HTA is breeder of the year

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Published on Thursday, January 14, 2016

By Joan Airey

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Shawn and Tanya Airey and family received the Purebred Charolais Breeder of the Year Award at the All Breeds Banquet in Brandon on Jan. 9. They own HTA Charolais Farms near Rivers and have 150 purebred cows.

Shawn is serving his fourth term as Manitoba Charolais Association president and is breed representative on the Ag-Ex board. The couple show cattle at Ag-Ex, local fairs and Agribition in Regina. Son Chase and daughter Blake participate in the Rivers 4-H Pee Wee Beef Club.

“We hosted the Manitoba Charolais Association pen show and picnic on our farm the past two years,” says Shawn. “In 2015 it was held in conjunction with the Canadian Charolais Association annual meeting and people attended from across Canada. We are happy to see the pen show grows in numbers every year.” 

The Aireys keep extensive cattle records and the entire herd is enrolled on Whole Herd.

“Our commitment to quality is number one. Strong cow families combined with top genetics, a strict quality control program and good cow sense are used to produce a no-nonsense product with the commercial man in mind.” Tanya says, “Our bull sale is held annually the last Wednesday in March at Neepawa with Rammer Charolais as our guest consigner. All bulls are semen tested and health checked before the sale by a certified veterinarian.” Shawn and Tanya have been involved with cattle all their lives and are passionate about the livestock business.