May 6: Saskatoon Mental Health Groups workshop, Travelodge Hotel, Saskatoon, 306-655-8864 or 306-655-8877
May 7: Asquith Hidden Hills Riding Club poker rally, PFRA Park Pasture, Asquith, Sask. (Mike, 306-329-4340)
May 10: Stock Person’s School, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (Adele Buettner, 306-249-3227)
May 11-13: Manitoba Women’s Institute provincial convention, Canad Inns Club Regent Casino Hotel, Winnipeg (Liz Chongva, 204-853-2007 or Diane Hall, 204-642-8401)
Parelli Horsemanship Clinics with Glenn Stewart (Shirley Popplewell, 306-373-6346 or 306-241-0648):
Read Also

Wildfires have unexpected upside this year
One farmer feels smoke from nearby wildfires shrouded the July skies and protected his crop from the sun’s burning rays, resulting in more seeds per pod and more pods per plant.
May 12-15: Level II, Saskatoon
July 15-18: Level I, Regina
July 21-24: Level II, Regina
May 14: Spring on the Farm, Sunnybrook Farm Museum, Red Deer, 403-340-3511
May 15: Fly-In Breakfast, RAA hangar, airport, Medicine Hat, Alta. (Bob Sturgess, 403-526-5248 or Boyne Lewis, 403-527-9571)
May 15: Al Oeming’s horse drawn vehicle auction, Al Polar Park, 24 kilometres east of Edmonton (Al Oeming, 780-922-3013)
May 27-29: Historical Society of Alberta and Saskatchewan History and Folklore Society joint Lily and the Rose conference, Lakeland College, Lloydminster (Sask., 800-919-9437, Alta., 403-261-3662)
May 28-31: Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors conference, Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal (Erika Mezei, 416-922-6228, ext. 331)
June 2-3: Alberta Dairy Congress, Black Gold Centre, Leduc, Alta. (Iris Yanish, 780-986-9562)
June 5: Alberta Water Quality Awareness Day, 780-422-4385
June 15-17: Western Canada Farm Progress Show, Exhibition Park, Regina (Cindy Peltier, 306-781-9345)
June 26-July 4: World Jersey Cattle Bureau Conference 2005, Waterloo, Ont.(Kerry Alexander, 519-766-9980 or WJCB, 519-821-1020)
June 27-28: Holistic Management con-ference with Allan Savory, Exhibition Grounds, Lloydminster (Bluesette or Mark, 306-236-6105)
June 27-30: A New Era in Grain Quality Assurance, Winnipeg (Paul Graham, 204-983-2749)
June 30-July 2: Trade show and sale, arena and curling rink, Tofield, Alta.(Clarence Kobzey, 780-662-3666)
July 15-18: Canadian Highland Cattle Society convention and meeting, Duncan, B.C. (Lesley Jackson, 780-985-2392)
July 18-22: Alberta centennial trail ride, Canadian Forces Base Suffield,Ralston, Alta. (Cpt. Sterling Cripps, 403-544-4011, ext. 4405 or registration, 403-544-4011, ext. 5380)