Join the Ontario Forage Council for their FREE webinar series on Profitable Pastures.
Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 8pm EST
James Byrne, OMAFRA Beef Specialist: Maximizing animal performance on pasture
Learn how pasture stage of growth effects cattle performance. Learn how to predict cattle performance from stage of growth and how to manage pastures to deliver your ideal cattle performance.
James Byrne is a Beef Cattle Specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs. James’ main areas of focus include improving cow/calf production and management, improving management of backgrounded cattle on pasture and in confinement, cattle nutrition, and performance from pasture. James writes regularly for Virtual Beef, Ontario Beef and Ontario Cattle Feeders. James is involved with the annual planning of Beef Symposium, Ruminant Feed Industry Days and Grazing Cover Crop workshops. James joined the Ministry in 2017 and is based out of the Lindsay office.
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CFGA OFCAF Producer Information Session
Apr 10, 2024
11:00 AM MDT
The session includes an overview of the 2024/2025 program, the application process, timeline, eligible expenses and information about opportunities for education and support, followed by questions and answers.
Melvern Square, NS: Advancing Pasture Potential: Pasture Preparation and Management
Feb 24, 2024
9:00 AM AST - 3:00 PM AST
Advancing Pasture Potential: Pasture Preparation and Management Workshop hosted by Nova Scotia Agriculture and Farmers for Climate Solutions. Relevant to beef, sheep and goat producers.
Grazing Club, Wapella, Saskatchewan
June 19, 2023
9:00 AM MDT
The CFGA is hosting a series of grazing clubs in Saskatchewan for producers to learn more about the fundamentals of grazing. On June 19, in the Wapella, SK area, join Ralph and Linda Corcoran as they discuss managed pasture with a plan and Alan and Kaylee Kneesch as they discuss Zero Till Gardening.