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2012 MLA Board of Directors

First Row: Darby Cochrane, Jay-Dean Smyth, Sherri Daniel, Ashlee Mitchell Back Row: Kyle Wright, Art Rodger, Lenord Gertz, Bill Campbell and Travis Hunter. Missing from picture Tracey Wilcox and Mike Heckert.

MLA 2011 Commercial Breeder of the Year

Diamond R Limousin was presented the 2012 Commercial Breeder of the year on Jan 7th, 2012 at the Annual Meeting at the Victoria Inn in Brandon, MB. 

In the rolling hills around Lavenham, MB is where Bill & Bernice and their two sons Les and Larry Rodgers, operate a mixed cattle and grain farm on 3500 acres. 

In 1975 they first bought charolais cross cows from Blue Meadow Ranch.  Some of the cows that they bought, were A.I.’ed to Limousin bulls.  They were so impressed with the charolais and the limousin cross calves.  The calves were packed with lots of muscle, so they decided to keep a bull calf for their herdsire.  The bull turned out to be a very well-muscled bull that passed on his muscle traits to his progeny.

In 1982 there oldest son, Art started working at Bitter Sweet Limousin.  Where Bill and his family were so impacted with the cattle and the breed, that over the years they started to buying limousin bulls and females.

In 1987 is when Bill and his family purchased the first purebred limousin bull, HAW 95T from Bitter Sweet Limousin.  Over the years Bill and his family started purchasing purebred limousin bulls and female from breeders from Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta and majority from Triple R Limousin owned by oldest son Art.

Limousin cattle have an excellent feed efficiency, calving ease, high carcass yields and top the market for calf sales in the fall.  To date Diamond R Limousin cow herd has grown to 350 cow/calf operation until 2004, when problems in the Canadian Beef industry saw the herd decrease to 300 head.  Now with the positive outlook for the cattle industry in the past two years, Bill and his family will continue to use limousin bulls to build up their herd.

The Manitoba Limousin Association would like to congratulate the Rodgers family of being the 2012 Commercial Breeders of the year.

Outstanding MLA Juniors Recognized

Garret Maly was the $250.00 winner of the award. He has been in 4-H in the Portage Beef club for four years now, exhibiting steers and heifers all sired by limousin. He would like to expand his herd with purebred limousin cattle. His parents are Dallas and Faye Maly of Macdonald, MB. In his spare time he enjoys playing hockey and baseball.

2012 ambassador winner is Kalhi Wedderburn of Rivers, Mb. Kalhi has been a member of the MJLA for 5 years now and a member of Rivers 4-H club for another five years. In her time in these associations she has held the office position of president and vice president for several terms. In her time showing she has shown steers, heifers and continution females. In Kalhi's spare time she is also has great involvement in the community in assisting with yard care at the cemetary and church. Kalhi also volunteers at the personal care home and score keeping at local sporting events. She is also an avid curler and has many other sports she competes in. Her parents are Les and Loree Wedderburn of Rivers, MB.

Congratulations Kalhi and Garret!

Another fun thing the MJLA is planning this year is a rally day to encourage juniors to enhance their skills in judging, showmanship, and other cattlemen skills. All it take is to attend is being a member of the MJLA which cost $5.00. Also if you attend your name will go into our participation award for an extra draw. If you have any other questions please feel free to call on of the Junior Directors or Ashlee Mitchell. Stay tuned for more information and a date and time.

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