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January 16th - Sudbury & West Nipissing Cattlemen's Association Annual Meeting,
10:00 am - 3:00 pm, Days Inn, 117 Elm Street, Sudbury.
For more information and reservation, contact James Barrett @ 705-671-9137
January 20th - Power Breakfast: Putting Leadership before Time Management
7:30 am - 9:00 am
Comfort Inn, Hwy 17, Sturgeon Falls
Call 705-753-6904 or rbeauparlant@westnipissing.ca
Visit: www.westnipissingouest.ca
January 21st and 22nd - Executive Meeting, NPAHN
Inn on the Bay, North Bay
For more information contact Gord Mitchell @ mitchg@vianet.on.ca
January 23rd - Muskoka, Parry Sound & Nipissing Cattlemen's Association Annual Meeting
9:30 am - 3:00 pm
Magnetawan Friendship Centre, 73 Albert St., Magnetawan
For more information, contact Linda Blackmore @ 705-382-6383
January 27th and 28th - Introduction to Nutrient Management
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Caldwell Township Hall Building, 11790, Hwy 64, Verner
To register, call the Nutrient Management Toll-Free Information Line at 1-866-242-4460
February 2nd - Open House for Habitat Regulations under Endangered Species Act with the Ministry of Natural Resources
3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Colonial Inn, 28 Cedar Street, Coniston
County Federations and individual farmers may be interested in attending the session. Further information on these sessions is available from the local MNR office. No sign-up is necessary.
March 3rd - Traceability Business - full day session - OnTrace
Quality Inn, Hwy 11 North, New Liskeard
This is one of a series of traceability workshops for producers that OnTrace will be delivering this coming winter and spring. OnTrace is a not-for profit organization with a mandate to deliver traceability systems for the Ontario agriculture and food sectors. For more information, please visit http://www.ontraceagrifood.com/documents/workshop_producer.pdf or call toll free 1-888-38-TRACE (8-7223).
January 13th and 14th - 44th Dairy Farmers of Ontario Annual Meeting
Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Toronto. For information about new registration procedures, visit: www.milk.org
January 20th to 22nd - Ag Info Days 2010
January 20th - Crops Day
January 21st - Sheep/Maple Syrup/Organic/Farm Fresh/Poultry Day
January 22nd - Dairy/Beef/Horse Day
9:00 am
Georgian Downs, Hwy 400 at Innisfil Beach Rd exit, Barrie
There is a great line up of speakers, concurrent sessions, and an industry trade show. Come and talk with fellow producers and network with others in the industry. Be sure to visit the trade show in the exhibit hall.
For more information contact: Connie Brown 726-9300 ex 1224 scfa@drlogick.com Visit: Ag Info Days 2010
January 23rd - Farm$mart Conference
University of Guelph, Rozanski Hall. Details will be available on-line at http://www.uoguelph.ca/farmsmart/conference/
January 28th - Ontario Forum on Agri-Food Traceability
Holiday Inn Guelph Hotel and Conference Centre, 601 Scottsdale Drive, Guelph
For more information, visit: www.ontario.ca/traceforum
To register, call 1-877-424-1300
January 28th - 31st - 29th Annual Guelph Organic Conference - "Our Canadian Organic Identity"
Visit: www.guelphorganicconf.ca
February 2nd- 3rd - Ontario Soil & Crop Improvement Association Annual Meeting
Sheraton Fallsview, Niagara Falls
http://www.ontariosoilcrop.org/docs/agenda%20jan%206%20version%20(2).pdf
February - Free Stall and Tie Stall Housing Design Seminars
Free-Stall: February 3rd & 4th - Maxville (Community Centre)
February 10th & 11th - Stratford (Arden Park Hotel)
Tie-Stall: February 2nd - Maxville (Community Centre)
February 9th - Linwood (Community Centre)
These courses are specifically intended for producers with plans to build or renovate their free stall or tie stall barn in the next few years. The focus is on fundamentals of design. The course will provide practical information needed to build an economical, labour efficient facility that is comfortable for cows.
To register, call 1-877-424-1300 and visit: http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/livestock/dairy/facts/info_freetiestall.htm
February 17th-19th - Canadian International Farm Show
International Centre, Toronto http://www.canadianfarmshow.ca
March 2nd- 5th - Precision Dairy Management Conference
http://www.precisiondairy2010.com/
March 4th- 6th - Bring Food Home
Delta Kitchener-Waterloo, 105 King Street East, Kitchener
Visit: http://bringfoodhome.com/ and register at:
http://www.ohcc-ccso.ca/en/bring-food-home-conference-registration
1. On-line Survey to Analyze West Nipissing's Labour Market Needs
The West Nipissing Labour Market Study has prepared an on-line survey to facilitate the input from farmers. The purpose of the study is to identify the current and future workforce needs in the Municipality of West Nipissing. We invite you to complete the short survey to ensure that the labour needs of farmers be well represented in the final report. The questionnaire can be easily accessed at www.idnor.ca/AGRI_LMI_WestNip_English.html.
Five minutes of your time is all that is required to ensure that your labour needs are included in this local labour market initiative. The final report is expected to be completed in January 2010.
2. The Farms.com Yield Data Center is back for 2010!
Go to www.yielddata.farms.com <http://www.elabs7.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=auke,iw9u,nhz,imvs,31lo,3hc0,6e5l > and see plot data from your area.
Despite the long, slow harvest, we now have a wealth of valuable on-farm canola yield data from Bayer CropScience, BrettYoung Seeds, CANTERRA Seeds, Pioneer Hi-Bred, and VICTORY. Simply click on your province and view the yield results available from each sponsor. Some sponsors have provided additional information for each plot - click on highlighted text, audio or video icons at each plot to get more information for that specific plot.
More data is yet to come, so be sure to bookmark the site and return each week to see the latest results.
3. IMPROVING ONTARIO'S RESPONSE TO LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY DISEASES
Ontario is moving to protect animal and human health, and the economic viability of the livestock and poultry sector, by reducing the impact of animal diseases.
The proposed Animal Health Act, 2009 was introduced in the Ontario legislature.
The legislation, if passed, would:
* provide measures to assist in the prevention, detection, response to and control of animal diseases and other hazards to protect the livestock and poultry sector
* require the reporting of specific animal diseases to the Chief Veterinarian for Ontario
* enable the use of quarantine orders, surveillance zones and animal health control area orders to help control the spread of any detected disease or hazard
* support a future traceability framework for the quick identification and control of disease and food safety hazards. Read about the proposed Animal Health Act, 2009 at www.ontario.ca/omafra.
4. NEW REGUALTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR SEWAGE BIOSOLIDS AND OTHER NON-AGRICULTURAL SOURCE MATERIALS
On September 18, 2009, the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs jointly announced new rules and guidelines for applying non-agricultural source materials (NASM) to farmland. Changes to the management of non-agricultural source materials are designed to strengthen the rules and remove overlapping approval processes for farmers and generators of NASM.
The new rules establish consistent standards and requirements across the province which focuses on the quality of the material being land-applied, ensuring it meets strict criteria and is beneficial to the soil. The revised regulations will cover all Ontario farms where non-agricultural source material will be applied.
For more information on compliance and enforcement, please visit the MOE website at www.ontario.ca/nasm-moe.
If you have questions about the new NASM regulations, you can access the information posted on this website, e-mail or call the Agricultural Information Contact Centre ag.info.omafra@ontario.ca at 1-877-424-1300.