April 17: 1997 Agri-food Processing Workshop, Travellers Hotel, Peace River, Alta., 403-624-6274
April 18: Holstein Canada meeting, Lombard Hotel, Winnipeg. (Jane Whaley, 519-756-8300)
April 19: Alpaca workshop on shearing and reproduction, Tell Tale Farm, Bonnyville, Alta. (Jane Tellier, 403-826-5174)
April 20: Fund raising auction at the Historic Markerville Creamery, 1Ú2 hour S.W. of Red Deer off highways 592 and 781 in the hamlet of Markerville, Alta., 403-728-3006
April 20-26: National Soil Conservation Week
April 25-26: Alberta Christian Writers’ Fellowship-CanadaWide workshop for Christian writers, Rocky Mountain College, Calgary. (Elsie, 403-988-5622 or Laurie, 403-284-0752)
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April 25-26: Alberta Home Economics Association conference, Red Deer, Alta. (Marilyn Olajos, 403-347-8494 or Leona Staples, 403-227-6020)
April 26-27: Antique Show and Sale, Communiplex Golf & Winter Club, Lloydminster, Sask. (Michelle Schinold, 306-825-3137 or Carrie Peddie, 403-875-8850)
April 26-27: Alberta Reined Cow Horse Association show, Clares-holm, Alta. ( 403-556-8425)
May 5-6: Western Canadian Conference on the Food Industry, The Food Industry in the New Business Economy, Convention Inn South, Edmonton. (Randi Sandbu, 403-422-1934 or Peggy Marce, 403-444-2272)
May 17-19: American Quarter Horse Association Band City Show, Moose Jaw, Sask. (Bev Neuman, 306-776-2302)
May 19-25: International Symposium on Growing Media and Hydroponics, Windsor, Ont. (A.P. Papadopoulos, 519-738-2251)
May 23-25: Four State Stockyard Team Rodeo. (Linda, 417-325-6393, Montana)
May 24-25: Alberta Reined Cow Horse Association show, Clares-holm, Alta. (403-556-8425)
May 31-June 1: Prairie Hearts Quilt Guild show and competition, Timothy Eaton Auditorium, Moose Jaw, Sask. (Julie Plosz, 306-692-1402)
June 1-3: National Agriculture Biotechnology Council meeting, Agricultural Biotechnology: Resource Management in Challenged Environments, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon. (NABC, 607-254-4856)
June 4-6: Alberta Dairy Congress, Moovin’ Ahead!!, Black Gold Centre, Leduc, Alta., 403-986-8108
June 6: Farm Animal Welfare: New Technologies, Research and World Trade in Canada symposium, Bishop’s University, Centennial Theatre, Lennoxville, Quebec. (Registration: Lorraine Isabelle, 819-565-9174, ext. 106)
June 6-8: Melville Fair & Rodeo. (Jamie McDonald, 306-728-5277)
June 7-8: National cutting show, Wheatland B Building, Prairie-land Exhibition, Saskatoon. (Emma Williams 306-472-5996)
June 7-8: Saskatoon Cutting Horse team penning show, 2 p.m. daily, Wheatland B Building, Prairie-and Exhibition, Saskatoon. (Ken Leontowicz, 306-493-2501; Ward Layton, 306-382-4052)
June 7-8: Alberta Reined Cow Horse Association show, Claresholm, Alta. (403-556-8425)
