Germany Tour
SAVE THE DATES: Nov 11-18, 2024.
Tour Details:
PDO is excited to offer an international tour in November of this year to visit:
10 dairy farms and 1 factory tour
Tourist Stops including Hamburg harbour tour, Berlin city tour, Potsdam and Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Museum
Eurotier livestock equipment show in Hanover.
The tour includes 8 nights accommodation, 8 breakfasts in the hotels, 6 lunches, 6 dinners and admission to all venues. Flights to Amsterdam arriving no later than Monday, November 11 at 7:10 a.m. (KLM/Delta) and returning from Berlin are not included in the tour.
If you have interest in attending, please complete the Registration Form and send to Nicole at admin@pdo-ontario.ca or Lawrence by Fax at (403) 764-2042
Tour Sponsors:
Outdoor Farm Show Brunch, Banquet & Farm Tour
September 12-13, 2024
Woodstock, Ontario
PRODUCER BRUNCH
8:30am - 10:30am at the Outdoor Farm Show.
Special Events Tent
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.
Evening Banquet
SOLD OUT
BANQUET GUEST SPEAKER
Dr. Ali Dehghantanha
Professor of Cybersecurity and Threat Intelligence, University of Guelph
What if hackers brought your whole enterprise to a standstill?
Financial assets are the most obvious target for hackers, but for farms, the consequences could be even more disastrous. Shutting down a barn’s systems that control feeding, milking and ventilation could cause countless losses and negatively affect health and well-being of all animals. Animal health, genetic and production data could all be erased or tampered with, and untangling these databases could easily take years.
Hear how to be prepared when a cyber attack happens and the steps that producers can take to control their own farm’s vulnerability.
The bus tour will depart from the lower parking lot of the Quality Inn Woodstock, 580 Bruin Blvd. at 7:30am and plans to return shortly after 5:00pm.
Farm Stops:
Eagle Lee Dairy – Stam Family, Norwich
Orion Holsteins, Van Stuyvenberg family, Ayr
Joe Loewith & Sons Ltd., Loewith family, Hamilton
Don-Mair Farms, (Legend Maker Holsteins), Smith family, Mount Hope
Van Der Molen Farms, Van Der Molen family, Jarvis