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Canadian Galloway Association
Advance 2011
Members - 2010
Alberta
Airth, Robert
Braun, Sarah
Brenchley,
Brad & Katherine
Campbell, Ken
Crawford, Stuart
Drake, Michael & Cindy
Goodrich,
Darcy & Candace
Gorr, ,Tom & Danielle
Gutteridge, Paul
Hirch, Roy
Horvey,
Russel
Wesley G, Wyatt &
Dustin
Jackson, Earl
Kaiser,
Randy
Paulette
Mueller,
Kolton
Darcy H. & Connie
Noad, Fred
Poulsen, B J
Ramsay,
George
Joan
Schweer,
Steve & Bonnie
403-938-7543
403-507-0414
403-876-2226
403-340-6783
403-627-8808
780-888-3791
403-443-7829
780-962-1541
403-223-3274
403-749-2780
780-986-1260
403-782-6184
403-333-6653
403-722-3420
403-820-0931
403-823-9788
403-747-2379
403-224-2392
780-907-7807
780-998-3418
403-227-3428
British Columbia
Bartsch, Lori
604-853-9822
Fryatt, Mike
250-679-2735
Jones,
Christina, Jorel, Quentin, &
Steven
604-820-9014
Lewans, Mike
306-297-6358
Lindquist, Julie
250-446-2131
Paidel, W & A J
306-862-5934
Patterson, Kelsey
604-467-8850
Schapansky,
Marlene & Dan
250-674-7113
Spady, Dean & Suzanne 604-820-9014
Steves, Harold & Kathy 604-277-7759
Van Wyck,
Doug & Helen
604-858-5235
Manitoba
Galloway, Fergus
Marshall, Ian & Carol
Noakes, Douglas
204-847-2130
204-827-2788
204-886-7821
New Brunswick
English, Rob
506-325-3850
Ontario
Amstutz, Peter
Barnes, Delaney
613-347-1124
613-478-1546
Ontario - continued
Beech, Rick
Bertin, Karen
Blake,
Greg, Marie , Crystal,
Patricia & Victoria
Bourne, Christine
Breckon,
Murray A & Tracy E
Burr, Mark
Burtis, B L
Butson, Dr. A R C
Card,
Dr. Bradley & Colleen
Caviezel, Edith
Day, Julie
De Bruyne, Phil
Dumke, Birgit
Ellery, Doug
Faulhafer,
Dave & Brienne
Giffin, Thomas & Jackie
Gordon, Chris & Kathy
Hill, Ken
Irvine,
Robert G. & Marjorie
McCabe, Brian
McGowan,
Wendy & Anthony
McIlwraith,
George & Betty
Ciaran & Stuart
John B & Letitia M
John A.
McIntyre, Allan
McIntyre, Jack
Morrish, Thomas R
Newcombe,
David & Susan
Nieman, Jessica
Onufer,
Anthony & Beverley
Osthaus, Hans
Regelink, Henry
Rhame, Ron T
Robertson,
A. Scot
Brian
Donald A
Mary
Sachedina,
Aamer & Jennifer
Salter, Clayton J
Schmidt, Larry
Smith, Arthur M W
Sproston, Andy
Stahn,
Jolene, Samantha
Strecker, Hannelore
Toon, John W & Asia
Toon, Marie
Unsworth,
Justus & Morgan
613-478-1546
519-338-3818
519-291-5466
519-638-3445
905-336-3010
519-786-4620
519-424-9043
905-383-6775
519-655-2138
613-636-0816
705-533-2757
519-986-2334
519-485-1929
519-348-8045
905-859-8149
705-248-2373
905-983-9736
519-625-8217
705-437-1550
519-657-5197
519-941-5739
905-659-2311
905-659-3010
905-659-2792
519-922-3397
905-957-3442
807-486-3622
705-695-2421
519-656-9144
905-689-4123
519-986-2334
705-487-2000
519-666-1048
705-322-6977
705-322-6977
705-322-1448
705-322-6977
905-473-6854
519-291-5466
519-338-2455
905-584-5353
905-309-4984
807-486-3382
905-983-5967
905-983-9736
519-338-2455
Ontario - continued
Unsworth, Robert
519-338-3333
Van Kampen,
George, Dawn, Caleigh &
Courtney
519-940-2202
Wagner, Crystal & Kyle 519-595-2860
Wilhelm, Ross & Anne 519-625-8601
Yassein, Leanne
905-697-1527
Québec
Alain, France
Allaston, Maureen
Breton, Alain
De Launière, France
Dorval, Lynda
Filion , Patrice
Fortin, Gilles
Lagacé, Simon
Painchaud, Albert
Taylor, John
Wenkoff,
John & Maureen
418-588-6569
450-263-8316
418-884-3242
418-349-8675
418-884-3242
418-435-2483
418-588-6508
450-799-5117
450-292-4737
450-263-8316
819-459-1202
Saskatchewan
Ballantyne,
Robert & Sharon
306-845-2481
Bradley, Barry J.
306-773-7103
Bradley,
Dennis
306-773-6924
Mrs Ruth
306-773-7082
Canadian Western Agribition Assoc.,
306-565-0565
Carr, Derek
Fax - 306-232-5481
Carter, Teresa & Lorne 306-534-2092
Croken, Jim & Janice
250-838-0809
Dietrich, Michael
250-924-6496
Flett, Peter G.
306-332-5821
Horvey
Joan
306-587-2339
Gary W
306-587-2739
Lyndon K
306-587-2716
Housek, Connie
306-859-2268
Koch, Sharon
Paidel, R W & A J
306-862-5934
United States
Dirigo Land & Livestock LLC.,
307-638-1314
Dykstra, Stuart J
970-625-3865
Eggleston,
Dr. Victor & Joyce
608-527-4811
Gerli, Margery
860-364-2161
Hoffman, Joan & Dale 517-627-2310
Jones, Joyce
724-924-2938
Judd, Neil & Connie
815-784-4313
Knott, Robert L.
517-223-1742
McCabe, Joseph H III
802-748-5107
Rabren, Kenneth
615-264-1044
Silberberg, Steven
603-472-2205
Waples, Russ & Susan 406-635-2114
Address Inquiries about Galloways, Belted
Galloways and White Galloways to —
Mr. Ron Black, Secretary
c/o CLRC
2417 Holly Lane
Ottawa, ON, Canada K1V OM7
Tel: 613.731.7110
Fax: 613.731.0704
eMail: galloway@clrc.ca
Website: www.galloway.ca
Herd Books
The herd book of the Canadian Galloway
Association has three sections —
Animals registered in the three sections are
treated as three distinct “breeds”.
Each of the three breeds occur in three colours,
BLACK, DUN or RED
Section I: Galloway
Section II: Belted Galloway
Section III: White Galloway
The Canadian Galloway Association Herd Book
contains all registered Canadian Galloways,
Belted Galloways and White Galloways up to
2002. To obtain copies, contact the Secretary,
Canadian Galloway Association.
For a more detailed explanation please
contact the Secretary, Canadian Galloway
Association. The Canadian Galloway
Association Herd Book is for sale. Prices
are as follows. HST and shipping extra
Volume Price
Volume Price
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P.O.A.
$5.00
$5.00
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$30.00
$30.00
$30.00
$75.00
Volume 3 thru 8 set: $150.00
A.I. Collected Sires
Breeders are urged to obtain a copy of the A.I.
and E.T. regulations of the Association from
the Secretary, Canadian Galloway Association.
A list of the A.I. collected sires is available.
Users of Galloway, Belted Galloway or White
Galloway semen intending to register
progeny must obtain a Semen Certificate
for each registration.
NOTE: The owners may have restrictions on
the sale and use of Semen Certificates.
Cover photo - Alistair McIlwraith
Designed by All-Tech Literature - Cambridge ON
Printed by Waterloo Printing, Waterloo, ON
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Index
Presidents Message / Board of Directors
Our Investment in Beef´s Future
Ballantyne of “Diamond B"
Canadian Western Agribition
Understanding Ultrasound
Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
Juniors - Next Generation Breeders
Benchmarks
Report from Australia
Annual General Meeting
Report from Scotland
Memories of a Galloway Mama
Thoughts of a New Galloway Breeder
Certified Farming – A Different Approach
Scott Van Kampen Memorial
Advertisers
Alberta Galloway Association
Alberta Plaid Galloways
Australian Galloway Association
Big Deal Galloways
Brass Ring Galloways
Bydand Grange
Canadian Galloway Association - Directory
Cedarmill & Killowent Galloways
Cranberry Hill Galloways
Cutarm Valley Belted Galloways
Dun Gal Galloways
Eastern Canadian Galloway Association
Edgewood Farm
Ember Galloways
Galair Galloways
Galloway Cattle Society of UK & Ireland
Geordawn Farms
Glenfiddich Galloways
Home Valley Farms Ltd.
Niagara Galloway
Sask-Man Galloway Assoc
Solway Galloways
Suncrest Farms
Try-R-Way Livestock
Willow-Mor Farms
Windchime Galloways
Tattoo Letters
2010 — X
2011 — Y
2012 — Z
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Canadian Galloway Advance
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G row w i th G a l loways
The Belted Galloway
is famous for it’s
quiet nature and
independent spirit.
It is distinct, maternal
and docile --- perfect
for families and small
acreages. If you are
looking for a few
easy-keeping females
to dress up your
“front forty” please
give us a call.
Cutarm Valley
Belted Galloways
Teresa and Lorne Carter
and Family
P. O. 176 Spy Hill, Sask.
S0A 3W0
Phone: 306-534-2092
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Directors - 2011
Canadian Galloway Associaton
President's Message
John Toon
ello and welcome to all readers of the 2011
John Toon,
Galloway Advance. As the newly appointed
President
president of the association I hope to continue the
Edgewood Farm,
Pontypool, Ontario
tradition of valid leadership and deal with the conInvolved with Galloway's since 2004, my cerns of all members while promoting the breed in
herd is comprised of Galloways (Dun,
a manner which it deserves, and as such, I encourBlack) and White Galloways.
age all members and commercial breeders to bring
Marie Blake
their questions and concerns to the directors in
Vice-President
their area so that we are able to contractively imSun Rise Galloway's,
prove the breed and its initiatives.
Listowel, Ontario
H
I grew up on Suncrest Farms, started Sun
Rise in 2005. Galloway’s are an important
part of my family’s life.
Brad Card
Past President
Cranberry Hill Galloways,
Tavistock, Ontario
Member since 1996, Galloways (Black
and Dun) and Belted Galloways with a
focus on grass finishing breeding stock.
Ciaran McIlwraith
Executive Secretary
Glenfiddich Galloways,
Puslinch, Ontario
Galloways have been a part of my life
for 30+ years and without them I would
never know the people I do.
RAWF 2010
(Facing camera)
Caleigh
Van Kampen
George & Betty
McIlwraith
I would assume that, if you are reading this, you
have already made the decision to improve your
Big Deal Galloways,
herd either by bringing Galloway genetics into your
Delburne, Alberta
Started showing Galloways in 1960, first commercial herd or by looking for others who have
purebred Galloway purchased in 1964,
your common interests in Galloway's as the breed
presently breeding Galloways and White of the past which will in time be the breed of the
Galloways, blacks, reds and duns.
future. It is my belief that as time goes by and the
cost of raising cattle will inevitably soar due to high
Suzanne Spady
Spady Farms
fuel prices. The breed which will not only survive
Deroche, British Columbia
but will thrive will be the Galloway.
Registered Black and Belted Galloways
since 2000.
2010's version of the Advance was a useful tool for
myself, not only did we have visits to the farm
from Sweden and Australia because of it, I used it
Bob Airth
quite frequently as a reference for the daily, weekly
Walking A Ranches,
and monthly dealings as they arose from being part
De Wintin, Alberta
I own Walking A Ranches Ltd. and regis- of the association.
Russel Horvey,
ter under the Galair herdname. We have
been raising black Galloways since 1946
and White Galloways since 1966.
Doug Noakes
Strathmore Galloways ,
Petersfield, Manitoba
Started Strathmore Galloways in 1995
and have blacks and reds. I have been
involved with Agribition since 2000.
Lorne Carter
Cutarm Valley Belted Galloways ,
Spy Hill, Saskatchewan
I have always been involved in farming
and cattle. At the urging of my wife we
started a herd of Belted cattle in 2004.
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My hopes for this issue is that it brings cattlemen
together, both pure bred and the cross bred operators who have made the wise choice of including
the Galloway genes in their breeding programs.
Through the hard work of members of the promotional committee we bring you a publication that is
both useful and educational in the day to day dealings in the Galloway Community. Although the
committee is made up of many members I would
be remiss in my duties if I did not thank Ciaran
Mcllwraith for her efforts because without her
there would be no Advance.
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Alberta Plaid
Galloway
Steve & Bonnie Schweer
R. R. #1 Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 5E1
Phone: 403-227-3428 • Fax: 403-227-3423
Email:schweer@xplornet.com
www. albertaplaidgalloway.ca
SPECIALIZING IN RED GALLOWAY
e traits we are focusing on are: R epeatability & fertility
E fficiency & performance
D ependability & longevity
We are proud to offer one of the largest selections of Red Galloway Genetics in Western Canada
March 12, 2011 First Annual Genuine Genetics Bull Sale
See our website for details
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R.R. #1, Line 86
#44567
Listowel, ON
N4W 3G6
Suncrest Unity
& Suncrest Xerxes
2 year old with calf
519 291-2797/5466
Reserve Grand
Champion
All Breeds Show
Harriston
Fall Fair
Salter Family
648 Parrack Rd.
Macks Creek, MO
65786
Champion
Rockton
World’s Fair
Thanks to our
Buyers in 2010
Suncrest Whitney
(left)
Champion
Other Breeds
National Junior
Beef Show
RAWF 2010
Suncrest West Virginia
(right)
Reserve Junior
Yearling Heifer
RAWF 2010
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Galloways do it again
Native Team at 2010 Royal Highland Show
For full reports of Shows and Sales see our new website, also pedigree search
Blackcraig Noreen, Silverbell 3rd of Galloway and Kirkstead Nancy Boy
A very warm welcome is extended to all our friends overseas.
Please do not hesitate to contact the office to arrange your visit to the UK.
e Galloway Cattle Society of UK and Ireland
15 New Market Street, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, DG7 12HY
email: info@gallowaycattlesociety.co.uk
( (0)44 01556502753
Visit: www.gallowaycattlesociety.co.uk
Australian Galloway Association Inc
PO Box 42, Westbury, Tas, AUST 7303
Ph/Fax: +61 3 6393 2866
Email: office@galloway.asn.au
Web: www.galloway.asn.au
If visiting Australia please contact the Office for members’
details. They would be happy to show you their cattle.
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The McIlwraith’s
Champion Breeders Herd — 2010 RAWF
donated by George and John McIlwraith
Glenfiddich Sapphire
Calf at Foot: Glenfiddich Xhosa
Glenfiddich Sir William
DOB: March 12,2009
Sire: Glenfiddich Pericles
Dam: Suncrest Roxie
DOB: January 3, 2006
Sire: Solway Chip 2M
Dam: Big Deal Miss Unique 14M
AI Registered Sires Available
Glenfiddich Sagebrush - available for export Glenfiddich Brodie - available for Canada & USA
Glenfiddich Urus - available for Canada Banners Last GS of Sully - commercial use only
Thank you
Marsh Bros. Tractor and the
CGA for supporting Stuart in his
4H program
John, Jen and Shelby
Double J Farms
905-659-2792
livestock enquiries
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Thank you to our 2010 buyers:
Edgewood Farm, Cranberry Hill Galloways, Niagara Galloway,
Grimsby, Ontario
Tavistock, Ontario
Pontypool, Ontario
Solway Galloways, Laurel, Ontario
Ciaran, Christopher and Stuart
905-659-2311
livestock enquiries
John and Lee
905-659-3010
semen and embryo enquiries
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Home Valley Farms Ltd.
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Tom & Danielle Gorr
Three Hills, Alberta
(403) 443-7829
home@homevalleyfarms.ca
www.homevalleyfarms.ca
Herd Sire 2010:
Big Deal Touchdown 23T
Ultrasound as Yearling
64.7% Lean Meat Yield REA: 1.24 in2 per 100 lb
Our New Investment in Beef’s Future
by Tom Gorr, Home Valley Farms Ltd
n the fall of 2004 my retiring parents offered
round grazing” - the model for minimum producsomewhat of an ultimatum: take over the family
tion costs, becomes viable with Galloway.
farm or the farm auction would be scheduled. At
• Consistency: If a large breed organization tried
the time, Danielle and I were
to organize a repeatable beef
urban professionals: she manquality model, they would
aged growth-oriented busifind it to be an exercise in funess enterprises and I was a
tility. In contrast, Canada’s
consultant to the renewable
Galloway herd is held by a
energy industry. Comfortable
small number of committed
in our ability to learn, overbreeders anxious for their star
come challenges, and find opto rise. Galloway breeders
portunity - we welcomed the
have a unique opportunity to
prospect of change. We are
address this elusive problem
now in the seventh year of
of consistency, and since the herd book has never
managing our mixed farm business. As before, we
been opened, the Galloway breed retains an unhave found opportunity to reveal itself as knowlcompromised genetic foundation.
edge is built.
• Genetic Bridge: As a bonus, Galloway genetics
My first serious interest in Galloway began when I
sparkle within a commercial cross-breeding prowas looking for Angus-bred females for a planned
gram, imparting hybrid vigour to the breeds in
commercial herd expansion. One sorting pen had
highest use today - making it a powerful genetic
a single Galloway-Angus crossbred heifer amongst
bridge for addressing future needs.
Angus females - WOW!
In total, the greatest opportunity in the cattle
The appeal of a Galloway-influenced commercial
business today may reside in how the Galloway
program ultimately gave way to a decision to tranbreed could position itself to address the systemic
sition to a purebred operation. Our family recogproblems of the broader beef industry. Said annized that entering into a purebred venture was
other way, the incremental farm-gate operational
not a decision to be taken lightly. The convenefficiencies may be interesting, but the opportutional advice is to find the breed with the highest
nity to bridge the larger issues of the beef indusadvertising budget, or one of the feedlot-favorites
try may be so profound as to be breathtaking. In
for the commodity beef industry.
broad statistical terms there are approximately
To follow, one must pay top dollar for entry and
five million beef cows and heifers in Canada today
access to the market of the day. To lead, one
of which a mere three thousand or so are Galmust invest in and manage toward future needs
loway. That’s the kind of leverage worth investing
and opportunities. In terms of the future, there is
in!
general acknowledgement that beef consumption
Over the past year our company, Home Valley
is in a long-wave decline in comparison with other
Farms Ltd., has quietly built a premier herd of top
offerings. Deficiencies in quality, cost-competipicks from a number of Western Canada’s top
tiveness, and consistency are often cited as the
breeders. We hired Russel Horvey, a lifetime Galmajor factors associated with the decline.
loway breeder and family friend, to identify op-
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The Galloway Breed has a number of compelling
strategic advantages to address these deficiencies:
• Quality: The breed was founded on a profound
single-purpose trait: Meat Quality. The majority
of other breeds were bred for multi-purpose
traits, and meat quality thereby compromised in
favour of other characteristics. Modern research,
at several institutions, is confirming the quality
advantages of Galloway and answering “Why?”.
• Cost-competitiveness: The thick hair-coat very
clearly makes for a more energy efficient animal,
also confirmed by research, which positions the
breed favourably on cost-completiveness. “Year
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portunities and to assist us in the selection of top
animals as rated for structural soundness, maternal traits and other marketable strengths. Today,
we are proud to have representation in our herd
from the best of Freeway, Diamond B and Big
Deal.
In the spring of 2010, we acquired over half of the
Freeway herd – 33 bred Galloway. We were able
to purchase females from all of the top bloodlines
in the herd. Structural soundness, feet & legs,
and eye appeal are emphasized in the Freeway
Investment in Beef’s Future - continued- page 10
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Ballantyne of “Diamond B"
Russel Horvey
first learned of Robert BallanTreena Ballantyne &
tyne’s intentions to possibly sell
Josh Horvey (1977)
out about a year ago. I could hardly
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loways at a fair. Little did I know
how many shows and memories
would follow? The first Galloway
show started in Swift Current in
1960 & in North Battleford the next
year. The Lloydminster show followed, then the Calgary Stampede,
then Prince Albert
and then Agribition in
1971. Four families
consistently showed
at these first shows;
Ballantyne’s,
Robert (with show stick)
Bradley’s, Airth’s and
Horvey’s. The
believe it. I had a hard time imagining
changes we have
the Galloway world without Robert in it.
Robert & Family
seen over the years;
I first met Robert with his dad David at
changes in the cattle, in the industry and in the
the Swift Current Fair in 1959. I was nine and
people. Robert, your passionate involvement in
Robert was eleven. Robert and his dad David had
come down to see one of the first exhibits of GalGalloways will be missed.
Investment in Beef’s Future - from page 9
breeding. Further, these females are so well-mannered that I can singlehandedly direct and split
out individuals with minimal effort, indicative of a
trust built only through patient and gentle care
over many years. We extend our gracious thanks
to Fred and Maxine Noad for the benefit of their
lifelong experience, knowledge and skill in producing cattle respected by cattlemen of all breeds.
More recently, we attended the one-time Diamond B dispersal event with the purpose of acquiring a handful of proven, top-performing
females. With only a small stock trailer, only the
best of the best would make the trip home. Thus,
alongside Russel’s counsel, we undertook a rigorous process that shortlisted only those females
that were top-rated across ALL of our criteria. We
bid hard and successfully purchased Saxon Hill
Nova (her progeny includes Sibyl, Utopia, Universe
and many other top-shelf stock), Diamond B Sibyl
48S (full sister to Utopia and dam of Universe both high sellers), Betsy 35R & 73T, Hilda 16P, and
Godiva 28M. When the sale closed and the awesome quality of this group sunk in, I was so moved
that I phoned Danielle to tell her we would look
back at this day as a pivotal moment for our new
enterprise.
In addition to traditional measures of great cattle,
performance and carcass traits are high on our list
of priorities. For this reason, our herd sires for
2010 were Big Deal Touchdown 23T and his ma-
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ternal half-brother Big Deal Wonder Play 19W.
These thick-bodied, easy-fleshing, heavily muscled
bulls come from the net feed efficiency and large
rib-eye area bloodlines at Big Deal. Russel has
spent a lifetime measuring and selecting for performance and it shows! If you ever have the opportunity to watch Touchdown 23T move through
our pastures, you will agree he is a lumbering grizzly bear bovine - meaty, muscular, and structured
for the smooth finessed movements the natural
world intended... and tons of fur, too!
With this line-up, it is easy to understand why we
are looking forward to our 2011 calving season
with great enthusiasm!
Relative to our small farming operation we have
invested heavily in the breed because in the big
picture we believe the Galloway breed has the potential to bridge the broader issues of the beef industry. Yet as the arctic wind blows through our
wintering areas, we take simple comfort in knowing our Galloways are warmer, more efficient and
bred for quality.
Our future at Home Valley Farms is now tied together with all who have staked their claim in Galloway genetics. We look forward to working with
you to create a successful future for the breed!
P.S. We would love to hear from you. Feel free to
contact us at home@homevalleyfarms.ca to share
your thoughts with us.
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Helping You
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Show Results - Canadian Western Agribition
Judged By: Fred Zehetner & Daniella Wintereder, Austria
Grand Champion Female: Diamond B Betsy 99W
Reserve Grand Champion Female: Diamond B Utopia 63U
Calf at Foot: Diamond B Utopia 89X
Class 01 - Female PB born 2009 Apr 1 - Dec 31
1st SUNCREST WEDNESDAY
DOB: 2009-04-22
Suncrest Farms
Weight: 1118
Class 02 - Female PB born 2009 Jan 1 - Mar 31
1st DIAMOND B BETSY 99W
2009-03-14
Diamond B Ranches Ltd.
Weight: 1308
2nd 3156 R-WAY WHITNEY 13W
2009-02-14
Tri-R-Way Livestock
Weight: 1120
& Brian Robertson
3rd SUNCREST WEST VIRGINA
2009-02-28
Suncrest Farms
Weight: 1102
4th TRI-R WANITA 2W
2009-01-22
Tri-R-Way Livestock & J Robertson Wt: 1172
Class 03 - Junior Champion and Reserve - Female
2009-03-14
Weight: 1308
2nd SUNCREST WEDNESDAY
2009-04-22
Suncrest Farms
Weight: 1118
Class 04 - Female (with 2010 calf) born in 2008
1st DAMOND B UTOPIA 63U
2008-02-29
Weight: 1580
Calf at Side: DIAMOND B UTOPIA 89X
(F
2nd SUNCREST UNITY
2008-02-11
Suncrest Farms
Weight: 1148
Calf at Side: SUNCREST XERXES
3rd BIG DEAL EXTRAVAGANCE13U (BLK) ‘08-04-02
Big Deal Galloways
Weight: 1224
Calf: BIG DEAL EXTRAVAGANCE 17X (BLK)
Class 05 - Female (with 2010 calf) - 2007 or earlier
1st BIG DEAL RAY OF HOPE 23R (BLK) 2005-02-12
Big Deal Galloways
Weight: 1520
Calf at Side: BIG DEAL XRAY OF HOPE 4X (BLK)
2nd TRI-R RACHEL 12R
2005-02-18
Tri-R-Way Livestock
Weight: 1358
Calf at Side: TRI-R XCEL 1X
Class 06 - Senior Champion and Reserve - Female
1st Diamond B Ranches Ltd
DIAMOND B UTOPIA 89X
2010-03-03
DAMOND B UTOPIA 63U
2008-02-29
2nd Suncrest Farms
SUNCREST XERXES
2010-02-20
SUNCREST UNITY
2008-02-11
Class 07 - Female born 2010 on or after Mar 1
1st DIAMOND B HILDA 92X
2010-03-05
Weight: 638
2nd R-WAY XOLENE 19X
2010-03-01
Tri-R-Way Livestock & B Robertson Wt: 616
3rd BIG DEAL EXTRAVAGANCE 17X (BLK) ‘10-03-23
Big Deal Galloways
Weight: 592
4th SUNCREST X-CITED
2010-04-02
Suncrest Farms
Weight: 535
5th DIAMOND B UTOPIA 89X
2010-03-03
Weight: 678
Class 08 - Female born 2010 Jan 1- Feb 28
1st BIG DEAL EXTRAVAGANCE 3X (BLK) ‘10-02-06
Big Deal Galloways
Weight: 700
2nd SUNCREST EXCELLENT
2010-01-30
Suncrest Farms
Weight: 650
3rd TRI-R XIGRIS 9X
2010-02-03
Tri-R-Way Livestock
Weight: 642
& Jay Robertson
4th SUN RISE XANDRA
2010-02-19
Sun Rise Galloways
Weight: 684
Class 09 - Calf Champion and Reserve - Female
1st DIAMOND B HILDA 92X
2010-03-05
Weight: 638
2nd BIG DEAL EXTRAVAGANCE 3X (BLK) ‘10-02-06
Big Deal Galloways
Weight: 700
Class 10 - Grand Chanpion and Reserve - Female
2009-03-14
Weight: 1308
2nd DAMOND B UTOPIA 63U
2008-02-29
DIAMOND B UTOPIA 89X
2010-03-0
Weight: 1580
CWA Show Results - continued page 13
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CWA Show Results - from page 12
Grand Champion Bull: Diamond B Uniden 55U
Reserve Grand Champion Bull: Diamond B X-Ray 117X
See Benchmarks – page 24
Class 11 - Bull born 2010 on or after Mar 1
1st DIAMOND B X RAY 117X
2010-03-17
Weight: 790
2nd DIAMOND B UPPER CLASS 98X 2010-03-07
Weight: 833
3rd BIG DEAL XRAY OF ZEUS 22X (BLK) ‘10-03-30
Big Deal Galloways
Weight: 707
Class 12 - Bull born 2010 Jan 1 - Feb 28
1st BIG DEAL XRAY OF HOPE 4X (BLK) ‘10-02-08
Big Deal Galloways
Weight: 738
2nd SUNCREST X-RAY
2010-02-21
Suncrest Farms
Weight: 733
3rd Tri-R-WAY X-RAY 16X
2010-02-19
Tri-R-Way Livestock
Weight: 820
Class 13 - Calf Champion and Reserve - Bull
1st DIAMOND B X RAY 117X
2010-03-17
Weight: 790
2nd DIAMOND B UPPER CLASS 98X 2010-03-07
Weight: 833
Class 15 - Bull born 2009 Jan 1- Mar 31
1st TRI-R WARDEN 24W
2009-03-05
Tri-R-Way Livestock
Weight: 1551
2nd BIG DEAL WONDERMENT 11W (BLK) ‘09-02-08
Big Deal Galloways
Weight: 1330
3rd HIGH HOPE WRANGLER 11W
2009-02-12
Tri-R-Way Livestock
Wt: 1285
4th SUNCREST WHISKEY
2009-03-01
Suncrest Farms
Weight: 1320
Class 16 - Junior Champion and Reserve - Bull
1st TRI-R WARDEN 24W
2009-03-05
Tri-R-Way Livestock
Weight: 1551
2nd BIG DEAL WONDERMENT 11W (BLK)‘09-02-08
Big Deal Galloways Weight: 1330
Class 17 - Bull born 2008 Jan 1- Dec 31
1st DIAMOND B UNIDEN 55U
2008-02-23
Weight: 2361
Class 18 - Bull born previous to Jan 1 2008
1st SUNCREST TROY
2007-02-02
Suncrest Farms
Weight: 2112
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Class 19 - Senior Champion and Reserve - Bull
2008-02-23
Weight: 2361
2nd SUNCREST TROY
2007-02-02
Suncrest Farms
Weight: 2112
Class 20 - Grand Champion and Reserve - Bull
2008-02-23
Weight: 2361
2nd DIAMOND B X RAY 117X
2010-03-17
Weight: 790
Class 21 - Breeder´s Herd
1st Diamond B Ranches Ltd. Livelong, SK
2nd Big Deal Galloways Delburne, AB
3rd Tri-R-Way Livestock Phelpston, ON
4th Suncrest Farms Listowel, ON
Class 22 - Get-of-Sire
1st Diamond B Ranches Ltd. Livelong, SK
2nd Tri-R-Way Livestock Phelpston, ON
3rd Suncrest Farms Listowel, ON
Class 23 - Pair of Bulls
1st Diamond B Ranches Ltd.
2nd Suncrest Farms
3rd Tri-R-Way Livestock Phelpston, ON
4th Big Deal Galloways Delburne, AB
Class 24 - Progeny of Dam
1st Tri-R-Way Livestock Phelpston, ON
2nd Suncrest Farms Listowel, ON
Diamond B Ranches Ltd. Livelong, SK
Class 25 - Premier Breeder
1st Suncrest Farms Listowel, ON
Class 26 - Premier Exhibitor
1st Suncrest Farms Listowel, ON
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Understanding Ultrasound and Using it for Profits
by Chase Wendorff - Windy Ridge Ultrasound
T
he cattle industry is evolving, more than ever
before, toward marketing cattle based on carcass merit. Evidence of this trend is seen with the
ever-increasing number of packing plants adopting value-based marketing. The traditional
method in North America of selling cattle based
on live weight is rapidly changing to where payment and premiums are made based on carcass
weight and quality. Due to high input costs, we
are no longer able to compete on the international trade market for commodity beef; therefore
it is in our best interest to produce the high quality beef demanded by our consumers. This
change has resulted in the adoption of technology
to evaluate live animal carcasses. Ultrasound enables producers to know the carcass merit of their
cattle and subsequently, assist them in developing
an elite herd where progeny can be marketed for
top dollar.
Ultrasound has proven extremely accurate in assessing carcass merit and has been tested repeat-
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edly over the last 50 years. Today ultrasound
measurements must be collected by Ultrasound
Guidelines Council (UGC) certified field technicians and analyzed by a certified lab and lab technician. Despite small discrepancies in technician
and lab biases, ultrasound measurements have
proven to be a reliable and accurate method of
developing carcass merit EPDs. Because carcass
traits are moderately to highly heritable, improvements in herd genetics can be seen in a relatively
short period of time. Ultrasound provides producers with one more tool by which they can select
traits in order to produce top quality animals.
Percent Intramuscular Fat (%IMF) or Marbling
Due to the grid premiums and incentives to raise
AAA (Choice) and Prime cattle, marbling may be
the most important economic measurement collected with ultrasound. Ultrasound measures the
%IMF in cattle and reports this value as a numerical indicator of marbling. For example, just like
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birth weight is an indicator of calving ease, %IMF
is an indicator of marbling.
It is important to know what values are being represented in the sale catalogs when comparing
data and to remember that the value of most concern is always the EPD value.
% IMF
2.3 - 3.0
3.1 - 3.9
4.0 - 5.7
5.8 - 7.6
7.7 - 9.7
9.8 - 12.1
12.2 +
Quality Grade
(US)
(CAN)
Marbling
Score
Select
Select
Choice
Choice
Choice
Prime
Prime
4.0
4.5
5.0
6.0
7.0
8.0
+
o
+
o
AA AA +
AAA AAA o
AAA +
Prime Prime o
- 4.4
- 4.9
- 5.9
- 6.9
- 7.9
- 8.9
9.0 +
Steers and heifers will usually have slightly higher
marbling values than bulls of the same age and
genetics.
Ribeye Area (REA) and Fat Depth (Rib Fat and
Rump Fat)
The ribeye is one of the largest muscle in the
body; therefore REA gives an indication of overall
carcass muscling. REA is influenced by body
weight, which often results in the largest ribeye
belonging to the heaviest animal. It is, therefore,
important when comparing REAs within contemporary groups to compare data that has been adjusted for age and/or weight.
Recently, a study by John Brethour, of KSU, revealed a significant association between carcass
ribeye area and average daily gain just prior to
slaughter. Meaning that animals with larger REAs
had better gains later in the feeding period. While
having a large ribeye is desirable, there are some
drawbacks when REA becomes too large. Extremely large ribeyes can lead to a reduction in
marbling.
Fat Depth is an important factor that greatly influences lean meat yield. Backfat (Rib Fat) will reduce yield many times what REA will increase
yield. Secondly, fat measurements give an indication of an animals fleshing ability. Progeny from
cattle with genetics for no fat may finish too
slowly, while progeny from cattle with too much
fat will incur yield discounts before a desirable
carcass is obtained. Furthermore, body condition
scores (fat depth) in females are related to their
ability to reach puberty early, produce milk, and
rebreed to maintain shorter calving intervals.
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duced fertility. The key to breeding for Fat Depth
is moderation.
Optimizing Your Investment
1 In order to qualify for genetic evaluations
(EPDs) cattle must be scanned at the appropriate time. Each association has slight differences, but averages are bulls 320 – 440 days
and heifers 320 – 460 days. Heifers are often
done later to allow genetic differences to show
because they are usually not fed as hard as
bulls.
2 It is important to scan all cattle in a contemporary group. This provides sufficient information
for evaluation and comparison purposes within
your herd.
3 The value in scanning replacement heifers has
often been overlooked. Having carcass merit
data on all females entering your herd will
greatly improve the value and accuracy of their
progeny records. In addition it will allow you to
make informed decisions about the carcass
merit of females making up your future herd.
4 Upon investing money into ultrasounding your
cattle, it is essential to promote this information to your customers and potential customers. With premiums being paid for high
quality carcasses, more and more commercial
producers are asking for scan data. The days of
selling commodity beef are limited, therefore it
is in your interest to create and market an elite
herd of high quality carcass cattle.
Common Misconceptions
There is a common misconception that marbling
can be fed into all animals. Although feeding an
animal for extended periods of time does increase
marbling, the genetics must be there in order for
value-based marbling to be pronounced in cattle
ready for slaughter without risking over-fat.
Why are my REAs smaller this year than last year,
is this a collection or analysis error? While I am
not dismissing the occasional technician error, it is
important to remember that although carcass
merits are determined by genetics, environmental
factors do contribute to the phenotype expressed
by each animal. Feed type and quality, weather,
and sickness are some of the environmental factors that can influence phenotypes expressed
from year to year. This is one more reason why individual comparisons can only be made by EPDs
or indexes within a contemporary group.
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Show Results - Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
Brian Whitwall, Hagersville ON
Grand Champion Female: Glenfiddich Sapphire(BLK)
Reserve Grand Champion Female: Glenfiddich Wynnie (DUN)
Calf at Foot: Glenfiddich Xhosa
Class 1 - Bull Calf, born 2010 - min. 3 Mth of age
2nd Geordawn Janey 10X (BLK)
04/12/2010
1st Glenfiddich Xenos (BLK)
03/24/2010
Geordawn Farms
3rd Xtreme Lola (DUN)
03/25/2010
Edgewood Farm
2nd Glenfiddich Xanthus (DUN)
03/29/2010
4th Du Rapide X-rated (BLK)
03/08/2010
Ferme Du Rapide S.E.N.C.
3rd Suncrest X-Ray
02/21/2010
Suncrest Farms
5th Du Rapide X-citing (RED)
04/10/2010
4th Suncrest Xpo
04/02/2010
Suncrest Farms
6th Glenfiddich Xandra (BLK)
03/20/2010
5th Du Rapide X-tra (RED)
03/02/2010
7th Niagara Jade of X (DUN)
05/06/2010
Niagara Galloway
6th Edgewood X Lancaster (DUN)
03/14/2010
Edgewood Farm
8th Niagara Emily of X (BLK)
04/01/2010
Niagara Galloway
7th Killowent Xess
02/06/2010
Cedarmill Farm
9th Killowent Xanda
02/22/2010
Class 3 - Bull Yearling, born April 1 - Dec 31, 2009
Cedarmill Farm
1st Sun Rise Wisdom
04/15/2009 Class 9 - Female Calf born 2010, min. 3 mo. Grp 2
Sun Rise Farm
1st Otter Creek Ruby 4X (BLK)
01/17/2010
Class 4 - Bull Yearling, born Jan 1 - March 31, 2009
Otter Creek Cattle Co.
1st Glenfiddich Sir William (BLK)
03/12/2009 2nd Suncrest Xcellent
01/30/2010
Suncrest Farms
2nd Suncrest Whiskey
03/01/2009
3rd Sun Rise Xanda
02/19/2010
Suncrest Farms
Sun Rise Farm
Class 5 - Junior Champion Bull and Reserve
4th Suncrest Xtreme
02/14/2010
03/12/2009
Suncrest Farms
01/05/2010
2nd Sun Rise Wisdom
04/15/2009 th Killowent Xanet 2nd
Cedarmill
Sun Rise Farm
Class 10 - Female Calf Champion and Reserve
Class 8 - Grand Champion Bull and Reserve
01/17/2010
03/12/2009 1st Otter Creek Ruby 4X (BLK)
Otter Creek Cattle Co.
01/30/2010
2nd Sun Rise Wisdom
04/15/2009 2nd Suncrest Xcellent
Suncrest
Farms
Sun Rise Farm
Class 9 - Female Calf born 2010, min. 3 mo. Grp 1 Class 11 - Heifer born April 1 - Dec. 31, 2009
04/22/2009
1st Suncrest X-cited
02/04/2010 1st Suncrest Wednesday
Suncrest
Farms
Suncrest Farms
The Royal Show Results - continued page 17
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The Royal Show Results - from page 16
Grand Champion Bull: Glenfiddich Sir William (BLK)
Reserve Grand Champion Bull: Sun Rise Wisdom
2nd Du Rapide Wanna do it (BLK)
09/10/2009 3rd Glenfiddich Unique (BLK)
03/09/2008
3rd Geordawn Whisper 9W (BLK)
04/10/2009 Class 15 - Female born before Jan.1, 2008
with calf at foot
Geordawn Farms
1st Glenfiddich Sapphire (BLK)
01/03/2006
4th Solway Kate 14W (BLK)
04/20/2009
Solway Galloways
Class 16 - Senior Champion Female and Reserve
5th Killowent Walanty
04/24/2009 1st Glenfiddich Sapphire (BLK)
01/03/2006
Cedarmill Farm
Class 12 - Heifer born Jan. 1 - March 31, 2009
Class 17 - Grand Champion Female and Reserve
1st Glenfiddich Wynnie (DUN)
03/02/2009 1st Glenfiddich Sapphire (BLK)
01/03/2006
2nd Suncrest West Virgina
02/28/2009 2nd Glenfiddich Wynnie (DUN)
03/02/2009
Suncrest Farms
3rd Glenfiddich Wamuiru (BLK)
03/02/2009 Class 19 - Breeder's Herd
1st Glenfiddich Galloways
4th Du Rapide Whoever (BLK)
03/03/2009 2nd Suncrest Farms
3rd Ferme Du Rapide S.E.N.C.
5th Suncrest Whitney
Suncrest Farms
6th Solway Krispy Kream 1W (BLK)
Solway Galloways
03/08/2009 Class 20 - Get of Sire
Listowel, ON
Class 21 - Progeny of Dam
7th Geordawn Heidi 2W (BLK)
Geordawn Farms
05/01/2009
8th Killowent Walessa
Cedarmill Farm
Listowel, ON
03/27/2009 3rd Ferme Du Rapide S.E.N.C.
9th Killowent Wescelly
Cedarmill Farm
Class 25 - Premier Exhibitor Award
Class 13 - Junior Champion Female and Reserve
1st Glenfiddich Wynnie (DUN)
03/02/2009
Class 26 - Premier Breeder Award
2nd Suncrest West Virgina
02/28/2009 1st Glenfiddich Galloways
Suncrest Farms
Class 14 - Female born 2008 with calf at foot
1st Glenfiddich Undeniable (BLK)
03/16/2008
2nd Suncrest Unity
02/11/2008
Suncrest Farms
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Juniors - Next G
Christina
Jones
Every year I
take a
Belted Galloway as a
4-H project. This year I took my cow, Nimmo Reid
Reason with her heifer calf, Nimmo Reid Xtra Special. We did very well, winning our club achievement and we also were Champion Cow/Calf at the
2010 Maple Ridge COUNTRYFEST. Reason was my
first 4-H project when she was a heifer and since
then she has always produced my next year’s project. Reason is truly my cash cow as she has given
me a lot of champions!
the barns and the show ring, they always have
great hair for me to work with and they help to
stand out when it comes to showmanship classes.
Whenever I raise a Galloway for a carcass steer, I
know that I am going to do very well and place
highly in the grading results, and my customers
are always so happy with their meat. And after
the 4-H year is completed, I am rewarded again
with a cheque from the Canadian Galloway Association!
I also took a Belted Galloway heifer, Nimmo Reid
Westin into some junior and open shows, Westin
won Champion Heifer, and Reserve Champion Female in the All Breeds show at the Interior Provincial Exhibition in Armstrong, BC.
I love showing Galloways as of all the calves they
are always the easiest to train when it comes to
halter breaking. One afternoon and I am usually
done! My Galloways attract a lot of attention in
Reason is due in March 2011, calving season is my
favorite time of year, I cant wait to see what I will
be showing next!
Galloway Girls - Crystal & Patti Blake
ior show. We all have nice new snazzy blue jackets
to parade around and promote our breed. It is important as junior members to be able to take
pride in ourselves and in what we do. We would
also like to thank Glenfiddich Galloways and Suncrest Farm Galloways for their support throughout
the show season as well.
We both work on our family owned and operated
Galloway beef farm. We have shown from the
time we could walk and been involved in 4-H since
the age of 10 when we were able to join. We
show our Galloways at fall fairs and national
shows with pride.
Crystal is currently attending the University of
Guelph - Ridgetown College, where she is taking
her two
year Agriculture
Diploma.
Following
her graduation in
April she
will be attending
Olds College, in Alberta in the fall to get her applied degree in agriculture business. She plays
baseball in the summer, and bowls in the winter.
Patti is currently attending Listowel District Secondary School, where she is in Grade 11. She competes in Track and Field year round with Throwing
Events as her specialty. She also enjoys soccer in
the summer and broomball in the winter.
Both Girls showed their Galloway heifers this year
for their club, at the fall fairs, the Royal and Agribition. They would like to send out a big thank-you
to Bob Airth for his continued support to the jun-
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This year Crystal won Reserve Galloway at the junior show at Agribition, Reserve Champion Galloway at Junior Beef Expo, and has done well with
her showmanship as well. She won Experienced
show person at University of Guelph - Ridgetown
Campus’s Spring Expo, won Champion show person in her Beef Production Final Project, and second in her class at her 4-H achievement day.
This year Patti has won Champion All breeds
heifer at the Royal for the National Junior show.
As well as Champion Galloway at Junior Beef
Expo, and Reserve Champion
Galloway at Youth Forum.
Overall the girls would like to
thank all those that support
the Galloway breed and all
those who keep the Galloway breed alive. We know
how important it is to promote our breed in order to
show people just what high
quality they can get from
a Galloway.
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Generation Breeders
Quentin Jones
This is my story about my Galloway, Nimmo Reid Ubetcha. I first
showed her as a heifer in 2009, we did very well, at our last fair of
the year as a heifer the judge, Dar Geiss from Minnesota commented that she was outstanding and the best Galloway he had
ever seen! I was pretty proud about that. Her first calf was a bull
calf, Nimmo Reid Xceed, and I showed them at our club Achievement and Maple Ridge Countryfest. Unfortunately I was beat by my sister, but I think Ubetcha did
a great job on her first calf, and I can`t wait until next year – I expect we will be in the championship
photo! I enjoy showing our Galloways, and I appreciate that the Canadian Galloway Association
supports us so well with our projects
Jorel Jones
My name is Jorel Jones and this was my 3rd year showing
Galloways in 4-H, but my first year raising a steer. I decided I was going to take a market (show) steer, as well as
a carcass steer. I picked my steers out all on my own.
They were both shown at our club achievement day,
Maple Ridge Countryfest, and Abbotsford Agrifair. The
Carcass steer competed in the carcass class at the PNE,
and the market steer was shown and sold at the PNE. My
show steer was a black Galloway, I named him Baby Bear
and every show we went to he made it into championship class. At the PNE in Vancouver he won Reserve Champion Homegrown steer! Because it was the
100th year for the PNE all the champion and reserve winners received a commemorative belt buckle!
My carcass steer was a Galloway X named Blue Bear, and he also did very well in the shows. In the carcass class he placed 4th overall but he was the
only steer in the class to grade AAA+ and he
Alicia Van Kampen
received the highest points for quality. I have
My name is
picked another Galloway for my next steer
Alicia Van
project, he is Baby Bear`s brother. I hope we
Kampen, I was
do as well or better!
born in the
spring of 1991.
Vicki Blake
I grew up on a
farm outside
My name is Vicki Blake and I have enjoyed anof Orangeville
other year of showing my Galloway 4-H aniOntario where we have Jersey’s, Galloway’s and sheep
mal. As you can see in the picture, I have been
part of showing Galloways for many years. This at our family farm. I have five beautiful siblings, and
is a picture of me and my mom two lovely parents George and Dawn.
at Caledonia Fair in 1997.
I have been going to 4-H meetings and events since I
I am presently working full
time as a farrower in a pig
barn. I plan to show a Galloway
heifer next year again. I would
also like to thank everyone for
their support of youth in Galloways. Thanks to the Canadian
Galloway Association, Bob
Airth, Glenfiddich Galloways,
Suncrest Farms and sponsors
of our junior shows!
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was a child. I have been in 4-H for 9 years and I have
completed around 60 clubs. I am currently enrolled in
my second year at the University of Toronto in the
Physical Education and Health program. I am a Varsity
Blue, as I play a post position on the Women's Varsity
Basketball team for U of T. Whenever I come home
from school I work on the farm and train my cattle for
upcoming shows. I've been showing cattle since I
could walk and talk; I live, breath and eat cows!
When I am finished school I plan on living on a farm
and milking dairy cattle.
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Benchmarks - Canadian Western Agribition
CUP/UCG Certified Ultrasound
M/D/Y Name
Weight
(lbs)
Marbling Back Fat
(%IMF*)
(mm)
Rib Eye Area
Weight adj REA
% Lean
REA(in2) REA(cm2) (in2 / 100 lb§) Meat Yeild
2010
3/5/09
3/7/10
3/17/10
2/20/10
2/21/10
3/1/09
2/2/07
2/12/09
2/6/10
2/8/10
3/23/10
3/30/10
2/8/09
2/19/10
Tri-R Warden 24W
Diamond B Upper Class 98X
Diamond B X Ray 117X
Suncrest Xerxes
Suncrest X-Ray
Suncrest Whiskey
Suncrest Troy
High Hope Wrangler 11W
Big Deal Extravagance 3X
Big Deal Xray Of Hope 4X
Big Deal Extravagance 17X
Big Deal Xray Of Zeus 22X
Big Deal Wonderment 11W
Tri-R-Way X-Ray 16X
1,551
833
790
745
733
1,311
2,112
1,285
700
736
592
707
1,330
820
5.70
4.00
4.10
4.20
4.15
4.30
4.80
4.75
5.35
4.20
4.30
4.50
4.35
4.50
4.48
4.48
4.04
4.48
1.35
3.59
7.65
2.75
4.93
2.69
1.35
3.14
4.52
2.75
13.70
10.42
9.98
10.26
9.62
12.16
16.96
12.13
8.46
9.61
8.00
8.94
13.52
9.14
88.41
67.22
64.36
66.21
62.05
78.45
109.39
78.23
54.57
62.03
51.61
57.67
87.24
58.99
0.92
1.30
1.32
1.43
1.37
0.97
0.84
0.98
1.26
1.36
1.41
1.32
1.06
1.16
65.30
62.63
62.73‡
62.50
65.19
64.96
64.71
65.79
60.58
63.81
63.87
62.80
65.12
63.36
2009
3/8/09
3/7/09
2/23/08
3/9/08
3/10/09
2/2/07
4/16/08
3/1/09
4/15/09
3/21/09
3/13/08
Big Deal Wonderment 11W
Glenfiddich Wahkan
Diamond B Uniden 55U
Diamond B Undertaker 79U
Diamond B Woodstock 92W
Suncrest Troy
Suncrest Ultimate
Suncrest Whiskey
Sunrise Wisdom
Glenfiddich Wyatt Earp
Glenfiddich Upperhand
720
733
1,766
1,652
773
1,855
1308
776
702
681
1,441
4.35
4.25
5.50
4.75
4.20
5.00
5.15
4.50
5.10
5.10
5.30
3.14
2.24
4.97
2.24
1.35
6.73
4.04
4.04
5.38
2.32
4.08
8.53
8.97
11.90
16.54
10.77
14.87
13.51
8.91
8.65
8.87
12.06
55.04
57.87
76.77
106.70
69.47
95.96
87.15
57.51
55.81
57.22
77.82
1.23
1.27
0.70
1.04
1.45
0.84
1.08
1.20
1.28
1.36
0.87
62.47‡
63.74
63.34†
69.90
66.12
63.96
65.60
61.87
60.28
63.59
64.38
2008
2/23/08
3 4/07
3/9/08
2/2/07
4/8/07
3/1/06
2/20/08
3/19/08
3/11/08
3/13/08
2/20/06
4/9/04
2/7/07
3/12/08
3/15/08
Diamond B Uniden 55U
Diamond B Triumph 64T
Diamond B Undertaker 79U
Suncrest Troy
Suncrest Thunder
Suncrest Sylvester
Sunrise Utah
Sunrise Universe
Glenfiddich Ultimatum
Glenfiddich Upperhand
Glenfiddich Sagebrush
Glenfiddich Pericles
Tri-R-Way Taurus 8T
Tri-R-Way Ultimate 25U
Tri-R-Way Ultimatum 30U
954
1729
791
1,323
1,246
1,829
721
758
737
749
1,919
2,392
1,473
653
654
4.35
5.80
4.05
4.00
4.65
4.30
4.10
4.30
5.30
3.85
5.80
6.30
4.95
4.65
4.60
4.48
11.23
3.14
4.93
2.69
7.62
1.79
2.69
1.79
1.79
7.20
4.93
3.63
3.63
3.59
9.58
13.70
10.20
12.09
13.34
16.16
9.33
8.75
9.90
9.54
15.72
16.28
12.62
8.78
8.22
61.82
88.41
65.81
78.03
86.08
104.24
60.17
56.48
63.86
61.58
101.42
105.05
81.40
56.66
53.03
1.05
0.83
1.34
0.95
1.12
0.92
1.35
1.20
1.40
1.33
0.85
0.71
0.89
1.40
1.31
61.95‡
58.41
63.83
63.53
66.84
64.09
64.49
63.11
64.96
64.67
64.17†
66.94
65.29
62.17
61.76
2007
3/22/07
4/9/07
2/26/07
2/26,/07
3/4/07
2/2/07
3/20/05
3/1/06
2/9/07
3/9/07
4/9/04
2/1/07
2/18/07
4/15/01
HB Template 347
HB Tribute 357
Diamond B Tecumseh 50T
Diamond B Topaz 55T
Diamond B Triumph 64T
Suncrest Troy
Suncrest Ringo
Suncrest Sylvester
Sunrise Taz
Glenfiddich Tornado
Glenfiddich Pericles
Tri-Y Tungsten 4T
Tri-Y Texas 8T
Tri-Y Locomotive 29L
616
580
874
836
958
704
1,672
1,311
698
655
2,225
701
659
2,059
4.80
4.65
4.55
4.60
4.50
4.25
4.55
4.50
4.35
3.30
5.45
4.40
4.55
4.40
3.33
2.38
2.38
5.71
6.19
3.33
6.19
5.24
2.38
4.29
6.22
1.43
3.81
2.86
7.47
6.64
9.82
10.22
11.08
8.04
16.61
13.26
9.00
7.85
16.53
7.72
8.40
14.46
48.18
42.81
63.36
65.93
71.74
51.87
107.19
85.55
58.08
50.66
106.63
49.78
54.17
93.32
1.27
1.19
1.17
1.27
1.20
1.19
1.04
1.05
1.34
1.25
0.77
1.15
1.33
0.73
61.41
61.70
64.29
61.21
61.42‡
61.87
65.92
64.17
63.63
60.75
65.62†
63.56
61.68
67.58
† Grand Champion
‡ Reserve Grand Champion
* Percent of intra-muscular fat
§ Rib Eye Area adjusted per 100 pounds of animal weight
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Australian Galloway Association Report
Grazing Galloways in the Strzelecki Ranges, Victoria;
T
he Australian Galloway Association has had a
very successful year, attracting 20 new full
members with the promise of more, judging by
the number of enquiries received by the Office.
Interest is very strong in the areas of Miniature
Galloways and White Galloways, with many people on small blocks requiring something easy to
manage, easy on pasture and good to look at.
The Association’s Annual General Meeting and
Dinner was held in May in Bendigo, Victoria, at
the same time as a large beef cattle show, National Beef. This gave members the opportunity to
inspect cattle which were being exhibited by several studs, and mingle in relaxed surroundings at
There is a great deal of interest shown in the
breed being expressed at Agricultural Shows and
Field Days. Several field days around Australia
were supported enthusiastically by Association
members, and it has been found these are a valuable marketing tool for the breed. The format of
the field days allows interested people to inspect
and enquire after our cattle. It is also a good way
the dinner. There were
three new Committee
members elected, and
our long serving President, Brian Medcraft,
stepped down after
seven years in the chair,
to make way for Gordon Matheson.
of keeping in touch with other breeders and
breeds.
The Galloway family in Australia continues to
prove that they can produce the high yielding carcass for the butcher and the quality meat that the
consumer enjoys, with Galloway cattle and Belted
Galloway cattle successful in carcass competitions
for their breeders at their local Agricultural
Shows. In addition to this, Allen and Lizette
Snaith from Warialda Belted Galloways in Victoria
recently won a Gold Medal in the 2010 National
Food Produce Awards for the “From the Paddock”
section with smallgoods produced from Belted
Galloways.
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Several of our members
attended the World Galloway Conference in Denmark in September, and enjoyed the tours afterwards, as well as catching up with fellow
breeders.
If anyone would like an Australian 2010/2011 annual, please contact ...
Sallie Wadley, Executive Officer,
Australian Galloway Association Inc
PO Box 42, Westbury, Tas, AUST 7303
Ph/Fax: +61 3 6393 2866
Email: office@galloway.asn.au
Web: www.galloway.asn.au
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C.G.A. Annual General Meeting -2010
Edgewood Farms, Pontypool, Ontario
The 2010 Canadian Galloway Association AGM
catch up with one another or their sleep. A few
was held in Peterborough, Ontario. Edgewood
were reported to have been snoring in the lobby
Farms, Marie Toon and Ken Hill, and John and
of the hotel. The
Amy Toon of Pontypool were our gracious hosts.
afternoon could
be spent walking
We started the AGM on Friday afternoon with a
downtown PeBBQ at Edgewood Farm. The farm sits
terborough,
on the edge (hence the
which boasts
name) of the Gagreat stores
naraska Forest. It
and restauis a 11,000 acre
rants.
forest full of trails
for horseback riding,
walking and ATVing.
If you have never had
the chance to visit, the
family and the farm is
always open to visitors.
The BBQ was followed by
a Directors meeting.
Those that were not part of
the meeting were able to partake in a very long (3
hr) Cow Patty Bingo.
On Saturday, we had an early start. Our meetings
were in full motion by 9 am, quickly and smoothly
finishing by noon. This gave the members time to
Bydand
Grange
(BMMPXBZTt(SBTT'FE#FFG
Chris & Kathy Gordon
215 Echo Lake Rd,
Echo Bay, ON P0S 1C0
Our Saturday night,
was a two
lock dinner
cruise of the Trent Severn
Waterway. Dinner of roast beef
(sorry folkes, not Galloway) was excellent, the
evening beautiful and the company even better.
It was a pleasure to welcome Joyce and Jeannine
Jones from Double J Galloways in Pennsylvania.
As always, it is great to see our own membership
from across Canada.
AGM - continued page 25
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Galloways 
phone: tFNBJMJRNVYKVU'`HOVVJVT
Maureen Allaston
&
John Taylor
311 Halle Road W.,
Brigham, Quebec J2K 4J7 Canada
Tel & Fax: (450) 263-8316
Email: beltie@citenet.net
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Report from Scotland
Galloway Cattle Society of UK and Ireland – 2010 Report.
O
nce again the Society has had a busy and successful year, the summer was particularly
hectic, with shows and exhibitions to attend and
this year we had a new sale in the very south west
of England. The start of the
summer saw a change of chairman Mr Andrew Brown from
Drummingly, Castle Douglas
took the helm from Mr Jim
Ross who had been Chairman
for 8 years, we are indeed in
debt to Jim for all his hard
work, dedication and enthusiasm for the breed. Drew as he
is better known, farms with his
wife Betty on the upland farm
which is in the heart of Galloway country, presently they
have 24 Galloway cows, commercial cows and the famous Blueface Leicester
Flock, they also have Blackface sheep.
Once again it was The Royal Highland Show is
Scotland’s premier show, which is fast becoming
the most popular show on the show circuit, which
kicked off the major shows. It is hard to believe it
was just last year since the breed lifted all the
major trophies and I am very please to report that
we again lifted a trophy at this years show, the
Native team award. It was Dennis Gall’s (Castle
Milk fame) cow which lifted the silverware, Silverbell 3 rd of Gall-way is a Blackcraig Krypton
daughter and out of a previous Highland Show
Champion, Silverbell 12th of Corrie. This five yearold cow has already
received many
championships this
year, including Ayr
and Drymen shows,
she was shown with
her bull calf at foot.
The Reserve Overall
Champion was the
sole entry from Mr J
C Thomson, Caberston Farm, Walkerburn, Peebles,
Kirkstead Nancy Boy
2010 Spring Show - Castle Douglas
is a 2005 born
Blackcraig Kazan son and out of the famous Kirkstead Nancy family. Blackcraig Noreen P260 from
John and Anne Finlay, Blackcraig, Corsock joined
the champion and reserve to lift the Native team
award. Full reports of all the shows including
photographs can be found on our web site
www.gallowaycattlesociety.co.uk
Next was the Great Yorkshire show which is now
one of England’s major
shows, there is
only a small
number of Galloways represented at this
show, but a
great lot of interest is shown
and the show
always get
2010 Spring Show pleasant
- Castle Douglas weather, as
once again we
have not had a particularly warm and dry summer.
It was Jim and Selina Ross’s Romesbeoch, Shawhead turn to lift the rosettes their very stylish
heifer Beauty of Romebeoch, is a 2007-born and a
Xerox of Upper Buckna daughter.
Our new venture for 2010 was a sale in Devon,
south west of England, this is a very popular area
for Galloways, many Galloways travel south, especially to Exmoor and Dartmoor after our sales in
Castle Douglas and Carlisle, this sale was to encourage new members and help members trade.
Although the sale did not hit any record prices,
most of the stock was sold and the interest received secured the sale for next year.
Our popular National show was held
on 17th July, this show was cancelled
last year at 5 o’clock in the morning
because of flooding from the river
Eden to the showground, so we were
all mighty relieved that the show went
ahead this year. The day started off
dry, but just as the judging started the
heavens opened and the prolonged
rain was on for the morning. It was
such a shame, as this is the most enjoyable and popular event in the Galloway calendar. Well known Galloway
enthusiast Jim Ross, Romesebeoch,
Shawhead clinched the overall trophy
with the famous cow Doon of Urrs Nerys and reserve was John and Ann Finlay, Blackcraig, Corsock
Report from Scotland - continued page 25
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Report from Scotland - from page 24
with Blackcraig Noreen P260,
the heifer that had a very
successful year last year.
heifer, Penninghame Major
daughter, which is in calf to
Blackcraig Kazan. She sold for
the day’s top price of 2800gns
Our premier sale which is
to Mr Hunter Smith, Wylheld at Wallets’ Marts, Castle
liesyke, Gilsland, Carlisle
Douglas, seems a long and
Alan's reserve champion Kirkdistant memory now, espestead Blondchen R4 is ancially as we were recovering
other Penninghame Major
from one of the coldest win- 2010 Highland Show Judge
daughter and is a month
ters in living memory
John Maxwell, Jaw
older, again in calf to BlackA growing demand for Galloway cattle resulted in craig Kazan, she is off over the water to Isle of Man
one of the best trades seen in recent years. Top
to the herd belonging to Heather Moore for
price of the day was for the reserve two year old 2400gns
champion from Jimmy Wallace, Fingland, Dalry.
Barack Obama of Fingland, a Kirkmabreck Monarch Averages
16 Bulls £3825.93 (+£1200.93)
son sold for the five figure sum of 10500gns, the
43 Bulling heifers £1158.66 (+£150.07)
fifth highest price ever paid for a Galloway sold
15 incalf or running with bull £1253 (£-19.50)
through the mart. This was a personal best for
Jimmy Wallace, who runs 30 Galloway cows,
Obama is bred from the best female line in the
herd. He is out of the Penninghame Icarus-sired
cow, Lady Polka 1 of Fingland, which is a daughter
of Marbrack Polka. She also produced the Jimmy’s
previous top seller at 3200gns. This April, 2008
born calf is off to the Nether Rusko and Barlaes
herds belonging to the Ferguson/McTurk families,
Dalry, Castle Douglas.
The male champion Blackcraig Quartz from
renowned breeders, John and Ann Finlay, Blackcraig, Dalry, has Australian bloodlines on both
sides. He is the first son to be sold off Blackcraig
Nimrod, a Globex Winchester son out of the heifer,
Blackcraig Noreen, which is by Globex Xplosive X63,
he sold for 5800gns to well known Devon breeders
John and Ken Heard, Hughslade, Okehampton,
Devon. Also at 5800gns is Quincy of Nether
Cleugh, a 17-month-old bull from Peter Hunter
Blair, Nether Cleugh, Dalry Castle Douglas, this
Doon of Urr Anonymous son is off home with Mark
De Wymter-Smith, who has been increasing herd
numbers at Exmoor Forest Farms, Cornham, Minehead, Somerset, in recent years.
Our summer shows are now a distant memory and
we would like to thank all of our exhibitors for taking the time to show, which is always the best place
to advertise our breed, now we are planning for
the 2011 sale and show season and we would like
to extend a very warm welcome to as many of you
as possible to any of our shows and sales or on
farm, please do not hesitate to contact the office
for further information, travel arrangements and
herd visits.
Judge Mr Allan McMillan, Hannaston, Darly Castle
Andy New me
m
& Lis
Dogulas took home the Reserve champion, Bara Sp bers,
rosto
n
quhill Bacardi, a Blackcraig Jury son for 2000gns,
his dam Blackcraig Blondchen N219 has been a reg- AGM - from page 23
ularly winner on the show circuit for Mr M McCor- On Sunday, those that felt up to it, were off to play
nick, Barquhill, Newtown Stewart.
a challenging game of golf. The front 9 was links,
the back nine consisted of hills, valleys and more
A successful day for Alan McClymont, Kirkstead,
Yarrow as he received female champion, reserve fe- hills.
male and group of three heifers. His champion,
Thank you to our hosts..Marie, Ken, John and Amy
Kirkstead Noreen R15 is a October 2007 born
for a warm, sunny weekend in Eastern Ontario.
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Memories by Galloway Mama
I
n 1956 Gordon & I
bought our first 4
Galloway heifers
from Andy Wallace.
Our first bull was
Knight of Castle Milk
(dun) which we
bought from Orrin
Hart. The next year
Mom helping with tattooing last
we imported 2 bred
spring, June 12, 2010, at age 80
dun Galloway heifers
from Scotland.
In 1959 we were charter members of the newly
formed Saskatchewan Galloway
Association. Gordon served on the board of directors until his death in 2001. At different times he
served as president and vice president. I also
served, first as vice-president, then president, and
finally as secretary/treasurer.
We helped publish the “Saskatchewan Galloway
Galaxy”—writing articles, proof reading, addressing by hand and mailing 2000 magazines three
times a year. When Dean Bollman became secretary of the Canadian Galloway Assoc. he got a second hand addressograph machine from H. Gordon
Green. At that time we gathered at Bollmans, then
at Gloria Wrights to address magazines. It was at
this time the Galloway Trail became the Galloway
Advance. I took on editing the Advance in the
1980’s. By the time the magazine moved to Ontario we had address labels and stamp printed on
the magazine.
I attended every Saskatchewan annual meeting
except two from 1960-2009. Saskatchewan Annual meetings were held in conjunction with
Saskatchewan Livestock Assoc. annual convention
which alternated between Saskatoon and Regina.
This allowed us access to many breeders and
provincial forums. Floyd Currie and Gordon
brought their guitars which lead to great comradeship in John Bradley and Jack Williams room.
We had a few calls from the management over
the years. Around 2000 the membership decided
to hold the annual meetings in conjunction with
Agribition, thus ending a happy relationship with
the Saskatchewan Livestock Assoc. In 1991 Gordon was honoured by the Livestock Assoc. when
he was added to their honour roll in recognition of
his service to the livestock industry.
We got Galloway classes started in Swift Current
(1960), then North Battleford, Lloydminster, and
Prince Albert. We met with Bill Small & Bill Black-
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Joan Horvey
lock to support the new show “Agribition” which
started in 1971. In 1982, the Galloway centennial
year, there were 140 Galloways at Agribition.
In 1969 Russel & Dennis Bradley took Galloways
to the Toronto Royal. In Ontario after feeding and
watering the cattle, Dennis fell as he tried to catch
the coach. Russel arrived in Toronto, not knowing
if Dennis was alive or dead, he unloaded the cattle
Horvey family at Joan's 80th Birthday
Back row 5 boys, Lyndon, Bert, Russel, Wesley, Gary
Front row is Katherine and Joan
and literature. Finally the CPR delivered Dennis.
(Mother Ruth never knew how his jeans got torn).
We took the first Galloway bulls to sales in Swift
Current, North Battleford, Lloydminster, as well as
Galloway Mama - continued page 27
EMBER
GALLOWAYS
full brothers at 22 months and 11 months
~ dam: Ember Raven~
~ sire Heatherdale Premium ~
Mark Burr UE
519-786-4620
ember@xcelco.on.ca
website
www.embergalloways.com
~
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Galloway Mama - from page 26
Saskatoon & Regina. We were part of the ROP
program out of the U of S. We also provided
heifers to the University for testing. We supported
field days in the province which kept people interested & involved. We held fundraisers at the Flats
(country school). Music was provided by Floyd &
Norris Currie, Gordon, Kurt Kleim, & Jim Spiers.
When we hosted the Canadian AGM, Paul Kendal
& Fred Easton brought their violins.
We
brought
cookies
and other
breeders
sent
goodies
to eat
Dun Gal Wabash E (dun)
with the
at Admiral Landymore's, May 1970
coffee. I
would tell school kids the story of Galloways and
they often wrote and thanked me. Breeders came
to rest at the booth and store their luggage until
their plane was leaving. I had ceramic dishes
made with Galloway decals which we sold at the
booth. One year Helen brought a big Canadian
flag which we used as a backdrop for our pictures.
When we came in the morning the flag had been
stolen.
We supported the “All Black Feeder Sale” in Swift
Current, organized by the SGA. In1962 we attended the American Galloway Breeders annual
meeting in Ekalaka. We also made it to a couple
Canadian meetings in Ontario.
We have always supported the Alberta Assoc. Gordon took females to the Fort McLeod Female Sale.
We have showed cattle at Claresholm, Edmonton
and Calgary. We have supplied steers for the Olds
College Steer a Year project and a heifer for the
Fairview project. We have supported the Alberta
Galloway Assoc. Bull Testing Stations and bull
sales over the years
When Russel joined the Success/Cantuar 4H beef
club in 1960, there were 6 Galloways at achievement day (a real thrill for leader, John Bradley).
Wesley, Gary, & Bert were also members. Bert,
Katherine & Lyndon joined the Pennant 4H when
Success beef folded. The kids won several $250
education scholarships at fairs.
After my kids grew up I went on the Board of Education, first in Leader, then in Swift Current. I
served one year as president of the Prairie West
School Division and a year as vice president of the
Comp Board of Management. I am an honorary
member of the Saskatchewan School Trustees
Assoc.
Showing cattle with 6 kids took a lot of organizing
- first camping in a tent
and later a tent trailer.
One year at Lloydminster it rained so much
that our plug in was
dangling in the water - Horvey trucks showing cattle in Lloydminster 1968.
lucky we weren’t all
Tack & feed carried above
electrocuted. As many the cattle.
as 22 friends would
gather in our camper van. They would often bring
fresh garden vegetables in and we would cook up
a feast for dinner. I had my picture taken with
Princess Margaret Rose when she came to the
Battleford fair one year. I made banners for the
backdrop, made signs and I made black vests for
pure bred shows and red vests for 4H shows.
After Gordon passed away in 2001 I moved into
Cabri. I still own about 30 head of
pure bred Galloways with my sons
Gary and Lyndon and do all the cattle
books. I go to the farm for branding
the commercial calves in May and tattooing the pure bred calves in June.
I’ve learned to play bridge and am
secretary/treasurer of the museum
and ELW (Lutheran Ladies). I have organized historical tours of Cabri for special celebrations. Over the years I have helped publish the
Cabri, Butte Valley, and Carleton histories. I belong
to a “fitness group” and sing in the community
choir BUT now I’m slowing down. I turned 81 in
Dec.2010 and the body is unwilling to do what it
used to. I have enjoyed the many friends we’ve
made through the Galloway business. They are
like family and will always be loved and important
to me.
Dun Gal Bullet, Champion Galloway
Bull, Agribition 1972
For many years Jean Flett, Pearl Kendel, Helen
Small & I were in charge of the Agribition booth.
My old coffee maker served many cups of coffee.
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Thoughts of a New Galloway Breeder
Andy Sproston - Niagara Galloway
truly great Country.
In February 2007 we immigrated to Canada
arriving in Grimsby Ontario even though it
looked and felt like we had landed in
Siberia. We bought a 1930s home with 27
acres of abandoned grapes. Straight away
and for the whole of our first summer we
stripped out the rusty wire, posts and
pushed all the vines out with a 1966 David
Brown 990 tractor - yes my dad had one of
those too.
I
was told by a few that walking away from farming as a teenager would only be temporary as
it’s apparently in your blood. Well some 30 years
later I’m back with my boots on and feeling that it
was only yesterday leaving mum and dad to milk
150 cows, work the fields, make the silage and
hay, combine and bale the grain and straw.
I left the farm in 1977 to carve out a career in the
natural gas industry with my parent’s approval as
you need to be 100% sure farming is right for you
and back then I didn’t think it was. The experience
gained from growing up on the farm in Cheshire
England and the gas industry will serve
me well as we open the doors of our
farm shop to the public.
In the UK my work took me up and
down the country and I would always
be gazing into the fields instead of
eyes on the road and quite often
would pull over to admire a herd of
cattle on a back road and on my many
travels through Scotland I would see
some fantastic herds of Ayrshire’s, Galloway and Angus but in 2001 I had
tears rolling as I drove along the 74
road to the English Scottish border as
the smell of the foot and mouth disaster entered the car, my passenger couldn’t quite
understand what was wrong with me. In the 1967
disaster it got so close to my dad’s farm we were a
hair thickness out of the “as the crow flies”cull
zone and as a 6 year old boy I thought we would
lose our herd to the cruel men who lit big fires at
our neighbour’s farms. My sister and her husband
are running a busy farm milking 300 cattle back in
England these days which keeps dad happy and
even though he says he is too old to fly I hope we
can get him out here to see our set up and this
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In 2008 we worked the fields and produced
a crop of corn which killed off the poison
ivy and whatever else was in there. House
and barn repairs were started and the chickens,
pigs and ducks were the first critters to arrive. My
search for beef cattle was underway which is
when I realised how much things had changed in
those 30 years. Some breeds I checked out were
really good herds but so different from what I remember size wise especially, so I made up a check
list of what would work for us like a strong heritage breed with no horns, good temperament,
calving ease, strong calves, good bloodlines, not
too big and not too small, must thrive on grass
and hay and deal with a tough climate so does this
sound familiar?????
In the spring of 2008 my neighbour took me to
see some Galloway’s at a farm / stables in the
Guelph area as their daughter had a riding lesson.
I spent the whole of her lesson time leaning on
the gate surrounded by black cows pushing for a
back scratch. I had hoped somebody might come
over and tell me all about these magnificent cattle
on my unarranged visit but not to be, so made my
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Thoughts of a New Breeder - from page 28
way home with a good impression of Galloway cattle. A few more different breed farm visits came
and went then The Royal Winter Fair arrived and
what a show that is. I was lurking around the Galloway area for 3 days chatting to most of the breeders and learnt so much about the breed. So at last
my mind was made up on Galloway’s and arranged
to see 2 freshly weaned heifer calves that were
available in the Guelph area. Imagine my surprise
to find it was the same farm I visited in the spring.
The deal was done for Ursula and Unity and a good
friendship with the McIlwraith family began.
2009 saw the fields sown to pasture with a cover
crop of oats, fencing began and water lines installed. In the fall we purchased a beautiful rather
stunning pregnant cow called Sprite from the Card
family at Tavistock. Sprite’s delivery to the field by
Brad and Colleen went very well followed by some
belly bunting with the yearling heifers. Sprite soon
sorted out that she was the boss and all looked
well until our thoroughbred horse came at full tilt
from a back field to see the new arrival at which
point Sprite took off through a fence into open
fields. Thanks again B & C for getting her back in
with us. Soon after Heather an in calf heifer landed.
Spring of 2010 and my three belted girls arrived,
Tarry Lee who was in calf and yearlings Whimsical
and Wakefield, we also saw 3 healthy heifer calves
born here 2 of which my daughter Emily and I
showed at the Royal this year. Pollyanna and her
twin heifers arrived along with Texas my choice bull
in the fall so I think it’s safe to say Niagara Galloway
is up up and away and with the help of the Galloway breeders we have met so far we now have
great breeding stock to work with.
To be involved with this breed feels right and as I
write these lines the dispersal sale of Diamond B is
taking place. The hard work put in over many
decades by different breeders past and present is
there to be seen by all and making it possible for
Niagara Galloway and other newcomers to purchase and hopefully contribute back to the breed.
Our gate to your plate
Home of
Niagara Galloway
Black • Dun • Belted
Andy & Lisa Sproston
234 Elm Tree Road East,
Grimsby, ON, L3M 4E7
905-309-4984
www.ourgatetoyourplate.com
Brass Ring Galloways
Blacks Reds Duns
Russ and Susan Waples
PO Box 544,
Terry MT USA 59349
406 635 2114
brgalwap@midrivers.com
We have now established a flock of purebred Romney sheep and are searching high and low for more
Large Black hogs. We have a breeding stock of
Bronze turkeys and pheasant along with Muscovy
duck and our laying hens. The farm shop opened
late November this year with sales of beef cuts
doing really well. A special thanks to Chris Gordon
for selling me some fantastic grass fed steers which
enabled the shop to open on time.
So farming never leaves you - It’s in your blood
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some pretty ladies
Geordawn Janey 10x (Blk)
Second - Female Calf born 2010 – RAWF 2010
Dam; Geordawn Janet (Blk)
Sire: Solway Ralph (Blk)
Solway Krispy Kream (BLK) 1W
Calf Champion
Other 4-H Breeds – National Junior Beef Heifer Show – RAWF 2009
Dam: Solway Kit Kat
Sire: Solway Ralph
Solw ay Galloways
Geordawn Farms
George & Betty McIlwraith
George & Dawn Van Kampen & Family
( 519•940•2202 7 519•940•2201
( 519•941•5739
7 geordawn@zing-net.ca
7 519•941•1243
- 394276 County Road 12, R.R. #7, Orangeville, Ontario, L9W 2Z3
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Visitors & Enquiries Always Welcome
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Certified Farming - A different Approach
S
Sheila and Ron Hamilton - Sunworks Farm, Armena, Alberta.
unworks Farm is Certified Organic , Certified
Humane by the BC SPCA and Certified Local
Sustainable. We were not farmers or have any
family that are farmers. We moved from the city
of Leduc and bought 320 acres and a farm site.
We were actually more in love with the beautiful
farm site than the 320
acres that were attached to
it. In the winter of 19951996 we took a Holistic
Management course and
set a plan for looking after
and loving our land. When
we bought our land it was
some of the poorest land in
Alberta, 2 to 4 inches of
black soil over blue/brown clay with numerous
areas of no black soil and all clay. We knew that
we couldn’t cultivate this land and make a living
on it so we made the land into grassland. We split
it up into paddocks, dug dugouts and laid a pasture pipeline. We planted timothy, alfalfa,
meadow brome and orchard grass. Now we have
no orchard grass, a little alfalfa, a little timothy,
dandelions, quack grass and lots of meadow
brome. Meadow brome is like a weed for us. We
use time controlled and mob grazing techniques.
We have moved our cattle herd up to 5 times a
day but now only move our animals 2 times a day.
We give only enough grass to make sure that all
the grass is eaten or trampled down. The cattle
will eat or trample all the thistle (they eat the
tops) or any other weeds. The manure is evenly
spread all over the pasture. We never harrow pastures. We grazed 170 steers on 130 acres this
summer and went over our land almost three
times. We don’t chase fresh grass. If some of the
paddocks have 6 foot high meadow brome grass
and is somewhat mature that is what they get.
This method of grazing is foremost for the land.
We are actively trying to leave a thatch on the
ground and have no bare patches. This has really
helped in the retention of all the rain that we get.
It takes almost 1.5” of rain before we see any
water flowing. We spread composted chicken manure on a different paddock every year to keep
the fertility up. The results are simply amazing.
This year I have pictures of meadow brome over 7
feet high. We laid almost 6600 feet of 1 ¼ line on
the ground for our pasture pipeline. With the pasture pipeline the most the cattle have to walk for
water is 600 feet. We have portable 100 gallon
tanks on skids that have a 100 foot 1 inch hose
that attaches to the pipeline. The pipeline has
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valves every 300 feet. We move the tanks with our
Kabota RTV to a new spot everyday. Because the
water is constantly available there isn’t a mad
panic to get to the water. The cattle amble over to
the water 1 or 2 at a time and there are no fights
at the water tank. Everyone gets water. We give
the animals the Fertrell
Grazier Choice mineral
on a free choice basis.
All our interior fencing
is single wire electric
fence with posts every
80 feet. The exterior is
two wire electric fence
with posts every 60
feet using a Gallagher
2500 charger. Our land is subdivided into 20 acre
paddocks. We subdivide our paddocks with Gallagher string reels when we give new grass. We
use 3 strings, one on the back and 2 forward.
When we take down a string we replace it in the
front. To move cattle we open up the string and
let them into fresh grass. Our employees mark
how much time they spend on all enterprises on
the farm daily, in 15 minute intervals. We only
have about 60 hours in a month charged to the
cattle enterprise. It isn’t really too difficult to
teach them about how to move and manage the
cattle. This is a very simple system. Our farm’s
main enterprise is raising organic free range chickens so this is an ancillary enterprise so we can’t
make this very hard or complicated and can’t take
a lot of time.
We firmly believe that the breed of cattle that we
are using on our farm should be from the same
latitude that they originated. When you bring a
breed from the south of France to our climate
there can’t be profit in that. Their hair is 1 inch
long and when the wind blows and there is 2 feet
of snow on the ground and it is 20 below all they
eat is barely keeping these animals warm. We
knew that to have an animal finish on a grass/forage diet we need a breed that did well in the winter. We needed a breed that had long hair,
preferably an inner coat, short legs and an ability
to do well on all sorts of forage in the summer and
winter. We wanted to use stockpiled forage to last
into January with minimal hay (we have 135 acres
of stockpile forage every winter). The research
that we did pointed us to two different breeds of
cattle, Galloway and Highland. We didn’t want
horns on our cattle so we chose Galloway. We
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Galair
Galloways
is one of Canada’s oldest herds
of Galloway Cattle
Purebred and crossbred
Galloway cattle available
Contact
Bob Airth
Walking A Ranches Ltd.
R.R. #1, Site 7, Box 18, De Winton, Alberta T0L 0X0
Phone/Fax
Cell
Email
(403) 938-7543
(403) 850-0782
galair@telusplanet.net
Black Galloways
since 1946
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White Galloways
since 1966
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Scott Van Kampen Memorial
A special thank you to Suncrest Farms for the
bag of goodies to each entrant and an extra
special thank you to Walking A Ranches, DeWinton, Alberta for their generous sponsorship.
Our juniors wear their jackets proudly!
These juniors are Galloways future.. .
Congratulations to all of them
for a wonderful show!
Thursday, November 4, 2010 was the first junior show in memory of Scott VanKampen at
the Royal. There were 11 entries, with two
new faces, Emily Sproston and Delaney Barnes
joining our Galloway family.
Brian Whitwell from First Line Angus,
Hagersville awarded Alicia VanKampen the
plaque for Champion Showperson. Patti Blake
was Reserve Champion Showperson and
Stuart McIlwraith was Honorable Mention.
Back (L-R): Emily Sproston, Alicia VanKampen, Caleigh VanKampen, Crystal
Blake, Asia Toon, Delaney Barnes
Front (l-R): Vicki Blake, Patti Blake, Courtney VanKampen, Stuart McIlwraith
Absent: Christopher McIlwraith and Meghan VanKampen Brosens
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started our herd with 6 purebred Galloway from
Stu Crawford, the late Hugh Crawford’s son. We
gradually increased our cow herd with all Galloway and Galloway cross’s. We had great experiences with our Galloway cows. They calved easy
and the calves were up and running right at birth.
We wanted the calves to be up and running
quickly because we calved in May and June right
on pasture with minimal supervision. The cows
were very gentle and good mothers.
Because we are limited in the land that we have
we made the decision to sell our cows to Peter
Lundgard and concentrate on our grass finished
retail program. We made the arrangement to get
Peter’s calves from his organic Galloway herd and
finish them off on our place. We now have two
herds of cattle, all Galloway cross and purebred
Galloway, one the finishing herd and the other the
yearling herd. All our animals are forage finished
so we harvest animals between 24 and 32 months
of age. They are all born in May or June so they go
through 2 winters. As we harvest our animals we
move them from the growing herd to the finishing
herd. They are in the finishing herd for about 3
months and are given a supplement of alfalfa pellets and peas, 60/40. They are given about 10 lbs
a day and fine cut high quality hay. We buy all of
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our hay in so can access better quality hay for the
finishing herd. We process 4 animals a week. Our
finish on the cattle can be better than a grain finished steer. It is very highly marbled and a lot of
intramuscular marbling. Our customers remark
about the flavor on a weekly basis. The flavor is a
very intense beefy flavor. This isn’t a shallow
washed out flavor. We don’t hang our beef any
longer than 7 to 10 days so we don’t get a moldy
semi rotten flavor. The meat is hard and very easy
to cut and not slimy. We just opened our own
butcher and sausage making shop and our butchers just love working with the carcasses. We also
can sell grass finished cows. Peter pregnancy
checks his cows so he has cows for us every year.
If the cow is a little older we may be able to only
sell the high end cuts but with the younger cows
we can finish them and sell them with no discount.
We now supply 7 natural food stores and sell at
farmers markets. We deliver fresh product 2 times
a week to the stores. We see that some of the
consumers are getting very knowledgeable about
grass finished beef and the health benefits. We
know that the Galloway beef breed is the best
choice to supply the consumers with grass finished beef.
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Offering Canadian and US cattlemen top
purebred genetics to meet your Commercial
and Purebred needs.
Thank you to all those who
donated to and participated
in the
AGA GROWING
FORWARD PROJECT
Earl Jackson, President
EarlGalloways@gmail.com
Phone: 403-782-6184
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Dawn Nesbitt
Secretary
Phone: 403-843-2083
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CRANBERRY HILL
GALLOWAYS
Brad and Colleen Card
RR#2 Tavistock,ON
(519)655-2138
cranberryhill@yahoo.com
Grass Finishing Genetics
with Breed Character and Type
We have the exclusive Canadian rights to
the sale and distribution of semen from the Scottish bull
BRAVEHEART OF GALL-WAY
100% British Bloodlines
Semen Available 2011
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WILLOW-MOR FARMS
Breeding Galloway Cattle since 1971
Blacks-Duns-Silvers-Belties
Stock available at all time
Coffee always on
Advocates of Agricultural Awareness • Farm Tours arranged
Many thanks to our buyers and friends for their support
Tom & Shirley Morrish & family
683 Norris Road • Devlin • Ontario • P0W 1C0
Phone: 807-486-3382
Email: gstahn@tbaytel.net
Bulls & Females
For Sale
Scot & Mary Robertson
And Sons
3067 Flos Rd. 6 West
Phelpston, ON L0L 2K0
Phone: 1-705-322-6977
E-mail: trirway.livestock@gmail.com
Semen Available from:
Tri-R Navigator 16N (CAN/US)
Special thanks to our customers who
purchased Galloway cattle & beef
Visitors for the 2012
World Galloway Congress
Galloway & Angus
Welcome!
Cedarmill & Killowent
Galloways
Tony & Bev Onufer
Galloways
(Blacks & Duns)
Belted Galloways
Cedarmill Farm
Box 39, Millgrove, ON L0R 1V0
Tel: (905) 689-4123
Registered
and
Commercial
B R E E D I N G G A L L O WAY S S I N C E 1 9 7 0
Dun Gal & Big Deal
Dun Gal started in 1956
Big Deal started in 1964
5 Decades, 3 Herds, 3 Breeds, 3 Colors, 3 Locations, 150Matings
Three Breeds
Galloways
White Galloways
Belted Galloways
Three Colors
Blacks, Duns, Reds
Three Locaions
Cabri, SK
Rollyview, AB
Delburne, AB
Russel Horvey’s first 4H calf 1960 – Silver Tip
50 years striving for Perfection & Repeatability
50 years Overall Performance Evaluation
Using herd sires above average for ADG
40 years Emphasizing Maternal Strengths
Developing cow lines with milk
and udders like mares
30 years Selection for Fertility
Herd sires with above average
scrotal circumferences
20 years adding Volume & Capacity
Using bulls like Sandrift Nicodemus
& Big Deal Zeus
Wyatt Horvey’s 4H calf 2009 – Dun Gal Blackberry
10 years Fine Tuning and adding Eye Appeal
Using Bulls like
Dun Gal Russel 10R,
Big Deal Fantasy Supreme 10F,
Power Play 6P, Salvation 17S, Passport 5S
Genuine Genetics Bull Sale
March 12, 2011
Innisfail Auction Market, Innisfail, AB.
Bulls from: Big Deal, Dun Gal,
Westview & Plaid Galloways
Dun Gal Herdsire - Dun Gal Reubin (blk)
Galloway Semen Available for Sale:
Blacks, Red, Dun and White
Eight (8) bull stored in Canada
Five (5) bulls stored in the US
Horveys
Dun Gal Galloways in SK
Joan Horvey (306) 587-2339
Gary & Debbie (306) 587-2739
Lyndon Horvey (306) 587-2716
Box 230, Cabri, SK. S0N 0J0
gd.horvey@sasktel.net
lkhorvey@gmail.com
Dun Gal Galloways in AB
Wesley & Audra Horvey
Phone (780) 986-1260
General Delivery
Rollyview, AB. T0C 2K0
awhorvey@telusplanet.net
http://bigdeal.transdevcon.net/
Big Deal Galloways in AB
Russel & Cheryl Horvey
Phone (403)749-2780
Box 339
Delburne, AB.T0M 0V0
horvey@telusplanet.net
http://bigdealgalloways.com/

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