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BLONDE BULLET 2010 Published by the Alberta Blonde d’Aquitaine Association Welcome from the President 2009 had it’s challenges, but we are already looking forward to 2010. Alberta Blondes have started the largest bull test that we have had in a few years, and we are hosting the National Convention in November. It has been a few years since Alberta has had a Blonde show, or hosted the National. We are treating this event as a way to showcase our cattle to the industry as well as fellow Blonde breeders. I encourage all of our members to participate in this event, and to tell a lot of people about it; everyone is welcome. More information can be found throughout this publication. I didn’t get around to many Breeders herds this year. Another little one in the family, and without our French exchange student (Damien) things were a little busier this summer. However, my wife Michelle and I did manage to make a trip to the East this fall. We attended the Cream of the Crop sale in Ontario and the National Convention in Quebec. October is a beautiful time of year in the East, and we had a great time visiting several good herds of cattle, and meeting some great people. It was nice to put some faces to names and see some people that I hadn’t seen in a few years. Hopefully we’ll see some of you here in November 2010 so we can return the hospitality. Reed Rigney PAGE 1 Annual General Meeting The Alberta Blonde Association held it’s annual meeting on Saturday, November 28th in Leduc, Alberta. The major topics of discussion were promotion and marketing as well as the 2010 Canadian National Show, Sale and Meeting which Alberta is hosting. There were three openings on the Board; thank you to Sharon Breitkreuz and Ken Mackenzie for returning to the Board, and welcome to Art Breitkreuz our newest Board member. Reed Rigney will continue in his role as President and Association contact, Ken Mackenzie continues as Vice-President and Dave Kamelchuk continues as Treasurer. A complete listing of the directors, and their contact information can be found on the back page of this publication. How to effectively market ourselves was discussed at length. Print advertising is very expensive, and has to be put in front of prospective buyers on a consistent basis. It was decided that until our finances are stronger we will focus our promotions on bull congresses. We will be attending the Camrose and Westlock bull congresses, and possibly one in Olds if the event is held. We will be doing some print advertising as well, however it will be timed more closely with the National Convention in November of 2010. The National is an excellent opportunity for us to showcase the breed and our individual operations. As mentioned earlier we will be increasing our advertising to attract as many cattleman that are interested in Blondes (cattle) as possible. We will also be doing some fundraising to pay for that extra advertising and to strengthen our back account for upcoming years. Art & Sharon Breitkreuz have donated a polled Fullblood heifer to the association as a fundraising project, and we thank them immensely for that donation. Steve & Shirley Jackson RR#1 Westerose, Alberta T0C 2V0 Phone: (780) 586-2800 Email: [email protected] PAGE 2 “I am for sale and am a double polled full blood bull” Art & Sharon Breitkreuz Box 11 Carnwood , AB T0C 0W0 Ph; 780-542-2378 Cell; 780-514-6651 Email; [email protected] “I am for sale and also a double polled full blood bull” David & Janet Kamelchuk Ellscott, Alberta 780 675-1227 [email protected] Fullblood and Purebred Polled and Horned Little Creek Ustis 1U – Polled Fullblood Yearling bulls for sale - currently on test at Cattleland, Strathmore Bred heifers for sale fall 2010 - watch for us at the 2010 National Show and Sale in Olds PAGE 3 Alberta Hosts National Blonde Convention The 2010 National Blonde Convention will be held in Olds, Alberta at the Cow Palace from November 19-21. The event will have a show, sale and the Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Blonde d’Aquitaine Association. We are expecting cattle and breeders from across Canada., and all other cattlemen and women are invited to check out the Blonde breed as well. Thursday and Friday will be move-in and set-up days. Cattle must be stabled in the barn by Friday at noon. A clipping crew will be on site both days to assist exhibitors in making their animals more presentable for the event. For those exhibitors with long haul cattle we can also arrange for them to be cared for prior to and at the show. If you would like to use any of these services please let us know when making your entries. Saturday is the big day. The show starts in the morning followed by the sale in the afternoon. We will be auctioning off chances to win a polled Fullblood heifer donated by Arsha Blondes at the sale. Lunch will be provided during the show, and snacks & beverages prior to the sale. As stated before we encourage the general cattle public to attend this day to learn more about the breed, and meet the breeders of Blonde cattle. Following the sale, and after a quick clean-up, there will be a banquet hosted at an off site location still to be determined. Sunday will focus on the Canadian Blonde Association AGM. Financials and policy will be discussed as well as new or retuning members welcomed to the Board of Directors. Following the meeting cattle and exhibitors will be dismissed from the barns (sale cattle may leave following the sale on Saturday night). Of course it takes a lot of time, effort and money to run an event of this magnitude. If anyone would like to volunteer their time to help, or sponsor part of the event it would be greatly appreciated. Continued on the next page….. PAGE 4 National continued ….. For those of you coming from out of town there are many things to see and do very close by. The Rocky Mountains and world class skiing are close by. There are several Blonde breeders within easy driving distance and there should be bulls on test at Cattleland Feedyards north of Strathmore (NE of Calgary). For those looking for something more urban, Calgary is a short drive to the south. If you would like more information on exhibiting at, attending or sponsoring the event please contact the Alberta Blonde Association, or Reed Rigney. The schedule of events is as follows: Friday November 19 8 a.m. – Noon Arrival & Stalling of cattle (cattle start arriving on Thursday) 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. Hospitality Suite at the Olds Best Western Saturday November 20 10 a.m. – Noon National Blonde d’Aquitaine Show; Female Section Noon – 1 p.m. Lunch 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. National Blonde d’Aquitaine Show; Male Section 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Pre-Sale Hospitality 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. National Blonde d’Aquitaine Sale 7 p.m. - Midnight Banquet Sunday November 21 10 a.m. – Noon National Blonde d’Aquitaine Annual General Meeting Noon – 1 p.m. Lunch 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. National Blonde d’Aquitaine Annual General Meeting continued 4 p.m. Release of cattle (following AGM) Your Blonde Semen Source “Blackwater Ainsley” New genetics from England. We also have an extensive selection of semen and embryos from the 70’s, 80’s & 90’s for sale. Please contact us for more information, or download the colour catalogue available on our website. Yearling bulls available for summer 2010, and Two year old bulls available for 2011 breeding season. We also have a group a Polled Purebred females for sale in 2010. Reed & Michelle Rigney and Family Westlock, Alberta Ph: (780) 348-5308 Cell: (780) 307-2702 Email: [email protected] Web: www.wsscattle.ca PAGE 5 Alberta Blonde Bulls on Test at Strathmore Blonde bulls are back in force at the Alberta Blonde Association bull test at Cattleland Feedyards near Strathmore, Alberta. Six Blonde breeders contributed 27 bulls for the test. Thank You to Harry Nauenburg for doing the leg work to get the test up and running, and to all those that contributed The bulls have been divided into two groups to be indexed separately because of their age difference. There are Fullblood, Purebred and Percentage bulls in the test, both polled and horned. They were delivered in mid-November for a warm-up period to let them adjust to new surroundings, new feed and to help even out some of the environmental weight differences of the bulls before the test started. The official test started December 18th, 2009 and will conclude approximately April 10th, 2010. We have included the 28 day results on the next page along with contact information for each of the contributors. It is apparent from the 28 day results that some of the bulls are still experiencing some compensatory gain following a hard summer (drought). The bulls are being fed for 3.5 lbs of gain/day and averaged 4.19 (Test #1) and 3.71 (Test #2), with some bulls gaining over 5 lbs/day. We will be posting updated results after each weigh day, as well as posting some pictures of the bulls later in the test period on our website. If you would like to have the results sent directly to you, please contact Reed Rigney. Bulls will be available for purchase by private treaty, so if you are interested in any of the bulls on test contact the contributor, the Alberta Blonde Association or William Torres at Cattleland Feedyards. . Alberta Blonde Association 780-222-5535 [email protected] www.albertablondecattle.com Reed Rigney 780-348-5308 [email protected] Cattleland Feedyards William Torres 403-934-4030 www.cattlelandfeedyards.com HARCON STOCK FARM Blonde d'Aquitaine cattle since 1988 Breeding and selecting for quality in Fullblood, Purebred, horned and polled Blondes Heartwoods EyeCatcher 10E - R12531 semen for sale Yearling and Two Year old bulls for Sale HCN Nitro 16N a 2003 son of Eye Catcher Harry, Connie and Ryan Nauenburg RR # 2 Strome, Alberta T0B 4H0 Phone: 780-376-2184 Email: [email protected] PAGE 6 2009-2010 Alberta Blonde d’Aquitaine Bull Test 28 day Report - January 15, 2010 Cattleland Feedyards - Strathmore, Alberta Pen Number: C44 Number of Bulls: 27 Test Start: December 18, 2009 TAG # TATTOO BIRTH DATE HORN % TYPE ADJ ADG BIRTH DAM 205 BIRTH- START 28 DAY TEST TEST WPDA WPDA WGT AGE WGT SOT WGT WGT ADG INDEX ADG INDEX SIRE JANUARY-FEBRUARY BULLS (Test #1) Arsha Blondes - Art & Sharon Breitkreuz - Carnwood, AB - (780) 542-2378 (WHITE TAGS) 87 BSA 119W Jan-08 FB P RHEO Lancaster 113L 105 6 725 3.02 1109 1251 5.07 121 3.36 111 88 BSA 248W Feb-02 FB 89 BSA 167W Feb-02 FB P Arsha Lava 103L 91 3 733 3.13 995 1104 3.89 93 3.18 105 P Rosepark Titan 2T 82 3 605 2.55 808 885 2.75 66 2.55 84 987 5.07 121 3.02 100 1002 1119 4.18 100 2.99 99 112 3.44 117 Little Creek Blondes - Dave & Janet Kamelchuk - Ellscott, AB - (780) 675-1227 (BROWN TAGS) 100 LCB 105W Feb-22 75 P Harmonieux 100 10 628 2.65 845 Spruce Vale Blondes - Steve & Shirley Jackson - Westerose, AB - (780) 586-2800 (PURPLE TAGS) 254 SSJ 29W Jan-06 PB P West Winds Reno 13R 95 10 652 2.72 MARCH-APRIL-MAY BULLS (Test #2) Harcon Stock Farm - Harry & Connie Nauenburg - Strome , AB - (780) 376-2184 (YELLOW TAGS) 39 HCN 5W Mar-24 PB P Arsha's Polled Pasture Boss 100 6 741 3.13 904 1021 4.18 40 HCN 163W Mar-31 PB P Arsha's Polled Pasture Boss 105 9 664 2.73 787 890 3.68 99 3.07 104 41 HCN 123W P HCN Nitro 16N 79 11 528 2.19 616 661 1.61 43 2.32 79 791 940 5.32 144 2.97 101 Apr-05 94 Arsha Blondes - Art & Sharon Breitkreuz - Carnwood, AB - (780) 542-2378 (WHITE TAGS) 90 BSA 02W Mar-04 FB P Arsha Lava 103L 90 5 609 2.53 Little Creek Blondes - Dave & Janet Kamelchuk - Ellscott, AB - (780) 675-1227 (BROWN TAGS) 98 LCB 101W Mar-21 FB H Arsha's Sloan 65R 98 7 599 2.46 734 857 4.39 119 2.88 97 99 LCB 201W Mar-13 FB P Arsha's Sloan 65R 99 3 641 2.65 758 3.68 3.68 99 2.80 95 Willow Springs Stock Farm - Reed & Michelle Rigney - Westlock, AB - (780) 348-5308 (ORANGE TAGS) 169 WSS 21W Apr-30 FB H Triple C Evader 57R ET ET 721 3.03 766 867 3.61 97 3.33 113 170 WSS 27W May-02 FB H WSS Mighty ET ET 682 2.97 721 828 3.82 103 3.21 109 171 WSS 28W May-03 FB H Triple C Evader 57R ET ET 684 2.91 719 839 4.29 116 3.26 111 172 WSS 30W May-03 FB H Triple C Evader 57R ET ET 669 2.85 703 809 3.79 102 3.15 107 173 WSS 39W May-07 FB H WSS Mighty ET ET 633 2.62 654 738 3.00 81 2.92 99 174 WSS 45W May-11 FB H WSS Mighty ET ET 720 2.96 732 823 3.25 88 3.31 112 175 WSS 57W May-16 FB H Triple C Evader 57R ET ET 663 2.67 660 736 2.71 73 3.02 102 Shambani Blondes - Colin & Felicity Manuel - Rocky Mountain House, AB - (403) 845-4914 (BLUE TAGS) 246 SHAM 55W Mar-28 PB P Chevland Trombone 51T 92 6 666 2.80 801 944 5.11 138 3.22 109 247 SHAM 13W May-02 PB P Chevland Trombone 51T 98 12 665 2.77 701 831 4.64 125 3.22 109 248 SHAM 221W Apr-12 PB P Shambani Rufus 14R 90 9 579 2.39 658 773 4.11 111 2.78 94 249 SHAM 5W Apr-08 PB P Shambani Rufus 14R 84 9 614 2.59 710 785 2.68 72 2.76 94 250 SHAM 6W May-03 PB H Chevland Touchdown 312T 106 6 681 2.81 715 829 4.07 110 3.23 109 Spruce Vale Blondes - Steve & Shirley Jackson - Westerose, AB - (780) 586-2800 (PURPLE TAGS) 255 SSJ 35W Mar-26 PB P West Winds Reno 13R 89 10 474 1.88 568 670 3.64 98 2.27 77 256 SSJ 39W Apr-01 PB P West Winds Superb 155S 87 13 542 2.22 640 741 3.61 97 2.56 87 257 SSJ 31W Apr-04 PB P West Winds Reno 13R 90 9 537 2.18 626 728 3.64 98 2.55 86 258 SSJ 36W Mar-31 PB P West Winds Reno 13R 91 10 572 2.35 678 752 2.64 71 2.59 88 PAGE 7 Blonde Breeders of Alberta & B.C. ALBERTA Art & Sharon Breitkreuz Arsha Blondes Carnwood, AB 780-542-2378 Email: [email protected] Steve & Shirley Jackson Spruce Vale Blondes Westerose, AB 780-586-2800 Email: [email protected] David & Janet Kamelchuk Ellscott, AB 780-675-1227 Email: [email protected] Colin & Felicity Manuel Shambani Farms Rocky Mountain House, AB 403-845-4914 Email: [email protected] Harry & Connie Nauenburg Harcon Stock Farm Strome, AB 780-376-2184 Email: [email protected] Reed & Michelle Rigney Willow Springs Stock Farm Westlock, AB 780-348-5308 Email: [email protected] Web: www.wsscattle.ca Stan & Sarah Konschuh Westlane Farms Didsbury, AB 403-335-4368 Email: [email protected] Web: www.westlanefarms.com Cathy Srayko True North Ranch Fairview, AB 780-835-4964 Email: [email protected] Ken Mackenzie Mackenzie's Ag. Enterprises Drayton Valley, AB 780-542-2268 Email: [email protected] Dennis & Lyndon Szott Denlyn Farms Daysland, AB 780-373-2164 Email: [email protected] Shirley Bilton & Myrna Flesch West Wind Blondes Stavely, AB 403-549-2371 Email: [email protected] Web: www.telusplanet.net/public/ westwind Wayne Worthington Bowden, AB 403-224-5482 Email: [email protected] Dororthy Young - Markwood Farm Cochrane, AB 403-932-2419 BRITISH COLUMBIA Jo-Lyn Ranch Greenwood, BC 250-445-6401 Karl & Ann Musgrove Kam Blondes Charlie Lake, BC 250-262-3278 ALBERTA BLONDE d’AQUITAINE ASSOCIATION Box 5959 Westlock, Alberta, Canada T7P 2P7 (780) 222-5535 Email: [email protected] Web: www.albertablondecattle.com Board of Directors President/Office Contact - Reed Rigney Vice President - Ken Mackenzie Art Sharon Shirley David Ken Harry Reed Breitkreuz Breitkreuz Jackson Kamelchuk Mackenzie Nauenburg Rigney Treasurer - Dave Kamelchuk Recording Secretary - Shirley Jackson 780-542-2378 780-542-2378 780-586-2800 780-675-1227 780-542-2268 780-376-2184 780-348-5308 PAGE 8 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]