Anne Dunford, senior market analyst with Canfax is leaving the market tracking firm after 21 years.
She leaves at the end of December to become the new market analyst for Gateway Livestock of Taber, Alta., where she will be working directly with the feedlot sector from a home office near Okotoks.
“It’s been a good run but it’ll be good to expand my knowledge,” she said.
Known for her astute analysis and sassy delivery of livestock market facts and figures, Dunford joined Canfax as a one person operation with the help of a part-time secretary.
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The organization is now the go-to source of Canadian cattle market information, with a staff of 4 1/2 people plus a researcher.
“It’s a hopping place and there has never been a dull day in 21 years,” Dunford said.
Formerly employed with the Alberta Cattle Commission, she learned on the job through “the school of hard knocks,” she said.
She was the fifth analyst hired for Canfax, which was started by the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association more than 30 years ago.
Her replacement is Bart Holowath, formerly employed with Western Feedlots.
