Our Family
Our Angus based herd is managed throughout the year to maintain and promote forage productivity through rotational grazing. We calve in late spring on open grass which is closer to nature’s cycle are back grounded with hay, fed out on pastures during the winter and rotate on grass pastures through the summer. We have an off-site watering system run by solar power from our dug out which we have set up in conjunction with the Crowfoot Creek Watershed group as a demonstration site. We also support Ducks Unlimited with a habitat riparian project on the wetlands that we pasture.
Rod has sat as a director of the board for the Foothills Forage Association, a group which encourages a profitable and sustainable forage industry by providing an information network for southern Alberta forage producers. He is a board member for the Wheatland Feeders Association, and volunteers for the Crowfoot Community Association.
Rod enjoys playing men’s recreational hockey, hunting, boating and fishing.
Beth enjoys volunteering with the Crowfoot community, gardening & flowers, raising chickens & ducks, working and assisting with the management of the cattle & calving, riding, participating in ranch rodeos, playing ladies hockey, camping & boating.
In October 2011, we travelled to Cologne, Germany to help promote Canada's natural beef industry at the Anuga International Food trade expo Oct 8 – 12th 2011. See our blog for more about our trip to Germany!
You can read more about our life on the ranch on our blog!
Rod has sat as a director of the board for the Foothills Forage Association, a group which encourages a profitable and sustainable forage industry by providing an information network for southern Alberta forage producers. He is a board member for the Wheatland Feeders Association, and volunteers for the Crowfoot Community Association.
Rod enjoys playing men’s recreational hockey, hunting, boating and fishing.
Beth enjoys volunteering with the Crowfoot community, gardening & flowers, raising chickens & ducks, working and assisting with the management of the cattle & calving, riding, participating in ranch rodeos, playing ladies hockey, camping & boating.
In October 2011, we travelled to Cologne, Germany to help promote Canada's natural beef industry at the Anuga International Food trade expo Oct 8 – 12th 2011. See our blog for more about our trip to Germany!
You can read more about our life on the ranch on our blog!
Our Family HistoryBeth’s great great grandpa emigrated to Edwardsville Illinois, USA from Hanover Germany in 1842. In 1909 his grandson moved his family to homestead east of Strathmore, Alberta, Canada with intentions of farming and raising cattle. The homestead was named Valley View Ranch - a name that we are proud to continue today.
Our photo gallery to the right show a few photos from the early 1900's on the Valley View Ranch homestead. (click and scroll through to view) These old photos show Beth's grandfather - Harold Scheer - and his brother Norman hauling grain and herding cattle on the open Alberta range in 1917. Beth's father - John Scheer - carried on the tradition of farming and raising cattle on this same land. In 2003 Rod & Beth purchased her parents farm east of Strathmore. Beth and her family mark the fourth generation of farmers and ranchers on this land since her Great Grandfather originally homesteaded here in 1909. We were honored to celebrate our families' 100th centennial year in Alberta in August of 2009. We paid tribute to our pioneer families by dressing in pioneer costume and riding in Strathmore's rodeo parade. Our photo gallery features a few photos from that fun and meaningful day. We are thankful that we can live and raise our family in such a beautiful area that we are proud to call our home. 
A family photo we took at our family's 100th centennial year celebration in August 2009. We had some fun dressing for the occasion!
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