Georgian SCIA Virtual Crop Walks

Farmers across Ontario are invited to join Georgian SCIA for a series of 4 Virtual Crop Walks this summer.

Grey County SCIA will start the ball rolling with their Walk during the evening on Monday June 21st, from 7:45 – 9:00 pm.  Why not spend the longest day of the year checking out fields of wheat, hay and soybeans, monitoring emergence and other issues, from the comfort of your easy chair?  This is a great opportunity to chat with other farmers about the challenges or successes that they are experiencing.  Questions will be encouraged!

The Zoom call only has capacity for 100 people, so register today by emailing lorie@greyagservices.ca.

Bruce County SCIA will be offering their virtual walk in early July (5 or 6 TBD).  Topics will include: strip till -producers with varying levels of experience will share their thoughts and perspectives; planting green – soybeans into cereal rye; and no-till alfalfa into an oat cover crop.  This walk will contain a mix of pre-recorded content and discussion in real-time.

North Simcoe SCIA takes the lead in August. Their virtual crop walk takes place on the 19th from 7:30 – 9:00 pm. They will be digging a root pit so that attendees can observe the effects of different tillage practices on the roots in heavily compacted grounds.  Tillage will include: strip till, deep ripping, hybrid finisher, onepass Amazone disk, and deep shank.  This walk will include pre-recorded content and the opportunity for discussion in real-time.

Dufferin County SCIA will wrap up the Virtual Walks in September (date TBD) with visits to Tupling Farms and Lennox Farm, producers of potatoes and rhubarb respectively.  Learn about these operations, and pose your questions.  Other SCIA members across Dufferin will also share ‘Ag in their backyard’ videos.  This walk will include pre-recorded content and the opportunity for discussion in real-time.

In lieu of other crop walk expenses, the county SCIAs will be donating $ towards their county 4-H programs.

If you have any questions or comments, please email Lorie Smith at lorie@greyagservices.ca.

We hope to see your face on the screen for these Virtual Walks! Please register soon.  Once you have registered, you will receive a confirmatory email.  The link to the Zoom Crop Walk will be shared closer to the date of the event.