Industry Update Day

On Friday, Sept. 19, the district is offering a day-long session to bring you up to date on two areas of widespread concern: nutrient management and related environmental issues, and where we're headed with mandatory animal identification. OSMA will also have the latest news on the BSE situation The event will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Ops Community Centre, on the north side of Highway 7 just east of Lindsay (street number is 2569 Highway 7). There's no charge for attending and lunch will be provided.

The Agenda

10 a.m.           Opening remarks
10:15 a.m.        Chris Attema, "Implementation and Implications of Bill 81 for Sheep Producers"
11:00 a.m.        Mike Barker, Wetland Habitat Fund
11:15 a.m.        OSC, Environmental Farm Plan
11:30 a.m.        OSMA BSE update
12:00 p.m.        Lunch
1:00 p.m.         Canadian Sheep Federation, Mandatory ID legislation
2:00 p.m.         Producer Panel on nutrient management
2:30 p.m.         Bob Comfort, Ewebyte flock data management system
3:00 p.m.         John Steele, Electronic identification
3:15 p.m.         Open discussion
3:45 p.m.         Close

Fair display reminder

Just a reminder now that fair season is in full swing: District 7 is ready to help clubs or individual producers who are willing to set up and staff a fair booth for sheep industry promotion. We have two display boards and the literature to decorate them, and they�re available to any club or producer free of charge as long as one of the boards is used to promote OSMA and District 7. The other board can be used for promoting the club or the individual producer(s) running the exhibit. In the case of a club, District 7 is also willing to provide up to $175 towards the cost of running any such fair display. To arrange for the use of the boards or for more information call John Steele at (705) 696-1491 or email [email protected]

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