Mr Kane (20) is a New Zealand Herefords youth ambassador to the World Hereford Conference, which is being held in Calgary in July.
He comes from a well-known Tapanui farming family and is the third generation to have an interest in Hereford cattle.
His parents, Robert and Mary-Anne Kane, who have the Blue Mountain Angus and Westholm Polled Hereford studs, are also attending the conference among a contingent of about 20 New Zealanders.
Mr Kane established his own Hereford stud, KL1 Herefords, in 2008, and has one bull on offer at the Kane family's bull sale later this month.
His aim for the stud was to increase numbers and to provide good bulls for clients to make their herds more profitable.
He aimed to breed moderately framed cattle, with low birth weights and high growth rates.
Mr Kane worked as a shepherd at Mt Aspiring Station, near Wanaka, last year and working in the high country had been a big change for him. He is now studying for a diploma in agriculture at Lincoln University.
He was looking forward to the conference and also viewing various cattle studs in both the United States and Canada.