Official Publication of the Saskatchewan Angus Association
Fall 2023
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Saskatchewan Angus Association ~ 2023 Purebred Breeder of the Year ~ ~ Perrot Cattle Company ~ ~ The Saskatchewan Angus Association along with its members are pleased to present the 2023 Breeder of the Year award to Perrot Cattle Company, Greg and Anna-Marie Perrot their three children Rocco, Talia and Cozi. The Perrot’s raise Angus cattle at Alameda, Saskatchewan.
Every Angus breeder has a story about how they got into the breed. For the Perrot’s, it initially was started by Anna-Marie’s dad, when he purchased his first purebred Angus cows in 1962 at the Wilfred Willoughby dispersal. He paid for those first cows with a grain ticket and one of those purchased was a Blackbird cow which has become the most dominant cow family in their herd. When he made these female purchases, the Town N' Country Angus herd began. Anna’s parents, Kuno and Dolly Freitag, had six children, four boys, and two girls. According to Anna (the youngest), when the last child was born, he had given up on any of his kids, especially a little girl, wanting to take over the cow herd. However, every Saturday morning Kuno would wake Anna up, and they would drive to the pasture where they would go through every cow and calf and analyse them. This is when Anna’s passion for cattle and particularly the Angus breed began.
Many years later, Anna-Marie met Greg at Agribition where he was exhibiting Charolais cattle with his family. They married and Anna-Marie moved to Naicam where Greg’s family farm was located. After a few years they moved back to Alameda, and Greg purchased his business in the continued on Page 10
by Jordan Sies
Roger Reynolds and Jordan Sies, SAA Directors and Belinda Wagner, SAA General Manager presenting to the Perrot family