🌾 Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week is celebrating its 60th year in 2026 and will once again offer both in-person and livestream attendance — meaning anyone, from anywhere, can join in! Please help us spread the word.
🐂 Beef Day – Wednesday, January 7th will feature:
• Ask the Experts panel with veterinarian Dr. Van Mitchell and nutritionist Dr. Matthew Walpole
• Keynote presentation on the Beef Market Outlook for 2026 with market analyst Anne Wasko
• A Beef Farmers of Ontario update with Craig McLaughlin, President of Beef Farmers Ontario
• Christine Brown on maximizing the benefits of manure
• An afternoon panel on sire selection with local producers Tom Cunningham, Darrell Saunders, and Dale Pallister, veterinarian Dr. Van Mitchell, and Brad Gilchrist of Semex, facilitated by Dr. Lisa Sharko
🥛 Dairy Day – Thursday, January 8th will feature:
• A keynote presentation on Improving Dairy Herd Fertility with veterinarian and dairy farmer Dr. Jodi Wallace
• Navigating Succession Planning for Dairy Operations with Robert Scriven
• A Dairy Farmers of Ontario update with Mark Hamel, Chair and Board Member of Region 11
• Navigating Dairy Economics and COP in 2026 with FCC’s Justin Shepherd
• A producer panel on Raising Healthy, Thriving Calves with producers & experts Larissa Hamel, Kristen Stevenson (Portena), Rob Kirkconnell, and Dr. Jodi Wallace, facilitated by Cynthia Miltenburg
🐐 Goat Day – Friday, January 9th will feature:
• Strong Starts, Smooth Transitions: Mastering Goat Kid Weaning with Dr. Lisa Sharko, a lead veterinarian with OMAFA
• An Ontario Goat update with the general manager, Stacey Underwood
• What Meat Processors are Looking For with Yaser Al Qayem, president of Parkhill Meats
…and more!
🐑 Sheep Day – Saturday, January 10th will feature:
• Solar Grazing with Mike Carter, First Green Energy
• Working with Herding Dogs with Steven Rosvold
• From Fleece to Fabric with Jeanette Lourens, owner of Red Maple Homestead
• Parasites & Coccidiosis with Bradley DeWolf
• A Grass & Pasture Management panel with Ben Bartley, Jay Lennox, and Stephen Frankland of Wigmana Farms Ltd.
🐎 Horse Day – Sunday, January 11th will feature:
• Equine Dentistry with Dr. Ian Bishop, one of the first veterinarian in Canada to achieve Board Certification in Equine Dentistry
• Purchasing, Training & Showing Driving Horses with Jim McKague
• Bit Fitting with Lisa Wright
• A panel discussion, My Favourite Drill, with Jason & Bronwynne Irwin and Jessica Ruppel
…and more!
🌱 Crops Day – Monday, January 12th will feature a full lineup including:
• A Market Outlook for 2026 with Steve Kell, grain merchandiser with Kell Grain Elevators
• A panel on The Autonomous Ag Frontier, featuring experts from Huron Tractor Ltd., Grand River Robotics, Upside Robotics, and GPS Ontario, facilitated by Deb Campbell
• Corn Populations and Nitrogen Management with Josh Nasielski, Assistant Professor, University of Guelph
• Pete’s Ponderings with Peter Johnson, agronomist with RealAgriculture
Take advantage of the networking opportunities in the tradeshow and enjoy a hearty roast beef lunch. Can’t watch the presentations live in Elmwood? That’s okay! They’ll be livestreamed and available for 30 days after as well.
👉 Visit www.gbfw.ca for more details.