2024 Ontario Beef Youth Alliance Tour

May 1, 2024

Beef Farmers of Ontario are excited to host another Ontario Beef Youth Alliance Tour! Join us for innovative farm tours and networking!

Beef Farmers of Ontario have been so encouraged by the enthusiasm and engagement in the Ontario Beef Youth Alliance (OBYA). We are looking forward to bringing this group together again for an opportunity to connect with others and tour farms.

We are excited to host our tour in conjunction with the Canadian Cattle Young Leaders (CYL) Spring Forum. You can see more about the CYL program and this year's participants here: https://www.cattle.ca/canadian-cattle-young-leaders-celebrates-2023-2024-program-mentors. We will be joining up with the CYL participants for a reception on Friday evening, and doing farm tours together on Saturday.

Draft Agenda:

Friday, June 7th

1:30 pm Meet at Farm tour 1 in Waterloo County
3:30 pm Farm tour 2
5:30 pm Arrive at Hampton Inn & Suites, Waterloo
6:30 pm Dinner and Reception with CYL participants
Evening Hospitality

Saturday, June 8th

7:00 - 8:00 am Continental Breakfast available
8:00 am Bus leaving hotel
9:30 am Farm Tour 1 in Bruce County
11:30 am Guest Speaker and Lunch
1:00 pm Farm Tour 3
4:00 pm Bus to arrive back at hotel

Full registration includes all meals and hotel accommodations. Slip on boot covers or boot wash will be provided at each farm for biosecurity reasons.

Please 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 at the BFO office if you have questions.

If you didn't get registered in time, but are still wanting to come, please reach out to Jaclyn at jaclyn@ontariobeef.com.

We look forward to having you join us on June 7th and 8th!

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