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SUMMARY:St. Clair Region SCIA – Compaction Day
DESCRIPTION:Join the St. Clair Region Soil and Crop Improvement Association  for their Compaction Day!  \nThis event\, hosted by Essex\, Chatham-Kent and Lambton Soil & Crop Associations will replace the usual summer twilight tours and events. \nLearn how your equipment and its configuration can impact and manage compaction. Other sessions include soil pit on what compaction does to plants\, productivity\, water infiltration; cover crop types and benefits; tire troubles – how to get the most life out of your tires and what happens when things go wrong! \nDemos will be provided to show potential for compaction. The event features guest speakers and the Ontario Compaction Team. There will  Cover Cropping topics discussed during the event. \nLunch by Burns of Dresden. Sponsorship tent – meet your suppliers! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen? Thursday\, August 7 @ 9:30 AM – 3:30 pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhere? Jackson Seed Services\, Rutherford Elevator \nParking? Babula Curtis Auctioneering Services\, 584 Oil Heritage Rd\, Dresden \nCost? $40 OSCIA members\, $60 non-members\, $90 at the door registration \nIf needing to renew your S&C membership to take advantage of the $20 discount: https://osciaportal.org/Identity/Account/Login \nREGISTER HERE \nSt. Clair Region SCIA – Compaction Day is an OSCIA-recognized Knowledge Sharing Event (KSE) for farmers with On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) projects in the Cover Cropping category.
URL:https://membership.ontariosoilcrop.org/event/soil-connections-at-springfield-farm-3/
LOCATION:520 Dawn Mills Road\, 520 Dawn Mills Road\, Dresden\, Ontario\, N0P 1M0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Cover Cropping,ÉPC,Event,Georgian Central,Info Sessions,KSE,Programs,Provincial,Recours aux cultures de couverturev,Regional Event,St. Clair
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250813T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250813T180000
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SUMMARY:Stories of Innovation at Ferme Houle Farm
DESCRIPTION:All Indigenous growers\, land stewards and community members are welcome to attend this field day free of charge! Please use the coupon code BOOT2025 when filling out the registration form to receive free admission. \nAndre Houle of Ferme Houle Farm isn’t scared to try something new. Andre and his family are third and fourth generation farmers on this land\, and transitioned it to organic in 2021\, after many years of more conventional farming. \nWithin a few years of this transition\, they went from a corn/soybean rotation and plowing every inch of soil\, to growing wheat\, rye\, barley\, peas\, hairy vetch\, red clover\, buckwheat\, oats\, and fava beans along with corn and soybeans. They intercrop many of these crops in an effort to feed the soil biology\, and use cover crops to keep the soil covered as much as we can. They are using roller-crimping techniques\, no-till\, minimal tillage and plowing only when necessary. \nThis year\, in an effort to continue to experiment and innovate\, Andre and his team have embarked on some soil health trials on the farm. \nJoin us at this field day for a field tour and discussion of the Ferme Houle Farm story\, a look at their cover cropping methods and processes\, a drone demonstration and an exploration and discussion of some of these on-farm trials: \n1. Intercropping: Barley and Peas\, Fall Rye and Hairy Vetch\, Fall Rye\, Hairy Vetch and Oats\, Oats and Clover\, Corn and Soybeans \n2. Polycropping: Small sections of multiple crops to see what we can harvest together – Peas\, Faba beans\, Wheat\, Barley\, Oats\, Flax\, Phacaelia\, Rye\, Hairy vetch \n3. No-till Soybeans: Baling fall rye for the cows and no-till seeding soybeans in the stubble \n4. No-till Buckwheat: Harvesting Fall Rye and no-tilling Buckwheat 5. Wheat and Oat Breeding: Participatory Plant Breeding (PPB) program—a collaboration between the University of Manitoba and the Bauta Initiative (a program of SeedChange) that supports farmers in developing wheat\, oat\, and potato varieties for organic and ecological farming. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen? Wednesday\, August 13 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhere? Ferme Houle Farm\, 2300 County Road #2 Curran\, Ontario K0B 1C0 \nCost? Members $10  Non-Members $15 \nREGISTER HERE \nStories of Innovation at Ferme Houle Farm is an OSCIA-recognized Knowledge Sharing Event (KSE) for farmers with On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) projects in the Cover Cropping category. 
URL:https://membership.ontariosoilcrop.org/event/stories-of-innovation-at-ferme-houle-farm/
LOCATION:Ferme Houle Farm\, 2300 County Road #2\, Curran\, ON\, K0B 1C0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Cover Cropping,ÉPC,KSE,Recours aux cultures de couverturev
ORGANIZER;CN="Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario (EFAO)":MAILTO:info@efao.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250825T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250825T170000
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SUMMARY:Ontario Soil Network Road Trip Day 3 - Huron County
DESCRIPTION:Join the OSN and Ben Van Dieten with Maitland Valley Conservation Authority for a tour of Alan Willits’s operation. Alan will share what he is working on focusing on planting black beans into green cereal rye with strip till\, as well as his trial of using Calcium Nitrate to increase Brix of his black beans and soyabeans. Ben will share more information on local funding opportunities. Join the OSN and Ben Van Dieten with Maitland Valley Conservation for a tour of Harrison Burgsma’s operation. Harrison will share his work with no-till as well as the farms water management structures. Harrison Burgsma is a third generation farmer who runs a cash crop\, hog and broiler operation near Dungannon. \nWhen? Monday August 25 @ 12:00pm – 5:00 pm \nWhere? 42489 Salem Rd Wingham ON N0G 2W0 \nREGISTER NOW \nOntario Soil Network Road Trip Day 3 is an OSCIA-recognized Knowledge Sharing Event (KSE) for farmers with On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) projects in the Cover Cropping category. 
URL:https://membership.ontariosoilcrop.org/event/ontario-soil-network-road-trip-day-3-huron-county/
LOCATION:42489 Salem Rd Wingham ON N0G 2W0\, 42489 Salem Rd\, Wingham\, ON\, N0G 2W0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Cover Cropping,ÉPC,KSE,Recours aux cultures de couverturev
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250826T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250826T150000
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SUMMARY:Ontario Soil Network Road Trip Day 4 - Middlesex County
DESCRIPTION:STOP 1: \nIn 2021\, the UTRCA established a 58 acre demonstration farm near Thorndale\, Ontario. The farm is used to research and demonstrate a number of agricultural best management practices (BMPs)\, including cover cropping\, and showcase how they can improve and protect soil health and water quality while maintaining productivity in the southern Ontario landscape. The farm exhibits a suite of BMPs\, offering multiple opportunities to reduce nutrient and sediment loss at the field scale. \nThe highlight feature of the farm is the contoured controlled drainage system which utilizes a series of Agri-Drain control structures to manage sub-surface drainage across 14 acres of the field\, which can be compared to the conventional tile system covering the remainder of the farm. \nSTOP 2: \nDanny Jefferies is the Agronomy Lead at Honeyland Ag Services\, he oversee a diverse range of agronomic and research-focused initiatives to support customer success and drive innovation in nutrient management. Join Danny for an informal tour looking at tillage treatment & some sulfur treatments in soybeans at the field level and around the lab. Honeyland Ag Services is an agricultural lab located in Southwestern Ontario that provides agricultural decision making services through strong partnerships and innovation. They are focused on providing cutting edge analysis so you can better manage your agricultural inputs. \n  \nWhen? Tuesday August 26 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm \nWhere? 16364 Thorndale Road Thorndale\, ON N0M 2P0; 3918 W Corner Dr\, Ailsa Craig\, ON N0M 1A0 \nREGISTER NOW \nOntario Soil Network Road Trip Day 4 is an OSCIA-recognized Knowledge Sharing Event (KSE) for farmers with On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) projects in the Nitrogen Management and Cover Cropping category. 
URL:https://membership.ontariosoilcrop.org/event/ontario-soil-network-road-trip-day-4-middlesex-county/
LOCATION:16364 Thorndale Road\, 16364 Thorndale Road\, Thorndale\, ON\, N0M 2P0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Cover Cropping,ÉPC,Gestion de l’azote,KSE,Nitrogen Management,Recours aux cultures de couverturev
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250827T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250827T130000
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SUMMARY:Ontario Soil Network Road Trip Day 5 - Essex County
DESCRIPTION:Join Henry Denotter\, Patrick Handyside (Senior Water Management Engineer\, AAFC) and Owen Ricker (Farmer Engagement and Research Liaison\, OSCIA) to discuss Henry’s Living Labs Ontario site and the research being collected around BMP use and water quality. The Living Lab project focuses on on-farm innovation to address climate change through farmer/researcher co-development. We’ll continue the conversation with Essex Region Conservation Authority discussing the use of cover crops\, looking at equipment\, and connecting with local farmers. Learn about ERCA program opportunities and chat with other farmers. Bring your questions and curiosity! \nWhen? Wednesday August 27 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm \nWhere? 1240 Rd 3 West\, Kingsville\, ON \nREGISTER NOW \nOntario Soil Network Road Trip Day 3 is an OSCIA-recognized Knowledge Sharing Event (KSE) for farmers with On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) projects in the Cover Cropping and Nitrogen Management category. 
URL:https://membership.ontariosoilcrop.org/event/ontario-soil-network-road-trip-day-5-essex-county/
LOCATION:1240 Rd 3 West\, Kingsville\, ON\, 1240 Rd 3 West\, Kingsville\, ON\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Cover Cropping,ÉPC,Gestion de l’azote,KSE,Nitrogen Management,Recours aux cultures de couverturev
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250828T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250828T133000
DTSTAMP:20250729T141107Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Selecting Your Cover Crop and Forage Mix with Speare Seeds
DESCRIPTION:Join us over the lunch hour with Speare Seeds to learn: \n12:00 to 12:45 pm – Selecting your Cover Crop \n 12:45 pm to 1:30 pm – Selecting your Forage Mix \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen? Thursday August 28 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE \nSelecting Your Cover Crop and Forage Mix with Speare Seeds is an OSCIA-recognized Knowledge Sharing Event (KSE) for farmers with On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) projects in the Rotational Grazing and Cover Cropping category. 
URL:https://membership.ontariosoilcrop.org/event/webinar-selecting-your-cover-crop-and-forage-mix-with-speare-seeds/
CATEGORIES:Cover Cropping,ÉPC,KSE,Recours aux cultures de couverturev,Rotational Grazing Systems,Systèmes de rotation des pâturages
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