Friday, March 30, 2012

Upcoming Workshops You Don't Want to Miss!

Spring is officially here...we'll wait and see if Old Man Winter agrees with that or not...

But at any rate, with the changing of the season also comes a fantastic line-up of spring/summer Workshops and Field Days.

Register for one (or more!) of these great workshops coming soon to your backyard:
  • May 3: Pasture Management for Acreage Owners, with Steve Kenyon.  For info or to register contact Ken Lewis at 403.342.8653 or klewis@rdcounty.ca .

  • May 12, June 9, July 7: Head to Hoof Horsemanship Clinics, with Geoff Hoar.  For info or to register contact Meghan Marshall at 403.596.6084 or mmarshall@rdcounty.ca .
  • June 14-15: Ladies Livestock Lessons, at Pine Lake.  For info or to register, see the LLL2012 BlogPage at http://ladieslivestocklessons.blogspot.ca/, or you can contact Ken Lewis at 403.342.8653 or klewis@rdcounty.ca .

  • June 19, 21, 26, 28: Controlled Grazing School, with Albert Kuipers (Grey Wooded Forage Association).  For info or to register contact Ken Lewis at 403.342.8653 or klewis@rdcounty.ca .


*** DON’T FORGET: If you're a Red Deer County landowner: Any ag-related course you take might be eligible for the Red Deer County Agricultural Services Board “Ag Training Refund Program”. With this program, Red Deer County producers can get 50% of their registration fees back, to a maximum of $200.


Digital versions of brochures, posters etc. for all 4 of these events are available (just email if you want one).  Soon, they'll be up on the Red Deer County website as well.