Agropur is excited to announce the winners at the Club of Excellence award ceremony. Ferme Morine of Coaticook, QC has been named Agropur’s Milk Quality national champion.
Ferme Morine is part of the Cattle Ranching and Farming Industry, owned by Réjean Morin and Véronique Lévesque. The farm has a total of 40 Holstein cows with 35 of them lactating. The family-owned farm has been passed down through the family for three generations now.
Ferme Morine has earned the distinction for a second straight year, with the best combined results on its milk quality tests and dairy farm inspection.
"It's a wonderful acknowledgment that tells us we're doing a good job, our methods are sound, and we have strong herd management," says Véronique Lévesque.
Other Regional Milk Quality Champions include:
- A & J Bent Farms Ltd., Lawrencetown, NS
- Braefield Farm, Penobsquis, NB
- Ferme Alaben inc., Saint-Elphège, QC
- Ferme Brown Heaven SENC, Verchères, QC
- Ferme Charles Charette & Fils, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, QC
- Ferme de La Plaine, Sainte-Françoise-de-Lotbinière, QC
- Ferme Drapeau & Fils, Sainte-Praxède, QC
- Ferme Duvallon inc., Chesterville, QC
- Ferme E. Fankhauser inc., Saint-Sébastien, QC
- Ferme G.M. Lebel inc., Sainte-Justine, QC
- Ferme Karibel inc., Saint-Paul, QC
- Ferme M.P. Morissette inc., Cacouna, QC
- Ferme Pierlie SENC, Saint-Adelphe-de-Champlain, QC
- Ferme Ti-Dré inc., Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton, QC
- Macdonald College, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC
- Teebrook Farm, Melbourne, QC
Since 1968, chosen Agropur members in Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador induct new champions into Agropur’s Club of Excellence. Since then, the Club of Excellence has welcomed over 2,000 winners into its ranks.
Agropur also awarded Ferme Karona of Plessisville, QC, the Animal Welfare award at the Club of Excellence award ceremony for the exemplary care it takes of its cows. After a devasting fire in 2018, the sixth generation of Carsons to work on the farm built a new barn to provide optimal comfort for cows by providing sand bedding in stalls and ensuring the best possible air quality and light.
The other Animal Welfare Finalists are Ferme Carpentier et Filc inc. in Béarn, QC, and Ferme Jean-Louis Tremblay inc. in Métabetchouan-Lac-à-la-Croix, QC.
A visit to the Ferme Morine
Video by Agropur Coopérative on YouTube