The Ontario feedlot sector requires approximately 600,000 feeder cattle per year.  With the Ontario beef cow herd being less than 350,000, there is a great potential for Ontario cow-calf producers to meet an obvious need.  Continuing into 2011, OCA has been working with selected cow-calf producers to develop (and expand existing) calf clubs that will raise similar-type cattle under defined protocols with the intent of placing attractive sized lots of preconditioned Ontario calves into special calf sales.  Participating producers will be encouraged to participate in benchmarking surveys and grazing mentorship relationships.  We will build upon the premise ID information that has been gathered through past programs to enhance the traceability aspect of these calf clubs. This project will give us documented evidence to show Ontario’s cow-calf producers that being proactive and working together can result in improved profitability. It will show producers clear steps they can take in order to increase their returns, and meet the needs of Ontario’s feedlots.

Check-out what some of the clubs have been up to:

South Coast Calf Club
Sale Date: November 19, 2011 - Hagersville Auction Centre

Calf-O-Rama Clubs
Website - www.calforama.ca COMING SOON!