BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Pacific/Midway X-LIC-LOCATION:Pacific/Midway BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-1100 TZOFFSETTO:-1100 TZNAME:SST DTSTART:19700101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3646443:Event:77988 DTSTAMP:20260411T222108Z SUMMARY:Profitable Pastures 2020 DESCRIPTION:The Ontario Forage Council is proud to announce our upcomi ng annual Profitable Pastures 2020.  The conference will be held in M ount Forest, at the Mount Forest Community Centre, 850 Princess St, Mo unt Forest on Tuesday, March 10, 2020.  Additionally, remote location s will be added.  Please watch our website for news on these remote l ocations.  Presentations are CEU accredited.\nThis year’s keynote s peaker is Bill Thomas, of BT Agronomy. During his 30 years of extensio n service in Nova Scotia, Bill implemented educational forage producti on programs at the former Nova Scotia Agricultural College, now part o f Dalhousie University. His work as a lecturer at Dalhousie continues in the forage and soil management and livestock production courses. He 's developed policies on nutrient management, beef development and agr icultural awareness. He is a member of the Nova Scotia Institute of Ag rology, Agrology Institute of Canada and the Canadian Society of Agron omy and has served on several forage and crop and research committees. In 2011, he was named a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Agronomy, t he society’s most distinguished award.  Bill was the recipient of t he 2019 Canadian Forage and Grassland Association's Leadership Award.  \nIn addition to our keynote speaker, John Molenhuis, OMAFRA Business Analysis Cost Production Specialist, will kick off the day with How t o Determine your Cost of Production.  Attendees will be treated to a panel with the firsthand knowledge from producers experienced in manag ing their cost of production. The 2019 Mapleseed Sheep Pasture Award r ecipients Carrie Woolley/Brett Schuyler will present an overview of th eir operation, and Christine O’Reilly, the OMAFRA Forage and Grazing Specialist, will round off the day with a presentation on Grass Utili zation.\nThe cost of this year’s conference is $50 and includes a ho t lunch.  Registration deadline is March 9th, 2020.  Registrations w ill be accepted at the door, but may not include the hot lunch.  Regi stration is available by phone, or email.  Visa and Mastercard accept ed by phone.  Please make cheques payable to the Ontario Forage Counc il.\nFor more information please contact:\nOntario Forage Council\nPat ricia Ellingwood, Executive Assistant\nPhone:  (519)986-1484, or 1-87 7-892-8663\nPO Box 463\nMarkdale, Ontario\nN0C 1H0\nE-mail: support@on tarioforagecouncil.com\n \n\nFor more information visit https://ontag .farms.com/events/profitable-pastures-2020-1 DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Midway:20200310T100000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Midway:20200310T160000 CATEGORIES:conference LOCATION:Mount Forest Community Hall WEBSITE:http://www.ontarioforagecouncil.com/programs/profitable-pastur es URL:http://www.ontarioforagecouncil.com/programs/profitable-pastures CONTACT:1-877-892-8663 ORGANIZER;CN="Ontario Forage Council":https://ontag.farms.com/profile/ OntarioForageCouncil403 ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0 /file/get/1091553316?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Ontario Forage Council":https://ontag.farms.com/profile/OntarioForageCouncil40 3 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR