| | And on our Call of the Land Calendar....Powering the Peace, a biodiesel conference, is taking place in Fairview on Friday and Saturday. Call 780-835-4903 to register, but you are asked to do that soon, as over 200 people have already registered.
The Alberta Beef Producers 32nd Annual General Meeting takes place in Calgary next week, Monday to Wednesday. Alberta Pork’s AGM is also in Calgary next week, on Wednesday and Thursday.
Tuesday, December 5th sees a How to Hire Foreign Workers conference in Grande Prairie. Contact Nicole McMullan at 780-538-5635 or go to www.peacecountrycanada.com for more information.
Also on December 5th, Zone 5 of Alberta Pulse Growers is holding its AGM at the Daysland Community Hall. The meeting gets underway at 10 a.m., with registration at 9:30 a.m. On the agenda, presentations on root rot, herbicide use on powdery mildew resistant peas, and presentations from Pulse Canada, 20/20 Seed Labs, and Reduced Tillage Linkages.
The Southern Alberta Conservation Association is holding its 13th annual Reduced Tillage Conference in Medicine Hat on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Go to mhstampede.com for more information or to register.
The Western Canadian Grazing Conference, Foraging Ahead…From the Soil to the Bank, comes to Edmonton next week. For information or to register contact Joy Vonk at the Agricultural Research and Extension Council of Alberta at 780-416-6046.
And still in December, a Winter Feeding, Watering and Fencing Tour is taking place on December 14th, leaving from the Wildwood Community Hall. The cost is $10 per person and that does include lunch. You must register to reserve a seat on the bus, by calling the West Central Forage Association at 1-866-725-4447.
The preceding is a transcript of the November 29, 2006 program. There may be some omissions due to last minute changes. For further information, contact Caitlynn Reesor at (780) 422-3981 or Ken Blackley at (780) 422-3951. |
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