EDMONTON — It was a triple play for the Miller-Wilson family at Edmonton’s Farmfair.
Lee, Dawn, Ty, Dakota and Jaelayne Wilson stood in the spotlight at the Nov. 12 gala event after winning the Alberta supreme champion bull and female categories.
The Angus bull was DMM Creed 75W and the female with a bull calf at side was DMM Miss Essence 37T. Minutes earlier, Jaelayne had led out the supreme grand champion heifer calf with DMM Miss Essence 14Y.
The bull is owned in partnership with Harold and Dorothy Reich of Bashaw, Alta.
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The three-year-old cow qualified for the Alberta Supreme by winning the Angus division of the Olds Fall Classic in October and receiving the top prize as a yearling at the First Lady classic competition at Canadian Western Agribition.
Farmfair also awarded the family grand champion with another pair, DMM Miss Essence 61W with a heifer at side. As well, they also had reserve grand champion red Angus bull with Red DMM Glesbar Barndance 35X.
This is a close knit family where beef is their business. They have gained an international reputation for their red and black cattle that have been marketed around the world.
They also managed to get the fall work done before leaving their Bashaw farm.
“The fall opened up, we got the hay up and we were ready,” said a jubilant Dawn after the show.
“This is our life and our passion. We make time for the cattle.”
They rely on a network of family and friends to stand so tall.
“It takes a village,” she said. Besides the honour and recognition of the Alberta Supreme, the family also received the keys to two 2011 Dodge Ram trucks.
Other winners
Other winners included McLeod Livestock, owned by Rod, April, Colby and Megan McLeod of Cochrane, Alta., who were awarded supreme bull champion in the Legends of the Fall competition and received $2,500 in prize money. The bull, named CML Encore 4Y, was also junior calf champion and overall reserve champion and won the big prize at the earlier Olds show.
About 50 head representing 11 breeds from the Olds Fall Classic, Lloydminster Stockade Roundup and Farmfair competed for the Alberta Supreme award.
All winners from these three shows also qualify for the Supreme championship at Agribition at the end of November.
Farmfair names the top five entries from each division before naming the overall winners.
TOP FIVE FEMALES AT FARMFAIR
•two entries from Miller-Wilson
•Northline Angus of Ardrossan, Alta., with a Red Angus
•Southpaw Cattle Co. of Carstairs, Alta., with a Simmental
•Golden Harvest of Sherwood Park, Alta., with a Limousin
TOP FIVE BULLS
•Miller-Wilson
•Hamilton Farms of Cochrane with an Angus
•Ter-Ron Farms of Forestburg, Alta., with a Red Angus
•Rancier Farms of Killam, Alta., with a Simmental
•Owen and Bernadette Legaarden of Paynton, Sask., with a Charolais
