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Grey Bruce Farmer's Week 2016

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Grey Bruce Farmer's Week 2016

Time: January 6, 2016 at 9am to January 12, 2016 at 4pm
Location: Elmwood Community Centre
City/Town: Elmwood
Website or Map: https://www.google.ca/maps/pl…
Phone: 519-986-3756
Event Type: agricultural, trade, show
Organized By: Grey Bruce Farmers' Week
Latest Activity: Oct 14, 2015

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Event Description

Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week (GBFW) 2016, celebrating its 50th year, will run from Wednesday, January 6th to Tuesday, January 12th, starting with Beef Day, and ending on Crops Day.  It is a 7 day Agricultural Conference packed with a most impressive and informative line-up of speakers!   The coordinators for this event, Grey County Ag Services, in conjunction with agricultural commodity leaders from Grey and Bruce Counties, have attempted to feature at least one high profile speaker for each day, targeting the issues and challenges facing the farming community today.

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