PDO Ontario and Quebec farm tour, Aug. 20 to 23, 2019

Date: August 20 to 23, 2019

Starting location: Woodstock, Ont.

Registration deadline: Monday, July 8, 2019

Producers and agribusiness personnel are encouraged to join the Progressive Dairy Operators (PDO) on its eastern Ontario and western Quebec farm tour from Aug. 20 to 23.

The event includes four days of touring by coach bus. Meals and accommodations are $500 for PDO members, and $550 for non-members.

The bus tour departs from Woodstock, Ont. Stops along the way include:

• Tweed cannabis plant;
• Dairy Distillery, Vodkow producer;
• A resort hotel in Lac Carling, Que.;
• Several farms in Ontario and Quebec with various technology, including automated feeding systems, an anaerobic digester, alternative bedding mixtures, tiestall robots, a moving floor in the calf barn and a 50-stall rotary milking parlour.

Visit pdo-ontario.ca to view the full itinerary, register for the tour or become a PDO member.

The registration closes on July 8, 2019.

For questions or more information, contact Nicole Perkins at admin@pdo-ontario.ca or 519-515-9956.