Ferme Drahoka Inc. of Kamouraska, Que., has been judged the best-managed dairy herd in Canada.
The awards reflect scores calculated by Lactanet.
The farm is owned by Francis and Sylvain Drapeau who milk 119 cows in a pipeline set up.
Sunny Point Farms Ltd.,of Densmore Mills, Nova Scotia, placed second, only one point behind the Drapeaus. Phillip and Lori Vroegh run that farm.
Lochdale Holsteins of Alexandria, Ont., came in third. It is owned by David, Anne Marie and Andrew MacMillan who milk 78 cows in a pipeline system.
Last year’s winner, Full Send Farms/Stewardson Dairy of Thedford, came in 10ththis year.
Rosenhill Farms of St. Albert, FriedRidge Dairy of Plattsville and Dutchdale Farms of Lucknow came in seventh, eighth and ninth.
Lactanet, the national milk recording and farm data service, uses a number of factors to come up with the Herd Performance Index scores.
Among them are milk value, udder health, age at first calving, calving interval, herd efficiency and longevity.
