Ferme Blondin dominates Holstein Summer Show at Lindsay

LINDSAY — It was a dominant showing for a Quebec dairy farm at the Ontario Holstein Summer Show at Lindsay on July 26.

Ferme Blondin, owned by Simon Lalande and Kim Côté at St. Placide, Que., west of Montreal, was in contention for almost every major class. The farm owned the top three for intermediate champions, and also owned the reserve and honourable grand champion.

They are no strangers to the winners’ circle. From 2003-2012, cows from their farm had made the top three at the Eastern Ontario-Western Quebec Championship Show on eight occasions. In two of those years they didn’t show as they were at the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin. But 2013 was their best year at the East-West show as they owned the top three cows.

Here are some of the winners from the Holstein Summer Show.

Grand champion: Oakfield GC Darby-ET, owned by Gerald Coughlin of Trent Valley Holsteins at Peterborough, Ont., T & L Cattle Ltd. at Rosedale, B.C., and Jason David Mell at Merrill, Wis.
Reserve: Jacobs Jordan Carmel, bred and owned by Simon Lalande and Kim Côté of Ferme Blondin at St. Placide, Que.
Honourable mention: Budjon-Vail Atw Stylish-ET, bred by Peter and Lyn Vail and Budjon Farms at Lomira, Wis., owned by Ferme Blondin
Intermediate champion: Budjon-Vail Atw Stylish-ET
Reserve: Baste Aftershock Marilou, bred by Sebastien Fontaine at Saint-Barthelemy, Que., owned by Charles Ménard and Manon Prud’homme of Ferme Rubis at Lochaber Ouest, Que. and Ferme Blondin
Honourable mention: Ms PG PV Doorman Adele-ET, bred by Miles, Kanani and Soren Price at Martinton, Ill., owned by Ferme Blondin
Junior champion: Windcroft Drman Irreplaceable, bred by Eaton Holsteins at Marietta, N.Y., Jamie and Petra Black at Constrable, N.Y. and Windcroft Farm at Gananoque, Ont., owned by Windcroft Farm
Reserve: Blondin Sidekick Charabia, bred by Ferme Blondin, owned by Beckridge Holsteins at Keswick, Ont., Ari Eckstein of Quality Holsteins at Vaughan, Ont. and Agriber Societa Agricola SRL at Piacenza, Italy.
Champion 4-H calf: Gleann Gracie A, bred by Bruce Thomson at Antigonish, Nova Scotia, and owned by Terry Beckett of Beckholm Holsteins at Sunderland, Ont.
Reserve: Crovalley Acrobat Allstar, bred and owned by John, Cynthia, Christina, Justin, Ryan, and Vanessa Crowley of Crovalley Holsteins at Hastings, Ont.
Honourable mention: Dappleholm Denver Jones, bred by Michael and Jessica Phoenix at Greenbank, Ont.
Junior herd: Ferme Blondin
Breeders herd: Gord, Pauline, Morgon and Ethan McMillan of Kingsway Farms at Hastings, Ont.
Junior exhibitor banner: Ferme Blondin
Junior breeder banner: Ferme Blondin
Premier exhibitor banner: Ferme Blondin
Premier breeder banner: Kingsway Farms