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SUMMARY:2025 Cow-Calf Management Tour
DESCRIPTION:Beef Farmers of Ontario invite you to join us on August 22 and 23\, 2025\, for farm tours in Lennox & Addington and surrounding area. This event will provide an opportunity to learn from other cow-calf producers through farm tours and guest speakers. We look forward to discussing pasture research and management\, genetic selection\, strategies to prepare calves for the feedlot\, marketing\, and more. Please note\, only the August 22 event day qualifies as an OFCAF Rotational Grazing Knowledge Sharing Event. \nDraft Agenda: \nFriday\, August 22nd \n12:15 pm Registration at the Hampton Inn\, Napanee \n1:00 pm Bus departs hotel \n1:15 pm Farm Stop 1 \nThis family farm is a mixed farming operation consisting of hay\, beef\, soy beans\, and wheat. They have a Charolais cow herd where they focus on producing quality calves that will go on to perform well in the feedlot. Their farm meets the standards of the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB) through certification with the Verified Beef Production Plus (VBP+) program. They emphasize the value of improving the environment through rotational grazing\, water management\, and working with organizations like Ducks Unlimited. \n3:15 pm Farm Stop 2 \nThis family farm is a purebred Red Angus cow-calf operation which focuses on genetic selection and producing seedstock. Discussions will focus on marketing cattle\, succession planning\, forage production\, and a guest speaker on predation challenges. \n4:30 pm Farm Stop 3 \nThis family farm features an 800 head backgrounding operation. We will take a wagon ride tour of the pasture-based operation discussing grazing management\, processing protocol\, and their business model on sourcing calves and having consistent buyers. \nDinner catered on-farm. \nLiving Lab Producer Panel \nLiving Lab – Ontario is a five-year innovation project that brings together farmers\, organizations\, researchers\, and other experts to co-develop\, test\, and evaluate beneficial management practices (BMPs) that address climate change challenges in livestock and cropping systems. We will hear from producers involved in the beef-related living lab projects. \nEvening Hospitality \n9:00 pm Bus returns to hotel \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen? Friday August 22 @ 1:00 pm – 9:00 pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhere? Napanee\, ON\, Canada \nREGISTER NOW: Deadline to register is August 6th\, space is limited this year. \n2025 Cow-Calf Management Tour is an OSCIA-recognized Knowledge Sharing Event (KSE) for farmers with On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) projects in the Rotational Grazing category. 
URL:https://membership.ontariosoilcrop.org/event/2025-cow-calf-management-tour/
CATEGORIES:ÉPC,KSE,Rotational Grazing Systems,Systèmes de rotation des pâturages
ORGANIZER;CN="Beef Farmers of Ontario":MAILTO:info@ontariobeef.com
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SUMMARY:Cow-Calf Management Tour
DESCRIPTION:Beef Farmers of Ontario invite you to join us for farm tours in Brant County and surrounding area. This event will provide an opportunity to learn from other cow-calf producers\, along with a tour of a feedlot and local abattoir. We look forward to discussing pasture management\, strategies to prepare calves for the feedlot\, and herd expansion. \nCOW-CALF MANAGEMENT TOUR\nBrant County & surrounding area\nSEPTEMBER 6 & 7\, 2024 \nRegister here \nDraft Agenda: \nFriday\, September 6th \n\n12:30 p.m. Registration at Best Western\, Branford\n1:00 p.m. Carpool to first farm\n1:20 p.m. Farm Stop #1 – Commercial cow-calf\, feedlot and cash crop operation\n3:15 p.m. Farm Stop #2 – feedlot operation with discussion on traceability\n5:15 p.m. Return to hotel for check-in\n6: 30 p.m. Dinner and evening reception\nEvening Hospitality\n\nSaturday\, September 7th \n\n7:00 – 8:00 a.m. Breakfast\n8 :15 a.m. Bus to depart hotel\n9:00 a.m. Stop #3 – Provincial Abattoir Tour\n11:30 a.m. Lunch Stop\n1:00 p.m. Farm Stop #4 -commercial cow-calf and backgrounding with discussions on\nrotational grazing and barn design\n3:00 p.m. Arrive back at Best Western\, Brantford\nSafe travels home\n\nPlease note: For the safety and security of our tour hosts\, we have omitted names and location details from the agenda above. The complete agenda\, including addresses for tour stops will be provided after registration. Please contact Jaclyn or Dan with BFO if you have questions. \nFull registration includes evening dinner and hotel accommodations on the night of September 6th\, along with breakfast and lunch on September 7th. Slip on boot covers or boot wash will be provided at each farm for biosecurity reasons. \nThe Cow-Calf Management Tour is an OSCIA-recognized On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) Knowledge Sharing Event (KSE) for applicants with approved Rotational Grazing or Cover Crop projects.
URL:https://membership.ontariosoilcrop.org/event/cow-calf-management-tour/
CATEGORIES:Cover Cropping,KSE,Rotational Grazing Systems
ORGANIZER;CN="Beef Farmers of Ontario":MAILTO:info@ontariobeef.com
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SUMMARY:BFO Cow Calf Management Tour (Durham Region)
DESCRIPTION:Beef Farmers of Ontario invite you to join us for farm tours of commercial and purebred cow-calf producers across Durham Region. This event will provide an opportunity to learn from other cow-calf producers\, along with a tour of a feedlot to understand the attributes that lead to calves performing well throughout the feeding period. We look forward to discussing rotational grazing plans\, pasture management\, and cover crop production. \nVisit https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2023-cow-calf-management-tour-tickets-687322148047 to register. \nPlease note: The complete agenda\, including addresses for tour stops will be provided after registration. Please contact Jaclyn or Dan with BFO if you have questions.
URL:https://membership.ontariosoilcrop.org/event/bfo-cow-calf-management-tour/
LOCATION:Durham County
CATEGORIES:KSE,Rotational Grazing Systems
ORGANIZER;CN="Beef Farmers of Ontario":MAILTO:info@ontariobeef.com
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