Friends of the Canadian Charolais Association had their Annual General Meeting June 19th in Truro, NS. Kelly Howe, Moose Jaw, SK was re-elected Chairman; Donna Courchesne, Shawville, QC was elected President; Keith Black, Foresters Falls, ON Vice-Chairman and Jeralyn Rasmussen, Innisfail, AB was elected Secretary-Treasurer. The rest of the board are Mark Frost, Kingsey Falls, QC; Dwein Trask, Saskatoon, SK and Nancy Milton, Cornwall, PEI. See the August Charolais Banner for more information.

Ryan Nesbitt, Nestleton, ON was re-elected President of the Canadian Charolais Association at their Annual General Meeting held June 19th, 2026 in Truro, NS. Josh Taylor, Dunsford, ON was elected as 1st Vice President and Dennis Serhienko, Maymont, SK returns as 2nd Vice-President. Complete details will be in the August Charolais Banner.

JudgeTy Dietrich, Forestburg, AB selected Elyse Herder’s charcross steer as his Grand Champion Steer at the June 2, 2026 Camrose District Interclub 4-H Show & Sale in Bashaw. Her steer “Burnzy” weighed 1640 lb, had an ADG of 4.34 lb/day and sold for $8/lb to Vold Jones & Vold, Ponoka.

Luke Brooke, Viking (AB) exhibited the Grand Champion Steer at the May 25th Vegreville 4-H Beef Club Show & Sale. Luke’s Charolais sired steer ”Amnesia” weighed 1406 lb and was purchased by Canadian Pressure Testing of  Vegreville.  Mark Shologan, Myrnam judged the show.