To All My Friends... Fellow purebred breeders, commercial cattle producers, friends and family, PERROT-MARTIN CHAROLAIS FARM is dispersing. Just a few months ago, selling our purebred herd was not a consideration but circumstances have led to this important and very difficult decision. On December 15 we are selling our entire herd. In 1973 we started this venture. It grew as PERROT CHAROLAIS FARM until 1998 when Collin and Kimberly joined Rosemarie, myself, our son Greg and daughter Anita to form PERROT-MARTIN CHAROLAIS FARM. That same year Greg married Anna-Marie Freitag and stayed as part of the operation until 2003, when they moved to Alameda, SK. Today they raise purebred Black Angus cattle and Greg operates Magna Scope Inspections. Greg and Anna have three children; son Rocco and daughters Talia and Cozi. Anita and her partner Jason Fradette live in Saskatoon. Anita is store manager for Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming at the Lawson Heights mall. Jason works for Agriculture Canada. Collin and Kimberly have a daughter Shanese and sons Tanner and Colby. Kimberly works at the RM and town office in St. Brieux, SK. Collin works full time on the farm and has been responsible for a big part of the daily work load. We would like to extend a special thank you to Collin’s father, Edward and to his uncles Marcel and Daniel, cousins Randy and Sheldon for their help over the years. Having skilled and pleasant people around made the work enjoyable. The cow business allowed us to work as a family, instilling a solid work ethic in our children, as well as providing an opportunity to meet so many wonderful and interesting people nationally and internationally. The cattle will be dispersed but the friendships and memories will last.
To mention and thank all the people who have been influential in the development and success of Perrot-Martin Charolais would take many pages. However, I would like to recognize several special individuals no longer with us whose memories we cherish dearly. We are grateful that Bill Laczko (Rosemarie’s father) encouraged us to start in the cattle business and that Henry Begrand talked us into buying purebred Charolais females, when we went there to buy a bull for our commercial cows. In the early days, Bill and Liz’s neighbor Ed Lefebvre always had words of encouragement and his home was the place for many enjoyable gatherings. Thank you to Ed’s wife Yvette and their children Alan, Roger, Linda, Jeannie, Pauline and Diane for your hospitality and friendship. In 1986 Dr. Scott Rairdan started our embryo transplant program. This led to a friendship and several cattle partnerships with EXL Charolais at Stettler, AB. Scott’s accidental death left a void in our family’s lives, but it led to a lasting bond and friendship with Jack and Martha Rairdan and Colby and Toni Squires. Another accident took Dale Norheim in 2010. Dale was truly a dedicated cattleman and respected sale manager. We admired his thorough, accurate assessment of cattle. Collin and I really miss his annual selection tour for the Sterling Collection Sale. Lesley, Lee and Lacy, your husband and father meant a lot to our operation from the very beginning when he was the Banner fieldman. In the 70’s Jim Kidney was a fellow member of the Northeast Charolais Breeders group. Again, a mutual interest in farming and Charolais cattle created a lasting friendship. Jim’s intelligence and his knowledge of Charolais history and pedigrees was amazing. I will occasionally tip back a glass of Wiser’s Deluxe in Jim’s memory. This summer we were saddened by the passing of Gerald Lefebvre. Gerald raised Charolais cattle for a few years. He was always fun to be with and he certainly livened things up at a few Northeast Breeders sales in Yorkton, SK. Judy and sons Jeff, Greg and Ken, thank you for being a part our Charolais memories.
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