December 15th - Innovative Farmers Marketing Workshop Springfield Golf and Country Club, Guelph Speakers include Mike Mock with the Andersons Group, Steve Kell with Parrish and Heimbecker and Gord Nysteun with Input Capital. Info and to register - www.ifao.com
December 15th - Forage Focus Conference 2015 Shakespeare Optimist Hall 'Forage Mixtures to Optimize Milk, Cow Health and Profit' www.ontarioforagecouncil.com/programs/forage-focus
January 5 & 6 - South West Agricultural Conference University of Guelph Ridgetown Campus www.southwestagconference.ca
January 6-12 - Grey Bruce Farmers Week Elmwood Community Centre 6th - Beef Day 7th - Dairy Day 8th - Goat Day 9th - Sheep Day 10th - Horse Day 11th - Ecological Day 12th - Crops Day www.greyagservices.ca
January 11th - Grain Farmers of Ontario District 7 - Waterloo/Oxford - Annual Meeting Craigowan Oxford Golf and Country Club R. R. 6, Woodstock 10 a.m. start time
January 13th - Grain Farmers of Ontario District 9 - Perth - Annual Meeting Time and location to be determined.
January 14th - Grain Farmers of Ontario District 8 - Huron - Annual meeting Holmesville Community Centre 9:30 a.m. start time
January 14-16 - Annual Beef Industry Convention Includes the Ontario Cattle Feeders' Association Annual General Meeting Thursday evening - morning and afternoon speaker sessions Friday. Best Western Lamplighter Inn, London www.beefindustryconvention.com
January 15th - Grain Farmers of Ontario District 10 - Grey, Bruce, Wellington - Annual Meeting Clifford Community Hall 9:30 a.m. start time
2016 Herd Management Conference - presented by CanWest DHI January 20th - Tavistock Memorial Hall January 21st - PMD Complex, Drayton 9:30-3 Kenote speaker - Doctor Nigel Cook - University of Wisconsin $25 per person until January 12th - $35 after the 12th. Register - 1-800-549-2434
Professional Cattle Feeding & Marketing Shortcourse Session one will focus on animal welfare issues and feeding strategies - January 21st Session two will focus on status of cattle and corn markets, riskmanagmeent tools and antibiotics use - Feburary 4th Both sessions at the Royal Canadian Legion, 493 Erie Street, Wyoming To register - 519-683-4569
January 22nd - Yieldsmart - Optimizing Your Crop Production System RIM Manulife Financial Sportsplex, Forbes Hall, Waterloo Presenter is Doctor Jerry Hatfield of the USDA OSCIA members $75 - non members $110 - includes 1 year membership Registration closes Jan. 20th 1-877-424-1300 www.farmsmartconference.com
January 23rd - Farm Smart Conference and Beef Symposium Rozanski Hall, University of Guelph, Guelph Program featuring keynote speaker Doctor Temple Grandin www.farmsmartconference.com
January 27th - Ontario Canola Growers Annual Meeting Nottawasaga Inn 9-3 Keynote speaker - Rob Salk with AgriTrend
February 2-3 - Precision Agriculture Conference Theme - 'Turning Precision Agriculture's Potential into Profits' London Best Western Lamplighter Inn www.farms.com/precisionagriculture
February 4-5 - London Dairy Congress @ Western Fair District Inaugural event Aims to provide the dairy farmer or farm manager with a one-stop experience for all things dairy.
February 9-10 - Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association annual meeting Best Western Lamplighter Inn - London
Marketing Seminars for Grain Farmers of Ontario members Introducing producers to Options on Futures Seminars will be led by GFO's Marty Hibbs February 10 - Stratford February 11 - London February 25th - Brantford Pre-registration required 1-800-265-0550 - email mhibbs@gfo.ca - or www.gfo.ca/marketing
February 16th - Cattlemen's College Sponsored by Zoetis and held in conjunction with Beef Farmers of Ontario's Annual General Meeting International Plaza Hotel - 655 Dixon Road - Toronto
February 17th - Poultry Producer Update Mount Forest Community Centre www.poultryindustrycouncil.ca http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=zyg6xvgab&oeidk=a07ebsvcg0a3dc6d65e&condition=SO_OVERRIDE
February 17th and 18th - Beef Farmers of Ontario Annual General Meeting International Plaza Hotel - 655 Dixon Road - Toronto
February 23-24 - Innovative Farmers Annual Conference Speakers on soil health, cover crops, controlled traffic farming and equipment innovations. London
Feb. 24th - Ontario Goat Annual General Meeting - Goff Hall in Woodstock. To register or for more information email info@livestockalliance.ca
March 2-4 - Western Fair Farm Show Western Fair Entertainment Centre, London www.westernfairdistrict.com/london-farm-show March 9 - Veal Farmers of Ontario Annual General Meeting Tavistock To register or for more information email info@livestockalliance.ca April 6-7 - Canadian Dairy Xpo Stratford Rotary Complex, Stratford. 9-4 both days Includes CheeseFest - April 6th - 4-7 p.m.
April 9 - Canadian Meat Goat Association Annual General Meeting Ancaster Fairgrounds To register or for more information email tealssausage@optionsdsl.ca