Voting
All licensed dairy farmers shall have the opportunity to submit one vote per dairy farm for each Resolution posted. Voting is confidential and each voter must select “FOR” if they support the Resolution, or “AGAINST” if they do not support the resolution.
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Voting Period
Voting must be submitted on-line from April 14-24, 2026 in the designated area below. Voting closes on April 24, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST (Eastern Standard Time). Voting results will be posted April 30, 2026.
Resolutions
Genetics
Whereas that crampiness is a major factor in cow culling in Quebec with significant economic consequences for breeders.
Whereas that it is currently impossible to identify a specific gene responsible for crampiness using genomic testing.
Whereas the scarcity of available data and that the prevalence of crampiness in a bull’s offspring is difficult to access being located in a very specific place that most breeders do not know how to find on the LactanetGen and on the Holstein Canada websites.
Whereas that the accessibility and visibility of data relating to haplotypes and certain diseases have greatly improved with the three dots tab under the cow’s name on LactanetGen.
Whereas it would be easy to add an indicator for crampiness in this location.
Therefore, Lactanet is requested to easily find bulls with crampiness on LactanetGen.
Mover – Nathalie Lemay, Saint-Léon, QC
1st Supporter – Julie Duchesne, Saint-Narcisse-de-Rimouski, QC
2nd Supporter – Alphonse Pittet, Saint-Tite, QC
3rd Supporter – Marie-Christine Leclerc, Saint-Georges, QC
4th Supporter – Philippe Tremblay, Notre-Dame-du-Nord, QC
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Other
Whereas…
Whereas that ProfiLab is a useful management tool promoted by Lactanet.
Whereas that Ayrshire breeders pay the same service fees as breeders of other dairy breeds.
Whereas the importance of fairness and equality in the services offered to different breeds.
Therefore…
Therefore, i, it is resolved that the averages presented in ProfiLab be available for the Ayrshire breed on the same basis as other breeds.
Note: ProfiLab is a service offering milk fatty acid profile in bulk tank samples, launched in 2020 and currently offered to Quebec and NB dairy producers through agreements with the respective milk marketing boards. The Profilab report shows a graphical view of three groups of fatty acids and compares the farm value to a provincial benchmark to ease interpretation. Because it involves bulk tank samples, it is not possible to link the farm breed to the respective breed benchmark, but the herd owner can select a Holstein or Jersey provincial average to compare to their breed. Despite the low number of Jersey herds in the province of Quebec, this benchmark was offered because of the great difference between this breed (4%) and the provincial average (93% Holstein). Factsheets have been produced and are made available for other breeds to demonstrate that they are very similar to the Holstein average.
| Name | Location | |
|---|---|---|
| Mover | François Beaudry | Granby, Quebec Canada |
| 1st Supporter | Andrew Shufelt | Brigham, Quebec Canada |
| 2nd Supporter | Alexandre Demers | Béthanie, Quebec Canada |
| 3rd Supporter | Claude Larocque | Upton, Quebec Canada |
| 4th Supporter | Daniel Meunier | Brigham, Quebec Canada |
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