{"id":208266,"date":"2019-11-09T22:30:19","date_gmt":"2019-11-10T05:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/?p=208266"},"modified":"2019-11-15T11:48:58","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T18:48:58","slug":"alberta-supreme-show-grand-champions-announced-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/?p=208266","title":{"rendered":"Alberta Supreme Show Grand Champions Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;3px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>EDMONTON, AB<\/strong> \u2013 Greenwood Limousin and Brooking Angus named 2019 Champions<\/p>\n<p>At this year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/farmfairinternational.com\/event\/alberta-supreme-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alberta Supreme Show of Champions presented by RAM Trucks Canada<\/a> on Saturday, November 9, we announced the 2019 Grand Champions at Farmfair International.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Grand Champion Female<\/strong> was Black Angus cow <strong>BROOKING COUNTESS 7077<\/strong> with calf at side BROOKING DUSTY\u2019S COUNTESS from <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/brookingangusranch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brooking Angus Ranch<\/a> of Radville, Saskatchewan and Dusty Rose Cattle Co.<\/strong> The <strong>Grand Champion Bull<\/strong>\u00a0was Limousin <strong>GREENWOOD ELECTRIC IMPACT ET<\/strong> from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/greenwoodlimousin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Greenwood Limousin<\/a> of Lloydminster, Alberta<\/strong>. More than $110,000 in cash and prizes were awarded including a new RAM truck for each of the champions.<\/p>\n<p>Farmfair International is pleased to partner with the Olds Fall Classic and Lloydminster Stockade Round-up to create the Alberta Supreme Show, which showcases breed champions from all three of the top cattle shows in Alberta to name two Alberta Supreme Grand Champions. The Grand Champions from all breeds and their owners competed head to head for the Alberta Supreme Show titles and the chance to drive away in a brand new RAM truck.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/northlands.com\/\">Northlands<\/a> President and CEO Peter Male started the evening by remarking on the hard work and dedication it takes to be one of the exhibitors in the arena tonight. \u201cAgriculture remains at the heart of what Northlands stands for and believes in,\u201d Male said. \u201cIf you do something that you love with passion, over time you will elevate it into an artform. That\u2019s what we see here today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Judge Riley Mader said a few words before the slap. \u201cFor us in the purebred cattle business\u2014this is the big leagues. This is our Stanley Cup, this is our CFR, this is our PGA tour, and our World Series,\u201d said Mader. \u201cI truly commend each and every one of you out on this ring tonight. Whether it\u2019s your first time or your tenth time, the bittersweet feeling of representing your family, your farm, and your breed is irreplaceable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jackie Payne, of Greenwood Limousin, summed up her excitement after the announcement. \u201cIt\u2019s a whole lot of hard work and dedication to our breed and the cattle industry that all kind of came together, and this is a really great celebration.\u201d Payne was overwhelmed with emotion, hugging the judges and thanking them. \u201cI\u2019m so excited and grateful and proud of our people and my family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greenwood Limousin and Brooking Angus named 2019 Champions of the Alberta Supreme Show presented by RAM at Farmfair International<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[125,587,588,591,593,536,537,592,319],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208266"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=208266"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208272,"href":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208266\/revisions\/208272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=208266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=208266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=208266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}