Events

StrongHER in Beef

March 5, 2026 at 8:00 AM - March 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The GrandWay Events Centre, Elora

Confidence. Community. Cattle. StrongHER in Beef is a new Beef Farmers of Ontario event designed to celebrate, empower, and connect women across all roles in Ontario’s beef industry through learning, leadership, and community.

Back To Basics: Genetics Edition

March 14, 2026 at 8:30 AM - March 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The GrandWay Events Centre, Elora

This event will focus on the basics of genetic selection, and how to use genetic data to make performance improvements in your herd. We will discuss bull evaluation and heifer selection tools while hearing from experienced producers from both the commercial and seedstock perspective.

Mitigating Risk with Ontario’s Risk Management Program

March 17, 2026 at 7:00 PM - March 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Virtual

Spend your St.Patrick’s day with us learning how RMP can help you mitigate risk on your farm. Agricorp representatives will speak about the program requirements, and producers will share first-hand experience on how the program works for them.

On-Farm Euthanasia Training

March 19, 2026 at 11:00 AM - March 19, 2026 at 2:00 PM
University of Guelph

Captive Bolt Training with Dr. Sue Burlatschenko

Feedlot Forum

April 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM - April 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Four Points by Sheraton London

Join BFO for a one-day program as we stimulate ideas and discussion from prominent industry experts on strategies to mitigate risk in the feedlot sector, and how to navigate the transition to the next generation through succession planning.

BUILD Leadership Program

April 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM - April 27, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Virtual | Guelph | Toronto

Join us for a training program for beef farmers designed to develop and improve the leadership skills of existing and potential leaders of BFO. This program not only provides industry participants with the knowledge and confidence to excel as leaders, it supports those farmers who are capable of moving the Ontario beef sector forward - providing stronger leadership capacity for the entire organization.