Chicken Farmers of Ontario Exhibiting at Canada’s Digital Outdoor Farm Show

Sep 15, 2020

BURLINGTON, ON – Chicken Farmers of Ontario (CFO) is pleased to be exhibiting at Canada’s Digital Farm Show from September 15 to September 18, 2020.

Canada’s Digital Farm Show is a virtual version of the annual Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show – a free event that delivers interactive content and unique programming including crop plot tours, equipment demonstrations, livestock automation, and an exhibitor showcase. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Outdoor Farm Show has moved to a digital, interactive platform for the 2020 event.

By visiting the CFO digital booth, show attendees will have the opportunity to speak with CFO Farming Operations Representatives (FORs), learn about business opportunities including CFO’s New Entrant Chicken Farmer Program for commercial scale farmers and CFO’s Artisanal Chicken Program for smaller-scale farmers entering the chicken business, and more.

CFO will also be hosting a session on “Innovative Programs for Entry into the Chicken Industry: CFO’s New Entrant Chicken Farmer Program & Artisanal Chicken Program”, providing a more in-depth look at CFO’s new business opportunities for farmers. Show participants can join the session on either Tuesday, September 15, 2020 from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM, or Wednesday, September 16, 2020, from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM.

Source : CFO

Video: Making budget friendly pig feed on a small livestock farm

I am going to show you how we save our farm money by making our own pig feed. It's the same process as making our cattle feed just with a slight adjustment to our grinder/ mixer that makes all the difference. We buy all the feed stuff required to make the total mix feed. Run each through the mixer and at the end of the process we have a product that can be consumed by our pigs.

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