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Registration & Lunch - $15.00 Registration Only - Day, $9.00 Registration Only - Evening, $5.00
HORSE EVENING
Friday,
January 8, 1999
PM
7:00 Horses & The Law - Legal
Issues you need to be
aware of
Dean Leifso, Lawyer, Hanover
8:15 Break & Visit Displays
8:30 Saddle & Tack Fitting - How to
Properly Fit the Different
Types of Saddles, Bridles &
Harnesses
9:30 Discussion
10:00 Adjourn
SHEEP DAY
Saturday,
January 9, 1999
Sheep day is sponsored in part by OATI
Registration, Coffee & Visit Displays
9:00 OSMA Update
Peter Canning
9:15 Accelerated Breeding
Using MGA
Bill McCutcheon, Report on
MGA Research Project,
University of Guelph
10:00 Coffee Break & Visit Displays
10:15 Assessing The Insurance
Needs On An Expanding Flock
Doug Gowanlock, Georgian Bay
Insurance Association
10:45 Optimizing Labour Efficiency
In A Large Pasture Based
Operation
Stan Potratz, Premier Sheep
Supplies, Washington, Iowa
12:00 Lunch & Visit Displays
1:00 Maximizing Profit With
Dairy Sheep
Axel Meister, Rockwood
1:45 Can The Market Handle Extra
Lamb? A Buyer's Perspective
Tony,,Facciolo, Holly Park Meat
Packers, Bolton
2:15 Coffee Break & Visit Displays
2:30 Optimizing Labour Efficiency
In A Large Confinement
Operation
Stan Potratz, Premier Sheep
Supplies, Washington, Iowa
3:45 Adjournment
,nr) AT AFTERNOON
Saturday,
January 16, 1999
Note Location: OMAFRA Board
Room, Markdale
PM
1:00 The Boar Advantage
Dennis Weber, Chevon Lea
Boers, Elmira
1:45 Coffee Break & Visit Displays
2:00 How Healthy Is Your Herd?
Dr. John Martin, Sheep Vet
Scientist OMAFRA, Fergus
3:00 Goat Milk Quality Farm
Requirements
Rena Hubers, Program
Manager, Dairy Production -
Food Safety, OMAFRA Guelph
SPONSORING GREY -
BRUCE ORGANIZATIONS
Grey County Beef Improvement Club
Bruce County Cattlemen's Association
Grey County Cattlemen's Association
Bruce County Farm Safety Association
Grey County Farm Safety Association
Bruce County Federation of Agriculture
Grey County Federation of Agriculture
Bruce County Dairy Farmers Committee
Grey County Dairy Farmers Committee
Bruce -Grey County Pork Producers'
Assoc.
Bruce County Soil & Crop Imp. Assoc.
Grey County Soil & Crop Imp. Assoc.
Country Roads Goat Association •
District 2 Ont. Sheep Marketing Agency
Market GreyvBruce
Breaks
Sponsored by:
Bruce County Women's
Institute
Gay Lea Foods Ltd.
Germania Insurance
Grey County Women's
Institute
Simcoe District Co-op
CFOS/CFPS
Consumer & Agricultural
Report
Daily Live Broadcast
Sponsored by:
Farm Credit Corporation
Formosa Mutual
Insurance Co.
Crops Day Wed., Jan. 6th
Swine Eve Wed., Jan. 6th
Beef Day Thurs., Jan. 7th
Dairy Day Fri., Jan. 8th
Horse Eve Fri., Jan. 8th
Sheep Day Sat., Jan. 9th
*Goat Day Sat., Jan. 16th
*Goat Program will be held in
the OMAFRA Board Room,
Markdale
* Dairy and Sheep Days are
• sponsored in part by OATI
TRADE SHOW
Sponsored By: Grey -Bruce Farm Organizations
OATI (Dairy & Beef Day)
Co-ordinated By:
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
(Markdale) 1-800-265-9152 or (Walkerton) 1-800-265-3023
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