The workshops provide information for rural property owners on how to manage and maintain their wells. This year, there will be seven online workshops hosted by municipalities during February and March.

Each will have experts from the provincial Ag, Environment and Health Services ministries, but will also feature a local, licensed water well driller.

The workshops all start at 6:30 and a list of dates, hosting municipality and registration link can be found at alberta.ca (opens as a PDF).

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Since it was launched in 2008, there have been 254 workshops on how to properly care for water wells and protect groundwater resources. More than 6,900 people in 172 different communities have taken the workshops, which are put on by several provincial departments and individuals from the Alberta Water Well Drilling Association, Association of Alberta Agricultural Fieldmen, rural municipalities, and other organizations.

There are 13 workshops being held over the next two months in Yellowhead County (Oct. 15), Grand Cache (Oct. 16), Rocky Mountain House (Oct. 30), Parkland County (Nov. 6), Blue Ridge (Nov. 8), Vulcan (Nov. 13), Pincher Creek (Nov. 14), Bowden (Nov. 22), Telford (Nov. 27), Drayton Valley (Nov. 29), Grimshaw (Dec. 5), Wembley (Dec. 6), and Kelsey (Dec. 11).

For more information and contact info for the workshops, go to workingwell.alberta.ca.

The website also has fact sheets and videos (click on ‘Resources and Related Links’). Fact sheets can also be obtained by calling 310-3773 or emailing AEP.Info-Centre@gov.ab.ca.

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“With clubroot spreading across the Prairie provinces, varietal resistance breaking down and new pathotypes being identified, now is the time for a unified, collaborative approach to exchanging key insights and leading-edge ideas on this serious disease affecting canola,” says the Canola Council of Canada, one of the organizers of the three-day event in Edmonton Aug. 7-9.

There will be sessions on breeding and genetics, genomics, epidemiology, molecular plant-pathogen interactions, and disease management — as well as ones aimed at educating growers, regulators, and agronomists.

The agenda and registration info can be found at the International CLUBROOT Workshop event page.

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Alberta Agriculture and Forestry has organized a full-day workshop in Olds on all aspects of growing these crops, from planting to harvest. Participants will receive information on varietal selection, establishment, maintenance, and harvest of both fruit crops, as well as how to identify potential markets.

The workshop runs Feb. 21 at the Pomeroy Inn and Suites at Olds College. To register call 1-800-387- 6030 before Feb. 14 or go to the Alberta Agriculture website.

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The workshops will be held on Jan. 18 at the Agriculture Centre in Airdrie and on Jan. 30 at the Grande Prairie Provincial Building. The workshops will look at how to determine a break-even point, identify costs, and ways to calculate margin and net profit.

Participants will be given worksheets they can use for their operation. The all-day workshops start at 9 a.m. and cost $25 per person. To register, call 1-800-387-6030.

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His presentation focuses on leadership and key issues facing leaders. Before the workshop, participants will receive an assignment to familiarize themselves with the framework and to get them thinking about their own strategic leadership challenges.

The workshop features numerous individual exercises and group activities.

To register, call 1-800-387-6030 by Nov. 10. Registration is $30.

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Then you may want to attend one of 10 workshops being held across Alberta in late October and early November. The ‘Tools to build your cow herd’ workshops are being put on by Alberta Agriculture and Forestry in conjunction with local forage and research associations. Each will feature a presentation on how genetic and genomic tools can help identify superior animals in a commercial cow herd; feed issues resulting from weather problems; and boosting performance and reproduction efficiency through nutrition. As well, a local veterinarian will speak on local issues and concerns.

The workshops (which include lunch) cost $30 per person and attendees must pre-register one week in advance. The dates and locations are: Oct. 23 at Lethbridge College; Oct. 24 at Olds College; Oct. 25 in Pollockville; Oct. 26 at Lakeland College, in Vermilion; Oct. 27 in Warburg; Oct. 30 in Thorhild; Oct. 31 in Valleyview; Nov. 1 in Spirit River; Nov. 2 in Manning; and Nov. 2 in La Crete. The workshops start at 9 a.m. except for the one in La Crete, which begins at 4:30 p.m.

For more information or to register, call beef extension specialist Andrea Hanson at 403-948-1528 or 310-FARM (3276).

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“Today’s business leaders use storytelling to engage staff and connect to their customers and suppliers,” said Cindy Cuthbert, a project co-ordinator with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry. “Interesting stories about you and your business are often your most effective sales tools.”

The workshops will be held in Stony Plain on March 16 and Airdrie on April 19.

For more info, call 780-538-5287 or email cindy.cuthbert@gov.ab.ca.

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The workshop is aimed at producers who sell at farmers markets or directly to consumers and “who want to understand food quality issues and how to determine the shelf life of food products.”

Topics include defining what food quality is; the difference between food quality and safety; shelf life; and how to buy and use hand-held testing equipment. Speakers include Linda Ho of CanBiocin, a University of Alberta spinoff that markets a bio-preservative.

To register, call 1-800-387-6030.

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Attendees get two full-day workshops (on topics such as how to incorporate the latest technology and create a culture of continuous improvement), a one-day on-site assessment, a half-day on-site progress visit, a half-day wrap-up workshop, monthly phone coaching, and training materials.

The workshops are held in Airdrie on Feb. 8 and March 8. To register, call the Ag-Info Centre at 1-800-387-6030 by Nov. 30.

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