"Sound
Advice" Radio Reports - Audio Crop Updates
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Introduction
Listen to the latest crop production news and information
direct from OMAFRA crop specialists on "Sound Advice"
Radio Reports- Audio Crop Updates. Listen to the report online,
sign up for podcasts, or download web-quality files for your mp3
player or high-quality audio files for radio station programming.
The reports are also available in text format.
Reports
Agriculture LOVES Valentine's Day
by Kristen Callow (kristen.callow@ontario.ca),
Weed Management Program Lead - Horticulture /OMAFRA, Ridgetown
- Everything about Valentine's Day has an agricultural connection.
Full report available below...
Grain Drying and Storage Workshops 2012 and Social Media/Smart
Phone Survey
by Daryl Ball (daryl.ball@ontario.ca),
Rural Economic Development Adv/OMAFRA, Stratford
Grow Your Mind Grow Your Business this Winter
by Kevin Montgomery (kevin.montgomery@ontario.ca),
Business Development Consultant/OMAFRA, Blenheim
Social Media and Smartphones in Ontario Agriculture
by Janice LeBoeuf (janice.leboeuf@ontario.ca),
Vegetable Crop
Specialist/OMAFRA, Ridgetown
OMAFRA Programs
by Kim DeKlein (kim.deklein@ontario.ca),
Agriculture and Rural Economic Development Advisor/OMAFRA, Ridgetown
The Mild Winter
by Adam Hayes (adam.hayes@ontario.ca),
Soil Management Specialist, Field Crops/OMAFRA, Ridgetown
Funding Opportunities For Lambton and Kent
by Daryl Ball (daryl.ball@ontario.ca),
Agriculture and Rural Economic Development Advisor/OMAFRA, Stratford
Surprises in Your Grain Bins
by Helmut Spieser (helmut.spieser@ontario.ca),
Engineer - Pesticide Application and Grain Conditioning/OMAFRA,
Ridgetown
Soil Workshop at 2012 Ontario Fruit & Vegetable Convention
by Christoph Kessel (christoph.kessel@ontario.ca),
Horticulture Crop Nutrition Program Lead/OMAFRA
Ontario Swine Liquid Feeding Association Seminar
by Ron Lackey (ron.lackey@ontario.ca),
Feed Ingredients and Byproducts Feeding Specialist/OMAFRA
Cashing in Through Grain Marketing
by Kim DeKlein (kim.deklein@ontario.ca),
Agriculture Economic Development Advisor/OMAFRA
Educational Opportunities for Airblast Sprayer Operators
by Jason Deveau (jason.deveau@ontario.ca),
Application Technology Specialist/OMAFRA
Understandng your Nutrient Management Strategy
by Richard Brunke (richard.brunke@ontario.ca),
Nutrient Management Engineer/OMAFRA
Pesticide Course Online
by Daryl Ball (daryl.ball@ontario.ca),
Agriculture Economic Development Advisor/OMAFRA
New this year, you can take the Grower Pesticide Safety Course
though the internet, you can learn and certify online! Full details
available below...
Vegetables: Affordable, Available and Good for You!
by Kevin Montgomery (kevin.montgomery@ontario.ca),
Business Development Consultant/OMAFRA
It's the middle of January, but you can still buy fresh, local
Ontario vegetables. Full report avaialble below...
Sweet Apple Cider in Ontario
by Leslie Huffman (leslie.huffman@ontario.ca),
Apple Specialist/OMAFRA
Ontario apple cider producers have been making this delicious
juice for many years. Full report available below...
Funding Opportunities, Be Prepared and Personal Development
by Kim DeKlein (kim.deklein@ontario.ca),
Agriculture Economic Development Advisor/OMAFRA
Annual Meetings and Seminars for 2012
by Daryl Ball (daryl.ball@ontario.ca),
Agriculture Economic Development Advisor/OMAFRA
It is the time of year for annual meetings and seminars and for
updating every one on what is ahead for 2012. Full report available
below...
Online Workshop, Pre and Post Harvest Water Use - Get a Jump
on Spring
by Christine Card, (christine.card@ontario.ca)
Food Safety Team Lead/OMAFRA
Learn how to reduce contamination risks associated with pre-
and post- harvest water use by joining us on February 14, 10:30
am-noon for this online workshop. Full report available below...
No Snow to Push - Check Out Your Nozzles
by Helmut Spieser (helmut.spieser@ontario.ca),
P. Eng., Engineer, Field Crop Conditioning & Environment
With the exception of a few blasts of winter, the snow moving
equipment has barely had the rust polished off. Full report available
below...
Mycotoxins
by Ron Lackey (ron.lackey@ontario.ca),Feed
ingredients and Byproducts Feeding Specialist/OMAFRA Stratford
Like many other people I am back at my desk getting used to typing
or writing the new year, 2012....see full report below.
Organic Matter. Isn't the Soil Good Enough by Itself?
by Helen Fisher (helen.fisher@ontario.ca),Tenderfruit
and Grape Specialist/OMAFRA Vineland
Organic matter in soils is critical to good drainage, good nutrition
and sustainability of your operation....see full report below.
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