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What’s Happening in Ag? January Edition

Jan 14, 2025

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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: Kansas Wheat Harvest 2026 | Three John Deere S7 700 Combines in Action

Kansas Wheat Harvest 2026 is underway near Alden, Kansas!

In this video, I spend time with Frederick Harvesting, a custom harvesting operation based in Alden, Kansas. Back at their home farm, three new John Deere S7 700 combines equipped with John Deere HDF40 draper heads work through a drought-stricken winter wheat crop while one of the farm's John Deere 8R 370 tractors pulls a Brent 1398 grain cart.

Most of the Frederick Harvesting crew was already busy cutting wheat in southwest Kansas, but these machines remained at home to finish up local fields. Throughout the video, I explain what is happening, discuss the effects of dry conditions on the crop, and capture plenty of aerial footage showing the combines working with the grain elevator at Alden in the background.