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Shakespeare Swine Seminar

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Shakespeare Swine Seminar

Time: November 2, 2011 from 9:30am to 3pm
Location: Shakespeare Community
Street: Shakespeare,
City/Town: Ontario
Phone: 1-877-424-1300
Event Type: swine, seminar
Organized By: OntAG Admin
Latest Activity: Oct 20, 2011

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Event Description

 

Speakers Include:

  • David White, Ohio Farm Bureau Federation speaking on Changing production practices; are we surrendering or leading the charge?

  • JP Vaillancourt, U of Montreal speaking on Biosecurity; good for your farm, good for Canadian pork exports.

  • Nancy Lidster, DNL Farms speaking on animal behaviour, human behaviour and moving pigs on the farm.

The Shakespeare Seminar is sponsored by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and Ontario Pork

Click Here to view the Seminar brochure, which includes the agenda and registration information.


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