April 27th - Grey County Chefs Forum Annual General Meeting Village Greens Cafe, Highway 10 north of Flesherton (Same building as the Food Hub) Meal at 6:30 for those interested - $10 Meeting starts at 7 p.m. Registration required - info@greycountychefsforum.ca or 519-924-3715.
Growing Forward 2 Information Session for agricultural producers coming up April 28th - Ramada Inn, London - 1 p.m. May 5th - Nicholas Keith Room, Wellington County Museum and Archives, Fergus - 10 a.m. May 6th - Brodhagen Community Centre - 10 a.m. May 7th - Centre Grey Recreation Complex, Markdale - 7:30 p.m. Information through the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association website - http://www.ontariosoilcrop.org/ May 1 - Open House at the Elora Beef Reearch Centre - Ariss Bull Performance and Reproduction 2-4 p.m. Includes researchers explaining the novel assessments for feed efficiency and reproductive performance of young bulls.
June 4 - CAFA Annual Ontario Current and Connected Conference Woodstock Quality Inn Topics include the direction of federal research adn capital gains deductions adn rollovers for farmers. www.cafanet.com/conferences
June 13th - Waterloo Rural Women's 20th Annual Children's Farm Safety Day Rick & Doreen Shantz farm - 7341 3rd Line, R. R. 2 Wallenstein 9:30-1:15 $5 per child, includes lunch and snacks Hands-on learning, activities and games regarding safety on the farm. Contact: Heidi Wagner - 519-664-3794 - ext. 237
June 14th - Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame Induction Country Heritage Park, Milton 7 inductees - including Don Lobb and Earl Wagner from Huron County.
July 8-9 - Southwest Crop Diagnostic Day University of Guelph's Ridgetown Campus 8:45-4 Register online by July 1st - www.diagnosticdays.ca
July 15-16 - Beef Farmers of Ontario Summer Advisory Council Meeting Sarnia
July 30 - August 2nd - Canadian Simmental Convention Lindsay http://www.ontariosimmentalassociation.com/
August 6-8 - Beef Sense Trent University, Peterborough For participants aged 18-25 Application deadline July 2 Register through the 4-H Ontario website.
August 12th - Innovative Farmers Soil Health Day Hewitt Creek Farms, near Innisfil Topics include How to Reinvigorate Your Soil and Optimal Use of Manure in a No Till System www.ifao.com
September 15-17 - Canada's Outdoor Farm Show Woodstock
September 22-26 - International Plowing Match & Rural Expo United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry www.plowingmatch.org
