Hazelnut Grower Trial Farm Tour: Port Dover Farms

Event Details

Time: September 9, 2017 from 11am to 2:30pm
Location: 156 Marburg Road
City/Town: Port Dover, ON N1H 7R1
Website or Map: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/h…
Event Type: farm, tour
Organized By: Ontario Hazelnut Association
Latest Activity: Aug 23, 2017

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Event Description

The OHA is pleased to be hosting, in partnership with Port Dover Farms, the next public tour of the farms in our Grower Trial Program!

Graham Dyer, the President and CEO of Farms.com, will walk you through a tour of his orchard and talk about his experiences in his first year after planting ten acres in high-density (270 trees per acre) hazelnuts in Spring 2016.

This tour is free to attend and open to all.

Agenda

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM: Arrival - Coffee and donuts provided by OHA.

11:15 AM - 12:30 PM:

Introductions

Welcome & Oregon Summer Tour Experiences - Graham Dyer, President & CEO, Farms.com
OHA Introduction and History - Linda Grimo, Chair, OHA
Overview of Grower Trial Project and Tour Schedule -Andrew Nixon, Project Manager, OHA

Field Tour

Site selection and planning - irrigation, drainage, variety selection
Mechanized planting process
Post-planting care - irrigation, weather, disease management, equipment, etc.

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM:

Lunch

Served by David's Restaurant

Industry Overview

Ferrero Plan for Ontario - Fabrizio Secco, CEO, Ferrero Canada & Barb Yates, Senior Agronomist, Ferrero Canada
Cracking the Nut: Hazelnut Economics - Graham Dyer

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM: Hazelnut Panel Q&A

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