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Manitoba Youth Win Purebred Heifers Through Grant Moffat Herdbuilder Program
Nicholas Bray, a 16-year-old producer from Eddystone; Rachael Verwey, a 13-year-old producer from Portage la Prairie and Laura Tolton, a 14-year-old producer from Carberry, were the 2009 recipients of the Grant Moffat Herdbuilder Awards.
On August 18, 2006, Grant Moffat of Forrest, Manitoba went missing at the age of 55.
The Grant Moffat fund was set up with generous donations from cattleman, friends and relatives across the Canada to offer a reward for tips leading to his whereabouts. After a year, a committee handling the funds made the decision to channel the money to Manitoba Youth for the purpose of starting their own purebred cattle herds.
Grant Moffat, Holmsyde Charolais, Forrest, Manitoba, was a Charolais breeder, photographer, writer, youth enthusiast, judge, sales manager, fitter, editor and accountant. He was a special person that everyone could learn something from.
Grant spent many hours helping youth start in the livestock business. The Grand Moffat Herdbuilder award was set up to continue this initiative. Youth submit written applications and the committee reviews them to select the Juniors they feel will benefit the most from this award. Annually over 20 and up to 40 applicants have been received. For the past three years, up to $2,000 has been awarded to each of three Junior members to purchase a purebred female to start their herd. To date 9 juniors from across the province have benefited from the program.
Nicholas Bray selected a Black Angus heifer, Rachael Verwey selected a Charolais heifer and Laura Tolton purchased a Black Angus heifer. These heifers were selected at fall, purebred sales in Manitoba.
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Shania Jack 2008 Grant Moffat Herdbuilder winner exhibits her heifer at the Canadian Junior Limousin show in Virden in August 2009.
2008 winners Emily Hickson, Carter Ferguson and 2007 winner Adam Hopcraft with Lois McRae at the 2009 Youth Beef Roundup. Photo courtesy of Grant Rolston Photography.
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3 Purebred Herds Begin with Grant Moffat Herdbuilder Awards
Carter Ferguson, a 16 year old from Carroll; Emily Hickson, a 16 year old from Brandon and Shania Jack a 12 year old from Portage La Prairie were the 2008 recipients of the Grant Moffat Herdbuilder Award. This is the second year three youth have been awarded up to $2,000 towards the purchase of a heifer selected from a Manitoba purebred association sale.
Grant Moffat, Holmsyde Charolais, Forrest, went missing in August, 2006. The funds generously donated by cattlemen, friends and relatives across the country were offered as a reward for tips leading to his whereabouts. After a year, a committee handling the funds made a decision to channel the money to Manitoba youth for the purpose of starting their own purebred herd.
Grant invested a lot of energy in actively helping youth get started in the business and this seemed the most fitting way to utilize the funds. Over forty applicants submitted essays, making the selection exceptionally difficult. The participants were evaluated on desire, need and previous expression of interest in the industry.
Carter Ferguson purchased a Charolais heifer, Emily Hickson purchased a Simmental heifer and Shania Jack purchased a Limousin heifer. Carter had worked with Grant previously as Grant always shared his time with youth on the show road. Emily and Shania had benefited from Grant’s clinics offered to 4-H clubs in Manitoba.
The Grant Moffat Herdbuilder Awards will be presented again in 2009, with the application deadline being September 1 st. For application and donation information, visit www.grantmoffat.com .
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Adam Hopcraft |
Justin Kristjansson |
Travis Williment |
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Manitoba Youth Win Purebred Heifers
Adam Hopcraft, a 13 year old from Wawanesa, Justin Kristjansson, a 14 year old from Forrest and Travis Williment, a 15 year old from Miami were the first recipients of the Grant Moffat Herdbuilder Award.
Grant Moffat, Holmsyde Charolais, Forrest, went missing in August, 2006. The funds generously donated by cattlemen, friends and relatives across the country were offered as a reward for tips leading to his whereabouts. After a year, a committee handling the funds made a decision to channel the money to Manitoba youth for the purpose of starting their own purebred herd.
Grant invested a lot of energy in actively helping youth get started in the business and this seemed the most fitting way to utilize the funds. Over forty applicants submitted essays, making the selection exceptionally difficult. The participants were evaluated on desire, need and previous expression of interest in the industry.
Each of the three youth were awarded up to $2000 towards the purchase of a heifer selected from a Manitoba purebred association sale. Adam Hopcraft purchased a Charolais heifer, Justin Kristjansson a Shorthorn heifer and Travis Williment a Hereford heifer. The three recipients had previously received encouragement from Grant and knew him personally.
The Grant Moffat Herdbuilder Awards will be presented again in 2008, with the application deadline being September 1st. For application and donation information, visit www.grantmoffat.com |
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Click on the photo to view the writeup on the back of this tropy. |
The Showmanship trophy is comprised of a couple of Grant's trophies, as well as a new base built by Janie Hale's (Grants sister) father-in-law. There is a plate on the back of the trophy with a write up. |
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3 boxes of Holmsyde Charolais hats were found in Grants house - they were distrubted to all the Juniors participating at Manitoba Livestock Expo 2007. It was quite a site to see all of those purple hats! |
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The showmanship trophy was presented to Kaitlin Campbell, the Overall Showmanship winner at MLE 2007. |
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8-22-07
GRANT MOFFAT FUND
Grant Moffat of Forrest, an active Charolais breeder, photographer, newsletter editor, youth supporter, and agricultural journalist has been missing since August 18, 2006. A decision has been made to channel the Grant Moffat Fund towards a program to help Manitoba youth get a start in the purebred beef industry.
The money will be utilized through two awards. The first, the Grant Moffat Herd Builder Award, will be presented to multiple youth (purebred or commercial producers), based on need, through applications selected by the Grant Moffat Fund committee. It will be applied towards the p urchase of a registered heifer calf of a beef breed of the youth’s choice with the intent of building a Purebred Beef Cattle Herd. Grant was a strong supporter of youth and purebred associations and therefore the purchases will be made through Manitoba auction sales, up to a $2,000 maximum.
The second will be the Grant Moffat Showmanship award. Grant was an active participant in the Manitoba Livestock Expo and the Grant Moffat Fund Committee felt that cash awards should be given out to deserving youth in the cattle industry in the showmanship division. The Grant Moffat Fund will present cash awards to the Champion and Reserve in the Junior, Intermediate and Senior Divisions of the Manitoba Livestock Expo All Breeds Junior Show. The overall Grand Champion will receive a Keeper Plaque and a Continual Trophy in honour of Grant Moffat supplied by the Grant Moffat family.
For further details, application information, or to make donations to the Fund, go to www.grantmoffat.com.
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