PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Ray and Mae Van Steinburg of Cranbrook received this year’s British Columbia environmental stewardship award.
The family has been ranching between Kimberley and Cranbrook since 1952. They raise 250 purebred Herefords on 1,800 acres of hayfield, grasslands and open forest grazing areas. Most of their business comes from the sale of purebred bulls across Western Canada.
“You have to grow good grass to grow good bulls,” said Van Steinburg, after receiving the award at the recent B.C. Cattlemen’s Association annual meeting in Prince George.
The ranch employs a system of cross fencing and rotational grazing to use available grass and protect creeks.
