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Manitoba Angus Association Annual Meeting Report
Submitted by Lois McRae
Our Manitoba Angus Annual Meeting was held on January 3, 2009 at the Royal Oak Inn in Brandon. The meetings are held along with the 4 other Beef Breeds and we all join up at supper time for a banquet and entertainment.
An enthusiastic group of Angus Breeders attended the meeting and along with the various reports a Roundtable discussion on Green Tags, and World Angus Forum were held. This brought out many new ideas for the new board to work on. The Association continues to spend a large amount of their budget on Promotion and advertising in the newsletter, newspapers, radio and website www.mbangus.ca.
Canadian Angus President, Bob Switzer of Aneroid, SK and Past President, Barry Young of Carievale,SK gave a detailed report on the happenings at the Canadian Angus Association, informing us that the Canadian Registrations had another record year with over 62,000 registrations, McDonalds Angus Burger, very popular and it is important to get the Angus Green tags in your Angus Calves for marketability. The World Angus Forum in July 2009 at Spruce Meadows, Alberta was discussed in detail and Bob and Barry hope many will plan to attend this unique event, and be part of the ANGUS BREED.
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Directors for the 2009 year are:
Terms for 2 three year directors are: Ryan Shearer, Wawanesa and Doug Stamler, Stonewall were elected.
Terms for 3 one year directors are Alana Van Steelandt, Melita; Dallas Johnson, Brookdale; and Allan Nykoliation of Crandall were elected.
Junior Director - Jarret Pernarowski, Dauphin.
Other directors still on the board are: Tim Baker, Neepawa, Kent Topham Grandview and Shawn Birmingham, Brandon.
Canadian Director - Lois McRae of Brandon.
Honorary President – Floyd and Joan Darling of Treherne.
Commercial Producers – Tribar Ranching Co. (Ken and Judy Hoff Family) of Moosehorn, MB.
Purebred Producers for 2008 are Hamco Red Angus, (David, Alberta and Glen Hamilton and Families of Glenboro and Morden, MB).
Vice President Tim Baker thanked our Retiring Director: Lyall Edgerton for all his efforts over the years and his dedication to the Angus Breed. He will be missed by the Angus Association and he was presented with a World Angus Forum shirt.
The new Board for 2009 was elected with Shawn Birmingham of Brandon as President; Tim Baker of Neepawa as Vice-President. Arlene Kirkpatrick will continue as Secretary- Treasurer.
Thanks to all of our sponsors for their generous donations to help put these meetings on.
Manitoba Angus purebred breeder of the year
Hamco Cattle Co., Glenboro, MB
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MaHamco Cattle Co. is a joint venture between Albert & Gail Hamilton, Glen & Carleen Hamilton, Dr. David & Shelley Hamilton and Embryo Genetics Ltd. The farm is located south of Glenboro, Manitoba, 50 miles southeast of Brandon. Hamco began in 1995 when Albert & Glen sold their dairy cows and quota and purchased 250 commercial crossbred beef cows. Several elite donor cows were purchased and put into an embryo transfer program and embryos were implanted into the commercial cows. Through ET and AI the purebred herd has grown to 450 Red Angus and 90 Black Angus cows. They also purchased and raised some outstanding walking herd bulls. They strive to produce strong functional cattle that perform well and are problem free.
Hamco has an indoor bull sale on the farm and the 11th Annual Hamco Bull Sale will be held on Saturday, March 21, 2009. They have sold a number of bulls into purebred herds but the bulk of their customers are commercial cattleman. They have sold selected females in the Keystone Klassic, Manitoba Magic and in the Red Coat Advantage Sale in Brandon.
Albert and Glen and their families along with hired help – Cory Manning, Stewart Bertram and Mark Abbey - manage the cattle herd and also a large grain and alfalfa hay operation. They sell hay throughout Manitoba and into the United States.
David is a veterinarian in an 11 person veterinary practice based out of Morden. David and his wife Shelley, an Animal Health Technician, also operate Embryo Genetics Ltd, an Embryo Transfer service that provides ET services throughout Manitoba, south-eastern Saskatchewan and North Dakota. David enjoys the challenge of assisting with the management and breeding decisions in the Hamco herd, and it gives him a chance to practice what he preaches.
Hamco Cattle Co looks forward to continuing to breed strong functional Angus cattle that are well accepted in the cattle industry.
Manitoba Honorary Presidents 2008
Hugh and Sandy Margetts, Buck Valley Ranch, Minto, MB
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Manitoba President, Lyall Edgerton presented the honorary President Pin from the Canadian Angus Association at the Keystone Klassic sale, Brandon to Hughie and Sandy Margetts.
In 1986, the Margetts purchased their first red bred heifer from Charlie and Ruby Simpson and the next year a group of bred heifers from Ron Drinnan.
Hughie served as a director on the Manitoba Angus Board, worked on the 1995 annual Meeting and served one the sponsorship committee for the 2005 Centennial Angus meeting in Brandon. Hughie is always there to help at the Manitoba Livestock Expo or any Angus event.
Buck Valley have been active in Douglas Bull test, Southwest Bull Development Center and Red Power Angus Breeders (for 14 years).
In 2004 they moved selling their bulls to Blair and Lois McRae’s Bull Sale on the farm and in the fall of 2006 Mar Mac Farms purchased the heart of the Buck Valley herd.
Hughie and Sandy are still maintain a small herd of Red Angus Cows as they are winding down their career in the Cattle Business.
Congratulations to the Margetts of Minto, MB as the 2008 Manitoba Angus Honorary Presidents.
Manitoba Angus Association Commercial Producer 2009
Tribar Ranching - Ken and Judy Hoff and Family
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Tribar Ranching Co. (derived from the brand of a Triangle Bar) is a partnership owned by Ken and Judy Hoff, son Kelvin and family, son-in-law Arid Nottveit and family, of Moosehorn, Manitoba.
The Cows pasture on native grass and swamp land, then are wintered on wild hay. Only when forced to buy feed do they get the luxury of tame hay.
They maintain around 30 purebred Black Angus in their battery of breeding bulls. When possible, they like to see the dams of the bulls, they purchase, ideally just after calving. Any animal that is wild or aggressive, or bad uddered, is not considered. Tribar look for easy fleshing cattle, but don’t believe they have to go small to achieve that. They also need some leg to be able to travel and those short legged cows cause trouble for new-borns to start sucking. Tribar pays attention to EPD’s and ultrasound, but first they have to look like an Angus.
For the past 40 years, the Hoff Family has ranched in Alberta, British Columbia and Manitoba purchasing Hereford, Charolais , Red Angus and Black Angus Bulls. Each has their turn at bringing a premium on the market. At the present time, they market their calves at the Angus influence sale in Ashern. These calves are green tagged and sell in big packages usually topping the market and are a feature at the Angus Sales.
Their son-in-law, Ed Seibert (the mechanic) and his family are now part of the operation, so the cows must support four families. The cows are working at it and the Hoff’s wish the markets would cooperate.
Congratulations to the Hoff Family of Tribar Ranching for their achievements in the Angus business as Manitoba’s Commercial Producers of the Year 2009.
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