What’s Happening in Ag? January Edition

Jan 14, 2025

As the new year begins, Ontario’s agricultural community is buzzing with exciting events to attend, learn from, and share knowledge.

Be sure to join OFT’s webinar, Farming with Conservation in Mind, and catch us at the Guelph Organic Conference panel on farmland access called “Securing Land”—we’d love to see you there!

A big thanks to OFA for curating and sharing these opportunities. Don’t forget to add them to your calendar!

Jan 7-8: Southwest Agriculture Conference
Jan 9: OFA Cultivating Local Workshops 2025 – Selling Online and Social Media Marketing
Jan 8-14: Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week
Jan 14-16: Dairy Farmers of Ontario AGM
Jan 16: OFT Webinar – Farming with Conservation in Mind
Jan 16: Cultivating Local Workshops 2025 – Labelling and Attributes
Jan 18: Leeds County Cattlemen’s Association AGM
Jan 19-21 Rural Ontario Municipality Conference
Jan 23-25: Guelph Organic Conference – Don’t miss OFT speaking on the Farmland Access Panel!
Jan 29-30: Chatham-Kent Farm Show
Jan 30: Cultivating Local Workshops 2025 – Exploring Agritourism Opportunities

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Video: Adapting to ESA: Bulletins Live! Two

In part 2 of CropLife America’s “Adapting to ESA” instructional video series, learn how to determine location-specific restrictions using Bulletins Live! Two (BLT). Dr. Stanley Culpepper, a leading weed science specialist with the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension, provides a walkthrough of the tool.

Follow along with BLT, linked here: https://www.epa.gov/endangered-specie...

The video series is part of a new set of educational tools released by CropLife America (CLA), in partnership with the Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) and the Council of Producers and Distributors of Agrotechnology (CPDA), to help farmers, agricultural retailers, and pesticide applicators better understand the Endangered Species Act (ESA).