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32 Grey -Bruce Farmers'
Week
GOAT AFTERNOON
Saturday,
January 3, 1998
Note Location: OMAFRA Board
Room, Markdale
PM
1:00 Organic Farming & The Care
of Farm Animals Including
Goats
Tony McQuail, Lucknow
2:00 Medical Procedures With
Goats
Dr. Melanie Grein, Durham
3:00 Goat Diseases
Dr. Jim Mitchell, Markdale
SWINE EVENING
Wednesday,
January 7, 1998
PM
7:00 Registration & Visit Displays
7:20 Farm Safety
7:35 Ontario Grading Grid Update
Ontario Pork
7:50 Batch Farrowing for the
Smaller Swine Unit
Franklin Kains, Swine Structures
& Equipment Specialist,
OMAFRA, Fergus
8:30 Keeping Chores Simple
Don Glavin, Swine Producer
Farrow -To -Finish vs Multi -Site:
Comparing Feed Costs &
Performances
Ken Palen, President, KENPAL
Farm Products Ltd., Centralia
9:05 Break - Sponsored by:
- North Wellington Co-op
- Cover -All Shelters of Ontario,
Lucknow
9:25 PRRS Update • Other Swine
Diseases That Are Out There
Dr. S. Ernest Sanford, Manager,
Swine Products, Boehringer
Ingelheim Ltd.
10:00 Adjoum
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BEEF DAY
Wednesday,
January 7, 1998
9:30 Registration, Coffee & Visit
Displays
9:30-1:00 - Padded Transport Unit on
Display
Courtesy of Lloyd Hutton
Transport, Paisley
10:00 Video - The Amazing Brain
Grey/Bruce Farm Safety
Association
10:15 Safe Handling of Cattle
Nancy Noecker, Livestock
Advisor, OMAFRA, Kemptville
10:45 Com Silage Variety '97 Feeding
Trials
Phil McEwen, Ridgetown
College
11:45 Studies On Reducing Bruising In
Transport (2nd Interim Report)
Facilitator, Bob Carson, Beef
Improvement Ontario
12:00 Lunch
1:00 New Product Development &
Export Opportunities
Mark Ishoy General Manager
MGI Packers, Kitchener
2:00 Presorting, Prevaccination &
Preconditioning - The New
Wave In Ontario Markets
Chair - Dale Pallister, Dundalk
Past President OCA
Panel:
Dr. Ken Bridge, Ripley -Huron
Vet Clinic; Ron Kuhl, Keady
Livestock Market; Myles Ryan,
Cow/Calf Producer, Markdale;
Harold Klages, Feedlot Operator,
Desboro
HORSE EVENING
Wednesday,
January 7, 1998
PM
7:00 Hands On Horses
Veronica Ghat -t, DAL School of
Equine Massage Therapy
8:30 ins And Outs" Of Trallering
Ian Black, International
Competitor, Orangeville
DAIRY DAY
Thursday,
January 8, 1998
9:30 Registration, Coffee & Visit
Displays
10:00 The Wake Up Call
Video by Farm Safety
Association
10:15 DFO's Current Issues
Bruce Saunders, DFO Director,
Holland Centre
10:45 An Update on Market
Grey/Bruce
11:00 Trouble Shooting in the
Dairy Herd
Dr. Rob Bell, Agri -Smart
Consulting, St. Marys
12:00 Lunch & Visit Displays
1:15 UPSTAIRS - Hoof Care for
Productive Cows
Gerry Kuglin, Hoof Trimmer,
Chatsworth
DOWNSTAIRS - Raising
Versus Purchasing
Replacement Heifers
Dennis Martin, Livestock
Advisor, OMAFRA, Clinton
1:45 UPSTAIRS - Are You
Producing Ouallty Beef From
Your Dairy Herd?
Cheryl Russwurm, Livestock
Advisor OMAFRA, Walkerton
DOWNSTAIRS -
Understanding DFO's Cost of
Production Accounting
Program
George McNaughton, Farm
Policy & Programs Manager,
DFO
2:15 Break
2:30 Panel - The Ins and Outs of
Renovation/Expansion
Moderator - Harold House,
Agricultural Engineer, OMAFRA,
Clinton
Jack Schenk, Landmark
Builders, Hanover
Lloyd Hendry, Tiverton -
Potential 100 cows in new free
stall facility
Mike Pollock, Ripley - Potential
for 50 cows in a three phase
expansion/renovation of facilities