Join BC Cattlemen's Association and the Canadian Cattlemen's Association for a great joint event to learn about environmental cattle industry research and a Town Hall meeting to hear about CCA's advocacy activities.

NO CHARGE. Please register below to attend all or specific parts of the event.
NOTE: Registration for dinner required by Wednesday, January 27, 2016.

Program Schedule:

February 2, 2016

1:00-4:00pm Technology Transfer event
4:00-5:00 pm Social - Cash Bar
5:00-6:00 pm Dinner
6:00-9:00 pm Town Hall Meeting

1:00-4:00 pm

KEYNOTE: "EVALUATING THE ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT OF CATTLE PRODUCTION IN CANADA"

Dr. Tim McAllister, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
Sponsorship for the Keynote is provided by North Peace Savings and Credit Union

Following the keynote will be a rotation of mini-sessions with researchers on a variety of topics surrounding the theme of environmental sustainability relating to cattle production, including:

• Using cattle to manage invasive plants
• Wildlife Management BMPs and Mitigation Strategies
• Livestock Protection: prevention, verification and mitigation
• Ecological Goods and Services (EG&S) programs
• Pyric Herbivory: Patch-burn Grazing Systems

Participants will be provided with a brief taste of a variety of research with practical solutions that can be adopted in their own operations, and will leave with additional resources and contacts for further information, and videos and resources from previous tech transfer events held in 2015.

Funding for this BCCA Technology Transfer Pilot Program event has been provided by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Ministry of Agriculture through the Canada-BC Agri Innovation Program under Growing Forward 2, a federal-provincial-territorial initiative.

4:00-5:00 PM
SOCIAL HOUR

Join us for a drink and fellowship.

CASH BAR with beer & wine available

5:00-6:00 PM
DINNER

Complimentary dinner provided by Farm Credit Canada.

Registration required by January 27.

6:00-9:00 PM
CCA TOWN HALL MEETING

Join representatives from the Canadian Cattlemen's Association to hear updates on a number of industry issues and programs that CCA has been working on to advocate for Canada's beef producers. Attendees will hear updates from our national organizations & programs such as CCA, Canada Beef Inc., Beef Cattle Research Council, Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, Beef Advocacy, and Cattlemen's Young Leaders, covering topics including (but not limited to):

• COOL, Trans Pacific Partnership and other trade agreements
• National Beef Strategy
• Proposal to increase National Check-off
• CCA Issues Management strategy
• Expansion of the Verified Beef Program and Sustainability programs

There will be ample opportunity for producers and attendees to ask questions and address concerns of the industry.

Thank you to Farm Credit Canada for sponsoring the Dinner and Town Hall event.