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Carollyne Kehler featured in MBP’s Cattle Country

By Jolene | Published September 17, 2013

Carollyne Kehler, 2013/14 CYL Mentee, was featured in the September issue of the Manitoba Beef Producers’ Cattle Country publication. In the article (found on page 6) Carollyne points out some of the highlights of the CYL program and her relationship with mentor Betty Green to date.

http://www.mbbeef.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/00373.Cattle_Country_Sept_13_v7.pdf

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Daniel Doerksen’s visit to Ontario

By Jolene | Published August 15, 2013

Daniel Doerksen was hosted by his mentor, Mike McMorris, following the CYL negotiations and governance training at the CCA Semi Annual Meeting in London, ON in mid August. Daniel is a rancher from Gem, AB. For more information on Daniel and Mike you can visit out Participant Spotlight page.

After attending CYL Step 2 Training in London, Ontario I had the opportunity to spend a couple days with my mentor Mike McMorris touring London and Guelph.

On day one we started off touring the town that Mike lives in as we made our way to Guelph were Mike’s office is.  I had an opportunity to meet the staff at BIO and gave a short presentation to them about our farm and how I see BIO helping us with our operation at home.  This was a great opportunity to work on some public speaking skills.  As well, I got a rundown on how [ … ]

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International Livestock Congress and CS Cattle Trail

By Jolene | Published July 15, 2013

In July, several CYLs attended the International Livestock Congress held in Calgary on July 10th and many also volunteered with the Calgary Stampede Cattle Trail exhibit – an interactive and engaging presentation on the beef cattle industry. A few of the participants shared their experience:

Daniel Doerksen from Gem, AB attended ILC:

ILC was an informative conference with knowledgeable speakers from different areas of the ag industry.  There was a very positive outlook for the future of agriculture with China’s middle class growing to 400 million people and global food demand rising by 1.5%.  This could open up more opportunity for the Canadian cattle industry.  A big highlight for me was hearing Lee Leachman talk about their cattle operation and how they are using BIO Track to improve profitability on their ranch. Since my mentor is the General Manager of BIO (Mike McMorris) it was really great to here from someone who is [ … ]

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Life as a BC Cattle Rancher – Team Erika

By Jolene | Published March 21, 2013

2013 Graduate Erika Strande has continued her work with her mentor Erika Fossen past the end of their CYL mentorship. Their latest project is a blog that highlights their lives as women owning/working on BC cattle ranches and the importance of the BC and Canadian cattle industries. Both are dedicated to these industries and are keen to improve the lines of communication between the producer and the consumer. This is one step that they are taking to address this challenge.

http://lifeonabccattleranch.wordpress.com/

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CYL Featured on Beef Cattle Research Council’s Blog

By Jolene | Published January 11, 2013

BCRC has featured the CYL program on their blog – check it out!

http://www.beefresearch.ca/blog/

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Sheldon Kyle’s Interview with Real Agriculture

By Jolene | Published December 4, 2012

Sheldon Kyle was interviewed at Agribition by Real Agriculture and here is what he had to say:

http://www.realagriculture.com/2012/11/the-role-of-cattle-shows-mentorship-for-the-young-rancher/

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Jeff Yorga’s Interview with Discover Estevan at Agribition

By Jolene | Published November 26, 2012

2012 CYL Mentee Jeff Yorga was featured in a couple articles after participating in the news release announcing Agribition as a CYL Future Mentor. Here is the link to one of them:

http://www.discoverestevan.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15941&Itemid=346

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CYL Article on Farms.com

By Jolene | Published November 23, 2012

http://www.farms.com/ag-industry-news/cattlemen-s-young-leaders-welcomes-new-program-coordinator-319.aspx

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CYL Mentees at BC Town Hall Meeting and Canfax Marketing Forum

By Jolene | Published November 23, 2012

On November 13-14 Kerry Hyatt attended the first annual Canfax Marketing Forum in Calgary with her mentor Anne Dunford. She said in addition to all of the great information that was presented to attendees by very qualified speakers, the forum was a valuable opportunity to network with others in the beef industry.

On October 22, Cole Bailey and Erika Strande attended the CCA Town Hall Meeting in Kamloops, BC. Both shared their CYL experience with the 100 beef producers that gathered for the event by joining the representatives from the CCA, BCRC and Canfax that spoke at the event. These two made my job of ‘selling’ the CYL program a no brainer! It was very easy for the producers to see the merit in this program with two outstanding well-spoken mentees standing in front of them and sharing how CYL has opened up opportunities for learning, networking and personal development.

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CWA as a New Future Mentor and Updates to the Website

By Jolene | Published November 22, 2012

Some renovations have been happening on our website!

We have added a section titled ‘Future Mentors’ for those organizations or individuals that are interested in participating in the CYL Program in a mentor capacity. The future mentors category enables the CYL to broaden its base of mentors who see value in the program and are looking for a candidate with specific attributes to take on as a mentee, be it in this program year or one in the future. The Canadian Western Agribition (CWA) and CYL have announced that the CWA will be joining us as a new future mentor!

Several CYL participants will be attending CWA this week exhibiting cattle and connecting with producers and consumers at the Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association booth. Those in attendance include: Jeff Yorga (Flintoft, SK), Brodie Haugan (Orion, AB), Ryan Hurlburt (Saskatoon, SK), Tyson Lowe (Nanton, AB) , Sheldon Kyle (Redvers, SK), and Allison Porter (Kinistino, SK).

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