Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Our guest today was raised on a dairy farm near Powassan in northeastern Ontario, received a bachelor's degree in nutritional science, a master's degree in ruminant nutrition, both from the University of Guelph.

He joined the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness in 1998 and has worked on livestock nutrition, alternative forages, feed and nutrient use efficiency, as well as sustainable livestock production.

Since 2014, he is OMAFA's Livestock Sustainability Specialist and has been an adjunct professor at the University of Guelph.

Christophe Juan, it's great to see you.

When you choose Canadian, you're making all of us stronger.

That's the Canadian way.

And we're back with Christophe Wan, the Livestock Sustainability Specialist at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness.

Christophe, once a cover crop is destined for the feed bunk, what are some of the biggest management factors that we as dairy farmers need to kind of think about to really make sure it's a useful feed ingredient? It's in the bunk.

But there are so many different organizations too.

So if you look up the North American Native Plant Society, the Ontario Invasive Species Council, the EDD Maps, which works with a bunch of them, the Master Gardeners of Ontario, OMAFRA, whatever, the Ag Society, your local Hort Society.

And these are just a few.

And then you've got all the regional conservation authorities.