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COUNTRY LIFE IN BC • JANUARY 2020
BC Holstein set pace for Canada in 2019 Breed-leading fundraising, registrations marked an outstanding past year
by DAVID SCHMIDT VANCOUVER – With a
Canadian record $240,000 prize pool and attracting show animals from as far away as Quebec, the BC Holstein Spring Show was the highlight of the year for the BC Holstein Branch. “I will never forget 2019,” branch president Brian Hamming told members at their annual meeting in Vancouver, November 27, noting he got off to a great start when his farm, Hamming Holsteins of Vernon, was named a recipient of its first Master Breeder shield. Dari Delite Farm of Sicamous also received its first Master Breeder shield while Benco Holsteins of Chilliwack earned its third shield in 2019. Holstein Canada chief
executive officer Ann Louise Carson said BC’s success at raising funds for its spring show spurred eastern breeders to increase the Royal Winter Fair Holstein show prize pool. Carson was making her last address in BC as she
Rudy Russenberger, with wife Trudy, of Alpina Dairy Farm, is the BC Holstein Branch’s newest honorary member. HOLSTEIN CANADA PHOTO
is retiring after the Holstein Canada convention in April. She thanked local breeders for their support, noting BC outpaced the rest of the country in both registrations (up 5%) and classifications (up 3%). BC
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That is becoming critical as
more herds turn to robotic milking. Lactanet manager of marketing and product development Richard Cantin noted over 100,000 cows in robotic systems are now in Canada’s milk recording system. That includes 53 BC herds, representing 18% of BC cows on milk recording. Lactanet is introducing
electronic milk recording using milking system software. It will eliminate farm visits and sampling but still give breeders publishable milk records at a lower cost than traditional milk recording. Cantin said the past year was spent preparing for and implementing the merger of Canwest DHI, Valacta (Canwest’s eastern Canadian equivalent) and the Canadian Dairy Network into Lactanet. “It has been a seamless transition,” he said, noting the new company owns and operates four labs, including
the lab in Chilliwack, and serves over 7,200 Canadian dairy producers.
Hamming used the annual meeting to announce
BC’s 2019 cow of the year: Frueh Jewellery Ivy and to announce Rudy Russenberger of Alpina Dairy Farm as the branch’s newest honorary member.
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