A weekly press release prepared by the staff of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. If you require further information, regarding this press release, please call the Fergus Resource Centre at 519-846-0941. Office hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For technical information, call the Agricultural Information Contact Centre at 1-877-424-1300 or visit the OMAFRA Website: www.ontario.ca/omafra
ENVIRONMENTAL FARM PLAN
by John C. Benham, EFP Program Rep.
It is very important that all Cost Share Applications are in my hands before the end of the month! If you have any questions, please call John Benham at 519-846-3394.
REMINDER! BEEF SYMPOSIUM 2007
CALF TO CARCASS TO CONSUMER
What The Industry Has … Wants… Needs
Beef Symposium 2007 will be held on Saturday, December 1, 2007 at the OVC Life Time Learning Centre, at the University of Guelph.
The program includes three rotating sessions on:
– What the Rail Has! Carcass Evaluation
– What the Market Wants! Premiums and Discounts
– What the Feedlot Needs! Which Calves/Which Market
Other topics covered:
– Helping Meet the Industry Wants and Needs
– What Our Program Wants and Needs…. Protocols, Initiatives and Markets
– What the Consumer Wants and Needs
Cost is: $20.00 pre-registration by Friday, November 23; $30.00 late registration. Meals guaranteed only with pre-registration. Please call the OMAFRA Agricultural Information Contact Centre at 1-877-424-1300.
OMAFRA RESOURCES
Free Publications now available:
The following new black and white factsheets are now available:
07-029: Castration of Calves; NEW
07-049: Clear Writing; it replaces 93-021
07-035: Assessing the Potential for Ground Water Contamination on Your Farm; replaces #97-017
07-045: Manure Storages for Small- to Medium-Size Horse Farms; NEW
07-025: Chronic Wasting Disease Update
07-047: Harvesting Corn Silage at the Right Moisture; NEW
07-043: Managing Commodity Price Risk Using Hedging and Options
07-027: An Overview of Organic Pork Production; NEW
07-031: Giving Medication to Animals by Injection; NEW
07-039: Plum Cultivars – European and Japanese; replaces Factsheet 02-041.
07-041: Peach and Nectarine Cultivars; replaces Factsheet 02-033
The following revised paid publication is now available:
Field Crop Protection Guide, 2007-2008, Publication 812; $15.00
The following supplements are now available:
2007 SUPPLEMENT Growing Greenhouse Vegetables, Publication 371S
2007 SUPPLEMENT, Fruit Production Recommendations, Publication 360S; this edition replaces the earlier one released in the winter of 2007; as before, the supplement will automatically be included with all orders for Publication 360 and can also be ordered separately, free of charge.
To order factsheets/publications, call OMAFRA Product Ordering Desk, 1-888-466-2372. To contact an OMAFRA Information Resource Agent directly, call Agriculture Information Contact Centre 1-877-424-1300 or the website at http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/products/publicat.html – 24 hours a day / seven days a week or the Fergus Resource Centre at 519-846-0941.
COMING EVENTS:
Nov. 28 Shakespeare Swine Seminar, Shakespeare, ON. Contact: Mary Van den Borre by: Phone: 519-846-3392; Fax: 519-846-8178; Email: mary.vandenborre@ontario.ca.
Nov. 30 Western Region Symposium and Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario Annual General Meeting, Gencor Building [site of Organic Meadow offices], Highway 6 North of Guelph. Speakers will include Wally Seccombe, Janet Duncan on rare breeds and slow food and will also include a renewable energy panel. For further details contact, EFAO, 5420 Highway 6 North, Guelph, Ontario, info@efao.ca.
Nov. 30 Wellington County Soil & Crop Improvement Association Annual Meeting will be held at Wellington Place beginning at 9:00 a.m. Cost is $25 and pre-registration is required by calling Linda McFadden at 519-846-5215 or email linda.mcfadden@sympatico.ca.
