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CANADIAN ANGUS FOUNDATION
GENEROUS DONORS & BUYERS RAISE $118,500
IN TENTH BUILDING THE LEGACY FUNDRAISER AUCTION
Rocky View County, AB — After missing a year in 2020 and going virtual in 2021, the Canadian Angus Foundation’s (CAF) Building the Legacy fundraiser auction returned as a live auction at the Canadian Angus Association Annual National Convention in Moncton, New Brunswick. On Saturday, June 11, $118,500 was raised for CAF programming.
The 2022 sale featured a pick of 2022-born calves donated by JEM Farms, the Mutch family of Earnscliffe, PEI purchased by Tullamore Angus of Caledon East, Ontario for $11,000. The high-selling embryo donation was from Ranch Covey Hill of Havelock, QC, the Mac Blackbird 35E x Sitz Barricade 632F for $2,000 to Bohrson Marketing Services. The high-selling semen donation was for the pick of five straws of any Peak Dot Ranch-owned herd sire, donated by Peak Dot Ranch, the Moneo family of Wood Mountain, SK and sold to Cuddy Farms Limited, John Flaherty, Strathroy, ON for $650 per straw, totalling $3,250.
Other sale highlights include two numbered, leatherbound copies of the 2019 Canadian Angus history book, The Breed, The Legends, The History, each in a custombuilt wooden box that sold for a total of $1,250 to James Arnott of Coul Angus in the UK. Arnott also donated a Border Fine Arts figurine that sold to MWC Investments for $1,200. The Canadian Angus Association donated a World Angus Secretariat travel package in the Czech Republic in September 2023 that sold to Poplar Meadows Angus for $5,200. For $2,300, Nick Green of PEI purchased a four-person outdoor excursion in the Swan River Valley donated by Anderson Cattle Co. Ryan Wagner purchased a Niagara-on-the Lake wine tour package for his mother, Canadian Angus Foundation Executive Director Belinda Wagner. Clarke Family Farms of Ontario also purchased the rights to add a sign to the patio pillar at the Canadian Angus Association headquarters for $1,300.
The fundraiser was launched in 2012 to support the CAF in preserving and expanding the Angus breed for future generations through education, youth development, scientific and market research and historical preservation. The CAF extends sincere gratitude to all the sale officials and staff who donated their time and expertise, as well as to the donors and buyers. The Canadian Angus Foundation was incorporated in 1993 and is the charitable arm of the Canadian Angus Association.
For more information, please contact:
Belinda Wagner Tina Zakowsky Executive Director Administration Team Leader Canadian Angus Foundation Canadian Angus Association bwagner@cdnangus.ca tzakowsky@cdnangus.ca 306-537-1518 403-571-3584
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At the Canadian Angus Association National Convention Banquet in Moncton New Brunswick, the Canadian Angus Foundation selected Keely Adams of Forestburg, AB as the 2022 Robert C. McHaffie Junior Ambassador and James Worth of Cornwall, PEI was selected as the Outstanding Young Angus Breeder. Announced earlier in the day at the annual general meeting, Carmen White of Claresholm, AB received the Dick Turner Memorial Award.
Robert C. McHaffie Junior Ambassador
Keely Adams’ family operates Ter-Ron Farms and she holds an artificial insemination technician designation. She completed the first year of her Bachelor of Science at Red Deer College before transferring to the Bachelor of Science, Honours in Physiology program at the University of Alberta. Adams is currently president of the Alberta Junior Angus Association.
The Robert C. McHaffie Junior Ambassador program selects one Canadian Junior Angus (CJA) member to be an ambassador for the Canadian Angus Association at events across Canada and one international experience. Four other CJA members competed for the award. Denver Bolton of Kelso, SK; Jessica Davey of Saskatoon, SK; Hillary Sauder of Hodgeville, SK and Carmen White of Claresholm, AB all deserve recognition for their impressive efforts in the competition.
Denver Bolton grew up in Lansdowne, Ontario on her family farm Polestar Angus and moved to western Canada for school. She is currently working at Bridgeway Livestock at Kelso, SK. She also has her own graphic design and marketing business, Bol10 Designs & Marketing. Bolton is a member of the Ontario Junior Angus Association board of directors.
Jessica Davey’s family operates Rivendale Cattle Company near Saskatoon, SK and she also has her own herd of 15 Angus females. She established Jessica Davey Photography in 2018, does contract livestock show photography, has an agricultural blog, and is an extension summer student working at the Saskatchewan Agriculture Knowledge Centre in Crops and Livestock, Range Management in Moose Jaw. She recently completed the first year of her agriculture degree at the University of Saskatchewan. Davey is currently the president of the Saskatchewan Junior Angus Association.
Hillary Sauder recently completed the agribusiness program at Lakeland College. She plans to work in the beef industry and eventually take over her family’s Windy Willows Farms operation near Hodgeville, SK. She is a Saskatchewan Junior Angus representative to the Canadian Junior Angus board and is currently serving as the CJA Vice-President.
Dick Turner Memorial Award
Carmen White has had extensive involvement in Claresholm 4-H club serving as president, vice president, treasurer, reporter, parliamentarian, and secretary. She also enjoys volunteering in her community. White is in the Food and Agricultural Resource Economics program at the University of Guelph where she is on the Canadian Agri Marketing Competition Team and belongs to the Beef Science Club. When she completes her education, she hopes to return to the ranch focussing on pasture management and herd health.
The Dick Turner Memorial Award was established after the passing of legendary Angus icon Dick Turner in July of 2010. During his lifetime, Dick committed 55 years of his career to livestock publishing and successfully promoted and advertised the Angus breed specifically through the Canadian Aberdeen Angus News magazine. It was Dick’s ability to foster relationships and his boundless enthusiasm that led to his successful tenure. He believed that “information is power” and was best shared with all stakeholders. Dick was a hard worker and recognized the quality of life and relationships as the most rewarding part of his job.
Outstanding Young Angus Breeder
The 2022 Outstanding Young Angus Breeder James Worth operates Loyalist View Farms in Cornwall, PEI with his wife Charlotte. Worth joined the Angus business at the age of nine as a peewee competitor in Canadian Junior Angus events and 4-H. In 2016, Worth registered his own farm under the name Loyalist View Angus. Three years later he transitioned into full ownership of Temple and Gail Stewart’s farm, house, buildings, and some land as they transitioned into retirement. Worth finishes out his own bulls and markets them as yearlings, develops replacement heifers to sell for breeding stock, and breeds and develops show steers. In addition to raising cattle, Worth gives back to his community and has been involved with numerous agriculture-based associations. He has consistently made time to take on leadership roles within these groups.
The Outstanding Young Angus Breeder Award recognizes an Angus breeder between the ages of 22 and 30 who has demonstrated a desire to stay involved in the Angus business for years to come based on their involvement within the breed up to this point in his or her career. The award comes with a $3,500 cash prize.
Kaitlynn Bolduc engages in premiere education at Beef Leaders Institute (BLI)
by Peyton Schmitt, Angus Communications
Kaitlynn Bolduc, Stavely, Alberta, Can., was one of twenty-six American Angus Association® members from across the country that attended the 2022 Beef Leaders Institute (BLI) June 13-17. The annual event is hosted by the American Angus Association and funded by the Angus Foundation and Certified Angus Beef® brand (CAB®). BLI provides Association members the opportunity to experience the beef value chain from pasture to plate.
“We look forward to this event each year,” said Kara Lee, director of producer engagement for CAB®.
Participants began the week at the American Angus Association in St. Joseph, Missouri. While at the breed’s headquarters, attendees met with staff to learn about the many departments and programs housed within the Association. Several Association employees offered insights, including Mark McCully, American Angus Association chief executive officer, Kelli Retallick-Riley, Angus Genetics Inc. (AGI®) president and Brett Spader, Angus MediaSM president.
Following their time in St. Joseph, attendees visited Tiffany Cattle Company in Herrington, Kansas. Here, Shane Tiffany, Tiffany Cattle Company co-owner, explained the intricacies of cattle feeding and marketing. Attendees learned how their decisions, specifically as seedstock producers, can influence cattle’s performance in the feedyard.
For the second portion of the trip, the group traveled to Ohio to continue studying the beef value chain. Participants explored the impact of genetics in the beef industry at Select Sires, and the role value-added products play in marketing CAB® at Hudson Meat Company. The final days of the experience were spent at the CAB® brand headquarters in Wooster, Ohio.
In Wooster, attendees were welcomed to The Culinary Center by John Stika, CAB® president. From a virtual packing plant tour to a hands-on beef fabrication demonstration in the meat lab, participants followed the entire process of putting a CAB® steak on the dinner table. During a week fully immersing themselves in the industry, the BLI class realized how the cattle they raise influence the industry well beyond their pasture.
“Educational opportunities like Beef Leaders Institute are incredibly valuable for our members,” said Jaclyn Upperman, Angus Foundation executive director.
Providing continued education for the Angus membership is a priority for the Association. BLI is designed to provide members ages 25 to 45 with the resources to understand all segments of the beef industry. Attendees leave equipped as stronger, more effective leaders for the Angus breed and beef industry. For more information on BLI and applying to be part of the Class of 2023, visit www.angus.org/Event/BLIEntryForm. Look for the 2023 application to be available in early November.
