Quinte Soil & Crop
Newsletter  June 2012

July 17 Eastern Ontario Crop Diagnostic Day see coming events Coming Events

July 18 Northumberland County Bus Trip.
7 am Leave from Brighton Car Pool
7:30 am Leave from Cobourg Car Pool
10 am Agrico fertilizer terminal in Hamilton
Lunch
1 pm Puddicombe Estate Winery and Orchard in Grimsby
3:15 pm Dover flour mill in Cambridge
7 pm Arrive back in Cobourg
7:30 pm Arrive back in Brighton
If you are interested in going on the bus trip contact Doug Hoskin (905-349-2144) or Justin Dorland (613-475-9736 dorland101@hotmail.com). We are taking a highway coach bus with tvs so the drive will be very comfortable and the cost is $25 per person. It is first come first served for seats, we need your money ahead of time to ensure your seat. If the bus is not full by July 1st it will be opened up to other counties.

July 30 Northumberland Soybean Competition The Northumberland Soil and Crop Improvement Association are again running the soybean yield competition within Northumberland County. Last year we had 3 entrants with Hoftyzer farms as our winner, hopefully we can get a few more entrants this year. The entrant has to be a soil and crop member and also enter the provincial soybean yield challenge. The provincial entry form and challenge rules are at the website http://www.gfo.ca/soybeanyieldchallenge.aspx
Everyone that enters the competition needs to notify Justin Dorland by July 30th. The cost to the grower is $15 to enter the provincial competition and $10 for the Northumberland Soil and Crop Improvement Association. The $10 is due before the annual meeting in December. The yield result is to be emailed or phoned to Justin Dorland and the top grower will be announced at the NSCIA annual meeting in December. There have been 2 sponsors come ahead this year to increase the prize money for the competition. TCO agromart and Pro seeds are each awarding $100 to the county winner. The winner receives a gift certificate to a local restaurant plus $100 from each TCO and pro seeds.
All of the local input suppliers have been contacted and will be available to help in the weighing of the samples. Hopefully we get a great deal of participation this continues well into the future.
Justin Dorland, Dorland101@hotmail.com 613-475-9736

August 15 Peterborough SCIA Tillage Demonstration Day see coming events Coming Events