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Apr. 27 - Southwestern Ontario Agricultural Calendar

Growing Forward 2 Information Sessions for agricultural producers coming up April 28th - Ramada Inn, London - 1 p.m. April 29th - Wilson Hall, University of Guelph, Ridgetown - 1 p.m. April 30th - Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers - Leamington - 10 a.m. May 4th - OMAFRA Office - Simcoe - 9:30 a.m. May 4th - OMAFRA Office - Vineland - 2 p.m. More information on the Ontario Soil & 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 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

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Scoreboard, June 26

The Toronto Blue Jays dropped their third in a row Thursday, 6-5 to the visiting Texas Rangers, and the Detroit Tigers suffered a 2-1 loss to Houston.