1 CDX announces the search for the perfect GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH in tandem with #CDX2021 on April 7 & 8 from 9am to 4pm. This competition is open to EVERYONE! It will highlight the ingenuity and creativity using 100% Canadian Cheese to create the perfect comfort food, the grilled cheese sandwich STEP #1 Register to attend the virtual CDX 2021. It is free to register. STEP #2 While you are enjoying CDX, featuring world class speakers and visiting online interactive exhibits, go to the Lobby page and click the CheeseFEST tab to upload a picture or video of your grilled cheese sandwich, with a few words describing why you think it’s special. Must use 100% Canadian Cheese. • All entries received by April 8 at 4:00pm will be considered by our panel of celebrity judges, the Four Cheese Amigos (Tim Henshaw, John Drummond, Russell Gammon and team CDX! • Winner will receive a prize basket that features great Canadian cheeses and other dairy products • MUST use 100% Canadian Dairy • MUST include picture of Canadian Dairy label in submission 2 3 CANADIAN PRIDE & THE CANADIAN DAIRY INDUSTRY TABLE OF CONTENTS Today producers establish LOOK FOR YOUR SCRATCH 3 themselves in one facet of farming TICKET IN THECDX_Scratch_Card-final.pdf MILK 1 2021-02-23 PRODUCER! 4:12 PM Great Canadian Grilled Cheese Challenge and gain a level of financial stability. th th Then, around farm boardroom tables, C Visit Virtual CDX April 7 & 8 ! Enter code for a chance to win 6 Russell Gammon the question: “How do we access M prizes from these companies! Valued CDX Sponsors Official Cheese more value from our land base and Y Amigo provide the opportunity to involve CM SCRATCH TO WIN! 9 MY CDX2021#WIN216 Welcome to the XPO! more people?” is examined. CY EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW CMY 10 AGAIN! In Canada the question is often K What Our Founding Partners Say About CDX Virtual! answered this way: “We’ll add a Visit DAIRYXPO.CA to register! Once upon a time a term “mixed poultry component to our existing 16 farming” was in vogue. You know, a Enter your code at Virtual CDX2021 to win amazing Virtual Dairy Classroom Schedule dairy operation”. Almost 20% of few cows, a few chickens, some pigs dairy operations include a feathered prizes from our sponsors! 28 and a huge garden. component. Whether the choice be CDX Scavenger Hunt meat or eggs, workloads mesh nicely Today we call such effortsand value per hectare rises. 31 diversification. And rather than Colouring Contest starting with the various elements Virtual CDX 2021 will be the place to 34 all at once a new strategy has been do more investigation on this timely Visit virtual CheeseFEST! adopted. topic as we are on the verge of birthing CPX! 36 Donate to 4-H Dairy Youth at virtual CDX! 49-58 Exhibitor Listing visit us @ WWW.DAIRYXPO.CA @canadiandairy @dairyxpo 4 5 VALUED CDX SPONSORS 6 7 2021 marks the first Virtual Canadian Dairy XPO! CDX continues to be the leading national dairy tradeshow for Canadian producers. We are exited to expose the Canadian industry to the world. We are pleased to have Joep Driessen from CowSignals - back by popular demand! He will be speaking live both days 12pm and 3pm daily with 4 unique CowSignals workshops! The Incredible Dr. Pol and his wife Diane from NATGEO Wild will be speaking both days on Ag Mental Health and youth on the farm; 10am and 1pm daily. Don’t miss the virtual Milking Robot and Dairy Daughter displays featuring full 360 farm tours and live streaming of their equipment. Stop by Tractor Chat lounge and use the open text chat for producers and industry to reconnect. CheeseFEST is where you can listen to bands that have performed previously at CheeseFEST and recognize our proud Canadian Cheese suppliers. Take part in the Virtual CDX scavenger hunt with amazing prizes from our sponsors. Feel like whipping up a gourmet grilled cheese? Register at CDX Virtual and enter your video for a chance to win the ‘Great Canadian Grilled Cheese Challenge’! We hope you enjoy your time at the Virtual CDX 2021 and we look more forward to having you live in 2022! To register for the Virtual CDX please visit our website www.dairyxpo.ca! 8 9 WHAT OUR FOUNDING PARTNERS SAY ABOUT CDX! “In this show you can see all different generations, “We get that international aspect. Many parts of getting all the passion the dairy industry are well represented.” for the dairy industry in Canada” Herman DeBoer, Sales Manager Hernando Restrepo, Regional Sales Manager “It’s all about building relationships. Any industry in “By focusing solely on the needs of Canada’s dairy agriculture that is very important.” industry, CDX is a one-stop-shop for dairy producers. I look forward to it every year!” Tom Blonde, Partner Karen Lee, Editor “I’d highly recommend anyone involved in the dairy Producers should come to CDX “especially if they are industry to be here. Visit all of the colleagues and looking to do something new on their operation, friends because everybody is here” everybody involved in the industry is here!” Brian O’Connor, General Manager Mary Lou McCutcheon, Vice President, Southwestern Ontario Agriculture “CDX is an excellent way to come and learn what’s “This is the chance to engage with the cutting edge new in the dairy industry. There is a lot of new of dairy and meet those people who are moving this innovative products that are launched here” industry” David Ross, VP and Chief Marketing Officer Dr. Tom Gutteridge, Associate Manager of 10 Technical Services 11 12 13 14 15 DAIRY CLASSROOM SCHEDULE Wednesday April 7th, 2021 Thursday April 8th, 2021 Dr. Jan Pol, The Incredible Dr. Pol Dr. Jan Pol, The Incredible Dr. Pol Youth in Agriculture Farm Generations 10:00am - 11:00am Dr. Joep Driessen, CowSignals Dr. Joep Driessen, CowSignals CowSignals for 2+ Lactations HoofSignals - How to Prevent 11:30am - 12:30pm Lameness Dr. Jan Pol, The Incredible Dr. Pol Dr. Jan Pol, The Incredible Dr. Pol Staying Positive in these times The Future of Farming 1:00pm - 2:00pm Dr. Joep Driessen, CowSignals Dr. Joep Driessen, CowSignals Stress Free Stockmanship Feeding Signals 3:00pm - 4:00pm 16 ® 17 18 19 20 21 U.S. AND CANADIAN DAIRY PRODUCERS: A BUSINESS AND LIFESTYLE THAT KNOWS NO BOUNDS dairy producers may not all have the same backgrounds or share the same geographical borders, they are connected by one important link: a Kristin Olson deep passion for what they do. The USA/International love, care and respect that producers Ambassador – of all sizes – have for their animals Growing up in Wisconsin with my and the land is exemplified through family’s small show herd, my love for the abundance of safe, nutritious the dairy community was sparked at dairy products and top-notch genetics an early age. Whether keeping calves that can be found around the globe. safe from the elements on bitterly cold nights, or exhibiting at State Despite recent challenges of Fair during the dog days of summer weather, mental health, or even and sharing our story with urban trade agreements, the passion that fairgoers, there were always lessons connects U.S. and Canadian dairy to learn. Most importantly, we worked producers can help drive our desire together as a family, doing everything to work together towards a common in our ability to keep calves and cows goal; ultimately, strengthening our healthy. After all, a family farm is both dairy community, while putting a business and a wonderful way of nutritious food on the tables of our life. families, friends and households around the world. Because, in the Although every story is unique, the end, the cows know no boundaries or story of the dairy producer and borders. Why should we? family farm – whether in Canada or the U.S. – oftentimes has more 22 parallels than the contrary. While 23 EIGHT NEW PRODUCTS, SERVICES TO BE FOUND AT CDX 2020 Agricle – Milk Bar Vitality Bottle System fieldwork, salt and grease on lacquered PMT Group – Defence (formerly W-9802) www.agricle.com {Hall 1} surfaces, hydraulics, valves, etc. It is ideal www.pmtgroup.com {Hall 2} Agricle is offering calf feeders a simple for use on tractors, transport trucks, large PMT Group is the official distributor for method to ensure calves are using the equipment, dairy robots, boats, trailers Canada for Defence (formerly W-9802), proper teat to optimize drinking speed and pick-up trucks or vehicles. manufactured by eCow. It contains Karen Lee for their age. The Milk Bar Vitality Bottle protective and inflammatory response Editor System combines a unique chute design Lactanet – merger of Canadian Dairy proteins that are produced in the www.progressivedairy.com with a colour-coded management system. Network, CanWest DHI and Valacta mammary gland. When the product is The management system allocates a www.lactanet.ca {Hall 2} fed, the proteins target the animal’s white Several companies announced new colour to calves born within the same This will be the first time in the CDX blood cells to fight against disease. This products or services they are planning to week. The colour code can also help to environment with the branding of product bridges the immunity gap until showcase at CDX 2020 by participating identify a sick calf or another one that is Lactanet. The partnership between the the animal has time to develop an immune in contest to win a free ad in this official taking medication. Canadian Dairy Network, CanWest DHI response. Defence works together with program.