WHAT’S Up – for Aug. 12, 2010

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Published: August 12, 2010

Please forward your agricultural events to[email protected]or call 204-944-5762.

August 17: Manitoba Soil Science Society Summer Tour “The Interlake Influence.” Bus leaves Winnipeg at 7:45 a. m. and returns at 8:30 p. m. Lunch and supper included. For more info, contact Kim Brown-Livingston (MAFRI) at 745-0226 or visit the MSSS website at:http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/afs/soil_science/MSSS/.

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Aug. 21: Manitoba Farm Mentorship’s Interlake Interlude farm tour, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Teulon-Inwood area. Departs from Garden City Shopping Centre, Winnipeg. For more info or to register call 204-239-7170 or visit www.manitobafarmmentorship.ca.

Aug. 25: Manitoba Lamb Value Chain Project outreach meeting, 9-11 a.m., MAFRI GO office Classroom B, 1129 Queens Ave., Brandon. For more info or to pre-register call 204-834-2261 or 204-461-2978.

Aug. 26: Manitoba Lamb Value Chain Project outreach meeting, 9-11 a.m., MAFRI GO office, 65 Third St. NE, Carman. For more info or to preregister call 204-834-2261 or 204-461-2978.

Aug. 27: Manitoba Lamb Value Chain Project outreach meeting, 9-11 a.m., Parochial Hall, 435 First Ave. N, Stonewall. For more info or to pre-register call 204-834-2261 or 204-461-2978.

Sept. 8-9: AAFC-BRC Beef & Pasture Tour Grazing Solutions for Range and Pasture, Brandon Research Centre. Registration 8:45 a.m., lunch provided. For more info call 204-578-3604 or email [email protected].

Sept. 8-9: AAFC Brandon Research Centre beef and pasture tour. For more info call Heather Davis at 204-761-3914.

Sept. 11-12: Winnipeg Green Lifestyle and Organic Living Show, Winnipeg Convention Centre, 375 York Ave. For more info visit www.winnipeggreenshow.com.

Sept. 12-15: Agricultural Biotechnology International Conference (ABIC 2010): Bridging Biology and Business, TCU Place, 35-22nd St. E., Saskatoon. For more info call 306-668-2659 or visit www.abic.ca/abic2010/index.html.

Sept. 19: Open Farm Day in Manitoba. For more info visit http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture and click on “Open Farm Day September 19th.”

Sept. 29: Transport Institute’s Supply Chain Connections 2010 conference, Delta Winnipeg, 350 St. Mary Ave. Theme: “Northern Exposure.” For more info call 204-474-9097 or visit http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/management/ti/.

Oct. 29-30: Manitoba Animal Welfare Conference, Canad Inns, 2401 Saskatchewan Ave. W., Portage la Prairie. For more info call 204-857-7297 or visit www.portageanimalwelfaresociety.com.

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