A weekly report prepared by the staff of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) and the Ministry of Rural Affairs (MRA). If you require further information, regarding this report, call the Elora Resource Centre at 519-846-0941. Office hours: 8:30am to 5pm. For technical information, call the Agricultural Information Contact Centre at 1-877-424-1300 or visit the OMAF and MRA website: www.ontario.ca/omafra
ONTARIO FORAGE EXPO
Wednesday July 10 at Ikendale Farm, Walkerton in Bruce County
“Hay Making in Motion”
“Ontario Forage Expo” will be held in Bruce County on Wednesday July 10, at Ikendale Farm – 358 Concession 12, Greenock, RR #4, Walkerton, west of Huron Tractor on Township Road 2. Demonstrations will begin at 10 am.
This event, co-sponsored by the Ontario Forage Council and Bruce County Soil & Crop Improvement Association, will present a wide array of demonstrations and activities related to the forage industry.
Watch the leading equipment companies demonstrate forage machinery in, side by side field trials
• Listen to key note speakers on forage related topics
• Visit with forage and forage related trade show exhibitors
• Lunch will be available
This promises to be a great day, with no admission charge for the farming community.
Bring your friends and neighbours – Everyone Welcome!
We would like to take this opportunity to thank our partners: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food and the Ministry of Rural Affairs, as well as the Bruce County Soil & Crop Improvement Association.
For more information or an interview, contact: Ray Robertson, The Ontario Forage Council, 1-877-892-8663 or email: support@ontarioforagecouncil.com.
CERTIFICATE IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
Date: July 8-11, 2013
Location: Delta Hotel, 50 Stone Road West, Guelph.
This four-day certificate course includes comprehensive presentations, hands-on exercises and your own set of take-home guidebooks. It also includes a human health workshop which is both entertaining and informative with each participant receiving a comprehensive “report card” on his or her own personal health.
The course teaches:
• Reducing chemical dependence & increasing fertilizer efficiency;
• Accessing soil nutrient reserves;
• Improving water management and soil structure;
• Boosting both your health and the health of your live-stock;
• Acquiring simple strategies to combine with existing practices.
About the presenter:
Graeme Sait is the internationally acclaimed author and educator who co-founded Nutri-Tech Solutions (NTS) 19 years ago. He has written hundreds of articles and a popular book “Nutrition Rules!”. Graeme has formulated many of the soil health and human health products for which NTS is renowned. He is a powerful presenter who speaks at conferences/seminars around the globe and his inspiring presentations are described “life changing”.
Tuition for the full 4-day course is $860 + HST and includes daily continental breakfast, lunch, and one evening dinner as well as all course materials and certificate testing. The class will run from 8 am – 5pm each day.
For more information: telephone 855-247-6548 or email: marketing@agriculturesolutions.ca.
DAME’S-ROCKET
by John C. Benham, Weed Inspector
Some people have been wondering what those patches of mauve flowers along the roadsides are. Most people call them “some kind” of phlox. If the flowers have five-petals they likely will be phlox but if they have four-petals they are Dame’s-rocket. They are beautiful showy flowers that were brought over from Europe as an ornamental but now has adapted to our conditions and flourished.
Dame’s-rocket is a perennial reproducing only by seed. They grow three to four-feet tall with mauve to pink to white flowers in damp soils in uncultivated areas. They flower May to August. Since they are a member of the mustard family the seedpods are similar to the rest of the mustards, one to four-inch long slightly constricted between the seeds. They are not on the noxious weed list.
COMING EVENTS:
June19 & 20 Ontario Pork Congress, Rotary Complex, Stratford at: 10am to 5pm. Check the website: www.porkcongress.on.ca.
July 2 Wellington Federation of Agriculture, monthly board meeting at OMAF and MRA Elora at 7:30pm. For information, contact Lisa Hern at: 519-848-3774 or email: jplh@golden.net.
July 9 Ontario Canola Growers Association Canola Crop Tour; Time: 10am; Place: Holmes Agro, Orangeville; Contact: Carrie James, 519-986-3519.
July 10 Forage Expo; 10am to 3:30pm. Admission is free. Place: Dave Kuntz, Ikendale Farm, 1062 Concession 14, Carrick, RR4, Walkerton. Check the website for more information: www.ontarioforagecouncil.com.
July 11-13 Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Summer Tour. Location: Cornwall, Ontario. For more information, visit: www.ontariomaple.com.
July 11 FarmSmart Expo – all day event at the University of Guelph, Elora Research Station, 6182 2nd Line, Ariss (south of Elora, one block west of County Road 7). 519-986-3519.
July 10 Forage Expo; 10am to 3:30pm. Admission is free. Place: Dave Kuntz, Ikendale Farm, 1062 Concession 14, Carrick, RR4, Walkerton. Check the website for more information: www.ontarioforagecouncil.com.
July 11-13 Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Summer Tour. Location: Cornwall, Ontario. For more information, visit: www.ontariomaple.com/pages/summer_tour/.
July 11 FarmSmart Expo – all day event at the University of Guelph, Elora Research Station, 6182 2nd Line, Ariss (south of Elora, one block west of County Road 7).
July 12 FarmSmart Expo Youth Day – 1pm – University of Guelph, Elora Research Station, 6182 2nd Line, Ariss (south of Elora, one block west of County Road 7).
Aug. 21 North American Manure Expo – 8am to 4:30pm, University of Guelph, Arkell Research Station – Arkell, Ontario. (Tour August 20th, 2013 – North Wellington area). Contact: Christine Brown at: christine.brown1@ontario.ca or www.manureexpo2013.com.
