Monday, August 15, 2022
Farm Tour

Tuesday, August 16, 2022
INDUSTRY MEETINGS/PRESENTATIONS & OPENING RECEPTION

Wednesday, August 17, 2022
PRELIMINARY AND BREAKOUT SESSIONS, BANQUET AND AWARDS CEREMONY

DR. JODY CARRINGTON PRESENTED BY UFA

Back to the Basics of Rural Life: The Answer to this Disconnected Sh*tshow

Thinking Outside the Pasture PRESENTED BY FCC

To reflect and showcase entrepreneurs who found a way to differentiate their operation and make an impact

Featuring:

• Curt de Dood, Sunninghill Holsteins & Farmer John’s Market and McHale Equipment
• Dean Casorso, McIntyre Creek Cannabis
• Miranda Halladay, Elephant Island Winery
• Moderator – Curtis Grainger, Director, Lending Products and Sustainability Programs, FCC

BOV–INNOVATION 1.0 – Going Green with Implants – The Economic and Environmental
Benefits of Implanted Calves

Increasing efficiency means less land and water used and less GHG emitted over lifetime of an animal while delivering the same quality product. This session will cover the practice of implanting pre- and post- weaned calves and the environmental, and economic, benefits it could have on your operation.

Featuring:

• Dr. Kim Ominski, Professor, University of Manitoba
• Betty Green, G7 Ranch LTD.

Carbon Credit Opportunities for Beef Cattle PRESENTED BY TELUS AGRICULTURE

This will highlight available carbon credit programs for beef cattle, with primary emphasis on the Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Fed Cattle Offset Protocol which to date has identified over 125k tonnes of CO2e offsets from feedlots in Alberta. 

Featuring:

• Dr. Adam Shrek, Consultant, Feedlot Health by TELUS Agriculture

B&B – Not a Bed and Breakfast BUT Biogas and Beef
Do you have a big steaming pile of manure in your yard?   Learn how to turn it into renewable energy, improve it’s nutrient value, and make it easier to handle, in only 75 easy steps.  In all seriousness, biogas is becoming an emerging market for Canadian farms and Canada’s Beef industry can be an integral part of it. If done right it can improve your farming operation across all sectors, if done poorly it can compound many existing problems. Learn about how to do it right and avoid the traps. 

Featuring:

• Nicholas Hendry, P.Eng President, Stonecrest Engineering and Rural Green Energy

BOV–INNOVATION 2.0 – Rangeland Recovery

When mother nature strikes out, she can hit hard. During a serious weather event it you do everything you can to keep your head above water but what about when the dust finally settles? This session will cover pasture management and rangeland recovery strategies when bouncing back from serious weather events like fire and drought.

Featuring:

• Dr. Bart Lardner, Professor, University of Saskatchewan
• Jeff Braisher, Kingsclere Ranch Ltd

Is the Sky Falling? Learn More About Consumers’ Relationship with Beef & Nutrition

With the negative hype you see and hear about beef when it comes to human health and wellness, we feel like beef is the unloved child at the protein table.
Is it true? Is the ‘sky falling’? How much and for who? And what are they thinking and consequently doing when it comes to having beef at their table? Talking to Canadian consumers now is the best way to get a finger on the pulse of what is really happening, and what needs to be done.
Canada Beef shares what we learned and what we need to consider to optimize the marketing and communication efforts for this topic.
We have a remarkable beef story. Let’s be sure we tell it right!  

Featuring:

• Lisa Covens, Vice President, Communications and Public Affairs, Leger

WHOS ON YOUR TEAM?

What do you want out of your farm/ranch? Kickstart your thinking around why you do what you do, who is in control, and who you want on your team. Join Lance to talk about his experience in an interactive discussion about how he has built their operation to succeed.

Featuring:

• Lance Walker, CEO Walker Group, Walker Farms
• Moderator: Dr. Elizabeth Homerosky, 2022 Vice-Chair, DVM,MSc, DABVP – Veterinary Agri–Health Services

Salon A

Salon B

Salon C

BREAK

BOV–INNOVATION 1.0 – Going Green with Implants – The Economic and Environmental
Benefits of Implanted Calves

Increasing efficiency means less land and water used and less GHG emitted over lifetime of an animal while delivering the same quality product. This session will cover the practice of implanting pre- and post- weaned calves and the environmental, and economic, benefits it could have on your operation.

Featuring:

• Dr. Kim Ominski, Professor, University of Manitoba
• Betty Green, G7 Ranch LTD.

Carbon Credit Opportunities for Beef Cattle PRESENTED BY TELUS AGRICULTURE

This will highlight available carbon credit programs for beef cattle, with primary emphasis
on the Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Fed Cattle Offset Protocol which to date has identified over 125k tonnes of CO2e offsets from feedlots in Alberta. 

Featuring:

• Dr. Adam Shrek, Consultant, Feedlot Health by TELUS Agriculture

B&B – Not a Bed and Breakfast BUT Biogas and Beef
Do you have a big steaming pile of manure in your yard?   Learn how to turn it into renewable energy, improve it’s nutrient value, and make it easier to handle, in only 75 easy steps.  In all seriousness, biogas is becoming an emerging market for Canadian farms and Canada’s Beef industry can be an integral part of it. If done right it can improve your farming operation across all sectors, if done poorly it can compound many existing problems. Learn about how to do it right and avoid the traps. 

Featuring: Nicholas Hendry, P.Eng., President, Stonecrest Engineering and Rural Green Energy

BOV–INNOVATION 2.0 – Rangeland Recovery

When mother nature strikes out, she can hit hard. During a serious weather event it you do everything you can to keep your head above water but what about when the dust finally settles? This session will cover pasture management and rangeland recovery strategies when bouncing back from serious weather events like fire and drought.

Featuring:

• Dr. Bart Lardner, Professor, University of Saskatchewan
• Jeff Braisher, Kingsclere Ranch Ltd

Is the Sky Falling? Learn More About Consumers’ Relationship with Beef & Nutrition PRESENTED BY CANADA BEEF
With the negative hype you see and hear about beef when it comes to human health and wellness, we feel like beef is the unloved child at the protein table.

Is it true? Is the ‘sky falling’? How much and for who? And what are they thinking and consequently doing when it comes to having beef at their table? Talking to Canadian consumers now is the best way to get a finger on the pulse of what is really happening, and what needs to be done.

Canada Beef shares what we learned and what we need to consider to optimize the marketing and communication efforts for this topic.

We have a remarkable beef story. Let’s be sure we tell it right!  

Featuring:

Lisa Covens, Vice President, Communications and Public Affairs, Leger

WHOS ON YOUR TEAM?

What do you want out of your farm/ranch? Kickstart your thinking around why you do what you do, who is in control, and who you want on your team. Join Lance to talk about his experience in an interactive discussion about how he has built their operation to succeed.

Featuring:

• Lance Walker, CEO Walker Group, Walker Farms
• Moderator: Dr. Elizabeth Homerosky, 2022 Vice-Chair, DVM,MSc, DABVP – Veterinary Agri–Health Services

Salon A

Salon B

Salon C

CCA FOREIGN TRADE
The Foreign Trade Committee provides an overview of the work the CCA trade team undertakes with government and international partners. Each speaker provides an overview of Canada’s major beef markets.

Room 1-3

CCA ANIMAL HEALTH
The CCA Animal Health and Care committee meeting will have a pro-active focus on health or welfare concerns with the potential to affect our international disease status, public trust, or ability to protect the health of our domestic beef herd.

Featuring: Bob Burden, Director, Serecon

Room 5

Trade Show

Banquet and Awards

The National Environmental Stewardship Awards and Outstanding Research and Innovation Award followed by an evening of entertainment!

East Ballroom –
Penticton
Lakeside Resort

Thursday, August 18, 2022
ECONOMIC UPDATES AND COURSES, COWCHILLA

Grain Markets vs Inflation, War, and Mother Nature PRESENTED BY PRIDE SEEDS

With inflation at multi-decade highs, war in the Black Sea, and a North American growing season challenged by both dry and wet starts, where are wheat, canola, and grain markets in general headed? Join Brennan Turner as he walks through the factors he’s tracking most, and when he’s looking to make cash sales over the next year.

Featuring:

• Brennan Turner, Independent Grain Markets Analyst

Canadian Cattle Outlook

Production, prices, drought and demand. Canfax looks back over the past two years of supply and demand shocks before looking forward to what is coming in the fall of 2022 and 2023. When will supplies tighten and leverage shift?

Featuring:

• Brenna Grant, Executive Director – Canfax & Canfax Research Services

Global Protein and Beef Outlook

CattleFax will discuss the global cattle and beef situation, including supplies, demand, grains, competing proteins and other outside influences and factors such as weather and how they are impacting an already volatile marketplace. They will also look at ongoing economic trends and how those trends could impact the outlook going forward for the North American and global protein markets.

Featuring:

• Duane Lenz, Analyst, Cattlfax

Canadian Economic Outlook: What now, what next? PRESENTED BY BMO

Aaron Goertzen, Senior Economist & Director at BMO Capital markets, takes stock of the current economic landscape and discusses the outlook for growth, the labour market, inflation, interest rates, and the Canadian dollar.

Featuring:

• Aaron Goertzen, Senior Economist at BMO Capital Markets

Tri–Lateral Meeting (CLOSED)

National Cattle Organization Leadership from Canada, USA and Mexico meet to discuss strategies to benefit global beef trade – CLOSED

1:30 – 4:30 PM

COURSES

The Nuts and Bolts of Gate to Plate 2.0

Brought back after popular demand this crash course will provide the nuts and bolts of how to develop a successful business plan to direct market beef to your friends, neighbors and communities. PLUS – This year we bring in Crystal Mackay to focus on growing your brand and
selling your beef!

Featuring:

• Cole Ambrock, Instructor, Lakeland College
• Darla Stepanick, CPA, MBA, Lakeland College
• Crystal Mackay, Loft32

Salon C

Effective Range Management PRESENT BY MAIA GRAZING

An engaging session hosted by Rob Dinwoodie P.Ag (Retired BC Range Agrologist) and Annaleise Walker (Maia Grazing) on how to effectively manage your range for herd, grass and financial health. This session will outline best management practices for managing your tenure and provide tools to assist you in your range management decisions.

Featuring:

• Anneliese Walker, Maia Grazing, North American Support
•  Rob Dinwoodie

Salon B

Financing, Loans, Metrics….Confused Already? Let’s Break It Down

Alternative farm financing options and key financial metrics and strategies for growth.

Featuring:

• Lars Rogers, Director of Partnership, Area One Farms

RANCHING FOR PROFIT – The 3 Secrets for Increasing Profit

In this workshop you will …

• See if your ranch is really a business or just a low-paying, physically-demanding job.
• Learn the difference between economics and finance and why economics always
  comes first.
• Discover the only three things that any business can do to increase profit.
• Use the RFP benchmarks to find out which one applies to your business right now.

Featuring:

• Dave Pratt, Ranching for Profit

COWCHELLA – LIVE MUSIC, CRAFT BEER, FOOD TRUCKS & MORE!