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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Ontario Forage Council Pasture Walk in Leeds County
June 24, 2023
8:00 AM EDT
The Ontario Forage Council’s advanced grazing mentors are doing a series of pasture walks to demonstrate the elements of rotational grazing. Along with fencing demos and networking opportunities, they will offer information on water systems, carrying capacity, precision pasture management and more.
CFGA OFCAF Producer Information Session
Apr 3, 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.
BCFC Field Day – Pasture Assessment & Monitoring for Ranchers & Farmers
Aug 9, 2023
10:30 AM PDT - 3:00 PM PDT
BCFC is hosting a field day for ranchers and farmers interested in learning about how to do pasture assessments and use monitoring tools to make informed, on-farm grazing management decisions.