August
2nd Lambton County Cattlemen's 34th Annual Beef BBQ 5:30 - 7:00 pm Brooke-Alvinston-Inwood Arena Advance tickets $18, at door $20 Children (6-11) - $5 Contact any Director for tickets.
3rd Deadline to register for 'Getting Cattle onto Cover Crops' Workshop on August 10th Walkerton Clean Water Centre, Walkerton, ON 9am – 4pm Objective To provide cover croppers with the tools available to help integrate cattle into cover cropping systems as an additional business opportunity on their crop farms To RSVP, call Agricultural Information Contact Centre 1-877-424-1300 or email ag.info.omafra@ontario.ca
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 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
17th Middlesex Cattlemen's 60th Annual Beef BBQ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm For tickets or information call 519-660-2935
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
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.
