August
9th Lambton SCIA Twilight Tour, 4:44 pm at Ken Nicholson's Farm, 3178 Kimball Road, Brigden, ON. $5 for dinner.
10th Elgin SCIA Summer Tour Central Elgin County
10th Grey County Federation of Agriculture Board Meeting Grey Ag Services - Markdale Starts at 8:00pm
10th Oxford County Cattlemen's Association Annual BBQ Tavistock Memorial Hall Meal served from 5:30pm - 8:00pm Tickets - $15 adults and $7.00 for children ages 6-12 For more infromation, contact: John Kaufman at 519.421.2327
15th to 17th Canadian Beef Industry Conference Calgary, Alberta Registration open
16th Perth County Federation of Agriculture Director's meeting Rostock Hall Board Room Begins at 8pm
17th Middlesex Cattlemen's 60th Annual Beef BBQ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm For tickets or information call 519-660-2935
18th Huron County Plowing Match Hosted by John & Kathy Gielen, and Warden Jim Ginn 69881 Babylon Line, South Huron (Mount Carmel, ON)More information: Call Neil Vincent: 519-357-2336
18th to 21st Fresh Food Fest, Tiny Township, corner of Conc 3 and Crossland Rd Friday night: A Three Sister's Feast celebrating the Indigenous and French culture in the area Saturday night: A 100 Mile meal www.farmfreshfoodfest.ca
22nd Middlesex SCIA Summer Tour, Dietrich Farms 33973 Roman Line, Lucan
22nd and 23rd Soil Conservation Council of Canada Summit on Canadian Soil Health, Delta Hotel, Guelph. The Costs and Consequences of Soil Degradation http://www.soilcc.ca/soilsummit/2017/index.php
24th Lambton SCIA, St. Clair Region CA, Lambton Cattlemen's Twilight Pasture Tour 2449 Cameron Road, Alvinston, Speaker: Doug Wray, Alberta Rancher "Grazing in a competitive cash crop environment" Pasture walk: Jack Kyle, former Provincial Grazing Specialist, Tim Prior, Brussels Agri Services. Please RSVP: Melissa Forbes 519-332-6783 or lambtoncattlemens@hotmail.ca
26th Perth County Plowing Match Urquhart Family Farm More information, contact Sara Woods at 226-820-2239
28th Bruce County Federation of Agriculture Directors meeting Bruce County Building - Walkerton 8:00pm
28th Huron County Federation of Agriculture Board Meeting Vanastra Office 8:00pm
September
7th Innovative Farmers of Ontario Compaction Day. Shawridge Farms, Arthur 9 am to 3:45 pm, Featuring European compaction researcher, Mathias Stettler with tools and technology to measure compaction. www.ifao.com to register
11th Oxford SCIA Fall Meeting, Canada's Outdoor Farm Show thamesvalley.wordpress.com
September 12,13,14 Canada's Outdoor Farm Show, Woodstock www.outdoorfarmshow.com
September 19-23 International Plowing Match & Rural Expo, Walton, Huron County plowingmatch.org/ipm-2017
26th Livestock Emergency Response Course in Listowel 9am to 4pm This course will cover decision making for accidents involving livestock, trailer design and extrication, animal behaviour; means to calm, rescue, capture and temporarily confine animals, laws, euthanasia protocols and how to develop response teams. Cost $200 + HST, cost includes training manual and lunch
30th Dufferin Town & Country Farm Tour 9:00am - 4:00pm A one day, self-guided driving tour, visiting farms in Mulmer and surrounding area. Cost: donation to the food bank For more details, visit www.dufferinfarmtour.com
October 19th CAFA's Farm Tax Update: The Delta in Guelph. Contact CAFA at 1-877-474-2871.
30th Livestock Day Hosted by the Grey Bruce Farmers' Week Committee Program featuring Dr. Temple Grandin who will be discussing the importance of good stockmanship and design of livestock handling facilities A hot roast beef dinner will be served at noon. Cost is $40.00. Pre-register by calling 519-986-3756, or emailing info@greyagservices.ca .
November 3rd to 12th Royal Winter Fair, Toronto, www.royalfair.org
14th to 17th 8th Annual Canadian Forage & Grassland Association Conference Delta Guelph Hotel and Conference Centre Guelph, ON
30th CAFA's Farm Women's Update at the Arden Park Inn, Stratford. For Information: www.cafanet.ca or 1-877-474-2871.