THE ANGUS ANGLE - Alberta Angus Association

Ed Boake Memorial Award
Alberta Angus Association Purebred Breeder of the Year
Remitall Cattle Co.
Remitall Cattle Co. is owned and operated by the
Latimer families of Olds, AB and their partners,
William & Jackie Adair of Como, Minnesota.
Remitall was founded by Louis and Jean Latimer
in 1945. The name Remitall, as I suspect you all
know, is L. Latimer spelled backwards. Although
now semi-retired, Louis and Jean are still actively
involved in Remitall Cattle Co.
Remitall’s main operations and programming
have continued on into the next generations of
Latimers with sons Gary and Bryan and their
families playing the major role in development
and execution of seedstock production.
Gary and his wife Jacci have three sons involved
in the operation: Michael and his wife, Fritz and
their son Jack; Richard and Kelly and their
daughter Lauren; and Jeff and Danielle and
daughter Alix. Gary & Jacci’s youngest, Sara,
and her husband Dusty Howell have started their
own Angus herd.
Bryan and his wife Annette have three young
children, daughter Emily and sons Isaac and
Zachery.
The Remitall herd currently consists of 1000 head
of producing purebred cows, 500 of which are
Black Angus. Remitall operates from two
locations: Olds and Red Deer. Between the two
farm sites, Remitall manages a land base of nine
sections of which 3500 acres is seeded crop.
The Remitall Angus herd was actually started in
1977 with the purchase of the heifer calf
Heatherbrook Janessa 26’77 for Louis’ youngest
daughter Elaine. 26J provided 10 calves for
Remitall, including daughters with progeny still
prevalent in the herd today.
Elaine’s ELA herd of approximately 40 cows was
dispersed in 1988, and the Remitall Angus herd
continued with just a few females. It wasn’t until
the early 1990’s that the building of the Remitall
Angus herd began again in earnest. The goal
from then on was to build one of the industry’s
top working Angus cow herds. Top genetics were
and continue to be sourced from right across
North America. Today the Remitall Angus herd is one of
the largest in Canada with its 500 brood matrons. Remitall
builds its herd with a large A.I. and embryo program to
enhance and grow its genetic strength.
The Latimer’s hold an annual female sale in October and a
bull sale in March. The bull sale features over 150 quality
Angus bulls that are well documented for both
performance and carcass traits.
Remitall attends most of Canada’s major shows and has
enjoyed numerous champions at both Farm Fair
International in Edmonton and Canadian Western
Agribition in Regina. The most recent being awarded 2006
Canadian National Reserve Grand Champion Bull with
Remitall H Rachis 21R.
In their home town of Olds, the Latimer family is revered
not just for their ability to produce the highest quality
seedstock but for their outstanding performance in growing
and building the local community. They have been
involved with Minor Hockey as well as Olds Agricultural
Society, and were thusly honoured just this spring as the
inaugural Distinguished Rural Family Service Award
recipient. They are completely committed to Junior
programs, and invite our Junior Angus exhibitors to run
judging contests out at their place each year.
The Latimers are all about building – be it their cattle, their
community, or their kids! In the past 18 months, the
family has increased by 4 little babies, proving they are as
highly prolific as their awesome cow herd. With so many
toddlers running around that place, I’m sure Gary finds
himself having to cover off for the young families,
knowing that our kids are only young once.
Earlier this year, my niece toured a young man from
Ontario through the Remitall show cattle, and she came
back saying that they were bringing out two of the best
two-year-old cows she had ever laid eyes on. Of course,
one of these females was Remitall Neonia 237P, the
Reserve Grand Champion Female at our Gold Show in
Olds last August. The Neonia cow family has been
particularly successful for the Latimers in the past few
years with 237P’s dam, 42J, being named Farm Fair’s
Grand Champion Female in 2001. Another daughter of
42J, 179M, was the First Lady Classic Supreme Champion
Female at Agribition in 2003.
Another marquee female for Remitall in recent years was a
2003 purchase from the Black Magic Sale out of the
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