NEWS FROM THE RANCH:
Wow,
what a year!
A most successful show season has just wrapped up
for Wise Maine cattle and our junior showmen -
Piper & Keltey Whelan
Homer
Jay
Halfblood Maine-Anjou Steer
(S: Southern Ox Precise)
(D: ZTA 39P) (DS: ZTA 502Z)
exhibited by Piper Whelan
- 2007
Chinook Jr. Stock Show
- CLASS WINNER
- 2007
Irricana 4-H Beef Achievement Day
- SENIOR STEER DIVISION FINALIST
- 2007
4-H on Parade
- SENIOR STEER DIVISION FINALIST
STEERS
Jasper
Purebred Maine-Anjou Steer
(S: XDW 520H)
(D: Midas daughter)
exhibited by Keltey Whelan
- 2007
Chinook Jr. Stock Show
- CLASS WINNER
- 2007
Irricana 4-H Beef Achievement Day
- INTERMEDIATE STEER DIVISION FINALIST
- 2007
4-H on Parade
- INTERMEDIATE STEER DIVISION FINALIST
ZTA 23S
(S: Draft Dodger 954P)
(MGS: Royal Caesar 94E)
owned & exhibited by
Clayton Elliott - Deer Ridge Ranch
Dewberry, AB
bred by
Wise Maine-Anjou Ranch
-
2007 Lloydminster Stockade Roundup
- GRAND CHAMPION MAINE ANJOU BULL
ZTA
Black Lucy 30S
(S: GAR Express Male)
(D: ZTA Black Lucy 705K)
exhibited by Piper Whelan
- 2007
4-H on Parade
- SUPREME CHAMPION PUREBRED FEMALE
- 2007
Red Deer Westerner
- SUPREME CHAMPION FEMALE
- GRAND CHAMPION MAINE-ANJOU FEMALE
- GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE - NATIONAL JR. ALL BREEDS SHOW
- JACKPOT YEARLING CHAMPION
- RESERVE CHAMPION FEMALE - ALBERTA JR. MAINE ANJOU SHOW
- SENIOR SHOWMANSHIP FINALIST
-
2007 Provincial 4-H Beef Heifer Show
- CLASS WINNER
- RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR FRESHMAN
- 2007
Strathmore Heritage Days
- SENIOR SHOWMANSHIP FINALIST
-
2007 Chinook Jr. Stock Show
- CLASS WINNER
- SENIOR SHOWMANSHIP FINALIST
-
2007 Taber Jr. Stock Show
- DIVISION FINALIST
- SENIOR SHOWMANSHIP FINALIST
-
2007 Farmfair International Jr. Show
- CHAMPION LATE YEARLING HEIFER
- 3rd in CLASS - SENIOR SHOWMANSHIP
- 2007
Calgary Stampede International Youth Livestock Show
- ENCANA BURSARY WINNER
- 2007
UFA Supreme Quest Qualifier
- 2007
National Young Cattleman Qualifier
- 2007
Western Canada Show Team Judging Finalist (with Hal
Nixdorff)
Four
Dees Jinquette XDW 36S
(S: Blk Cdn 520H)
(D: Four Dees Jinquette XDW 896N)
exhibited by Keltey Whelan
- 2007
4-H on Parade
- DIVISION FINALIST - ALL OTHER BREEDS YEARLING
- INTERMEDIATE PUREBRED SHOWMANSHIP FINALIST
-
2007 Calgary Stampede International Youth Livestock
Show
- DIVISION FINALIST
-
2007 Red Deer Westerner
- JUNIOR CHAMPION FEMALE - NATIONAL JR. ALL BREEDS SHOW
- RESERVE INTERMEDIATE FEMALE - ALBERTA JR. MAINE ANJOU SHOW
- RESERVE CHAMPION - JR. ALL BREEDS FEMALE
- DIVISION FINALIST - MAINE ANJOU SHOW
- INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION SHOWMAN - ALBERTA JR. MAINE ANJOU SHOW
- JR CHAMPION SHOWMAN - RED DEER WESTERNER
- AGGREGATE RUNNER-UP - ALBERTA JR. MAINE ANJOU SHOW
-AGGREGATE WINNER - RED DEER WESTERNER
-
2007 Provincial 4-H Beef Heifer Show
- INTERMEDIATE FRESHMAN FINALIST
- 3rd in ALL OTHER BREEDS YEARLING CLASS
- INTERMEDIATE SHOWMANSHIP FINALIST
-
2007 Strathmore Heritage Days
- OPEN SHOW DIVISION FINALIST
-
2007 Chinook Jr. Stock Show
- 3rd in CLASS
-
2007 Taber Jr. Stock Show
- CLASS WINNER
- 2007
Canadian National Jr. All Breeds Female Show
-3rd in 4-H YEARLING CLASS
- 2007
National Young Cattleman Qualifier
- 2007 Western Canada Show Team Judging Finalist (with Thomas Lofthouse)
June
28, 2006
CattleNetwork.com
Cattle Ranch of the Week
Wise Maine Anjou Ranch
Article
on the Wise Family
from
the January 2002
Canadian Cattlemen Magazine
Leta Wise
chosen as
Global Television's
July 2001
Woman of Vision
Article
on the Wise Family
from the Spring 2001
Western Legend Magazine
WISE
RANCH BULL
SOLD TO U.S.
- A 1994 advertisement for "Draftpick" now in the U.S. best illustrates the confirmation and composition of the Wise genetics. Describing the Draftpick bull as "perhaps the thickest, most heavily muscled bull available. Fifty eight inches tall and 2,300 lbs". Sired by ZTA Nortex General, his Dam ZTA Black Ruby 535P, by AA Black Gold (ZTA Black Ruby was sold to BluePrint Cattle Co. in Lind's 1999 Sale)
MORE
GOOD FEMALES SELL
- 45 head of females sold to 5 different breeders in the US in the fall of '97.
- During 1998, Wise Maine-Anjou Ranch sold 50 head of females and 30 calves by private treaty to Nuhaven Maine-Anjou, representative of the sales success and breeding reputation the Wise Ranch enjoys.
ZTA
BLACK RUBY 224X
FOLLOWS DRAFTPICK
TO THE U.S.
- Wise Maine-Anjou Ranch have an international reputation for selling some of the industry's most attractive seedstock. The sale of ZTA BLACK RUBY 224X to a major breeder in the state of Ohio was a highlight for the Wise family.
Some
of the Wise Maine cow herd at the watering hole
Fall 2005
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