Agribition president
Brian Rossnagel, a research scientist with the Crop Development Centre at the University of Sask-atchewan, has been elected president of the Canadian Western Agribition.
Rossnagel has been involved with Agribition since 1980 and has served the previous eight years on the board of directors. He replaces retiring president Marilyn Sharp of Lacombe, Alta.
Rossnagel, who joined the Crop Development Centre in 1977, has developed 13 barley and three oat varieties.
Big game
Applications are available for the 1995 Big Game draw for Sask-atchewan residents.
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There are some changes to this year’s draw including elk in northeast game zones, but only during the season when the animals are without antlers. Hunters will also be able to hunt either sex of elk during the second week of the regular elk season in mid-September.
Antelope will be included in the draw to help control the annual harvest during this hunting season. In response to lower mule deer populations over most of the key mule deer range, the number of non-trophy mule deer licenses will be reduced or eliminated in some areas.
Applications for draws are available at any Saskatchewan Environment and Resource Management office.
Hereford show
In 1998, the prestigious Canadian National Hereford Show will be held at Northlands Park in Edmonton November 7 to 14.
The purebred cattle show has been a feature event in Regina for 12 years, leaving only one year when it was held in Toronto.
Alberta is Canada’s dominant province for the Hereford breed with its 1,079 provincial association members representing 30 percent of the national membership. In 1994, Albertans registered 16,364 animals, almost 45 percent of the 36,573 registered in Canada.
Charolais boss named
Dale Kelly of Calgary is the new general manager of the Canadian Charolais Association.
He replaces interim manager Joyce Stewart, who will return to her job as office manager and recording secretary. Ken Ayles-worth, who was CCA general manager for eight years, is now the executive director of Canadian Beef Improvement, a genetics centre based in Calgary.
Agribition healthy
Canadian Western Agribition is on a strong financial base.
Increased revenues, record attendance, increased sponsorship and an increase in livestock entries all contributed to record revenues of $2.5 million, resulting in a net income after depreciation of $96,137, said executive vice-president Wayne Gamble.
A new attendance record was set at the 1994 show with 160,000 visitors. There were more than 400 visitors from 29 countries and 26 American states.
