June 22-23 - 43rd annual Ontario Pork Congress Stratford Rotary Complex, Stratford Over 140 Canadian and international exhibitors expected at the Congress Trade Show this year www.porkcongress.on.ca
June 23rd - C & M Seeds 25th Annual Wheat Industry Day Pike Lake Golf and Country CLub Speakers include Peter Johnson and Doctor David Hooker RSVP 519-343-2126 or 1-888-733-9432 by June 17th.
June 26th - Guelph and Wellington County Local Food Fest Ignatius Jesuit Centre, Guelph - 11-5 Includes food skill building workshops and demonstrations as well as a farmers market, live music and kids activities $5 per person - $10 per family
Ontario Soil & Crop Improvement Association Food Safety Webinars Explaining food safety risks and the good agricultural practices you can put in place to reduce or eliminate those risks. Run 1 to 1 and a half hours June 27th - Worker Practices All start at 7 p.m. For additional details or to register for any of the webinars go to the OSCIA website - www.ontariosoilcrop.org June 28 - Perth Soil and Crop Improvement Association Twilight Tour Perth Demo Farm, north of Mitchell on Perth Line 44 - across from Huron Tractor Bacon on a bun at 5:30 - speakers from 6-8 $10 for members and non-members
June 29th - Second Rural Ontario Summit on Youth Stratford Rotary Complex, Stratford Focussing on attracting and keeping youth in rural Ontario Gathering young people ages 15 to 29 from across rural Ontario as well as leaders from municipal government, First Nations and Metis communities and rural businesses as well as representatives from community organisations. https://news.ontario.ca/omafra/en/2016/06/second-rural-ontario-summit-on-youth-set-for-late-june.html
July 4 - Bruce County Soil and Crop Annual Car Tour Starts at the Paisley Arena at 10 a.m. Lunch provided Contact Adam Ireland if coming - adam@hjvequip.com
July 5 - Ontario Forage Expo 2016 Forage Equipment Demonstrations and Trade Show Farm of Carman & Beth-Ann Weppler and Family, 7504 Minto/Normanby Townline, Clifford. Dundas County will host the Eastern Ontario version on July 7th in Winchester. Free to the farming community - lunch available on-site - no pre-registration required. www.ontarioforagecouncil.com
July 6th - Huron County Progressive Safety Day Seaforth Ag Society, Seaforth 9 a.m. start time For children 5-12 years old to provide education and training to make farm and country life safer and healthier for children. Cost is $5 - includes lunch, snacks, a T-shirt and a take-home 'goody' bag. Search for Huron County Progressive Safety Day on Facebook.
July 6th - Grey-Dufferin Community Pasture Annual Tour and Open House Southgate Road 12, West of Grey County Road 8 Hot beef on a bun at 6, Wagon tour at 7 For more information call 519-923-3232 or 519-941-3870
July 6 - Ontario Canola Growers Association Annual Crop Production Tour 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Highway 6 - Ferndale Flats, Bruce County, Carlotte Farms Featuring trials including twin row Monseum planter trial www.ontariocanolagrowers.ca
July 6 and 7 - 22nd Annual SouthWest Crop Diagnostic Days University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus 8:45-3:30 each day www.diagnosticdays.ca
July 8-9 - Beef Youth Development Program Lindsay For ages 18-35 For information contact Bethany Storey (bethany@ontariobeef.com or Dan Ferguson (dan@ontariobeef.com)
July 12 - Grey Soil and Crop Improvement Association Tour Starts at Don Ready's farm - Grey Road 13 - Kimberly
July 12-14 - Pork 101 Three-day, hands-on educational opportunity to update interested participants on quality and consistency issues in the pork industry. Open to pork producers, meat processors, retail merchandisers and animal health professionals At the University of Guelph Register at www.meatscience.org
Saugeen Conservation has a series of Coffee, Crops and Donuts workshops coming up. The workshops are taught by farmers, for farmers, to share experiences and methods in implementing best management practices on a variety of farms. July 12th - 9-11 - Pollinator Health and Habits - Osprey Bluffs Honey Company's Hugh Simpson - 250 sideroad east of highway 10 - Corbetton July 18th - 9011 - High Resolution Soil Sampling and No-Till Management - Gerard Grubb farm - 585 Elora Road - Mildmay July 21st - Cover Crop Demo trials - North Wellington Co-Op - Alsfeldt Week of August 1st - Cover Crop Demo Trails - Parrish & Heimbecker - exact location TBA August 18th - 10-1 - Strip Till Management and Drones - Shauss Land & Cattle's Ken Schauss and Richard Ahrens - 1633-1635 Bruce 4 - Walkerton August 30th - 9-11 - Interseeding Cover Crops Into Corn & Planting Into Green Cover Crops - 2 sites - Harry Biermans - Concession 10 between sideroad 5 and 10, Paisley and Peter Kotzeff, Concession 6 between Bruce 11 and Sideroad 5, Paisley September 2nd - 10-12 - Equipment for Best Management Practices - with Jim Boak - at Bruce County Plowing Match
July 15 - Ontario Canola Growers Association Annual Crop Production Tour Ferndale Flats at Highway 6 and Little Pike Bay Road 10 a.m. to 3 Look for the bright yellow canola sign and field www.ontariocanolagrowers.ca
July 14 - Farm Smart Expo - agronomic and diagnostic day Elora Research Station Check out the Farm Smart Conference website for details
July 15-17 - Summer Fair and Farm Expo Country Heritage Park, Milton Chance to glimpse farming past, present and future. Includes 4th annual Super Pull Event on Saturday. www.countryheritagepark.com
July 16th Perth County Junior Farmers Square Dance Competition @ Listowel Fairgrounds - part of the Listowel Fair 1 p.m. Register by June 25th email tori.hadfield@gmail.com for more info or check them out on Facebook http://facebook.com/PerthCountyJuniorFarmers
July 19 - Progressive Agriculture Foundation Safety Day for Children Teeswater Age-appropriate safety event to help children learn how to be safe on the farm. Contact: Linda Freiburger - 519-881-0549 www.casa-asca.ca/SafetyDays
July 20-21 - Beef Farmers of Ontario Summer Meeting Best Western Pembroke Inn & Conference Centre Pembroke 613-735-0131
July 21 - Wellington Soil and Crop Improvement Association Tour Starts at Ken Musselman's, Country Road 21, Elora
July 22nd - Bruce County Federation of Agriculture 75th anniversary celebration Cargill Community Centre Social at 6 - dinner at 7 Guest speaker - Michael 'Pinball' Clemens Tickets $40 each 519-364-3050 or 1-800-275-9551
July 24th - Grey County Federation of Agriculture celebrates agriculture At the Sinclair Auction Barn, Ceylon from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Entertainment by Cara Smith Country Relaxing afternoon of local foods, drinks and entertainment $10 OFA members bring your card for special offers
August 14-16 - Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Assoication summer meeting Emiry Farms - Emiry Road - Massey, Ontario
August 16th - Waterloo Soil and Crop Improvement Association Classroom in the Field Darcy Weber's Farm - Floradale Road - Elmira 10 a.m. to 3 OMAFRA Soil Team will be presenting Pig Road for $5
August 24-27th - Canadian Plowing Championships Anderson Links - Ottawa www.cpc-16.org
September 13-15 - Canada's Outdoor Farm Show Woodstock www.outdoorfarmshow.com
September 20-24 - International Plowing Match and Rural Expo Minto, Wellington County www.plowingmatch.org/home-2016
November 4-13 - Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Toronto
