Crop Walk

Event Details

Time: July 19, 2019 from 9:30am to 12pm
Location: Adrian Op’t Hoog in the Feversham
Street: 468170 12th Concession B Intersection of Cty Rd 2 and 12th Conc. B
City/Town: 2 Roads N of Feversham
Website or Map: https://www.google.com/maps/p…
Phone: 519-986-3756
Event Type: crop, walk, agronomy, advantage
Organized By: OSCIA
Latest Activity: Jul 9, 2019

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Event Description

Grey County Agricultural Services
Box 463
206 Toronto Street South
Markdale, ON N0C 1H0

Phone: (519)986-3756 Email: info@greyagservices.ca

Grey County Soil & Crop are hosting a “Crop Walk” on Friday, July 19, 2019, at
9:30 A.M. at the Farm of Adrian Op’t Hoog in the Feversham area. (Not the Home Farm)
468170 12th Concession B
Intersection of Cty Rd 2 and 12th Conc. B, 2 Roads N of Feversham
This Crop Walk will provide an excellent opportunity to walk a variety of crop fields which will
include: examples of Farm Remediation from Pasture to Cash Crop; Corn Production, Wheat
Production; Organic Productions Systems—Cash Crop. Deb Campbell from Agronomy
Advantage will be our scout . Tori Waugh, Conservation Ag Consulting, will be on hand to
speak about Landscapes for Sustained Soil Health. Jonathan Zettler, Fieldwalker Agronomy
Ltd., will speak about Soil Sampling. John Taylor from Collwest Grain Ltd. will provide a
Market Update over lunch.

Pizza lunch will be served at the Feversham Park Pavilion, 161 Wellington St. Feversham
Cost for the lunch will be Free for members, $10 for non-members
Please Bring Lawn Chairs

Coffee and donuts will be served at registration.

Thanks to our Sponsors:
Sprucedale Agromart and Huron Bay Co-op

Everyone is invited to participate!

For further information, and to Register, please email info@greyagservices.ca
or call 519-986-3756
We look forward to seeing you all at the Crop Walk!

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