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AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS
Wednesday,
February 20
**Registration
7:30am - 10am**
Convene
10am
Election
of reps (4) to Board of Directors:
Cow/Calf/Feedlot/Backgrounder/Eastern
Region
Election
of reps to Feedlot and Cow Calf Committees
Election
of Directors to CCA
Presentation
of Environmental Stewardship Award
Guest
Speakers:
Reports
from:
·
OCA
President and Executive Director
·
Ontario
Corn Fed Beef program
·
Canada
Beef Export Federation
·
Canadian
Cattlemen's Association
·
Beef
Information Centre
·
CCIA
·
CanFax
(market update/outlook)
7:00pm Annual
Banquet
with after-dinner
Entertainment by
Award-Winning
Comedian,
Derek Edwards
Thursday,
February 21
Convene
9am
Proposed
Amendments to OCA Constitution
Debate
on Resolutions
Presentation
of Pasture Award
Guest
Speaker:
Ted Schroeder
, Kansas State
University "Meeting
Our
Challenges
through Vertical Coordination"
Panel
Discussion -
"Meeting Our
Challenges"
Participants
(confirmed):
Mike Buis, producer/OCA Advisory Councillor, Kent County
Jim Oehmke, CEO, George Morris Centre
Alistair Polson, Wanganui, New Zealand
Moderator:
Dan Ferguson, OCA Verified Beef Production - Quality
Starts Here Coordinator/CCIA Liaison
Spousal
Program
Wednesday, February 20 - 2:00pm
Toronto
A/B - Doubletree International Plaza Hotel, Toronto
Presentation
by:
Anita
Stewart
,
Author & Culinary Activist
"The
Power of Women in Agriculture"
sponsored
by:
Thursday, February 21 - Shopping
trip to Square One shopping centre
Cattlemen's College® - Tuesday,
February 19 - 7:00pm
Plaza
C - Doubletree International Plaza Hotel, Toronto
sponsored
by:
in
conjunction with the OCA 2008 Annual Meeting
Program:
Stan
Jacobs, General Manager, Douglas Lake Ranch, British
Colombia: "Herd Protocols and Marketing Cattle
in an Ever-Changing Environment"
Dr. Maury Bredahl and Mike von Massow
- University of Guelph, Dale Kaliel - Alberta Department
of Agriculture and Food: "Benchmarking for
Improved Performance"
Gord Colliar, Pfizer Animal Health: "Cowboy
Humour"
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