News Flash

Not Just A September Place

• July 7, 2010 – More than 70 4-H members under the age of 14 spent the weekend at Canada's Outdoor Park – home of Canada's Outdoor Farm Show. At the Western Ontario Holstein Junior Show, 4-Hers learned techniques for showing and competed with their calves. Show winners were Amy Elliott from Lambton County (Reserve Champion Showman), Emily Franken from Huron Country (Reserve Showman), Ben Caddey from Elgin County (Grand Champion Calf) and Michael Jenkins from Elgin County (Reserve Champion Calf).

New Equine Expo Launches in June

• March 9, 2010 – Within the Ontario equine industry, there exists a need for a quality expo that can showcase the newest technological advances and innovations for multiple horse breeds and categories. Canada’s Outdoor Equine Expo aims to fill that need by being a world-class annual equine trade show, located on the University of Guelph’s Arkell Research Station.

Young Calf Development Results Released

• December 21, 2009 – Grober Nutrition spent its summer at Canada’s Outdoor Park in the Grober Young Animal Development Centre conducting research on group housing and automatic calf feeders. Results from the 2009 summer calf trials have been published and more work will be done in the Grober Young Animal Development Centre in 2010.