Dec. 25: Merry Christmas
Jan 1: Happy New Year
Jan. 3-4: Sask. Alfalfa Seed Producers Assoc. annual general meeting, Radisson Hotel, Saskatoon. (Wayne Goetzen, 306-956-7275)
Jan. 6-11: Crop Production Week, Saskatoon Inn, Saskatoon
Jan. 7-9: Wild Rose Agricultural Producers convention, Westwood Inn, Edmonton. (Shirley Dyck, 403-451-5912)
Jan. 7-10: Western Canadian Crop Production Show, Prairieland Exhibition, Saskatoon, 306-931-7149
Jan. 9-11: Canada West Equipment Dealers Association convention, Hotel Saskatchewan, Regina, Sask. (Canada West, 403-250-7581)
Jan. 10-12: Alberta Horse Breeders and Owners conference, Capri Centre, Red Deer, Alta. (Les Burwash, 403-948-8532)
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Jan. 10-12: Saskatoon Farm Toy and Collectibles Show, Saskatoon, 306-237-4747
Jan. 14-15: Cattlemen’s Corral, trade show, livestock displays and seminars, Lloydminster Exhibition Grounds. (Howie Bjorge, 306-825-6470)
Jan. 15: Crop Talk ’97, Exhibition Centre, Prince Albert, Sask. (Barry Swanson, 306-953-2770)
Jan. 20-21: Precision Farming Conference, Community Centre, Taber, Alta. (Doug McKell, 306-695-4234)
Jan. 20-22: Sustainable Agriculture: Building a Better Tomorrow, Sheraton Cavalier, Saskatoon. (Esther Kienholz, 306-975-4772; Dean Smith, 306-778-4202)
Jan. 20-23: Dairy Farmers of Canada policy meeting, Delta Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick. (Renelle Baker, 506-432-4330)
Jan. 23: Elk course for prospective or beginning producers, SIAST Campus, Prince Albert. Jan. 27: Prince Albert, Jan. 31: Tisdale, Sask. Feb. 1: Hudson Bay, Sask. Feb. 3: Humboldt, Sask. Feb. 11: St Walburg, Sask. (Stewart Adam, 306-953-2782 or local rural service centre)
Jan. 23-25: Alberta Cattle Feeders Association meeting, Calgary, Alta., 403-250-2509
Jan. 24-25: Organic Farming Demystified, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ont. (519-473-6480 or Tomas Nimmo, 705-444-0923)
Jan. 24-26: Saskatchewan Livestock Convention, Saskatoon Inn, Saskatoon, 306-757-6133
Jan. 27-29: Manitoba-North Dakota Zero Tillage Workshop, Profits in the Making, Keystone Centre and Victoria Inn, Brandon. (Daryl Domitruk, 204-745-2005; Bill Crabtree, 204-726-7584)
Jan. 28-30: Managing Agriculture for Profit seminar, Red Deer, Alta., 1-800-387-6030
Jan. 29-Feb. 1: Canadian Produce Marketing Association meeting, Banff, Alta. (Phil Dixon, 403-447-1860)
Feb. 6-8: Alberta Conservation Tillage Society, AgriFuture Farm Technology Expo, Westerner Park, Red Deer, Alta. (Russ Evans, 1-800-251-6846, Pat Kennedy, 403-347-4491)
Feb. 7-9: SWAN annual meeting, Manitou Spa, Watrous, Sask. (Noreen, 306-257-3911)
Feb. 8: Elk seminar for the new producer/investor with nutrition info for those producers already raising elk. 306-778-8284 or 773-2944
Feb. 12-13: Saskatchewan Soil Conservation Association Inc. conference and trade show, Wheatland A Building, Prairieland Exhibition Grounds, Saskatoon. (SSCA, 306-786-1526)
