase.” Doug had noticed a bit of trepidation in Shorty.

Doug looped the lead shank over the bar and tied a loose knot. It was obvious that head catch wouldn’t work on Hercules’ tiny noggin so he didn’t even try.

“Shouldn’t we tie him a bit tighter?” Shorty asked.

“Naw…he’s good. You sure you want to clip Shorty, all ya gotta do is hold him so he don’t swing out of the chute?”

“I’m good Doug.” Shorty had plugged in the clippers and was standing back a few feet from the chute. He flipped the switch on the clippers, which flipped the switch in Hercules.

Doug had moved around to the right side of the steer as he talked to Shorty and, when Shorty turned on the clippers, Hercules jerked his head straight back away from the clippers.

Doug’s reaction was swift and instinctual; he lunged towards the steer’s head in order to grab the ill-fitting and now untied rope halter. About half way through that lunge, he realized that he was not going to be able to secure the halter, so he grabbed the steer’s neck in what can best be described as a head lock.

The force of said head lock, coupled with the suddenness of the arrival of Doug at his head, caused the steer to lunge sharply to his left and forward. Because Doug was securely attached to the steer, this movement caused Doug and the steer to loose balance and the whole mess collapsed in a heap.

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Hercules was the first to his feet, which was unfortunate for Doug, because Doug was now flat on his back, still clutching the steer around the neck, looking up at a Lowline. Hercules let out a death bellow followed by what Shorty figured was a nervous pee, right on Doug’s chest. Both the steer and Doug were trying to catch their breath and decide the next course of action.

Hercules decided first. He figured he would jump straight up , but he didn’t factor in Doug’s body mass attached to the front end. That miscalculation caused his rear end to fly up while the front end remained on the ground. Shorty wasn’t sure where the steer’s rear end came down…until he heard Doug’s soprano squeal.

The two wrestlers were once again in rest mode; this time Doug’s face was decidedly pale. Shorty looked at his friend, now wet from his waist to his shirt collar with what Shorty was pretty sure was not sweat, his jeans covered in a mixture of mud and steer manure, and his left arm firmly clamped around the steers neck. The steer was slobbering all over Doug’s head and both man and animal were panting heavily.

Shorty hadn’t noticed that Doug’s family had returned during the match and it wasn’t until Chase spoke that he realized they had company.

relaxed. “Let go Dad! You’re hurting him!”

“I’m hurting him?” Doug squeaked.

“Let him go, I’ve got him.” Chase clutched the lead shank in one hand while he rubbed the steer’s head with the other.

Doug released his grip tentatively and Chase calmly led Hercules back to his pen. He looked up at Shorty.

“You were a helluva lotta help Shorty” Doug’s voice was almost back to normal. Shorty just smiled at his dirty, defeated friend. “You’ve got nothing to say Shorty?”

“You got any beer in the house?” Shorty responded.

“Yeah.” Doug was now on his feet and walking beside Shorty towards the house. ”Thanks for the help Shorty” Doug made no attempt to hide the sarcasm.

“Well Doug… Hercules still has all his hair, he still ain’t clipped. What now?”

“I dunno”

Doug was clearly beaten.

The two men were nearly to the house by now. Shorty looked over at his friend and began to sing… “Mary had a little lamb, little lamb…”

“Dad…what the hell?” Chase squeezed between the rails and ran towards the two of them. “Herc.. are you okay?” By now Chase was gently rubbing the steer’s head. The steer

Grant Rolston was born and raised in ranching country near Penticton, British Columbia. After graduating school, he worked on a purebred Hereford ranch, then assumed a position at Western Breeders Artificial Insemination Unit. In 1980, he left the livestock scene and joined the Edmonton Police Department, where he received his formal training in photography, working for the IDENT unit (crime scene investigation). After a decade, he returned to the industry, purchasing a herd of purebred Angus cattle but both Grant and his wife, Lauralee, worked off the ranch to make a living. He chose livestock photography and is now Canada’s premier livestock photographer of beef cattle. Grant and Lauralee travel throughout nine provinces in Canada for on farm photography, in addition to all major livestock shows, including the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, the Canadian Western Agribition, and all major National Junior shows in the summer months. Grant and Lauralee Rolston reside in Vulcan, Alberta. With four decades of experience, Grant shares things that are “Not Taken for Granted.”

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Deborah Wilson is Sr. Vice-president of BIXSco Inc, the partnership between Viewtrak Technologies Inc. and Canadian Cattlemen’s Association.

Can data sharing help producers manage change?

Change is a constant—so the saying goes. And it’s a saying that seems particularly appropriate for the beef industry right now. BSE changed the cattle industry forever, along with computers, the Internet, and social media. With social media has come “Value Branding” which relates to changing public values around health, the environment, and animal welfare.

As a producer, I know this issue is not going away. And the best way to respond is to become more connected to others within the industry, and to communicate more effectively with consumers. This is an industry that likes tradition, but change can be a challenge, or an opportunity—depending on how you look at it. As Cherie Copithorne-Barnes, a producer and Chair of the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef says, the trick will be to respond in a way that is manageable for the entire industry, and at a speed we can all handle. One program that’s helping the industry respond to changing consumer demand is the McDonald’s Verified Sustainable Beef program.

Starting next year, in 2016, McDonald’s will begin purchasing a portion of its beef from verified sustainable sources. Besides working with a diverse set of stakeholders in the Canadian beef community to develop a way for producers and processors to demonstrate what “sustainable beef” means, the program has focused on gathering producers to participate in the program. Their goal is to have 300 operations verified by next spring, including cow/calf, feedlots and processors. But the biggest focus of the program has been on the verification side of the process—finding a consistent way to demonstrate sustainability outcomes specific to Natural resources, Community and People, Animal health and welfare, Food and Efficiency and Innovation. These issues are important to not only consumers and McDonald’s, but should be important to all Canadian beef producers. Being verified is not a pass or fail situation, it is a journey of demonstrating improvement within your operation, the willingness to improve in respect to the animals, the environment, safety and efficiency. I can’t think of many producers who don’t try every day to do the right thing by their animals and operations.

One of the truths about sustainability is that it’s a journey and not a destination. Ironically, you can never actually “arrive” because the focus is on continuous improvement.

Part of the reason McDonald’s picked Canada to pilot the

VSB program is because in many ways, we’re well ahead of other countries.

“We’re not the only ones working on sustainability, but we’re significantly further ahead,” James Bradbury, Marketing Manager for Canada Beef told me. “As beef prices increase, consumers will become more selective about what they buy. If we’re deemed at any point to be unsustainable in any sense, that could be a real problem for beef producers. We’re already a leader on sustainability—and have been for years. Now it’s a matter of measuring it, verifying it, and communicating it consistently.”

James adds that consumers don’t need to know all the details, but there are certain topics like animal welfare they’re concerned about. “For a consumer, just knowing this stuff is being looked at and measured and that farmers and others in the supply chain are regulating what they do, and that it’s being verified by an independent third party—that’s the information they’re looking for, and it’s not going to change.”

Matt Sutton-Vermeulen, project manager for McDonald’s VSB program also told me that the pilot has been gaining momentum largely because of Canada’s existing systems such as the Verified Beef Program, the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency and The Beef InfoXchange System. It’s exciting to realize that these systems are allowing us to measure, verify and track sustainability in ways that no other country is yet able to do.

“From an information sharing standpoint, we’re now three months into running reports using BIXS. The capacity that BIXS is demonstrating is beyond our expectations and continues to improve every month,” he said. “BIXS is demonstrating that we can share information efficiently while maintaining confidentiality.

That’s good news and critical to the success and credibility of the pilot. We need to have data that is value driven, and action oriented, so that people upstream and downstream can access it appropriately without getting into privacy issues.”

As a member of the BIXS team, I’m proud that Matt has been impressed by our efforts. “Your team is demonstrating their capacity at a high level and that’s not easy,” he told me. “You don’t buy these programs off

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the store shelves and you are making it easy for other IT providers to beef producers to share animal tracking information without compromising their own value propositions with their clients.”

Economics is the center-point of sustainability, and Matt added that Canada’s ability to offer verified sustainable beef will create the long term opportunity to differentiate Canadian beef on a local, national and global basis.

“The new team at BIXS is walking the talk when it comes to continuous improvement and traceability is critical for the long term viability of the Canadian beef industry,” he said. He also mentioned that the McDonald’s pilot is creating opportunities for collaboration between the Canadian roundtable for sustainable beef and its US counterpart south of the border.

What’s the bottom line from a producer perspective? It’s that it’s time to get in the game. “Producers are highly trusted by consumers. It’s vitally important they have a

hand in measuring, verifying and reporting their sustainable outcomes,” said James from Canada Beef.

Matt echoed that sentiment. “The voice of the producers who are involved in the pilot will drive the future of the program. If you’re participating, your voice will be amplified.”

This is an industry that likes tradition and resists change the way we all like our favorite pair of boots, and we usually wear them beyond the point they should be retired. Participating in BIXS and VSB is a little like putting on new boots, once broken in they feel as good as the old ones.”

So what are you waiting for?

You can sign up for the VSB here www.vsbpilot.ca and sign up for BIXS here www.bixs2.ca.

Trust me, it’s not that bad!

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#5075

205 Wt. 924 He sells! This curvebender by Renown started with a modest birth weight of 69 lbs. and clearly demonstrates pounds in the right package, abounding with natural thickness, volume and muscle shape. His perfect uddered Density dam is a model of efficiency.

The view from Hobart’s Canadian Chef: "work with all your passion"

By Jenny Keyes

Chef Frank Peters begins each day at Hobart’s Steakhouse with one thing on his mind: serving consistent quality meals that leave his customers hungry for more.

To pay the bills, he took a part-time job with a restaurant working in the kitchen. As his culinary skills grew, the future chef’s passion for cooking began to develop.

Passion is key

After college, he worked as an entry-level commercial cinematographer, but something was missing and it led him back to foodservice.

Most of his culinary skills were learned at the cutting board watching other chefs prepare food across a wide spectrum from boxing up chicken at KFC to managing a group of fine dining restaurants.

That’s what happens each day in the Kawartha Lakes region northeast of Toronto, Ontario, but it wasn’t always on his mind. With a degree in cinematography and no formal culinary education, there was a time when owning and operating a steakhouse didn’t quite make sense.

“My parents were firm believers in being the best you can be in whatever you do,” says Peters. “The mandate was to work, and to work with all your passion.”

Beef cattle were part of life growing up, but not in a traditional way. His family lived and worked on a 40,000-acre Canadian Experimental Range Station in Alberta, where ranch work included all that goes with range management and crossbreeding cattle. His father, Hobart Peters, was a PhD geneticist who oversaw beef projects on the range station, working closely with neighboring ranchers.

“The cowboy mentality I grew up with is you work until the job is done, then you get up and you do it again” “When I got into the management side of the restaurant, it just grabbed me,” Peters says. “I enjoy the people, the crazy hours and the everyday variety that comes with a restaurant.”

“My father was not your typical rancher,” Peters says. “He was a scientist who was also a cowboy.”

In the early 1960s, his father was charged with evaluating all the European breeds for importation into Canada. By the mid ’60s, the elder Peters had moved the family to Rome, where he worked with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization as an agricultural advisor to developing countries.

In the 1970s, back in Canada, the oldest son completed schooling and went off to college in Ottawa to study filmmaking.

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In 2000, he and longtime business partner, Ken Found, found themselves with the chance to open their own restaurant. The idea of Hobart’s Steakhouse was born, obviously named after the scientistfather-cowboy and his unique involvement in the beef community.

“My father stood for a lot of the qualities and standards of raising better beef that we hold for the restaurant,” Peters says. “It seemed suiting at the time, and still does today.”

He knows the hard work it takes to make a go of it, whether that’s a family running a remote research ranch or a family restaurant. The values he learned as a child have carried over.

“The cowboy mentality I grew up with is you work until the job is done, then you get up and you do it again,” he says. “To do that, you have to have a passion. If you are going to do something, you do it all the way.”

Casual fine dining

The comfortable atmosphere of Hobart’s can be viewed as casual fine dining.

Staff focuses on comfort and satisfaction.

“We hope our customers leave with a good feeling and a full belly,” says Chef Frank.

It’s not just about the food. Hobart’s has developed a loyalty from customers beyond quality of the food, but also from the level of service.

Beef is the defining product on Hobart’s menu, featuring only the Certified Angus Beef ® brand.

Frequent customers and visitors alike know what to expect.

“When our customers come through the door, they recognize that we serve a great brand, but also part of their satisfaction is how we cut the steaks, undeniably better than most,” Peters says.

“When people come to your restaurant it’s about their experience, not about you,” he says.

Building relationships

A small or independent restaurant can be at a disadvantage to the large chains, but that’s no problem in this case. The chef and restaurateur cultivated a lasting relationship with Toronto-based distributor MacGregors Meat and Seafood. The two family-owned-and-operated companies appreciate getting their beef from a brand owned by family farms and ranches.

“They [MacGregors] have worked with us like we’re every bit as important as any chain that they would deal with,” Peters says. “It is an important relationship that we are very fortunate to have.”

Hobart’s staff makes sure to let customers know they genuinely care.

Every table is provided with a level of service that has a feeling of “down home” hospitality.

“The way I was raised in southern Alberta was that the door is always open,” Peters says. “You meet people, you give them a full plate of food for their money and you give your best quality to them. That is how I run my restaurant and that is why our doors are still open after 15 years.”

Deeply rooted in those family values, he stays close to the community in Lindsay and nearby Peterborough, Ont., where Hobart’s opened a second location in 2013. That means building relationships with beef producers in those areas and keeping up to date on issues involving the beef community.

“They know I’m not just some guy that can cook a steak or flip a burger,” he says.

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October 3, 2015 Olds, AB FEMALES

HEIFER CALVES

Split 1 1. Cottage Lake/Boss Cattle, Stony Plain, AB with Boss Miss Motive 510 2. Avelyn Angus, Leduc, AB with Avelyn Sweet Thang 100’15 sired by DMM Riptide 27Y Split 2 1. Renegade Farms, Onoway, AB with Renegade Foolish Pride 5C sired by MWC Body Builder 30Y 2. Compass Ranch, Cochrane, AB with Diamond T Bardolier Lass 1520 sired by Remitall F Rage 9A Split 3 1. Miller Wilson Angus, Bashaw, AB with DMM Miss Essence 5C sired by DMM Hoss 3A 2. Remitall Farm, Olds, AB with Remitall F Karama 2C sired by S A V Harvestor 0338

Judge: Gregg Stewart. Washington, Kansas Black Angus Division

RESERVE CHAMpIon junIoR FEMALE

RESERVE CHAMpIon BuLL CALF

Cottage Lake/Boss Cattle, Stony Plain, AB with Boss Miss Motive 422

Lorenz Angus, Red Deer County, AB with Lorenz Unanimous 17C sired by Peak Dot Unanimous 730A

TWo YEAR oLd

YEARLInG BuLL

1. Remitall Farm, Olds, AB with Remitall F Karama 8A sired by TC Aberdeen 759 2. 4K Land Cattle Company, Ardrossan, AB with 4K Hush 145A sired by Northline Fortress 225U

MATuRE CoW

1. Remitall Farm, Olds, AB with Remitall F Boycott 71B sired by Remitall F Prospector 110Z 2. Avelyn Angus, Leduc, AB with Avelyn High Cal 472’14 sired by Young Dale Xcaliber 32X

1. Miller Wilson Angus, Bashaw, AB with DMM Miss Essence 61W sired by Gumbo Gulch Creed 94S 2. Lorenz Angus, Red Deer County, AB with Lorenz Caroline 1Z sired by F V Pioneer 83X

GRAnd CHAMpIon HEIFER CALF Miller Wilson Angus, Bashaw, AB with DMM Miss Essence 5C sired by DMM Hoss 3A

CHAMpIon junIoR BuLL And GRAnd CHAMpIon BuLL

RESERVE GRAnd CHAMpIon HEIFER CALF

Remitall Farm, Olds, AB with Remitall F Boycott 71B sired by Remitall F Prospector 110Z

Remitall Farm, Olds, AB with Remitall F Karama 2C sired by S A V Harvestor 0338

YEARLInG HEIFER

Split 1 1. Cottage Lake/Boss Cattle, Stony Plain, AB with Boss Miss Motive 422 2. Twisted Sisters Livestock, Lloydminster, AB with Royal S Pride 42B sired by SOO Line Yellowstone 9286 Split 2 1. Remitall Farm, Olds, AB with Remitall F Miss Queen 123B sired by Remitall F Odyssey 67X 2. Daines Cattle ONeill Livestock, Red Deer County, AB with Daines Heavy Si 43B sired by Daines Heavy Si 57Z Split 3 1. Remitall Farm, Olds, AB with Remitall F Barbara Bea 17B sired by S A V Harvestor 0338 2. Richmond Ranch, Rumsey, AB with Richmond Black Swan SRD 38B sired by HF Decisive 56Z

CHAMpIon SEnIoR And GRAnd CHAMpIon FEMALE

Miller Wilson Angus, Bashaw, AB with DMM Miss Essence 61W sired by Gumbo Gulch Creed 94S

RESERVE CHAMpIon SEnIoR FEMALE

RESERVE CHAMpIon junIoR BuLL Avelyn Angus, Leduc, AB with Avelyn High Cal 472’14 sired by Young Dale Xcaliber 32X

TWo YEAR oLd BuLL

1. Miller Wilson Angus, Bashaw, AB with DMM Brick 48A sired by Gumbo Gulch Creed 94S

Remitall Farm, Olds, AB with Remitall F Karama 8A sired by TC Aberdeen 759

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BuLL CALVES

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CHAMpIon BuLL CALF

Greenwood, Lloydminster, SK with Greenwood Colossal JJP 28C sired by S A V International 2020

CHAMpIon junIoR FEMALE And RESERVE GRAnd CHAMpIon FEMALE

Remitall Farm, Olds, AB with Remitall F Miss Queen 123B sired by Remitall F Odyssey 67X

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CHAMpIon SEnIoR BuLL And RESERVE GRAnd CHAMpIon BuLL Miller Wilson Angus, Bashaw, AB with DMM Brick 48A sired by Gumbo Gulch Creed 94S

October 3, 2015 Olds, AB FEMALES

HEIFER CALVES

Split 1 1. Wildman Livestock, Sangudo, AB with Red Wildman Angel 521C sired by Red Wildman Double Down 320A 2. Lazy MC Angus, Bassano, AB with Red Lazy MC Gloria 132C sired by Red WPRA Legacy A-314 Split 2 1. Compass Ranch, Cochrane, AB with Red Jensen Annie 519C sired by Red Get-A-Long Yonder 151 2. Rainbow Red Angus, Cherhill, AB with Red Rainbow Lark 17C sired by Red U-2 Big League 7136T Split 3 1. Redrich Farms, Forestburg, AB with Red Redrich Firefly 124C sired by Red Cockburn Alcatraz 394A 2. Shiloh Cattle Company, Craigmyle, AB with Red Shiloh Centerfold 5C sired by Red Wildman Chuck Norris 012X Split 4 1. Lucky 7 Cattle Co., Sedgewick, AB with Red Lucky 7 Rosie 173C sired by Lucky 7 Simon Says 63A 2. River Rock Angus, Red Deer County, AB with Red River Rock Bonnie 544C sired by Red SVR Gangster 14S

CHAMPION HEIFER CALF

Compass Ranch, Cochrane, AB with Red Jensen Annie 519C sired by Red Get-A-Long Yonder 151

RESERVE CHAMPION HEIFER CALF

Judge: Gregg Stewart. Washington, Kansas Red Angus Division TWO YEAR OLD FEMALE

CHAMPION BULL CALF

MATURE COW

RESERVE CHAMPION BULL CALF

1. Minchau Ranch, Hanna, AB with Red Shiloh Alberta Gal 85A sired by Red SCCA Xciteabull Sakic 5X 1. Ter-Ron Farms, Forestburg, AB with Red K Adams Zaria 091Z sired by Red Ter-Ron Realdeal 01W 2. Lazy MC Angus, Bassano, AB with Red MPV Hannah 22Z sired by Red Lazy MC Grizzly 20W

CHAMPION SENIOR FEMALE

Ter-Ron Farms, Forestburg, AB with Red K Adams Zaria 091Z sired by Red Ter-Ron Realdeal 01W

RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR FEMALE

Shiloh Cattle Company, Craigmyle, AB with Red Shiloh Code Red 34C sired by Red Shiloh Actively Loaded 81A Ter-Ron Farms, Forestburg, AB with Red Ter-Ron Shocker 10C sired by Red Ter-Ron Parker 34A

YEARLING BULL

1. Lazy MC Angus, Bassano, AB with Red Lazy MC Gunner 144B sired by Red Lazy MC Trooper 21Y 2. Shiloh Cattle Company, Craigmyle, AB with Red Shiloh Buzz Bout Loaded 9B sired by Red Vikse Fully Loaded 29Y

CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL

Lazy MC Angus, Bassano, AB with Red MPV Hannah 22Z sired by Red Lazy MC Grizzly 20W

Lazy MC Angus, Bassano, AB with Red Lazy MC Gunner 144B sired by Red Lazy MC Trooper 21Y

RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL Shiloh Cattle Company, Craigmyle, AB with Red Shiloh Buzz Bout Loaded 9B sired by Red Vikse Fully Loaded 29Y

TWO YEAR OLD BULL

1. Redrich Farms, Forestburg, AB with Red Redrich Aftershock 238A sired by Red Wilbar Longitude 646Y 2. Shiloh Cattle Company, Craigmyle, AB with Red GJP Thor 255A sired by Red Majestic Lightning 717SGMR

GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE

Ter-Ron Farms, Forestburg, AB with Red K Adams Zaria 091Z sired by Red Ter-Ron Realdeal 01W

Wildman Livestock, Sangudo, AB with Red Wildmam Angel 521C sired by Red Wildman Double Down 320A

YEARLING HEIFER

Split 1 1. Compass Ranch, Cochrane, AB with Red Wildman Rebello 409B sired by Red Jensen Sky 611X 2. Wildman Livestock, Sangudo, AB with Red Wildman Miss Stocky 420B sired by Red Jensen Sky 611X Split 2 1. Cinder Angus, Barrhead, AB with Red Cinder Rosette 16B sired by Red Lone Stone Revolver 138Z 2. River Rock Angus, Red Deer County, AB with Red Shiloh Best Get Loaded 14B sired by Red Vikse Fully Loaded 29Y

CHAMPION JUNIOR FEMALE

Compass Ranch, Cochrane, AB with Red Wildman Rebello 409B sired by Red Jensen Sky 611X

RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR FEMALE

Wildman Livestock, Sangudo, AB with Red Wildman Miss Stocky 420B sired by Red Jensen Sky 611X

CHAMPION SENIOR AND GRAND CHAMPION BULL RESERVE CHAMPION FEMALE

Compass Ranch, Cochrane, AB with Red Wildman Rebello 409B sired by Red Jensen Sky 611X

Redrich Farms, Forestburg, AB with Red Redrich Aftershock 238A sired by Red Wilbar Longitude 646Y

BULLS

BULL CALVES

Split 1 1. Lazy MC Angus, Bassano, AB with Red Lazy MC Renegade 170C sired by Red WPRA Legacy A-314 2. Redrich Farms, Forestburg, AB with Red Redrich Cloud Nine 99C sired by Red Cockburn Alcatraz 394A Split 2 1. Shiloh Cattle Company, Craigmyle, AB with Red Shiloh Code Red 34C sired by Red Shiloh Actively Loaded 81A 2. Ter-Ron Farms, Forestburg, AB with Red Ter-Ron Shocker 10C sired by Red Ter-Ron Parker 34A Today’s Angus Advantage Late Fall 2015

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RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION BULL

Shiloh Cattle Company, Craigmyle, AB with Red GJP Thor 255A sired by Red Majestic Lightning 717SGMR

GUELPH, ONTARIO— Generations of Canadian cattlemen have supported their families and beef lovers from coast to coast.

Nowhere could be found better husbandry applied to produce the most pounds of beef from herds well adapted to the prairie ranges, mixed-wood plains and maritime paddocks.

But what about the beef under those hides? Traditionally, that was left to feedlots and packers to sort out. On the other side of the packinghouse door, beef salesmen seldom gave much thought to the process of harvesting, Brian Pogue transforming cattle into beef.

That began to change with Ontario’s first Carcass 101 Seminar at the University of Guelph (UoG) on August 25th, presented to 100 producers, packers, foodservice and retail meat professionals.

It was a one-day course presented by the Beef Farmers of Ontario (BFO), Beef Improvement Opportunities (BIO), Certified Angus Beef (CAB), the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) and UoG. OMAFRA Beef Lead Brian Pogue helped organize the seminar and planned well in advance to obtain video and profile photos of eight finished steers for evaluation and projected carcass values.

Guelph meat scientist Ira Mandell began with a review of grading and sorting by age based on ossification and the lack of fat cover on rib bones of older animals. He discussed discounts for dark cutting beef and also compared fat color, showing the white from grain-finished and amber from grass or forage-finished cattle.

“Grass-fed having higher amounts of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) really does not have the health benefit that the grass-fed followers believe,” Mandell said, citing several studies and adding, “it has become a lot of hype.”

Pogue began a video “live cattle” discussion that had participants

ranking animals for weight, marbling, yield, maturity and fat cover. Then he and Gary Hasson of the Canadian Grading Agency led a telling excursion through the meat cooler for similar scoring on the eight carcasses.

Meanwhile, CAB meat scientist Phil Bass conducted a concurrent session on carcass fabrication based on the main “steakhouse cuts” of rib eye, strip loin and tenderloin. He Ira Mandell & Phil Bass talked about other relevant trends as well.

“As a beef community, we’re trying to add value to the cattle you produce,” Bass told attendees.

“Part of that is a refocus on bonein cuts and some alternative regional cuts such as introducing the tri-tip and sirloin flap to areas that are less familiar with those.”

Another aspect is better utilization, or selling more steaks like the flat-iron and other chuck cuts at a premium to ground beef, Bass added.

Hasson explained how CGA grades Gary Hasson beef carcasses, pointing out the key variations in marbling between AA, AAA and Prime grades.

His interactive demonstration on yield grade included fat measurements at the 12th rib, backed up by a cutting test on steak off that rib section.

“Seeing the yield test data confirm the measured results of the yields really helps convey the value of the yield grade assignment,” Hasson noted.

Back in the classroom, actual data were revealed.

“For the most part, the crowd failed miserably,” Pogue said. “We expected that—it’s difficult to tell what’s under the hide. I can do a fairly good job assessing the muscling and fat cover, but I defy anybody to look at the live cattle and tell what level of marbling it will have.”

He provided individual feedlot performance and profitability as well (see tables).

“We weighed the cattle the morning they were harvested so we had feedlot average daily gain and individual feed conversion,” Pogue said. “We showed lean meat yield and percentages by grade as AA or AAA, and actual marbling scores. Then we looked at the

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economics.”

One of the most surprising results was the difference between the typical Canadian market price and the wider range if marketed on a U.S. packer grid.

“We took starting and mid-term weights, figuring what the cattle were worth then, compared to the finished carcass value to get at profit,” Pogue said. “We had a fairly significant range, from about $4 to $300 per head profit for the top steer that qualified for the Certified Angus Beef ® brand.”

Just as significantly, that range in value is of little concern in the Ontario finished cattle market, he said. “Our producers have very little incentive today to produce AAA over AA, but I think the U.S. type of grid is coming to Canada.”

To that point, he added, “We have done a great job of tracking cattle through the supply chain, but where we fall short is in sharing the data with producers who hit the high-quality mark so they can see how genetics have affected that quality.”

Mike McMorris, BIO general manager, agreed.

“We talk a lot about how we need to do a better job raising better beef, but we get protective of our data and find it hard to let it out of our grip,” he said. “We fear that our success should be held close to our chest and not shared for everyone to take.”

Optimistic that the future will look different, McMorris said, “It’s in our best interest as producers to share what has worked best, genetically and financially, for the good of all the producers. We have room to grow in producing a better beef supply for the consumer.”

Perhaps a fifth of the group attending Mike McMorris came from foodservice and retail. Brian Langley, Longo’s director of meat and seafood, brought a large contingent of staff and explained the latest initiative at the CAB-licensed retail chain.

“We have made a strategy change in the last few years to target the millennial shopper,” he said. Recent survey data shows the younger generation enjoys cooking and represents a growing market for the retail meat case. “We are bringing Larry Corah

in programs to Longo’s that resonate with the millennial consumer.”

Pogue said as more retailers look for higher marbling in the beef cuts they are offering to increasingly quality-minded consumers, “We will need to get more of our cattle to qualify for the AAA grade.”

CAB’s Larry Corah noted Canadians produce just half of the total tonnage of the brand’s sales in the country’s hundreds of CABpartner restaurants and retail stores.

“Quality has really gone up in Canada over the past five years, and yet the value of that greater supply of AAA beef has grown faster than that of the lower supply of AA,” Corah said. “That’s a huge opportunity for producers who can hit the premium AAA and Prime grades.”

He also provided examples of dramatic increases in quality grade in U.S. herds based on a single generation of calves sired by bulls near the breed top for marbling, which Corah noted does not limit progress in selection for other traits.

Joyce Parslow, Director of Consumer Relations for Canada Beef, agreed adding quality could create more beef-brand loyalty, whether that’s in the province or around the world.

She presented a video and discussion on how the world is hungry for Canadian beef and the story behind its “world-class standards.”

However, Pogue said the Canadian industry seems to be at a stalemate when it comes to increasing the share of cattle that achieve higher quality grades.

“Packers would provide more information on cattle if producers would pay for the data, but meanwhile they are less interested in paying producers for better cattle,” he said. “If information adds value, there should be opportunities to share more dollars.

“This industry of ours is so segmented that if beef were not the preferred meat, we would hardly have an industry at all,” Pogue said.

“How can you have 20% unsatisfactory eating experiences and still survive? We have a long ways to go, yes, but that means there’s a huge amount of potential.”

by Steve Suther

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JUDGES

Chad Haaland and Cody Allison

SALES TALK

STALL CARD

SENIOR Kolton McIntosh and Naomi Best

PEE WEE Carson Baker

TEAM GROOMING

PEE WEE Colter Sprung

JUNIOR Taylor Carlson

JUNIOR Cody Carson

POWER POINT AND VIDEO

Kolton McIntosh, Gracie Falconer, Ty Nykoliation, Kelby Sprung and Bree Russel

JUNIOR Taylor Carlson

HERDSMAN

INTERMEDIATE Naomi Best

INTERMEDIATE Nolan Vandersluis

SHOWMANSHIP

SENIOR Raina Syrnyk

SENIOR Raina Syrnyk

PHOTOGRAPHY

TEAM MARKETING

IMPROMTU SPEECHES

PEE WEE Sierra Inglis

JUNIOR Taylor Carlson INTERMEDIATE Naomi Best SENIOR Taylor Carvey

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Nolan and Grace Glover PEE WEE Carson Baker

JUNIOR Katie Falconer

Raina Syrnyk, Harleigh Carlson and Sierra Inglis

INTERMEDIATE Justin Carvey

SCRAPBOOK

SENIOR Kolton McIntosh

PEE WEE Sierra Inglis

COOKOFF

JUNIOR Wyatt Inglis

Justin Kristjansson, Bobbi Jo Foster, Emma Pool, Lane Breault and Hannon Vandersluis

INTERMEDIATE Naomi Best

CONFORMATION

PEE WEE Sierra Inglis

SENIOR Raina Syrnyk

JUNIOR Kelby Sprung

JUDGING

PEE WEE Lane Nykoliation

RESERVE JUNIOR AND SENIOR CHAMPION ANGUS FEMALE Levi Best

JUNIOR Taylor Carlson

SENIOR CHAMPION ANGUS FEMALE Haley Brownell

INTERMEDIATE Naomi Best

GRAND CHAMPION ANGUS FEMALE Haley Brownell

PEE WEE Carson Baker

SENIOR Raina Syrnyk

JUNIOR Grace Glover

TEAM JUDGING

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION ANGUS FEMALE Raina Syrnyk

INTERMEDIATE Naomi Best SENIOR Raina Syrnyk

ART

INTERMEDIATE Sami Kringle SENIOR Kolton McIntosh

JUNIOR CHAMPION ANGUS FEMALE Raina Syrnyk

JUNIOR Katie Falconer and Emily Speers

GRAND CHAMPION ANGUS BULL Ty Nykoliation

INTERMEDIATE Justin Carvey and Nolan Glover

RESERVE CHAMPION BULL Raina Syrnyk

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Barrie Fair

Ontario Point Show - Barrie, ON Blue Water Angus Club - August 30, 2015 Judge: Mr. Colton Hamilton, Innisfail, AB

Champion Heifer Calf Ron & Linda Bryant with Brantnor’s Favorite 12C by Dameron First Impression.

Reserve Champion Heifer Calf Worth-Mor Cattle, Campbellford, ON with Worth-Mor Shakura 14C by Mohnen South Dakota 402.

Champion Junior Female Premier Livestock & Hasson Livestock with PFLC Ellen 170B

by S A V Net Worth 4200.

Reserve Champion Junior Female Rob & Stephanie French with Hammell 4Z Kim 7B by Connealy Consensus 7229.

Reserve Champion Senior and Reserve Grand Champion Female Brad Gilchrist, Lucknow, ON with GF Rita 66Z by Connealy Final Product with her heifer calf GF Rita 66C sired by Sandpoint Soldier Y300.

Champion Senior and Grand Champion Female Peter Frijters, Milverton, ON with OSU Empress 3100, by Dameron First Impression with her bull calf Premier Sixmile Hasson Insight sired by PVF Insight 0129.

Junior Champion and Grand Champion Bull Gold-Bar Livestock, Victoria Harbour, ON with GGA Game Day 11B by GDAR Game Day 449.

Reserve Junior and Reserve Grand Champion Bull Patchell Livestock, Hanover, ON with Red Patchell Who’s Your Daddy by Red Northline Trueblood 341T. Champion Senior Bull Bill Jackson, Caledoon, ON with Tullamore Baloo 19A by SCC Baloo 19A. Premier Breeder & Exhibitor Brantnor Angus, Ron & Linda Bryant

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John & Gloria Turner Box 234, Souris, MB R0K 2C0 Email giturner@xplornet.ca

(204)483-3234

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Cell (204) 483-0764

Doug & Jason McLaren

Box 373, Neepawa, Manitoba R0J 1H0 Doug: 204-476-6248 jmdfarms@mts.net Jason: 204-476-6723 mclarenj@hotmail.com

www.jasredangus.com

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HEIFER CALF

Split 1 1. Ryan Currie with Black Lane Forever Lady 6C sired by Sankeys Justified 101 2. Ron and Linda Bryant with Brantnor’s Miss Daisy 25C sired by Brantnor Regal 10Z

Split 3 1. Premier Livestock and Hasson Livestock with PFLC Ellen 170B sired

by S A V Net Worth 4200 2. Michael Fallis with Amabec Bodacious sired by Connealy Confidence 0100

Split 2 1. Worth-Mor Cattle with Worth Mor Shakura 14C sired by Mohnen South Dakota 402 2. Ron and Linda Bryant with Brantnor’s Edam 20C sired by Dameron First Impression

Split 4 1. Whiskey Lane Livestock with Whiskey Lane Lady 10B sired by PVF Windfall SCC 9005 2. William Jackson with Oak Lane Darling 2B sired by FGAF Capitain 017X

CHAMPION HEIFER CALF Whiskey Lane Livestock with Whiskey Lane Daisy 8C sired by PVF Windfall SCC 9005

Split 5 1. Don McNalty with Rob Roy Belle 1B sired by B C Lookout 7024 2. Ryan Currie with JD CH Georgina 2B

Split 3 1. Ron and Linda Bryant with Brantnor’s Favorite 12C sired by Dameron First Impression 2. Katelyn Donaldson with Locust Grove Edelia sired by S A V Harvestor 0338 Split 4 1. Whiskey Lane Livestock with Whiskey Lane Daisy 8C sired by PVF Windfall SCC 9005 2. Whiskey Lane Livestock with Whiskey Lane Barbara 17C sired by PVF Windfall SCC 9005 Split 5 1. Whiskey Lane Livestock with Whiskey Lane Anne 6C sired by Mohnen South Dakota 402 2. Gold-Bar Livestock sired with Gold-Bar Annie 106C sired by Mohnen South Dakota 402 Split 6 1. Kevin and Tracy MacIntyre with XCEL Esker Kali 101C sired by Sankey’s Justified 101 2. Harprey Farms with Harprey Pride 2C sired by Mcatl Pure Product 903-55

RESERVE CHAMPION HEIFER CALF Ron and Linda Bryant with Brantnor’s Favorite 12C sired by Dameron First Impression JUNIOR YEARLING HEIFER Split 1 1. Kemp Brothers with Kemp Brothers Freedom 90B sired by Kemp Brother’s Yankee 13Y 2. Peter Frijters with Premier NP Pride 432 sired by S A V Net Worth 4200 SENIOR YEARLING Split 1 1. ADA Cattle Co. with Kemp Brothers Freedom 70B sired by Kemp Brother’s Yankee 13Y 2. Andrew Fraser with Glen Lovat Katie 3B sired by S A V First Class 0207 Split 2 1. Rob and Sandy Foubert with Sunset Madame Pride 3B sired by Dajs Shockwave 612 2. Ron and Linda Bryant with Brantnor’s Flora 17B sired by Gambles Hot Rod Today’s Angus Advantage Late Fall 2015

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CHAMPION JUNIOR FEMALE Rob and Sandy Foubert with Sunset Madame Pride 3B sired by Dajs Shockwave 612

RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR FEMALE Kemp Brothers with Kemp Brothers Freedom 90B sired by Kemp Brother’s Yankee 13Y

TWO YEAR OLD COW/CALF PAIR 1. Premier Livestock and Hasson Livestock with PFLC Bardetta 4A sired by S A V First Class 0207 and her calf Premier Hasson Bardetta 504 sired by S A V Brilliance 8077 2. Ron and Linda Bryant with Brantnor Annie sired by Brantnor Predominent 10W and her calf Brantnor’s Annie 24C sired by Brantnor Regal 10Z MATURE COW/CALF PAIR 1. Brad Gilchrist with GF Rita 66Z sired

by Connealy Final Product and her calf GF Rita 66C sired by Sandpoint Soldier Y300 2. Kemp Brothers with Kemp Brother’s Ms Blackcap 54W sired by Angus Hills Executor 22L and her calf Kemp Brother’s Chief 11C sired by Mcatl Pure Product 903-55 SENIOR CHAMPION FEMALE Premier Livestock and Hasson Livestock with PFLC Bardetta 4A sired by S A V First Class 0207

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE Whiskey Lane Livestock with Whiskey Lane Daisy 8C sired by PVF Windfall SCC 9005

RESERVE BULL CALF CHAMPION Kevin and Tracy MacIntyre with XCEL Esker Rulebreaker 103C sired by Sankeys Justified 101

BULL CALF Split 1 1. Kemp Brothers with Kemp Brothers Cherokee 98C sired by EF Revolution 23Y 2. ADA Cattle Co. with ADA Challenger 119C sired by S A V Brilliance 8077

JUNIOR YEARLING BULL 1. Patchell Livestock with Red Patchell Who’s Your Daddy sired by Red Northline Trueblood 341T

Split 2 1. Kevin and Tracy MacIntyre with XCEL Esker Rulebreaker 103C sired

by Sankeys Justified 101 2. Kemp Brothers with Kemp Brothers Corporal 7C sired by S Titlest 1145

RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR FEMALE Ron and Linda Bryant with Brantnor Annie sired by Brantnor Predominent 10W

SENIOR YEARLING BULL 1. Melmac Angus with Melmac Density sired by S A V 004 Density 4336 2. Gold-Bar Livestock with GGA Game Day 11B sired by GDAR Game Day 449

CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL Melmac Angus with Melmac Density sired by S A V 004 Density 4336 BULL CALF CHAMPION Kemp Brothers with Kemp Brothers Cherokee 98C sired by EF Revolution 23Y

GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE, VOS VEGAS JACKPOT CHAMPION, BAILEY MEMORIAL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE CHAMPION Premier Livestock and Hasson Livestock with PFLC Bardetta 4A sired by S A V First Class 0207

RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL Gold-Bar Livestock with GGA Game Day 11B sired by GDAR Game Day 449

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SENIOR BULL 1. Ryan Currie with PM Thunderstruck 22’13 sired by HF Thunderbird 146Y 2. William Jackson with Tullamore Baloo 19A sired by SCC Baloo 60Y CHAMPION SENIOR BULL Ryan Currie with PM Thunderstruck 22’13 sired by HF Thunderbird 146Y

GRAND CHAMPION BULL, VOS VEGAS JACKPOT CHAMPION, BAILEY MEMORIAL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE AND SUPREME CHAMPION ANGUS Ryan Currie with PM Thunderstruck 22’13 sired by HF Thunderbird 146Y

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION BULL Kemp Brothers with Kemp Brothers Cherokee 98C sired by EF Revolution 23Y PREMIER BREEDER Kemp Brothers PREMIER EXHIBITOR Ron and Linda Bryant

RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR BULL William Jackson with Tullamore Baloo 19A sired by SCC Baloo 60Y

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Call us to book your ad in the Canadian Angus Association Bull Buyers Guide Special Issue!

Deadline: January 1, 2016 Bryan Kostiuk - Editor 4-3342 Millar Avenue Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7K 7G9 Ph: 306-934-9696

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MATT BUSCHBECK

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Rick Stull 12249 8th Line, Georgetown, ON L7G 4S4 Ph: (905) 877-8145 • Cell: (905) 703-0503

Breeders of quality Angus Cattle

Rob & Sandy Foubert 4373 Rideau River Rd Kemptville, ON K0G 1J0 613-258-1062 or 613-791-8151 rfoubert@dct.ca

IAN & JOY RUDKIN

3320 BRADBURN ROAD BLACKSTOCK, ON, L0B 1B0 905.718.5331 maplelinefarm@hotmail.ca

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Clint, Suzanne, Eric, Luc & Alexi Smith Box 284, Mankota, SK H: 306.478.2470 C: 306.478-7470 F: 306.478.2480 breedcreekranch@sasktel.net

Don & Glenda Bell Box 152 Dubuc, Saskatchewan S0A 0R0 (306) 877-2014 b.jella@sasktel.net

Darrel & Jacqui Bell Mallory, Logan, Cailee & Clay (306) 877-4402 dj.bell@sasktel.net

www.belmoralangus.com Stop by and see our CANADIAN program!

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Halcyon Angus Farm JOHN & MIRIAM BUSWELL KERRY BUSWELL BROWN & DAVID BROWN

Box 126 • Borden, SK • S0K 0N0 306.997.4802 • j.buswell@yourlink.ca

Pure Bred Black Angus Cattle

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Tom & Vicki Flanagan Maple Creek, SK P: 306.662.2272 C: 306.662.8120 tomvic@sasktel.net sheidaghananghus.com

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Sunderland Ranch Ltd. Registered Black Angus Cattle

Terry & Rachelle Sunderland www.sunderlandranch.net Box 2139 Maple Creek, SK S0N 1N0 terrysunderland@sasktel.net 306-662-3021

Home of SAV Ten Trillion 3112A Son of AAR Ten X 7008 5A X SAV Blackcap May 5530

Box 176 Dundurn, SK S0K 1K0 306.492.2161 wilbarcattle@gmail.com b r ya n a n d t r a c e y w i l l m s w w w . w i l b a r fa r m s . co m

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Practical Tattooing

By Roy Lewis DVM

With fall fast approaching and purebred calves close to being weaned now is a good time to review proper tattooing techniques as most calves get tattooed by now. I will also insert good ideas I have gleaned over the years from those producers, which consistently have very readable tattoos in their cattle. Even with RFID tags or microchips the tattoo is the recognized permanent and literally unalterable identification for purebred animals whether cattle or dogs.

There are a few simple do’s and don’ts, which lead to a successful tattoo. A successful tattoo is simply one, which is very readable for the entire life of the animal.

There are several steps to do before actually tattooing. The cattle have to be properly restrained in a chute and the ear thoroughly cleaned. Especially in older cattle the ears will have lots of wax on them and if that is not removed with cleaning (either a wet rag or the best is an alcohol soaked rag) the needles drive the wax in. The results are wart like projections, which grow out of the holes and obliterate the tattoo. So if you see any of these wart like growths coming out of the needle holes you are not cleaning the ears enough before tattooing.

Location of the tattoo is critical for readability. You don’t want it out in the hairline as it makes reading difficult. You are stuck with the herd letters the breed association assigns you but two herd letters are better than using four. The more letters or numbers to drive needles through at one time the harder and depending on a persons strength the outside ones may turn up fainter. A shallower needle impression allows less tattoo ink in.

Tattoo in between the ribs doing the herd (breeders) letters between the first and second ribs. The numbers and year letter go between the second and third ribs. Hitting the ribs causes lots of bleeding and lots of bleeding will wash out the ink and give a poor tattoo. It is proper to have the tattoo number followed by the year letter. I find a lot of the French people have a tendency to reverse this. As an example 26X is the right way not X26. You all know the tattoo letter for 2015 is C. The tattoo ink comes in roll on or paste and I find the paste much better at penetrating and giving a clearer tattoo. The

two primary colors are black or green and with lots of black cattle out there green is the only color to use. Charolais because of their white color always have the most visible tattoos. Even the red factor Charolais present a very good tattoo if applied properly. Years ago a Black Angus client pursued finding a white tattoo ink. I thought this would be perfect a white tattoo in black cattle would be extremely visible. The idea came from people getting every color they want at tattoo parlors why couldn’t we get the same for cattle. The white ink even though it was German made was very watery and most tattoos were unreadable. I do hope in the future another lighter color will be developed for the darker cattle and I am surprised no smart person has researched this. Even with a well-placed and applied green tattoo on Angus cattle they can be hard to read. If hard to read a good light shined from behind may facilitate reading it.

My personal preference on age of tattooing is to do cattle from weaning to yearling age. I find that cattle done as young calves the tattoo gets too big and spread out making it harder to read. The tattooing is also another stress they don’t need at a young age. The negative is if a calf looses its ear tag before tattooing. I personally like two tattoo guns one with the herd letters in and another with the numbers and year letter in it. The reversible ones wear out. Always check the tattoo before applying it as numbers like 6 or 9 can be interchanged. Keep the numbers organized and if the needles get dull replace them. Put the ink onto the ear after the tattoo is applied and work it in with either your finger or old toothbrush which ever works best. If bleeding work in more ink. Always apply ear tags including RFID tags on the opposite ear as the tattoo if possible.

I have seen many mistakes over the years including a producer would sit on a calf and tattoo from the back. They were all perfectly upside down tattoos. Mistakes can happen but be careful double check and be proud of your tattoos. A good tattoo is really a sight to behold. There is some push to have legible freeze brands take the place of tattoos. There is no doubt on black cattle the white hair following freeze branding makes them extremely easy to read. Lets all do the best job tattooing as it reflects well on the quality of cattle we produce.

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FEMALES FOR SALE THIS FALL!!

PLEASE CALL. Cleardale, Alberta

Lloyd & Donna 1-800-667-2251

MacKay & Jeanne 1-780-835-0356

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Fleming Stock Farms Box 1 Granum, Alberta T0L 1A0

performance

RED & BLACK angus

Phone: 403-687-2288 Cell: 403-625-0427 (Duncan) Cell: 403-625-1124 (Cecilie) Cell: 403-625-1060 (Cooper) Email: flemingangus@xplornet.com

Bob Hahn

bhahn@hahnco.com cell. 780.991.1355 home. 780.464.0296 fax. 780.423.4836

Duncan, Cecilie & Cooper Fleming "Quality goes in before the name goes on"

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www.hahnangus.com

22525 Twp Rd 514 Sherwood Park, Alberta, T8C 1H5

Mick & Debbie Trefiak

14 miles east of Wainright and 11 miles north on range road 4-3

RR 1 Edgerton, Alberta T0B 1K0 P :: 780-755-2224 F :: 780-755-2223 C :: 780-842-8835 mick@mjt.ca www.mjt.ca

Lee & Laura Brown

Box 217, Erskine, AB T0C 1G0 403-742-4226 Lee cell 403-740-9429 llbangus@telus.net www.llbangus.com

Annual Bull and Female Sale second Saturday in March

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Samtia Angus REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS CATTLE Lee & Layne Gleim & Family Box 4467, Taber, AB Home: (403) 223-8442 Cell: (403) 795-0004 or (403) 634-8226 “Our Vision is Based on Quality Not Quantity” layneg@cciwireless.ca

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Autumn Angus Classic

High Selling Flush Lot 3B - JL Evening Tinge 3618 sired by S A V Eliminator 9105 was purchased by Bar 5 Farms/Casa Branca, Markdale, ON for $6,750.00

September 5, 2015 Hanover, ON Auctioneer: Chris Poley Management: T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd. Sale Results 11 Black Cow/HC Pairs 22 Black Bred Heifers 5 Black Heifer Calves 4 Black Cows 2 Black Bulls 1 Black Bull Calf 9 Red Bred Females 2 Flush Lots 1 Embryo Lot

Averaged $6,509.09 Averaged $5034.00 Averaged $4,440.00 Averaged $5,850.00 Averaged $4,875.00 Averaged $3,500.00 Averaged $4,038.89 Averaged $6,125.00 Averaged $2,550.00

54 Live Lots Grossed $277,550.00 And Averaged $5,139.81 Total Sale Gross $292,350.00 High Selling Black Cow/Heifer Calf Pair Lot 2/2A - $10,000.00 - Upper Glen Grand June 2A sired by S A V Bismarck 5682 was purchased by Empire Cattle Co., Paisley, ON and her heifer calf Neilcairn Grand June 2C sired

by Neilcairn Upward 44A was purchased by Henria Holsteins, Conn, ON High Selling Black Bred Heifer Lot 4 - Leela Evening Tinge 19A sired by S A V Eliminator 9105 was purchased by Rehorst Farms, Teeswater, ON for $14,500.00 High Selling Black Heifer Calf Lot 43 - Locust Grove Tibbie 1C sired by S A V Camaro 9272 was purchased by Thistlewood Angus, Cambridge, ON for $10,000.00 High Selling Black Cow Lot 1 - Gold-Bar Honey 103Y sired by HF Tiger 5T was purchased by Wheatland Cattle Co., Bienfait, SK and Kaden Michelson, Ituna, SK for $12,500.00 High Selling Black Bull Lot 52 - Gold-Bar BDL Anarchy 131A sired by Belvin Tres Marias Patron 205 was purchased by Baintree Angus, Rockyford, AB for $6,000.00 High Selling Black Bull Calf Lot 48 - Locust Grove Advantage 4C sired by Sandy Bar Advantage 43M was purchased by Valley Blossom, Aneroid, SK for $3,500.00

High Selling Embryo Lot Lot 47 - 3 Exportable Embryos - Dameron First Impression X RAF Liberty Belle 80X was purchased by Parview Stock Farms, Calgary, AB for $2,550.00

Eastern Extravaganza Sale October 3rd, 2015 Lindsay, ON Auctioneer: Chris Poley Management: Castlerock Marketing Sale Results 12 Heifer Calves 26 Bred Heifers 3 Cow/Calf Pairs 4 Cows 45

Averaged Averaged Averaged Averaged

$4,908.00 $4,659.00 $9,550.00 $4,313.00

Lots Averaged $5,021.00

High Selling Heifer Calves Lot 99X - Worthmor Shakura 14C sired by Mohnen South Dakota was purchased by Double H Cattle, McNab, ON for $9,000.00 Lot 3 - Whiskey Lane Daisy 8C sired by PVF Windfall SCC 9005 was purchased by Makenna Michelson, Lipton, SK for $7,250.00 High Selling Bred Heifers Lot 25 - Gillco Roxy 6B sired by DAJS Shockwave was purchased by George Hallema, Waterford, ON for $6,250.00 Lot 4 - Whiskey Lane Anne 16B sired by PVF Windfall SCC was purchased by John Devries, Bowmanville, ON for $6,000.00 High Selling Cow/Calf Pair Lot 9 - Buck Lake Annie 176X sired by GAR Predestined was purchased by Tupling Farms, Melathan, ON for $5,500.00 and Lot 9A - Gold Bar Annie 106C sired by Mohnen South Dakota was purchased by Tupling Farms, Melathan, ON for $5,750.00 High Selling Cow Lot 11 - Breed Creek Pat Pride 116 sired by KM Right Time 7302 was purchased by Floyd Beasley, ON for $5,250.00

High Selling Red Bred Female Lot 53 - Red Harprey Flint 1B sired by Red Lazy MC Honky Tonk 11X was purchased by Nu-Horizon Angus, Lipton, SK for $6,500.00 Today’s Angus Advantage Late Fall 2015 

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Gilchrist Farms In It To Win It Sale

October 4, 2015 Blackstock, Ontario Auctioneer: Chris Poley Management: T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd.

October 10, 2015 Lucknow, ON Auctioneer: Chris Poley Sale Management: T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd.

Sale Results 1 Heifer Calf 36 Bred Heifers 4 Cow/Calf Pairs 1 Bull Calf

Averaged $3,500.00 Averaged $3,425.00 Averaged $8,700.00 Averaged $3,750.00

42 Lots Grossed $165,350.00 And Averaged $3,936.90 High Selling Bull Calf Lot 21A- Maple Line Concorde 13C sired by LLB Concorde 562A was purchased by Allan Kidd, Roseneath, ON for $3,750.00 High Selling Heifer Calf Lot 36- Brantnor’s Erica 8C sired by HF Kodiak 5R was purchased by Barry Ferguson, Grafton, ON for $4,250.00 High Selling Bred Heifer Lot 4- Maple Line First Lady 9B sired by Male Line Dynamite 1Y was purchased by Ken Arye, Langley, BC for $6,300.00 High Selling Cow/Calf Pair Lot 45 & 45A- GGA Jewel 17Z sired by HF Hat Trick 170W and her heifer calf, Southview Jewel 6C sired by S A V 004 Density 4336 were purchased by Douglas Cook, Odessa, ON for $11,000.00

Sale Results 31 Bred Heifers Averaged 6,437.10 5 Heifer Calves Averaged 6,250.00 3.5 Bull Calves Averaged 10,571.43 5 Cow / Heifer Calf Pairs Averaged 9,820.00 3 Cow / Bull Calf Pairs Averaged 9,833.33 8 Cows Averaged 8,156.25 9 Units Semen Averaged 308.33 7 Embryos Averaged 785.71 55.5 Live Lots Grossed 411,650.00 And Averaged 7,417.12 High Selling Cow Lot 2 – GF Rita 66Z sired by Connealy Final Product was purchased by Nielson Land & Cattle Co. Craik, SK for $23,000.00 High Selling Bull Calf Lot 10 – GF AMC 6C sired by Connealy Final Product, 1/2 interest was purchased by LLB Angus, Erskine, AB for $18,250.00 High Selling Bred Heifers Lot 37 – PFLC Ever Entense 101B sired by PFLC Final Answer 4X was purchased by Isla Bank Angus, Delisle, SK for $12,000.00 Lot 23 – PFLC Paris 5175B sired by B C lookout 7024 was purchased by Blairs.Ag, Lanigan, SK for $10,000.00 High Selling Cow/Bull Calf Pair Lot 7 & 7A – GF Xtravagant Linda 22X sired by Leachman Saughatchee 3000C was purchased by Elane Acres, Campbellville, ON and her bull calf GF Harvestor 22C sired by S A V Harvestor 0388 was purchased by Rob Urbshott, South Bruce Peninsula, ON for $11,000.00 High Selling Cow/Heifer Calf Pair Lot 40 & 40A – Tambri Allie 10Y sired by BC Eagle Eye 110-7 was purchased by Willdina Holsteins, Bowmanville, ON and her heifer calf Tambri Allie 26C sired by SAV Brilliance 8077 was purchased by Henria Holsteins, Conn, ON for $11,250.00 High Selling Heifer Calf Lot 50 – Xcel Esker Kali 101C sired by Sanckeys Justified 101 was purchased by Henria Holsteins, Conn, ON for $5,250.00

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Abacus Angus 62 Alameda Agencies Ltd. 70 Alta Genetics 70 Anderson Cattle Co. 48 Arda Farms 62 Arm River Red Angus 56 Arntzen Angus 62 Arway Angus 54 Atlasta Angus 30, 62

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Cadillac Stock Farms 54 Canadian Farm Insurance Corp.

70 Canadian Red Angus Promotion Society 70 Cattle Creek Ranching Ltd. 62 CD Land & Cattle 62 Chapman Cattle Company

62 Circle 7 Angus 56 Clair Lane Stock Farm 54 Clear River LD Red Angus 62

Clegg Angus 62 Country Lane Angus 62 Crescent Creek Angus 56 Cudlobe Farms 24

D & K Black Angus 54 Davis-Rairdan Embryo Transplants Ltd. 70 Dayora Farm 54 Deer Range Red Angus 56 Deer River Ranching 63 Delar Cattle & Quarter Horses 63 Delorme Livestock 56 Diamond L Ranch 63 Diamond T Cattle Co. 63 DJ Cattle Co. 48 DKF Red Angus 56 Dodge 39 Dolittle Angus 57 Double Bar D Farms 57 Double’F’ Cattle Co./Parkvista Hereford Farm 57 Douglas J Henderson & Associates 28 Dream Makers Angus 63 Drumhaggart Ltd. 48 DWAJO Registered Angus 63

Early Sunset Ranch 1 Eastondale Angus 57 Edwards Livestock 71 EKW Red Angus 57 Emmatt Creek Ranch 57 Eton Six Cattle 48 Everblack Angus 63

Fair Haven Farms Ltd. 48 Ferme Wilgor Farms 70 Fleming Stock Farms 63 Flewelling Cattle Company 71 Fraser Farms 16, 48

GBS Angus Farm 57 GBT Angus 36, 57 Genex Cooperative, Inc. 23 Gerlei Angus 57 Get-A-Long Stock Farm 63 Gilchrist Farms 9, 54 Glasman Farms 8

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Glen Gabel Angus 57 Glen Islay Angus 54 Glesbar Cattle Co. Ltd. 38, 63 Goad Family Angus 63 Graham Red Angus 54 Grant Rolston Photography Ltd. 71 Greenbush Angus 48 GTA Ranch Inc. 63 Gurney Land & Livestock 40

H.S. Knill Co. Ltd. 36 Hahn Cattle Co. 63 Halcyon Angus Farm 57 Hamco Cattle Co. 49 Hamilton Farms 63 Harprey Angus Farms 54 Hartford Bros. 54 Harvest Angus 34 HBH Farms Inc. 6 Hi Low Angus 57 High Tree Cattle 57 Hollinger Land and Cattle 57

Ivanhoe Angus 57

J & S Cattle 57 JAS Red Angus 49 Jim Nugent Livestock 71 JJL Livestock 57 Johnson Livestock 25 Johnston/Fertile Valley 73 JPD Farms 54 Justamere Farms Ltd. 57

Kala Ranch 63 KBJ Round Farms 63 KC Cattle Co. 57 Kembar Farms 49 Kenray Ranch 57 Kueber Farms 63 Lazy MC Angus 63 Lazy S Ranch Inc. 64 LCI Doenz Ranches 22 Leela Farms 55 Lewis Farms 64 Livestock Hunter 71 Johnston Fertile Valley FI 12_Layout 1 13-01-02 2:36 PM Page 1 LLB Angus 64 Locust Grove Angus 55 Lone Stone Farms 36, 64 Lucky 7 Cattle Co. 64

M & J Farms 8, 49 Macks Red Angus 55 Macnab Angus 58 Mainstream Genetics 17 Maple Line Farm 55 Maple Ridge Acres 58 Mar Mac Farms 15, 49 Marin Cattle Presentation 71 McGowan Farms 64 McMillen Ranching Ltd. 58 Meadow Ridge Ent. Ltd. 58 Merit Insurance Brokers 71 Midnight Fire Cattle Company 58 Midnight Oil Land & Livestock 58 Miller-Wilson Angus 64 Minburn Angus 64 MJT Cattle Co. Ltd. 64 Moose Creek Red Angus 29, 58 Movin On Farms 64

Nordal Angus & Limousin 5, 58 North 40 Red Angus 52 Northern View Angus 58 Nu-Horizon Angus 58

Ockerman Angus 64 O’Grady Steel 71 Ole Farms Ltd. 64, 74 Optimal Bovines Inc. 30

Pahl Livestock Ltd. 35 Paradise Farms Land & Cattle 55 Pasquia Red Angus 2, 58 Peak Dot Ranch Ltd. 58 Pedersen Livestock 64 Poley, Chris 71 Poplar Meadows Angus 52 Pugh Farms 64

Red Rock Red Angus 64 Redekop Cattle Company 58 Redrich Farms 64 ReMax Blue Chip Realy/Marcel DeCorby 71 Remitall Farms IBC Remitall West 64 Richmond Ranch 11 Right Cross Ranch 58 Ring Creek Farms Ltd. 64 Rivercrest Angus Ranch 64

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RJ Livestock 65 RNR Flicek Black Angus 58 Rob Roy Angus 55 Royal Angus 58 RSL Red Angus 58

Samtia Angus 65 Sandy Bar Ranch 34, 58 Schaff Angus Valley 31, 70 Section 7 Ranch 58 Sheidaghan Anghus 58 Shiloh Cattle Company 65 Six Mile Ranch Ltd. 3, BC Skinner Farms 58 Skyebrook Angus 59 Southern Angus Farm 65 Spring Creek Simmentals/Red Rose Angus 59 Spruce Ridge Stock Farms 49 Spruce View Angus Ranch 65 Stauffer Ranches 10 Steen Agencies 71 Still Meadow Farm 52 Stock, Mark 71 Stockmens Insurance 71 Stromsmoe Black Angus and Herefords 65 Sunderland Ranch Ltd. 59 Sundown Red Angus 2 Sunny Grove Angus 59 Sunset Acres 55 Sunset Ridge Red Angus 19, 49 Symens Land & Cattle Co. 65

T Bar C Cattle Company 2, 19, 61, 68 T Bar K Ranch 59 Tambri Farm 55 Ter-Ron Farms 65 Today’s Publishing 37 Triple L Angus 12, 59 TSN Livestock 49 Tullamore Farms 55 Twin Heritage Farms 59, 72 Tyler Harris Photography 71

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Walkerbrae Farms 55 Waverny Angus Farm Ltd. 65 Wawtchapese Farm & Ranch 65 Whitney Black Angus 55 Wilbar Cattle Co. 59 Willowside Farm 55 Willowview Angus Farm 59 Windy Willows Farms 59 Wraz Red Angus 59

XTC Hereford Farms 35

Y Coulee Land & Cattle Co. 59 Yarrow Creek Farm & Ranch 40

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Angus Central closed BOOKING DEADLINE FOR ADS IN BULL BUYER’S GUIDE Deadline for Foundation Legacy Scholarships Maritimes Angus AGM, Amherst, NS Saskatchewan Angus AGM, Saskatoon, SK CAA Board of Directors Meeting, Angus Central MC Quantock “Canada’s Bull Sale” Lloydminster, SK Lazy S Ranch Bull Power Sale, Mayerthorpe, AB

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Mailing of first annual Bull Buyer’s Guide Hill 70 Quantock Ranch “Barn Burnin” Bull Sale, Lloydminster, SK Moose Creek Two Year Old Bull Sale, Kisbey, SK Stauffer Ranches Inc. Annual Bull Sale, Fort Macleod, AB Langco/Kueber Angus Black & Red Angus Bull Sale & Commercial Replacement Females MJT “Back to the Basics” Buy a Bull Day, Edgerton, AB Schaff Valley Angus 113th Production Sale, St. Anthony, SD GOAL Conference, Ottawa, ON Angus Central Closed Ole Farms Annual Bull Sale, Athabasca, AB Symens Bull Sale, Claresholm, AB M & J Farms / Glasman Farms Simmental & Angus Bull Sale, Brandon, MB 10th Annual Forage Developed Bull Sale, Stettler, AB Stockmans Select Bull Sale, Olds, AB Lewis Farms Annual Bull Sale, Spruce Grove, AB Movin On Farms Annual Bull & Female Sale, Lloydminster, SK Regina Steer & Heifer Show, Regina, SK

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Double Bar D “Best of Both Worlds” Bull Sale, Grenfell, SK AC-TV Episode 6 live Cattleman’s Connection Bull Sale, Brandon, MB Wards Red Angus & Guests Annual Bull Sale, Saskatoon, SK Mar Mac Farms & Guests Bull Sale, Brandon, MB Power Pak Bull Sale, Fort Mcleod, AB Spring Creeks “In Pursuit of Perfection” Bull Sale, Moosomin, SK Bar E-L Red & Black Angus Bull & Select Female Sale, Stettler, AB Richmond Ranch Grass Country Bull Sale, Rumsey, AB Brandl Cattle Co. “ Stoke the Fire Bull Sale” Jarvie, AB Harvest Angus 2nd Annual Bull Sale, Williams Lake, BC LLB Angus 30th Annual Bull & Female Sale, Erskine, AB Black Pearl Bull & Female Sale, Tisdale, SK Standard Hill Connection Polled Hereford & Black Angus Sale, Maidstone, SK Remitall Farms Bull & Select Female Sale, Olds, AB Palmer Charolais/Neilson Land & Cattle 4th Annual Charolais, Black & Red Angus Bull Sale, Bladworth, SK Heat Seeker Bull Sale, Brooks, AB On Target Bull Sale, Barrhead, AB Tools of the Trade Bull Sale, Dundurn, SK Triple S Bull Sale, High River, AB Get-A-Grip Bull Sale, Forestburg, AB Johnson Livestock 10th Annual Bull & Female Sale, Peebles, SK GBT Online Two Year Old Bull Sale Duralta Farms Bull Sale, Vegreville, AB Scott Stock Farm “The Bull Sale”, Crossfield, AB Nordal Limousin & Angus Bull Sale, Saskatoon, SK Hamco Cattle Co. 18th Annual Angus Bull Sale, Glenboro, MB Lazy MC “Signature Series” Bull Sale, Brooks, AB Gold-Bar Livestock Bull Sale, Maple Hill Auctions, Hanover, ON Hollinger Land & Cattle 4th Annual Bull & Female Sale, Neudorf, SK

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Bar H Land & Cattle Bull Sale, Langenburg, SK Wheatland Land & Cattle Co. Annual Bull Sale, Bienfait, SK Angus Central closed Lamb’s Quarters Angus & Taylor’s Red Angus 27th Annual Bull Sale, Swift Current, SK Impact Angus & Charolais Bull Sale, Saskatoon, SK Anderson Cattle Co. Annual Bull Sale, Swan River, MB Shiloh Cattle Co. Annual Bull & Replacement Heifer Sale, Craigmyle, AB Northern Alliance Bull Sale, Vanderhoof, BC Stockman’s Select Bull Sale, Moose Jaw, SK Merit Cattle Co. 23rd Annual Bull Sale, Moose Jaw, SK Common Sense Bull Sale, Vermilion, AB Double C Red Angus Bull Sale, Foam Lake, SK Double ‘F’ Bull Sale, Prince Albert, SK Minburn Angus Production Sale, Minburn, AB Sheidaghan Angus Bull & Female Sale, Maple Creek, SK Prairie Grass 26th Annual Red Angus Bull Sale, Airdrie, AB Early Sunset Ranch “Only The Good Ones Sell” Production Sale, Edam, SK

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26th Annual Northern Progress Bull Sale, Saskatoon, SK Crescent Creek Angus Annual Sale, Goodeve, SK Nappan All Breed Bull Sale, Nappan, NS Lauron Red Angus & Guests Bull & Heifer Sale, Olds, AB Burnett Angus Bull Sale, Swift Current, SK Lazy MC Select Bull Sale, College Station, TX Best of the Breeds Bull Sale, Yorkton, SK Branding The Best Bull Sale, Spiritwood, SK Eastondale Angus Annual Bull Sale, Wawota, SK Git ‘R Done Bull & Female Sale, Hodgeville, SK Rebel Creek Angus Red Angus Bull Sale, Brooks, AB Blairs.Ag Cattle Co. Pursuit of Excellence Bull Sale, Sedley, SK Chopper K Red Angus Bull Sale, Alameda, SK Howe Family Farm Annual Bull Sale, Moose Jaw, SK T Bar K Annual Bull Sale, Wawota, SK Rainbow Hills Black Angus Bull & Female Production Sale, Delburne, AB Johnston / Fertile Valley Bull Sale, Saskatoon, SK Six Mile Ranch 41st Annual Bull Sale, Fir Mountain, SK Blue Collar Bull Sale, Yorkton, SK TODAY’S ANGUS ADVANTAGE SPRING ISSUE DEADLINE Spirit of the North, Spiritwood, SK Justamere 21st Annual Bull Sale, Lloydminster, SK Annual Moose Creek Red Angus Bull Sale, Kisbey, SK Youngdale Bull Sale, Alameda, SK South View Ranch Red & Black Angus Bull Sale, Ceylon, SK Deadline for Junior Angus Stockman of the Year and Outstanding Young Angus Breeder nominations Your Choice Black Angus Bull Sale, Maple Creek, SK Deer River Ranching Bull Sale, Brooks, AB Robert C. McHaffie Ambassador Application deadline

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Remitall F Prospector 110Z

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