East Central and Quinte Home page
East Central Soil & Crop News
November 2009
For Durham, Peterborough, Victoria (CKL)/Haliburton, and York Soil & Crop Members
This Issue Sponsored By: OMAFRA, OSCIA, East Central members, and by
Alpine Plant Food - Brad King, Ron Metcalf - Quality and Pride Seeds, Evergreen John Deere,
Pearson Insurance, Pickseed Canada - Lyle Gallagher, Hyland Seeds - Craig Carson,
Dekalb - Dan Kaufman, Joe Hickson - Midnight Acres Inc, Ed Warriner - NK Seeds,
Ganaraska Grain - Rafe Currelly, BASF - Ian Page, Royal Bank in Peterborough
Tom Barrie - Pioneer, Terratec Environmental, Hub International, Reesor Seed and Grain
Maizex Seeds, Daryl Rush - Lockie Farms
See Sponsor Ads
AREA NEWS and Annual Meetings OSCIA News and Crop Talk links below
- York SCIA Annual meeting, Thursday January 7,
- 10 am, Mt Albert Lions Club Hall
- East Central Switchgrass project.
- Feature Speaker: Dr Gord Surgeoner, President, Ontario Agri-Food Technologies, Guelph
- Durham SCIA Annual meeting, Friday January 8,
- 10 am, Blackstock Community Centre
- East Central Switchgrass project
- NASM speaker ( to be confirmed)
- Red Clover fall planting project (Tom Barrie)
- Report on the corn population trials
- Feature Speaker: David Phillips, Chief Climatologist, Environment Canada
- Peterborough SCIA Annual meeting, Tuesday January 12,
- noon, Douro Community Centre
- East Central Switchgrass project
- Feature Speaker: Joe Hickson, Lindsay "Farmers Feed Cities Update and Biotechnology in Seeds"
- Victoria SCIA Annual meeting, Wednesday January 13,
- 10 am, OPS Community Centre
- Lunch free with $15 membership.
- East Central Switchgrass project
- Process of Marketing East Central Ontario Grain to World Markets through Sunderland Co-operative Inc. Moderator Paul Robertson, Sunderland Co-op with Dana Omland, Palmerston Grain; Steve Kell, Parish and Heimbecker.
- Peter Johnson, OMAFRA Cereal Specialist, "What is New in Cereals"
- Message from the President
- OSCIA Regional NM Outreach Grants
- GYFP - New Program Manager
- 2010 OSCIA/OMAFRA Grant Guidelines
- OSCIA at Canada's Outdoor Farm Show
- OSCIA Strategic Planning
- 2009 Ontario Forage Masters Program
- Upcoming SCIA Annual Meetings
- Wildlife Damage
- OSCIA Farm Gate Signs
- OSCIA Resolutions
- OSCIA List Server
- Ramping Up Production - New Life For Barley and Oats?
- Spring Wheat Yield Response to Fungicide
- Improving Success of Red Clover Establishment in Winter Wheat
- What Will It Cost To Grow A Tonne Of Switchgrass?
- Eastern Black Nightshade Can Handle a Good Frost
- Wet Weather Creates Hurdles For Manure Application
- New Nutrient Management Rules - What Do They Mean for Crop Producers?
East Central Scholarships
Students living in the East Central area Durham, Peterborough, Victoria, York - enrolled
in their 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year at a post-secondary institution or an agricultural college.
Three scholarships for 2009 - each $750 - selection takes into account academic performance,
leadership, contribution to community, involvement in rural youth organizations with emphasis
on conservation and environmental goals. Contact Neil Moore Deadline December 31/09
|
Got a project? - Need some financial assistance?
Your 4-H or Soil and Crop Association can apply for up to $750 towards the project.
Applications may be made to the East Central Region Soil and Crop improvement Association for up to $750 for Soil & Crop or 4-H projects in the East Central area. Decision to accept the project will reflect the mandate of the East Central Soil & Crop Improvement Association.
One project has been approved - a 4-H field crop club went by car to the Everdale Organic Farm and Environmental Learning Centre
Contact: Neil Moore
|
Establishment of C4 Bio-Fuel Grasses
is the Regional Project the East Central SCIA will be working on for 2009-2011
Co-operators are
John Kinghorn, Woodville
with U of G staff
and Tom Barrie, Bowmanville
Under the Guidance of Joel Bagg, OMAFRA
|
|