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Blyth -area farm honoured with Premier's Award
Recognition
Blyth's Par-Chier farms received the Premier's Award for Agri -Food Innovation Excellence
recently for its new rotary parlour at its goat dairy. From left: Jim Parish, Sylvia Parish, David
Passchier, Kirsten Passchier and Deputy -Premier Deb Matthews. (Photo submitted)
Nominated by the Huron County
Economic Development Department,
Par-Chier Farms Ltd of Blyth is a
recipient of the 2017 Premier's
Award for Agri -Food Innovation
Excellence.
"I'm pleased that Huron County
producers continue to be recognized
among the top agri-food businesses
in Ontario," said Warden Jim Ginn.
"I'd like to congratulate owners Jim
and Sylvia Parish, and David and
Kirsten Passchier on earning this
award."
Looking to improve the efficiency
of their goat dairy, Par-Chier Farms
Ltd installed a cutting-edge rotary
parlour that incorporates the
feeding, milking and sorting of
animals into one automated process
– the first of its kind in North
America. The 80 -stall facility makes
it possible to milk 800 goats per
hour, where the specific dietary and
care needs of each individual animal
is managed using tracking
technology. With this new
computerized system in place,
overall milk production on the farm
has increased by 25 per cent.
"We invested a lot into researching
the technology and modifying
designs to fit our operating goals,"
said Sylvia Parish, co-owner of Par-
Chier Farms Ltd. "We're really
pleased with the outcome and are
looking to expand our operation in
the near future"
The Premier's Award for Agri -
Food Innovation Excellence is an
annual program designed to
recognize leaders in Ontario's agri-
food sector. Huron County is the
most agriculturally productive
region in the province producing
$1.2 billion in farm receipts in 2016,
approximately 20 per cent more than
any other county in Ontario.
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