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2025 OSN Road Trip Day 1- Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry + West Carleton-March Ward
August 19, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Join the OSN for a regional community event featuring field tours and a get together to reconnect, share and learn!
This event has 1 CEU for Crop Management and 1 CEU for Professional Development
| Host | Time | Location | Description |
| Ron Toonders | 10am – 12pm | 13034 Pages Corners Rd., Williamsburg, ON | Ron Toonders has a cash crop and dairy operation in Williamsburg, ON. Join the OSN and Ron Toonders for a field tour to discuss his work with switchgrass, no-till and his more recent experience with trying strip-till. Ron’s work with switchgrass complements his operations by improving the soil, creating a habitat for wildlife and allowing Ron to vary the function of his land throughout the year. |
| Agronomic Update with Kelsey Banks + Lunch | 12pm – 1:45pm | 13034 Pages Corners Rd., Williamsburg, ON | Join Kelsey Banks of Banks Agro for an agronomic update. Kelsey is an independent agronomy consultant with her own consulting service Banks Agro that offers agronomy services based in eastern Ontario. |
| Ottawa Valley Grain | 3pm- 4pm | 405 Donald B. Munro Drive, Carp Ontario, Canada K0A 1L0 | Come for a tour of Ottawa Valley Grain, a fourth-generation custom grain mill. They source grain from farms in and around the Ottawa Valley, and often, directly from the farmers themselves. Ottawa Valley Grain is passionate about milling Canadian grain, supporting local and regional farmers, and ensuring that Canadians from coast-to-coast-to-coast have access to the highest quality product. |