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2024-25 DIRECTORY COVER STORY
SILVERMAPLE DAMION CAMOMILE Silvermaple Holsteins, in Ladysmith
dam, SILVERMAPLE DEMPSEY
with 35 cows from his family farm.
EVEREST EX 90 - 2E has completed
Although the herd had only seven
EX-95-5YR-USA, 7* - the Reserve on Vancouver Island, is the site of
this year’s beautiful Directory cover
five lactations so far. Their next dams
purebreds, they were both keen to
Grand Champion at Madison in 2011 are EX-91- 4E, VG-88 5*, VG 88 6*,
develop a herd they could be proud
- that put them firmly on the map! featuring a dam-daughter pair that
reach back six generations to KRULL
EX-92-2E-USA 5*, then Elegance.
of. “HIPOWER TEMPO JIFF was a
Camomile sold to Butlerview in Illinois BROKER ELEGANCE EX-96-3E-USA,
“This continues to be one of our
Tempo heifer from Judges that bred
in 2012.
really well for us,” Ben shares. The
Their bright, modern 2012 dairy DOM GMD 1*.
favourite families – they exemplify
Irene family (from the Tony Lagemaat
SILVERMAPLE DATELINE EMELY
our breeding philosophy of longevity
facility was modified in 2016 to herd) has particularly left many good
VG 87 first calved at 1-09, completing
with production.”
incorporate two VMS robots for their BCAs of 266M 343F 284P with With dairy upbringing and 4-H
offspring through the years.
120 cows. Silvermaple has always 4.8% fat and 3.4 % P. Currently, experiences, it was not surprising that
Growing and developing the farm,
embraced breed improvement she’s projected with 3-03 14,469 Ben and Suzanne Cuthbert began
herd and family has made it a busy
programs - DHI, Classification and kg, 307M 350F 319P BCAs! Her dairying on their own farm in 1989,
35 years!
now genomic test about 75% of the Only with Suzanne’s ability to run
heifers. “It pays for itself,” says Ben. 2024-2025D
the farm could Ben participate in
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assists in the operation of their 40,000 2024). After son Thomas completed
broiler chicken farm. Daughter Erin his Bachelor in Ag Economics, he
completed her M.Sc. and is Lead returned to the farm, taking over more
Dairy Inspector with the BC Ministry of the herd’s development, investing
in “sound cows with deep pedigrees,”
of Ag and daughter Natalie operates Ben explains. The herd has infused
her own dental hygiene clinic on the C CO OV V E E R R S ST TO O R RY Y
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many of the breed’s exceptional
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female lines – full sisters of Hezbollah
The future is bright for Silvermaple and Missy; a granddaughter of Broker
Holsteins, and alongside Thomas L-R: Suzanne, Ben, Thomas
Elegance; the Ravens; a daughter
and Catherine, Ben and Suzanne holding Riley, Catherine
of HARVUE ROY FROSTY “had a
know their grandchildren can thrive holding Georgia; Mackenzie
huge impact.” But it was breeding
as fourth generation dairy farmers. and Connor in front.
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