From the Paris Fair to the Royal and Agribition

Darlin shows as one of Canada’s Supreme Beef Cattle

One can see Jackson Corner’s love of cattle as he smiles at Darlin at the Royal’s Masterfeeds Junior Heifer Beef Cattle Show.

By Diane Baltaz

Veteran cattle exhibitor Corner Jackson of Edgewater Farm, Caledonia, continues to win in the Canadian beef cattle show circuit.

Jackson, 21, exhibited cattle across Ontario since age nine, beginning 11 years ago with a heifer at the Paris Fair through the Brant 4-H.

This time, Corner won several Grand Champion Awards at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair and at Regina’s Canadian Western Agribition with a Charolais heifer, SVY Darlin 410M, which he co-owns with the Serhienko Cattle Company of Maymont, Saskatchewan.

Darlin initially won the Royal’s Champion Charolais Heifer banner. She moved on to the Masterfeeds National Junior Beef Heifer Show (NJBHS), which Corner said was one of the Royal’s largest, with 377 junior exhibitors.

At the NJBHS, Darlin won the Reserve Grand Champion Heifer, and Corner won the Grand Champion Showperson title.

Judges also designated Darlin as one of the Royal’s “Top Five” at the Beef Supreme Championship.

The Beef Supreme Championship takes place at the end of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. Its entrants consist of preselected champion cattle from 15 qualifying regional shows such as the Paris Fair; they earn what Corner calls “a ticket into the Supreme.” There, a three-judge panel evaluates all the females and bulls, pulling out a “Top Five” for each category before selecting the supreme champions.

“Darlin was one of the five female finalists -- I would guess there were approximately 40-plus female entries,” said Corner. “It was truly a remarkable Royal for me this year.”

Darlin also qualified for the Masterfeed’s Beef Supreme Championship at the Canadian Western Agribition in Regina.

This Brant County resident then flew to Regina to compete in the National Charolais Show and the Canadian Junior Beef Extreme.

In Saskatchewan, Darlin became the Agribition’s Champion Senior Yearling Charolais Female. She won the Champion Charolais Heifer in the First Lady Classic, as well as the People’s Choice Champion.

Born and raised at the Serhienko Cattle Company, Darlin travelled to Edgewater Farm in January 2025 for the Ontario show circuit. Darlin appeared at nine different shows, including the Paris Fair, from March to November before returning west for Agribition.

“It’s been a very successful year, with Darlin winning in her division at minimum all but three times,” said Corner about her Ontario career.

Corner is currently in his fourth year in Agriculture Science at the University of Guelph, majoring in Animal Science. He is also a member of the campus’s Canadian Agri-Marketing Association U of G Student Chapter.

Because Corner is usually only home from Guelph on weekends and holidays, he relies upon his family’s assistance on their farm, located near the Brant-Haldimand border and Six Nations. His grandfather, Reeford Corner, nurtures the cattle on weekdays. Parents John and Kim, sisters Lauren and Brooke, and girlfriend Morgan McIntyre provide support while showing cattle under the Edgewater Farm name.

Darlin remains in Saskatchewan at Serhienko’s in order to calve in the spring. 