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Golden Horseshoe SCIA Drainage Workshop w/Sid Vander Veen, OMAFRA

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Golden Horseshoe SCIA Drainage Workshop w/Sid Vander Veen, OMAFRA

Time: March 20, 2012 from 9:30am to 3:30pm
Location: Ancaster Fairgrounds
Street: 630 Trinity Road
City/Town: Ancaster
Website or Map: http://www.oscia.cloverpad.org
Phone: 905-703-0744
Event Type: workshop
Organized By: Golden Horseshoe SCIA
Latest Activity: Mar 9, 2012

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Event Description

Join OMAFRA's drainage coordinator Sid Vander Veen for an informative day-long workshop on this very important topic.

Topics include:

  • Agricultural drainage: How it works and what it does;
  • Agricultural tile drainage licensing;
  • Tile Loan Program;
  • Operating and maintaining a tile drainage system;
  • Common law as it relates to drainage;
  • Overview of the Drainage Act;
  • Ten things you didn't know about tile drainage.

Don Lobb, of Caledon, will kick off the workshop session with a discussion about the importance of drainage from the farmers' perspective.

Registration at 9:30 am. Workshop begins at 10 am.

Cost:

  • FREE to OSCIA members
  • $30 for non-OSCIA members (includes one-year membership in your local Soil and Crop Improvement Association club)


Pre-registration required. Three ways to register:

1. www.oscia.cloverpad.org

2. Email GHSCIA.RSVP@gmail.com

3. Call 905-703-0744

Many thanks to our event sponsor:
Premier Equipment Ltd.

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