Places & Times

Agricultural and forestry organizations and farm and woodlot owner associated groups may send notices to be published free of charge in this column. All notices must be received a month in advance of publication date. Send notices to Farm Focus Places & Times, P.O. Box 128, Yarmouth, N.S. B5A 4B1 or fax (902) 742-2311



JAN 20

Technical Meat Cutting Seminar, Rodd Royalty Inn, Charlottetown, presented by PEI Cattle Producers, sponsored in part by the Buy PEI initiative. Seminar includes: Feedlot and packer perspectives, the Canadian beef brand id, and innovative cuts. Start time: 1:00 pm. 1-800-567-7633



JAN 21, 2009

Achieving Brand Recognition: A Workshop for those Already Selling or Interested in Selling, Outside the Commodity Market, Delta Hotel, Charlottetown, PEI, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Designed to assist Atlantic farmers, food and beverage processors, distributors, brokers and those who work with them to broaden their knowledge of marketing, specifically branding. Contact Barb at: valuechain@easstlink.ca



JAN 25-28

2009 National Mastitis Conference, Westin Hotel, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. Contact: (608) 848-4615 extension 101.



JAN 28-30

2009 Managing Excellence in Agriculture Conference, Niagara Falls, Ontario. A leading edge professional development and networking opportunity for farmers and farm families. Contact: Canadian Farm Business Management Council at 1-888-232-3262 or www.farmcentre.com/Home.aspx



JAN 29-30

Agricultural Alliance of New Brunswick annual meeting, Crown Plaza (The Lord Beaverbrook Hotel), Fredericton. Contact: 506-452-8101.s



JAN 30

PEI Federation of Agriculture annual meeting, New London. Contact: (902) 368-7289



FEB 3-4

2009 New Brunswick Potato Conference and Trade Show, Eagle's Nest, 150 Hodgdon Road, Woodstock. Contact: Loretta Mikitzel at 506-392-5199.



FEB 4-5

Dairy Farmers of Canada annual Dairy Policy Conference, Chateau Laurier Hotel, Ottawa. Closed session for producers Feb. 4. Contact DFC at: 613-236-9997.



FEB 7

PEI Association of Exhibitions annual meeting (tentative). Contact: Adele Moore at 902- 368-4848 or www.exhibitions-festivalspeiae.com/



FEB 18-20

Atlantic Poultry Conference, Old orchard Inn, Greenwich, Nova Scotia. Contact: 902-893-6657 or visit: www.atlanticpoultryconference.com.



FEB 19-20

Agriculture Unleashed, Beyond the Back 40, Rodd Mill River Resort, Prince Edward Island. Contact the PEI Federation of Agriculture, 902-368-7289.



FEB 24-26

Canadian Federation of Agriculture annual, Crowne Plaza Hotel Ottawa, Contact 613-236-5749 or suzanne@cfafca.ca



FEB 27-28

9th Annual ACORN Organic Conference and Trade Show, Holiday Inn, Truro, Nova Scotia http://www.acornorganic.org/conference.html



MARCH 5-6-7

Atlantic Farm Mechanization Show, Moncton, NB