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Canadian Galloway Association Advance 2011 Canadian Galloway Association Members - 2010 Alberta Airth, Robert Braun, Sarah Brenchley, Brad & Katherine Campbell, Ken Crawford, Stuart Drake, Michael & Cindy Goodrich, Darcy & Candace Gorr, ,Tom & Danielle Gutteridge, Paul Hirch, Roy Horvey, Russel Wesley G, Wyatt & Dustin Jackson, Earl Kaiser, Randy Paulette Mueller, Kolton Darcy H. & Connie Noad, Fred Poulsen, B J Ramsay, George Joan Schweer, Steve & Bonnie 403-938-7543 403-507-0414 403-876-2226 403-340-6783 403-627-8808 780-888-3791 403-443-7829 780-962-1541 403-223-3274 403-749-2780 780-986-1260 403-782-6184 403-333-6653 403-722-3420 403-820-0931 403-823-9788 403-747-2379 403-224-2392 780-907-7807 780-998-3418 403-227-3428 British Columbia Bartsch, Lori 604-853-9822 Fryatt, Mike 250-679-2735 Jones, Christina, Jorel, Quentin, & Steven 604-820-9014 Lewans, Mike 306-297-6358 Lindquist, Julie 250-446-2131 Paidel, W & A J 306-862-5934 Patterson, Kelsey 604-467-8850 Schapansky, Marlene & Dan 250-674-7113 Spady, Dean & Suzanne 604-820-9014 Steves, Harold & Kathy 604-277-7759 Van Wyck, Doug & Helen 604-858-5235 Manitoba Galloway, Fergus Marshall, Ian & Carol Noakes, Douglas 204-847-2130 204-827-2788 204-886-7821 New Brunswick English, Rob 506-325-3850 Ontario Amstutz, Peter Barnes, Delaney 613-347-1124 613-478-1546 Ontario - continued Beech, Rick Bertin, Karen Blake, Greg, Marie , Crystal, Patricia & Victoria Bourne, Christine Breckon, Murray A & Tracy E Burr, Mark Burtis, B L Butson, Dr. A R C Card, Dr. Bradley & Colleen Caviezel, Edith Day, Julie De Bruyne, Phil Dumke, Birgit Ellery, Doug Faulhafer, Dave & Brienne Giffin, Thomas & Jackie Gordon, Chris & Kathy Hill, Ken Irvine, Robert G. & Marjorie McCabe, Brian McGowan, Wendy & Anthony McIlwraith, George & Betty Ciaran & Stuart John B & Letitia M John A. McIntyre, Allan McIntyre, Jack Morrish, Thomas R Newcombe, David & Susan Nieman, Jessica Onufer, Anthony & Beverley Osthaus, Hans Regelink, Henry Rhame, Ron T Robertson, A. Scot Brian Donald A Mary Sachedina, Aamer & Jennifer Salter, Clayton J Schmidt, Larry Smith, Arthur M W Sproston, Andy Stahn, Jolene, Samantha Strecker, Hannelore Toon, John W & Asia Toon, Marie Unsworth, Justus & Morgan 613-478-1546 519-338-3818 519-291-5466 519-638-3445 905-336-3010 519-786-4620 519-424-9043 905-383-6775 519-655-2138 613-636-0816 705-533-2757 519-986-2334 519-485-1929 519-348-8045 905-859-8149 705-248-2373 905-983-9736 519-625-8217 705-437-1550 519-657-5197 519-941-5739 905-659-2311 905-659-3010 905-659-2792 519-922-3397 905-957-3442 807-486-3622 705-695-2421 519-656-9144 905-689-4123 519-986-2334 705-487-2000 519-666-1048 705-322-6977 705-322-6977 705-322-1448 705-322-6977 905-473-6854 519-291-5466 519-338-2455 905-584-5353 905-309-4984 807-486-3382 905-983-5967 905-983-9736 519-338-2455 Ontario - continued Unsworth, Robert 519-338-3333 Van Kampen, George, Dawn, Caleigh & Courtney 519-940-2202 Wagner, Crystal & Kyle 519-595-2860 Wilhelm, Ross & Anne 519-625-8601 Yassein, Leanne 905-697-1527 Québec Alain, France Allaston, Maureen Breton, Alain De Launière, France Dorval, Lynda Filion , Patrice Fortin, Gilles Lagacé, Simon Painchaud, Albert Taylor, John Wenkoff, John & Maureen 418-588-6569 450-263-8316 418-884-3242 418-349-8675 418-884-3242 418-435-2483 418-588-6508 450-799-5117 450-292-4737 450-263-8316 819-459-1202 Saskatchewan Ballantyne, Robert & Sharon 306-845-2481 Bradley, Barry J. 306-773-7103 Bradley, Dennis 306-773-6924 Mrs Ruth 306-773-7082 Canadian Western Agribition Assoc., 306-565-0565 Carr, Derek Fax - 306-232-5481 Carter, Teresa & Lorne 306-534-2092 Croken, Jim & Janice 250-838-0809 Dietrich, Michael 250-924-6496 Flett, Peter G. 306-332-5821 Horvey Joan 306-587-2339 Gary W 306-587-2739 Lyndon K 306-587-2716 Housek, Connie 306-859-2268 Koch, Sharon Paidel, R W & A J 306-862-5934 United States Dirigo Land & Livestock LLC., 307-638-1314 Dykstra, Stuart J 970-625-3865 Eggleston, Dr. Victor & Joyce 608-527-4811 Gerli, Margery 860-364-2161 Hoffman, Joan & Dale 517-627-2310 Jones, Joyce 724-924-2938 Judd, Neil & Connie 815-784-4313 Knott, Robert L. 517-223-1742 McCabe, Joseph H III 802-748-5107 Rabren, Kenneth 615-264-1044 Silberberg, Steven 603-472-2205 Waples, Russ & Susan 406-635-2114 Address Inquiries about Galloways, Belted Galloways and White Galloways to — Canadian Galloway Association Mr. Ron Black, Secretary c/o CLRC 2417 Holly Lane Ottawa, ON, Canada K1V OM7 Tel: 613.731.7110 Fax: 613.731.0704 eMail: [email protected] Website: www.galloway.ca Herd Books The herd book of the Canadian Galloway Association has three sections — Animals registered in the three sections are treated as three distinct “breeds”. Each of the three breeds occur in three colours, BLACK, DUN or RED Section I: Galloway Section II: Belted Galloway Section III: White Galloway The Canadian Galloway Association Herd Book contains all registered Canadian Galloways, Belted Galloways and White Galloways up to 2002. To obtain copies, contact the Secretary, Canadian Galloway Association. For a more detailed explanation please contact the Secretary, Canadian Galloway Association. The Canadian Galloway Association Herd Book is for sale. Prices are as follows. HST and shipping extra Volume Price Volume Price 1 2 3 4 P.O.A. P.O.A. $5.00 $5.00 5 6 7 8 $30.00 $30.00 $30.00 $75.00 Volume 3 thru 8 set: $150.00 A.I. Collected Sires Breeders are urged to obtain a copy of the A.I. and E.T. regulations of the Association from the Secretary, Canadian Galloway Association. A list of the A.I. collected sires is available. Users of Galloway, Belted Galloway or White Galloway semen intending to register progeny must obtain a Semen Certificate for each registration. NOTE: The owners may have restrictions on the sale and use of Semen Certificates. Cover photo - Alistair McIlwraith Designed by All-Tech Literature - Cambridge ON Printed by Waterloo Printing, Waterloo, ON © Copyright 2011 3 9 10 12 14 16 18 20 21 23 24 26 28 31 33 34 4 6 OBC 29 23 IFC IBC 35 2 OBC 22 14 26 32 6 30 7 8 29 11 30 5 36 36 23 Index Presidents Message / Board of Directors Our Investment in Beef´s Future Ballantyne of “Diamond B" Canadian Western Agribition Understanding Ultrasound Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Juniors - Next Generation Breeders Benchmarks Report from Australia Annual General Meeting Report from Scotland Memories of a Galloway Mama Thoughts of a New Galloway Breeder Certified Farming – A Different Approach Scott Van Kampen Memorial Advertisers Alberta Galloway Association Alberta Plaid Galloways Australian Galloway Association Big Deal Galloways Brass Ring Galloways Bydand Grange Canadian Galloway Association - Directory Cedarmill & Killowent Galloways Cranberry Hill Galloways Cutarm Valley Belted Galloways Dun Gal Galloways Eastern Canadian Galloway Association Edgewood Farm Ember Galloways Galair Galloways Galloway Cattle Society of UK & Ireland Geordawn Farms Glenfiddich Galloways Home Valley Farms Ltd. Niagara Galloway Sask-Man Galloway Assoc Solway Galloways Suncrest Farms Try-R-Way Livestock Willow-Mor Farms Windchime Galloways Tattoo Letters 2010 — X 2011 — Y 2012 — Z IMP 1Y Herd Identification Year Letter Sequence Number Canadian Galloway Advance 1 G row w i th G a l loways The Belted Galloway is famous for it’s quiet nature and independent spirit. It is distinct, maternal and docile --- perfect for families and small acreages. If you are looking for a few easy-keeping females to dress up your “front forty” please give us a call. Cutarm Valley Belted Galloways Teresa and Lorne Carter and Family P. O. 176 Spy Hill, Sask. S0A 3W0 Phone: 306-534-2092 2 Canadian Galloway Advance © Copyright 2011 Directors - 2011 Canadian Galloway Associaton President's Message John Toon ello and welcome to all readers of the 2011 John Toon, Galloway Advance. As the newly appointed President president of the association I hope to continue the Edgewood Farm, Pontypool, Ontario tradition of valid leadership and deal with the conInvolved with Galloway's since 2004, my cerns of all members while promoting the breed in herd is comprised of Galloways (Dun, a manner which it deserves, and as such, I encourBlack) and White Galloways. age all members and commercial breeders to bring Marie Blake their questions and concerns to the directors in Vice-President their area so that we are able to contractively imSun Rise Galloway's, prove the breed and its initiatives. Listowel, Ontario H I grew up on Suncrest Farms, started Sun Rise in 2005. Galloway’s are an important part of my family’s life. Brad Card Past President Cranberry Hill Galloways, Tavistock, Ontario Member since 1996, Galloways (Black and Dun) and Belted Galloways with a focus on grass finishing breeding stock. Ciaran McIlwraith Executive Secretary Glenfiddich Galloways, Puslinch, Ontario Galloways have been a part of my life for 30+ years and without them I would never know the people I do. RAWF 2010 (Facing camera) Caleigh Van Kampen George & Betty McIlwraith I would assume that, if you are reading this, you have already made the decision to improve your Big Deal Galloways, herd either by bringing Galloway genetics into your Delburne, Alberta Started showing Galloways in 1960, first commercial herd or by looking for others who have purebred Galloway purchased in 1964, your common interests in Galloway's as the breed presently breeding Galloways and White of the past which will in time be the breed of the Galloways, blacks, reds and duns. future. It is my belief that as time goes by and the cost of raising cattle will inevitably soar due to high Suzanne Spady Spady Farms fuel prices. The breed which will not only survive Deroche, British Columbia but will thrive will be the Galloway. Registered Black and Belted Galloways since 2000. 2010's version of the Advance was a useful tool for myself, not only did we have visits to the farm from Sweden and Australia because of it, I used it Bob Airth quite frequently as a reference for the daily, weekly Walking A Ranches, and monthly dealings as they arose from being part De Wintin, Alberta I own Walking A Ranches Ltd. and regis- of the association. Russel Horvey, ter under the Galair herdname. We have been raising black Galloways since 1946 and White Galloways since 1966. Doug Noakes Strathmore Galloways , Petersfield, Manitoba Started Strathmore Galloways in 1995 and have blacks and reds. I have been involved with Agribition since 2000. Lorne Carter Cutarm Valley Belted Galloways , Spy Hill, Saskatchewan I have always been involved in farming and cattle. At the urging of my wife we started a herd of Belted cattle in 2004. © Copyright 2011 My hopes for this issue is that it brings cattlemen together, both pure bred and the cross bred operators who have made the wise choice of including the Galloway genes in their breeding programs. Through the hard work of members of the promotional committee we bring you a publication that is both useful and educational in the day to day dealings in the Galloway Community. Although the committee is made up of many members I would be remiss in my duties if I did not thank Ciaran Mcllwraith for her efforts because without her there would be no Advance. Canadian Galloway Advance 3 Alberta Plaid Galloway Steve & Bonnie Schweer R. R. #1 Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 5E1 Phone: 403-227-3428 • Fax: 403-227-3423 Email:[email protected] www. albertaplaidgalloway.ca SPECIALIZING IN RED GALLOWAY e traits we are focusing on are: R epeatability & fertility E fficiency & performance D ependability & longevity We are proud to offer one of the largest selections of Red Galloway Genetics in Western Canada March 12, 2011 First Annual Genuine Genetics Bull Sale See our website for details 4 Canadian Galloway Advance © Copyright 2011 R.R. #1, Line 86 #44567 Listowel, ON N4W 3G6 Suncrest Unity & Suncrest Xerxes 2 year old with calf 519 291-2797/5466 Reserve Grand Champion All Breeds Show Harriston Fall Fair Salter Family 648 Parrack Rd. Macks Creek, MO 65786 Champion Rockton World’s Fair Thanks to our Buyers in 2010 Suncrest Whitney (left) Champion Other Breeds National Junior Beef Show RAWF 2010 Suncrest West Virginia (right) Reserve Junior Yearling Heifer RAWF 2010 © Copyright 2011 Canadian Galloway Advance 5 Galloways do it again Native Team at 2010 Royal Highland Show For full reports of Shows and Sales see our new website, also pedigree search Blackcraig Noreen, Silverbell 3rd of Galloway and Kirkstead Nancy Boy A very warm welcome is extended to all our friends overseas. Please do not hesitate to contact the office to arrange your visit to the UK. e Galloway Cattle Society of UK and Ireland 15 New Market Street, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, DG7 12HY email: [email protected] ( (0)44 01556502753 Visit: www.gallowaycattlesociety.co.uk Australian Galloway Association Inc PO Box 42, Westbury, Tas, AUST 7303 Ph/Fax: +61 3 6393 2866 Email: [email protected] Web: www.galloway.asn.au If visiting Australia please contact the Office for members’ details. They would be happy to show you their cattle. 6 Canadian Galloway Advance © Copyright 2011 The McIlwraith’s Champion Breeders Herd — 2010 RAWF donated by George and John McIlwraith Glenfiddich Sapphire Calf at Foot: Glenfiddich Xhosa Glenfiddich Sir William DOB: March 12,2009 Sire: Glenfiddich Pericles Dam: Suncrest Roxie DOB: January 3, 2006 Sire: Solway Chip 2M Dam: Big Deal Miss Unique 14M AI Registered Sires Available Glenfiddich Sagebrush - available for export Glenfiddich Brodie - available for Canada & USA Glenfiddich Urus - available for Canada Banners Last GS of Sully - commercial use only Thank you Marsh Bros. Tractor and the CGA for supporting Stuart in his 4H program John, Jen and Shelby Double J Farms 905-659-2792 livestock enquiries © Copyright 2011 Thank you to our 2010 buyers: Edgewood Farm, Cranberry Hill Galloways, Niagara Galloway, Grimsby, Ontario Tavistock, Ontario Pontypool, Ontario Solway Galloways, Laurel, Ontario Ciaran, Christopher and Stuart 905-659-2311 livestock enquiries John and Lee 905-659-3010 semen and embryo enquiries Canadian Galloway Advance 7 Home Valley Farms Ltd. WƵƌĞďƌĞĚ'ĂůůŽǁĂLJͻEĂƚƵƌĂůĞĞĨͻ&ŽƌĂŐĞΘ'ƌĂŝŶ Tom & Danielle Gorr Three Hills, Alberta (403) 443-7829 [email protected] www.homevalleyfarms.ca Herd Sire 2010: Big Deal Touchdown 23T Ultrasound as Yearling 64.7% Lean Meat Yield REA: 1.24 in2 per 100 lb Our New Investment in Beef’s Future by Tom Gorr, Home Valley Farms Ltd n the fall of 2004 my retiring parents offered round grazing” - the model for minimum producsomewhat of an ultimatum: take over the family tion costs, becomes viable with Galloway. farm or the farm auction would be scheduled. At • Consistency: If a large breed organization tried the time, Danielle and I were to organize a repeatable beef urban professionals: she manquality model, they would aged growth-oriented busifind it to be an exercise in funess enterprises and I was a tility. In contrast, Canada’s consultant to the renewable Galloway herd is held by a energy industry. Comfortable small number of committed in our ability to learn, overbreeders anxious for their star come challenges, and find opto rise. Galloway breeders portunity - we welcomed the have a unique opportunity to prospect of change. We are address this elusive problem now in the seventh year of of consistency, and since the herd book has never managing our mixed farm business. As before, we been opened, the Galloway breed retains an unhave found opportunity to reveal itself as knowlcompromised genetic foundation. edge is built. • Genetic Bridge: As a bonus, Galloway genetics My first serious interest in Galloway began when I sparkle within a commercial cross-breeding prowas looking for Angus-bred females for a planned gram, imparting hybrid vigour to the breeds in commercial herd expansion. One sorting pen had highest use today - making it a powerful genetic a single Galloway-Angus crossbred heifer amongst bridge for addressing future needs. Angus females - WOW! In total, the greatest opportunity in the cattle The appeal of a Galloway-influenced commercial business today may reside in how the Galloway program ultimately gave way to a decision to tranbreed could position itself to address the systemic sition to a purebred operation. Our family recogproblems of the broader beef industry. Said annized that entering into a purebred venture was other way, the incremental farm-gate operational not a decision to be taken lightly. The convenefficiencies may be interesting, but the opportutional advice is to find the breed with the highest nity to bridge the larger issues of the beef indusadvertising budget, or one of the feedlot-favorites try may be so profound as to be breathtaking. In for the commodity beef industry. broad statistical terms there are approximately To follow, one must pay top dollar for entry and five million beef cows and heifers in Canada today access to the market of the day. To lead, one of which a mere three thousand or so are Galmust invest in and manage toward future needs loway. That’s the kind of leverage worth investing and opportunities. In terms of the future, there is in! general acknowledgement that beef consumption Over the past year our company, Home Valley is in a long-wave decline in comparison with other Farms Ltd., has quietly built a premier herd of top offerings. Deficiencies in quality, cost-competipicks from a number of Western Canada’s top tiveness, and consistency are often cited as the breeders. We hired Russel Horvey, a lifetime Galmajor factors associated with the decline. loway breeder and family friend, to identify op- I The Galloway Breed has a number of compelling strategic advantages to address these deficiencies: • Quality: The breed was founded on a profound single-purpose trait: Meat Quality. The majority of other breeds were bred for multi-purpose traits, and meat quality thereby compromised in favour of other characteristics. Modern research, at several institutions, is confirming the quality advantages of Galloway and answering “Why?”. • Cost-competitiveness: The thick hair-coat very clearly makes for a more energy efficient animal, also confirmed by research, which positions the breed favourably on cost-completiveness. “Year © Copyright 2011 portunities and to assist us in the selection of top animals as rated for structural soundness, maternal traits and other marketable strengths. Today, we are proud to have representation in our herd from the best of Freeway, Diamond B and Big Deal. In the spring of 2010, we acquired over half of the Freeway herd – 33 bred Galloway. We were able to purchase females from all of the top bloodlines in the herd. Structural soundness, feet & legs, and eye appeal are emphasized in the Freeway Investment in Beef’s Future - continued- page 10 Canadian Galloway Advance 9 Ballantyne of “Diamond B" Russel Horvey first learned of Robert BallanTreena Ballantyne & tyne’s intentions to possibly sell Josh Horvey (1977) out about a year ago. I could hardly I loways at a fair. Little did I know how many shows and memories would follow? The first Galloway show started in Swift Current in 1960 & in North Battleford the next year. The Lloydminster show followed, then the Calgary Stampede, then Prince Albert and then Agribition in 1971. Four families consistently showed at these first shows; Ballantyne’s, Robert (with show stick) Bradley’s, Airth’s and Horvey’s. The believe it. I had a hard time imagining changes we have the Galloway world without Robert in it. Robert & Family seen over the years; I first met Robert with his dad David at changes in the cattle, in the industry and in the the Swift Current Fair in 1959. I was nine and people. Robert, your passionate involvement in Robert was eleven. Robert and his dad David had come down to see one of the first exhibits of GalGalloways will be missed. Investment in Beef’s Future - from page 9 breeding. Further, these females are so well-mannered that I can singlehandedly direct and split out individuals with minimal effort, indicative of a trust built only through patient and gentle care over many years. We extend our gracious thanks to Fred and Maxine Noad for the benefit of their lifelong experience, knowledge and skill in producing cattle respected by cattlemen of all breeds. More recently, we attended the one-time Diamond B dispersal event with the purpose of acquiring a handful of proven, top-performing females. With only a small stock trailer, only the best of the best would make the trip home. Thus, alongside Russel’s counsel, we undertook a rigorous process that shortlisted only those females that were top-rated across ALL of our criteria. We bid hard and successfully purchased Saxon Hill Nova (her progeny includes Sibyl, Utopia, Universe and many other top-shelf stock), Diamond B Sibyl 48S (full sister to Utopia and dam of Universe both high sellers), Betsy 35R & 73T, Hilda 16P, and Godiva 28M. When the sale closed and the awesome quality of this group sunk in, I was so moved that I phoned Danielle to tell her we would look back at this day as a pivotal moment for our new enterprise. In addition to traditional measures of great cattle, performance and carcass traits are high on our list of priorities. For this reason, our herd sires for 2010 were Big Deal Touchdown 23T and his ma- 10 Canadian Galloway Advance ternal half-brother Big Deal Wonder Play 19W. These thick-bodied, easy-fleshing, heavily muscled bulls come from the net feed efficiency and large rib-eye area bloodlines at Big Deal. Russel has spent a lifetime measuring and selecting for performance and it shows! If you ever have the opportunity to watch Touchdown 23T move through our pastures, you will agree he is a lumbering grizzly bear bovine - meaty, muscular, and structured for the smooth finessed movements the natural world intended... and tons of fur, too! With this line-up, it is easy to understand why we are looking forward to our 2011 calving season with great enthusiasm! Relative to our small farming operation we have invested heavily in the breed because in the big picture we believe the Galloway breed has the potential to bridge the broader issues of the beef industry. Yet as the arctic wind blows through our wintering areas, we take simple comfort in knowing our Galloways are warmer, more efficient and bred for quality. Our future at Home Valley Farms is now tied together with all who have staked their claim in Galloway genetics. We look forward to working with you to create a successful future for the breed! P.S. We would love to hear from you. Feel free to contact us at [email protected] to share your thoughts with us. © Copyright 2011 Helping You Promote Galloway Cattle Day In and Day Out! s w o h FS les a S F ys a D ld e i F s F d r a w A H F 4- tising onal r & Nati e v d F A- Provincial s l a r r fe e Sharon Ballantyne, Sec., R F Box 9, Livelong, © Copyright 2011 Sask S0M 1J0 Tel. (306) 845-2481 Fax. (306) 845-2312 Canadian Galloway Advance 11 Show Results - Canadian Western Agribition Judged By: Fred Zehetner & Daniella Wintereder, Austria Grand Champion Female: Diamond B Betsy 99W Reserve Grand Champion Female: Diamond B Utopia 63U Calf at Foot: Diamond B Utopia 89X Class 01 - Female PB born 2009 Apr 1 - Dec 31 1st SUNCREST WEDNESDAY DOB: 2009-04-22 Suncrest Farms Weight: 1118 Class 02 - Female PB born 2009 Jan 1 - Mar 31 1st DIAMOND B BETSY 99W 2009-03-14 Diamond B Ranches Ltd. Weight: 1308 2nd 3156 R-WAY WHITNEY 13W 2009-02-14 Tri-R-Way Livestock Weight: 1120 & Brian Robertson 3rd SUNCREST WEST VIRGINA 2009-02-28 Suncrest Farms Weight: 1102 4th TRI-R WANITA 2W 2009-01-22 Tri-R-Way Livestock & J Robertson Wt: 1172 Class 03 - Junior Champion and Reserve - Female 1st DIAMOND B BETSY 99W 2009-03-14 Diamond B Ranches Ltd. Weight: 1308 2nd SUNCREST WEDNESDAY 2009-04-22 Suncrest Farms Weight: 1118 Class 04 - Female (with 2010 calf) born in 2008 1st DAMOND B UTOPIA 63U 2008-02-29 Diamond B Ranches Ltd. Weight: 1580 Calf at Side: DIAMOND B UTOPIA 89X (F 2nd SUNCREST UNITY 2008-02-11 Suncrest Farms Weight: 1148 Calf at Side: SUNCREST XERXES 3rd BIG DEAL EXTRAVAGANCE13U (BLK) ‘08-04-02 Big Deal Galloways Weight: 1224 Calf: BIG DEAL EXTRAVAGANCE 17X (BLK) Class 05 - Female (with 2010 calf) - 2007 or earlier 1st BIG DEAL RAY OF HOPE 23R (BLK) 2005-02-12 Big Deal Galloways Weight: 1520 Calf at Side: BIG DEAL XRAY OF HOPE 4X (BLK) 2nd TRI-R RACHEL 12R 2005-02-18 Tri-R-Way Livestock Weight: 1358 Calf at Side: TRI-R XCEL 1X Class 06 - Senior Champion and Reserve - Female 1st Diamond B Ranches Ltd DIAMOND B UTOPIA 89X 2010-03-03 DAMOND B UTOPIA 63U 2008-02-29 2nd Suncrest Farms SUNCREST XERXES 2010-02-20 SUNCREST UNITY 2008-02-11 Class 07 - Female born 2010 on or after Mar 1 1st DIAMOND B HILDA 92X 2010-03-05 Diamond B Ranches Ltd. Weight: 638 2nd R-WAY XOLENE 19X 2010-03-01 Tri-R-Way Livestock & B Robertson Wt: 616 3rd BIG DEAL EXTRAVAGANCE 17X (BLK) ‘10-03-23 Big Deal Galloways Weight: 592 4th SUNCREST X-CITED 2010-04-02 Suncrest Farms Weight: 535 5th DIAMOND B UTOPIA 89X 2010-03-03 Diamond B Ranches Ltd. Weight: 678 Class 08 - Female born 2010 Jan 1- Feb 28 1st BIG DEAL EXTRAVAGANCE 3X (BLK) ‘10-02-06 Big Deal Galloways Weight: 700 2nd SUNCREST EXCELLENT 2010-01-30 Suncrest Farms Weight: 650 3rd TRI-R XIGRIS 9X 2010-02-03 Tri-R-Way Livestock Weight: 642 & Jay Robertson 4th SUN RISE XANDRA 2010-02-19 Sun Rise Galloways Weight: 684 Class 09 - Calf Champion and Reserve - Female 1st DIAMOND B HILDA 92X 2010-03-05 Diamond B Ranches Ltd. Weight: 638 2nd BIG DEAL EXTRAVAGANCE 3X (BLK) ‘10-02-06 Big Deal Galloways Weight: 700 Class 10 - Grand Chanpion and Reserve - Female 1st DIAMOND B BETSY 99W 2009-03-14 Diamond B Ranches Ltd. Weight: 1308 2nd DAMOND B UTOPIA 63U 2008-02-29 DIAMOND B UTOPIA 89X 2010-03-0 Diamond B Ranches Ltd. Weight: 1580 CWA Show Results - continued page 13 12 Canadian Galloway Advance © Copyright 2011 CWA Show Results - from page 12 Grand Champion Bull: Diamond B Uniden 55U Reserve Grand Champion Bull: Diamond B X-Ray 117X See Benchmarks – page 24 Class 11 - Bull born 2010 on or after Mar 1 1st DIAMOND B X RAY 117X 2010-03-17 Diamond B Ranches Ltd. Weight: 790 2nd DIAMOND B UPPER CLASS 98X 2010-03-07 Diamond B Ranches Ltd. Weight: 833 3rd BIG DEAL XRAY OF ZEUS 22X (BLK) ‘10-03-30 Big Deal Galloways Weight: 707 Class 12 - Bull born 2010 Jan 1 - Feb 28 1st BIG DEAL XRAY OF HOPE 4X (BLK) ‘10-02-08 Big Deal Galloways Weight: 738 2nd SUNCREST X-RAY 2010-02-21 Suncrest Farms Weight: 733 3rd Tri-R-WAY X-RAY 16X 2010-02-19 Tri-R-Way Livestock Weight: 820 Class 13 - Calf Champion and Reserve - Bull 1st DIAMOND B X RAY 117X 2010-03-17 Diamond B Ranches Ltd. Weight: 790 2nd DIAMOND B UPPER CLASS 98X 2010-03-07 Diamond B Ranches Ltd. Weight: 833 Class 15 - Bull born 2009 Jan 1- Mar 31 1st TRI-R WARDEN 24W 2009-03-05 Tri-R-Way Livestock Weight: 1551 2nd BIG DEAL WONDERMENT 11W (BLK) ‘09-02-08 Big Deal Galloways Weight: 1330 3rd HIGH HOPE WRANGLER 11W 2009-02-12 Tri-R-Way Livestock Wt: 1285 4th SUNCREST WHISKEY 2009-03-01 Suncrest Farms Weight: 1320 Class 16 - Junior Champion and Reserve - Bull 1st TRI-R WARDEN 24W 2009-03-05 Tri-R-Way Livestock Weight: 1551 2nd BIG DEAL WONDERMENT 11W (BLK)‘09-02-08 Big Deal Galloways Weight: 1330 Class 17 - Bull born 2008 Jan 1- Dec 31 1st DIAMOND B UNIDEN 55U 2008-02-23 Diamond B Ranches Ltd. Weight: 2361 Class 18 - Bull born previous to Jan 1 2008 1st SUNCREST TROY 2007-02-02 Suncrest Farms Weight: 2112 © Copyright 2011 Class 19 - Senior Champion and Reserve - Bull 1st DIAMOND B UNIDEN 55U 2008-02-23 Diamond B Ranches Ltd. Weight: 2361 2nd SUNCREST TROY 2007-02-02 Suncrest Farms Weight: 2112 Class 20 - Grand Champion and Reserve - Bull 1st DIAMOND B UNIDEN 55U 2008-02-23 Diamond B Ranches Ltd. Weight: 2361 2nd DIAMOND B X RAY 117X 2010-03-17 Diamond B Ranches Ltd. Weight: 790 Class 21 - Breeder´s Herd 1st Diamond B Ranches Ltd. Livelong, SK 2nd Big Deal Galloways Delburne, AB 3rd Tri-R-Way Livestock Phelpston, ON 4th Suncrest Farms Listowel, ON Class 22 - Get-of-Sire 1st Diamond B Ranches Ltd. Livelong, SK 2nd Tri-R-Way Livestock Phelpston, ON 3rd Suncrest Farms Listowel, ON Class 23 - Pair of Bulls 1st Diamond B Ranches Ltd. 2nd Suncrest Farms 3rd Tri-R-Way Livestock Phelpston, ON 4th Big Deal Galloways Delburne, AB Class 24 - Progeny of Dam 1st Tri-R-Way Livestock Phelpston, ON 2nd Suncrest Farms Listowel, ON Diamond B Ranches Ltd. Livelong, SK Class 25 - Premier Breeder 1st Suncrest Farms Listowel, ON Class 26 - Premier Exhibitor 1st Suncrest Farms Listowel, ON Canadian Galloway Advance 13 Understanding Ultrasound and Using it for Profits by Chase Wendorff - Windy Ridge Ultrasound T he cattle industry is evolving, more than ever before, toward marketing cattle based on carcass merit. Evidence of this trend is seen with the ever-increasing number of packing plants adopting value-based marketing. The traditional method in North America of selling cattle based on live weight is rapidly changing to where payment and premiums are made based on carcass weight and quality. Due to high input costs, we are no longer able to compete on the international trade market for commodity beef; therefore it is in our best interest to produce the high quality beef demanded by our consumers. This change has resulted in the adoption of technology to evaluate live animal carcasses. Ultrasound enables producers to know the carcass merit of their cattle and subsequently, assist them in developing an elite herd where progeny can be marketed for top dollar. Ultrasound has proven extremely accurate in assessing carcass merit and has been tested repeat- L OW A Y C A TT L E GALLOWAY CATTLE Marie Toon & Ken Hill 4384 Boundary Road Pontypool, Ont. Marie Toon & Ken Hill L0A 43841K0 Boundary Road Pontypool • Ontario 905-983-9736 L0A 1K0 905-983-9408 (fax) edly over the last 50 years. Today ultrasound measurements must be collected by Ultrasound Guidelines Council (UGC) certified field technicians and analyzed by a certified lab and lab technician. Despite small discrepancies in technician and lab biases, ultrasound measurements have proven to be a reliable and accurate method of developing carcass merit EPDs. Because carcass traits are moderately to highly heritable, improvements in herd genetics can be seen in a relatively short period of time. Ultrasound provides producers with one more tool by which they can select traits in order to produce top quality animals. Percent Intramuscular Fat (%IMF) or Marbling Due to the grid premiums and incentives to raise AAA (Choice) and Prime cattle, marbling may be the most important economic measurement collected with ultrasound. Ultrasound measures the %IMF in cattle and reports this value as a numerical indicator of marbling. For example, just like EDGEWOOD FARM Understanding Ultra Sound - continued page 15 EDGEWOOD FARM W H I T E G A L L O WAY WHITE GALLOWAY 905-983-9736 905-983-9408 (fax) Email Email [email protected] [email protected] John Toon 4382 Boundary Road John Toon Pontypool • Ontario 4382 Boundary Road L0A 1K0 905-983-5967 Pontypool, Ont L0A 1K0 905-983-5967 14 Canadian Galloway Advance Join us on Facebook Join us on Facebook “Galloway Cattle (Whites , Solids and Belties)” ³*DOORZD\&DWWOH:KLWHV6ROLGVDQG%HOWLHV´ © Copyright 2011 Understanding Ultra Sound - from page 14 birth weight is an indicator of calving ease, %IMF is an indicator of marbling. It is important to know what values are being represented in the sale catalogs when comparing data and to remember that the value of most concern is always the EPD value. % IMF 2.3 - 3.0 3.1 - 3.9 4.0 - 5.7 5.8 - 7.6 7.7 - 9.7 9.8 - 12.1 12.2 + Quality Grade (US) (CAN) Marbling Score Select Select Choice Choice Choice Prime Prime 4.0 4.5 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 + o + o AA AA + AAA AAA o AAA + Prime Prime o - 4.4 - 4.9 - 5.9 - 6.9 - 7.9 - 8.9 9.0 + Steers and heifers will usually have slightly higher marbling values than bulls of the same age and genetics. Ribeye Area (REA) and Fat Depth (Rib Fat and Rump Fat) The ribeye is one of the largest muscle in the body; therefore REA gives an indication of overall carcass muscling. REA is influenced by body weight, which often results in the largest ribeye belonging to the heaviest animal. It is, therefore, important when comparing REAs within contemporary groups to compare data that has been adjusted for age and/or weight. Recently, a study by John Brethour, of KSU, revealed a significant association between carcass ribeye area and average daily gain just prior to slaughter. Meaning that animals with larger REAs had better gains later in the feeding period. While having a large ribeye is desirable, there are some drawbacks when REA becomes too large. Extremely large ribeyes can lead to a reduction in marbling. Fat Depth is an important factor that greatly influences lean meat yield. Backfat (Rib Fat) will reduce yield many times what REA will increase yield. Secondly, fat measurements give an indication of an animals fleshing ability. Progeny from cattle with genetics for no fat may finish too slowly, while progeny from cattle with too much fat will incur yield discounts before a desirable carcass is obtained. Furthermore, body condition scores (fat depth) in females are related to their ability to reach puberty early, produce milk, and rebreed to maintain shorter calving intervals. Similarly, bulls carrying too much fat may have re© Copyright 2011 duced fertility. The key to breeding for Fat Depth is moderation. Optimizing Your Investment 1 In order to qualify for genetic evaluations (EPDs) cattle must be scanned at the appropriate time. Each association has slight differences, but averages are bulls 320 – 440 days and heifers 320 – 460 days. Heifers are often done later to allow genetic differences to show because they are usually not fed as hard as bulls. 2 It is important to scan all cattle in a contemporary group. This provides sufficient information for evaluation and comparison purposes within your herd. 3 The value in scanning replacement heifers has often been overlooked. Having carcass merit data on all females entering your herd will greatly improve the value and accuracy of their progeny records. In addition it will allow you to make informed decisions about the carcass merit of females making up your future herd. 4 Upon investing money into ultrasounding your cattle, it is essential to promote this information to your customers and potential customers. With premiums being paid for high quality carcasses, more and more commercial producers are asking for scan data. The days of selling commodity beef are limited, therefore it is in your interest to create and market an elite herd of high quality carcass cattle. Common Misconceptions There is a common misconception that marbling can be fed into all animals. Although feeding an animal for extended periods of time does increase marbling, the genetics must be there in order for value-based marbling to be pronounced in cattle ready for slaughter without risking over-fat. Why are my REAs smaller this year than last year, is this a collection or analysis error? While I am not dismissing the occasional technician error, it is important to remember that although carcass merits are determined by genetics, environmental factors do contribute to the phenotype expressed by each animal. Feed type and quality, weather, and sickness are some of the environmental factors that can influence phenotypes expressed from year to year. This is one more reason why individual comparisons can only be made by EPDs or indexes within a contemporary group. Canadian Galloway Advance 15 Show Results - Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Brian Whitwall, Hagersville ON Grand Champion Female: Glenfiddich Sapphire(BLK) Reserve Grand Champion Female: Glenfiddich Wynnie (DUN) Calf at Foot: Glenfiddich Xhosa Class 1 - Bull Calf, born 2010 - min. 3 Mth of age 2nd Geordawn Janey 10X (BLK) 04/12/2010 1st Glenfiddich Xenos (BLK) 03/24/2010 Geordawn Farms Glenfiddich Galloways 3rd Xtreme Lola (DUN) 03/25/2010 Edgewood Farm 2nd Glenfiddich Xanthus (DUN) 03/29/2010 Glenfiddich Galloways 4th Du Rapide X-rated (BLK) 03/08/2010 Ferme Du Rapide S.E.N.C. 3rd Suncrest X-Ray 02/21/2010 Suncrest Farms 5th Du Rapide X-citing (RED) 04/10/2010 Ferme Du Rapide S.E.N.C. 4th Suncrest Xpo 04/02/2010 Suncrest Farms 6th Glenfiddich Xandra (BLK) 03/20/2010 Glenfiddich Galloways 5th Du Rapide X-tra (RED) 03/02/2010 Ferme Du Rapide S.E.N.C. 7th Niagara Jade of X (DUN) 05/06/2010 Niagara Galloway 6th Edgewood X Lancaster (DUN) 03/14/2010 Edgewood Farm 8th Niagara Emily of X (BLK) 04/01/2010 Niagara Galloway 7th Killowent Xess 02/06/2010 Cedarmill Farm 9th Killowent Xanda 02/22/2010 Class 3 - Bull Yearling, born April 1 - Dec 31, 2009 Cedarmill Farm 1st Sun Rise Wisdom 04/15/2009 Class 9 - Female Calf born 2010, min. 3 mo. Grp 2 Sun Rise Farm 1st Otter Creek Ruby 4X (BLK) 01/17/2010 Class 4 - Bull Yearling, born Jan 1 - March 31, 2009 Otter Creek Cattle Co. 1st Glenfiddich Sir William (BLK) 03/12/2009 2nd Suncrest Xcellent 01/30/2010 Glenfiddich Galloways Suncrest Farms 2nd Suncrest Whiskey 03/01/2009 3rd Sun Rise Xanda 02/19/2010 Suncrest Farms Sun Rise Farm Class 5 - Junior Champion Bull and Reserve 4th Suncrest Xtreme 02/14/2010 1st Glenfiddich Sir William (BLK) 03/12/2009 Suncrest Farms Glenfiddich Galloways 01/05/2010 2nd Sun Rise Wisdom 04/15/2009 th Killowent Xanet 2nd Cedarmill Sun Rise Farm Class 10 - Female Calf Champion and Reserve Class 8 - Grand Champion Bull and Reserve 01/17/2010 1st Glenfiddich Sir William (BLK) 03/12/2009 1st Otter Creek Ruby 4X (BLK) Otter Creek Cattle Co. Glenfiddich Galloways 01/30/2010 2nd Sun Rise Wisdom 04/15/2009 2nd Suncrest Xcellent Suncrest Farms Sun Rise Farm Class 9 - Female Calf born 2010, min. 3 mo. Grp 1 Class 11 - Heifer born April 1 - Dec. 31, 2009 04/22/2009 1st Suncrest X-cited 02/04/2010 1st Suncrest Wednesday Suncrest Farms Suncrest Farms The Royal Show Results - continued page 17 16 Canadian Galloway Advance © Copyright 2011 The Royal Show Results - from page 16 Grand Champion Bull: Glenfiddich Sir William (BLK) Reserve Grand Champion Bull: Sun Rise Wisdom 2nd Du Rapide Wanna do it (BLK) Ferme Du Rapide S.E.N.C. 09/10/2009 3rd Glenfiddich Unique (BLK) 03/09/2008 Glenfiddich Galloways 3rd Geordawn Whisper 9W (BLK) 04/10/2009 Class 15 - Female born before Jan.1, 2008 with calf at foot Geordawn Farms 1st Glenfiddich Sapphire (BLK) 01/03/2006 4th Solway Kate 14W (BLK) 04/20/2009 Glenfiddich Galloways Solway Galloways Class 16 - Senior Champion Female and Reserve 5th Killowent Walanty 04/24/2009 1st Glenfiddich Sapphire (BLK) 01/03/2006 Cedarmill Farm Glenfiddich Galloways Class 12 - Heifer born Jan. 1 - March 31, 2009 Class 17 - Grand Champion Female and Reserve 1st Glenfiddich Wynnie (DUN) 03/02/2009 1st Glenfiddich Sapphire (BLK) 01/03/2006 Glenfiddich Galloways Glenfiddich Galloways 2nd Suncrest West Virgina 02/28/2009 2nd Glenfiddich Wynnie (DUN) 03/02/2009 Suncrest Farms Glenfiddich Galloways 3rd Glenfiddich Wamuiru (BLK) 03/02/2009 Class 19 - Breeder's Herd Glenfiddich Galloways 1st Glenfiddich Galloways 4th Du Rapide Whoever (BLK) 03/03/2009 2nd Suncrest Farms Ferme Du Rapide S.E.N.C. 3rd Ferme Du Rapide S.E.N.C. 5th Suncrest Whitney Suncrest Farms 6th Solway Krispy Kream 1W (BLK) Solway Galloways 03/08/2009 Class 20 - Get of Sire 1st Glenfiddich Galloways 01/04/2009 2nd Suncrest Farms Listowel, ON Class 21 - Progeny of Dam 1st Glenfiddich Galloways 7th Geordawn Heidi 2W (BLK) Geordawn Farms 05/01/2009 8th Killowent Walessa Cedarmill Farm 03/14/2009 2nd Suncrest Farms Listowel, ON 03/27/2009 3rd Ferme Du Rapide S.E.N.C. 9th Killowent Wescelly Cedarmill Farm Class 25 - Premier Exhibitor Award Class 13 - Junior Champion Female and Reserve 1st Glenfiddich Galloways 1st Glenfiddich Wynnie (DUN) 03/02/2009 Class 26 - Premier Breeder Award Glenfiddich Galloways 2nd Suncrest West Virgina 02/28/2009 1st Glenfiddich Galloways Suncrest Farms Class 14 - Female born 2008 with calf at foot 1st Glenfiddich Undeniable (BLK) 03/16/2008 Glenfiddich Galloways 2nd Suncrest Unity 02/11/2008 Suncrest Farms © Copyright 2011 Canadian Galloway Advance 17 Juniors - Next G Christina Jones Every year I take a Belted Galloway as a 4-H project. This year I took my cow, Nimmo Reid Reason with her heifer calf, Nimmo Reid Xtra Special. We did very well, winning our club achievement and we also were Champion Cow/Calf at the 2010 Maple Ridge COUNTRYFEST. Reason was my first 4-H project when she was a heifer and since then she has always produced my next year’s project. Reason is truly my cash cow as she has given me a lot of champions! the barns and the show ring, they always have great hair for me to work with and they help to stand out when it comes to showmanship classes. Whenever I raise a Galloway for a carcass steer, I know that I am going to do very well and place highly in the grading results, and my customers are always so happy with their meat. And after the 4-H year is completed, I am rewarded again with a cheque from the Canadian Galloway Association! I also took a Belted Galloway heifer, Nimmo Reid Westin into some junior and open shows, Westin won Champion Heifer, and Reserve Champion Female in the All Breeds show at the Interior Provincial Exhibition in Armstrong, BC. I love showing Galloways as of all the calves they are always the easiest to train when it comes to halter breaking. One afternoon and I am usually done! My Galloways attract a lot of attention in Reason is due in March 2011, calving season is my favorite time of year, I cant wait to see what I will be showing next! Galloway Girls - Crystal & Patti Blake ior show. We all have nice new snazzy blue jackets to parade around and promote our breed. It is important as junior members to be able to take pride in ourselves and in what we do. We would also like to thank Glenfiddich Galloways and Suncrest Farm Galloways for their support throughout the show season as well. We both work on our family owned and operated Galloway beef farm. We have shown from the time we could walk and been involved in 4-H since the age of 10 when we were able to join. We show our Galloways at fall fairs and national shows with pride. Crystal is currently attending the University of Guelph - Ridgetown College, where she is taking her two year Agriculture Diploma. Following her graduation in April she will be attending Olds College, in Alberta in the fall to get her applied degree in agriculture business. She plays baseball in the summer, and bowls in the winter. Patti is currently attending Listowel District Secondary School, where she is in Grade 11. She competes in Track and Field year round with Throwing Events as her specialty. She also enjoys soccer in the summer and broomball in the winter. Both Girls showed their Galloway heifers this year for their club, at the fall fairs, the Royal and Agribition. They would like to send out a big thank-you to Bob Airth for his continued support to the jun- 18 Canadian Galloway Advance This year Crystal won Reserve Galloway at the junior show at Agribition, Reserve Champion Galloway at Junior Beef Expo, and has done well with her showmanship as well. She won Experienced show person at University of Guelph - Ridgetown Campus’s Spring Expo, won Champion show person in her Beef Production Final Project, and second in her class at her 4-H achievement day. This year Patti has won Champion All breeds heifer at the Royal for the National Junior show. As well as Champion Galloway at Junior Beef Expo, and Reserve Champion Galloway at Youth Forum. Overall the girls would like to thank all those that support the Galloway breed and all those who keep the Galloway breed alive. We know how important it is to promote our breed in order to show people just what high quality they can get from a Galloway. © Copyright 2011 Generation Breeders Quentin Jones This is my story about my Galloway, Nimmo Reid Ubetcha. I first showed her as a heifer in 2009, we did very well, at our last fair of the year as a heifer the judge, Dar Geiss from Minnesota commented that she was outstanding and the best Galloway he had ever seen! I was pretty proud about that. Her first calf was a bull calf, Nimmo Reid Xceed, and I showed them at our club Achievement and Maple Ridge Countryfest. Unfortunately I was beat by my sister, but I think Ubetcha did a great job on her first calf, and I can`t wait until next year – I expect we will be in the championship photo! I enjoy showing our Galloways, and I appreciate that the Canadian Galloway Association supports us so well with our projects Jorel Jones My name is Jorel Jones and this was my 3rd year showing Galloways in 4-H, but my first year raising a steer. I decided I was going to take a market (show) steer, as well as a carcass steer. I picked my steers out all on my own. They were both shown at our club achievement day, Maple Ridge Countryfest, and Abbotsford Agrifair. The Carcass steer competed in the carcass class at the PNE, and the market steer was shown and sold at the PNE. My show steer was a black Galloway, I named him Baby Bear and every show we went to he made it into championship class. At the PNE in Vancouver he won Reserve Champion Homegrown steer! Because it was the 100th year for the PNE all the champion and reserve winners received a commemorative belt buckle! My carcass steer was a Galloway X named Blue Bear, and he also did very well in the shows. In the carcass class he placed 4th overall but he was the only steer in the class to grade AAA+ and he Alicia Van Kampen received the highest points for quality. I have My name is picked another Galloway for my next steer Alicia Van project, he is Baby Bear`s brother. I hope we Kampen, I was do as well or better! born in the spring of 1991. Vicki Blake I grew up on a farm outside My name is Vicki Blake and I have enjoyed anof Orangeville other year of showing my Galloway 4-H aniOntario where we have Jersey’s, Galloway’s and sheep mal. As you can see in the picture, I have been part of showing Galloways for many years. This at our family farm. I have five beautiful siblings, and is a picture of me and my mom two lovely parents George and Dawn. at Caledonia Fair in 1997. I have been going to 4-H meetings and events since I I am presently working full time as a farrower in a pig barn. I plan to show a Galloway heifer next year again. I would also like to thank everyone for their support of youth in Galloways. Thanks to the Canadian Galloway Association, Bob Airth, Glenfiddich Galloways, Suncrest Farms and sponsors of our junior shows! © Copyright 2011 was a child. I have been in 4-H for 9 years and I have completed around 60 clubs. I am currently enrolled in my second year at the University of Toronto in the Physical Education and Health program. I am a Varsity Blue, as I play a post position on the Women's Varsity Basketball team for U of T. Whenever I come home from school I work on the farm and train my cattle for upcoming shows. I've been showing cattle since I could walk and talk; I live, breath and eat cows! When I am finished school I plan on living on a farm and milking dairy cattle. Canadian Galloway Advance 19 Benchmarks - Canadian Western Agribition CUP/UCG Certified Ultrasound M/D/Y Name Weight (lbs) Marbling Back Fat (%IMF*) (mm) Rib Eye Area Weight adj REA % Lean REA(in2) REA(cm2) (in2 / 100 lb§) Meat Yeild 2010 3/5/09 3/7/10 3/17/10 2/20/10 2/21/10 3/1/09 2/2/07 2/12/09 2/6/10 2/8/10 3/23/10 3/30/10 2/8/09 2/19/10 Tri-R Warden 24W Diamond B Upper Class 98X Diamond B X Ray 117X Suncrest Xerxes Suncrest X-Ray Suncrest Whiskey Suncrest Troy High Hope Wrangler 11W Big Deal Extravagance 3X Big Deal Xray Of Hope 4X Big Deal Extravagance 17X Big Deal Xray Of Zeus 22X Big Deal Wonderment 11W Tri-R-Way X-Ray 16X 1,551 833 790 745 733 1,311 2,112 1,285 700 736 592 707 1,330 820 5.70 4.00 4.10 4.20 4.15 4.30 4.80 4.75 5.35 4.20 4.30 4.50 4.35 4.50 4.48 4.48 4.04 4.48 1.35 3.59 7.65 2.75 4.93 2.69 1.35 3.14 4.52 2.75 13.70 10.42 9.98 10.26 9.62 12.16 16.96 12.13 8.46 9.61 8.00 8.94 13.52 9.14 88.41 67.22 64.36 66.21 62.05 78.45 109.39 78.23 54.57 62.03 51.61 57.67 87.24 58.99 0.92 1.30 1.32 1.43 1.37 0.97 0.84 0.98 1.26 1.36 1.41 1.32 1.06 1.16 65.30 62.63 62.73‡ 62.50 65.19 64.96 64.71 65.79 60.58 63.81 63.87 62.80 65.12 63.36 2009 3/8/09 3/7/09 2/23/08 3/9/08 3/10/09 2/2/07 4/16/08 3/1/09 4/15/09 3/21/09 3/13/08 Big Deal Wonderment 11W Glenfiddich Wahkan Diamond B Uniden 55U Diamond B Undertaker 79U Diamond B Woodstock 92W Suncrest Troy Suncrest Ultimate Suncrest Whiskey Sunrise Wisdom Glenfiddich Wyatt Earp Glenfiddich Upperhand 720 733 1,766 1,652 773 1,855 1308 776 702 681 1,441 4.35 4.25 5.50 4.75 4.20 5.00 5.15 4.50 5.10 5.10 5.30 3.14 2.24 4.97 2.24 1.35 6.73 4.04 4.04 5.38 2.32 4.08 8.53 8.97 11.90 16.54 10.77 14.87 13.51 8.91 8.65 8.87 12.06 55.04 57.87 76.77 106.70 69.47 95.96 87.15 57.51 55.81 57.22 77.82 1.23 1.27 0.70 1.04 1.45 0.84 1.08 1.20 1.28 1.36 0.87 62.47‡ 63.74 63.34† 69.90 66.12 63.96 65.60 61.87 60.28 63.59 64.38 2008 2/23/08 3 4/07 3/9/08 2/2/07 4/8/07 3/1/06 2/20/08 3/19/08 3/11/08 3/13/08 2/20/06 4/9/04 2/7/07 3/12/08 3/15/08 Diamond B Uniden 55U Diamond B Triumph 64T Diamond B Undertaker 79U Suncrest Troy Suncrest Thunder Suncrest Sylvester Sunrise Utah Sunrise Universe Glenfiddich Ultimatum Glenfiddich Upperhand Glenfiddich Sagebrush Glenfiddich Pericles Tri-R-Way Taurus 8T Tri-R-Way Ultimate 25U Tri-R-Way Ultimatum 30U 954 1729 791 1,323 1,246 1,829 721 758 737 749 1,919 2,392 1,473 653 654 4.35 5.80 4.05 4.00 4.65 4.30 4.10 4.30 5.30 3.85 5.80 6.30 4.95 4.65 4.60 4.48 11.23 3.14 4.93 2.69 7.62 1.79 2.69 1.79 1.79 7.20 4.93 3.63 3.63 3.59 9.58 13.70 10.20 12.09 13.34 16.16 9.33 8.75 9.90 9.54 15.72 16.28 12.62 8.78 8.22 61.82 88.41 65.81 78.03 86.08 104.24 60.17 56.48 63.86 61.58 101.42 105.05 81.40 56.66 53.03 1.05 0.83 1.34 0.95 1.12 0.92 1.35 1.20 1.40 1.33 0.85 0.71 0.89 1.40 1.31 61.95‡ 58.41 63.83 63.53 66.84 64.09 64.49 63.11 64.96 64.67 64.17† 66.94 65.29 62.17 61.76 2007 3/22/07 4/9/07 2/26/07 2/26,/07 3/4/07 2/2/07 3/20/05 3/1/06 2/9/07 3/9/07 4/9/04 2/1/07 2/18/07 4/15/01 HB Template 347 HB Tribute 357 Diamond B Tecumseh 50T Diamond B Topaz 55T Diamond B Triumph 64T Suncrest Troy Suncrest Ringo Suncrest Sylvester Sunrise Taz Glenfiddich Tornado Glenfiddich Pericles Tri-Y Tungsten 4T Tri-Y Texas 8T Tri-Y Locomotive 29L 616 580 874 836 958 704 1,672 1,311 698 655 2,225 701 659 2,059 4.80 4.65 4.55 4.60 4.50 4.25 4.55 4.50 4.35 3.30 5.45 4.40 4.55 4.40 3.33 2.38 2.38 5.71 6.19 3.33 6.19 5.24 2.38 4.29 6.22 1.43 3.81 2.86 7.47 6.64 9.82 10.22 11.08 8.04 16.61 13.26 9.00 7.85 16.53 7.72 8.40 14.46 48.18 42.81 63.36 65.93 71.74 51.87 107.19 85.55 58.08 50.66 106.63 49.78 54.17 93.32 1.27 1.19 1.17 1.27 1.20 1.19 1.04 1.05 1.34 1.25 0.77 1.15 1.33 0.73 61.41 61.70 64.29 61.21 61.42‡ 61.87 65.92 64.17 63.63 60.75 65.62† 63.56 61.68 67.58 † Grand Champion ‡ Reserve Grand Champion * Percent of intra-muscular fat § Rib Eye Area adjusted per 100 pounds of animal weight 20 Canadian Galloway Advance © Copyright 2011 Australian Galloway Association Report Grazing Galloways in the Strzelecki Ranges, Victoria; T he Australian Galloway Association has had a very successful year, attracting 20 new full members with the promise of more, judging by the number of enquiries received by the Office. Interest is very strong in the areas of Miniature Galloways and White Galloways, with many people on small blocks requiring something easy to manage, easy on pasture and good to look at. The Association’s Annual General Meeting and Dinner was held in May in Bendigo, Victoria, at the same time as a large beef cattle show, National Beef. This gave members the opportunity to inspect cattle which were being exhibited by several studs, and mingle in relaxed surroundings at There is a great deal of interest shown in the breed being expressed at Agricultural Shows and Field Days. Several field days around Australia were supported enthusiastically by Association members, and it has been found these are a valuable marketing tool for the breed. The format of the field days allows interested people to inspect and enquire after our cattle. It is also a good way the dinner. There were three new Committee members elected, and our long serving President, Brian Medcraft, stepped down after seven years in the chair, to make way for Gordon Matheson. of keeping in touch with other breeders and breeds. The Galloway family in Australia continues to prove that they can produce the high yielding carcass for the butcher and the quality meat that the consumer enjoys, with Galloway cattle and Belted Galloway cattle successful in carcass competitions for their breeders at their local Agricultural Shows. In addition to this, Allen and Lizette Snaith from Warialda Belted Galloways in Victoria recently won a Gold Medal in the 2010 National Food Produce Awards for the “From the Paddock” section with smallgoods produced from Belted Galloways. © Copyright 2011 Several of our members attended the World Galloway Conference in Denmark in September, and enjoyed the tours afterwards, as well as catching up with fellow breeders. If anyone would like an Australian 2010/2011 annual, please contact ... Sallie Wadley, Executive Officer, Australian Galloway Association Inc PO Box 42, Westbury, Tas, AUST 7303 Ph/Fax: +61 3 6393 2866 Email: offi[email protected] Web: www.galloway.asn.au Canadian Galloway Advance 21 22 Canadian Galloway Advance © Copyright 2011 C.G.A. Annual General Meeting -2010 Edgewood Farms, Pontypool, Ontario The 2010 Canadian Galloway Association AGM catch up with one another or their sleep. A few was held in Peterborough, Ontario. Edgewood were reported to have been snoring in the lobby Farms, Marie Toon and Ken Hill, and John and of the hotel. The Amy Toon of Pontypool were our gracious hosts. afternoon could be spent walking We started the AGM on Friday afternoon with a downtown PeBBQ at Edgewood Farm. The farm sits terborough, on the edge (hence the which boasts name) of the Gagreat stores naraska Forest. It and restauis a 11,000 acre rants. forest full of trails for horseback riding, walking and ATVing. If you have never had the chance to visit, the family and the farm is always open to visitors. The BBQ was followed by a Directors meeting. Those that were not part of the meeting were able to partake in a very long (3 hr) Cow Patty Bingo. On Saturday, we had an early start. Our meetings were in full motion by 9 am, quickly and smoothly finishing by noon. This gave the members time to Bydand Grange (BMMPXBZTt(SBTT'FE#FFG Chris & Kathy Gordon 215 Echo Lake Rd, Echo Bay, ON P0S 1C0 Our Saturday night, was a two lock dinner cruise of the Trent Severn Waterway. Dinner of roast beef (sorry folkes, not Galloway) was excellent, the evening beautiful and the company even better. It was a pleasure to welcome Joyce and Jeannine Jones from Double J Galloways in Pennsylvania. As always, it is great to see our own membership from across Canada. AGM - continued page 25 Windchime Galloways phone: tFNBJMJRNVYKVU'`HOVVJVT Maureen Allaston & John Taylor 311 Halle Road W., Brigham, Quebec J2K 4J7 Canada Tel & Fax: (450) 263-8316 Email: [email protected] © Copyright 2011 Canadian Galloway Advance 23 Report from Scotland Galloway Cattle Society of UK and Ireland – 2010 Report. O nce again the Society has had a busy and successful year, the summer was particularly hectic, with shows and exhibitions to attend and this year we had a new sale in the very south west of England. The start of the summer saw a change of chairman Mr Andrew Brown from Drummingly, Castle Douglas took the helm from Mr Jim Ross who had been Chairman for 8 years, we are indeed in debt to Jim for all his hard work, dedication and enthusiasm for the breed. Drew as he is better known, farms with his wife Betty on the upland farm which is in the heart of Galloway country, presently they have 24 Galloway cows, commercial cows and the famous Blueface Leicester Flock, they also have Blackface sheep. Once again it was The Royal Highland Show is Scotland’s premier show, which is fast becoming the most popular show on the show circuit, which kicked off the major shows. It is hard to believe it was just last year since the breed lifted all the major trophies and I am very please to report that we again lifted a trophy at this years show, the Native team award. It was Dennis Gall’s (Castle Milk fame) cow which lifted the silverware, Silverbell 3 rd of Gall-way is a Blackcraig Krypton daughter and out of a previous Highland Show Champion, Silverbell 12th of Corrie. This five yearold cow has already received many championships this year, including Ayr and Drymen shows, she was shown with her bull calf at foot. The Reserve Overall Champion was the sole entry from Mr J C Thomson, Caberston Farm, Walkerburn, Peebles, Kirkstead Nancy Boy 2010 Spring Show - Castle Douglas is a 2005 born Blackcraig Kazan son and out of the famous Kirkstead Nancy family. Blackcraig Noreen P260 from John and Anne Finlay, Blackcraig, Corsock joined the champion and reserve to lift the Native team award. Full reports of all the shows including photographs can be found on our web site www.gallowaycattlesociety.co.uk Next was the Great Yorkshire show which is now one of England’s major shows, there is only a small number of Galloways represented at this show, but a great lot of interest is shown and the show always get 2010 Spring Show pleasant - Castle Douglas weather, as once again we have not had a particularly warm and dry summer. It was Jim and Selina Ross’s Romesbeoch, Shawhead turn to lift the rosettes their very stylish heifer Beauty of Romebeoch, is a 2007-born and a Xerox of Upper Buckna daughter. Our new venture for 2010 was a sale in Devon, south west of England, this is a very popular area for Galloways, many Galloways travel south, especially to Exmoor and Dartmoor after our sales in Castle Douglas and Carlisle, this sale was to encourage new members and help members trade. Although the sale did not hit any record prices, most of the stock was sold and the interest received secured the sale for next year. Our popular National show was held on 17th July, this show was cancelled last year at 5 o’clock in the morning because of flooding from the river Eden to the showground, so we were all mighty relieved that the show went ahead this year. The day started off dry, but just as the judging started the heavens opened and the prolonged rain was on for the morning. It was such a shame, as this is the most enjoyable and popular event in the Galloway calendar. Well known Galloway enthusiast Jim Ross, Romesebeoch, Shawhead clinched the overall trophy with the famous cow Doon of Urrs Nerys and reserve was John and Ann Finlay, Blackcraig, Corsock Report from Scotland - continued page 25 24 Canadian Galloway Advance © Copyright 2011 Report from Scotland - from page 24 with Blackcraig Noreen P260, the heifer that had a very successful year last year. heifer, Penninghame Major daughter, which is in calf to Blackcraig Kazan. She sold for the day’s top price of 2800gns Our premier sale which is to Mr Hunter Smith, Wylheld at Wallets’ Marts, Castle liesyke, Gilsland, Carlisle Douglas, seems a long and Alan's reserve champion Kirkdistant memory now, espestead Blondchen R4 is ancially as we were recovering other Penninghame Major from one of the coldest win- 2010 Highland Show Judge daughter and is a month ters in living memory John Maxwell, Jaw older, again in calf to BlackA growing demand for Galloway cattle resulted in craig Kazan, she is off over the water to Isle of Man one of the best trades seen in recent years. Top to the herd belonging to Heather Moore for price of the day was for the reserve two year old 2400gns champion from Jimmy Wallace, Fingland, Dalry. Barack Obama of Fingland, a Kirkmabreck Monarch Averages 16 Bulls £3825.93 (+£1200.93) son sold for the five figure sum of 10500gns, the 43 Bulling heifers £1158.66 (+£150.07) fifth highest price ever paid for a Galloway sold 15 incalf or running with bull £1253 (£-19.50) through the mart. This was a personal best for Jimmy Wallace, who runs 30 Galloway cows, Obama is bred from the best female line in the herd. He is out of the Penninghame Icarus-sired cow, Lady Polka 1 of Fingland, which is a daughter of Marbrack Polka. She also produced the Jimmy’s previous top seller at 3200gns. This April, 2008 born calf is off to the Nether Rusko and Barlaes herds belonging to the Ferguson/McTurk families, Dalry, Castle Douglas. The male champion Blackcraig Quartz from renowned breeders, John and Ann Finlay, Blackcraig, Dalry, has Australian bloodlines on both sides. He is the first son to be sold off Blackcraig Nimrod, a Globex Winchester son out of the heifer, Blackcraig Noreen, which is by Globex Xplosive X63, he sold for 5800gns to well known Devon breeders John and Ken Heard, Hughslade, Okehampton, Devon. Also at 5800gns is Quincy of Nether Cleugh, a 17-month-old bull from Peter Hunter Blair, Nether Cleugh, Dalry Castle Douglas, this Doon of Urr Anonymous son is off home with Mark De Wymter-Smith, who has been increasing herd numbers at Exmoor Forest Farms, Cornham, Minehead, Somerset, in recent years. Our summer shows are now a distant memory and we would like to thank all of our exhibitors for taking the time to show, which is always the best place to advertise our breed, now we are planning for the 2011 sale and show season and we would like to extend a very warm welcome to as many of you as possible to any of our shows and sales or on farm, please do not hesitate to contact the office for further information, travel arrangements and herd visits. Judge Mr Allan McMillan, Hannaston, Darly Castle Andy New me m & Lis Dogulas took home the Reserve champion, Bara Sp bers, rosto n quhill Bacardi, a Blackcraig Jury son for 2000gns, his dam Blackcraig Blondchen N219 has been a reg- AGM - from page 23 ularly winner on the show circuit for Mr M McCor- On Sunday, those that felt up to it, were off to play nick, Barquhill, Newtown Stewart. a challenging game of golf. The front 9 was links, the back nine consisted of hills, valleys and more A successful day for Alan McClymont, Kirkstead, Yarrow as he received female champion, reserve fe- hills. male and group of three heifers. His champion, Thank you to our hosts..Marie, Ken, John and Amy Kirkstead Noreen R15 is a October 2007 born for a warm, sunny weekend in Eastern Ontario. © Copyright 2011 Canadian Galloway Advance 25 Memories by Galloway Mama I n 1956 Gordon & I bought our first 4 Galloway heifers from Andy Wallace. Our first bull was Knight of Castle Milk (dun) which we bought from Orrin Hart. The next year Mom helping with tattooing last we imported 2 bred spring, June 12, 2010, at age 80 dun Galloway heifers from Scotland. In 1959 we were charter members of the newly formed Saskatchewan Galloway Association. Gordon served on the board of directors until his death in 2001. At different times he served as president and vice president. I also served, first as vice-president, then president, and finally as secretary/treasurer. We helped publish the “Saskatchewan Galloway Galaxy”—writing articles, proof reading, addressing by hand and mailing 2000 magazines three times a year. When Dean Bollman became secretary of the Canadian Galloway Assoc. he got a second hand addressograph machine from H. Gordon Green. At that time we gathered at Bollmans, then at Gloria Wrights to address magazines. It was at this time the Galloway Trail became the Galloway Advance. I took on editing the Advance in the 1980’s. By the time the magazine moved to Ontario we had address labels and stamp printed on the magazine. I attended every Saskatchewan annual meeting except two from 1960-2009. Saskatchewan Annual meetings were held in conjunction with Saskatchewan Livestock Assoc. annual convention which alternated between Saskatoon and Regina. This allowed us access to many breeders and provincial forums. Floyd Currie and Gordon brought their guitars which lead to great comradeship in John Bradley and Jack Williams room. We had a few calls from the management over the years. Around 2000 the membership decided to hold the annual meetings in conjunction with Agribition, thus ending a happy relationship with the Saskatchewan Livestock Assoc. In 1991 Gordon was honoured by the Livestock Assoc. when he was added to their honour roll in recognition of his service to the livestock industry. We got Galloway classes started in Swift Current (1960), then North Battleford, Lloydminster, and Prince Albert. We met with Bill Small & Bill Black- 26 Canadian Galloway Advance Joan Horvey lock to support the new show “Agribition” which started in 1971. In 1982, the Galloway centennial year, there were 140 Galloways at Agribition. In 1969 Russel & Dennis Bradley took Galloways to the Toronto Royal. In Ontario after feeding and watering the cattle, Dennis fell as he tried to catch the coach. Russel arrived in Toronto, not knowing if Dennis was alive or dead, he unloaded the cattle Horvey family at Joan's 80th Birthday Back row 5 boys, Lyndon, Bert, Russel, Wesley, Gary Front row is Katherine and Joan and literature. Finally the CPR delivered Dennis. (Mother Ruth never knew how his jeans got torn). We took the first Galloway bulls to sales in Swift Current, North Battleford, Lloydminster, as well as Galloway Mama - continued page 27 EMBER GALLOWAYS full brothers at 22 months and 11 months ~ dam: Ember Raven~ ~ sire Heatherdale Premium ~ Mark Burr UE 519-786-4620 [email protected] website www.embergalloways.com ~ ~ © Copyright 2011 Galloway Mama - from page 26 Saskatoon & Regina. We were part of the ROP program out of the U of S. We also provided heifers to the University for testing. We supported field days in the province which kept people interested & involved. We held fundraisers at the Flats (country school). Music was provided by Floyd & Norris Currie, Gordon, Kurt Kleim, & Jim Spiers. When we hosted the Canadian AGM, Paul Kendal & Fred Easton brought their violins. We brought cookies and other breeders sent goodies to eat Dun Gal Wabash E (dun) with the at Admiral Landymore's, May 1970 coffee. I would tell school kids the story of Galloways and they often wrote and thanked me. Breeders came to rest at the booth and store their luggage until their plane was leaving. I had ceramic dishes made with Galloway decals which we sold at the booth. One year Helen brought a big Canadian flag which we used as a backdrop for our pictures. When we came in the morning the flag had been stolen. We supported the “All Black Feeder Sale” in Swift Current, organized by the SGA. In1962 we attended the American Galloway Breeders annual meeting in Ekalaka. We also made it to a couple Canadian meetings in Ontario. We have always supported the Alberta Assoc. Gordon took females to the Fort McLeod Female Sale. We have showed cattle at Claresholm, Edmonton and Calgary. We have supplied steers for the Olds College Steer a Year project and a heifer for the Fairview project. We have supported the Alberta Galloway Assoc. Bull Testing Stations and bull sales over the years When Russel joined the Success/Cantuar 4H beef club in 1960, there were 6 Galloways at achievement day (a real thrill for leader, John Bradley). Wesley, Gary, & Bert were also members. Bert, Katherine & Lyndon joined the Pennant 4H when Success beef folded. The kids won several $250 education scholarships at fairs. After my kids grew up I went on the Board of Education, first in Leader, then in Swift Current. I served one year as president of the Prairie West School Division and a year as vice president of the Comp Board of Management. I am an honorary member of the Saskatchewan School Trustees Assoc. Showing cattle with 6 kids took a lot of organizing - first camping in a tent and later a tent trailer. One year at Lloydminster it rained so much that our plug in was dangling in the water - Horvey trucks showing cattle in Lloydminster 1968. lucky we weren’t all Tack & feed carried above electrocuted. As many the cattle. as 22 friends would gather in our camper van. They would often bring fresh garden vegetables in and we would cook up a feast for dinner. I had my picture taken with Princess Margaret Rose when she came to the Battleford fair one year. I made banners for the backdrop, made signs and I made black vests for pure bred shows and red vests for 4H shows. After Gordon passed away in 2001 I moved into Cabri. I still own about 30 head of pure bred Galloways with my sons Gary and Lyndon and do all the cattle books. I go to the farm for branding the commercial calves in May and tattooing the pure bred calves in June. I’ve learned to play bridge and am secretary/treasurer of the museum and ELW (Lutheran Ladies). I have organized historical tours of Cabri for special celebrations. Over the years I have helped publish the Cabri, Butte Valley, and Carleton histories. I belong to a “fitness group” and sing in the community choir BUT now I’m slowing down. I turned 81 in Dec.2010 and the body is unwilling to do what it used to. I have enjoyed the many friends we’ve made through the Galloway business. They are like family and will always be loved and important to me. Dun Gal Bullet, Champion Galloway Bull, Agribition 1972 For many years Jean Flett, Pearl Kendel, Helen Small & I were in charge of the Agribition booth. My old coffee maker served many cups of coffee. © Copyright 2011 Canadian Galloway Advance 27 Thoughts of a New Galloway Breeder Andy Sproston - Niagara Galloway truly great Country. In February 2007 we immigrated to Canada arriving in Grimsby Ontario even though it looked and felt like we had landed in Siberia. We bought a 1930s home with 27 acres of abandoned grapes. Straight away and for the whole of our first summer we stripped out the rusty wire, posts and pushed all the vines out with a 1966 David Brown 990 tractor - yes my dad had one of those too. I was told by a few that walking away from farming as a teenager would only be temporary as it’s apparently in your blood. Well some 30 years later I’m back with my boots on and feeling that it was only yesterday leaving mum and dad to milk 150 cows, work the fields, make the silage and hay, combine and bale the grain and straw. I left the farm in 1977 to carve out a career in the natural gas industry with my parent’s approval as you need to be 100% sure farming is right for you and back then I didn’t think it was. The experience gained from growing up on the farm in Cheshire England and the gas industry will serve me well as we open the doors of our farm shop to the public. In the UK my work took me up and down the country and I would always be gazing into the fields instead of eyes on the road and quite often would pull over to admire a herd of cattle on a back road and on my many travels through Scotland I would see some fantastic herds of Ayrshire’s, Galloway and Angus but in 2001 I had tears rolling as I drove along the 74 road to the English Scottish border as the smell of the foot and mouth disaster entered the car, my passenger couldn’t quite understand what was wrong with me. In the 1967 disaster it got so close to my dad’s farm we were a hair thickness out of the “as the crow flies”cull zone and as a 6 year old boy I thought we would lose our herd to the cruel men who lit big fires at our neighbour’s farms. My sister and her husband are running a busy farm milking 300 cattle back in England these days which keeps dad happy and even though he says he is too old to fly I hope we can get him out here to see our set up and this 28 In 2008 we worked the fields and produced a crop of corn which killed off the poison ivy and whatever else was in there. House and barn repairs were started and the chickens, pigs and ducks were the first critters to arrive. My search for beef cattle was underway which is when I realised how much things had changed in those 30 years. Some breeds I checked out were really good herds but so different from what I remember size wise especially, so I made up a check list of what would work for us like a strong heritage breed with no horns, good temperament, calving ease, strong calves, good bloodlines, not too big and not too small, must thrive on grass and hay and deal with a tough climate so does this sound familiar????? In the spring of 2008 my neighbour took me to see some Galloway’s at a farm / stables in the Guelph area as their daughter had a riding lesson. I spent the whole of her lesson time leaning on the gate surrounded by black cows pushing for a back scratch. I had hoped somebody might come over and tell me all about these magnificent cattle on my unarranged visit but not to be, so made my Thoughts of a New Breeder - continued page 29 Canadian Galloway Advance © Copyright 2011 Thoughts of a New Breeder - from page 28 way home with a good impression of Galloway cattle. A few more different breed farm visits came and went then The Royal Winter Fair arrived and what a show that is. I was lurking around the Galloway area for 3 days chatting to most of the breeders and learnt so much about the breed. So at last my mind was made up on Galloway’s and arranged to see 2 freshly weaned heifer calves that were available in the Guelph area. Imagine my surprise to find it was the same farm I visited in the spring. The deal was done for Ursula and Unity and a good friendship with the McIlwraith family began. 2009 saw the fields sown to pasture with a cover crop of oats, fencing began and water lines installed. In the fall we purchased a beautiful rather stunning pregnant cow called Sprite from the Card family at Tavistock. Sprite’s delivery to the field by Brad and Colleen went very well followed by some belly bunting with the yearling heifers. Sprite soon sorted out that she was the boss and all looked well until our thoroughbred horse came at full tilt from a back field to see the new arrival at which point Sprite took off through a fence into open fields. Thanks again B & C for getting her back in with us. Soon after Heather an in calf heifer landed. Spring of 2010 and my three belted girls arrived, Tarry Lee who was in calf and yearlings Whimsical and Wakefield, we also saw 3 healthy heifer calves born here 2 of which my daughter Emily and I showed at the Royal this year. Pollyanna and her twin heifers arrived along with Texas my choice bull in the fall so I think it’s safe to say Niagara Galloway is up up and away and with the help of the Galloway breeders we have met so far we now have great breeding stock to work with. To be involved with this breed feels right and as I write these lines the dispersal sale of Diamond B is taking place. The hard work put in over many decades by different breeders past and present is there to be seen by all and making it possible for Niagara Galloway and other newcomers to purchase and hopefully contribute back to the breed. Our gate to your plate Home of Niagara Galloway Black • Dun • Belted Andy & Lisa Sproston 234 Elm Tree Road East, Grimsby, ON, L3M 4E7 905-309-4984 www.ourgatetoyourplate.com Brass Ring Galloways Blacks Reds Duns Russ and Susan Waples PO Box 544, Terry MT USA 59349 406 635 2114 [email protected] We have now established a flock of purebred Romney sheep and are searching high and low for more Large Black hogs. We have a breeding stock of Bronze turkeys and pheasant along with Muscovy duck and our laying hens. The farm shop opened late November this year with sales of beef cuts doing really well. A special thanks to Chris Gordon for selling me some fantastic grass fed steers which enabled the shop to open on time. So farming never leaves you - It’s in your blood © Copyright 2011 Canadian Galloway Advance 29 some pretty ladies Geordawn Janey 10x (Blk) Second - Female Calf born 2010 – RAWF 2010 Dam; Geordawn Janet (Blk) Sire: Solway Ralph (Blk) Solway Krispy Kream (BLK) 1W Calf Champion Other 4-H Breeds – National Junior Beef Heifer Show – RAWF 2009 Dam: Solway Kit Kat Sire: Solway Ralph Solw ay Galloways Geordawn Farms George & Betty McIlwraith George & Dawn Van Kampen & Family ( 519•940•2202 7 519•940•2201 ( 519•941•5739 7 [email protected] 7 519•941•1243 - 394276 County Road 12, R.R. #7, Orangeville, Ontario, L9W 2Z3 30 Visitors & Enquiries Always Welcome Canadian Galloway Advance © Copyright 2011 Certified Farming - A different Approach S Sheila and Ron Hamilton - Sunworks Farm, Armena, Alberta. unworks Farm is Certified Organic , Certified Humane by the BC SPCA and Certified Local Sustainable. We were not farmers or have any family that are farmers. We moved from the city of Leduc and bought 320 acres and a farm site. We were actually more in love with the beautiful farm site than the 320 acres that were attached to it. In the winter of 19951996 we took a Holistic Management course and set a plan for looking after and loving our land. When we bought our land it was some of the poorest land in Alberta, 2 to 4 inches of black soil over blue/brown clay with numerous areas of no black soil and all clay. We knew that we couldn’t cultivate this land and make a living on it so we made the land into grassland. We split it up into paddocks, dug dugouts and laid a pasture pipeline. We planted timothy, alfalfa, meadow brome and orchard grass. Now we have no orchard grass, a little alfalfa, a little timothy, dandelions, quack grass and lots of meadow brome. Meadow brome is like a weed for us. We use time controlled and mob grazing techniques. We have moved our cattle herd up to 5 times a day but now only move our animals 2 times a day. We give only enough grass to make sure that all the grass is eaten or trampled down. The cattle will eat or trample all the thistle (they eat the tops) or any other weeds. The manure is evenly spread all over the pasture. We never harrow pastures. We grazed 170 steers on 130 acres this summer and went over our land almost three times. We don’t chase fresh grass. If some of the paddocks have 6 foot high meadow brome grass and is somewhat mature that is what they get. This method of grazing is foremost for the land. We are actively trying to leave a thatch on the ground and have no bare patches. This has really helped in the retention of all the rain that we get. It takes almost 1.5” of rain before we see any water flowing. We spread composted chicken manure on a different paddock every year to keep the fertility up. The results are simply amazing. This year I have pictures of meadow brome over 7 feet high. We laid almost 6600 feet of 1 ¼ line on the ground for our pasture pipeline. With the pasture pipeline the most the cattle have to walk for water is 600 feet. We have portable 100 gallon tanks on skids that have a 100 foot 1 inch hose that attaches to the pipeline. The pipeline has © Copyright 2011 valves every 300 feet. We move the tanks with our Kabota RTV to a new spot everyday. Because the water is constantly available there isn’t a mad panic to get to the water. The cattle amble over to the water 1 or 2 at a time and there are no fights at the water tank. Everyone gets water. We give the animals the Fertrell Grazier Choice mineral on a free choice basis. All our interior fencing is single wire electric fence with posts every 80 feet. The exterior is two wire electric fence with posts every 60 feet using a Gallagher 2500 charger. Our land is subdivided into 20 acre paddocks. We subdivide our paddocks with Gallagher string reels when we give new grass. We use 3 strings, one on the back and 2 forward. When we take down a string we replace it in the front. To move cattle we open up the string and let them into fresh grass. Our employees mark how much time they spend on all enterprises on the farm daily, in 15 minute intervals. We only have about 60 hours in a month charged to the cattle enterprise. It isn’t really too difficult to teach them about how to move and manage the cattle. This is a very simple system. Our farm’s main enterprise is raising organic free range chickens so this is an ancillary enterprise so we can’t make this very hard or complicated and can’t take a lot of time. We firmly believe that the breed of cattle that we are using on our farm should be from the same latitude that they originated. When you bring a breed from the south of France to our climate there can’t be profit in that. Their hair is 1 inch long and when the wind blows and there is 2 feet of snow on the ground and it is 20 below all they eat is barely keeping these animals warm. We knew that to have an animal finish on a grass/forage diet we need a breed that did well in the winter. We needed a breed that had long hair, preferably an inner coat, short legs and an ability to do well on all sorts of forage in the summer and winter. We wanted to use stockpiled forage to last into January with minimal hay (we have 135 acres of stockpile forage every winter). The research that we did pointed us to two different breeds of cattle, Galloway and Highland. We didn’t want horns on our cattle so we chose Galloway. We A Different Approach - continued page 33 Canadian Galloway Advance 31 Galair Galloways is one of Canada’s oldest herds of Galloway Cattle Purebred and crossbred Galloway cattle available Contact Bob Airth Walking A Ranches Ltd. R.R. #1, Site 7, Box 18, De Winton, Alberta T0L 0X0 Phone/Fax Cell Email (403) 938-7543 (403) 850-0782 [email protected] Black Galloways since 1946 32 Canadian Galloway Advance White Galloways since 1966 © Copyright 2011 Scott Van Kampen Memorial A special thank you to Suncrest Farms for the bag of goodies to each entrant and an extra special thank you to Walking A Ranches, DeWinton, Alberta for their generous sponsorship. Our juniors wear their jackets proudly! These juniors are Galloways future.. . Congratulations to all of them for a wonderful show! Thursday, November 4, 2010 was the first junior show in memory of Scott VanKampen at the Royal. There were 11 entries, with two new faces, Emily Sproston and Delaney Barnes joining our Galloway family. Brian Whitwell from First Line Angus, Hagersville awarded Alicia VanKampen the plaque for Champion Showperson. Patti Blake was Reserve Champion Showperson and Stuart McIlwraith was Honorable Mention. Back (L-R): Emily Sproston, Alicia VanKampen, Caleigh VanKampen, Crystal Blake, Asia Toon, Delaney Barnes Front (l-R): Vicki Blake, Patti Blake, Courtney VanKampen, Stuart McIlwraith Absent: Christopher McIlwraith and Meghan VanKampen Brosens A Different Approach - from page 31 started our herd with 6 purebred Galloway from Stu Crawford, the late Hugh Crawford’s son. We gradually increased our cow herd with all Galloway and Galloway cross’s. We had great experiences with our Galloway cows. They calved easy and the calves were up and running right at birth. We wanted the calves to be up and running quickly because we calved in May and June right on pasture with minimal supervision. The cows were very gentle and good mothers. Because we are limited in the land that we have we made the decision to sell our cows to Peter Lundgard and concentrate on our grass finished retail program. We made the arrangement to get Peter’s calves from his organic Galloway herd and finish them off on our place. We now have two herds of cattle, all Galloway cross and purebred Galloway, one the finishing herd and the other the yearling herd. All our animals are forage finished so we harvest animals between 24 and 32 months of age. They are all born in May or June so they go through 2 winters. As we harvest our animals we move them from the growing herd to the finishing herd. They are in the finishing herd for about 3 months and are given a supplement of alfalfa pellets and peas, 60/40. They are given about 10 lbs a day and fine cut high quality hay. We buy all of © Copyright 2011 our hay in so can access better quality hay for the finishing herd. We process 4 animals a week. Our finish on the cattle can be better than a grain finished steer. It is very highly marbled and a lot of intramuscular marbling. Our customers remark about the flavor on a weekly basis. The flavor is a very intense beefy flavor. This isn’t a shallow washed out flavor. We don’t hang our beef any longer than 7 to 10 days so we don’t get a moldy semi rotten flavor. The meat is hard and very easy to cut and not slimy. We just opened our own butcher and sausage making shop and our butchers just love working with the carcasses. We also can sell grass finished cows. Peter pregnancy checks his cows so he has cows for us every year. If the cow is a little older we may be able to only sell the high end cuts but with the younger cows we can finish them and sell them with no discount. We now supply 7 natural food stores and sell at farmers markets. We deliver fresh product 2 times a week to the stores. We see that some of the consumers are getting very knowledgeable about grass finished beef and the health benefits. We know that the Galloway beef breed is the best choice to supply the consumers with grass finished beef. Canadian Galloway Advance 33 Offering Canadian and US cattlemen top purebred genetics to meet your Commercial and Purebred needs. Thank you to all those who donated to and participated in the AGA GROWING FORWARD PROJECT Earl Jackson, President [email protected] Phone: 403-782-6184 34 Canadian Galloway Advance Dawn Nesbitt Secretary Phone: 403-843-2083 © Copyright 2011 CRANBERRY HILL GALLOWAYS Brad and Colleen Card RR#2 Tavistock,ON (519)655-2138 [email protected] Grass Finishing Genetics with Breed Character and Type We have the exclusive Canadian rights to the sale and distribution of semen from the Scottish bull BRAVEHEART OF GALL-WAY 100% British Bloodlines Semen Available 2011 © Copyright 2011 Canadian Galloway Advance 35 WILLOW-MOR FARMS Breeding Galloway Cattle since 1971 Blacks-Duns-Silvers-Belties Stock available at all time Coffee always on Advocates of Agricultural Awareness • Farm Tours arranged Many thanks to our buyers and friends for their support Tom & Shirley Morrish & family 683 Norris Road • Devlin • Ontario • P0W 1C0 Phone: 807-486-3382 Email: [email protected] Bulls & Females For Sale Scot & Mary Robertson And Sons 3067 Flos Rd. 6 West Phelpston, ON L0L 2K0 Phone: 1-705-322-6977 E-mail: [email protected] Semen Available from: Tri-R Navigator 16N (CAN/US) Special thanks to our customers who purchased Galloway cattle & beef Visitors for the 2012 World Galloway Congress Galloway & Angus Welcome! Cedarmill & Killowent Galloways Tony & Bev Onufer Galloways (Blacks & Duns) Belted Galloways Cedarmill Farm Box 39, Millgrove, ON L0R 1V0 Tel: (905) 689-4123 Registered and Commercial B R E E D I N G G A L L O WAY S S I N C E 1 9 7 0 Dun Gal & Big Deal Dun Gal started in 1956 Big Deal started in 1964 5 Decades, 3 Herds, 3 Breeds, 3 Colors, 3 Locations, 150Matings Three Breeds Galloways White Galloways Belted Galloways Three Colors Blacks, Duns, Reds Three Locaions Cabri, SK Rollyview, AB Delburne, AB Russel Horvey’s first 4H calf 1960 – Silver Tip 50 years striving for Perfection & Repeatability 50 years Overall Performance Evaluation Using herd sires above average for ADG 40 years Emphasizing Maternal Strengths Developing cow lines with milk and udders like mares 30 years Selection for Fertility Herd sires with above average scrotal circumferences 20 years adding Volume & Capacity Using bulls like Sandrift Nicodemus & Big Deal Zeus Wyatt Horvey’s 4H calf 2009 – Dun Gal Blackberry 10 years Fine Tuning and adding Eye Appeal Using Bulls like Dun Gal Russel 10R, Big Deal Fantasy Supreme 10F, Power Play 6P, Salvation 17S, Passport 5S Genuine Genetics Bull Sale March 12, 2011 Innisfail Auction Market, Innisfail, AB. Bulls from: Big Deal, Dun Gal, Westview & Plaid Galloways Dun Gal Herdsire - Dun Gal Reubin (blk) Galloway Semen Available for Sale: Blacks, Red, Dun and White Eight (8) bull stored in Canada Five (5) bulls stored in the US Horveys Dun Gal Galloways in SK Joan Horvey (306) 587-2339 Gary & Debbie (306) 587-2739 Lyndon Horvey (306) 587-2716 Box 230, Cabri, SK. S0N 0J0 [email protected] [email protected] Dun Gal Galloways in AB Wesley & Audra Horvey Phone (780) 986-1260 General Delivery Rollyview, AB. T0C 2K0 [email protected] http://bigdeal.transdevcon.net/ Big Deal Galloways in AB Russel & Cheryl Horvey Phone (403)749-2780 Box 339 Delburne, AB.T0M 0V0 [email protected] http://bigdealgalloways.com/