Agenda

What Does The Consumer Want? –
Jim Clark

Canadian Association of Food Service Professionals – Mark Cator, President

• Brand Recognition
• Support level for New Product Development
  

The Ethanol Frenzy: 1 Year Later –
Dr. Simon Timmermans

• Food for Fuel
• Livestock Feeding Strategies
• Biomass – The New Trend?
• Feed costs… What does the future hold?

Bio-Diesel Workshop

• Feasibility of on farm units
• Cost recovery
• Livestock feed co-products
• Feed costs... What does the future hold?

Ontario Corn Fed Beef Welcome Reception

• Exhibitors Ballroom
• Networking Opportunity for Producers, Industry Partners and Consumers as Beef Industry Stakeholders
• Stand up Reception including Appetizers and Cocktails
• Buffet Specialty Sandwich Bar

Ontario Cattle Feeders’ Association Annual Meeting - Opening Remarks

• Election of Board Members
• OCFA Strategies
• OCFB Strategies

Pfizer Animal Health Cattleman’s College

• Dr. Calvin Booker, Managing Partner and Research Manager for Feedlot Health Management Services, Okotoks, Alberta - "Using Risk Assessment and Risk Management Principals for the Prevention and Control of UF/BRD in Feedlot Cattle"
• Dr Rob Bell, Bovine Sales Manager and Technical Support for Eastern Canada "Health Preparation of Calves for the Feedlot”

Reception – Pfizer Animal Health

• Exhibitors Ballroom and Hall
• Showcasing “Chef creations with Beef”
• Entertainment

Ira Blumenthal, Modern day business “Renaissance Man”

• Edutainment with a Motivational Flair
• Success of Changes
• “Capitalizing on the Challenges of Change”

Panel Discussion

• Moderated by Michael Vaughan, and including Dan Murphy, Ira Blumenthal, and John Ibbitson
• This promises to be a lively discussion touching on industry relations, passion for functional change, international political and business influence and interviewed by one of the best, theorizing all comments into perspective.
  

Welcome

• National Cattle Feeders’ Association Update
• Ontario Cattle Feeders’ Association Update
• Ontario Corn Fed Beef Update

Denis Dineen

• Marketing Trends and the Expanding Retailer Market

John Ibbitson

• Globe and Mail Journalist based in Washington DC
• Leading economic and political affairs columist “Agricultural Impact of the Foreign Investment Influence on North American Money Markets and Business“

Ontario Limousin Association Annual Meeting
Ontario Veal Association Annual Meeting
Ontario Cattlemen's Association Cow Calf Committee Program
Implemented by: Jack McCoubrey, Bob Gordanier and Kim Sytsma

Management Decisions to Improve Calf Health

• Dr. Janice Berg, Schering Plough Western Technical Services Veterinarian “Field and Research Trials on New Scour Vaccine - Jencine ERC”
• Dr. Rob Bell, Pfizer Animal Health Eastern Bovine Sales, Tech Manager “Trial Data Supporting Solutions for Cryptosporidiosis and Coccidiosis”
• Dr Bryan Hicks, Arthur Veterinary Services “Challenges and Field Results with Early Age Calf Health Issues”
• Dr. Peter Kotzeff, Chesley Veterinary Management Services “Field Treatment and Trials for Cryptosporidiosis and Coccidiosis”
• Cory Van Groningen, Cow Calf Producer, Fisherville Ont. “Producer Perspective Solving Early Age Calf Health Challenges”