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After a fire took the barn in July 2020 (along with 21 calves and a few cows), the Frey family not only rebuilt for their 55-Holstein herd but for a sustainable future, leaving room for herd growth and facility expansion.

Since 2001, Réjean Morin and his wife, Véronique Lévesque, have been at the helm of Ferme Morine, located in Coaticook, Quebec.

When Adieu Farms decided to rebuild after a fire took their barn, along with 21 calves and a few cows, in July 2020, they turned to their longtime supplier to get it done as quickly as possible.

Listowel, Ontario veterinarian Dr. Kelly Barratt was the 2021 recipient of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners’ (AABP) award for Bovine Practitioner of the Year.

Dairy farming is a challenging business to enter. The financial commitment needed to acquire quota, facilities, milking equipment and animals is prohibitive for most individuals without a family farm to buy into.

Romanticized visions of farming and rural life, along with views of a traditional farm family, can seem rather antiquated; however, if there were ever a modernized portrait of the idyllic family farm life, the Coddington family is it.