Introducing Grenville Cattlemen's
Executive & Directors
January 2005
President
Alec MacGregor RR#2, Jasper, Ontario
K0G 1G0 613 283-8054 admacgregor@superaje.com
We call our operation Grassview Farm and are located
north of Easton's Corners. Intensive rotational grazing is used to pasture
our 40 head British base cow herd. As a director and now president of
Grenville Cattlemen's Association I have enjoyed the contact and learning
with fellow country beef producers over the years.
Your association is here to serve you! We welcome any thoughts or ideas
you may have about any of the activities planned through out the year.
Thank you.
1st Vice
Charlie Sytsma RR#3, Athens Ontario
K0E 1B0 613 924-9241 ksytsma@superaje.com
I farm with my wife Kim and my son William on 500 acres just outside of Athens. We calve out 130 crossbred cows. We have worked with the students of Kemptville College for a number of years as well as tested bulls and custom raised heifers. I have enjoyed working with the producers in Grenville over the years and I'm enjoying serving them as a director on the Grenville Cattlemen's Board of directors. If I can be of service to you please give me a call.
Secretary / Treasurer
Christine Bennett RR#2, Jasper, Ontario
K0G 1G0 613 283-7253 bennett@manesailfarms.anikast.ca
Christine and Donald Bennett recently started ManeSail Farms located near Jasper. It has been my pleasure to serve as Secretary-Treasurer for this group of producers in Grenville County. We have a small herd of cross bred cattle and are excited about the future of beef in Ontario, which is great fodder for friendly debates with my family in Alberta! Grenville Cattlemen's Association has taught me a great deal about the proper care, health and safety of our beef industry. Please take advantage of the great programs and tours offered during the year by your association for your education and profitability and most are free!
OCA Director
Kim Systma RR#3, Athens Ontario
K0E 1B0 613 924-9241 ksytsma@superaje.com
We farm outside of Athens on the Eighth Line Rd. We calve out 130 head of crossbred cows. I serve you as one of the three cow/calf directors to Ontario Cattlemen's Assoc. I work on the issues that concern you such as Bill-81 the Nutrient Management Bill. I also serve you by sitting on the national board Canadian Cattlemen's Assoc. working on the issue that effect our industry nationally and globally. I sit on the Assoc. of Community Pastures Board as Vice-chair. As well as Leeds Community pasture as Chair, the Eastern Ont. Breeder Cattle Co-op. I also sit as a director on the Beef Improvement Ontario (BIO) board. If you have any concerns or questions please e-mail or call me.
Jenny Playfair RR#2, Jasper, Ontario
K0G 1G0 613 283-4978
I was born and raised on a dairy farm in the U.K. and
earned a Diploma in Dairying there, converting to Beef Cow-Calf in Canada.
I have been involved with a registered Aberdeen Angus herd and currently
my husband Bill and myself run 40 Maine Anjou and Black Angus cows using
Black Angus bulls. We market all of our calves directly to the feedlot
promoting them and following them up using BIO's SQOC program, Phizer
gold health protocol and the Green Angus tags. We have an Environmental
Farm Plan and have enrolled in the Quality Starts Here program, believing
that the future of our industry lies in proving our product is healthy
and safe.
Kim Weedmark RR#2, Merrickville, Ontario
K0G 1N0 613 283-6215 clfarms@superaje.com
Kim and his wife Irene and his father and mother Gerald
and Mary operate a birth-to-beef operation near Easton's Corners. Kim
is the 4th generation working on the family farm which has now grown to
a herd of 350 head, 1000 acres owned, and 400 acres rented.
Kim is involved in several other organizations: Deputy-Mayor of the Corporation
of the Village of Merrickville-Wolford, director of the Grenville Soil
& Crop Improvement Association, Chairman of the Rideau Valley Rural
Clean Water Program.
Please feel free to contact Kim with any questions or suggestions for
the Grenville Cattlemen's Association.
