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COUNTRY LIFE IN BC • JANUARY 2017


Dairy Expo starts with tour of nine FV dairies Self-guided tour will showcase the newest innovations in dairy herd management


by DAVID SCHMIDT


ABBOTSFORD - The BC Dairy Expo begins the day before the Pacific Agriculture Show with the popular annual Dairy Farm Self Tour on January 26.


This year’s tour includes a record nine farms stretching from Aldergrove in the west to Nicomen Island in the north and Laidlaw in the east. Many farmers will head to Lorenzetti Acres in Langley. A devastating fire destroyed John and Gerald Klop’s previous facilities in 2015 but they have completely rebuilt the farm with new sand- bedded barns and a new GEA double 16 parallel parlour complete with in-liner automatic post-dip, an integrated wash and hygiene system and a Cow Scout activity and health monitoring system.


Farmers also have a chance to see two rotary parlours. The Kielstra family of Vyefield Farms in Abbotsford will show visitors their new 32- stall GEA DairyProQ robotic parlour. The Vanderwal family’s Cedar Valley Farms on Sumas Prairie will give visitors a glimpse of an all-new dairy farm, including three rigid steel-frame barns with BC’s first Artex BioFlex Freestall System and Artex CSL headlockers, a DeLaval 32- stall rotary parlour and a high-tech manure flush


past, present and future – while Diamond V dairy field technical specialist Dr. Tom Oelberg will describe the benefits of auditing your total mixed ration (TMR) for better results. Participants are invited to stay for lunch and a hoof- trimming demonstration in the Scotiabank Tent.


Two hoof trimmers certified in the Dutch five-step method will demonstrate the method’s techniques.


Vyefield Farms in Abbotsford will be a popular stop on the dairy tour. BCMA PHOTO system.


There will be plenty of robotic milkers on display. Van Gard Farms in Chilliwack features the first BC installation of two GEA Monobox robotic milking units and a new German- made virgin rubber freestall bed.


A new DeLaval voluntary milking system will be on display at D&M Verwoert Farm in Chilliwack while new Lely robots will be in action at three farms: RJR Farms in Matsqui, Golden Gate Farms in Aldergrove and Fraser Edge


Farms in Deroche.


The final farm, Driessen Farms in Deroche, invites visitors to see its new fully- automated DeLaval double- 15 Endurance herringbone parallel parlour.


Driessen will be open from 9 am till 2 pm, Golden Gate, RJR and Fraser Edge welcome visitors from 9 am to 5 pm, while the remaining five farms will be open 10 am to 4 pm. Lunch will be available from 11 till 2 at Verwoert’s Farm, Fraser Edge Farms, Van Gard Farms and Lorenzetti Acres. A tour guide with


directions to each farm is available from the BC Ministry of Agriculture or local dairy equipment suppliers.


Expo continues


Thursday morning, at the Abbotsford Tradex, industry members are encouraged to attend a 2.5-hour seminar on nutrition and reproductive management strategies for enhanced herd health and production.


Dr. Matt Lucy of the University of Missouri will discuss reproductive management strategies –


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“We hope this will lead to a four-day workshop for BC hoof trimmers to upgrade their skills and certify them in this internationally accepted trimming method,” says BC Ministry of Agriculture dairy specialist Tom Droppo. He adds that if sufficient interest is shown, two-day workshops will also be held throughout the province for producers to hone their skills so they can deal with


lameness in a more timely and expert manner.


“The hoof-trimming demonstration will be using cadaver feet but if we put on the workshops, we will likely hold them on farms so people can get hands-on experience with the cows,” Droppo says. Farmers interested in attending the BC Dairy Expo can register at the door Thursday morning. Cost is $20 and includes the seminar, BBQ lunch, hoof-trimming demonstration and a three- day pass to the trade show.


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