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Grey County Soil and Crop Seed Fair and Annual Meeting

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Grey County Soil and Crop Seed Fair and Annual Meeting

Time: December 14, 2018 from 9:30am to 7pm
Location: Royal Canadian Legion,
Street: 271 Bruce Street N.,
City/Town: Durham, ON N0G 1R0
Website or Map: https://www.ontariosoilcrop.o…
Phone: 519-986-3756
Event Type: trade, show
Organized By: Grey County Soil & Crop Improvement Association
Latest Activity: Nov 28, 2018

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Event Description

Placement of exhibits will start at 9:30 and the program will begin at 10:15 am.

An excellent slate of speakers will address a number of timely topics including:

 

OSCIA Programs,

 Lois Sinclair, Program Lead, OSCIA

 

OMAFRA Soil Health Updates,

Andrew Barrie, OMAFRA

 

Avoiding the Pitfalls of Resistance,

Deb Campbell, Agronomy Advantage

 

Harvest Opportunities – Kansas to Alberta & Australia,

Austin Davenport & Tim Danard

 

Year End Crop Review,

Taylor Holmes, Certified Crop Advisor, Holmes Agro

 

USMCA Snippets, and Forming Expectations from the Year 2018

That Roiled the Protein Complex,

 Al Mussell, Research Lead, Agri-Food Economic Systems. 

Al is a highly sought-after speaker and will share information on the USMCA decisions as well as the potential impact for Canadian producers of the tariff impositions by the Trump Administration.

 

Crop Outlook for 2019,

 Steve Kell, Business Manager, Grain Division – Parrish & Heimbecker

An expanded industry trade show will round out the day and also add considerable interest to the program this year.

Delicious Hot Roast Beef & Chicken Dinner at noon

Registration is only $20 for Members, $25 for Non-Members

 

Pre-registration required by December 10, 2018

 in order to reserve your Hot Beef or Chicken Dinner


An outstanding roster of speakers – Don’t miss out!!!

To register or for more information, contact Grey Agricultural Services

Phone 519-986-3756 or email: info@greyagservices.ca

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