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• OFA embarks on Odyssey
• Nutrient Management session in Kemptville Sept. 17 - Central farmers have their say Sept. 20 in Peterborough

News

• Eastern Ontario Diagnostic Day helps growers identify problems, find solutions
• Annual woodlot conference to be held near Calabogie - On Pershick Tract Sept. 15, Lanark residents are welcome
• Accommodations sought for flood of IPM visitors - Registry of homeowners with rooms to rent being set up
• Electric mower puts the green in the greens on college test golf turf
• Computer model may provide extra tool for spring wheat growers - Scott Banks, Gilles Quesnel testing model to predict risk of fusarium
• Lynda McCuaig achieves milestone with OVSGA - First woman president in Seed Growers’ 75-year history
• Livestock leads parade of "Expos" at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show
• ATV safety seminar in works for this month
• Feast of Fields celebrates the organic table - Fund raiser for COG Sept. 9 in Ottawa
• Computer model may provide extra tool for spring wheat growers - To predict susceptibility to fusarium infection
• Coburn to open Hastings Farm Show
• It's all systems go as Kingston Fair rebounds
• Ottawa Ag Committee spawns formal advisors
• Ottawa Ex loses llamas due to foot and mouth fears
• Harvest Days, Grenville Federation benefit Canadian Foodgrains Bank - Antique Wheels in Motion August 18 and 19
• Will Canada as we know it exist without rural high speed Internet?
• Wilton Creek landowner may face music alone
• Wilton Creek head sells herd - Can't afford fencing to keep cattle out of water
• Drought puts the heat on Water Response Teams - MNR declares "Category 1" drought, agriculture has role on local teams
• NFU laments composting not even on radar
• Imagine that: shortage of garbage threatening CORCAN compost plant
• 4-H declared an "Agency of Promise" - Little Red Wagon goes along with $700,000 cheque
• Watch corn silage moisture, NOT the milk line OR the calendar

Op / Ed

• AgriView - OFA's Odyssey
• AgriView 2 - If it's not one thing, it's another...
• AgriGab - Gidget goes to New Liskeard

AgriFocus

• Giving back to the community - Grenville Mutual makes presentations to 2001 CSP recipients

AgriProfile

• High profile entertainers at IPM 2001 - Rural Expo creates mix of local and headline talent

AgriBusiness

• Buying in to biosolids - Eastern Ontario tour visits regional test sites

OMAFRA Update 1

• CORN, SOYBEANS AND DROUGHT
• BEWARE OF NITRATES IN GREEN CHOP CORN OR SILAGE THIS YEAR!
• TWO SPOTTED SPIDER MITES FOUND IN SOYBEANS
• FAMILY DOGS ATTACK SHEEP
• DISPLAY TECHNIQUES- WHAT IS EFFECTIVE?

OMAFRA Update 2

• PROPOSED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT ACT 2001
• Province introduces Nutrient Management Act
• Information sessions on proposed Nutrient Management Act
• Update on Nutrient Management Act
• Ontario Farm Income Disaster Program
• Energy - Power
• Call before you chop!
• REMINDER FOR FARMERS TO REGISTER THEIR FARM BUSINESS
• RENDERING CHANGES TO TAKE EFFECT AUGUST 1
• DEALING WITH WATER SHORTAGES
• ONTARIO RURAL COUNCIL'S 4TH ANNUAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
• LARGE HERDS TOUR FEATURES NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT AND MUCH MORE

OMAFRA Update 3

• CATTLEMEN'S STOCKER SALE AT GALETTA
• TRAIN TO BE A PROFESSIONAL APPLICATOR
• MAPLE PRODUCERS FALL TECHNICAL WORKSHOP
• EASTERN ONTARIO 4-H MEMBERS DO WELL AT INTER COUNTY DAIRY JUDGING COMPETITION
• STORMONT HOSTS REGIONAL JUDGING COMPETITION
• DUNDAS SOIL AND CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION HOSTS "CART TOUR"

Dateline

• Dundas County
• Carleton County
• Frontenac County
• Grenville County
• Lanark County
• Leeds County
• Prescott County
• Renfrew County
• Russell County
• Stormont County
• Brighton and Quinte Region
• Provincial and Regional