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 held their walk in June. Check out fields of wheat, hay and soybeans, monitoring emergence and other issues, from the comfort of your easy chair.

Grey County Virtual Crop Walk – https://youtu.be/-iD4iCjzRY8

Bruce County SCIA held their walk early July.  Topics included: 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.

Bruce County Virtual Crop Walk – https://youtu.be/3pGxKISNzcY

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 14th from 7:30 – 9:00 pm 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.

To register for these upcoming walks, and to receive the Zoom links, please contact lorie@greyagservices.ca.

There is a limit of 100 people per walk, so please register soon.

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.