Progressive Dairy Operators

REGISTRATION OPENING SOON!

FARM SHOW EVENTS

THURSDAY SEPT 11TH

BRUNCH:

PDO is once again hosting free admission and free brunch at the Farm Show on Thursday, available from 9:00 am till noon. Member farms receive two free admission and brunch tickets per farm, with a value that more than covers our membership fees. To receive this benefit join PDO at www.pdo-ontario.ca/membership

EVENING BANQUET:

Craigowan Golf Course, 595838 Highway 59 North, Woodstock, ON

Enjoy a full-course dinner in the Van Haeren Banquet Room and renew your acquaintances. A 'Cash Bar Happy Hour' begins at 5:30pm followed by a delicious buffet dinner at 6:30pm.

BUFFET DINNER SPONSORED BY:

GUEST SPEAKER: Graeme Crosbie, FCC

Navigating Dairy Trade

from a Canadian

Perspective

Graeme Crosbie is a senior economist at FCC. His focus areas include macroeconomic analysis and insights and monitoring and analyzing Canada's food and beverage industries. Having grown up on a dairy farm in southern Saskatchewan, he occasionally comments on the health of the dairy industry in Canada.

Graeme has been at FCC for 10 years, spending most of that time in risk management. Graeme holds a master of science in financial economics from Cardiff University and is a CFA chart

FRIDAY SEPT 12TH

FARM BUS TOUR:

You won't want to miss the 2025 tour! This year's farm tour invites you to explore how four farms are rethinking what it means to be efficient, sustainable, and innovative dairy farm labour, investment in guided vs. free cow traffic and don't miss the opportunity to see milking water buffalo!

Tour Stops:

Koskamp Family Farms, Stratford

Spekhaven Dairy Ltd, Embro

Blanshard Dairy Inc, St. Mary’s

Donker Lane Dairy, Embro

The tour will be departing from Performance Dairy Centre Inc, 375066 Line 37, Embro, ON, N0J1J0

BUS TOUR SPONSORED BY: