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The Rural Voice, 2006-01, Page 45JANUARY 3 & 12 — Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) Workshops, 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Day 2, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., OMAF, Clinton. Call Lois Sinclair to register, 519-357-3146 or e-mail huron@ontariosoilcrop.org 4 & 5 — SouthWest Agricultural Conference (SWAC), Ridgetown College. Check full program details by visiting the conference website at www.southwestagconference.ca 5-7 — 40th Annual Grey Bruce Farmers' Week & Trade Show, Elmwood Community Centre. For further information please call Grey County Agricultural Services at 519- 986-3756. 6 & 13 — Environmental Farm Plan two-day workshop at Wellington Place, Aboyne Hall. 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. No cost and lunch is provided. Call John Benham to register at 519-846-3394. 9 — Perth County Combined Corn, Soybean and Wheat Meeting, 9:15 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Mitchell Community Centre. 10 — All -Candidates Meeting, Huron - Bruce Riding, 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Teeswater-Culross Community Centre, Teeswater. 10 — All -Candidates Meeting, 7:30 p.m. Mitchell Community Centre. 11 — All -Candidates Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Listowel Ag Hall. 12 — All -Candidates Meeting, Bruce -Grey -Owen Sound. 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Keady Community Centre. Calendar 12 — Perth Soil and Crop Association Annual Meeting, 6:30 p.m., Milverton Community Centre. Guest speaker: Carl Hiebert. For more details contact your local soil and crop directors or Thelma at 271-5190 or Charlie 393-5407. 19 — Wellington County Cattlemen's Association Annual General Meeting, Elora Legion. Dinner 6:30 p.m. Meeting 8:00 p.m. Tickets. $15. For more information and to reserve your dinner ticket call Carol Anne 519- 846-9557 by January 16. 19 — Perth County Federation of Agriculture Directors' Meeting, 8:00 p.m.. Perth Agri -Centre, Rostock. 19 — Western Ontario Lamb Producers Association (WOLPA) meeting at Maitland Valley Conservation Authority, Wroxeter, ON. Topic: Management discussion, cost and returns. If you have any questions please contact Elly Rasmussen by e-mail or phone 519- 335-3710. 23 — Bruce County Federation of Agriculture Directors' Meeting, Bruce County Administrative Building, 30 Park Street, Walkerton. 13 & 20 — Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) Workshops, Bruce County, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Arkwright. For additional dates check www ontariosoilcrop.org and click on program news and workshop calendar and Bruce. Call 519-367-5930 or e-mail bruce@ontariosoilcrop.org to register. 23 & 30 — Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) Workshops, B ruce County, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. For additional dates check www.ontariosoilcrop.org and cleak on program news and workshop calendar and Bruce. Call 519-367-5930 or e-mail bruce@ontariosoilcrop.org to register. 18 & 25 — (FULL) — Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) Workshops, Bruce County, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. For additional dates check www.ontariosoilcrop.org and click on program news and workshop calendar and Bruce. Call 519-367-5930 or e- mail bruce@ontariosoilcrop.org to register. 19 & 25 — Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) Workshops, Perth AgriCentre, Rostock Hall, Rostock. 21 — FarmSmart Agricultural Confer- ence, University of Guelph. For registration or more information contact www.ontariosoilcrop.org/FA RMSMART.html 25 — 25th Annual Central Swine Research Update, 9:50 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (registration at 9:00 a.m.), Kirkton-Woodham Community Centre. Registration required by January 20. $40 per person. Contact OMAFRA, Clinton, 519-482-3333, e- mail linda.dillon@omafra.gov.on.ca 26 — Grey County Federation of Agriculture Directors' Meeting, 8:00 p.m. Grey County Agricultural Services Centre Meeting Room (Grey Gables), 206 Toronto Street South, Markdale. 26&27 — Introduction to Ecological Agriculture course, 1 Stone Road, Guelph. Cost is $ l00 per farmer or $150 for two farmers from the same farm. Gary Lean and Janet Duncan of the Ecological Farmers Association will facilitate this course. To register contact EFAO at 51-822-8606 or info@efao.ca 26 — Field Crop Rotation and Market Garden Crop Rotation courses at 1 Stone Road, Guelph. Cost is $40. To register contact EFAO at 519-822- 8606 or info@efao.ca 00 The Rural Voice welcomes letters and will publish as many as space permits. Write: The Rural Voice Box 429, BLYTH, ON NOM 1H0 JANUARY 2006 41