2025 AGM & Producer Education Day Speakers

Unlocking calf health: Proven vaccination strategies for success

Dr. Gabriel Jantzi, Veterinarian
Metzger Veterinary Services

Dr. Jantzi will share his current observations on calf herds throughout Ontario and discuss vaccination strategies to help you achieve optimum performance.

Dr. Gabriel Jantzi grew up on a dairy farm near Wellesley and then lived with his family in Ukraine for eight years. In 2009, he completed a Bachelor of Science degree at University of Guelph. He graduated from veterinary college at University College Dublin in Ireland in 2013. Gabriel worked as a dairy vet for a year before joining Metzger Veterinary Services in 2014.

Market dynamics: What’s next for Ontario’s veal industry?

Steve Duff, Chief Economist
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Agribusiness

Steve will provide an update on Ontario’s veal market over the past year and where feed costs and veal prices appear to be going for the coming year.

Coming from a dairy and beef background in Ontario’s Northumberland County, Steve is an Ontario Agricultural College ‘94 grad who completed a Masters in Ag Economics from the Food, Agriculture and Resource Economics (FARE) department at the University of Guelph in 1996. Steve joined the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) in late 1997 after a year as a policy researcher within FARE for the Dairy Farmers of Ontario.

During this time Steve chaired several federal-provincial-territorial committees including the Business Risk Management (BRM) advisory committee, the BRM administrators committee and is currently the co-chair of the Farm Income Forecasting Committee. Steve is currently OMAF’s Chief Economist. Since 2011, Steve has been an Adjunct Professor in the FARE department teaching 4th year Agricultural Policy analysis. In 2016, Steve was the recipient of the first FARE distinguished alumnus award. Steve and his wife Robyn operate a beef and cash crop farm near Colborne, Ontario.