He may be retired from official political life but Gerry Ritz still has rock star status at Canadian Western Agribition. The former federal agriculture minister burned the CWA brand to officially open the Regina show this week and was surrounded by well-wishers and fans. President Bruce Holmquist acknowledged Ritz’s role in securing federal funds for […] Read more
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Agribition 2018
Canadian Western Agribition is underway in Regina after the official burning of the brand to open the annual event. [ngg_images…
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Successful Agribition earns record profit as attendance rises
Canadian Western Agribition’s record-breaking year resulted in a profit of $270,411. Chief executive officer Chris Lane said the show posted…
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Women in agriculture award winner loves the way of life
Few who have attended a cattle event in the last 30 years wouldn’t have crossed paths with Belinda Wagner. She…
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Hands-on display brings calving to life
Giving birth 10 to 12 times a day can’t be easy on a cow, but Canadian Western Agnes did just…
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Sask. producer wins scholarship
REGINA — Cody LaFrentz finished off his junior showing career with a bang when he won the junior beef extreme…
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Alta. cattle producers win jackpot with Maine Anjou
REGINA — At the Pashulka household, life revolves around the beef business. Maine Anjou enthusiasts, parents Ken and Josie and…
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Hereford bull, Charolais calf top Agribition sales so far
A $37,000 Hereford bull calf has topped Canadian Western Agribition sales so far after a busy sale day Nov. 22. The Charolais sale saw a $26,500 heifer calf sold to Missouri and a $17,000 heifer calf go to Mexico. The top-selling Limousin was a heifer calf for $15,000, while the high seller in Gelbvieh sale […] Read more
Former Agribition president honoured
Former Canadian Western Agribition president Shannon McArton has been recognized with this year’s BMO Celebrating Women in Agriculture Award. McArton and her husband operate a grain farm at Dilke, Sask. She also has a communications and consulting company and works on the regulatory side of the pedigreed seed business. “After more than 30 years of […] Read more
Agribition 2018
Canadian Western Agribition is underway in Regina after the official burning of the brand to open the annual event. Day 3 Beef breed shows and sales begin today at Canadian Western Agribition. The Simmental show and sale, national Gelbvieh show, national Speckle Park show and the Maine-Anjou show are all on the schedule. Champions […] Read more
Successful Agribition earns record profit as attendance rises
Canadian Western Agribition’s record-breaking year resulted in a profit of $270,411. Chief executive officer Chris Lane said the show posted its highest-ever operating revenue in 2017 at $4.6 million. However, it cost the show more to operate in the new International Trade Centre, so expenses were up as well to $4.4 million. The non-profit organization […] Read more
Women in agriculture award winner loves the way of life
Few who have attended a cattle event in the last 30 years wouldn’t have crossed paths with Belinda Wagner. She has spent her career in agriculture, and last month was honoured for her dedication and commitment. Canadian Western Agribition and BMO presented its inaugural Celebrating Women in Agriculture Award to the Saskatchewan resident. Wagner said […] Read more
Hands-on display brings calving to life
Giving birth 10 to 12 times a day can’t be easy on a cow, but Canadian Western Agnes did just that for a whole week during Agribition. Agnes is the calving simulator owned by Canadian Western Agribition and the Western College of Veterinary Medicine. She is a life-size, anatomically correct two-year-old Hereford heifer with her […] Read more
Sask. producer wins scholarship
REGINA — Cody LaFrentz finished off his junior showing career with a bang when he won the junior beef extreme competition at Canadian Western Agribition. The 21-year-old is finishing a long junior run that started when he showed Simmental and Angus cattle at age seven with his parents, Vern and Denise LaFrentz of Bienfait, Sask. […] Read more
Alta. cattle producers win jackpot with Maine Anjou
REGINA — At the Pashulka household, life revolves around the beef business. Maine Anjou enthusiasts, parents Ken and Josie and sons Tyson, 19, Riley, 17, and Taylor, 15, spend their weekends at shows or getting ready for the next event. “Pretty much every weekend we are gone jackpotting,” said Tyson, who is also a welder. […] Read more
Simmental breeders network at Agribition
REGINA — Darrel and Jenna Timm are new generation Simmental breeders. The young couple from Kinistino, Sask., have been together since 2004 and they wanted to be in-volved in the beef business from the start. Jenna had purebred experience and Darrel knew commercial cattle. Now their two children, Ava, 6, and Jace, 4, are getting […] Read more
