-By OMAFRA Ag Rep Brian Bell
Northern Ontario Poultry Tour
Chicken farmers of Ontario and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs will be hosting a series of workshops focused on raising poultry for personal or small-scale commercial use in your community. Details are as follows: July 9 at 6:30 pm in Spring Bay at Spring Bay Hall; July 10 at 6:30 pm in Sowerby, Ontario at Sowerby Community Hall (Round Barn); July 11 at 6:30 pm in Azilda at Lionel Lalonde Centre; and July 12 at 6:30 pm in Powassan at Powassan Legion. Contact: Brian Bell at 705-282-1638 or brian.bell2@ontario.ca. Visit artisanalchicken.ca for more information.
Publication 812
The Field Crop Protection Guide has been posted to the OMAFRA website. English: http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/English/crops/pub812/p812toc.html Publication 75A, Guide to Weed Control for Field Crops, is available as a pdf download on the OMAFRA site.