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OSCIA AGM & Spray Smart Deep Dive February 6th & 7th, 2024 The GrandWay, 7445 Wellington County Rd 21, Elora
Join OSCIA for our AGM on February 6th, have your say as a member and learn more about program and research highlights from the past year! AGMs bring a change in leadership, and we are excited to hear from current President Steve Sickle reflecting on his year as president and also we welcome in our new President into the position. Hear from keynote speaker Steve Groff. Steve will be diving into soil health topics for his keynote and will host a panel of excellent OSCIA Soil Champions. The learning continues the next day! Spray Smart on February 7th is intended to help improve spray operations on your farm. Come out to hear from: Tom Wolf – Drift investigations. Jim Reiss - How water quality plays a critical role in the success of a spray application from mixing to efficacy. Iain Robertson - Practical tips and tricks from the UK for sprayer operators Farmer panel on how to make your operation more effective and efficient (save time and money!).
Keynote Speaker: Iain Robertson – Practical tips from a UK perspective. Iain will share his UK experience including a bevvy of practical tips and tricks that improve all aspects of spraying from filling, operator safety, to drift mitigation and even road safety. Who should attend Spray Smart?Home farm and custom applicators Operators of towed or self-propelled horizontal boom sprayers, spanning hort and field crops Farmers who don’t spray themselves but want more knowledge of sprayers and spraying to be better equipped to converse with their applicators.
Bring your water sample! The first 100 people to register will have the chance to test their water samples to check out the conductivity and pH, hardness and alkalinity.
Agenda (subject to change)
| February 6th, 2024 | 1:00 p.m.
8:00p.m. Adjourn | Opening Remarks & Presidents Report Steve Sickle, OSCIA President | Business of the Association Executive Director’s Report - Introducing the new Executive Director Ashley Honsberger Approval of 2023 OSCIA AGM Minutes Approval of 2023 Audited Financial Statement - Murray Short, CA, RLP LLP, Guelph Introduction of the 2024 Honorary President - Phil Oegema, President-elect
| Ratification of the Board of Directors Phil Oegema, President-elect Presenting the Slate of the Executive Committee | Amendments to Constitution/By-Laws - Steve Sickle | Programs and Research Reports – OSCIA Staff | Presentation of Resolutions - Steve Sickle | Keynote Speaker – Steve Groff – Soil health expert and author of The Future- Proof Farm: Changing Mindsets in a Changing World | Dinner & Social Time | Awards presentations 2024 Don Hill Legacy Award 2023 Scholarship winner | Soil Champion Panel Discussion hosted by Steve Groff |
| February 7th, 2024 | 8:30-9:00 | Networking and light refreshments | 9:00 | Opening remarks and housekeeping |
9:00-9:45 | Dr. Tom Wolf, Principal, Agrimetrix Research and Training. Diagnosing Drift | 9:45-10:00 | Dr. Tom Wolf Moderated questions | 10:00-10:45 | Jim Reiss, Senior vice president of product development at Precision Laboratories LLC in West Dundee, Illinois. Why Water Quality Matters to your Spray Program | 10:45-11:00 | Jim Reiss Moderated questions | 11:00-11:30 | Break & Water Quality Testing | 11:30-12:15 | Iain Robertson, Sprayer Operator, 2007 Farm Sprayer Operatory of the Year award winner, National Register of Sprayer Operators board member, Dodington, UK. Practical Tips and Tricks for Sprayer Operators and a UK Perspective on Crop Protection. | 12:15:12:30 | Iain Robertson - Moderated questions | 12:30-1:30 | Lunch | 1:30-2:30 | Ontario Sprayer Operators’ Experiences featuring: Todd Frey, Operations Manager, Clean Farm Services, Drayton, Tyler McBlain, McBlain Farms, Brant Dan Martin, Chief Operating Officer, Grandridge Farms, West Montrose Mark Luymes, Co-owner of Luymes Farms, Mapleton Township,
Moderated by Mike Cowbrough | 2:30-3:00 | Break & Water Quality Testing | 3:00-3:45 | Panel discussion with previously submitted questions Moderated by Dr. Jason Deveau. | 3:45-4:00 | Closing remarks |
Agenda Details: Diagnosing Drift:A practical discussion using three case studies on how someone might investigate a drift complaint and what steps involved parties might take. Ontario Water Quality and its Utility as a Spray Carrier:
Water quality plays a critical role in the success of a spray application from mixing to efficacy. This talk helps isolate the truly critical factors and relating them to Ontario regions, time of year and the source (e.g. municipal water or dugout). Learn where to get testing done and how to interpret a report. Practical Tips and Tricks and a UK perspective:Keynote speaker for the event, Iain shares his UK spraying experience including a bevvy of practical tips and tricks that improve all aspects of spraying from filling, operator safety, to drift mitigation and even road safety. He also discusses sprayer features or aftermarket add-ons that have made his job easier, faster, more effective and/or safer. How to make your operation more efficient and effective:Learn from a group of presenters, each successful growers/applicators who have innovated to make their operations better. Have your questions ready! Panel Speakers: Todd Frey, Operations Manager, Clean Farm Services, Drayton, ON. Tyler McBlain, McBlain Farms, Brant ON. Dan Martin, Chief Operating Officer, EarthFresh Farms, Burlington, ON. Mark Luymes, Co-owner of Luymes Farms, Mapleton Township, ON.
For more information please check out their website at: https://www.ontariosoilcrop.org/highlights-from-the-annual-meeting/
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