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Technical Support

Canadian dairy farmers wake up every morning ready for anything.

At Purina, we share your goals and your determination. We know that to do that, it takes a team. You want the best – so we hire the best. Our teams bring a combination of innovative solutions, highly profitable farming strategies and a world of experience to reward all your hard work. With our team of experts at your side, you’ll confidently face the challenges of today to reach higher production levels tomorrow. You want to find new opportunities for your operation, and we make that happen. By working together, we’ll inspire greater success on your farm – one day at a time.

Amelie Mainville Nadon, BSc.MSc.

NA Dairy Nutrition and Technical Services Director – Based in Ontario

Passionate to increase efficiency on dairies via nutrition, cow comfort, and digital technologies, Amelie will maximize the power of data to challenge the status quo.
Connecting with producers and finding solutions to address future needs in the dairy industry, is what drives Amelie in project management, research, and technology development. Her motivation is people, and believes team collaboration is essential to nourishing the world.

Wally Matheson

Dairy Technical Services – Based in Western Ontario

Wally has a lifetime of experience in dairy. From growing up running the feed scoop in an old tie stall barn to transitioning that farm to parlor / free stall and then over 12 years working with robotic dairies across Canada. He continues to grow that experience working across Canada and the USA now for Cargill. Wally loves to see the positive results of combining new technology and old school cow sense. He believes the future holds even more opportunity with better data analysis and a strong understanding of Cow Signals. If we work to give the cow what she needs, she will treat us very well.

Catherine Delorme Tétreault, agr.

Dairy technical services – Based in Québec

Catherine brings an enormous amount of passion and dedication to her work helping farmers run more efficient and sustainable operations. Her work focuses on optimizing dairy farm operations, including robotic milking systems, nutrition optimization, forage management and livestock health strategies.
Catherine is quick on her feet, bringing innovative solutions to navigating modern challenges to help you thrive in today’s agricultural landscape.

Maxime Tarte, agr.

Dairy Technical Services – Based in Quebec

Maxime brings a lot of value to every farm he steps foot on. With many years of nutrition experience, Maxime loves a challenge but will also challenge the farms he works with to do better upon every ration change! He is a CowSignals Master Trainer and is always working to improve cow performance and cow efficiency with Dairy Enteligen, ROF and will push your forages to their limit to maximize the ration for a balance between performance and cost.

Donna Benschop, BSc.MSc.

Canadian Dairy Tech Services Specialist – Based in Ontario

Working with youngstock has been a lifelong passion for Donna. From 4-H all the way to studying rumen development of the pre-weaned calf for her M.Sc. degree at the University of Guelph, she knows calves and heifers from the inside out. But her nutrition expertise certainly does not stop there. Donna is well known across Ontario for being extremely successful at finding bottlenecks on farm, not only in nutrition but in general farm management as well. Donna brings a lot of hands-on farm experience that makes every recommendation very realistic. With over 25 years of nutrition experience, Donna has helped set so many producers and Purina consultants up for success!

Elizabeth Ellis agr. M.Sc.

Dairy Technical Services

With a systematic approach to troubleshooting, Elizabeth thrives on leaving no stone unturned to find the bottle necks on each dairy operation. Passionate about transition cow health and performance, as well as young animal nutrition and management – these two areas of the dairy she believes are key to success. Elizabeth takes complex metabolic processes and makes them practical and applicable to the day to day to maximize profitability.

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