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Click here to view the 2010 OCA AGM Booklet (pdf format 392 kb) Saunders Charolais Bull Sale
High Selling Yearling Bulls Lot 16, JSR Xenos 2x, sired by LT Bluegrass 4017 P, out of an LHD Cigar E46 daughter. Sold for $5,900 to Ledbetter Charolais, Lockhart, TX. Rollin Acres & Patton Charolais Bull Sale
High Selling Yearling Bulls Lot 4, PCFL Chiefton 25X, sired by PCFL Whisky-Jack 21T, out of a PCFL Rio Grande 32M daughter. Sold for $6,200 to Echo Springs Charolais, Hawkstone, ON. Consigned by Patton Charolais, Shelburne. High Selling Long Yearling Bull |
Ontario Charolais Association Annual General Meeting 2011 This is an invitation to all Ontario Charolais members to attend the annual general meeting of our association. It’s your opportunity to hear reports from the directors about last year’s activities and to have some input on planning for the upcoming year. The business portion of the day is always followed with time for networking and socializing with fellow breeders, and the auction is usually an entertaining event. We ask everyone to bring an item for the auction – a fundraiser to help cover the day’s expenses. This year, the hot item is sure to be the sale of the cover page ad spaces in the new Ontario breeders’ directory that we plan to produce this year. Please plan to attend on March 26 – the more breeders that become involved, the stronger our association grows. Hope to see you there, Brian Coughlin ONTARIO CHAROLAIS ASSOCIATION HOLIDAY INN TRENTON 99 Glen Miller Road, Trenton, ON (613) 394-4855 1:00 PM – ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AGENDA 1. Call to Order 2. President’s Remarks – Brian Coughlin
3. Financial Statement – Gord Tomlinson 4. First Call for Nominations – Keith Black - For Directors, Recognition Award & RAWF Judge 5. Committee Reports 6. Second Call for Nominations – Keith Black 7. National Director’s Report – Brent Saunders 8. Third Call for Nominations – Keith Black 9. Election of Directors – Keith Black 10. Voting of Judge for RAWF 11. Voting on Recognition Award 12. New Business 13. OCYA Report 14. Adjournment of Business Meeting 15. Election of New Executive by Board of Directors 16. Point Show Awards – Keith Black 17. Presentation of Recognition Award and announcement of RAWF Judge 4:00 PM – SOCIAL HOUR 5:00 PM – ROAST BEEF SUPPER – Tickets to be ordered from directors by February 26 Adults: $30.00 / Juniors: $20.00 7:30 PM – FUN AUCTION – Please bring an item to be auctioned off. This is a fundraiser for our association.
Holiday Inn Trenton is located off Highway 401 at exit #526, Glen Miller Road |
Beef-Specific Johne’s Disease Awareness Program Johne’s Disease is a production-limiting disease in beef and dairy cattle. To date, studies of the disease in beef cattle have been few and it’s commonly felt that infection is less common in beef cattle, but anecdotal reports from veterinarians and beef producers indicate that when it does strike the results can be devastating. The disease spreads from herd to herd with the movement of cattle who are infected but show no signs. The Ontario Cattlemen’s Association has partnered with the Veterinary Science group at OMAFRA and with the Ontario Association of Bovine Practitioners (the cattle vet organization in Ontario) and has been successful in obtaining government funding for a beef-specific pilot project. Funding has been secured to pay the cost of herd veterinarians taking blood samples from cows on up to 75 farms with an approximate herd size of 40 cows. These samples will be tested at the Animal Health Lab in Guelph for antibody to Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis (MAP), the bacteria that causes Johne’s Disease. Once the blood test results are known, the veterinarian will return to the respective farm and discuss the test results with the herd owner. Using the test results to put the herd situation in perspective, the vet and owner will go through a farm-specific Risk Assessment and Management Plan (RAMP) questionnaire together. This will help the owner to come up with management changes that can be used to help minimize the risk of spreading Johne’s Disease. Participating producers who take this final step will be eligible for reimbursement for the cost of the veterinary visits and the testing ($8/head). Because of spread of this disease is strongly associated with cattle movement (loans, leases, sales and purchases), this initial pilot program is targeted towards purebred (seedstock) herd owners. Only these herds will be eligible for this project. Results from the pilot project will be aggregated into a “beef cattle” database to look at the pattern of Johne’s Disease test results. No individual producer names or cattle breeds will be identified. From this pilot, we hope to begin to gain an understanding of the prevalence of Johne’s Disease among purebred herds in Ontario. If you are interested in being involved, please discuss this project with your herd veterinarian. Either you or your herd vet can contact Ann Godkin in OMAFRA for details ann.godkin@ontario.ca 519-846-3409) . To discuss OCA’s involvement please contact Paul Stiles, paul@cattle.guelph.on.ca or 519-824-0334 |
Dorothy McDonald
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Long time Charolais breeder Dorothy McDonald died suddenly in a car crash, Friday, July 2, 2010. Dorothy ran Driftwood River Ranch, about 30 kms west of Cochrane, Ontario. Dorothy's parents moved from Windsor to the Cochrane area in the early 1930's to carve out a farm from the wilderness. When her father died when she was 13, Dorothy took over the farm, continuing to clear land and build a farm. In 1964 she purchased her first Charolais bull to cross with her Hereford/Shorthorn cows. She began to upgrade females, and purchase Full French and purebred Charolais. By the late 80's her herd numbered over 100 purebred females. Dorothy died with her boots on, still having over a dozen purebred cows, along with her border collies and calico cats. This marks the passing of a real pioneer of northern Ontario. |
Eastern Select Bull & Heifer Sale
High Selling Yearling Bulls |
Saunders/Andemar Bull Sale
High Selling Yearling Bulls Lot 11, JSR Witchita 48W, sired by Winn Man's Pistol 615S, out of a JSR Just Right 38J daughter. Sold for $7,500 to Forsyth Bros. Charolais, Eriksdale, MB. Consigned by Saunders Charolais, Markdale. Lot 18, ACC Battle Field 910W, sired by SVY Ad Invincible P 748T, out of a S$ Montana Silver daughter. Sold for $7,200 to Charwald Charolais, Altario, AB. Consigned by Andemar Cattle Co. |
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The top indexing Charolais bulls in Ontario for 2009 Have been announced. Leading the way with a Beefbuilder index of 4909 is RAC 21T, a son of Whitewater Premium 2P, consigned by Andrew Millar, Sunny Meadows Charolais, Fenelon Falls, Ontario. He was tested at Douglas test centre through the Beef Improvement Ontario system. In second place is BPL 19U, out of LT RIO BLANCO 1234P, consigned by Barry & Liz Potter, Golden Meadow Farms Earlton, Ontario. This bull was tested at the Liskeard Farms Test Centre.
The top five bulls are as follows:
Beef Builder is a terminal index, created by Beef Improvement Ontario to measure growth and carcass traits on bulls tested through their program. |
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 August 14, 2009
"Buddy", a 1265 lb Charcross steer sired by a HTA Whitehot son, was named Grand Champion at the 2009 Rainy River 4-H championship held recently at Emo, Ontario. Buddy, shown by Nick Teeple placed first over 26 other steers in the show. The steer sold fo $2.64 per lb to Cloverleaf Grocery. Congratulations Nick.
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