Herefords Today - Winter 2015

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2014 Grand Champion Female

Dainty

MHPH 521X 105A {DLF IEF HYF} Champion Senior Yearling and Grand Champion Female Co-owned with Ridgeview Farm, Alto, MI

Breeders Herd • Premier Breeder • Premier Exhibitor

Two Bulls Bred and Owned Get of Sire

2013 Grand Champion Female

Dainty

MHPH 301N 205Y {DLF, IEF HYF} with “Action” at side 2013 Agribition Champion, Miss World 2013 and 2013 National Champion

Second year in a row that MHPH MS 101S Dainty 123U raised the Grand Champion Female!

Junior Bull Calf Champion

Boomtown

MHPH AFPH 10Y 319B {DLF IEF HYF} Co-owned with Taboo Polled Herefords, Nobleton, ON

Reserve Champion Intermediate Yearling Heifer

Rita

MHPH 521X 1151A {DLF IEF HYF} Co-owned with Country Lane Farms, Innisfil, ON

Reserve Grand Champion Bull

Action

MHPH 521X 106A {DLF IEF HYF} Champion Junior Bull and Reserve Grand Champion Bull Co-owned with Double J Polled Herefords, Maidstone, SK

Reserve Intermediate Heifer Calf Champion

Sarah

MHPH JWR 10Y 219B {DLF IEF HYF} Co-owned with Tyler Arthur, Alameda, SK

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Delta

ET 69A

National Reserve Champion Senior Female

Co-Owned with Wascana Cattle Co.

Haroldson’s

Lassie

425X 22Z

Co-Owned with Wooden Shoe Farms and Lohner Herefords

Haroldsons JVJ

Covert

425X 8A

Co-Owned with Roselawn Polled Herefords and DTHF Polled Herefords

National Junior Heifer Calf

Haroldsons

National Reserve Champion Junior Bull

National Champion Junior & National Grand Champion Bull

Thank You to our supporters this fall...

Haroldson’s WLC

Mira

ET 49B

Co-Owned with Anita Doktor

Remi Mitchell - Josh Lasby - Jeremy Brooks Billy Kohler - Katie Ruthven Courtney Ruthven - Annie (Nutrition)

National Champion Senior Heifer Calf

A huge thank you to our great crew!

Haroldson’s HLV

Marvel

48Y 12B

Co-Owned with Starry Cattle Co.

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In this issue...

By: Chris Poley

T

he saga began after the turn of the century. The Quill Lake Plains area opened in 1903 for homesteading and by 1905 - 1906, settlers began arriving. Soon sod shacks dotted the landscape as settlers began breaking the land, seeding and harvesting the crop produced by Mother Earth. With the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1907, life became much easier for this new breed of Canadians. The Canadian Pacific Railway paid, homesteader, Mackenzie $900.00 for a quarter of land, on which the village of Drake is presently situated and the right to find another homestead. The North Star Elevator and section house were built and an old box car, served as the station which the Canadian Pacific Railway named Drake, for Sir Francis Drake, the most famous of all Elizabethan sea captains to first sail around the world. The streets of Drake are named after crew members, Hawkins, Howard, Gilbert, Norreys and Cadiz. Today, Drake has a population of two hundred and fifty and is best known for Bergen Industries, an agricultural welding and fabrication company; Drake Meat Processors, famous for their Smoked Farmer Sausage and Robin Bartel, National Hockey League player and a member of Team Canada at the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia in 1984.

The village of Drake is also the home of a deeply rooted agricultural family with a vision.....the Blair’s!

Early in the summer of 1905, T. Sidney Blair filed for homestead rights on S.E. Section 22, Township 32, Range 23, then returned to the Ottawa Valley that fall. Born in Scotland, Sidney immigrated to Boston, Connecticut and then

on to Vermont but finally found employment west of Ottawa in the settlement of Pakenham. In the spring of 1906, he went back west with a carload of settler effects and built a one room house with a small upstairs and a cellar below the house for the storage of vegetables. He also constructed a sod stable for livestock, protecting them from cold prairie winters. T. Sidney Blair purchased additional parcels of neighboring land enlarging their farming operation.

Early in the fall of that year, his wife Elizabeth with son Lindsay (at the age of two) and infant Alice, came west via the railroad.

(Grand-father Lindsay had paid her way first class, as he refused to risk her and the family on the harvest excursion.) The couple raised five children, four boys, Lindsay (J.L.), Sidney A. (known to all as Sandy), Clayton, Gilbert and daughter Alice. All the children attended Bloomfield country school, seven miles west of Drake. The high schools of neighboring Lanigan and Drake provided secondary education.

A terrible accident immobilized T. Sidney Blair causing him to live in constant pain

Since the end of May, I have had a lot of windshield time touring purebred and commercial operations in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, then back through all four provinces a second time and now starting the third.

There have been a couple of common themes throughout; a late growing season and a lot of optimism in the cattle business.The outlook for the cow/calf producer has never looked better and although it’s going to take a lot more operating and a little faith from the banks, feeders have everyone is in agreement that the next ten years in the more margin in feeding these high dollar calves than they beef cattle market look great! In this high tech world of have had in years and that is what it takes…everyone mass production, nobody is ever going to be able to figure out a way to “factory farm” beef cattle, a cow’s gestation is involved needs to make money. long and you can’t control the environment of wide open The fact that there are less dispersals, both purebred and spaces, where a cow thrives the best and most efficiently. commercial this fall, is positive, people don’t hate their cows when there is money in them. Early this spring I had The number of bulls going to town, post breeding, gets a major market operator tell me all their fall bred cow my heart rate up. Most auction marts are reporting sales were booked solid. That same manager told me at double the usual number of bulls coming to town. It is the end of July, that half had cancelled. Now that does understandable why many ranchers do not want to not mean the cowherd is going to jump into expansion winter older bulls when they can ship them early for a mode, in fact, I believe it will continue to contract for a record price, in many cases, close to or above the original while. This fall the average cull rate on most ranches will purchase price. Take that salvage value, add eight months be double that of normal. Everyone I talked to is planning feed, some fence repair, a semen test, some death loss to “clean house”, wild ones, poor producers, bad footed, factored in and purchase new semen tested, delivered bad uddered or just plain ugly, are all heading to town bulls when you need them. I recently talked to one larger at $1.10 to $1.30 or better still...are getting on a truck, producer who pulled and shipped all his bulls except the with a one way ticket. There was not a significant amount two he purchased this spring. of heifers sent out into breeding pastures this spring. I know of several groups that ended up contracted for feed Now, purebred breeders, don’t start to have greedy and slaughter before the bulls got turned out or were thoughts! I already said that the cowherd is going to pulled after only a few days because the guarantee of the continue to shrink, so over all the need for bulls will be contract was too many dollars to pass up in September, less and in the last twenty years that I’ve been involved on the hope of a bred heifer sale in December. My feeling in this industry, I have never seen a shortage of bulls! Be is that heifer calves will all come to town this fall along ruthless with the knife and cash in the “he might make with their brothers, due to their value as the general the bull sale if we feed the hell out of him” calves. You do rancher’s attitude is “it’s my time to cash in”, and no one not need to put all that feed into him, semen test, picture, catalogue him and then ship him, cause there was not can blame them. anyone needing that medium quality bull at your sale...you I’m very optimistic about the bred cow market this fall as will be doing yourself and the industry a favor. Next spring numbers offered are less...people want to expand their you will be able to gross more money on fewer bulls than inventories and for the first time, in a long time, their you ever have and the steers you sell, will pay the bills bankers are on board. The business model works and upfront this fall.

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Page 18 You Ought to Know... that the Hereford breed has ended a wonderful year 2013! Success can be measured in many areas... primarily selling prices are everyone’s first guess and many of the annual sales measured an increase of growth in average of twenty to thirty percent without many real high prices. Salvage values helped by keeping an improved basis on the bottom end but the biggest increase was in the middle portion of the sales. Increased farm gate cash flow positions were a factor in addition to the bumper harvest which has influenced the entire country.

Success in the Hereford breed can be measured by perception; the perception of livestock producers who are using other breeds. The RBC Beef Supreme Challenge hosted by Canadian Western Agribition is perceived by many as the Stanley Cup or Super Bowl in purebred seedstock. Each year seventy or eighty of the best breeding cattle from all breeds vie for the Supreme bull and female title.

Along with bragging rights, a purse of ten thousand dollars and various other prizes are included with the victory. The cattle are evaluated by the composite system, using five independent qualified judges secretly chosen from all the various beef breeds. The top ten females and top ten males are recognized from which the two Supremes are selected. Since its inception fifteen years ago, four Hereford bulls have been selected as the best of all the breeds. In 2013, although a Hereford was not selected Supreme, twenty-five percent of the top ten finalists were Hereford which included four powerful bulls and most everyone would agree that was the best group of Hereford cattle ever at the RBC. Since the judges are from various breeds, and their perception of the Hereford cattle paraded before them was highly favorable, consider the positive conclusions made by many others who viewed the Herefords at Canadian Western Agribition. This perception bolds well for Hereford future!

We are not without problems...namely shortages. The number of straight-bred Hereford cow herds is diminishing rapidly, as many golden age producers have “packed it in” since 2003, while their sons sought employment in the oil and gas industry. The past half a decade of successful exports to offshore nations has thinned and aged, purebred herds especially, since all the export cattle were under two years of age. Demand for straight-bred pregnant young females was very evident these past few months especially for the operation just north of Irvine, Alberta. To replenish this straight-bred void will take many years and plenty of determination and breed loyalty since the population of seedstock producers continues its descending path.

The beef industry needs Hereford in the system for efficiency, temperament and most importantly ...breed identity. Since the cow retention and restocking of a highly voided cow herd inventory has not begun in North America, the question looms....”How long will it take?” There is one certainty .... we have less members offering a much improved product; hence, Herefords can compete with the best of any breed!

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and confined to a wheel chair, until his passing in 1928. Sandy

(Sidney A.) quit school to help on the family farm which he later operated as a partnership with brothers Lindsay and Clayton. Lindsay attended the University Of Saskatchewan, College Of Agriculture where he received his degree; while Clayton and Gilbert joined the armed forces as the winds of war swept over the globe. In July 1942, Clayton, a flight Sergeant in the R.A.F. went missing in action; his body was recovered from the North Sea and laid to rest in a Dutch cemetery in Amsterdam, Holland. In September 1944, Major Gilbert Blair was killed during action in Italy. The death of Clayton dissolved the partnership, but Sandy and Lindsay formed a new one changing the direction of many lives, under the name Blair Brothers.

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Under The Gavel

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Coming Events

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by Grant Rolston

Wilson/Lees Value Added Bull Sale Kisbey, SK April 3, 2015 BBSF 719T Zach 60Z BW: 3.0 WW: 59.2 YW: 94.8 MM: 27.5 TM: 57.1 Sire: TH 122 71I Victor 719T Dam: BBSF 52U Fawn 22X

First Son sells April 3, 2015!

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Blair-Athol 70X Kate ET 59A

Blair-Athol 10Y Homepage 100B

L HE SEL

Blair-Athol 26Y Esquire 113B

HE SELL

S!

DVL 100B

DVL 59A

DVL 113B

Sire: NJW 73S W18 Hometown 10Y ET Sire: Blair-Athol 20X Jazz ET 26Y Sire: Star Market Index 70X ET Dam: Fjellebro 25L Approval 5P Dam: Haroldson’s WLC 68M Katrina 33P Dam: Meadow-Acres 72M Roxy 148W

BW: 3.2 WW: 51.5 YW: 87.0 MM: 18.4 TM: 44.2

First Lady Classic Reserve Champion Polled Hereford, CWA National Hereford Show Class Winner, CWA Jr. Beef Extreme Class Winner FULL BROTHER SELLS!

Duncan & Val: Box 386, Arcola, SK S0C 0G0 P/F: (306) 455-2619 C: (306) 577-9703 Jeff, Grace, Christin, Kylee, Jackson & Hannah P: (306) 455-2128 C: (306) 577-1375 Email: blairatholfarms@sasktel.net

www.blairatholfarms.com

BW: 5.3 WW: 55.0 YW: 87.6 MM: 14.5 TM: 42.0

Offering the best group of bulls we’ve ever raised. Featuring new and exciting Genetics including the first sons of Denver Champions Time’s a Wastin’ and NJW Hometown. Also powerful sons of BOYD Masterpiece, BBSF Zach, Remitall Heater, Major, Classic, Plainsman and STAR Market Index. Come have a look anytime, the coffee is always on!!

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Wilson-Lees Value Added Bull Sale April 3, 2015 at 2 pm Right Cross Ranch Sale Facility - Kisbey, SK We will have 10 rugged powerful yearling bulls!

Sires of Bulls for Sale: MHPH 118U Zappa 218Z TH 6M 755T Pinnacle 31Y JDH 117R Equity 70Y ET Mohican Stroker Z81 PCL Zircon 719T 25Z MHPH 102S Wyatt 301W C&T 301W AUTUMN 17B

National Reserve Junior Heifer Calf Sold to Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords

C&T KL 33T Susie 2B 2nd in class

MHPH 101S WESTERN STAR 111A

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Junior Beef Extreme Grand Champion Hereford Congratulations Dawson!

   

SNBR-GL 1121Y The Bronx 110B MHPH 118U New Yorker 1121Y x MSU TCF Revolution 4R

BW: 1.9 WW: 45.2 YW: 79.9 MM: 20.6 TM: 43.2

National Senior Bull Calf Champion and 2014 Bonanza Champion Bull Calf He Sells!

RVP 91Z Blue Ribbon 99B NJW 59R 88X Ribeye 91Z x Lake 002 Kilowatts 104S National Horned Hereford Reserve Heifer Calf

Thank you to all our 2014 bidders and buyers for your support!

Glenlees 9W Tanker 74B

Glenlees 719T Option ET 26A

BW: 2.4 WW: 40.6 YW: 69.7 MM: 23.0 TM: 43.3

BW: 2.3 WW: 60.5 YW: 94.1 MM: 26.1 TM: 56.4

ANL MHPH PBG 45P Tank 9W x Star 2013 Battle Cry 45S He Sells!

Sinnibars Ms 118U Pixie 201A

MHPH 101S Umpire 118U x GHC Taboo Sandstone 23S Thank you to BNC Polled Herefords for purchasing 1/2 Interest at the Canadian Western Agribition Sale for $7,500.00

TH 122 71I Victor 719T x Remitall Online 122L

Feature Two Year Old - He Sells!

Glenlees HH 110X Polly 17A TH 200J 63N Tundra 110X x Bar-RZ 17F Jefferson 32J National Horned Hereford Champion Junior Female

Congratulations to Kyla on her Reserve Grand Champion at the Canadian Junior Beef Extreme

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Canada’s Red, White and Black Bull Sale March 21, 2015

Johnstone’s Auction Barn, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

Breeds Represented: Polled Hereford Horned Hereford Red Angus Black Angus Limousin Charolais Consignors • Six South Acres • OVHF • Lone Pine Cattle Services • LV Farms • Bieber Herefords • GWG Herefords • Old Burchill Farms • Mission Ridge Herefords • Seven Pines • Triple H Farm LTD • Eden Meadows • Black Pearl Angus • JD Angus Check • Coulee Crossing Cattle canadaredwhiteblackbullsale.weebly.com Company for more information regarding the final list of • Triple H Red Angus contributors and the bulls consigned.

• McCaw Livestock For information regarding Canada’s Newest Bull Sale please contact Rob O’Connor, Lone Pine Cattle Services Telephone (306) 762-4543 8

6th Annual Beck McCoy Bull Sale Wednesday, February 25, 2015 - 2 PM Beck Farms, Milestone, SK DATE NEW E! & TIM

N LOC EW ATI ON !

- Calving Ease

- Flushing Ability

-Hair Coat

Your source for curve bending, polled genetics - Offering 90 Hereford, Gelbvieh and Charolais Bulls - Check out videos of the sale bulls and updated pictures at www.mccoycattle.com Follow us on Twitter! @mccoycattle

View the catalogue online at

www.mccoycattle.com

The Nicholas Family Box 479, Milestone, SK S0G 3L0 Gary & Florence - 306-436-4301 Chad & Carrie- 306-436-2086 cnicholas@mccoycattle.com www.mccoycattle.com 9

Breeding Quality Polled Herefords Since 1962...

Thank you to all our buyers at the Brost Land & Cattle Co. Production Sale: Burles Cattle Co. Peter King Southridge Farms (2 Bulls) Durbin Creek Ranch Rodger King Musgrove Enterprises Ltd. Dalyce Unruh

OFFERING: Yearling Bulls and Heifers for Sale at the Ranch by Private Treaty.

Sired By:

BAR-RZ 85U Rolex 56X CRR Helton 980 J-Bar-B TM Mr.Tribe 19Z

Stuart & Sherri Zoeteman

Box 532, Fort Macleod, AB T0L 0Z0 Phone: (403) 553-2687 路 Cell: (403) 330-6490 Fax: (403) 553-2699 路 E-mail: barrz2@telus.net 10

BBSF 13P Terrorist ET 59T JNHR Stockton 108Y TDP Crossover Z400 Farm Location: Located 9 miles east of Fort Macleod on Hwy 3 to RR 250 and 3 miles north on Pearce Road

Visitors Always Welcome

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Lot 1

Lot 7

Lot 8

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JDH AH 5139R REDEEM 485T 2B ET REG # 43469519

JDH RBC 123 REDEEM 485T 60B ET REG # 43472877

JDH 1095 REDEEM 485T 65B REG # 43468960

JDH AH 349 DIMAGGIO 2094 81B ET REG # 43473952

Lot 23

Lot 2 5

Lot 26

Lot 22

JDH 13Y VICTOR 33Z 29B ET REG # 43469540

JDH 13Y VICTOR 33Z 31B ET REG # 43469541

JDH MD 649U VICTOR 33Z 36B REG # 43469215

JDH 13Y VICTOR 33Z 45B ET REG # 43469543

e l a S l l U B l a annU JanJanUaRy 26, NEW SALE DATE!

Monday,

2015 @ 1pM

Delaney Herefords Sale Barn, Lake Benton, Minnesota • Jim Birdwell, Auctioneer Chris Poley, T Bar C Cattle Company • 306.220.5006

Visit our website to request a catalog and find photos and videos of the entire offering! The sale will be broadcast online at www.dvauction.com.

Offering 40 yearling Hereford bulls in January featuring our 2015 National Western Stock Show Carload.

Also selling a select group of quality commercial bred females!

Winter your purchase(s) at Delaney Herefords FREE of charge through May 1, 2015.

We will be happy to deliver any Canadian purchases to the nearest Port of Entry at our expense.

Once again we are offering our best in the Mile High Night National Hereford Sale on January 16, 2015.

Lot 6 - Choice of Carload Bulls We feel this is truly the best set of bulls we have offered yet with a number of herd bull prospects in the group. All remaining bulls will be sold in our Annual Bull Sale on January 26th. Find us in the Yards in pen #1531 if you’re in Denver!

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Delaney Herefords

Jerry & Shelly Delaney Family • Lake Benton, Minnesota H: 507.368.9284 • Jerry: 507.820.0661 • Marty: 507.820.0483 • Mike: 507.820.0493 jdh@delaneyherefords.com 14

Atkins Herefords

Pete & Laura Atkins Family • Tea, South Dakota Pete: 605.351.9847 atkins15@sio.midco.net

www.delaneyherefords.com

facebook.com/delaneyherefords facebook.com/atkinsherefords

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Blair’s Nellie R117 ET 9B

High seller at $15,000 to Texas in our Genetics of Distinction - Hereford Edition online sale.

Blair’s Xkeona 521X 1A Reserve Champion Female at CWA Sold to Clay Enterprises for $18,500

www.blairscattleco.com Kevin Blair - (306) 365-7922 - kevin@blairs.ag Kent McCune - (817) 602-8629 - kent@blairs.ag Blake MacMillan - (306) 528-7484 - bmacmillan@blairs.ag Kelly Schmidt - (306) 365-7138 - kelly@blairs.ag Allan Hjertaas - (306) 452-8427 - allan@blairs.ag Chad Haaland - (306) 544-7770 - haalandcattle@yahoo.ca Levi Jackson - (306) 537-4690 - jacksoncattleco@xplornet.com 15

C a c t u s C o u n t r y F a r m - A s h c r o f t , B C X3 R e d n e x R a n c h - W i l d wo o d , A B X3 D & S F a r m s - P o r t C o q u i t l a m , B C X2 L a k e s R a n c h L t d . - A s h m o n t , A B X2 E l b a u e H e r e f o r d s - Ge r m a n y X2 R a e Ma h a f f y - S t . Ma r ys , O N K-Cow Ranch- Elkpoint, AB C&T Cattle Co - Arcola, SK V i c t o r O u l t o n - W i n ds o r , N S D o u g W e bs t e r - Q u e s n e l , B C Anttila Polled Hereford - Finland Mu r r y R i c h a r d s - V a n d e r h o o f , B C P a u l S c h a l l e s - 1 5 0 Mi l e H o u s e , B C Copper T Ranch - Fraser Lake, BC B r o s t L a n d & C a t t l e C o . - I r vi n e , A B Clint & Jake Smith - Abbotsford, BC 3DL Polled Herefords - Abbotsford, BC H e l e n & R u s s e l Mc L a r r y - B u r n s L a k e , B C O & G H a l vo r s o n C a t t l e C o . - H o u s t o n , B C Frank & Kathy Larson - Prince George, BC Ma g n u m R a n c h i n g - F r e n c h m a n B u t t e , S K

The winner of the 2014 Richardson Ranch’s Annual Buyers’ Appreciation Draw is Congratulations, you have won a FREE trip to Haida Gwaii, BC

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Don & Leslie Bill & Jamie 250-557-4468 Phone: 250-557-4348 Fax: 250 E-mail: don@richardsonranch.ca

Find our Cattle for Sale at:

Vanderhoof All Breeds Bull Sale - April 11, 2015 Williams Lake Bull Sale - April 16 & 17, 2015 6th Annual Online Sale - September 16 - 20, 2015 Exportable Semen & Embryos for sale by private treaty.

We’ve got to breed ’em before we can feed ’em! Most every cowcalf producer will agree conception, calving ease and fertility are number one priorities. Using the genetic evaluation tools available today, beef producers can also select for end product merit with the same reliability as the all-important maternal traits.

Rest assured… stay relevant using the top 5% of the Hereford breed for calving ease, top 3% for maternal, top 4% for carcass and top 10% for crossbred fertility!

Sandhill Farms Hereford Production Sale

Friday, April 3, 2015 • 1 PM At the farm • Haviland, KS Selling Approximately 100 Bulls • 30 Registered Cows with Heifer Calves • 60 Open Commercial Heifers Average Index on 2015 Sale Bulls 4 Calving Ease—Top 5% 4 Maternal—Top 3% 4 Carcass—Top 4% 4 XBred Fertility—Top 10%

Kevin & Vera, We have been very pleased with the Progress son we purchased with Shane Dicks from your sale in 2012. He has consistently sired low birth weight calves with a 68 lb. average on our Angus heifers. The calves are full of vigor with explosive growth to weaning.

We have enough trust in him that he has been collected and will be used as an AI sire on a group of heifers for our 1st Annual Known Genetics Sale.

Again, we thank you and look forward to utilizing more Sandhill Farms genetics!

Sincerely,

Ted and Angela Schepmann Schepmann Angus Ranch

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If you are seeking reliable, relevant genetics to improve your cow herd, rest assured with Sandhill Farms. Give us a call, come by or go to www.SandhillFarms.com for more information.

Kevin & Vera Schultz • 2048 280th Avenue • Haviland, KS 67059

Home (620) 995-4072 • Kevin’s Cell (620) 546-4570 • Tyler’s Cell (620) 546-1574 Kevin@SandhillFarms.com • www.SandhillFarms.com Ron & Arnita Schultz • (620) 348-4863 Free delivery on all registered cattle.

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JJPH 83T Benchmark 127Y Tlell 8N Red Zulu 1Z NJW 73S M326 Trust 100W ET NJW 73S W18 Homegrown 8Y ET NJW 73S W18 Hometown 10Y ET Churchill Sensation 028X TH 22R 16S Lambeau 17Y Gerber Anodyne 001A H WCC/WB 668 Wyarno 9500 ET 18

2013 Agribition Grand Champion Bull and Royal Bank Supreme Finalist Eli X Beyond BW: 4.5 WW: 54.6 YW: 87.9 MM: 19.3 TM: 46.6

Semen Price

$100/unit • No Certificates $80/unit 10 or more

Benchmark daughter purchased by Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords

For Semen Contact

Rick & Karen Johnston

Box 233, Maidstone, SK S0M 1M0 P: 306-893-2231 F: 306-893-4722 C: 780-205-3537 E: anchor@sasktel.net

P:306-933-4200 info@tbarc.com www.buyagro.com

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Don and Leslie Richardson Box 10 Tlell, BC V0T 1Y0

Ph.: (250) 557-4348 don@richardsonranch.ca

Fax: (250) 557-4468 www.richardsonranch.ca

Jade Cow Family “Udderly Perfect”

Dam: Tlell 20U Jade 32X

Pictured at 9 months

PC02966501 Tattoo: APSF 1Z Born Jan 1, 2012 Birth Wt. = 74 lb 205 day Adj = 862 lb

*** Proven on heifers *** average birth wt = 74 lb *** CE BW WW YW Milk TM MCE EPD +6.6 -1.8 +26.8 +47.9 +25.7 +39.1 +5.1 acc .29 .49 .35 .36 .17 .25

Grand Dam: Remitall Jade 257S

Semen Price / Straw

Pictured at 5 months Son: Tlell 1Z Brick 5B

10 Straws $40.00 20 Straws $30.00 50 Straws $25.00 100 Straws $20.00 No Semen Certificate Needed

Sire: Tlell 29F Red Cedar 8N

BW =60 lb 205D = 715 lb

owned with

C.L.L. Holdings Ltd Box 2185, Lloydminster, SK S9V 1R6

leonard@midwesttruck.ca (306) 825-2264 20

#1 Trait Leader for Birth Weight

Tydesmoor Herefords The Green, Little Huxlow, Tidesmoor Derbyshire, UK SK17 8RT

tideswellmoor@gmail.com

Copper-T Ranch Box 185, Fraser Lake, BC V0J 1S0

ttapp@bcgroup.net (250) 699-6466

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There has never been a better time to

INVEST IN YOUR COW HERD SENSATION

1HH00109 CHURCHILL SENSATION 028X UPS Domino 3027 x GH Rambo 279R | Reg#: 43092364

• The breed’s leading high accuracy calving ease bull that excels for both maternal and end-product value.

• Sensation’s progeny are attractive, conservatively marked with above average capacity, muscle and stoutness for the calving ease he offers.

CED

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MILK M & G CETM

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60 .56

UDDR

TEAT

SC

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LAMBEAU

1HP00836 TH 22R 16S LAMBEAU 17Y TH 121L 63N Tundra 16S x S&S Rock Solid 3L | Reg#: P43171190

• Lambeau has developed a strong following of breeders who appreciate his calving ease in combination with pigmentation, sound leg structure and deep body capacity.

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CONTACT YOUR LOCAL GENEX REPRESENTATIVE to discuss how these powerful breed-leading sires can work in your A.I. breeding program.

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Crittenden Bros. Polled Herefords Box 158, Imperial, SK S0G 2J0 Howard & Sharon 306.963.2414 Howard Cell ~ 306.963.7880

Gordon & Shirley 306.963.2622 Fax: 306.963.2493 h.s.crittenden@sasktel.net

WWW.CRITTENDENBROS.COM

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McCoy Cattle Company The Nicholas Family Box 479, Milestone, SK S0G 3L0 Gary & Florence (306) 436-4301 Chad & Carrie (306) 436-2086 cnicholas@mccoycattle.com www.mccoycattle.com

Lakes Ranch Winston(Win) Stothert Box 120 Ashmont, AB T0A 0C0 Ph: (604) 922-9652 wstothert@shaw.ca In partnership with

Almer Weinmeier Ph: (780) 635-4979

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   

REMITALL KEYNOTE 20X RU 10A DEW 57D TH JWR SOP 16G 57G TUNDRA 63N KLONDIKE 28U 707B TEE-JAY 707B GEMINI 16G ET KILMRLE 45GEMINI R261 RU 20X BOULDER 57G

C GOLD RUSH 1ET C MS DOM 93218 1ET TS PEERLESS BUILDER 8453 /S MS PEERLESS 696F

C –S PURE GOLD 98170

H KATHY 668 ET /SLADY PEERLESS 180L CE BW WW YY

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Born: April 4, 2009 • Weight: 2505 lbs. (Jan.12/12) • Scrotal: 41 cm.

• Moderate in frame, stout, easy fleshing, pigmented.

• Tremendous top and hip structure with fault-free feet and legs.

• Out of an awesome cow family.

• The kind we all should be raising!

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 Hoffman Herefords Thedford, NE Jason & Denny Hoffman 530-604-5096

OJJ Ranch Ririe, ID Bruce Sharp 208-5697465

 T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd. 4 – 3342 Millar Ave, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7K 7G9 P: 306-933-4200 • F: 306-934-0744 info@tbarc.com • www.buyagro.com Chris Poley - 306-220-5006 Ted Serhienko - 306-221-2711 Shane Michelson - 403-363-9973



$50.00/unit No certificates necessary $40.00/unit for 20 or more (Minimum 5 units per order)

You Ought to Know... the year 2014 was real. All of us are aware of the spike in beef cattle prices... breeders and their commercial customers are finally being rewarded for their dedication and toil. Moreover, the amazing demand for commercial, white face replacement females is showing us that the beef cattle producer is sourcing British influence replacements with breed identity. Those who sourced quality sires in the past decade or less, are benefiting by a greater return on their investment... but in times such as these, anyone can be an expert!

Each year, when a sports channel is turned on, one can find a U.S. College Bowl Football game a few days prior to Christmas and on through Ukrainian Christmas. The loyalty of their alma mater pack the stadiums as fans of every age, follow and support the home team of young players, who compete for school honor and recognition.

Only a small percentage of these athletes go on to a professional football career, but all players and alumni carry that pride and recognition of being a part of a successful program.

This pride and recognition spurred me to reflect upon the Canadian Junior Hereford Association. In comparison to a college or university, the CJHA is small potatoes, but a host of alumni of the Canadian Junior Hereford Association have become leaders in the production of quality seedstock. Up until a couple of years ago, the Canadian Junior Hereford Association held the largest membership for many decades. Of these past alumni, some have stayed with the Hereford breed; a few married into another breed; while some found other breeds more alluring or pursued other agricultural avenues.

2014 Canadian Western Agribition is a fitting example of leadership by alumni of the Canadian Junior Hereford Association. The RBC Supreme Champion Bull, an Angus, was bred and shown by a young man who is alumnus and also judged the Hereford show. The RBC Supreme Champion Female, a Simmental, was bred and exhibited by a young Alberta couple; she is a member of the CJHA alumni. In the Horned Hereford Show, the premier breeder for the last two consecutive years and in the Polled Hereford Show, the premier breeder for the past three consecutive years, both started as members of the Canadian Junior Hereford Association.

When you consider the above... that these young men and women had many other options in pursuing a living, they choose to make breeding and production of quality seedstock a way of life. The years from BSE up until the past year or two, have required dedication, combined with a vision for the future. The leadership of the seedstock industry is in great hands...thanks to the alumni of the Canadian Junior Hereford Association.

I Just Thought You Ought to Know...

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NOT TAKEN FOR GRANTED Semen Testing

Shorty is kinda shy. He’s a real good hand, just kinda shy. He’d get all red if a heifer spent too long lookin’ at him. So….when he started seeing Cathy, we were all pretty surprised. Be damned if they didn’t go off and get married a couple of summers later.

Things went pretty good for Shorty, after they got married. He fleshed out quite a bit and most days you couldn’t have taken a smile off his face with a stick. All that changed last spring.

It seems Cathy figured it was time to start a family.

Shorty tried to sell her on a puppy, but Cathy wasn’t buying.

So….Shorty gave up and the two of them set to making babies.

Shorty figured they had practised quite a bit, so the rest should be pretty easy. But they tried and tried and Shorty just couldn’t get the job done. Cathy decided that she should get things checked out and so off she went to see Doc Hardy.

Shorty came home that night and found Cathy waiting for him. She told him all about the tests and what Doc Hardy had to say and it wasn’t until she sat down that Shorty figured it out. She had already made the appointment.

Now Shorty was never much on goin’ to see Doc Hardy, especially not about something like this. If he wasn’t bleedin’ or it wasn’t broke, he just couldn’t see any reason to go in. He was pretty sure it wasn’t broke and he knew he wasn’t bleeding…

Shorty was pretty nervous when the nurse stuck him in a little room. Doc Hardy came in, talked a bit, then turned to a desk and handed Shorty a little bottle. She told Shorty that she needed a sample.

Now… Shorty checked bulls every spring. He started lookin’ right away for the electric bullet. Doc Hardy smiled at him and told Shorty he could fill the bottle at home if he wanted. Shorty wanted.

The next morning Shorty and Cathy figured things out and filled the bottle. Shorty popped the bottle into a brown bag and asked Cathy if she would drop the bottle off at Doc Hardy’s. Cathy declined.

Shorty headed for town, the brown bag on the seat beside him. He pulled up to the clinic and headed in with the 26

brown bag. The nurse told him that Doc Hardy was out and wouldn’t be back ‘til noon, but offered to take the bag.

Shorty declined.

Shorty climbed into the truck and tried to figure things out. He knew that noon was too late and he sure wasn’t real big on filling another bottle. Then it came to him….Doc Kramer.

Doc Kramer was a crusty old bugger, but that didn’t matter much at this point. Vets don’t have to have a great bedside manner. Shorty had seen Doc Kramer semen test, he was pretty good.

A few minutes later, Shorty was in Kramer’s Clinic. He found Doc Kramer in the back and walked up to him, bag in hand.

“Heh Shorty, what can I do for ya?

“Heh Doc. I gotta bull I need checked.”

“Where?”

“Here,” Shorty pulled the bottle from the bag.

“Okay….when was he collected?” “’Bout an hour ago.”

“Early start huh?”

“Yup.” Doc set up a slide and put it under the scope. He stared into the scope for a long time, fiddled with the slide a bit and stared at it some more. Shorty was starting to get pretty nervous. Doc Kramer looked up, and turned to Shorty.

“This son of a bitch is no damned good..”

“Huh?’ stammered Shorty.

“He’s a cull. He’s shooting blanks…no damned good.”

“Okay…I got the picture. Are you sure you gotta good slide?”

“Yup. His nuts must be too small” Shorty swallowed … hard.

“Can I have a look?”

“Sure.”

Shorty looked into the scope. There was a whole bunch of little circles, some with tails, most without, and only a few were even moving.

“You ain’t gonna get any calves from that useless bastard, Shorty. You might as well ship him. Get yourself a good, young bull for Chrissakes or you’ll never get anything bred.”

“Yeah….sure. Thanks Doc.” “No problem Shorty.”

Shorty turned and started for the door. He stopped and turned to Doc Kramer…

“Heh Doc!” “Yeah?”

“Know where I can get a good puppy?”

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.”

To Our 2014 Buyers & Bidders David Kempa (1) Fred & Joanne Gittoes (2) Gleich Herefords (1) Haroldsons Polled Herefords (2) Jackson Creek (1) Mil-Wray Polled Herefords (1) Oli K Olson (1) Soggy Bottom Ranch (1) Stanley Farms (1) Van Kooton Big Rock Ranch (9)

Blair-Athol He Da Man 49T FBF 55S Yoda 5Y DTHF Volume 4Z Big-Gully 517U Bounty ET 5Z RVP 100W Buzz 17Z Haroldsons Patriot 13P 27Z Haroldsons ANL Motive 41Y 79A

~ please visit our website for our bull sale consignments ~

www.fossayherefords.ca Bryan Fossay & Family | Woodlands, MB | 204.795.0961 | bryan@fossayherefords.ca

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Consigning 12 bulls at Canada’s Red, White and Black Bull Sale from the same herd as these cattle!

March 21 at Johnstone’s Auction in Moose Jaw, SK

ANL A XLP  ET 75Z Supreme Champion Bull and Grand Champion Hereford Bull at the Manitoba Livestock Expo National Reserve Crand Champion Bull & Top 10 Finalist at the RBC Supreme Challenge

XLP KPH LC  ET 707B

  Selling the lead off bull in this pen at Canada’s Red White and Black Bull Sale

XLP BOGART’S  7B Class winner at both Agribition and the Manitoba Livestock Expo Sold in the Hereford Harvest Sale to Jessie Procyk

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KIRBY-LONEPINE

Gordon ET 707B has been renamed.

Champion Bull Calf at the Glenavon MOE Show. Grand Champion at the South East Saskatchewan Field Day MOE Show as well as Champion Bull Calf and Reserve Grand Champion Bull at the Manitoba Livestock Expo. Owned by Lone Pine Cattle Services, Kirby Polled Herefords, Little Creek Polled Herefords, Mike Goodine and Bobby Hull.

 403A

Agribition Champion First Lady Classic Horned Hereford Owned with Kirby Polled Herefords

XLP MOUNT VERN  118B Second in class at Agribition.

Owned with Barbara Downey

MJT PRESENTS MJT MISS 106G SUPER 49E 57K X GH ADAMS NITRO DESIGN ET 377X

FOUR ET FULL BROTHERS

We were fortunate to get five pregnant recipients from this flush. We were anxious about these calves as we lost 57K at 12 years of age. She had consistently raised our top sale bulls. We were hoping her last offspring would be no different, and we weren’t disappointed. Of the five we were blessed with one female, who is a tank of a heifer we are hoping will take her mothers place. She was awarded Hereford Champion Female at Lloydminster Stockade Roundup as a calf in 2013. Each of her four brothers would stand alone, but together as a set of four they demonstrate a consistency we have come to expect from this line. We invite you to evaluate them for yourselves and decide what they could bring to your operation.

MJT NITRO HEAVY HITTER ET 76A

BACK TO THE BASICS

OPEN HOUSE, SUPPER AND SOCIAL

February 14, 2015

MORE TO COME IN 2016....

MJT NITRO KENTUCKY ET 75A MJT NITRO DUKE ET 78A Supreme Champion



National Champion Horned Hereford Bull

   

These Bulls are selling March 5, 2015 at the Calgary Bull Sale

MJT NITRO NUGGET ET 79A

INTERNET AUCTION concluding February 14, 2015

Hybrid Live Auction for 26 Two-Year Old Angus Bulls

Mick & Debbie Trefiak Kurt, Shannon, Matthew, Ryan & Casey, Mark & Kristi R.R. #1, Edgerton, AB T0B 1K0 P: (780) 755-2224 • F: (780) 755-2223 • C: (780) 842-8835 mick@mjt.ca kurt@mjt.ca www.mjt.ca 14 miles East of Wainwright and 11 1/2 miles North on Range Road 4-3 (Secondary Hwy. 894)

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Biography: Dr. Colin Palmer is an Associate Professor of Theriogenology (Animal Reproduction) at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine. Originally from Nova Scotia, Dr. Palmer worked in mixed practices in Ontario and British Columbia and has owned/operated a practice in Saskatchewan. Dr. Palmer along with his wife Kim and children Lauren, Emily and Carter run a herd of purebred Red Angus cattle under the KC Cattle Co. name.

Considerations When Buying Your Next Bull Borrowing from Harlan Hughes, beef industry economist, the single most important factor influencing the cow-calf producer’s bottom line is the unit cost of production (UCOP). This is determined by dividing the total costs of maintaining the herd by the total pounds of weaned calf produced by that herd.

The UCOP is often reported as dollars per 100 weight of calf which then makes it very easy to determine profitability when comparing it with market price. Simply put, producers with the greatest difference between market price and UCOP are the most profitable. Neither the lowest cost nor the highest weaning weight producer are necessarily the most profitable.

Since costs are largely determined by the number of cows, and gross income is determined by the pounds of calf sold it is logical that the most important variable influencing the UCOP is pounds of weaned calf per cow exposed to bulls. With market prices the way they are today extra pounds of weaned calf translate into huge profits real quick.

More available dollars in the beef cow-calf sector present some exciting opportunities for investment in herd genetics.

Improvements in herd productivity through purchased females is very slow - bulls are by far the most effective way to introduce desirable traits into a beef herd. Selecting bulls based only on the need to get the cows pregnant is arguably a survival tactic that wasn’t even defensible when our industry was on its knees. Good bulls were justifiable then and even more so today. You cannot expect your herd to perform any better than the bulls you select.

Moving forward and improving on what you already have should be the goal of any business. Don’t miss out on opportunity!

The compounding effect of sire selection decisions is amazing.

The bulls you turned out last year will contribute half of the genetic material to the calves born this spring. Quite simple really - half from the sire and half from the dam. However, the sire, maternal grandsire and maternal great grandsire together account for nearly 90% (87.5% to be exact) of a calf’s DNA. If the great grand sire was first used in 2010 and produced a crop of heifers that calved as two-year olds in 2013 there will likely be a next generation of heifers calving this spring (heifers giving birth to heifers). Therefore, in most herds a four-generation photo can be possible in as little as 5 years.

I don’t think you can run any business on gut feel, intuition, or eyeballing. My mantra is you can’t manage what you don’t measure! Take a look at how your herd has been performing.

Are your pregnancy rates, disease rates, length of calving season, proportion of weaned calves and weaning weights what you expect? Are your heifer replacements performing as good as or better than previous generations of heifers? Although many management decisions can influence these parameters your 30

choice of herd sires can have a tremendous affect.

Bulls with larger scrotal circumferences produce more sperm, are able to breed more cows and have daughters who reach puberty sooner and have greater lifetime fertility. Science has shown that herds with the highest reproductive performance routinely purchase herd sires with above average scrotal circumferences.

More calves born during the first cycle or two of the calving season means more pounds of calf at weaning time.

Expected progeny differences (EPDs), genetic (DNA) markers, carcass evaluation data and indexes are other tools that should be used to help select bulls. Weaning weight (WW) is my favourite EPD as it is the most tangible for the cow-calf producer.

Two visually identical bulls of the same breed with a 20 pound difference in their WW EPD are expected to produce calves that differ in weaning weight by an average of 20 lbs. The birth weight (BW) EPD should also be considered. Birth weight, WW and yearling weight (YW) are highly positively, correlated. Birth weight is the biggest single predictor of dystocia and more calves are lost at or around birth than at any other time. Remember, a big calf won’t be worth much if it is dead. Bulls with near the top of the breed WW EPDs, but with average or below average birth weight EPDs are becoming more prevalent. The calving easing (CE) EPD should also be examined and remember that EPDs become more accurate as performance data from progeny and other relatives is included in the calculation. Look at breed averages to see how your potential purchase stacks up. Indexes are also useful as they lend credence to the EPD’s – animals with the highest weaning weight and yearling weight EPDs within the herd should have the highest indexes for that trait.

A useful exercise for any herd that purchases registered bulls is to look up the current EPDS through the breed association website for bulls that you have used in the past. Check out how they rank in comparison with the breed average for various traits you may be interested in. Because our cattle are improving each year a bull that was superior for a trait 10 years ago may be just average today, but more importantly the EPD information and your herd performance records may help you decide what traits you may want to strengthen. I recently looked up a very influential herd sire that was born 25 years ago and was pleased to see that he still ranked well above breed average for weaning weight, yearling weight and milk.

So ... if reducing your Unit Cost of Production and maximizing your profitability interest you then using a few tools to help you select superior herd sires can pay off handsomely. Improving the genetics of your herd through bull purchases is kind of like picking low hanging fruit – lots in the basket for relatively little effort.

Announcing number 3,000,000 & 3,000,001 A Huge Thank You to Copper Creek Ranch & Dallas Farms for supporting the Hereford Research Fund

Registered Name:

CCR 100W ADELA ET 2B Breeder:

Copper Creek Ranch Princeton, British Columbia

Copper Creek Ranch was established in the year 1999 with the purchase of the Princeton Stock Ranch. A commercial cow/calf and purebred Hereford herd has developed from that time, with strategic additions and with sales into Canadian and global Hereford markets, as well as into local commercial herds.

Registered Name:

BCD BELLA 403B Breeder:

Dallas Farms Bowden, Alberta

The Dallas family appreciates the importance of marketing their product to both the seedstock and commercial industry. They have shown their cattle extensively throughout North America and have realized numerous champions.

Thanks in part to our Sponsors:

Canadian Hereford Association • 5160 Skyline Way NE, Calgary, AB T2E 6V1 • 1-888-836-7242 • herefords@hereford.ca

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Farmfair International - Western National Hereford Show November 5, 2014 - Edmonton, AB Judge: Glenn Brost, Irvine, AB

FEMALES HEIFER CALF Class 1 (7 shown) 1. Carlrams Ranching Ltd., Cut Knife, SK with Carlrams 81Y Lass 374B by MVF 219T STD Turin Lad 81Y 2. Glenrose Polled Herefords, Camrose, AB with Glenrose 6X Sara 137B by FCC 40U Sprint 6X Class 2 (7 shown) 1. NCX Polled Herefords, Brosseau, AB with NCX Miss Bella 15B by Bare Mr You Tube 4Y 2. Flewelling Cattle Co., Bowden, AB with FCC 34Z Natasha 20B by Remitall-West Horton ET 34Z Class 3 (7 shown) 1. Chittick Farms, Mayerthorpe, AB with GCHR Effie 29B by Harvie High Roller ET 66X 2. Chittick Farms, Mayerthorpe, AB with RCHR Amber 12B by Harvie High Roller ET 66X CHAMPION HEIFER CALF NCX Polled Herefords, Brosseau, AB with NCX Miss Bella 15B by Bare Mr You Tube 4Y RESERVE CHAMPION HEIFER CALF Flewelling Cattle Co., Bowden, AB with FCC 34Z Natasha 20B by Remitall-West Horton ET 34Z YEARLING HEIFER Class 1 (4 shown) 1. Glenrose Polled Herefords, Camrose, AB with Glenrose 101X Susie 153A by Glenrose 17T Axeman 101X 2. Lone Pine Ranch, New Norway, AB with Lone Pine Vanna 25A by Lone Pine North Star 1X Class 2 (4 shown) 1. Flewelling Cattle Co., Bowden, AB with FCC 20X Royal Flush 3A by FCC Twenty X 20X

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2. Glenrose Polled Herefords, Camrose, AB with Glenrose 101X Rosey 67A by Glenrose 17T Axeman 101X

CHAMPION YEARLING AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE Flewelling Cattle Co., Bowden, AB with FCC 20X Royal Flush 3A by FCC Twenty X 20X RESERVE CHAMPION YEARLING FEMALE Glenrose Polled Herefords, Camrose, AB with Glenrose 101X Rosey 67A by Glenrose 17T Axeman 101X TWO YEAR OLD COW/CALF PAIR Class 1 (1 shown) 1. Breton West Herefords, Breton, AB with Breton West 121T Jazmin 44Z by Domino Gem 84J Trolley 121T with her bull calf Breton West P 42X Butler 59B by Cutbank 309 Warrior 42X MATURE COW/CALF PAIR Class 1 (3 shown) 1. Harvie Ranching, Olds, AB with Harvie OVHF Ms Unique 17Y by NJW FHF 9710 Tank 45P with her heifer calf Harvie OVHF HBM Unique 32B

by TH 75J 243R Bailout 144U ET 2. Carlrams Ranching Ltd., with Carlrams 83S Silver Dust 2W by LCI 157K Ribstone 83S and her bull calf CR 137Y Lad 39B by LBH 40W Ribstone 137Y

CHAMPION SENIOR AND GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE Harvie Ranching, Olds, AB with Harvie OVHF Ms Unique 17Y by NJW FHF 9710 Tank 45P with her heifer calf Harvie OVHF HBM Unique 32B by TH 75J 243R Bailout 144U ET RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR FEMALE Carlrams Ranching Ltd., with Carlrams 83S Silver Dust 2W by LCI 157K Ribstone 83S and her bull calf CR 137Y Lad 39B by LBH 40W Ribstone 137Y BULLS BULL CALF Class 1 (8 shown) 1. Ayrey Farms Ltd., Evesham, SK with WA 406W Blitz 9B by BBSF 4S Washington 406W 2. Rutledge Herefords, Hardisty, AB with RUT 1 Y Ranchland Lad 17B by LPG Ranchland Lad 1Y Class 2 (8 shown) 1. Flewelling Cattle Co., Bowden, AB with FCC Z400 Crossiron 13B by TDP Crossover Z400 2. Flewelling Cattle Co., Bowden, AB with FCC Z400 Crossfire 9B by TDP Crossover Z400 Class 3 (8 shown) 1. Flewelling Cattle Co., Bowden, AB with FCC Z400 Brinks 8B by TDP Crossover Z400 2. Crone Herefords, Hardisty, AB with RVP 100W Buddy 30B by NJW 73S M326 Trust 100W ET

CHAMPION BULL CALF Flewelling Cattle Co., Bowden, AB with FCC Z400 Crossiron 13B by TDP Crossover Z400

RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL Jonomn Hereford Ranch, Clyde, AB with JNHR All Red 290A by FE 216S Gold Rush 267W

RESERVE CHAMPION BULL CALF Flewelling Cattle Co., Bowden, AB with FCC Z400 Brinks 8B by TDP Crossover Z400

TWO YEAR OLD BULL Class 1 (5 shown) 1. Flewelling Cattle Co., Bowden, AB with FCC 503W Lincoln 3Z by Remitall Alliance 503W 2. SS Cattle Company Inc., Irma, AB with SS-Topline Powerhouse ET 888Z by GH Neon 17N

YEARLING BULL Class 1 (4 shown) 1. Jonomn Hereford Ranch, Clyde, AB with JNHR All Red 290A by FE 216S Gold Rush 267W 2. Bar Pipe Hereford Ranch, Okotoks, AB with BP 725Y Cadet 124A by JB 354 Anchor Cadet Class 2 (5 shown) 1. Crone Herefords, Hardisty, AB with SGC 220W Amigo 49A by SGC 174S Amigo 49A 2. Rutledge Herefords, Hardisty, AB with RUT 10X Amigo Lad 78A by SGC 174S Amigo Lad 10X Class 3 (6 shown) 1. Ayrey Farms LTD., Evesham, SK with WA 209U Arrow 85A by FA 121M Britisher 209U 2. Rutledge Herefords, Hardisty, AB with RUT 42W Super Red Lad 76A by SGC Super Red Lad 42W

RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION BULL SS Cattle Company Inc., Irma, AB with SS-Topline Powerhouse ET 888Z by GH Neon 17N

CHAMPION SENIOR AND GRAND CHAMPION BULL Flewelling Cattle Co., Bowden, AB with FCC 503W Lincoln 3Z by Remitall Alliance 503W

Class 4 (5 shown) 1. Glenrose Polled Herefords, Camrose, AB with Glenrose 56X Ashton 126A by Harvie Ricochet 56X 2. SS Cattle Company Inc., Irma, AB with SS-Topline All Star 322A by PDHR 20J Stranmore 47R Class 5 (4 shown) 1. Fenton Hereford Ranch, Irma, AB with ZZB 166W Rib Aster 34A by FE 29S Aster Lad 166W 2. Fenton Hereford Ranch, Irma, AB with ZZB 166W Super Aster 35A by FE 29S Aster Lad 166W CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL Fenton Hereford Ranch, Irma, AB with ZZB 166W Rib Aster 34A by FE 29S Aster Lad 166W

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Zoetis Stockade Roundup

Lloydminster, SK POLLED HEREFORD Females

October 30, 2014 Judge: Marlin Leblanc, Estevan, SK RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR HEIFER CALF

Hunter & Morgan Millham & Sydney Perlinger, Outlook, SK with HMS Hi-Cliffe 13X Blitz 103B by Hi-Cliffe WLB Sammy 13X

RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR BULL CALF

Hunter & Morgan Millham & Sydney Perlinger, Outlook, SK with HMS Hi-Cliffe 90X Bond 7B by WLB Lego 83T 90X

CHAMPION JUNIOR FEMALE

Standard Hill Livestock, Maidstone, SK with SHPH 62T Playmate 167A by SHPH 63N Cannon 62T

CHAMPION JUNIOR HEIFER CALF AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE

Top 50 Livestock, Lashburn, SK with Top-50 Bombshell 22B by Elberfeld Zetterberg 8Z

RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR HEIFER CALF

Standard Hill Livestock, Maidstone, SK with Standard-Hill Glitter 38B by FCC 2U Harlan 7Y

CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE HEIFER CALF

Double J Polled Herefords, Maidstone, SK with JJPH 127Y 422P Peaches 417B

by JJPH 83T Benchmark 127Y

RESERVE CHAMPION CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE HEIFER CALF

NCX Polled Herefords, Brosseau, AB with NCX Miss Bella 15B by Bare Mr You Tube 4Y

RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR FEMALE

NCX Polled Herefords, Brosseau, AB with NCX Miss Alexis 2A by Triara Unleashed 893U

CHAMPION SENIOR FEMALE

Double J Polled Herefords, Maidstone, SK with JJPH 510R 36N Willow 120Y by HF 4L Beyond 36N with her calf JJPH 127Y 120Y Willow 427B by JJPH 38T Benchmark 127Y

BULLS

SS Cattle Company, Irma, AB with SS-Topline Avalanche 359A by Bar-RZ 64N Stockton 43S

CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE BULL CALF

Manchester Polled Herefords, Senlac, SK with Manchester 21X Momentum 445B

by JJPH 83T Inception 21X

CHAMPION SENIOR BULL CALF

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RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL

Double J Polled Herefords, Maidstone, SK with JJPH 203Y Impact 425B by MHPH 9W Yeoman 203Y

Standard Hill Livestock, Maidstone, SK with Standard-Hill Diehard 70B by SHPH 7S Diehard 136Y

Manchester Polled Herefords, Senlac, SK with Manchester 83T Freestyle 450B by WLB Eli 10H 83T

The Cliffs Farm, Hepburn, SK with TCF JVJ 11X The Goods 305A by TH 71U 719T Mr Hereford 11X

CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL CALF

RESERVE CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE BULL CALF

CHAMPION SENIOR HEIFER CALF AND GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE

CHAMPION JUNIOR AND GRAND CHAMPION BULL

Manchester Polled Herefords, Senlac, SK with Manchester 83T Chinook 402B by WLB Eli 10H 83T

CHAMPION SENIOR AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION BULL

Crittenden Bros., Imperial , SK with GHC Monopoly 162Z by GHC EB Westward 145W

RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR BULL

Calvin Grabler & Shannon JanzenGrabler with MJT Avatar 15Z by HPH 145R Avatar 5U

PAIR OF BULLS

Manchester Polled Herefords, Senlac, SK

HORNED HEREFORD Females CHAMPION JUNIOR HEIFER CALF

RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL CALF

Brady Moncrieff, Senlac, SK with Ace Tracker Lad 17B by MJT Tracker 33X

Brady Moncrieff, Senlac, SK with Ace Tracker Lass 4B by MJT Tracker 33X

RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR HEIFER CALF

CHAMPION SENIOR AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION BULL

Brady Moncrieff, Senlac, SK with Ace Tracker lAss 23B by MJT Tracker 33X

SS Cattle Company, Irma, AB with SS-Topline Powerhouse ET 888Z by GH Neon 17N

CHAMPION JUNIOR, GRAND CHAMPION AND SUPREME CHAMPION BULL

MJT Cattle Company Ltd., Edgerton, AB with MJT Nitro Duke ET 78A by GH Adams Nitro Design ET 377X

CHAMPION SENIOR HEIFER CALF AND GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE

RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL

Brady Moncrieff, Senlac, SK with Ace Tracker Lad 22A by MJT Tracker 33X

RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR BULL

Lock Farms Ltd., Macklin, SK with LPG Don Sky Lad 37Z by Donorah 9N Dandy Lad 50W

BREEDERS HERD & GET OF SIRE Brady Moncrief, Senlac, SK

PAIR OF BULLS

MJT Cattle Company Ltd., Edgerton, AB with MJT 443Y Rosie 1B by MJT Total ET 332W

Lock Farms Ltd., Macklin, SK

Bulls for sale

CHAMPION JUNIOR FEMALE AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE

Top 50 Livestock, Lashburn, SK with Big-Gully V-9 Venerable 320A by SLDK Vendetta V-9 ET

CHAMPION SENIOR FEMALE

Carlrams Ranching Ltd., Cut Knife, SK with Carlrams 83S Silver Dust 2W by LCI 157K Ribstone 83S and her calf CR 137Y Lad 39B by LBH 40W Ribstone 137Y

BULLS CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL CALF Brady Moncrieff, Senlac, SK with Ace Tracker Lad 10B by MJT Tracker 33X

WMBJ 485T LONG SHOT 401A {DLF IEF HYF} Reg. #: P C02989541 BW: 90 lbs Born: Feb. 17, 2013 SIRE: KJ HVH 33N REDEEM 485T ET {DLF, IEF HYF} P C02989536 DAM: WMBJ JOY 406N P C02853739

BW: +3.1

WW: +49.5

YW: +79.5

MM: +17.3

TM: +42.1

Selling five 2 year old polled Hereford bulls at Canada’s Red, White, and Black Bull Sale Saturday, March 21st, 2015 Johnstone Auction Mart Ltd., Moose Jaw, SK.

BIEBER HEREFORDS

Wally & Kathy, Herman & Christina, Ann Bieber Herman‘s Cell #: (306) 727-3127 or Home Phone #: (306) 698-2956 Website: www.bieberherefords.com Email: bieberherefords@gmail.com Box 538 Wolseley, SK. S0G 5H0

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Olds Fall Classic

FEMALES Heifer Calf

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1. Harvie Ranching, Olds, AB with Harvie OVHF HBM Unique 32B by TH 75J 243R Bailout 144U ET 2. GRLN Livestock, Red Deer County, AB with GRLN 9Z Bliss 31T 13B by Redline Protocol 9Z

CHAMPION HEIFER CALF

Harvie Ranching, Olds, AB with Harvie OVHF HBM Unique 32B by TH 75J 243R Bailout 144U ET

BULLS Bull Calf

1. Brost Land Cattle Co., Irvine, AB with BBSF 465Y Broker 68B by Square-D John Wayne 465Y 2. Harvie Ranching, Olds, AB with Harvie Cool Water ET 190B by NJW 73S W18 Hometown 10Y ET

RESERVE CHAMPION HEIFER CALF

GRLN Livestock, Red Deer County, AB with GRLN 9Z Bliss 31T 13B by Redline Protocol 9Z

Yearling Heifer

1. Golden Oak, Bowden, AB with Blairs Xkeona 521X 1A by TH 122 71I Victor 521X ET 2. Flewelling Cattle Co., Bowden, AB with FCC 20X Royal Flush 3A by FCC Twenty X 20X

CHAMPION BULL CALF AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION BULL

Brost Land Cattle Co., Irvine, AB with BBSF 465Y Broker 68B

by Square-D John Wayne 465Y

RESERVE CHAMPION BULL CALF

Harvie Ranching, Olds, AB with Harvie Cool Water ET 190B

by NJW 73S W18 Hometown 10Y ET

Yearling Bull CHAMPION JUNIOR FEMALE AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE Golden Oak, Bowden, AB with Blairs Xkeona 521X 1A by TH 122 71I Victor 521X ET

RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR FEMALE Flewelling Cattle Co., Bowden, AB with FCC 20X Royal Flush 3A by FCC Twenty X 20X

Mature Cow

1. Harvie Ranching, Olds, AB with Harvie OVHF Ms Unique 17Y by NJW FHF 9710 Tank 45P 2. Brost Land Cattle Co., Irvine, AB with BBSF 303T Nola 63Y

by Grosvenor Titanium 80P

CHAMPION SENIOR FEMALE AND GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE

Harvie Ranching, Olds, AB with Harvie OVHF Ms Unique 17Y by NJW FHF 9710 Tank 45P

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Brost Land Cattle Co., Irvine, AB with BBSF 303T Nola 63Y

by Grosvenor Titanium 80P

1. Brost Land Cattle Co., Irvine, AB with Remitall West Havana ET 33A by CB 57U Can Do 102Y 2. Redline Livestock, Didsbury, AB with Square-D Mr Beef 465A by Square-D Ranchman 257R

CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL

Brost Land Cattle Co., Irvine, AB with Remitall West Havana ET 33A by CB 57U Can Do 102Y

RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL

Redline Livestock, Didsbury, AB with Square-D Mr Beef 465A

by Square-D Ranchman 257R

Two Year Old Bull

1. Flewelling Cattle Co., Bowden, AB with FCC 503WLincoln 3Z by Remitall Alliance 503W

CHAMPION SENIOR AND GRAND CHAMPION BULL Flewelling Cattle Co., Bowden, AB with FCC 503W Lincoln 3Z by Remitall Alliance 503W

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Manitoba Livestock Expo Brandon, Manitoba November 8, 2014 Judge: Lance Leachman

FEMALES HEIFER CALF Class 1 1. Greenridge Farms, Fisher Branch, MB with GRH 10X Breeze 28B by GRH 50S Factor 10X 2. Roselawn Farms, Killarney, MB with Roselawn Payton 10W 38B by Haroldson’s Tank 45P 10W Class 2 1. Mission Ridge Herefords, Raymore, SK with M-R 32X Laura 70B by HF 102S Lariat 32X 2. RSK Farms, Brandon, MB with RSK Clay 4Z Miss Tamara 52B by RSK 719T Freestyle 4Z Class 3 1. Twin View Polled Herefords, Strathclair, MB with Twin-View 99W Lenny 38B by McCoy 30N Applause ET 99W 2. Greenridge Farms, Fisher Branch, MB with GRH 10X Emma 11B by GRH 50S Factor 10X Class 4 1. RSK Farms, Brandon, MB with OVHF 4Z Sage 3B by RSK 719T Freestyle 4Z 2. Doug Troop, Brandon, MB with DTHF Betty-Jo 30B by ANL DM 719T Victor 76S ET 47Z Class 5 1. Lone Pine Cattle Services, Vibank, SK with XLP 5L Bogarts Saphire 7B by Star OBF Bogart 5L 2. LV Farms Ltd., Midale, SK with LV Uptown Girl 11B by Remitall-West Constructor 21X

CHAMPION HEIFER CALF AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE Greenridge Farms, Fisher Branch, MB with GRH 10X Breeze 28B by GRH 50S Factor 10X 38

RESERVE CHAMPION HEIFER CALF Mission Ridge Herefords, Raymore, SK with M-R 32X Laura 70B by HF 102S Lariat 32X YEARLING HEIFER Class 1 1. Calvert Cattle Co., Carberry, MB with GRH 10X Essence 36A by GRH 50S Factor 10X 2. AM Ranching, Oak Lake, MB with MAR 33T Tracy Lou 309A by Remitall Trust Fund 33T Class 2 1. RSK Farms, Brandon, MB with RSK 6U Miss Sugar Cane 55A by RSK 030047 Down Under 6U 2. Steven Manns, Austin, MB with PBHR Scarlet 67S 9A by Remitall New Day 68U Class 3 1. Mission Ridge Herefords, Raymore, SK with M-R 32X All About Me 70A by HF 102S Lariat 32X 2. Flyer Cattle Co., Brandon, MB with Flyer Cattle Blossom 8A by WSF Can-Am Prince 143 Class 4 1. RSK Farms, Brandon, MB with RSK 7W Miss Firefly ET 23A by Harvie Tailor Made ET 7W 2. BNC Polled Herefords, Oak Lake, MB with Dorbay Miss Azalea 408A by JDH 10S Yankee 39X

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION FEMALE Mission Ridge Herefords, Raymore, SK with M-R 32X All About Me 70A by HF 102S Lariat 32X TWO YEAR OLD COW/CALF PAIR 1. RSK Farms, Brandon, MB with RSK 154U Miss Tamara ET 28Z

by Harvie OVHF Walk Hard 154U and her bull calf RSK 4Z Freestyle 47B

by RSK 719T Freestyle 4Z 2. Twin View Polled Herefords, Strathclair, MB with Twin-View 4L Alice 2Z by Harvie Ladies Man 4L with her heifer calf Twin-View 39S McQueen 61B by GHC Spotlight 39S MATURE COW/CALF PAIR 1. Mission Ridge Herefords, Raymore, SK with MJT 219U Aimee 403Y by HPH 145R Avatar 5U and her heifer calf M-R 32X Laura 403B by HF 102S Lariat 32X 2. Richaud Stock Farm, Oakville, MB with RSF 50R Rosie 3W by Blair-Athol 26J Model 50R and her heifer calf RSF 55U Rosie 2B by Square-D Ultimate 5U CHAMPION SENIOR FEMALE Mission Ridge Herefords, Raymore, SK with MJT 219U Aimee 403Y by HPH 145R Avatar 5U and her heifer calf M-R 32X Laura 403B by HF 102S Lariat 32X RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR FEMALE Richaud Stock Farm, Oakville, MB with RSF 50R Rosie 3W by Blair-Athol 26J Model 50R and her heifer calf RSF 55U Rosie 2B by Square-D Ultimate 5U

JUNIOR CHAMPION AND GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE RSK Farms, Brandon, MB with RSK 7W Miss Firefly ET 23A by Harvie Tailor Made ET 7W

BULLS BULL CALF Class 1 1. AM Ranching, Oak Lake, MB with MAR 1R Big Bang 36B by Golden-Oak 56M Predator 1R 2. LV Farms Ltd., Midale, SK with LV On The Job L 63B by Remitall-West Constructor 21X Class 2 1. RSK Farms, Brandon, MB with RSK 4Z Freestyle 54B by RSK 719T Freestyle 4Z 2. Steven Manns, Austin, MB with PBHR Chive 31Y 5B by PBHR Price 42R 45U

JUNIOR CHAMPION BULL LV Farms Ltd., Midale, SK with LV Project X L 14A by Meadow Acres 26N Kane 62P 1S

RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR BULL Bennett & Bobbi-Jo Foster, Dropmore, MB with Hill’s Jacob 163Z by WLB Eli 10H 83T

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION BULL Roselawn Farms, Killarney, MB with Roselawn Denton ET 84A by TH 71U 719T Mr Hereford 11X

PROGENY OF DAM Mission Ridge Herefords, Raymore, SK BREEDER’S HERD RSK Farms, Brandon, MB

TWO YEAR OLD BULL 1. Lone Pine Cattle Services, Vibank, SK with ANL A XLP Action ET 75Z by TH 89T 743 Untapped 425X ET 2. Bennett & Bobbi-Jo Foster, Dropmore, MB with Hill’s Jacob 163Z by WLB Eli 10H 83T

GET OF SIRE Greenridge Farms, Fisher Branch, MB

Class 3 1. RSK Farms, Brandon, MB with RSK 4Z Freestyle 47B by RSK 719T Freestyle 4Z 2. Twin View Polled Herefords, Strathclair, MB with Twin-View 67Z Baily 45B by Twin-View 9W Best Choice 67Z Class 4 1. Lone Pine Cattle Services, Vibank, SK with Kirby-Lonepine Gordon ET 707B

by GHC Premier 152M 2. RSK Farms, Brandon, MB with RSK 4Z Freestyle 24B by RSK 719T Freestyle 4Z

CHAMPION BULL CALF AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION BULL Lone Pine Cattle Services, Vibank, SK with Kirby-Lonepine Gordon ET 707B

by GHC Premier 152M

CHAMPION SENIOR BULL AND GRAND CHAMPION BULL Lone Pine Cattle Services, Vibank, SK with ANL A XLP Action ET 75Z by TH 89T 743 Untapped 425X ET

KLR

Kandy

7B

April 5, 2014 Sire: Remitall-West Eberle 29Z Dam: KLR Kandy 23S

RESERVE CHAMPION BULL CALF RSK Farms, Brandon, MB with RSK 4Z Freestyle 24B by RSK 719T Freestyle 4Z

Thank-you to Nicholas Dunsmore of St. Pauls, Ontario for purchasing 7B out of the stall at Agribition. Good Luck Nicholas with your first Hereford heifer!

YEARLING BULL 1. LV Farms Ltd., Midale, SK with LV Project X L 14A by Meadow Acres 26N Kane 62P 1S 2. Roselawn Farms, Killarney, MB with Roselawn Denton ET 84A by TH 71U 719T Mr Hereford 11X

Kate Webb, Ogema, SK C&T Cattle Co., Arcola, SK Rockeman Herefords, North Dakota

Also, thank you to our buyers from the C&T & Guests Take the Next Step Sale:

KLR Polled Herefords Randy & Karen Wagner Box 122 Consul, SK S0N 0P0 Randy (306) 299-4511 Karen (306) 717-1230

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November 8, 2014 - Toronto, ON Judge: Chad Wilson, Wawota, SK FEMALES HEIFER CALF Group 1 (6 shown) 1. Stonewood Grange, Selwyn, ON with Stonewood Rose ET 13B by MSU TCF Revolution 4R 2. River Valley Polled Herefords, Newburgh, ON with RVP 28Z Behold 126B by RVP 743 Zander 28Z Group 2 (7 shown) 1. Bayview Acres, Bath, ON with Bayview Acres Tea Time 3B by CRR About Time 743 2. Harvest Hill Farms Ltd.,Newburgh, ON with Harvest-Hill Oh La La 321B

by Dalmuir Yield 103Y Group 3 (7 shown) 1. Ridgeview Farm, Alto, MI with Goble Miss Trust 301B by NJW 73S M326 Trust 100W 2. Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Mississauga, ON with MHPH 10Y Nita 304B by NJW 73S W18 Hometown 10Y ET CHAMPION JUNIOR HEIFER CALF Ridgeview Farm, Alto, MI with Goble Miss Trust 301B by NJW 73S M326 Trust 100W RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR HEIFER CALF Bayview Acres, Bath, ON with Bayview Acres Tea Time 3B by CRR About Time 743 Group 4 (7 shown) 1. Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Mississauga, ON with MHPH JWR 10Y Sarah 219B by NJW 73S W18 Hometown 10Y ET 2. Ridgview Farm and Rollins Herefords, Alto, MI with Goble RH Morgan Genevieve 214B by H BK CCC SR Game Changer ET

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Group 5 (7 shown) 1. Whiskey Lane Livestock, Indian River, ON with WLL Ballerina 27B

by AXA Golden Oak Xceed 2. Grant Elmhirst, Indian River, ON with Elm-Lodge Bling 18B by CRR About Time 743 Group 6 (7 shown) 1. Stonewood Grange, Selwyn, ON with Stonewood Supreme 6B by THR Thor 4029 2. River Valley Polled Herefords, Newburgh, ON with RVP 0220 Honey Boo Boo 25B by Boyd Masterpiece 0220 CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE HEIFER CALF Whiskey Lane Livestock, Indian River, ON with WLL Ballerina 27B by AXA Golden Oak Xceed RESERVE CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE HEIFER CALF Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Mississauga, ON with MHPH JWR 10Y Sarah 219B by NJW 73S W18 Hometown 10Y ET Group 7 (6 shown) 1. Grant Elmhirst, Indian River, ON with Elm-Lodge Bell Of The Ball 14B by MSU TCF Revolution 4R 2. Grosvenor Farm and JDL Cattle Co., Mulmur, ON with GRO-JDL Temptation 11X 114B7 by TH 71U 719T Mr Hereford 11X Group 8 (7 shown) 1. Dorbay Polled Herefords, Dorchester, ON with Dorbay Miss Betsy 403B by JDH 10S Yankee 39X 2. Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Mississauga, ON with MHPH 101S Judy 106B by BNMHPH 13P Heat 101S Group 9 (6 shown) 1. Dorbay Polled Herefords, Dorchester, ON with Dorbay Miss Blossom 401B

by TH 122 71I Victor 719T

2. Marbren Farm, Coldwater, ON with MBF 719T Willow’s Effina 103B by TH 122 71I Victor 719T CHAMPION SENIOR HEIFER CALF Grant Elmhirst, Indian River, ON with Elm-Lodge Bell Of The Ball 14B by MSU TCF Revolution 4R RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR HEIFER CALF Grosvenor Farm and JDL Cattle Co., Mulmur, ON with GRO-JDL Temptation 11X 114B7 by TH 71U 719T Mr Hereford 11X YEARLING HEIFER Group 1 (3 shown) 1. Ridgview Farm and John Parks Farm, Alto, MI with JPF Lady Blue Eyes A15 by Goble Blue Streak 314Y 2. Rock Bottom Farm, Consecon, ON with Churchill Lady 33290A by H H Perfect Timing 0150 ET Group 2 (8 shown) 1. Bayview Acres, Bath, ON with Tay-Down Miss Hereford AAA 3A by TH 71U 719T Mr Hereford 11X 2. Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Mississauga, ON with MHPH 203Y Pebbles 410A by MHPH 9W Yeoman 203Y CHAMPION JUNIOR YEARLING HEIFER Bayview Acres, Bath, ON with Tay-Down Miss Hereford AAA 3A by TH 71U 719T Mr Hereford 11X RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR YEARLING HEIFER Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Mississauga, ON with MHPH 203Y Pebbles 410A by MHPH 9W Yeoman 203Y

CHAMPION SENIOR YEARLING HEIFER AND GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE Ridgeview Farm, Alto, MI and Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Mississagua, ON with MHPH 521X Dainty 105A by TH 122L 71I Victor 521X ET

Group 3 (7 shown) 1. Grosvenor Farm and JDL Cattle Co., Mulmur, ON with GRO-JDL Temptation 11X 214A by TH 71U 719T Mr Hereford 11X 2. Grant Elmhirst, Indian River, ON with Elm-Lodge Anastasia ET 24A by CRR Helton 980 Group 4 (6 shown) 1. JDL Cattle Co., Mulmur, ON with JDL Janice 210A by TH 71U 719T Mr Hereford 11X 2. Marben Farm, Coldwater, ON with MBF 203Y Polyanna 124A by MHPH 9W Yeoman 203Y Group 5 (6 shown) 1. Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Mississagua, ON with MHPH 521X Rita 1151A by TH 122 71I Victor 521X ET 2. Trent Hill Farm, Hastings, ON with Trent Hill Angela 1A by Trent Hill Grant 17Y CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE YEARLING HEIFER AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE Grosvenor Farm and JDL Cattle Co., Mulmur, ON with GRO-JDL Temptation 11X 214A by TH 71U 719T Mr Hereford 11X RESERVE CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE YEARLING HEIFER Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Mississagua, ON with MHPH 521X Rita 1151A by TH 122 71I Victor 521X ET Group 6 (6 shown) 1. Tara Meadows, Oro Medonte, ON with Tara Meadows Volume 3 Tara 111 by GHC Volume III ET 139S

CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE YEARLING HEIFER AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE Grosvenor Farm and JDL Cattle Co., Mulmur, ON with GRO-JDL Temptation 11X 214A by TH 71U 719T Mr Hereford 11X

2. Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Mississagua, ON with MHPH 101S Western Star 111A by BNMHPH 13P Heat 101S Group 7 (6 shown) 1. Ridgeview Farm, Alto, MI and Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Mississagua, ON with MHPH 521X Dainty 105A by TH 122L 71I Victor 521X ET 2. Stonewood Grange, Selwyn, ON with Stonewood Ms Supreme 3A by Lambert Remedy 2030 75R

MATURE COW/CALF PAIR Group 1 (4 shown) 1. Grant Elmhirst, Indian River, ON and Abby Hill Farms, Richmond, ON with Elm-Lodge 14N Ravish 3R by Elm-Lodge Hollywood 14H with her calf Elm-Lodge Bikini 28B by Boyd Masterpiece 0220 2. JDL Cattle Co., Mulmur, ON with JDL Janice 303T 201X by Grosvenor Titanium 80P 303T with her calf JDL Janice 11X 316B by TH 71U 719T Mr Hereford 11X

CHAMPION SENIOR YEARLING HEIFER AND GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE Ridgeview Farm, Alto, MI and Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Mississagua, ON with MHPH 521X Dainty 105A by TH 122L 71I Victor 521X ET

CHAMPION SENIOR FEMALE Bar JM Farm, Whitney, ON; Wascana Cattle Co., Regina, SK; Mohican West, Laurel, MT; Dale Stith, Mayslick, KY with Bar JM Jewel 6Z by BJM HRF Tradition 13T with her calf Bar JM Windy K Victoria 11B by TH 223 71I Victor 755T

RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR YEARLING HEIFER Tara Meadows, Oro Medonte, ON with Tara Meadows Volume 3 Tara 111 by GHC Volume III ET 139S

RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR FEMALE Grant Elmhirst, Indian River, ON and Abby Hill Farms, Richmond, ON with Elm-Lodge 14N Ravish 3R by Elm-Lodge Hollywood 14H with her calf Elm-Lodge Bikini 28B by Boyd Masterpiece 0220

TWO YEAR OLD COW/CALF PAIR Group 1 (5 shown) 1. Bar JM Farm, Whitney, ON; Wascana Cattle Co., Regina, SK; Mohican West, Laurel, MT; Dale Stith, Mayslick, KY with Bar JM Jewel 6Z by BJM HRF Tradition 13T with her calf Bar JM Windy K Victoria 11B by TH 223 71I Victor 755T 2. Grant Elmhirst, Indian River, ON with Elm-Lodge Zoom Zoom 45Z by Square-D Tortuga 953T with her calf Elm-Lodge Boom Boom 32B by AXA Golden-Oak Xceed ET 704X

BULLS BULL CALF Group 1 (4 shown) 1. Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Mississauga, ON with MHPH AFPH 10Y Boomtown 319B by NJW 73S W18 Hometown 10Y ET 2. A-Lynne Herefords, Reaboro, ON with A-Lynn Bring It Home 128B by Dalmuir Winsome 108W

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CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL CALF Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Mississauga, ON with MHPH AFPH 10Y Boomtown 319B by NJW 73S W18 Hometown 10Y ET

RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR BULL CALF Walter G. Oulton & Sons Ltd., with OTLN 743 Bam Bam 6B by CRR About Time 743

RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL CALF A-Lynne Herefords, Reaboro, ON with A-Lynn Bring It Home 128B by Dalmuir Winsome 108W

YEARLING BULL Group 1 (5 shown) 1. Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Missisagua, ON and Double J Polled Herefords, Maidstone, SK with MHPH 521X Action 106A by TH 122 71I Victor 521X ET 2. Corp Creek Farm, Omemee, ON and Whiskey Lane Livestock, Indian River, ON with Corp Creek Air Force 3A by WLL Global Force 7X

Group 2 (4 shown) 1. Stonewood Grange, Selwyn, ON with Stonewood Buerhle 9B by THR Thor 4029 2. Whiskey Lane Livestock, Indian River, ON with WLL Bourbon 21B by WLL Global Force 7X CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE BULL CALF Stonewood Grange, Selwyn, ON with Stonewood Buerhle 9B by THR Thor 4029 RESERVE CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE BULL CALF Whiskey Lane Livestock, Indian River, ON with WLL Bourbon 21B by WLL Global Force 7X Group 3 (7 shown) 1. Howard and Courtney Walker, Coldwater, ON with HWCW 2Z Banker 101B by Stonewood MHPH Zerox 2Z 2. Walter G. Oulton & Sons Ltd., with OTLN 743 Bam Bam 6B by CRR About Time 743 CHAMPION SENIOR BULL CALF Howard and Courtney Walker, Coldwater, ON with HWCW 2Z Banker 101B by Stonewood MHPH Zerox 2Z

CHAMPION JUNIOR AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION BULL Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Missisagua, ON and Double J Polled Herefords, Maidstone, SK with MHPH 521X Action 106A by TH 122 71I Victor 521X ET RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL Corp Creek Farm, Omemee, ON and Whiskey Lane Livestock, Indian River, ON with Corp Creek Air Force 3A by WLL Global Force 7X TWO YEAR OLD BULL Group 3 (5 shown) 1. Lyons Polled Herefords, St. Thomas, ON; Dalmuir Farms, Lindsay, ON with NJW 73S W18 Downhome 21Z ET by SHF Wonder M326 W18 ET 2. Marben Farm, Coldwater, ON with MBF 45P Tanker 102Z by NJW FHF 9710 Tank 45P

CHAMPION SENIOR, GRAND CHAMPION AND SUPREME CHAMPION BULL Lyons Polled Herefords, St. Thomas, ON and Dalmuir Farms, Lindsay, ON with NJW 73S W18 Downhome 21Z ET by SHF Wonder M326 W18 ET 42

CHAMPION SENIOR, GRAND CHAMPION AND SUPREME CHAMPION BULL Lyons Polled Herefords, St. Thomas, ON and Dalmuir Farms, Lindsay, ON with NJW 73S W18 Downhome 21Z ET by SHF Wonder M326 W18 ET RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR BULL Marben Farm, Coldwater, ON with MBF 45P Tanker 102Z by NJW FHF 9710 Tank 45P TWO BULLS BRED AND OWNED Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Mississauga, ON BREEDERS HERD Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Mississauga, ON GET OF SIRE Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Mississauga, ON JUNIOR GET OF SIRE River Valley Polled Herefords, Newburgh, ON PROGENY OF DAM Grosvenor Farm and JDL Cattle Co., Mulmur, ON PREMIER EXHIBITOR Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Mississauga, ON PREMIER BREEDER Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Mississauga, ON JAMES W RUMMERFIELD TROPHY Bar JM Farm, Whitney, ON; Wascana Cattle Co., Regina, SK; Mohican West, Laurel, MT; Dale Stith, Mayslick, KY with Bar JM Jewel 6Z by BJM HRF Tradition 13T with her calf Bar JM Windy K Victoria 11B by TH 223 71I Victor 755T

CHAMPION JUNIOR AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION BULL Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Missisagua, ON and Double J Polled Herefords, Maidstone, SK with MHPH 521X Action 106A by TH 122 71I Victor 521X ET

Herefords Win Supreme Overall Breeds...

The Supreme championships on the summer and fall circuits continue to be the highlights of the shows and exhibitions. Thanks to the show committees for their efforts and hard work finding sponsorships and prizes to go with the titles and bragging rights. In 2014, the Hereford breed maintained its dominant position to be Supreme in the beef industry!

ROYAL WINTER FAIR

NJW 73S W18 DOWNHOME 21ZET

Downhome was the Supreme Champion All Breeds Bull at this year’s Royal Winter Fair National Hereford Show.

Congratulations to Lyons Polled Herefords, Dalmuir Farms and NJW Polled Herefords.

LLOYDMINSTER STOCKADE ROUNDUP

MANITOBA LIVESTOCK EXPO

INTERIOR PROVINCIAL EXHIBITION

MJT NITRO DUKE ET 78A

ANL A XLP ACTION ET 75Z

CB 122L LADY B 222Z

The Lloydminster Stockade Roundup Supreme Champion All Breeds Bull was exhibited by MJT Cattle Company Ltd, Edgerton, AB, with a son of GH Adams Nitro Design ET 377X.

The Manitoba Livestock Expo Supreme The Interior Provincial Exhibition Supreme Champion All Breeds was exhibited by Champion All Breeds Female was Lone Pine Cattle Services, Vibank, SK and exhibited by Cayley Brown, Princeton, BC owned with ANL Polled Herefords, and owned with Shar-Lo Farms, Steelman, SK, with a son of Public Landing, NB, with a daughter of TH 89T 743 Untapped 425X ET. Remitall Online 122L. 43

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he saga began after the turn of the century. The Quill Lake Plains area opened in 1903 for homesteading and by 1905 - 1906, settlers began arriving. Soon sod shacks dotted the landscape as settlers began breaking the land, seeding and harvesting the crop produced by Mother Earth. With the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1907, life became much easier for this new breed of Canadians. The Canadian Pacific Railway paid, homesteader, Mackenzie $900.00 for a quarter of land, on which the village of Drake is presently situated and the right to find another homestead. The North Star Elevator and section house were built and an old box car, served as the station which the Canadian Pacific Railway named Drake, for Sir Francis Drake, the most famous of all Elizabethan sea captains to first sail around the world. The streets of Drake are named after crew members, Hawkins, Howard, Gilbert, Norreys and Cadiz. Today, Drake has a population of two hundred and fifty and is best known for Bergen Industries, an agricultural welding and fabrication company; Drake Meat Processors, famous for their Smoked Farmer Sausage and Robin Bartel, National Hockey League player and a member of Team Canada at the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia in 1984.

The village of Drake is also the home of a deeply rooted agricultural family with a vision.....the Blair’s!

Early in the summer of 1905, T. Sidney Blair filed for homestead rights on S.E. Section 22, Township 32, Range 23, then returned to the Ottawa Valley that fall. Born in Scotland, Sidney immigrated to Boston, Connecticut and then

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on to Vermont but finally found employment west of Ottawa in the settlement of Pakenham. In the spring of 1906, he went back west with a carload of settler effects and built a one room house with a small upstairs and a cellar below the house for the storage of vegetables. He also constructed a sod stable for livestock, protecting them from cold prairie winters. T. Sidney Blair purchased additional parcels of neighboring land enlarging their farming operation.

Early in the fall of that year, his wife Elizabeth with son Lindsay (at the age of two) and infant Alice, came west via the railroad.

(Grand-father Lindsay had paid her way first class, as he refused to risk her and the family on the harvest excursion.) The couple raised five children, four boys, Lindsay (J.L.), Sidney A. (known to all as Sandy), Clayton, Gilbert and daughter Alice. All the children attended Bloomfield country school, seven miles west of Drake. The high schools of neighboring Lanigan and Drake provided secondary education.

A terrible accident immobilized T. Sidney Blair causing him to live in constant pain and confined to a wheel chair, until his passing in 1928. Sandy (Sidney A.) quit school to help on the family farm which he later operated as a partnership with brothers Lindsay and Clayton. Lindsay attended the University Of Saskatchewan, College Of Agriculture where he received his degree; while Clayton and Gilbert joined the armed forces as the winds of war swept over the globe. In July 1942, Clayton, a flight Sergeant in the R.A.F. went missing in action; his body was recovered from the North Sea and laid to rest in a Dutch cemetery in Amsterdam, Holland. In September 1944, Major Gilbert Blair was killed during action in Italy. The death of Clayton dissolved the partnership, but Sandy and Lindsay formed a new one changing the direction of many lives, under the name Blair Brothers.

Timothy Blair

Dale Blair

Lindsay and Eileen had three children; two sons, Sidney and Wilson and daughter Joanne. Sidney obtained a Masters Degree in Soil Science, and is involved in the fertilizer and Potash field, while Wilson (Bill) received a degree in Agriculture and returned to the farming industry, producing seed stock Herefords under the name of Bonaventure Farms. Joanne graduated from the University of Saskatchewan, specializing in Home Economics.

Sandy and Ida had five children; three sons, Dale, Ronald and Gilbert; two girls, Betty and Heather. Dale attended the University of Saskatchewan and received a Diploma in Agriculture and returned to farming. In 1963, he married Janet Marshall, a nurse from Humboldt, Saskatchewan. They have four children; three sons Scott, Darren, Craig and daughter, Lisa. Graduating high school in Lanigan, Ron attended the University of Saskatchewan and after receiving a Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture, he also returned to the farming operation. In 1965, he married Connie Paproski, a graduate of Saskatoon Business College, born and raised just north of Lanigan. The couple have three children; sons, Kevin, Trevor and daughter, Lana.

From the early years and through the 1940’s, the Blair families were strictly farming operations. But in 1948, Blair Brothers, Sandy and Lindsay became interested in the possibility of using fertilizer, and they purchased Elephant brand fertilizer from Cominco; this was the first rail car of bulk fertilizer brought into Saskatchewan. Ron Blair Prior to, the only fertilizer available was bagged. The fertilizer business started 45

on the farm west of Drake, and later moved into town. From 1948 through the early 70’s, it was a seasonal business that revolved around the farm. Either Sandy or son, Ron, would come in the spring or fall and run the business for three to four weeks and then go back to farming. The business later moved to the town of Lanigan, which was centrally located on the Yellowhead highway and operated under the name of S.A. Blair and Sons, with business in Lanigan.

trucking; financial solutions and growing more important each year, agronomic services through its AgIntelligence platform.

“We have progressive clients that want a higher level of service on their farm. As farms have gotten larger, it has become a balancing act. It is easier to buy bigger equipment, buy more land and put up more bins, but our growing season is so short and usually crops don’t come out of the ground until the 25th of May and frost usually arrives the first part of September there’s a lot that happens in that time; bugs, worms, fungicide, wind and hail. Therefore, it’s not as easy as putting fuel in equipment and sending a guy on his way; it needs a higher level of management and help from crop recommendations to soil analysis and fertility recommendations. Our agronomists are out in those fields, scouting and looking for anything that could negatively affect that crop, including disease. Bugs are something you can easily see, but disease is something that is hard to see until it’s too late. Costs are high, my grandpa said you only have to make seven out of ten decisions right, the challenge is to decide which three, you are going to be wrong on - you need to mitigate your risk by controlling your misses”, said Kevin.

In the early 1970’s, two major things occurred – Pound-Maker Feedlot and the use of fertilizer were established. The Wildeman family along with the Blair family were instrumental in the foundation of Pound-Maker, Canada’s first integrated feedlot with ethanol. It started at a time when Barley was seventy-eight cents a bushel and no one took it at that price.

Kevin states, “Brad Wildeman’s dad was very much a risk taker and a visionary.

All Blair family members own shares in Pound-Maker. Dale Blair was president for a number of years; Darren Blair worked there for eight years and now sits on the board of directors.” Secondly, the use of fertilizer, for improving crop yields and pastures, would become commonplace and rapidly expand.

The fertilizer business became a full time enterprise. In 1983, Sandy’s sons, Ronald and Dale purchased the fertilizer company and named it Blair’s Fertilizer. The operation moved out of Lanigan to their present location, just minutes east on Yellowhead Highway #16. Due to the success of the endeavour, Ronald took over the fertilizer part of the company, while brother, Dale handled the farming operation, assisting each other during the busy season and when needed. In 2003, Dale’s son Darren and Ron’s son Kevin formed an equal partnership and purchased the enterprise. In the fall of 2014, Blair’s completed a new office complex just south of the main plant facility.

From the small beginning of selling fertilizer off the farm west of Drake, Saskatchewan, Blair’s have grown and expanded to seven full service retail locations in Lanigan, Nokomis, Watrous, Liberty, McLean, Lipton and Strongfield with over one hundred employees. Currently, Blair’s are constructing a fertilizer distribution facility in Hanley capable of handling twenty-five thousand metric tonnes, serviced by rail. Under the umbrella of Blair’s Family of Companies, they cover your farming, livestock and yes, you’re wildlife gaming needs.

Blair’s Crop and Livestock Solutions make up a large component of the group of companies.

Crop and Livestock Solutions supply crop nutrition, seed, crop protection, animal nutrition products and custom services from seeding to harvesting and spraying (both aerial and ground) as well as custom

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Lindsay Blair

Sandy and Ida Blair

The Livestock Solutions division also employs nearly a dozen people with three full time nutritionists. The Blair families raised livestock through four generations and with their involvement in Pound-Maker, livestock nutrition was always explored but not in a business aspect. Major companies focused on feedlots, hutterite colonies, dairy barns, hog and poultry operations... producers who used high volumes with low margins. The cow-calf producer was ignored simply because that kind of market was labour intensive. Since those companies did not give cow/calf producers the time of day, improvement in herd nutrition was at a snail’s pace. “So typically, most people would head into the local Co-op to pick up a bag of 1:1 mineral and then hope that the cows wouldn’t eat it, so that they wouldn’t have to buy it next year. We wanted to get into the basics of cow/calf nutrition and by sampling forages and water, try to figure out what they needed and when they needed it. In the 70’s, most operations were feeding Barley and in the 80’s, they were feeding more Barley, but in the 90’s as people moved to more forage based diets, what we forgot was that we had been feeding Barley since the 1960’s and developed all our cowherds around high energy nutrition.

When we took grain out of mature cow diets, and moved to more forage based diets, we created the potential for energy and nutrient deficiencies. We knew about the palatability of hay, based on whether it was too mature or whether it got rained on, but nutritive value, we really didn’t know.

First Auger

Filling Rail Car

Our efforts to work with more cow/calf producers on forage and water sampling increased after working with several herds that In most cases, the movement of produce is equally important as were experiencing high rates of open cows, and even herd losses. production. The historic volume of crop production in western Canada in 2013 created a significant challenge for Blair’s customers in getting their product to market. Seeing the need to provide additional risk management for their ag retail business and for Blair’s customers, Blair’s Family of Companies established a new division called TexCana Logistics. The goal of TexCana is to help Blair’s customers and their ag retail operations in the movement of agricultural products more readily and efficiently through the agricultural supply chain in North America.

Cattle producers are a proud breed, no one wanted to admit they were having challenges; however, once we started evaluating the problem, we found that the incidence of “downer cows” most typically occurred in the third trimester, when a cow’s nutrient requirements were the greatest. What we found upon sampling hay and water was in the hay there were excessive amounts of the trace mineral Molybdenum, and in the water high sulfates. Molybdenum in excessive amounts can interfere with a ruminant’s assimilation of Copper, producing Copper deficiency. Ruminants that consume high amounts of Molybdenum developed symptoms such as poor hair coat, poor body score condition, muscle weakness, reduced lactation, and in some cases, diarrhea, stunted growth and anemia. We held a meeting in Nokomis for our area cow/calf producers reporting our findings. The results showed hay samples that were largely Copper deficient, with higher Molybdenum levels and water high in Sulphates. This is significant because high Sulphate water can magnify the impacts of cows consuming a 100% forage based diet with high Molybdenum levels. By the end of the meeting, we had a lineup of producers telling us how many challenges they were having in their own herds with open cows or cow losses.

Higher Molybdenum levels typically occur in forages when the water table is high and it can be exacerbated by cool, wet spring conditions. Working with cow/calf producers on this challenge to design solutions that are specific to their herd has given us a level of comfort with cow/calf operators in talking about whole herd nutrition,” said Kevin.

As part of their animal nutrition business, Blair’s has also developed a division called Blair’s SportsMaster Pro. Designed for game farm operations outdoorsman and hunters, Blair’s has become a leader in providing integrated wildlife management solutions. Their team of dedicated professionals provide specific nutrition expertise for game farms or sportsmen alike. The product, “Record Rack” is a nutritional supplement designed and proven to attract Big Game while providing a balanced nutrition, maximizing genetic potential, and allows them to thrive in their environment. “Biologics” are scientifically proven Big Game food plots. Forages are exclusively bred to provide precise nutrition for deer and elk, plus being a natural attractant.

These annual and perennial forages provide a stand that is harvested year after year by trophy animals in the area. Their products are marketed in outlets throughout western Canada.

The history of Blair Families and purebred cattle goes back to the late 1960’s, Ron and Dale Blair imported purebred Simmentals from Switzerland. All the boys were involved and active in the business; Scott and Kevin were board members of the junior association. They marketed bulls privately off the farm and held an annual female sale each February in Saskatoon, with fellow breeder Cy Udell of Bar U Farms from Viscount, Saskatchewan. In the late 1980’s, the herd turned commercial using the Simmental base with Red Angus.

In the fall of 2006, Blairs.Ag Cattle Company was born with the purchase of thirty-five purebred Red Angus cows. Kevin states, “I have always believed that the decisions purebred breeders make around genetic progress to be such a big factor affecting the entire beef supply chain. Commercial producers depend on seed stock producers for their bull purchases and the consumer depends on the commercial cow/calf sector for quality beef. In other livestock production systems, genetic improvement has come quicker due to the use of technology and shorter gestation times. I really felt that if we utilized the tools and technologies available to us as purebred breeders and stayed committed to the path, that we too could accelerate the rate of genetic progress in the Angus breed.”

It is difficult to make the commitment required to see genetic improvement through – it takes a lot of people and financial resources to stay the course. I always thought that our experience, belief and love of agriculture, coupled with our vision for where the beef industry needs to go; that we could play a larger part.

When we made the commitment, I didn`t know if we`d be in the Angus business for ten or a hundred years, but I wanted our program to make a positive contribution to make it better and we were prepared to invest the resources to make that happen.”

Blairs.Ag purchased thirty-five head of Red Angus to start their herd from the Jackson Cattle Company Dispersal, Sedley, Saskatchewan. Over the next eight years, their program expanded to over 450 purebred Red and Black Angus females, 50 purebred Herefords and over 250 commercial females used for embryo recipients. Shortly after the initial purchase, they partnered with Chad Haaland, Hanley, Saskatchewan and Levi Jackson, Sedley, Saskatchewan. Kevin explains, ``Instead of us expanding our facilities, we went to people that were committed to the industry and had facilities. We engaged Chad as manager of the cowherd

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This program gives juniors from across Canada the opportunity to receive scholarships for post-secondary education. By purchasing females from Blairs.Ag Cattle Company program and participating in regional, provincial and national livestock shows, juniors qualify for scholarship funding to assist in furthering their In 2008, the herd expanded to Black Angus simply by trying to educational goals. Blair’s investment in this project is based on make black red carriers and has grown since to forty percent of their passion for cattle, the development of youth and the future the herd`s population. Blairs.Ag Cattle Company host their annual of Canadian agriculture. bull sale the first Tuesday in April, selling mainly two-year old bulls and host a female sale the second week in October. In addition In 2012, Blair’s decided to launch to live marketing, Blairs.Ag is committed to internet marketing, a branded beef program under hosting four Angus sales per year, with the Class Sale of Blairs. the name of Blair’s Premium Ag Junior Scholarship eligible females during Canadian Western Natural Angus Beef. “We started Agribition. by thinking about how to begin and started with beef jerky Blairs.Ag Cattle Company recently completed a partnership with because it had the longest shelf EBY Ranch, Emporia, Kansas. Kevin explains, `` We have a black life. Now we’ve expanded to all and red program in Kansas that is two-thirds black and we will major cuts of beef.” The product have a bull and female sale there as well. We have implanted is processed at Drake Meat embryos in Nebraska, Minnesota and Texas and had a calf crop Processors.

Blair’s Premium already born down there. The U.S. expansion is all about drought Natural Angus Beef is retailed proofing our business, if something happens with the border; out of Saskmade Marketplace BSE, COOL, or anything that could close the border; we have in Saskatoon, a store co-owned managed some of our risk. Being in the U.S. also helps us expand with Candace Ippolito and April Nichol and is available at all our footprint. We believe there is a need for more people getting seven Blair’s ag retails locations throughout the province. involved in international trade; many countries are seeking new, improved genetics and they are required on an annual basis. The Blairs.Ag Hereford program began in 2007. Uncle Wilson Since they breed and calve at opposite times of the year than us, (Bill) Blair, founder of Bonaventure Farms was winding down, they want donors that are flushed year round.`` Blairs.Ag have a so they purchased the top end of cows from his herd. In 2009, and Levi for managing the bulls for our bull sale.`` The addition of a couple quarters of land at Lanigan, gave them a location to develop the replacement heifers, calve the winter calving cows and establish their show and sale headquarters.

minimum of six and a maximum of eighteen donor females being Blairs.Ag Cattle Company formed an alliance with Tom McNeely, Golden Oak Livestock, Bowden, Alberta to manage the Hereford flushed at all times in Canada and the United States. cowherd. Blair`s decided to ramp up the Hereford and embryo Although, Blairs.Ag Cattle Company exhibits at many major programs, so they purchased three donors to build the program livestock shows, winning ribbons is not the main focus. They around, and in 2014, Blairs.Ag had eighty-five Hereford calves; in exhibit in order to market. ``We needed to prove internally that 2015 they will have one hundred and fifty born in Canada and the there is margin in this business, that there is money to be made United States. and we couldn`t do that by only focusing on ribbons. Last fall at Agribition, we exhibited fourteen heifer calves and sold them In a short period of time, Blairs.Ag Cattle Company bred and all in the ‘Class’ sale. We go to the shows for visibility, to create owned the 2014 Reserve Grand Polled Hereford Champion at marketing opportunities, to see people, talk with them, to meet Canadian Western Agribition and high selling female in the with families and see if our program could help their operations.” Agribition Sale. The feature bull in the Churchill Sale in January 2015 was jointly produced by Blairs.Ag. This past December, they held their first Hereford internet sale, which proved highly The Blair family heritage and dedication to family values led to the development of Blairs.Ag Junior Scholarship program in 2009. successful and plans are under way for a frozen genetic event.

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In retrospect ...

Kevin Blair received his elementary education in Drake, high school in Lanigan and attended the College of Agriculture at the University of Saskatchewan. After university, Kevin returned home. In 1988, he married Noreen Hay, a Maine Anjou girl from Bradwell, Saskatchewan. They have three boys, Bradley, who attended Lindenwood University, St. Charles, Missouri, on a golf scholarship and after completing his Masters degree in Finance is back working for Blair’s Family of Companies. Dustin, attends the University of Saskatchewan, majoring in Economics and Garrett is taking finance at Lindenwood University, on a golf scholarship as well. Kevin is the Past President of the Canadian Angus Association and the founding President of GROW Community of Independents, which is an organization of the eleven largest agriculture retailers in Western Canada.

Darren Blair took his grade school in Drake, high school in Lanigan and attended the University of Saskatchewan where he received a degree in Agriculture. After a number of years working in the livestock nutrition business across Western Canada Darren returned home to the family business. He married Deb Maier and they have two children, Tyler, working as a Business Agronomist at Blair’s Family of Companies and Megan attends the College of Agriculture at the University of Saskatchewan.

Scott Blair (Darren’s brother) and his family operate a commercial and purebred livestock operation at Drake known as Blairswest and Craig Blair (Darren and Scott ’s younger brother) is part owner of two agriculture retail locations in Lipton and McLean, SK. Recently Craig and his son, Baxter, have gotten into the purebred business, adding to their one hundred and fifty commercial cows.

When asked why they opted to be a multi-breed operation, Kevin related, “All of us and our staff believe in the beef industry and all major breeds have merit. Each breed has their strengths and weaknesses, but the commercial industry needs all breeds to be viable and maintain genetic advancement...good cattle are good cattle...it’s a combination of breeds that move the beef industry forward. What I failed to tell you during this discussion is...we implanted twenty-nine embryos and have nineteen Charolais calves coming this spring!”

Where are you going from here? “Well, there are two things to being successful - vision and good people. Darren and I are fortunate to have good people, so our challenge is to make sure the vision of where the beef industry should go is where we’re heading, because it is very easy to get off on a tangent. Everyone has their own vision on where the industry should go, the trick is to be right. We believe we need to raise beef cattle in Western Canada that can live with Mother Nature...they need to be loosehided, good boned and haired-up. I tell a lot of my American friends, the reason Canadian cattle are better, and they are better, is that Mother Nature forces us to be better. We need to take our

competitive advantage – the environment, and let it be our ace in the hole. So we select cattle that produce in this environment and market them from Kansas, north. They do get some winter and we know our cattle will adapt and they don’t have to worry about Texas heat. Hybrid vigor comes from variation in a gene pool, for example when they breed Canola; there aren’t two parents the same. We need to understand heterosis and hybrid vigor.

The challenge is to analyze your cows and be truthful to yourself of their faults and choose matings that will take you where you need to go. The problem in British breeds, is that we use highly maternal females and breed them to highly maternal sires, then keep the replacements and breed them to calving ease maternal bulls, with the end result being tight-pinned, light-haired, chiselfronted good for nothing cows. The challenge is understanding breeding...understanding heterosis and hybrid vigor...then having the vision and commitment to do it!”

Kevin and Noreen Blair

Darren and Deb Blair

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CHAMPION HEIFER CALF AND GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE HORNED HEREFORD Triple A Herefords, Moose Jaw, SK with Triple A 2059 Pebbles ET 9B by C Stockman 2059 ET

CHAMPION JUNIOR AND GRAND CHAMPION BULL HORNED HEREFORD MJT Cattle Company Ltd., Edgerton, AB with MJT Nitro Duke ET 78A by GH Adams Nitro Design ET 377X

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SENIOR CHAMPION AND GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE POLLED HEREFORD Cayley Cattle Co., Princeton, BC and Shar-Lo Farms, Public Landing, NB with CB 122L Lady B 222Z by Remitall Online 122L and her bull calf CBB Shar-Lo 719 Shameless 308B by TH 122 71I Victor 719T

CHAMPION JUNIOR AND GRAND CHAMPION BULL POLLED HEREFORD Haroldson’s Polled Herefords, Wawota, SK and Wascana Cattle Company, Regina, SK with Haroldsons Delta ET 69A by Haroldsons WLL Anchor 4T

HORNED HEREFORD Females HEIFER CALF Split 1 (4 shown) 1. Glenlees Farms and Emma Lees, Arcola, SK with RVP 91Z Blue Ribbon 99B by NJW 59R 88X Ribeye 91Z 2. ANL Polled Herefords, Steelman, SK and Garilyn Morris, Innisfail, AB with ANL 425X Miriah 36Y 93B by TH 89T 743 Untapped 425X ET Split 2 (6 shown) 1. Triple A Herefords, Moose Jaw, SK with Triple A 2059 Pebbles ET 9B by C Stockman 2059 ET 2. Triple A Herefords, Moose Jaw, SK with Triple A 2059 Betty 3B by C Stockman 2059 ET Split 3 (5 shown) 1. Lone Pine Cattle Services and Jessie Procyk, Vibank, SK with XLP 5L Bogarts Saphire 7B by Star OBF Bogart 5L 2. Dallas Farms, Bowden, AB with BCD Uptown Bridette ET 406B by UPS Uptown ET CHAMPION HEIFER CALF AND GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE Triple A Herefords, Moose Jaw, SK with Triple A 2059 Pebbles ET 9B by C Stockman 2059 ET RESERVE CHAMPION HEIFER CALF Glenlees Farms and Emma Lees, Arcola, SK with RVP 91Z Blue Ribbon 99B by NJW 59R 88X Ribeye 91Z YEARLING HEIFER Split 1 (4 shown) 1. Glenlees Farms, Arcola, SK with Glenlees HH 110X Polly 17A by TH 200J 63N Tundra 110X 2. Triple A Herefords, Moose Jaw, SK with Triple A 9121 Rebecca ET 3A by CL1 Domino 9121W 1ET CHAMPION JUNIOR FEMALE Glenlees Farms, Arcola, SK with Glenlees HH 110X Polly 17A by TH 200J 63N Tundra 110X RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR FEMALE Triple A Herefords, Moose Jaw, SK with Triple A 9121 Rebecca ET 3A by CL1 Domino 9121W 1ET

2. Hirsche Herefords and Angus Ltd., High River, AB with GH 7101 Lady Smash 90Z

by UPS JT Neon 7101 1ET and her heifer calf GH 5Z Bianca 162B by GH 7101 Rock Solid 5Z MATURE COW/CALF PAIR Split 1 (3 shown) 1. Mission Ridge Herefords, Raymore, SK with MJT 219U Aimee 403Y by HPH 145R Avatar 5U and her heifer calf M-R 32X Laura 403B by HF 102S Lariat 32X 2. T Bar K Ranch, Wawota, SK with T-Bar-K 4W Reba 159Y by DBHR 31R Stanmore 4W and her bull calf T-Bar-K 125Y Premium 46B by MW Dakota 125Y

CHAMPION BULL CALF AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION BULL Triple A Herefords, Moose Jaw, SK with Triple A 2059 Bam Bam ET 11B by C Stockman 2059 ET RESERVE CHAMPION BULL CALF T Bar K Ranch, Wawota, SK with T-Bar-K 125Y Daytona 20B by MW Dakota 125Y

CHAMPION SENIOR AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE Dallas Farms, Bowden, AB with BCD 323S Kenzie 217Z by GH Adams Match Point ET 602U and her bull calf BCD 140Y Brantley 409B by T-Bar-K 326N New Edition 140Y RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR FEMALE Mission Ridge Herefords, Raymore, SK with MJT 219U Aimee 403Y by HPH 145R Avatar 5U and her heifer calf M-R 32X Laura 403B

by HF 102S Lariat 32X

Bulls BULL CALF Split 1 (6 shown) 1. T Bar K Ranch, Wawota, SK with T-Bar-K 125Y Daytona 20B by MW Dakota 125Y 2. Rocking G Land & Cattle Co., Gull Lake, SK with 406X Houdini’s Shadow 4185B by GH Adams Shadow Riser ET 406X Split 2 (6 shown) 1. Triple A Herefords, Moose Jaw, SK with Triple A 2059 Bam Bam ET 11B by C Stockman 2059 ET 2. Triple A Herefords, Moose Jaw, SK with Triple A 2059 Bedrock ET 8B by C Stockman 2059 ET

Split 3 (6 shown) 1. Dallas Farms, Bowden, AB with BCD TWO YEAR OLD COW/CALF PAIR Uptown Bacardi ET 405B by UPS Split 1 (3 shown) Uptown ET 1. Dallas Farms, Bowden, AB with BCD 323S 2. Big Gully Farm, Maidstone, SK with Big- Kenzie 217Z by GH Adams Match Point Gully 102 Pendleton 370B by WCC/CC ET 602U and her bull calf BCD 140Y 1009 Great Divide 102 Brantley 409B by T-Bar-K 326N New Edition 140Y

YEARLING BULL Split 1 (4 shown) 1. Triple A Herefords, Moose Jaw, SK with Triple A 9121 Aftershock 12A by CL1 Domino 9121W 1ET 2. Hill 70 Quantock Ranch Ltd., Lloydminster, AB with H70 Quantock Vendetta 404A by SLDK Vendetta V-9 ET Split 2 (4 shown) 1. MJT Cattle Company Ltd., Edgerton, AB with MJT Nitro Duke ET 78A by GH Adams Nitro Design ET 377X 2. Wyatt Farms, Arrowwood, AB with H Payback 3092 ET by H Payback 807 ET CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL AND GRAND CHAMPION BULL MJT Cattle Company Ltd., Edgerton, AB with MJT Nitro Duke ET 78A by GH Adams Nitro Design ET 377X RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL Triple A Herefords, Moose Jaw, SK with Triple A 9121 Aftershock 12A by CL1 Domino 9121W 1ET TWO YEAR OLD BULL Split 1 (4 shown) 1. Rocking G Land & Cattle Co., Gull Lake, SK with MW Dakota Lad 51Z by MH Dakota Lad 6238 1ET 2. SS Cattle Company Inc., Irma, AB and Bob Trefiak, Edgerton, AB with SS-Topline Powerhouse ET 888Z by GH Neon 17N CHAMPION SENIOR BULL Rocking G Land & Cattle Co., Gull Lake, SK with MW Dakota Lad 51Z by MH Dakota Lad 6238 1ET

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RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR BULL SS Cattle Company Inc., Irma, AB and Bob Trefiak, Edgerton, AB with SS-Topline Powerhouse ET 888Z by GH Neon 17N

2. Blair Athol Farms, Arcola, SK and HBM Herefords, Kincardine, ON with RU BA 0124 Cinnamin 230B by RST Time’s A Wastin’ 0124

BREEDER’S HERD Triple A Herefords, Moose Jaw, SK

Split 5 (9 shown) 1. Twin View Polled Herefords, Strathclair, MB with Twin-View 99W Lenny 38B by McCoy 30N Applause ET 99W 2. Greenridge Farms, Fisher Branch, MB with GRH 10X Emma 11B by GRH 50S Factor 10X

JUNIOR GET-OF-SIRE Triple A Herefords, Moose Jaw, SK PREMIER BREEDER Dallas Farms, Bowden, AB PREMIER EXHIBITOR Triple A Herefords, Moose Jaw, SK

POLLED HEREFORD Females HEIFER CALF Split 1 (8 shown) 1. Blair Athol Farms, Arcola, SK with Blair-Athol 19M Chardonnay 93B by Blair Athol 20 The Rock ET 19M 2. C & T Cattle Co., Arcola, SK with C&T 218Z Bella 68B by MHPH 118U Zappa 218Z Split 2 (7 shown) 1. Haroldson’s Polled Herefords, Wawota, SK and Warnyca Land & Cattle, Montmartre, SK with Haroldsons WLC Mira ET 49B by Boyd Masterpiece 0220 2. Greenridge Farms, Fisher Branch, MB with GRH 10X Breeze 28B by GRH 50S Factor 10X

Split 6 (8 shown) 1. Glenlees Farms, Arcola, SK and Lance Ditloff, Duncan, NE with Glenlees 719T Greta 10B by TH 122 71I Victor 719T 2. Double J Polled Herefords, Maidstone, SK with JJPH 127Y 422P Peaches 417B

by JJPH 83T Benchmark 127Y Split 7 (9 shown) 1. Copper Creek Ranch, Princeton, BC with CCR 0220 Rockin Rita 6B by Boyd Masterpiece 0220 2. Blairs.Ag Cattle Company, Bowden, AB/ Lanigan, SK with Blair’s R117 Nellie 9B by SHF Rib Eye M326 R117 Split 8 (8 shown) 1. Manchester Polled Herefords, Senlac, SK with Manchester 83T Free Style 450B by WLB Eli 10H 83T 2. Blairs.Ag Cattle Company, Bowden, AB/ Lanigan, SK with Blair’s 719T Nellie 701X 4B by TH 122 71I Victor 719T

Split 9 (9 shown) 1. Double J Polled Herefords, Maidstone, SK with JJPH 127Y 309N Willow 408B by Split 3 (10 shown) 1. C & T Cattle Co., Arcola, SK and Medonte JJPH 83T Benchmark 127Y Highlands Polled Herefords, Mississauga, 2. Lone Pine Cattle Services, Vibank, SK and ON with C&T 301W Autumn 17B by MHPH Barb Downey, Bolton, ON with XLP Mount 1025 Wyatt 301W Vern Fancy 118B by MHPH 2N 2. ANL Polled Herefords, Steelman, SK and Webster 1131W Haroldson’s Polled Herefords, Wawota, SK with ANL C HAR T100 Maple 86 ET 74B CHAMPION SENIOR HEIFER CALF

by SHF Tahoe R117 T100 Haroldson’s Polled Herefords and Hebert Livestock Ventures, Wawota, SK with CHAMPION JUNIOR HEIFER CALF Haroldsons HLV Marvel 48Y 12B by Haroldson’s Polled Herefords, Wawota, SK Haroldsons WLC Rhino ET 48Y and Warnyca Land & Cattle, Montmartre, SK with Haroldsons WLC Mira ET 49B by Boyd RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR Masterpiece 0220 HEIFER CALF Copper Creek Ranch, Princeton, BC RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR with CCR 0220 Rockin Rita 6B by Boyd HEIFER CALF Masterpiece 0220 C & T Cattle Co., Arcola, SK and Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Mississauga, YEARLING HEIFER ON with C&T 301W Autumn 17B by MHPH Split 1 (7 shown) 1025 Wyatt 301W 1. Haroldson’s Polled Herefords, Wawota, SK with Haroldsons Jessica ET 17A by Haroldsons WLL Anchor 4T Split 4 (8 shown) 1. Haroldson’s Polled Herefords and 2. ANL Polled Herefords, Steelman, SK Hebert Livestock Ventures, Wawota, SK with ANL 425X Elsie 88A by TH 89T 743 with Haroldsons HLV Marvel 48Y 12B by Untapped 425X ET Haroldsons WLC Rhino ET 48Y 52

Split 2 (8 shown) 1. Blair Athol Farms, Arcola, SK with Blair- Athol 70X Kate ET 59A by Star Market Index 70X ET 2. Copper Creek Ranch, Princeton, BC with CCR 212X Bonita 307A by NJW 78P 4037 Durango 212X Split 3 (7 shown) 1. Blairs.Ag Cattle Company, Bowden, AB/ Lanigan, SK with Blair’s Xkeona 521X 1A

by TH 122 71I Victor ET 521X 2. Mission Ridge Herefords, Raymore, SK with M-R 32X All About Me 70A by HF 102S Lariat 32X Split 4 (8 shown) 1. Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Mississauga, ON and Ridgeview Polled Herefords, Alto, MI with MHPH 521X Rita 1151A by TH 122 71I Victor ET 521X 2. C & T Cattle Co., Arcola, SK with MHPH 101S Western Star 111A by BNMHPH 13P Heat 101S

CHAMPION JUNIOR AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE Blairs.Ag Cattle Company, Bowden, AB and Lanigan, SK with Blair’s Xkeona 521X 1A by TH 122 71I Victor ET 521X RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR FEMALE Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Mississauga, ON and Ridgeview Polled Herefords, Alto, MI with MHPH 521X Rita 1151A by TH 122 71I Victor ET 521X TWO YEAR OLD COW/CALF PAIR Split 1 (3 shown) 1. Cayley Cattle Co., Princeton, BC and Shar-Lo Farms, Public Landing, NB with CB 122L Lady B 222Z by Remitall Online 122L and her bull calf CBB Shar-Lo 719 Shameless 308B by TH 122 71I Victor 719T 2. Haroldson’s Polled Herefords, Wawota, SK and Wooden Shoe Farms, Blackfoot, ID with Haroldsons Lassie 425X 22Z by TH 89T 743 Untapped 425X ET and her heifer calf Haroldsons Lassie 12Z 26B by Haroldsons Liner 521X 12Z

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MATURE COW/CALF PAIR Split 1 (6 shown) 1. Brost Land & Cattle Co. Ltd., Irvine, AB with BBSF 303T Nola 63Y by Grosvenor Titanium 80P 303T and her bull calf BBSF 465Y Broker 68B by Square D John Wayne 465Y 2. Double J Polled Herefords, Maidstone, SK with JJPH 510R 36N Willow 120Y by HF 4L Beyond 36N and her heifer calf JJPH 127Y 120Y Willow 427B by JJPH 83T Benchmark 127Y CHAMPION SENIOR AND GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE Cayley Cattle Co., Princeton, BC and SharLo Farms, Public Landing, NB with CB 122L Lady B 222Z by Remitall Online 122L and her bull calf CBB Shar-Lo 719 Shameless 308B

by TH 122 71I Victor 719T RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR FEMALE Haroldson’s Polled Herefords, Wawota, SK and Wooden Shoe Farms, Blackfoot, ID with Haroldsons Lassie 425X 22Z by TH 89T 743 Untapped 425X ET and her heifer calf Haroldsons Lassie 12Z 26B by Haroldsons Liner 521X 12Z

Bulls BULL CALF Split 1 (7 shown) 1. LV Farms Ltd. and Logan Martinson, Midale, SK with LV On The Job L 63B by Remitall-West Constructor 21X 2. Big Gully Farm, Maidstone, SK with Big- Gully Blast Radius 812B by WCC/CC 1009 Great Divide 102 Split 2 (7 shown) 1. Haroldson’s Polled Herefords, Wawota, SK with Haroldsons Apothic 521X 38B by TH 122 71I Victor ET 521X 2. Brost Land & Cattle Co. Ltd., Irvine, AB with BBSF 465Y Broker 68B by Square D John Wayne 465Y Split 3 (7 shown) 1. Haroldson’s Polled Herefords, Wawota, SK with Haroldsons Motive 41Y 19B by Haroldsons WLC Motive ET 41Y 2. Square D Polled Herefords, Langbank, SK; North Bluff Farms Inc., Aldergrove, BC and Kootenay Polled Herefords, Surrey, BC with Square-D Century 957B by NJW 73S W18 Homegrown 8Y ET CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL CALF Haroldson’s Polled Herefords, Wawota, SK with Haroldsons Apothic 521X 38B by TH 122 71I Victor ET 521X RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL CALF Brost Land & Cattle Co. Ltd., Irvine, AB with BBSF 465Y Broker 68B by Square D John Wayne 465Y 54

Split 4 (9 shown) 1. Brost Land & Cattle Co. Ltd., Irvine, AB with BBSF 465Y Brux 5B by Square D John Wayne 465Y 2. ANL Polled Herefords, Steelman, SK with ANL 425X Untapped 58W 36B by TH 89T 743 Untapped 425X ET Split 5 (8 shown) 1. ANL Polled Herefords, Steelman, SK and Haroldson’s Polled Herefords, Wawota, SK with ANL C HAR T100 Tahoe 86 ET 23B

by SHF Tahoe R117 T100 2. Big Gully Farm, Maidstone, SK with Big-Gully 36N Outlander ET 54B by HF 4L Beyond 36N

CHAMPION JUNIOR AND GRAND CHAMPION BULL Haroldson’s Polled Herefords, Wawota, SK and Wascana Cattle Company, Regina, SK with Haroldsons Delta ET 69A by Haroldsons WLL Anchor 4T RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL Haroldson’s Polled Herefords, Wawota, SK; Roselawn Polled Herefords, Killarney, MB and Doug Troop Hereford Farm, Brandon, MB with Haroldsons JVJ Covert 425X 8A by TH 89T 743 Untapped 425X ET

TWO YEAR OLD BULL Split 1 (7 shown) 1. Lone Pine Cattle Services, Vibank, SK and Split 6 (11 shown) ANL Polled Herefords, Steelman, SK with 1. Glenlees Farms, Arcola, SK with SNBR-GL ANL A XLP Action ET 75Z by TH 89T 743 1121Y The Bronx 110B by MHPH 118U Untapped 425X ET New Yorker 1121Y 2. Dalmuir Farms, Lindsay, ON and William 2. Six South Acres Ltd., Milestone, SK with & Audrey Lyons, St. Thomas, ON with SSAL Big Business ET 6B by NJW 51U NJW 73S W18 Downhome 21Z ET by SHF 4037 Duramax 8X Wonder M326 W18 ET CHAMPION SENIOR BULL CALF Glenlees Farms, Arcola, SK with SNBR-GL 1121Y The Bronx 110B by MHPH 118U New Yorker 1121Y RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR BULL CALF ANL Polled Herefords, Steelman, SK and Haroldson’s Polled Herefords, Wawota, SK with ANL C HAR T100 Tahoe 86 ET 23B by SHF Tahoe R117 T100 YEARLING BULL Split 1 (4 shown) 1. Haroldson’s Polled Herefords, Wawota, SK and Wascana Cattle Company, Regina, SK with Haroldsons Delta ET 69A by Haroldsons WLL Anchor 4T 2. Redline Livestock, Didsbury, AB; Square D Polled Herefords, Langbank, SK and McCurry Cattle Co., Billings, MT with Square-D Mr Beef 465A by Square-D Ranchman 257R Split 2 (6 shown) 1. Haroldson’s Polled Herefords, Wawota, SK; Roselawn Polled Herefords, Killarney, MB and Doug Troop Hereford Farm, Brandon, MB with Haroldsons JVJ Covert 425X 8A by TH 89T 743 Untapped 425X ET 2. Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Mississauga, ON and Double J Polled Herefords, Maidstone, SK with MHPH 521X Action 106A by TH 122 71I Victor 521X ET

CHAMPION SENIOR AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION BULL Lone Pine Cattle Services, Vibank, SK and ANL Polled Herefords, Steelman, SK with ANL A XLP Action ET 75Z by TH 89T 743 Untapped 425X ET RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR BULL Dalmuir Farms, Lindsay, ON and William & Audrey Lyons, St. Thomas, ON with NJW 73S W18 Downhome 21Z ET by SHF Wonder M326 W18 ET BREEDER’S HERD Haroldson’s Polled Herefords, Wawota, SK GET-OF-SIRE Haroldson’s Polled Herefords, Wawota, SK JUNIOR GET-OF-SIRE Haroldson’s Polled Herefords, Wawota, SK PREMIER BREEDER Haroldson’s Polled Herefords, Wawota, SK PREMIER EXHIBITOR Haroldson’s Polled Herefords, Wawota, SK

Expo-Boeuf - Hereford Show FEMALES

Champion Junior Female

Hannah Dixon, Kingston, PE with Burnside Yedda 9A by CRR About Time 743

Reserve Champion Junior Female

Hannah Dixon, Kingston, PE with Burnside Kimbrook Alice 13A by CRR About Time 743

Champion Senior and Grand Champion Female

John Mastine, Whitney, ON with Bar-J-M Jewel 6Z by BJM-HRF Tradition 13T

October 10 - 12, 2014 - Victoriaville, QC Judge: Lance Leachman, Maidstone, SK

Reserve Champion Senior and Reserve Grand Champion Female

Matt Leahy, Lakefield, ON with Stonewood Rose 8X by SR CG Hard Rock 5073

BULLS

Grand Champion Bull

Matt Leahy, Lakefield, ON with Stonewood Buerhle 9B by THR Thor 4029

Champion Junior Bull

River Road Farms, RRF Volcom 892A by MSU Xerox 20X

Reserve Champion Junior Bull

Champion Senior and Reserve Grand Champion Bull

Double H Cattle Company, Arnprior, ON with Abra 26U Toro 23Z ET by AH JDH Cracker Jack 26U ET

Reserve Champion Senior Bull

John Mastine, Whitney, ON with MHPH 144S Zorro 1202Z by Remitall Silencer 144S

Premier Breeder and Premier Exhibitor Matt Leahy, Lakefield, ON

Matt Leahy, Lakefiled, ON with Stonewood Ammo 2A by Lambert Rememdy 2030 75R

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FEMALES CHAMPION HEIFER CALF Loon-Point Herefords, Cambridge Narrows, NB with LoonPoint Blurred Lines 4B by Harvie Dan Ricochet 167U RESERVE CHAMPION HEIFER CALF Earlybird Farm, Waterford, NB with Earlybird 953T 10Y Beauty 17B by Square-D Tortuga 953T CHAMPION YEARLING FEMALE Thunderbrook Farms, Amherst, NS with Thunderbrook 24U Penny 1A by Purple Currency 24U ET RESERVE CHAMPION YEARLING FEMALE Hannah Dixon, Kingston, PE with Burnside Kimbrook Alice 13A by CRR About Time 743

CHAMPION SENIOR AND GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE Thunderbrook Farms, Amherst, NS with Thunderbrook Yahoo 3Y by WLB Global 72M 50S with her calf Thunderbrook 719T Bailey 1B by TH 122 71I Victor 719T RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE Hannah Dixon, Kingston, PE with Burnside Yedda 9W by Glenlees CL 151L Rigid 23P and her calf Burnside Yedda 41B

by WLB Lego 83T 90X BULLS GRAND CHAMPION BULL Hannah Dixon, Kingston, PE with Burnside Rib Eye 13Z by SHF Rib Eye M326 R117 RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION BULL Earlybird Farm, Waterford, NB with Earlybird 11X 7U Bart 10B

by TH 71U 719T Mr Hereford 11X

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Stu & Sherri Zoeteman

HEREFORDS

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Visit: bretonwestherefords.com

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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

Box 102, Brosseau, AB T0B 0P0

780-657-2270 ncx@xplornet.ca

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GILMORE, Kurt William March 4, 1949 – Lincoln, Nebraska December 18, 2014 – Calgary, Alberta Kurt Gilmore, beloved husband of Maxine, passed away on December 18, 2014 as a result of cancer, at the age of 65 years.

Kurt was born March 4, 1949 in Lincoln, Nebraska to parents Keith and Betty Jo Gilmore. Not long after his birth, his family moved to Callaway, Nebraska to one of the original farms owned by his paternal grandfather and the original home of his father.

In his early years, he walked (on good days) with his older brother, Kent to attend the Redfern County School. The family moved to Calgary in June of 1956 so that his father could assume management of The Canadian Hereford Digest.

While in junior high school, Kurt developed an interest in competitive swimming and by the time he finished high school was a nationally rated competitor. Kurt was offered an athletic scholarship at Washington State University and entered there in the fall of 1967, majoring in animal science. After one year, he decided to work for the university farm and moved to and managed their beef production test facility for three years.

Between college terms, he worked two summers on the Budd Hereford Ranch in Wyoming and his future in the registered Hereford business was assured. Following graduation in 1971, he joined the field staff of The Canadian Hereford Digest, and visited breeders throughout Alberta and British Columbia. In 1980, he purchased the publication from his father.

Following the death of his father in 1987, Kurt took a keen interest in the promotion and success of the Keith Gilmore Foundation which provides agricultural scholarships to worthy young farm students from throughout Canada. He served as its chief fundraiser for many years and was elected as a trustee in 2009.

In 1998, he met Maxine Williams, the love of his life, which led to their marriage on June 28, 2002. They lived for five years at their acreage north of Cochrane and then moved to Calgary in the fall of 2003.

They spent many wonderful and happy years together, often travelling on vacation as well as business. Kurt and Maxine loved all of their grandchildren and attended their sporting events and competitions, Christmas concerts and many family and holiday get-togethers. Those were special times when any of the grandchildren came for a “sleepover” with “Gramma” and “Poppa.”

Kurt enjoyed good food and loved to cook. Maxine and Kurt loved hosting dinner parties for family and friends at their home on a regular basis.

One of the highlights of springtime was always his annual fishing trip with close friends in search of Walleye at lakes in northern Saskatchewan. As official camp cook, his co-fishermen never lacked for prime rib, crab or steak with all the fixings.

Kurt was honoured for his long time service to the Calgary Bull sale by the Alberta Cattle Breeders in 2009 and was inducted to the Alberta Hereford Association Hall of Fame in 2010. In 2013, he was admitted as a member to the Canadian Hereford Association Honour Roll.

Following the sale of The Canadian Hereford Digest to The Canadian Hereford Association in 2009, Kurt took on a new career in real estate sales with CIR Realty and worked closely with his friend of over forty years, Perry Wilkes.

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Kurt is survived by his loving wife, Maxine; three children, Julie (Chad) Smith, Jeanie (Mike) Colling, and Kevin (Catherine) Gilmore; stepson, Kevin (Carrie) Williams; brothers, Kent and Karl (Alyda); sister, Karen (Norris) Graham; seven grandchildren Evan, Easten, Kaden, Avree, Sydney, Kylie and Chase; nephews and nieces Tom (Melissa) Graham, Marianne (Jeff) Shigematsu, Steven (Chelsey) Gilmore, Nicole Gilmore, and Christy (Clark) Camp.

Kurt was predeceased by his parents, Keith and Betty Jo Gilmore and by his first wife, Virginia Gilmore.

Funeral Services will be held at Bow Valley Baptist Church (54 West Aarsby Road, Cochrane, AB) on Monday, December 22, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. Condolences may be forwarded through www.mcinnisandholloway.com.

It was Kurt’s special request that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Keith Gilmore Foundation Scholarship Fund, 5160 Skyline Way NE, Calgary, AB, T2E 6V1, www.keithgilmorefoundation.com.

In living memory of Kurt Gilmore, a tree will be planted at Fish Creek Provincial Park. - See more at: http://www. legacy.com/obituaries/calgaryherald/obituary.aspx?n=kurt-gilmore&pid=173523131#sthash.HpuRpGWG.eNXsu1lg. dpuf

Reid, Grant Carlyle January 5, 1927 –November 22, 2014 Dad passed away peacefully at Porteous Lodge, Saskatoon on Saturday, November 22, 2014 at the age of 87 years.

He is pre deceased by his wife Phyllis (1985) and wife Margaret Marson (2006) and daughter Barbara Halliday (2014).

He is survived by his children Margo Sheane (Garry), New Westminster, BC; Carol Weis, Calgary, AB; Cheryl Noble (Don), Whitehorse, YK and David (Kathy) Reid, Saskatoon, SK; 9 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.

Grant lived the majority of his life in the Moosomin area where he farmed for many years. He enjoyed nature and Hereford cattle his entire life. Interment of his ashes in the Sunset Memorial Garden, Moosomin will take place at a later date.

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Cryptosporidiosis Diarrhea & Its Detection & Treatment

By Roy Lewis DVM

The incidence of “crypto” diarrhea is most definitely higher on dairy farms where calves are raised in close confinement and the wet moist environment is conducive to the transmission of these protozoa. We as large animal veterinarians are detecting it more often in our beef herds in the western provinces. “Crypto” is a protozoa with a very similar life cycle to coccidia which is probably much more familiar to Canadian cattlemen. The detection can at times be difficult to establish but with newer tests and other methods I will describe look for it and you may find it even in well-managed cattle operations. Dairymen watch for it diligently and you as beef producers discuss it with your veterinarian and be especially vigilant if scours crops up in older calves that seem unresponsive to traditional scour treatments. Bringing in dairy calves to be adopted onto beef cows can be a source of infection. I always suggest just use calves from your own herd if possible.

Crypto usually is caused by the species C. Parvum in cattle and it is also zoonotic meaning it is transmissible to humans so watch handling diarrheic calves as a general rule and wash boots, hands etc. Be extra vigilant cleaning and disinfecting the area calves have been in. Most human cases result from exposure to sick calves such as producers, farm dairy workers, veterinary students etc. As with all zoonotic diseases people under stress or immunosuppressed are highly susceptible. Make sure especially after dealing with diarrheic calves to clean boots and coveralls and wash your hands thoroughly. Treat the diarrheic calves last to avoid yourself carrying the oocysts (eggs) between calves.

The organism is very similar to coccidia in the sense oocysts (eggs) are passed in the manure in very large numbers (up to 10 million per gram of manure). Oocysts are ingested by the calf and in completing the life cycle cause damage to the large intestine and the end of the small intestine. We see it primarily in calves anywhere from three to 30 days of age. The clue is calves seem unresponsive to treatment and the diarrhea is generally yellow and sort of foamy. The organism destroys the inner lining of the intestine so the milk comes through essentially undigested and calves dehydrate.

Keep in mind half the time crypto is involved in mixed infections with the other scour organisms so you may be dealing with essentially two diseases at the same time. That is why one must use all the preventative steps in your power to avoid a scours outbreak. All the tools we have talked about in other articles such as new calving area, lots of room and bedding, good nutrition of the dam leading to high quality colostrum all help in prevention. Make sure the calves are up and sucking within a couple hours and if in doubt supplement with home stored frozen colostrum or the good colostrum substitutes such as headstart. Scours vaccinate your cows and heifers but keep in mind the good scours vaccines cover the most common causes of viral and bacterial scours in calves but not the protozoan (coccidia & cryptosporidiosis) causes.

One of the real issues in the past has always been the initial diagnosis. Veterinarians in investigating scours outbreaks have often suspected crypto was involved but it was hard to prove. There are several ways to prove its existence. Fecals can be done and the labs are

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getting better at spotting it but it like coccidia has very small oocysts much smaller than worm eggs so they can be hard to see even with a microscope. Now there is a check done with a strip inserted into the manure called “entericheck ” by Biovet Labs, which is a fairly sensitive and specific check. We learned from a recent veterinary student from Calgary (now Dr. Dayna Goldsmith UCVM 2013) attending our clinic on a rotation that “Crypto” is what they call an acid-fast organism.

This means it takes up acid-fast stain so another test the vet clinic can do is smear a sample of the manure on a microscope slide stain it and like magic the oocysts become very visible when they take up the stain. This worked very well at our clinic and then you can be very confident of the diagnosis. The combination of all these three methods has greatly improved the diagnostic rate of crypto. Veterinary clinics can order the acid-fast stain.

The next real issue with crypto has been the treatment or should I say lack of treatment options. The standard treatments such as electrolytes are always warranted. Vets would prescribe sulfa drugs similar to coccidiosis treatment but the best way is to cut down the number of organisms being excreted. Merck animal health a pharmaceutical company has in the last two years got a product called “Halocur” licensed for this very thing. It was being used in Canada for a few years under an experimental drug release so it has a successful tract record. In outbreaks or after a first case is diagnosed calves in subsequent calvings are put on it for seven days in a row.

It controls the crypto by breaking the life cycle and substantially reducing the number of oocysts produced which then could reinfect the calf or other calves. Halocur is an oral product and given at 2cc per 10kg daily. A real important point here is to dose it carefully as unlike most products the safety margin is quite low. Twice the dose and you could get depressed calves, blood in the diarrhea and other signs very similar to the disease itself so don’t give more medication if those signs show up. Also at four times the dose can be fatal. Always treat the calves on a full stomache and don’t start treatment if they are already feeling sick.

Isolation of sick calves and a good cleaning, washing and disinfection of the isolation is necessary as well. The oocysts are very resistant and are killed by high temperatures. The key is keeping the oocysts numbers down and with age resistance develops which is why you never see this disease in older cattle.

There are other coccidiostats, which have been tried against cryptosporidiosis on an experimental basis with some success , and in fact Halocur was developed as a coccidiostat for chickens. Make sure with any unusal appearing diarrhea with the frothy content appearing like undigested milk that your veterinarian rules out cryptosporidiosis because the treatment is much different than the other neonatal diarrheas. From diagnosis preventative measures and treatment measures can be utilized as well as breaking the cycle with Halocur medication or other coccidiostats. Your local veterinarian would be best to help diagnose Crypto and give you the treatment options most likely to be successful in your operation. Here’s hoping a Crypto free calving season.

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WLB Livestock 6th Annual Internet Hereford Sale

2nd Annual Elite Genetics Online Sale October 11-15, 2014 liveauctions.tv

October 6, 2014 liveauctions.tv Sale Results: 9 Females 1 Herd Bull

Averaged Averaged

$4,294.00 $9,000.00

High Selling Lots Lot 1 - WLB Lego 83T 90X sired by WLB Eli 10H 83T was purchased by Snowshoe Cattle Company, Pompeys Pillar, MT and Largent & Sons Herefords, Kaycee, WY for $9,000.00

Sale Results: 23 Live Hereford Lots 1 Hereford Flush 4 Clubby Lots

Averaged Averaged Averaged

$4,735.00 $4,000.00 $2,225.00

28 Lots Grossed $121,800.00 and Averaged $4,350.00 High Selling Bull Lot 1 - PCL Y Not Me R117 ET 1Y sired by SHF Rib Eye M326 R117 was purchased by Bob Strunk of Coalgate, OK, USA for $16,500.00

Lot 8 - WLB 50S Gloria ET 1002A sired by WLB Global 72M 50S was purchased by Jim Millham, Esterhazy, SK for $6,500.00

High Selling Bred Heifers Lot 11 - Leveldale Allison 719T ET 14A sired by TH 122 71I Victor Lot 2 - WLB 100Z Eda 45B sired by WLB Easy Street 900X 100Z 719T was purchased by Jimmy and Amy Hunter, Roblin, MB for $6,000.00 was purchased by Winchester Cattle Co., St. Ambroise, MB for $6,300.00 Lot 9 - Leveldale Aywon Autumn 34X 11A sired by Leveldale Aywon Strugis 34X was purchased by Ross Madsen, Wauchope, Lot 3 - WLB 10Z Amy 112B sired by WLB Anser 90X 10Z was SK for $6,000.00 purchased by Dianne Heaton, Tulsa, OK for $4,750.00 High Selling Heifer Calf Lot 15 - RSK 719T Miss Sage 14B sired by Th 122 71I Victor 719T was purchased by Morshogs Farms, Magnus, Morshog, Bjuv, Sweden for $5,500.00

Harvie Ranching Internet Sale October 9-11, 2014 Olds, Alberta Auctioneer: Ryan Dorran Sale Results: 0.5 Bull Calf 10 Heifer Calves 6 Bred Heifers

Hereford Harvest Averaged Averaged Averaged

$22,000.00 $5,640.00 $7,000.00

16.5 Lots Grossed $120,400.00 and Averaged $7,297.00 50 Embryos Averaged $846.00 Total Sale Grossed $162,700.00 High Selling Heifer Calf Lot 1 - Harvie OVHF HBM Unique 32B sired by TH 75J 243R Bailout 144U ET was purchased by Majestic Cattle Co., Stettler, AB for $13,000.00

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October 17, 2014 Vibank, Saskatchewan Auctioneer: Chris Poley Sale Management: T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd. Sale Results: 10 Heifer Calves 16 Bred Heifers 8 Cow/Heifer Calf Pairs 7 Cow/Bull Calf Pairs 9 Cows 1 Embryo Lot

Averaged Averaged Averaged Averaged Averaged Averaged

$3,095.00 $3,078.13 $5,212.50 $5,035.71 $2466.67 $1,800.00

High Selling Bred Heifer Lot 2 - Harvie OVHF HBM Ms Unique 3A sired by Otapawa Skymate 2046 (ET) was purchased by Lock Farms, Macklin, SK for $11,000.00

51 Lots Grossed $181,150.00 and Averaged $3,551.96

High Selling Bull Calf Lot 25 - Harvie Cool Water ET 190B sired by NJW 73S W18 Hometown 10Y ET 1/2 interest and 1/2 possession was purchased by Dallas Farms, Bowden, AB and Cool Water Syndicate for $22,000.00

High Selling Bred Heifer Lot 3 - M-R 32X Athena 66A sired by HF 102S Lariat 32X was purchased by Malone Hereford Farm, Emporia, KS for $5,000.00

High Selling Heifer Calf Lot 14 - JHF Daydream 7B sired by NJW 73S M326 Trust 100W ET was purchased by Mohican West, Billings, MT for $4,900.00

High Selling Cow/Heifer Calf Pair Lot 20/20A - $8,300.00 - XLP 45T Reese II 500W sired by STAR 26P Freedom 45T ET was purchased by Hereford GRLZ, Raymore, SK and her heifer calf XLP 101S Reese 500B sired by BNMHPH 14P Heat 101S was purchased by Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Orillia, ON High Selling Cow/Bull Calf Pair Lot 34/34A - $7,300.00 - XLP CLF 57U Blanche 168Z sired

by RVP STAR 533P Can-AM ET 57U was purchased by Kirby Polled Herefords, Belwood, ON and Lone Pine Cattle Services, Vibank, SK and her bull calf XLP CLF 38Z Style 368B sired by XLP 91S Doc Holiday 38Z was purchased by Roger Procyk, Fillmore, SK High Selling Cow Lot 39 -XLP HH 61P Nadia 593Y sired by GH LD Wildcard 61P was purchased by Richaud Stock Farms, Estevan, SK for $3,000.00

ANL Polled Herefords & Guests October 18, 2014 Steelman, Saskatchewan Auctioneer: Chris Poley Sale Management: T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd. Sale Results: 18 Heifer Calves 19 Bred Heifers 1 Cow/Calf Pair

Averaged Averaged Averaged

$4,312.50 $4,707.89 $7,700.00

38 Lots Grossed $183,400.00 and Averaged $4,826.32 High Selling Heifer Calf Lot 8 - ANL 145P Mindy 42Z 5B sired by Grandview 7Oaks Sonora 145R was purchased by Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Orillia, ON for $8,800.00 High Selling Bred Heifer Lot 16 - ANL P606 Amber 21A sired by PW Victor Boomer P606 was purchased by Abrakadabra Cattle Co., Columbia, MO for $10,000.00 High Selling Cow/Calf Pair Lot 11/11A - $7,700.00 - ANL LC 80S Rachelle 137X sired by ANL SBS 36N Taylor 80S was purchased by Rangeline Cattle, Thief River Falls, MN and her heifer calf ANL LC 57Y Rachelle 137X 99B sired by Haroldsons WLC Jack ET 57Y was purchased by Glenlees Polled Herefords, Arcola, SK

C&T Cattle Co. & Guests Take The Next Step October 18, 2014 Kisbey, Saskatchewan Auctioneer: Chris Poley Sale Management: T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd. Sale Results: 10 Heifer Calves 34 Bred Heifers

Averaged Averaged

$3,280.00 $3,976.47

44 Lots Grossed $168,000.00 and Averaged $3,818.18

High Selling Lots Lot 15 - C&T 100W Angelina 15A sired by NJW 73S M326 Trust 100W was purchased by Phantom Creek Livestock, Swift Current, SK for $11,000.00 Lot 31 - Twin-View 76Y Madison 77A sired by GHC CT Samson 76Y was purchased by Crittenden Bros., Imperial, SK for $7,000.00 Lot 40 - PCL Lady Luck 11X 62A sired by TH 71U 719T Mr Hereford 11X was purchased by Rafter U Polled Herefords, Osage, SK for $5,800.00

Blair Athol/Haroldsons & friends October 19, 2014 Arcola, Saskatchewan Auctioneer: Chris Poley Sale Management: T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd. Sale Results: 20 Heifer Calves 49 Bred Heifers

Averaged Averaged

$6,820.00 $4,240.00

69 Lots Grossed $344,200.00 and Averaged $4,988.41 High Selling Heifer Calf Lot 51 - Haroldson’s HLV Marvel 48Y 12B sired by Haroldsons WLC Rhino ET 48Y was purchased by Star E Cattle Co., Oxbow, SK for $40,000.00 High Selling Bred Heifer Lot 58 - Haroldsons Lady T100 6A sired by SHF Tahoe R117 T100 was purchased by Topp Herefords, Grace City, ND for $15,000.00

Square D Herefords October 20, 2014 Langbank, Saskatchewan Auctioneer: Ryan Dorran Sale Results: 10 Heifer Calves 39 Bred Heifers 7 Bull Calves 2 Cow/Heifer Calf Pairs

Averaged Averaged Averaged Averaged

$3,985.00 $3,209.00 $4,214.00 $5,325.00

58 Lots Grossed $205,150.00 and Averaged $3,537.00 High Selling Heifer Calf Lot 1 - Square-D Belle 237B sired by NJW 34S 38W Beef 15Z ET was purchased by Kootenay Polled Herefords, Surrey, BC for $10,750.00 High Selling Bred Heifer Lot 39 - WCC 42S Rita 3361A sired by Remitall Super Duty 42S was purchased by River Valley Polled Herefords, Newburgh, ON for $8,000.00 High Selling Bull Calf Lot 7 - Square-D Keystone 755B sired by NJW 34S 38W Beef 15Z ET was purchased by King Ranch, Warren, MB for $7,000.00

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High Selling Cow/Calf Pair Lot 13 & 13A - Square-D Lexus 493W sired by Square-D Stinger 779K was purchased by Remi Mitchell, Francis, SK and her heifer calf, Square-D Roberta 743B sired by Square-D Ranchman 257R was purchased by McMurry Cattle Co., Billings, MT for $5,700.00

Crittenden Bros Polled Hereford “The Shape Of Things To Come” Sale October 25, 2014 Imperial, Saskatchewan Auctioneer: Chris Poley Sale Management: T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd. Sale Results: 20 Cow/Bull Calf Pairs 27 Cow/Heifer Calf Pairs 37 Cows 12 Bred Heifers 12 Heifer Calves 6.5 Bull Calves

Averaged Averaged Averaged Averaged Averaged Averaged

$8,452.50 $7,846.30 $3,967.57 $3,679.17 $4,454.17 $7,115.38

114.5 Live Purebred Lots Grossed $671,550.00 and Averaged $5,865.07 15 Commercial Cows 10 Embryo Lots

Averaged Averaged

$2,466.66 $560.00

Total Sale Grossed $714,150.00 High Selling Cow Lot 107 - SHF Progress P20 U06 ET sired by SHF Progress P20 was purchased by Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Orillia, ON for $11,000.00 High Selling Bred Heifer Lot 132 - TCF EL 614 Belinda 309A sired by WR Domino Lad 309 0614 was purchased by Malone Polled Herefords, Emporia, KS for $5,000.00 High Selling Heifer Calf Lot 70B - GHC Miss Victra ET 5B sired by TH 122 71L Victor 719T was purchased by Phantom Creek Livestock, Swift Current, SK for $6,500.00

November 1, 2014 Stayner, Ontario Auctioneer: Carl Wright Sale Results: 43 Cow/Calf Pairs 39 Bred Heifers 43 Bred Cows 13 Bulls 5 Bull Calves

Averaged Averaged Averaged Averaged Averaged

$2,876.00 $2,122.00 $2,037.00 $3,035.00 $1,120.00

179 Lots Grossed $342,250.00 and Averaged $1,912.00 4 Semen Lots Averaged $120.00 183 Lots Grossed $345,875.00 High Selling Cow/Calf Pair Lot 13 & 13A - JV 507 Lady Spidel 128Y sired by WDF 46L Spidel 507S, was purchased by Francis Wilhelm, Chepstow, ON for $2,350.00 and her bull calf AWDH 128B sired by WDF C6 Westwind Warrior 3838X was purchased by Courtenay Herefords, Courtenay, BC for $3,000.00 High Selling Bull Lot 28 - JV 320 Spidel 251Z sired by 100I Spidel 320U was purchased by Courtenay Herefords, Courtenay, BC for $5,750.00

The Amigos Production Sale XVI November 12, 2014 Medicine Hat, Alberta Auctioneer: R.C. Balog Sale Results: 34 Long Yearling Hereford Bulls 60 Long Yearling Angus Bulls 5 Hereford Bred Heifers 3 Hereford Heifer Calves

Averaged Averaged Averaged Averaged

$5,490.00 $5,373.00 $4,770.00 $3,400.00

102 Lots Grossed $553,050.00 and Averaged $5,422.00 35 Commercial Bred Heifers

Averaged

$2,671.00

High Selling Bull Calf Lot 44 - GHC Breakthrough 10B sired by Loewen M326 Sir 33T, 1/2 interest and full possession was purchased by McMurry Cattle, Billings, MT for $8,000.00

High Selling Hereford Bull Lot 66 - XTC 5C Total Recall ET 66A sired by XTC 15Z Enerlad Stan 5C was purchased by Tim Bernt Herefords, MO and Wichman Herefords, MT for $9,500.00

High Selling Cow/Heifer Calf Pair Lot 23 & 23A - Haroldson’s Philis T100 51W sired by SHF Tahoe R117 T100 was purchased by Lakes Ranch Inc., West Vancouver, BC for $15,750.00 and her heifer calf GHC Miss Unique 136B sired by RRSF 101N Wrangler 29W was purchased

by Blairs.Ag Cattle Co., Lanigan, SK for $10,750.00

High Selling Bred Heifer Lot P57A - PAHL 37W Ashton 57A sired by FE 1S Royal Standard 37W was purchased by Musgrove Enterprises, Jenner, AB for $6,250.00

High Selling Cow/Bull Calf Pair Lot 93 & 93A - DXB 127U Cassie 20R sired by Kilmorlie 452M Redeye 127U was purchased by Tegtmeier Polled Herefords, Burchard, NE for $5,000.00 and her bull calf GHC C5 Big Mac 38B sired by SHF Moore R117 Z40, 1/2 interest and full possession was purchased by Holmes Farms, Semans, SK for $13,500.00 68

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Fenton Hereford Ranch Inc. 50th Annual Production Sale November 14, 2014 Irma, Alberta Auctioneer: R.C. Balog Sale Results: 53 Yearling Hereford Bulls

Averaged

$5,975.00

35 Bred Heifers

Averaged

$3,715.00

88 Lots Grossed $446,950.00 and Averaged $5,079.00 75 Commercial Hereford Heifers

Averaged

$2,865.00

High Selling Yearling Bull Lot 34A - ZZB 166W Rib Aster 34A sired by FE 29S Aster Lad 166W was purchased by Shane Truby, Durango, CO, USA for $21,000.00 High Selling Bred Heifer Lot 342A - FE 63W Standard DOM 342A sired by BP 101T Standard DOM Lad 63W was purchased by Shane Truby, Durango, CO, USA for $7,000.00

Brost Land & Cattle Co. 46th Annual Production Sale with guests Bar-RZ Polled Herefords November 15, 2014 Irvine, Alberta Auctioneer: R.C. Balog Sale Results: 18 Bull Calves 23 Yearling Bulls 3 Heifer Calves 9 Bred Heifers

Averaged Averaged Averaged Averaged

$7,139.00 $6,382.00 $4,583.00 $5,339.00

53 Lots Grossed $337,100.00 and Averaged $6,360.00 50 Commercial Heifers

Averaged

$3,307.00

High Selling Bull Calf Lot 1 - BBSF 465Y Brux 5B sired by Square-D John Wayne 465Y was purchased by Holloway Farms, Castor, AB for $23,000.00 High Selling Yearling Bull Lot 49 - BBSF 821W Abductor 200A sired by JNHR Red Britisher 821W was purchased by Aebly Ranch, Jenner, AB for $9,000.00 High Selling Bred Heifer Lot 37 - Bar-RZ 100W Miss Angelina 2A sired by NJW 73S M326 Trust 100W ET was purchased by Musgrove Enterprises, Jenner, AB for $7,000.00

LCI Doenz Ranches 41st Annual Sale November 20, 2014 Warner, Alberta Auctioneer: Louis Balog Sale Results: 25 Hereford Bull Calves 9 Hereford Long Yearling Bulls 29 Angus Bull Calves 5 Angus Long Yearling Bulls 6 Hereford Bred Heifers

Averaged Averaged Averaged Averaged Averaged

High Selling Yearling Bull Lot 35 - LCI 100W Trust 123A sired by NJW 73S M326 Trust 100W was purchased by White Lake Colony, Granum, AB for $10,500.00 High Selling Bred Heifer Lot 93 - LCI WB 100W Trust Miss 283A sired by NJW 73S M326 Trust 100W was purchsed by Stromsmoe Herefords, Etzikom, AB for $5,700.00

A Moment In History: Stauffer Farms Ltd. Complete Dispersal November 29, 2014 Innisfail, Alberta Auctioneer: R.C. Balog Sale Results: 89 Cows 18 Bred Heifers 41 Heifer Calves 4 Herd Bulls 7 Long Yearling Bulls 35 Bull Calves

Averaged Averaged Averaged Averaged Averaged Averaged

$3,262.00 $3,183.00 $1,714.00 $4,263.00 $3,442.00 $1,951.00

194 Lots Grossed $527,425.00 and Averaged $2,718.00 High Selling Cow Lot 31 - SFL 853U Princess 101Y sired by CFH 517R Warrior 853U was purchased by Little Fort Herefords, Little Fort, BC for $5,500.00 High Selling Bred Heifer Lot 130 - SFL 37T Lady 8A sired by JEN 56M Silver 37T was purchased by Delbert McCloy, Morse, TX, USA for $5,300.00

Stromsmoe Herefords & Black Angus 30th Annual Production Sale December 2, 2014 Etzikom, Alberta Auctioneer: R.C. Balog Sale Results: 29 Hereford Long Yearling Bulls 24 Angus Long Yearling Bulls 11 Angus Bull Calves 1 Angus Heifer Calf

Averaged Averaged Averaged Averaged

$6,026.00 $6,510.00 $4,318.00 $6,000.00

65 Lots Grossed $384,500.00 and Averaged $5,915.00

$5,104.00 $4,894.00 $4,718.00 $3,840.00 $5,192.00

74 Lots Grossed $358,850.00 and Averaged $4,849.00 High Selling Bull Calf Lot 14 - LCI 251Y Ribstone 62B sired by LCI 154U Ribstone 251Y was purchased by White Lake Colony, Granum, AB for $8,500.00

12 Commercial Cows 67 Commercial Heifers

Averaged Averaged

$3,088.00 $3,336.00

High Selling Lots Lot 6 - C&N Trust 52A sired by NJW 73S M326 Trust 100W ET was purchased by Randy Stokke, Consul, SK for $13,000.00 Lot 3 - C&N L1 Advance 39A sired by HH Advance 0002X was purchased by Sandy Warburton, Granum, AB for $9,500.00 Lot 11 - C&N L1 Captain Advance 113A sired by HH Advance 7034T ET was purchased by Nicol Ranch, Tompkins, SK for $7,500.00

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By: Chris Poley

2014 turned out to be an amazing year, actually a record year in the beef cattle industry.

Far beyond what many of us were predicting, even those much smarter than me or even Ted! With live cattle prices significantly higher, in some cases double what the same cattle sold for just a year prior. Many producers found themselves dealing with a problem they have not even thought about in more than a decade‌tax. Finally a problem This is a great time to start succession planning; you can deal with! you can now have some confidence in wanting your kids to take over the operation, believing

Still many producers are holding their that they can make a decent life for themselves. breath wondering how long higher prices and Succession planning is not quick or easy and profits will last. There are a lot of farmers and usually takes some professional assistance, but a ranchers that feel this is a dream and are skeptical solid plan is needed to transition your operation to let themselves believe it has come true. I’m a for it to be successful for both yourself and your believer that it is true and it is based on shear children. Agriculture is big business and we must supply and demand, not politics or stock traders treat it as so to remain successful. falsely affecting a market, demand remains strong and supplies are low and tough to build. The In the short term planning and very near USDA recently released projections for the next future, this year’s herd sire selections must be ten years to the year 2024. They predict; farm made. Actually this falls under both short and prices for beef cattle will rise from an average of long term planning because if you retain females, $1.5252 a pound in 2014 to $1.5754 a pound in your herd sire selection will impact your program 2015 to a high of $1.63 a pound by 2017, before for generations; so you want to make educated dropping back to $1.5617 by 2024. The price selections. This issue is packed full of reputable follows the size of the beef herd, which the USDA operations, offering you many options, genetic predicts will still drop in 2015 before starting to variation and management variation for you to rebuild thereafter. Our numbers here in Canada select your bulls from. The good bulls are going have followed and will continue to closely follow to cost more this spring, not because there is those of the US. a shortage of bulls but because there is more profit in the industry, allowing more producers

So breathe, and make plans for the future to bid harder and farther on the top bulls. based on a new reality in the cattle business, both short term and long term. Short term plans See you on the bull sale run! are those that involve much needed equipment updates, etc. and heaven forbid, maybe even a well deserved and long overdue family vacation, which is not a weekend branding or trip to a cattle sale. The long term plan involves updating infrastructure, expanding the ranch and cow herd.

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JDelaney Herefords & Atkins Herefords Annual Bull Sale - Lake Benton, Minnesota MC Quantock “Canada’s Bulls” Bull Sale - Lloydminster, SK Hill 70 Quantock Ranch “Barn Burnin” Bull Sale - Lloydminster, SK 2nd Annual Premier Hereford Sale - Lloydminster, SK MJT “Back to the Basics” Buy A Bull Day - Edgerton, AB Rendezvous Farms 11th Annual Bull & Female Sale - Ste. Rose Du Lac, MB Jeans & Genetics Simmental Bull Sale - Ponoka, AB Young Guns & Guests Simmental Bull & Female Sale - Wainwright, AB M & J Farms Bull Sale - Russell, MB Nordal Limousin & Angus Bull Sale - Saskatoon, SK Double Bar D “Best of Both Worlds” Simmental & Red Angus Bull & Female Sale - Grenfell, SK JYF Limousin Production Sale - Flintoft, SK Crossroad Farms 8th Annual Bull Sale - Shell Lake, SK Beck/McCoy 6th Annual Bull Sale - Milestone, SK Robb Hoegl Bull Sale - Lloydminster, SK 2nd Annual Benlock Farms Bull Sale - Grandora, SK HEJ Charolais Bull Sale - Innisfail, AB LaBatte Simmentals with Guest Meadow Acres Farm 35th Spring Bull & Female Sale - Moose Jaw, SK 7th Annual Ward’s Red Angus & Guests Bull Sale - Saskatoon, SK McMillen Ranching Ltd. 21st Annual Bull Sale - Carieville, SK Standard Hill Connection Angus & Polled Hereford Bull Sale - Maidstone, SK Benchmark’s 19th Annual Makin The Grade Bull Sale - Warner, AB Sunny Valley Simmentals 25th Annual Bull & Female Sale - Saskatoon, SK Mar Mac Farms and Guests Bull Sale - Brandon, MB Spring Creek’s “In Pursuit of Perfection” Bull Sale - Moosomin, SK Bar-E-L Angus Bull & Female Sale - Stettler, AB Neilson Cattle Company Charolais Bull Sale - Willowbrook, SK

Northern Classic Charolais & Simmental Bull Sale - Grande Prairie, AB Horseshoe E Charolais Sale - Moose Jaw, SK Black Pearl Bull & Female Sale - Tisdale, SK South Sask Simmental Sale - Moose Jaw, SK Kuntz-Stoughton-McIntosh-SAJ Bull Sale - Lloydminster, SK Harvest Angus Bull Sale - Prince George, BC Tools of The Trade Bull Sale - Dundurn, SK

GBT Angus Online Bull Sale New Trend Salers Bull Sale - Olds, AB Johnson Livestock Bull & Female Sale - Peebles, SK Duralta Farms Bull Sale - Vegreville, AB Sandan Charolais Bull Sale - Erksine, AB Proudly Western Bull Sale - Whitewood, SK Canada’s Red, White & Black Bull Sale - Moose Jaw, SK ANL Polled Herefords Annual Bull Sale - Steelman, SK 11th Annual Butts, Gutts, Nuts Bull sale - Lloydminster, SK

WLB Livestock’s 11th Annual Simmental and Polled Hereford Bull Sale - Douglas, MB Bar H Land & Cattle Bull Sale - Langenburg, SK Wheatland Cattle Co. Annual Bull Sale - Beinfait, SK Double F Cattle Co. Bull Sale - Prince Albert, SK 29th Annual Prairie Gold Sale - Saskatoon, SK Cow-Boys Angus Bull Sale - Melita, MB Impact Angus & Charolais Bull Sale - Saskatoon, SK Best of the Breeds Bull Sale - Yorkton, SK McCormack Family Ranch Genetic Destination Annual Bull Sale - Grenfell, SK Early Sunset Bull & Female Sale - Edam, SK The Chopper K Red Angus/Campbell Charolais Bull Sale - Alameda, SK Wilson/Lees Bull Sale - Kisbey, SK 25th Annual Northern Progress Sale - Saskatoon, SK

Crescent Creek Angus Bull & Female Sale - Goodeve, SK North East Source Bull Sale - Tisdale, SK Best Bet Bull Sale, Mitchell Cattle Co & Guests - Williams Lake, BC The Source Speckle Park Bull & Female - Lloydminster, SK Mid-Western Ontario Simmental & Angus Bull Sale - Hanover, ON Eastondale “On Farm Bull and Select Female Sale” - Wawota, SK Blairs.Ag Cattle Co. Pursuit of Excellence Bull Sale - Sedley, SK South View Ranch Bull Sale - Ceylon, SK Size Matters Bull Sale - Canora, SK Johnston/Fertile Valley Bull Sale - Saskatoon, SK Six Mile Ranch 40th Annual Bull Sale - Fir Mountain, SK 9th Annual Blue Collar Bull Sale - Yorkton, SK Branding the Best Bull Sale - Spiritwood, SK The Supreme Speckle Park Bull & Female Sale - Neilburg, SK Justamere Angus Bull Sale - Lloydminster, SK Moose Creek Red Angus 21st Annual Bull Sale - Kisbey, SK Youngdale Angus Bull & Female Sale - Alameda, SK Your Choice Angus Bull Sale - Maple Creek, SK Prairie Quarter Horse Breeder Select Quarter Horse Sale - Saskatoon, SK 47th Annual Lundar Bull Sale - Lundar, MB

Central Select Angus Bull & Female Sale - Saskatoon, SK Pasture Ready Bull Sale - Saskatoon, SK

January 26, 2015 January 31, 2015 February 7, 2015 February 9, 2015 February 14, 2015 February 16, 2015 February 17, 2015 February 18, 2015 February 19, 2015 February 19, 2015 February 21, 2015 February 23, 2015 February 25, 2015 February 25, 2015 February 26, 2015 February 26, 2015 February 27, 2015 March 6, 2015 March 7, 2015 March 7, 2015 March 8, 2015 March 10, 2015 March 11, 2015 March 11, 2015 March 12, 2015 March 12, 2015 March 13, 2015 March 13, 2015 March 14, 2015 March 15, 2015 March 16, 2015 March 17, 2015 March 17, 2015 March 18, 2015 March 18-20, 2015 March 19, 2015 March 19, 2015 March 20, 2015 March 21, 2015 March 21, 2015 March 21, 2015 March 22, 2015 March 23, 2015 March 24, 2015 March 25, 2015 March 26, 2015 March 27, 2015 March 27, 2015 March 28, 2015 March 28, 2015 March 29, 2015 March 31, 2015 March 31, 2015 April 1, 2015 April 3, 2015 April 3, 2015 April 4, 2015 April 4, 2015 April 4, 2015 April 4, 2015 April 4, 2015 April 6, 2015 April 7, 2015 April 9, 2015 April 9, 2015 April 10, 2015 April 11, 2015 April 11, 2015 April 11, 2015 April 12, 2015 April 13, 2015 April 13, 2015 April 14, 2015 April 17, 2015 April 18, 2015 April 18, 2015 April 25, 2015 May 30, 2015

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A.X.A. Polled Herefords Abby Hill Farms Alameda Agencies Ltd. Alta Genetics ANL Polled Herefords Aqua Hollow Ranch Arthur Polled Herefords Atkins Herefords

74 60 74 74 IBC 64 64 14

Bar-J-M Herefords Bar-RZ Polled Herefords Bieber Herefords Black Pearl Angus Blair-Athol Polled Herefords Blairs.Ag Cattle Company Bova-Tech Ltd. Bow Valley Genetics Brendale Acres Breton West Herefords BuyAgro.com

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6 20, 64 74 31 56 20 74 8 64 64 23, BC 37

Dallas Farms Davis-Rairdan Embryo Transplants Ltd. Dorbay Polled Herefords Double “F” Cattle Co. Double J Polled Herefords

56 74 60 64 19, 64

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Advertiser’s Index Fossay Herefords 27 Garrett Ranch Ltd. 64 Genex Cooperative, Inc. 22 Glenlees Farm 7 Grant Rolston Photography Ltd. 75 GWG Polled Herefords 8, 64 H.S. Knill Co. Ltd. 65 Happy Hollow Farms 64 Haroldson’s Polled Herefords IFC, 3 HBM Polled Herefords 60 Hereford America 75 Hill 70 Quantock Ranch 11 HMS Hi-Cliffe 64 Hoffman Herefords 24 J Bar B Polled Herefords 56 J Delaney Herefords 14 JD Angus 8 Jo Nomn Hereford Ranch 56 Johner Stock Farm 64 JVJ Polled Herefords 64 K-Kow Ranch 56 KLR Polled Herefords 39 Lakeford Polled Herefords 56 Lakes Ranch Polled Herefords 23, 79 Lamport’s Polled Herefords 56 LCI Doenz Ranches 57 Lemondale Polled Herefords 60 Lock Farms 64 Lone Pine Cattle Services 8, 28 LV Farms 8, 64 McCaw Livestock 8 McCoy Cattle Company 9, 23 Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords 1 MHR Polled Herefords 64 Mission Ridge Herefords 8 MJT Cattle Co. Ltd. 29, 57 Moorehaven Farms 60 NBG Polled Herefords 60 NCX Polled Herefords 57 NJW Polled Herefords 21, 33, 74 North Bluff Farms Inc. 74 O’Grady Steel 75 78

OJJ Ranch 24 Old Burchill Farm 8, 65 8 Ottawa Valley Hereford Farms Parkvista Hereford Farm 64 57 Prairie Rose Stock Farms Pugh Farms 57 Remax Blue Chip Reality, Marcel DeCorby 75 Remitall West 57 Richardson Ranch 16, 20 River Bridge Ranch 65 River Valley Polled Herefords 21 Sampson’s Thunderbird Ranch 57 Sandhill Farms 17 Scott Alta Farms 57 Section 7 Ranch 65 Seven Pines 8 Six South Acres 8 Spring Mountain Stock Farm 57 Square D Polled Herefords 65 SS Cattle Company Inc. 57 Standard Hill Livestock 2 Stith, Dale 75 Stockmen’s Insurance 75 Stone Gate Farm 16 Stromsmoe Herefords and Black Angus 57 T Bar C Cattle Company 19, 21, 24, 61, 73 Taboo Polled Herefords 60 The Cliffs Farm 77 Thurston Livestock 60 Today’s Publishing 53 Topp Herefords 12, 13 Triple H Farm Ltd. 8, 65 Triple H Red Angus 8 Tydesmoor Herefords 20 75 Tyler Harris Photography V & V Farms 16 Vanden Boer Polled Herefords 65 Warnyca Land & Cattle 65 Wild Oak Farms 60 Wilson Polled Herefords 74 Wrangler Polled Herefords 65 Wunderbar Polled Herefords 65

introducing our exciting new herd bulls

Capone was our pick at the Crittenden’s Shape of Things to Come Sale.

GHC  126B

S: SHF Moore R117 Z40 SoD: WR G2 Victor R59 0706 BW: 2.6 WW: 51.2 YW: 80.5 Milk: 25.3 TM: 50.9

Bounty Hunter was purchased from Richardson Ranch’s Online Sale. He is in the top 2% for CED and CEZ, top 1% for YW, Milk, M&G, Marb, BMI and CHB and top 3% for SC. S: Koanui Rocket 0219 SoD: Tlell 29F Red Cedar 8N BW: 3.5 WW: 65.1 YW: 102.5 Milk: 31.5 TM: 64.1

Tlell 0219

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In partnership with Almer Weinmeier Phone: 780.635.4979 Cell: 780.210.0476 P.O. Box 120, Ashmont, AB T0A 0C0 Eight miles East of Ashmont on Hwy. 28, Range Road 102

Lakes Ranch is four miles east of Ashmont, on Highway 28.

Two hours from Edmonton on Highway 28.

Two hours from Lloydminster.

P.O. Box 120 Ashmont, AB T0A 0C0 Winston (Win) Stothert Phone: 604.922.9652 E-mail: wstothert@shaw.ca 1107-2222 Bellevue Ave., West Vancouver, B.C. V7V 1C7 79

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Manitoba Ag Days, Keystone Centre, Brandon, MB

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Calgary Bull Show & Sale, Calgary, AB

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Canadian Bull Congress, Camrose, AB

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Standard Hill Connection Polled Hereford & Black

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Delaney Herefords & Atkins Herefords Annual Bull Sale,

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Angus Sale, Maidstone, SK

Lake Benton, MN

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Pride Of The Prairies Bull Show & Sale, Lloydminster, SK

MC Quantock “Canada’s Bulls” Sale, Lloydminster, SK

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Harvie Ranching 4th Annual Bull Sale, Olds, AB

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Canada’s Red, White & Black Sale, Moose Jaw, SK

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Saskatoon Gelbvieh Bull & Female Sale, Saskatoon, SK

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ANL Polled Herefords Spring Bull Sale, Steelman, SK

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NJW Polled Herefords Bull Sale, Sheridan, WY

February 2

Topp Herefords Volume XV Bull Sale, Grace City, ND

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Hill 70 Quantock Ranch “Barn Burnin’ Bull Sale”, Lloydminster, SK

April

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3rd Annual Premier Bull Sale, Lloydminster, SK

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Misty Valley Farms Sale, Maidstone, SK

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Carlrams Ranching Ltd. Bull Sale, Cutknife, SK

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Wilson/Lees Value Added Bull Sale, Kisbey, SK

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MJT “Back to the Basics Buy a Bull Day”, Edgerton, AB

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Sandhill Farms Hereford Producion Sale, Haviland, KS

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Corbiell Herefords Bull Sale, Bow Slope, Brooks, AB

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Blairs.Ag Cattle Co. Bull Sale, Sedley, SK

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Pine Butte Ranch 20th Annual Sale, Kamploops, BC

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Vanderhoof All Breeds Sale, Vanderhoof, BC

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WLB Livestock’s 11th Annual Bull Sale, Douglas, MB

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Williams Lake Bull Sale, Williams Lake, BC

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Ulrich Hereford Ranch Bull & Female Sale, Lethbridge, AB 18

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McCoy Cattle Co. & Beck Farms Bull Sale, Milestone, SK

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Holloway Farms Ltd. Bull Sale, Veteran, AB

47th Annual Lundar Bull Sale, Lundar, MB

May 30

Pasture Ready Bull Sale, Saskatoon, SK

June 23-24

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T Bar Invitational Golf Tournament, Saskatoon, SK