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Halton MTO Workshop

Time: March 31, 2012 all day
Location: Country Heritage Park
Street: 8560 Tremaine Road
City/Town: Milton
Website or Map: http://www.oscia.cloverpad.org
Phone: speccomm@lara.on.ca
Event Type: workshop
Organized By: Golden Horseshoe SCIA
Latest Activity: Mar 14, 2012

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Do you have questions about the use of agriculture husbandry vehicles on Ontario's roads? Come out to this hands-on four-hour workshop to hear from MTO's Kerry Wirachowsky and have your questions answered. Her sessions at FarmSmart & SouthWest Ag Conference drew rave reviews! Don't miss this hand's on opportunity.

A full, day-long agenda is being planned, with details posted here. The MTO workshop will be held in the afternoon.

The day-long program is being offered by the Halton Federation of Agriculture, with the afternoon MTO Workshop offered in partnership with the Golden Horseshoe Soil and Crop Improvement Association (GHSCIA).

Free to members of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) and the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association (OSCIA).

Non-members may register for $30, and includes a one-year membership in their local Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association club. Payment should be remitted at time of registration, cheque made payable to "{Your county} SCIA".


Online registration available at www.oscia.cloverpad.org.


For information, contact:

Nancy Comber, Halton Federation of Agriculture at speccomm@lara.on.ca

Anne Howden Thompson, GHSCIA at goldenhorseshoe.scia@rogers.com

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