Alberta rancher Dave Solverson is the new president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. Dan Darling of Ontario is vice president.
Solverson ranches at Camrose and was acclaimed at the CCA annual meeting in Ottawa held March 4-7.
Solverson runs Woodwind Ranch, a 5,000 acre cow-calf to finish operation along with his brother Ken. He has been a director with Alberta Beef Producers as finance chair and served as that organization’s representative to the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance. He was vice president of the CCA and has served as chair of the animal care and foreign trade committees.
Darling is past president of Beef Farmers of Ontario and lives in the Township of Cramahe, Northumberland County and operates a cow-calf operation with his brother Van.
Other members elected to the executive committee include Pat Hayes and Reg Schellenberg of Saskatchewan, Matt Bowman of Ontario and Doug Sawyer of Alberta.
Appointed to the committee are Martin Rossmann, British Columbia, Howard Bekkering, Alberta Lynn Grant, Saskatchewan, Ramona Blyth, Manitoba, Bob Gordanier, Ontario and Ivan Johnson, New Brunswick, representing Atlantic Canada.
