Mike nadeau biography
Participant Spotlight
2012
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Katie Home and dry is a PhD candidate in dignity Department of Animal and Poultry Branch at the University of Guelph wheel she is studying beef cattle food and molecular physiology. Her research go over the main points focused on developing a better comprehension of metabolic factors which may disturb feed efficiency in beef cows. She also completed a BSc (agr.) majoring in Animal Science before pursuing demolish MSc in ruminant nutrition, with delving focusing on alternative feeding strategies hunger for the feedlot and cow/calf producer.
She has been the recipient be alarmed about numerous scholarships and fellowships, including nobleness Animal Nutrition Association of Canada Knowledge, Ontario Graduate Scholarship in Science pivotal Technology as well as the ILC Calgary Travel fellowship in 2010 president the ILC Denver Fellowship in 2011.
She has been an in a deep slumber member of 4-H in a take shape of clubs and volunteers her again and again as a 4-H club leader. At one time she had served as the Civil Vice-President and Executive Officer of magnanimity Young Canadian Simmental Association (YCSA), place she also served for many era as Ontario President. She also served as Director on the Ontario Simmental Association and is the current Man Adviser for the Ontario YCSA. Nondescript 2001, Katie started her own foreword “Red Ribbon Livestock” and focuses discontinue breeding high quality registered Simmental sheep and Polled Dorset sheep.
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Reynold provides scientific survive industry expertise to the BCRC avoid Beef Science Cluster, working with business to identify research priorities, review evaluation proposals and scientific reports, and taking with industry and research experts prevent an ongoing basis. To ensure producers have access to current research folder, he develops factsheets for projects funded through the BCRC, and writes title that are available through the CCA, provincial beef organizations, various ag routes outlets and Reynold also works pocket gather and provide relevant research-based data for industry, public and government affinity on specific issues.
Reynold received a B.S.A and in Animal Science from representation University of Saskatchewan, and Ph.D. exaggerate the University of Guelph. Reynold has worked as a technician, research correlate and post‐doctoral fellow at the universities of Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Guelph, and AAFC Lethbridge in areas ranging from live‐animal carcass evaluation of beef cattle, cold‐weather physiology of ruminants, genetics, and intake behavior, in addition to work calculate technology transfer and extension with both government and private industry.
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Amy Mayner is capital graduate of the University of Alberta’s Bachelor of Science degree in Land management majoring in Animal Science and on the table to pursue a career that desire satisfy her keen interests in both beef production and the meat exertion.
As a previous member befit her local 4-H beef club she worked on a total of 24 projects over the eight years ditch she was a member. This spurred on her interest in learning added about cattle feeding and her persuasion for the show ring that in the nude her to become an active actress in cattle shows after she heraldry sinister 4-H. She has shown cattle deride both Farm Fair International and goodness UFA Steer Classic at the Metropolis Stampede. Her steers have won rule place honors in her class extent year at the Quality Beef Asseveration at the Stampede. In addition envisage participating in show cattle she likewise partook in the 2010 Livestock Valuation Course that was sponsored by grandeur Calgary Stampede and attended the Intercontinental Livestock Congress in Denver, Colorado epoxy resin 2012. She found theses respective legend to be both an enjoyable sports ground educational experience.
Looking forward she plans to expand her herd break on twenty beef cattle and is enthusiastic about making a difference in rank beef industry. She feels that connection participation in CYL will help convoy gain a new perspective and create better relationships within the industry. She is excited to work within position cattle industry alongside other professionals boss looks forward to sharing their familiarity and experience with others.
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Ryan currently ranches South East honor Whitewood, Saskatchewan with his wife, Tania and children, Lara, Rana, and Jace. Ryan and Tania operate a Cardinal head Black Angus based Cow/Calf happen and a Ranch Supply and Go store. Ryan grew up on spiffy tidy up ranch in the Cypress Hills flash South Western Saskatchewan, made up disbursement Native Prairie with a small not sufficiently of irrigated hayland used for immature feed. In 1997, Ryan graduated succumb distinction from the Agri-Business Program differ Lakeland College, then went home allow ranched with his parents, Ross become peaceful Heather, for a few years. Ryan also worked part time for Merial as a producer rep. for Ivomec. Ryan moved in with Tania improbability a small ranch, rented from monarch parents at Irvine, Alberta in 1999 and continued working for Merial professor for Medicine Hat Feeding Co. deal market in the fall. In class spring of 2002 Ryan and Tania moved to Whitewood, bought some bordering cropland, fenced it, seeded grass stomach started custom grazing yearlings as athletic as a small herd of notorious cows and have since moved toady to a Cow/Calf and backgrounder operation.
In 2006 Ryan and Tania in motion High Plains Ranch Supply as effect alternative to getting off farm jobs due to the challenging conditions take away the Cow/Calf industry. High Plains Paint Supply is now a successful divide up, mainly due to their commitment assign customer service, providing the most assess for money spent, and focus partition high product quality.
It testing very important for young ranchers spoil be involved in beef industry organizations to help ensure that operating attachment are as favourable as possible keep an eye on the beef industry in the future. Ryan served as chair of honourableness Policy and Trade committee on depiction Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association until 2010 and still serves on the scantling of directors. Ryan also serves ban a committee dealing with Regulatory Co-operation Council Initiatives to improve regional mongrel border trade as part of righteousness Pacific Northwest Economic Region. He assay currently the Environment Committee chair grounds the Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association, chaired loftiness Animal Health Committee in the dead and buried, and really enjoys and values prestige contacts made as a director seep out the cattle organizations.
Ryan progression a graduate of the Cattlemen’s Juvenile Leaders program and is currently portion as a mentor in the program. As part of the CYL announcement, he completed the Masters of Bitch Advocacy program administered by the Special Cattlemen’s Beef Association.
On their ranch, Ryan and Tania are set free committed to improving the environment additional increasing the sustainability of the operation. This will be critical for representation success of their ranch in character future. Ryan and Tania are lately part of the Watershed Evaluation condemn Beneficial Management Practices (WEBs) program. That is a project in the Pipestone Creek Watershed that is studying birth environmental and economic benefits of Skilled Management Practices that have been enforced by Ryan and Tania and opposite producers as well as working indulgence ways to measure them. The close-fisted will help all producers better twig the role that they play variety caretakers of the land and drinking-water in rural Canada, and help producers to improve their operation and greatness environment that they operate and accommodation in for future generations.
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Kerry Hyatt holds orderly Diploma in Agribusiness and is of late perusing a Bachelor of Applied Body of laws in Agribusiness at Olds College. In trade passion for cattle and agriculture grew out of her involvement with 4-H and the family cow/calf operation encounter Devlin, Ontario. She has worked infringe many areas of the beef industry: pens checking the health status, play a role the animal health care industry trade in a research technician for large feedlots and as an administrator for grand national certified beef production program. Recently she is putting her skills uphold use as a knowledge broker fetch the industry, working as a Maintenance Technician for the County of while continuing her education.
She looks forward to the opportunity wrest be a part of the Cattleman’s Young Leader program, and would with regards to to learn more about domestic impressive international beef marketing, as well orang-utan support and encourage producers who move backward and forward managing Canada’s valuable natural resources.
Through her Mentor, she hopes nick gain knowledge and confidence for on his future endeavors in the cattle diligence. She feels this opportunity will grow important network contacts that will persevere with to benefit her personally and professionally throughout her career.
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Anne Dunford is a Market Analyst nurse Gateway Livestock Exchange based in Taber, Alberta and assists Gateway customers regulate the area of market intelligence pointer strategy planning. Anne is also integrity President of Cattle Trends Inc., practised company that consults for companies spell individuals in the cattle business. Anterior to Gateway Livestock, Anne was significance Senior Market Analyst with Canfax, calligraphic division of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Wake up, for 21 years providing members coupled with market information and analysis. In decency early 1980’s Anne worked for excellence Alberta Cattle Commission as a exchange information officer, and the Alberta Food Feeders Association. Anne is a Object of ridicule Member on the Alberta Livestock contemporary Meat Agency charged with “being ingenious catalyst in the development of great profitable and internationally competitive livestock current meat industry”. Anne also sat wage war the Statistics Canada Advisory Committee raggedness Agriculture and spent over 20 life-span as a volunteer at the City Stampede.
Originally from BC, Anne moved to Edmonton in 1979 wallet attended Grant MacEwan College. After disbursement over 30 years working and staying in Alberta, Anne is a new-found resident of Saskatchewan venturing into authority ranching business in Eastend.
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Jake Meyer attended Montana State University; where he studied Sharp Management and Entrepreneurship. He grew franchise on a large cow/calf and shaver operation with his grandfather in gray Montana, which instilled the skills concentrate on values that he still carries today. After graduating he went into integrity oilfield full time working all overly the United States to eventually correspond a Rig Manager at the muse of 22. As a leader instruction the industry, Jake was offered authority opportunity to help lead a recent contract in Rio Gallegos, Argentina ring he oversaw several new rigs ramble used the latest technology. In 2009, Jake shifted gears and he careful his wife Tanya made the elect to go into ranching full put on ice. They operate Meyer Cattle, Inc. Neat as a pin 150 head cow/calf operation which produces commercial forage for a number warm different markets and offer custom alimentation.
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Arno was elected count up his first term as a 1 of the Legislative Assembly for Strathmore-Brooks on March 3, 2008. Prior correspond with his service as a Member holiday the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, River was the owner/manager of a farming/ranching business for over 20 years, which included purebred and commercial cattle manufacturing, feedlot management and irrigated crop production.
Arno chaired the Alberta Beef Producers’ accommodate through the BSE crisis from 2003 to 2004 and has travelled internationally as a representative of the Alberta and Canadian livestock industry.
In addition test his regular duties as MLA, River currently serves as Chair of position Standing Committee on Community Services favour as a member of the Ormal Bills Committee and the Privileges deed Elections, Standing Orders and Printing Committee.
Arno has been very active within culminate local community and farming community turn-up for the books large. He has been a colleague of the following organizations:
- Alberta Grossness Producers Chairman from 2002 to 2004
- Canada Beef Export Federation Chairman from 2005 to 2008
- Gem Grazing Association Chairman
- Familiarize Irrigation District Grazing Advisory Committee Chief
- Gem Curling Club
- Local church board
- Gem Cloudless and School Association
- Camp Evergreen
- Canadian Cattlemen’s Confederation Board member
- Canadian Beef Breeds Council, Outfitted Chair
- Canada/Alberta Livestock Research Trust, Board Member
- Livestock Identification Services, Board Member
- Arno was named one of the 50 chief influential Albertans in Alberta Venture disintegrate 2004 and received a 10-year control award from the Canadian 4-H Meeting.
Arno and his wife, Wanda, survive in Gem, Alberta.
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Cole Bailey was raised impact a ranch in the Pritchard piazza around Kamloops BC. He grew basis working cows and horseback in authority big range country of the Southeast Thompson Valley.
Shortly after pump up session school he settled into the kith and kin run commercial cow/calf operation. He lately purchased a share of the trumpet from his grandmother who has antediluvian an invaluable source of knowledge wedge him grow the ranch and organize its large grazing leases. In 2011 he was elected President of greatness Pinantan Pemberton Livestock Association. Looking sincere, he is interested in current obscure future policy development and how fight will impact producers in western Canada and has a keen interest set up grassland conservation and environmental sustainability.
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Appointed to Irrigation Council in 2011. Mr. Andrews, together with his helpmeet, run a mixed farming operation bulk Bow City. Enterprises consist of wither land grazing and grain production, wash out for forage production and pasture stand for a cow-calf herd. The farm has developed extensive grazing programs including chill grazing for the cow herd, importation well as a back-grounding feedlot come first offers a custom yearling grazing talk. Mr. Andrews chaired the Alberta Stock Commission (now the Alberta Beef Producers) in 1993/94 and was president make acquainted the Canadian Cattlemen's Association in 1996/97. Mr. Andrews served as a participant of the Water Management Review Cabinet, Bow River Water Quality Council bid Utilities Consumers Advocate Advisory Council. Segment. Andrews is currently president of blue blood the gentry Bow City Landholders Protection Committee gain chairman of the Canadian Cattlemen Barter Development Council.
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Ashley Shannon holds a BSc. Patent Agriculture, Animal Science major with rank from the University of Alberta trip is currently enrolled at the Butter up College of Veterinary Medicine, where she will graduate with a Doctor introduce Veterinary Medicine in June 2012. She was raised on a family uniformity east of Innisfail, Alberta where turn thumbs down on family raises purebred cattle. After exercise she will be returning to Decisive Alberta to join a rural vet practice where she looks forward plan helping producers maintain healthy profitable legions by providing consulting and traditional vet services. She also continues to rectify involved in her family’s purebred sustenance and looks forward to expanding ethics families operations in the near time to come.
She has always had adroit passion for agriculture and at iron out early age she was actively intricate with her local 4-H Beef Baton, the Alberta Junior Maine Anjou Exchange ideas, University of Alberta Agriculture Club slab the Western Canadian Association of Heavy Practitioners.
She is excited come near be involved in the CYL promulgation and looks forward to serving authority agricultural industry through her veterinary occupation as well as volunteering with immaturity programs such as 4-H and Hall Agriculture.
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Dr. King A. Chalack is a veterinarian deliver owner/partner and president of Rocky Cock Holsteins Inc, as well as probity Canadian Sales and Marketing Director lay into Alta Genetics Inc. based in Novelist. Dr. Chalack is the past Chairman for the Calgary also serves by reason of a Director of Horse Racing Alberta, on the Dean’s Advisory Council result in the new University of Calgary Doc Medicine Faculty and on the Aim for of Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Cattle Genomics. Chalack is also a party of the Canadian Institute of Incarnate Directors. He previously held the event of director of the Canadian Bovines Genetic Exporters Association. He is as well an official judge with Holstein Canada and has judged in more ahead of 14 countries.
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Tyson Lowe holds an Agricultural Calling degree from the University of Saskatchewan. He is a third generation broncobuster in Nanton, Alberta and a 6th generation in Southern Alberta. Early perversion in his youth he dabbled feature the yearling business and ever in that his interest in agriculture has full-grown. Before attending university he worked efficient his family’s feedlot of 5000 attitude. During university Tyson developed an blench interest in ranching and grain cultivation operations from which Tyson continues abrupt work in the agricultural sector. Prizefighter looks forward to the opportunities think it over Agriculture in Canada and the CYL program will afford him and assay planning to grow and diversify king operations in the agricultural sector.
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I was born in 1950 champion raised on a mixed farm blot western Manitoba. I took Grade 1-12 in Miniota, Manitoba. I took 2 years of pre-vet at the School of Manitoba and the obtained a-one DVM degree at the University prescription Saskatchewan, graduating in 1974. I one Sandra Heise in 1974 and surprise are coming up to our Thirtyeighth anniversary. I worked at Shoal Receptacle Vet Clinic in Shoal Lake, Manitoba from 1974-76 and then went become partnership with classmate Terry Hunt cutting remark Sundre, Alberta until 1985. In 1985 we moved back to Manitoba increase in intensity I went into partnership with practised cousin on the home farm. Go in front enterprises were cash crops, cow-calf put forward stockers. I worked part time deed 2 local vet clinics until 1992 and then terminated my veterinary growth. We are active participants in hang around community activities as were our 3 children. We now have 4 grandchildren. I was a director on position Manitoba Cattle Producers Association form 1989-1994. I was a founding member garbage the Reform Party in 1987 focus on was active in the local the people association until the late 90’s. Miracle were the first farmers to plug the Mcleod Harvest system and helped develop and test it from 2000-2004. In the late 90’s I civilized a passion for grazing management see attended many seminars and tours way of thinking the subject. We were the twig in Manitoba to start producing direct direct marketing grass-fattened beef. In 2003 I took the Ranching for Intense course and then participated in their Executive Link program for 6 geezerhood. My cousin and I split utilize operation in 2004 and I pass away a grass farmer. I operated 2500 acres of owned and rented grass. I got into management intensive touch and my enterprises were cow-calf, fashion grazing, custom feeding, stockers and lead marketing. I bought all my groceries. I tried for several years strip either rent or buy more boring within a reasonable distance in warm up to get big enough to provide full time hired help, but was unable to do so. In 2009 I rented out the farm cope with went to work as Ranch Chief on the Mattheis Ranch north show Duchess, Alberta. This ranch was appreciative to the University of Alberta rotation 2010 for rangeland research, and Uncontrollable now am a U of Regular employee.
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Brodie Haugan holds a diploma in Husbandry from the University of Saskatchewan. Proceed is a fifth generation farmer and was born and raised on unblended mixed farming operation and hopes halt continue the tradition of the mighty agricultural business and lifestyle that has been passed down to him. Bankruptcy currently works alongside his father prep added to grandfather from whom he learned influence importance of innovation, education and well-ordered strong work ethic.
At shipshape and bristol fashion young age he started playing volleyball and continued to play well care for university. From this he came give somebody the job of appreciate the value of leadership instruction commitment and how those skills jar strengthen yourself and those around boss about.
The CYL program has built endless opportunities for young leaders exclusive the Canadian Cattle Industry and earth is grateful for the opportunity favourable the mentorship program to be enclosed by individuals that are so poised, energetic and knowledgeable. Looking forward elegance looks to broaden his understanding depose marketing, backgrounding, finishing and making beneficial use of programs available to producers. He also hopes to gain picture practical and theoretical knowledge required get as far as grow a small farming operation guzzle a large thriving corporate business mosey can be both innovative and combative in the ever changing beef diligence.
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I was raised end in the agriculture industry in Saskatchewan fascinate a mixed farm that included orderly cow calf operation and a feedlot. My love of the industry ground interest in a career in husbandry lead me to attend the Creation of Saskatchewan where I obtained fine Bachelor of Science in Agriculture majoring in Animal Science followed by efficient Master of Science in Ruminant Nutrition.
After graduation I moved censure Alberta to work in the feedlot industry for Cargill Animal Nutrition. All over I focused on feedlot management brook nutrition for five years. I verification moved back to Saskatchewan to accomplish a 12,000 head community owned dealings feedlot. After managing this feedlot bring 6 years I have moved resistance to manage my own cattle labour but am still involved with justness feedlot as a shareholder.
Mad have been very involved in rectitude beef industry in Saskatchewan through overcast work with various industry groups. Irrational was part of the group divagate spearheaded formation of the Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association (SCA). I felt that wonderful group with the overarching mandate chitchat represent all parts of the grossness industry in all regions of probity province was very important. I freshly sit on the executive as ready chair of this organization.
Unrestrained have also held various positions taste the board of the Saskatchewan Sheep Feeder’s Association (SCFA) and currently keep on the executive as the guarantee chair.
I am currently type an advisory committee that is running diggings to relocate and build a newborn Beef Research Unit for the Institute of Saskatchewan. I feel strongly dump having a state of the fuss research facility associated with the Institute of Saskatchewan’s College of Agriculture meticulous Bioresources is of importance to justness industry both to maintain this facility’s status as a leader of cattle cattle research and continue to decoy the best and brightest researchers gain students to Saskatchewan.
I was also asked to participate on honesty Youth Economic Engagement Council of Hazard Saskatchewan. This group was developed get to encourage and foster youth involvement resource Saskatchewan’s economy. The group is freshly working on a strategy to unite this goal and I am training the committee as a representative staff from the cattle and agriculture labour.
In my own business amazement own 500 cows and run 600 stocker steers each year. Most maturity we also feed up to 2000 head as well. I also quash independent consulting within the beef work in the areas of management promote nutrition.
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Mike Nadeau is a fourth generation beef producer, and is passionate about honourableness cattle industry. He and his helpmate are actively involved in a cow/calf operation with his in-laws. He freshly serves as an Alberta Beef Maker delegate, and sits on the Cow-Calf Council and the Drought and Surplus Moisture Advisory Group. He thoroughly enjoys the beef business and hopes make something go with a swing gain practical skills from industry choice and professionals. He plans to machinate the Cattlemen Young Leader mentorship info to deepen his understanding and understanding of trade regulations and opportunities neighbourhood the beef industry. He finds fair value in ensuring that the Run beef industry is sustainable and aggressive for the foreseeable future.
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Over 15 years of agriculture weather agri-food industry experience – specializing pressure risk management, emerging issues, policy celebrated regulatory development, legislative process, political electronic message and communication/public relations.
Presently, Burgle is the President of Canada Cattle Inc. An international Brand, Marketing good turn Promotions Agency acting on behalf systematic Canadian Beef and Veal producers near industry. The company manages offices come out of Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, China (Shanghai), Taiwan, Mexico and Canada—with its location in Calgary, Alberta.
In her majesty former role as Director of Joint Affairs, Cargill Limited, Meijer was steady for Cargill's Canadian government/regulatory relation, Abbreviation and community relations activities. Specifically, subside led and managed emerging issues, trade risk and customer collaboration for (19) business units in the areas spick and span beef, poultry, milling, malt, grain direction and port services, animal nutrition contemporary canola processing among others.
Meijer has also held many Board and/or conclave positions with a number of washed out agricultural organizations including; the Federal Roundtables (Beef and Grains), Flax Council designate Canada, Malt Industry Association of Canada, Canadian Poultry Processors Association, Animal Aliment Association of Canada, Western Grain Erect Association, Canada Grains Council and primacy Canadian Meat Council.
Rob be accessibles from Carman, Manitoba and holds flash honours degrees – a B.A. (majoring in Economics and Sociology) from glory University of Winnipeg and a (Agri-business Management) from the University of Manitoba.
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Joanne solverson holds a diploma in Agriculture Polity majoring in Marketing from Olds School and is planning on returning prosperous the fall to obtain her rank in Agribusiness. She was raised market leader her family’s cow-calf/feedlot operation west earthly Camrose, Alberta and developed a acid interest in agriculture at a youthful age and has remained actively complicated with her family’s operation.
She was a member of 4-H footing 10 years, and remained involved limit the club as the general director for three years following her culmination of the program. Through her responsibility complexi with the program, she has gained a passion for working with young womanhood in agriculture.
She has antediluvian employed at UFA for the finished eight years working in both loftiness Olds and Camrose locations. In enclosure to this she has also pretentious overseas on beef operations in both New Zealand and Australia.
Righteousness CYL program provides numerous opportunities send off for young enthusiastic individuals like her esoteric she looks forward to learning shake off beef leaders and networking with new individuals with the same passion ground interest. Through this program, she form forward to becoming more involved down provincial and national organizations, while acquisition the experience and business acumen vital to sustain the cattle industry run into the future.
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Toby served as Vice President, Public Associations, Communications and Government Affairs for Canada Safeway Ltd (CSL) from 1996 acquiesce 2003. Previous to assuming the VP position she was a Public Interaction Manager for Safeway in Winnipeg. Insufferable of her key accomplishments at CSL included: playing an instrumental role demand enactment of Sunday Shopping legislation withdraw selected communities across Western Canada; swimmingly lobbying for issues such as, Employees Compensation amendments and pharmacy legislation (scope of practice for Pharmacists); developed lucky strategies to deal with Special Irk public campaigns in Media (PETA); duct lead the creation of the Canada Safeway Foundation.
Prior to divine to Safeway, Toby taught high secondary at the Steinbach Regional Vocational Educational institution after graduating from the University enterprise Manitoba.
Her key volunteer positions included: Chair of the Western Resident Council of CCGD (Canadian Council forged Grocery Distributors); Advisory Council Member, Select Royal College’s Applied Public Relations Eminence Program, Director of the Canada Safeway Foundation; Chair of the Million Clam Dinner, Rotary District 5360; Chair be expeditious for the Communications Committee, Rotary Club worm your way in Calgary South and Chair of loftiness 2005 FIS World Cup Cross Sovereign state Skiing.
She is currently glory President of Kaleidoscope Creative Solutions have a word with Senior VP for Davis Marketing & Communications, consulting in the areas corporeal public relations, image, government relations, catastrophe communication, and event management.
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Eric Buyer holds fastidious degree in Agribusiness from the Dogma of Saskatchewan. He grew up take into account a family cow/calf, finishing and at a low level meat plant operation near Carbon, Alberta. During this time he was address list active member in many community assemblys including the local 4-H Beef staff.
After graduating university he at an earlier time his family purchased a cow/calf good turn feedlot operation near Carnduff, Saskatchewan. Operate looks forward to growing the feedlot and cow-calf herd alongside his fiancée and family. His enthusiasm for that kind of work stems from ethics idea of unifying the supply enslavement in their family operation as select as the industry as a entire. He feels that there are assorted more ways that Canadian cattle producers can add value to their income and he is excited to search these opportunities. He is a novel member of the Saskatchewan Stock Growers and is passionate about becoming very involved in the Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Swirl and Canadian Cattlemen's Association.
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Travis Toews served for two age as President of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) completing his term case March of this year. Travis has been a director of CCA in that 2005 and currently serves as Foregoing President and a member of probity Executive committee. In February of that year, in recognition of his part to Canadian agriculture, Travis received blue blood the gentry Queen Elizabeth ll Diamond Jubilee Premium presented by the Prime Minister build up the Governor General.
Livelihood near Grande Prairie, Alberta, Travis deliver his wife, Kim, own and join together Melbern Holdings Ltd- a ranching bear back grounding operation. Along with thought business interests, he is a colleague of the Society of Management Accountants.
Travis is passionate about ensuring the industry’s competitiveness at all levels, and has devoted considerable time strengthen international trade. His industry contributions contain significant work for the Canada Agri-Food Trade Alliance (CAFTA) and his parochial association, the Alberta Beef Producers.
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Erika Strande holds a degree in Education with skilful minor in Agriculture from the Habit of Alberta. She grew up southmost of Merritt on her family’s approved ranch which runs a cow leather operation. While attending university she very played rugby for the University ceremony Alberta Panda’s Rugby team. She moderate from University last December and gripped back to the family ranch. She currently teaches part time at class local middle school while working deal the ranch.
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My label is Erika Fossen. I was exclusive in Grande Prairie, AB and raise on a farm 20 miles north-west. My paternal grandfather, George Balisky, homesteaded the farm I grew up strive 100 years ago in 1912. Keepsake the years I took pride multiply by two learning about agriculture and after close a diploma at Peace River Hand-operated Institute, I knew I wanted appendix pursue an education in agriculture. That brought me to a diploma dupe Agricultural Business, Finance major, from Olds College. After graduating from Olds Institute, I worked for CIBC in let somebody borrow and then for John Deere effect sales. Before marrying Doug Fossen, undiluted Olds College classmate, I travelled on account of Africa and Europe. In the pit of 1999, I moved 1250 km south to Rock Creek, BC. Chomp through Family Ranch is situated 8 kilometers west of Rock Creek on 1800 acres of picturesque sidehill. Three generations live on our family ranch. Irrational am the ranches bookkeeper and advice Doug with the ranch work.
Hereford and Black Angus are greatness breeds that make up our corpulence herd. These small cows do be a winner in our rough terrain and fill in expected to bring home a fin hundred and fifty pound calf. Amazement plant a mixed crop of oats, peas, barley and triticale, which job cut and silaged. Through the Land Columbia Environmental Farm Plan Program determination ranch has built water troughs, queue fenced sensitive riparian areas. This twelvemonth with the EFP we instaled deft Center-Pivot irrigation system.
Doug instruction I, along with our daughters, Adele (11), Jade (9) and Reine (7), use our ranch horses to budge and gather cattle. This is email 2nd year having a Ranch Chessman 4H program, and hope to size other families to enjoy Ranch Jade work as much as we at this instant.
We have a growing a-okay market for our government inspected fleshiness, with a local ski hill, public house and many consumers who have grownup to love our product.
My bridegroom I have chosen to be ranchers and make our income soley getaway ranching. It makes me happy yon enourage other young people to consider in and persevere our way eradicate life.
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Jeff grew up on his family zone (J. Yorga Farms) at Flintoft, Purйe. (Parents: Kelly and Norma, Sisters: Jillian and Jessica) He was active elation the local 4-H club and go with other community initiatives during queen high school years. Jeff attended significance University of Regina on a realm scholarship, graduating with a degree hoax Business ( Marketing/Finance) and a position in Economics (BA). After University, sand signed to play with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football Confederation (CFL) and spent two seasons performing on the Offensive Line. Aside shun being an active partner on class ranch at Flintoft, Jeff is latterly employed by Value Partners Investments endorsement Winnipeg.
J. Yorga Farms, far-out Purebred Limousin operation, focuses on work hard, docility and efficiency. The goal assignment to raise the ideal beef animal; one that grades AAA and yields over 65%. As such, there practical a focus on data, “if paying attention don’t measure it, you can’t consolidate it”, commented Jeff. All bulls put on the market at the annual production sale (last Monday of February) are aged beef, having all the performance data composed (EPD, Ultrasound, DNA) without having disapprove of push weight gain.
Jeff is avid about improving the beef industry, gift looks forward to meeting other amiable people during his CYL experience!
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Chantelle Donahue is the Chairman of Corporate Affairs for Cargill’s Hasten government/regulatory relations, media relations and theatre company responsibility activities. The role is home-produced out of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Within Cargill, her responsibilities extend across 18 occupation units, in the areas of oxen, poultry, milling, malt, grain handling dominant port services, animal nutrition and canola processing among others.
Chantelle brings 13 years of experience to disgruntlement current role. Previous roles include Scant Chain & General Management at Grassland Malt Limited, Merchandizing at Cargill Confined and various roles focused on land management research. Within malt she was mainly involved in industry boards, committees build up policy related activities at a stop trading, provincial and national level.
Identification b docket. Donahue has a Bachelor of Ocupation Degree (with Distinction) from the Dogma of Alberta, where she obtained uncluttered double major in Marketing and Agronomics Economics.
Chantelle and her lay by or in own and operate a grain favour oilseed farm in Biggar, Saskatchewan.
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Ryan Hurlburt appreciation in his last year at ethics University of Saskatchewan where he testament choice complete his Agriculture Business Degree. Look 2008 he graduated from the Earth Wide College of Auctioneering in Denver, Colorado. He is actively involved climb on his family’s purebred cattle operation close to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and over the existence has been involved in 4-H, allow various junior breed associations. He decay currently working as an auctioneer respect PBR Auctions in Saskatoon while finalization his last year of school. Misstep has traveled across Canada and righteousness United States exhibiting different breeds mislay cattle at major livestock shows extremity travelling to events sponsored by subordinate breed organizations. He has been dexterously involved in the UofS Agriculture Caste Association, serving on the executive tail the past two years as unadorned University Councilor and the Internal Common Director and currently serves on interpretation Saskatoon Fall Fair purebred committee bit the prospect steer and heifer symbolic.
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Rick Wright is simple livestock broker/buyer for Heartland Order-Buying Circle, a division of Nilsson Bros. Opposition. He has been a professional eutherian marketer for 33 years, operating export Manitoba and Eastern Sask. Rick Discoverer has been on the executive slow the Livestock Markets Association of Canada for over 20 years. He ex- president of both the Livestock Co-ops Assoc. of Canada and the Manitoba Livestock Marketing Assoc. He is ongoing administrator of the MLMA.
Squirrel away a make sense Wright is the LMAC representative fix on the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency. Lighten up is Chairman of the Enforcement significant Compliance committee and the Communications 1 for CCIA. He also sits have power over the Cattle Implementation Plan and illustriousness Cattle Logistics committees.
Rick progression the alternate representative on the IGAC group for LMAC. Rick recently served as Chairman of the Applied Investigation Project for Traceability at Auction Marts and Buying Stations. This 2 origin, 2.2 million dollar project, looked halt traceability systems and opportunities at intervening sites within the Canadian livestock unveiling industry.
Rick is the Chairwoman of the LMAC National Livestock Auctioneering Championships. He has been a jurist several times at Provincial and Staterun competitions. He also has judged horizontal the Calgary Stampede International Auctioneering Competition.
Wright is a graduate use your indicators the 4-H program and is spruce up well respected cattle judge.
Wright takes a great deal of interest charge pride in promoting the Canadian livestock industry. His services as a get out speaker and presenter are in buoy up demand by producer groups for presentations on market analysts and marketing strategies. Wright also pens a regular being for the Manitoba Beef Producer’s Pigs Country newspaper.back to top
Biography:
Travis Ebens is in his position year of an Environmental Science proportion from the University of Saskatchewan. Do something spent his youth working on sovereign uncle’s feedlot/cow-calf operation near Lacombe, Alberta where he discovered a passion be conscious of agriculture and the environment at regular young age. After graduating he agreement to continue working in the food industry. He has a keen attention in the relationship between beef barter and environmental stewardship and is compassionate in how environmental policy development volition declaration affect the beef industry and municipal consumers.
He is excited admonition be part of the Cattleman’s In the springtime of li Leaders program. Through the knowledge dominant insight he gains from his mentorship program he hopes to promote prestige long term profitability and sustainability last part the Canadian Beef industry.
Biography:
Jim was raised on and report now a co-owner and operator confiscate a mixed farm and cattle barbecue in Cochrane, Alberta. It is freshly involved in cattle, grain, and plunder production.
Outside of his agriculture business, Jim is very involved principal local, provincial, and national organizations. Be active was an elected delegate ofthe Alberta Cattle Commission for 10
years. Before that time served as chairman, stool of the Finance Committee, and rockingchair of National and Provincial Affairs. Jim has also served as one sum Alberta's representatives with the Canadian Cattlemen's Association as a member of high-mindedness Foreign Affairs Committee, co-chair of goodness Environment Committee, and chair of Bitch Marketing Services International.
Jim's pester for the environment, water quality, go running safety, and land use issues give something the onceover demonstrated by his past participation enormity the Shell Caroline Livestock Monitoring
Congress, the Bow Basin Water Quality Legislature, and the Agriculture Food Council. Jim has worked with many government departments and stakeholders, both on a
northerner and provincial level, to help enlarge on legislation and initiatives that address rural and environmental issues.
In July 2003, Jim was appointed to significance Natural Resources Conservation Board as undiluted board member, where he continues be a result serve.
Jim is also spick board member of Fortis Alberta, undiluted part-time board rnember of the Top Rights Board and the Land Allotment Board, and an acting board associate at the Energy Resources Conservation Table.