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carcass categories than any other operation in living memory. In addition to the Royal Winter Fair, Hillcrest has dominated the Western Fair at London, garnered titles in the Maritimes, and won banners at Agribition. In 1978, Earley became president of the CAA. It proved to be a challenging period due to the fght to enforce blood-testing results. Many registered-Angus cattle were removed from the registry because of failed tests; however, in the end, the integrity of the Angus breed had been ensured. George Earley has been inducted into the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame, the Ontario Agriculture Hall of Fame; named Farmer of the Year in Middlesex County, received the Canadian Centennial 125 Year Medal and was named Ontario Producer of the Year. George and wife Lynda have four children, Mike, Martha, Tim and Sara. Today, Mike manages Earley Bros., but all four Earley children are involved in the business. Mike has managed Earley Bros. for the last 25 years. The CAA honored JSE Farms with the Eastern Feedlot of the Year Award. This award was presented at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto in the early weeks of November 2014. In 1971 Stan and Ila Eby bought and moved to a farm on the 9th Concession of Kincardine Township. They raised their family — Sandra, Steven and Jeff — there and marketed high-quality beef. By 1974 they had outgrown the existing facilities and made plans to build a new slatted-foor barn. This was one of two prototype facilities that were to be built in Ontario that year. During his spare time Stan became heavily involved in the Bruce County Cattlemen's Association and from there moved onto the Provincial, leading the industry through the Walkerton Water Crisis while president of the Ontario Cattlemen's Association. Stan was elected to the Canadian Cattlemen's (CCA) board and was sitting vice president in 2003 when bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) closed Canadian borders, sending the industry into a downward spiral. Serving as president of the CCA in 2004-2005, Stan's easy way and commonsense approach helped rebuild the devastated industry. The farm was expanding and Stan and Ila's eldest son, Steve, was showing a lot of interest in the industry. After graduating from the University of Guelph with his bachelor's in animal science in 1991, Steve went on to become a territory manager for Shur-Gain before coming home to the 9th Concession in 1994 to follow in his parents' footsteps. Steve laid the groundwork for what would become JSE Farms. Like Stan, Steve is compelled to get involved in the beef industry and his community. Steve is acting as a director at the Bruce County Cattlemen's, a director of the Canadian Cattle Identifcation Agency, the OMFRA Livestock Medicines Advisory Committee and is currently a director at Beef Farmers of Ontario, sitting on the Government Relations, Nominations, Ontario Feeder Finance, Feedlot and Forage Insurance committees. The farm on the 9th Concession has grown through the years to 700 acres of mixed pasture, hay and cash crop. The beef enterprise has grown to 850 head of cattle on site with additional backgrounding being done in western Canada. In 2013, it was Steve's turn to take on the building of a new facility to replace the slatted-foor facility built by his father 39 years earlier. The CAA introduced the Feedlot of the Year award four years ago to recognize feedlots that promote Angus to their customers and that feed Canadian Angus Rancher Endorsed tagged cattle. z IN PASSING Richard "Dick" Tokach, 82, Saint Anthony, N.D., died Nov. 9, 2014, at Sanford Continuing Care Center in Mandan, N.D. CONTINUED ON PAGE 48 January 2015 n ANGUSJournal n 47 Kuck Ranch " uality Angus Cat t le" Abe Kuck (308) 991-6870 Kaleb Kuck (308) 991-2234 kalebkuck@inbox.com .kuckranch.com For More Sale Information or Sale Book contact: Annual Production Sale Tuesday, February 10, 2015 • Noon Lexington Livestock Market, Lexington, NE Selling: 75 Registered Yearling Bulls 15 Registered Yearling Heifers 75 Commercial Yearling Heifers Sire Groups Include: Mohnen South Dakota 402 SAV Realist 2846 SAV Tunderbird 9061 SAV Brand Name 9115 Basin Excitement AAR Ten X 7008 S A Basin Payweight 107S Basin Payweight 025S Hoover Dam Ofering Cattle With: Gentle Disposition Calving Ease Top End Weaning Weights – WITHOUT Creep Feed! Tremendous Growth Potential First Year Breeding Season Guarantee A&K; Realist B940 and his dam on summer pasture. He sells on February 10, 2015! Tis sale features our frst ofspring from Mohnen South Dakota 402 and SAV Realist 2846. Tese two sires groups have excelled all year and they really stand out from the others. In our breeding program we strive to breed cattle with thickness, depth, fertility, easy feshing ability, and weight gaining performance. Te South Dakota and Realist progeny cover all of the bases.