Many little girls dream of growing up to be a cowgirl, but Lenore Bews was born a cowgirl. She was on horseback almost before she learned to walk.

Brenda Schoepp has always questioned the status quo and has spent the past 35 years looking for out-of-the-box solutions for managing cattle and grass.

With eager applause, the audience at ALMA’s June 17 Future Fare convention in Edmonton received the man of the hour – Mr. Rich Vesta.

Tucked away in the foothills of southern Alberta, the Bar S ranch owned by the Chattaway family encompasses 20,000 acres of some of the most unspoiled grassland in the country.

This ranch family stays the course
It’s pretty easy to be optimistic during a record high in the cattle industry. But still everyone knows that one day –in this cyclical industry –the shoe might/will drop.

Order buying was the dream job
For 44 years, Harvey Bourassa loved every minute of every day that he went to work at the Fort-Macleod Highwood Auction Company which, in 2000, was renamed The Auction Company Ltd.

Everyone has a story. And how Larry Cairns worked his way up from the age of 12 to own and operate a successful 5,000 head feedyard has more twists and turns than the average country cattle trail.

Dianne Westerlund is a great example of a return to rural success. Like so many young people she left the farm, went away to university but knew her heart was in agriculture.

Dyce and David Bolduc of Stavely have never looked back since they started their purebred Angus operation in 1967.

Growing up in a small village of Hesse, Germany just north of Frankfurt and surrounded by agriculture, Stefanie Czub’s days were filled with adventure.

Lowe’s first attempt at cowboy politics was to let his name stand as a board member for the Alberta Cattle Feeders.

Build it – and they may come
When Bob and Don Lowe of Nanton graduated from high school, they wanted to continue on with the family tradition of raising cows.