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2025 OSN Road Trip Day 4 – Middlesex County
August 26, 2025 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Join the OSN, Upper Thames Conservation Authority & Honeyland Ag Services for a regional community event featuring tours & new connections!
This event is an OSCIA-recognized Knowledge Sharing Event (KSE) for farmers with On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) projects in the Nitrogen Managementand Cover Cropping category.
And has been approved for 1 CEU in Soil & Water Management and 1 CEU in Crop Management
Thorndale Demonstration Farm Tour with Upper Thames CA -Parking along the road – Coordinates for Demo Farm – 43°05’33.4″N 81°10’49.9″W
| Host | Time | Location | Description |
| Beth Wrona & Chris Van Esbroeck, Upper Thames River Conservation Authority | 9am -11am | 16364 Thorndale Road Thorndale, ON N0M 2P0 – Coordinates for Demo Farm – 43°05’33.4″N 81°10’49.9″W (parking on side of the road) | In 2021, the UTRCA established a 58 acre demonstration farm near Thorndale, Ontario. The farm is used to research and demonstrate a number of agricultural best management practices (BMPs), and showcase how they can improve and protect soil health and water quality while maintaining productivity in the southern Ontario landscape. The farm exhibits a suite of BMPs, offering multiple opportunities to reduce nutrient and sediment loss at the field scale. The highlight feature of the farm is the contoured controlled drainage system which utilizes a series of Agri-Drain control structures to manage sub-surface drainage across 14 acres of the field, which can be compared to the conventional tile system covering the remainder of the farm. |
| Lunch at Honeyland Ag Service | 12pm – 1pm | 3918 W Corner Dr, Ailsa Craig, ON N0M 1A0 | |
| Danny Jefferies | 1pm – 3pm | 3918 W Corner Dr, Ailsa Craig, ON N0M 1A0 | Danny Jefferies is the Agronomy Lead at Honeyland Ag Services, he oversee a diverse range of agronomic and research-focused initiatives to support customer success and drive innovation in nutrient management. Join Danny for an informal tour looking at tillage treatment & some sulfur treatments in soybeans at the field level and around the lab. Honeyland Ag Services is an agricultural lab located in Southwestern Ontario that provides agricultural decision making services through strong partnerships and innovation. They are focused on providing cutting edge analysis so you can better manage your agricultural inputs. |