Angus Gold show winner
Brylor Ranch has been selected the 2009 Canadian Angus Association Gold Show winner for red show female of the year.
Bryan and Sherry Mackenzie run the ranch in the foothills 10 kilometres south of Pincher Creek, Alta.
The red show bull of the year is owned by Terry and Rob Adams of Forestburg, Alta., and Keith Adams of Calgary.
The black show female of the year is owned by Dakota Wilson of Miller Wilson Angus of Bashaw, Alta.
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The winners were honoured at the association’s annual general meeting in Halifax.
The Gold Show program was developed in 1989 by the association as an incentive for breeders to move between regions to show cattle. Awards for the four categories are based on the number of points accumulated over the show season.
Moosomin wins contest
The Moosomin Curling Club in Moosomin, Sask., has won $10,000 as part of Monsanto Canada’s Imagine a Better House community curling club improvement contest.
The 150-member curling club started in 1950 but has a tradition dating back to pond curling in the 1800s.
The Moosomin club was chosen as this year’s winner because of its commitment to curling, which includes an active membership that has put in many volunteer hours and work to keep their curling club strong.
The club plans to update outdated equipment with the funds.
The second prize of $5,000 went to the two-sheet, St. Front Curling Club in St. Front, Sask.
St. Front, located about two hours east of Saskatoon, has a population of only 20, but the local curling club has been successful in drawing more than 180 curlers to their leagues and bonspiels.
And as is the case in most small communities, the curling club in St. Front also serves as an important social gathering place for people in town and those from surrounding communities.
Eight other curling clubs from Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta also won cash prizes of $2,000 to assist with improvement projects.
Agribusiness program
The Agriculture and Food Council’s Advanced Leadership and Management Development Program has $75,000 available for clients seeking learning opportunities. It is the final year of the popular a program.
ALMDP has invested more than $242,000 in learning opportunities in the six years the program has been offered.
ALMDP is a sub-project of the Innovation in Agribusiness Management Fund and provides funding to assist Alberta agribusiness managers to develop their leadership and management skills.
A maximum of $7,500 per year is available for applicants.
Assistance is provided on a first-come, first-served basis.
For more information, contact: Leanne Fischbuch, IAMF Manager, Agriculture and Food Council at 866-955-3714 ext. 228 or e-mail iamf@agfoodcouncil.com.
