The Rural Voice, 2001-01, Page 21speakers for each day of the event.
"We followed up and put the agenda
together."
What's missing is the money that
OMAFRA used to supply to offset
part of the costs. There will,
however, be a trade fair that's bigger
than ever.
The Centre will be providing
staff to help co-ordinate
registration but farm groups
are stepping in to help out too. Gay
Lea Foods will loan a field
representative to help out and other
groups will provide volunteers to
help with everything from
registration to cleaning up when the
event is over.
"Things are coming together
really well," says Robertson.
Operating a centre on the basis of
short-term contracts can be mean a
precarious future and Robertson
admits he's thought of that but he's
confident other programs will come
along to take the place of the current
ones. The Environmental Farm
Program, for instance, has is winding
up but there are negotiations with the
federal government for other
programs to help meet environmental
targets. He's been told there may be
so many programs coming down the
line that the centre wouldn't know
where to turn first.
"It's a leap of faith" that other
ways to support the centre will arise
he says.
Certainly people of the area are
counting on the future of the centre.
Grey County will travelling to the
annual meeting of the Ontario
Plowmen's Association in Ottawa in
February to put in a bid for the 2004
International Plowing Match and if
the bid is successful, (so far there's
no word of competition) the
Agricultural Services Centre will
play a key co-ordination role in the
planning.
Robertson praises the role of Grey
County in helping the create the
centre and for its ongoing support. So
far, says Robertson, all the
confidence of all the supporters
seems to have been rewarded. All
comments on the work of the centre
has been very complimentary, he
says.
With the success of the
Agricultural Services Centre, the
mood in Grey is a little less grey than
it was a year earlier.0
35th Annual Grey -Bruce Farmers' Week
& Trade Show:
January 3-6, 2001, Elmwood Community Centre
Beef Day,
Wednesday, January 3'
(8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
Farm Safety; CCIA Tagging;
Nutrient Management;
Medicated Feeds
(Hot Beef Lunch followed by Grey &
Bruce Cattlemen's Annual Meeting)
Dairy Day, Thursday,
January 4'h
(9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
Dairy Board Matters; Stress on the
Farm; Nutrient Management;
Balancing Rations; Cost of
Production; Producer Panel
Swine Evening,
Thursday, January 4'h
(6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.)
What an Ontario Pork Field Rep Can
Do for You; Nutrient Management;
Carcass Quality; How Nutrition
Affects Carcass; Forward
Contracting
Crops Day,
Friday, January 5111
(9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
Stress on the Farm; Commodity
Outlook; Identity Preserved
Production; Wheat Outlook; Future
of White Beans; What's New with
Cereals; Managing Upland
Hardwoods; Nutrient Management;
Tillage Panel
Rabbit Evening,
Friday, January 5'h
(6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.)
Results from Producer Survey;
Issues in Animal Agriculture
Horse Evening,
Friday, January 51h
(6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.)
Marketing Your Equine
Business/Product; Recreational
Riding
Sheep Day,
Saturday, January 6111
(9:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.)
Challenge of Sheep Nutrition;
Where Do Your Lambs Fit; Which
Ram is the Right One for Ewe
Flock; Producer Panel
Goat Day,
Saturday, January 13th
(Markdale, Grey County
Agricultural Services Centre)
(12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.)
Feeding Kids; Meat Goats; Pygmey
Goats; Dairy Goats; General
Confirmation of Goats
For more information contact the Grey
County Agricultural Services Centre,
(519) 986-3756,
greyagservices@on.aibn.com
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35th Annual Grey -Bruce Farmers' Week
& Trade Show:
January 3-6, 2001, Elmwood Community Centre
Beef Day,
Wednesday, January 3'
(8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
Farm Safety; CCIA Tagging;
Nutrient Management;
Medicated Feeds
(Hot Beef Lunch followed by Grey &
Bruce Cattlemen's Annual Meeting)
Dairy Day, Thursday,
January 4'h
(9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
Dairy Board Matters; Stress on the
Farm; Nutrient Management;
Balancing Rations; Cost of
Production; Producer Panel
Swine Evening,
Thursday, January 4'h
(6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.)
What an Ontario Pork Field Rep Can
Do for You; Nutrient Management;
Carcass Quality; How Nutrition
Affects Carcass; Forward
Contracting
Crops Day,
Friday, January 5111
(9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
Stress on the Farm; Commodity
Outlook; Identity Preserved
Production; Wheat Outlook; Future
of White Beans; What's New with
Cereals; Managing Upland
Hardwoods; Nutrient Management;
Tillage Panel
Rabbit Evening,
Friday, January 5'h
(6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.)
Results from Producer Survey;
Issues in Animal Agriculture
Horse Evening,
Friday, January 51h
(6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.)
Marketing Your Equine
Business/Product; Recreational
Riding
Sheep Day,
Saturday, January 6111
(9:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.)
Challenge of Sheep Nutrition;
Where Do Your Lambs Fit; Which
Ram is the Right One for Ewe
Flock; Producer Panel
Goat Day,
Saturday, January 13th
(Markdale, Grey County
Agricultural Services Centre)
(12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.)
Feeding Kids; Meat Goats; Pygmey
Goats; Dairy Goats; General
Confirmation of Goats
For more information contact the Grey
County Agricultural Services Centre,
(519) 986-3756,
greyagservices@on.aibn.com
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