WBDC hires economist
The Western Beef Development Centre has hired a new beef economist. Karen Taylor joins the centre from British Columbia, where she was employed as an agriculture policy analyst.
Taylor earned a bachelor’s degree in business economics at the University of Saskatchewan, an MBA in agricultural business and economics at the University of Guelph in Ontario and a PhD in agricultural economics at Oklahoma State University.
Taylor replaces Kathy Lang, who left the centre last year.
New vet organization
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Cattle veterinarians have formed a new national organization.
The Canadian Association of Bovine Veterinarians represents more than 650 veterinarians who have a specific interest in bovine health and production medicine.
The board is composed of 12 members who also sit on the boards of Canada’s four regional bovine associations: the Atlantic Bovine Practitioners Association, l’Association des Médecins Vétérinaires Praticiens du Québec, Ontario Association of Bovine Practitioners and the Western Canadian Association of Bovine Practitioners.
Tye Perrett, a bovine practitioner from Alberta who specializes in feedlot medicine, will serve as the association’s inaugural president.ÂÂ
Raising funds for 4-H
A fundraising campaign at Ketchum Manufacturing Inc. of Brockville, Ont., has raised more than $40,000 in support of 4-H programs.
A portion of the proceeds from every Ketchum Reyflex Canadian Cattle Identification Agency ear tag the company sells in Canada is donated to 4-H activities in the province where the ear tags were bought.
A portion of the funds also goes to the Canadian 4-H Council to support national programs.
Ketchum, a leading manufacturer of ear tags for animal identification, launched the fundraising program in 2000.
Seeking nominations
Farm Credit Canada is accepting nominations for the Rosemary Davis award.
The award honours women who are leaders in Canadian agriculture and who may not see themselves as worthy of national recognition.
It was created and named after a successful Canadian agribusiness owner and operator and the first female chair of the Farm Credit Canada board of directors.
Last year’s winners included Gertie Blake of Hanover, Ont., Jacynthe Gagnon of La Malbaie, Que., Mabel Hamilton of Innisfail, Alta., Noreen Johns of Allan, Sask., and Kay Young of Lethbridge, N.L., who travelled to the Athena Conference in Chicago in April to meet with other women from around the world.
Rosemary Davis award winners must be 21 years old and be involved in agriculture.
Applications must be submitted on-line before midnight Jan. 21, 2008, to www.FCCRosemaryDavisAward.ca. Self-nomination is encouraged. Previous nominees who did not win last year can reapply.
For more information, call 888-332-3301.
