Aug. 25-29: "Feed Your Country Soul" at the 70th annual Dundas Fair featuring plowing (tractor, antique tractor, horse, and oxen); horse and oxen pulls; heritage draft animal demos (plowing, discing, seeding, cutting, thrashing, stacking, skidding); displays; horse-drawn wagon rides, local entertainment, Farmers' Market, meals using locally grown food, musical entertainment, and the 45th anniversary of the Queen of the Furrows pageant, Dundas, P.E.I. For details contact Shelley Ployer, 902-583-2015 or visit www.dundasplowingmatch.com.

March 14: The Canadian Warmblood Horse Breeders Association annual Stallion Service Auction, hosted by The Nova Scotia Chapter. Bidding is online. For information visit the national website at http://www.canadianwarmbloods.com.

March 20: NS Clydesdale Club Annual Dinner, Auction & Dance, Westville Fire Hall. Roast Beef Dinner at 7pm; music by the HomeGrown Band. $20.00 per person. Contact Elwood Fraser at 396-3472 or any Club member for tickets.

April 17-18: Atlantic Horse Fair, Agridome, N.S. Provincial Exhibition grounds, Truro. Contact Diane Daniels, 902-893-9222 or visit www.agridome.ca/AHF/.

April 24: Horse and Tack Spring Auction, 11 am, Appt Auction Center, Jemseg, N.B. For details call Stuart E. Appt, 506-488-2311.

April 24-25: Valarie Siemer riding and driving clinic, sponsored by the N.S. Morgan Club, auditors welcome, Porter's Equine Centre, Stewiacke, N.S. Contact Gordon Young by phone, 902-883-9908 or email gordonyoung@ns.sympatico.ca.

May 1: Maritime Draft Horse Association annual banquet, Sussex Legion, N.B. For details phone Edythe Storey, 506-433-2454.

May 29: Central Nova Horse & Pony Association Series Show 1, Central Nova Equine Park, Truro, N.S., classes for everyone, novice rider to experienced. For details contact Sheri Morehouse, 902-897-4755 or visit www.cnhp.ca.

May 29-30: Fall River Hunter Jumper Weekend. For prize list contact Linda LeClair by email frs@ns.sympatico.ca.

May 30: Central Nova Horse & Pony Association Hunter Training Show, Central Nova Equine Park, Truro, N.S., divisions from x-rail to 3'3". For details contact Sheri Morehouse, 902-897-4755 or visit www.cnhp.ca.

June 26: Central Nova Horse & Pony Association Series Show 2, Central Nova Equine Park, Truro, N.S., classes for everyone, from novice rider to experienced. For details contact Sheri Morehouse, 902-897-4755 or visit www.cnhp.ca.

June 26-27: Fall River Hunter Jumper Weekend. For prize list contact Linda LeClair by email frs@ns.sympatico.ca.

July 31: Central Nova Horse & Pony Association Series Show 3, Central Nova Equine Park, Truro, N.S., classes for everyone, from novice rider to experienced. For details contact Sheri Morehouse, 902-897-4755 or visit www.cnhp.ca.

July 31-Aug. 1: Annual MBRA barrels/poles show, Crapaud Agriplex, Crapaud, P.E.I. Contact Gerald Dixon, 902-658-2393 or email y.cartner@pei.sympatico.ca.

Aug. 12-13: Charlottetown Old Home Week, MBRA barrels and poles.

Aug. 14-15: Barrels and Poles Extravaganza, new show, new ring, new money, Crapaud Agriplex, Crapaud, P.E.I. Contact Gerald Dixon, 902-658-2393 or email y.cartner@pei.sympatico.ca.

Aug. 25-29: "Feed Your Country Soul" at the 70th annual Dundas Fair featuring plowing (tractor, antique tractor, horse, and oxen); horse and oxen pulls; heritage draft animal demos (plowing, discing, seeding, cutting, thrashing, stacking, skidding); displays; horse-drawn wagon rides, local entertainment, Farmers' Market, meals using locally grown food, musical entertainment, and the 45th anniversary of the Queen of the Furrows pageant, Dundas, P.E.I. For details contact Shelley Ployer, 902-583-2015 or visit www.dundasplowingmatch.com.

Sept. 25: Horse and Tack Fall Auction, 11 am, Appt Auction Center, Jemseg, N.B. For details call Stuart E. Appt, 506-488-2311.

Sept. 25: Central Nova Horse & Pony Association Series Show 4, Central Nova Equine Park, Truro, N.S., classes for everyone, from novice rider to experienced. For details contact Sheri Morehouse, 902-897-4755 or visit www.cnhp.ca.

Sept. 26: Central Nova Horse & Pony Association Hunter Show, Central Nova Equine Park, Truro, N.S., hunter divisions. For details contact Sheri Morehouse, 902-897-4755 or visit www.cnhp.ca.

Oct. 2-3: Central Nova Horse & Pony Association Barrel Show, Central Nova Equine Park, Truro, N.S., gymkhana - barrels, poles, dash. MBRA pointed show. For details contact Sheri Morehouse, 902-897-4755 or visit www.cnhp.ca.

March 6: Woodland Conference 2010 ­ Western Nova Scotia, Queens County. Visit http:// www.woodlotinfoshop.ca to register. Registration is $25 and includes a hearty lunch.

March 27: Woodland Conference 2010 ­ Central Nova Scotia, Winding River Elementary School, Stewiacke. Visit www.woodlotinfoshop.ca to register. Registration is $25 and includes a hearty lunch.

April 7-8: Canadian Woodlands Forum Spring meeting and AGM, Ramada Plaza, Crystal Palace Hotel, Moncton, N.B. Contact Peter Robichaud at 902-897-6961 or visit www.cwfcof.org for details.

April 8-9: Atlantic Heavy Equipment Show, Moncton Coliseum, Moncton, N.B. For more information call toll free 1-888-454-7469 or visit www.ahes.ca.

April 10: Woodland Conference 2010 ­ Eastern Nova Scotia, Chedabucto Place Performance Centre, Guysborough. Visit www.woodlotinfoshop.com to register. Registration is $25 and includes a hearty lunch.

April 15: Deadline for nominations for Nova Scotia's 2010 Woodlot Owner of the Year. Submit nominations to any DNR office or to Simon Mutabazi, Box 698, Halifax, NS B3J 2T9, fax to 902-424-7735, or email woodlot@gov.ns.ca. For more information visit www.gov.ns.ca/natr/extension/woya .

April 17-18: 2010 Atlantic Horse Fair, Agridome, N.S. Provincial Exhibition grounds, Truro. Contact Diane Daniels, 902-893-9222 for details.

May 7-8: Northeastern Forest Products Equipment Expo, Essex Junction, Vermont. The Northeast's premiere exposition of forest products equipment, supplies and services. Demos of logging, grinding, splitting, and chipping equipment on acres of display space. For details contact Joe Phaneuf, 315-369-3078.

May 25-27: World Bioenergy 2010, "Taking you from know-how to show-how," Jönköping, Sweden. For details follow the World Bioenergy link at www.AtlanticFarmer.com or email Jakob.Hirsmark@elmia.se.

Feb. 2-March 1: Nova Scotia Cattle Producers Zone meetings. Times and locations to be announced. Feb. 2 (Zone 2), followed by Feb. 9 (Zone 5), Feb. 16 (Zone 3), Feb. 23 (Zone 4), and March 1 (Zone 1 and Zone 6 - to be held in Yarmouth). Contact the NSCP office, 902-893-7455.

March 3: Livestock sale, Sussex & Studholm Agricultural Society Co-op Livestock Barn, Sussex, N.B., 11:30 am, auctioneer is Steve Liptay. Phone Sarah Hayes at 506-432-1841, Dave Arsenault at 506-432-1826, or email Sussex-auction@hotmail.com.

March 11-12: 2010 Annual Easter Beef Show and Sale, Canada Games Civic Centre, Charlottetown, P.E.I., all major beef breeds represented, 4-H competition. For more information contact Jane Palmer, 902-675-4351.

March 17: Livestock and feeder sale, Sussex & Studholm Agricultural Society Co-op Livestock Barn, Sussex, N.B., livestock sale starts at 11:30 am, feeder sale starts at 12:30 pm, auctioneer is Steve Liptay. Phone Sarah Hayes at 506-432-1841, Dave Arsenault at 506-432-1826, or email Sussex-auction@hotmail.com.

March 18: Feeder sale, Atlantic Stockyards Limited, Truro, N.S. For details, phone Sean, 902-670-5999 or 902-893-9603.

March 20: Ferme Gagnon Inc. Bull Test Station Sale, at the farm. For more information phone Yves, 514-952-6200; Francis, 514-975-3722; or email ferme_gagnon_farm@hotmail.com.

March 27: Nova Scotia Cattle Producers Annual General Meeting at the Agricultural College in Truro. Time and place to be announced. Contact the NSCP office, 902-893-7455.

March 31: Livestock sale, Sussex & Studholm Agricultural Society Co-op Livestock Barn, Sussex, N.B., 11:30 am, auctioneer is Steve Liptay. Phone Sarah Hayes at 506-432-1841, Dave Arsenault at 506-432-1826, or email Sussex-auction@hotmail.com.

April 3: 37th Annual Breeding Stock Sale, Maritime Beef Test Station, Nappan, N.S. Contact the Test Station, 902-661-2855.

April 3: Maritime Aberdeen Angus Association Director meeting, Nappan, N.S. Contact Betty Lou Scott, 902-925-2057 for details.

April 3: Spring Spectacular XXXVII Sale, Bar 5 Farms Ltd., Markdale, Ont. Contact 1-866-986-2275, email bar5admin@xplornet.com, or visit www.bar5.com for details.

April 3: Dunford Royal Cattle Company Bull Sale, 6 pm, Carson's Auction Service, Listowel, Ont. For details phone Casey Fanta, 519-467-5700.

April 8: Crowfoot Cattle Co. "Heading In The Right Direction 2010" Black and Red Angus bull sale, at the ranch, Standard, Alta. For details contact G.A. Fantin Services, 403-289-3836 or email fanting@telus.netb.

April 17: Feeder sale, Atlantic Stockyards Limited, Truro, N.S. For details, phone Sean, 902-670-5999 or 902-893-9603.

April 17: 32nd Annual Short Grass Angus Bull and Female Sale, Sandy Bar Ranch, Aneroid, Sask., 12 pm CST. For details, phone 306-588-2545, email sandybarangus@gmail.com, or visit www.SandyBarAngus.com.

April 17-18: 2010 Atlantic Horse Fair, Agridome, Provincial Exhibition grounds, Truro, N.S. Phone Diane Daniels, 902-893-9222 for details.

April 24: Equipment sale, Atlantic Stockyards Limited, Truro, N.S. For details, phone Sean, 902-670-5999 or 902-893-9603.

May 1: Feeder sale, Atlantic Stockyards Limited, Truro, N.S. For details, phone Sean, 902-670-5999 or 902-893-9603.

May 21-23: 2010 Northeast Livestock Expo, Windsor Fair grounds, Maine. For details phone Kim MacKay, 207-453-7890; email cnkangus@roadrunner.com; or visit www.northeastlivestockexpo.org.

June 3-6: Canadian Shorthorn Association meeting, Halifax, N.S. For details, phone Peter Greeno, 902-661-4666 or Jim Poole, 902-384-2964.

June 11-12: Maritime Angus Field Day, Pictou Exhibition grounds, Pictou, N.S. Contact Betty Lou Scott, 902-925-2057 for details.

June 16-20: Canadian Angus Association Annual Meeting, Halifax, N.S. Contact Betty Lou Scott, 902-925-2057 for details.

July 8-10: Canadian Junior Angus Show-Showdown, St. Hyacinthe, Qué. Contact Betty Lou Scott, 902-925-2057 for details.

July 30-Aug. 1: The 46th Annual General Meeting and Convention of The Canadian Highland Cattle Society, Niagara Falls, Ont. Contact Terri Barr, secretary-manager at 519-229-6220 or email highland@chcs.ca for more information.

Aug. 25-29: "Feed Your Country Soul" at the 70th annual Dundas Fair featuring plowing (tractor, antique tractor, horse, and oxen); horse and oxen pulls; heritage draft animal demos (plowing, discing, seeding, cutting, thrashing, stacking, skidding); displays; horse-drawn wagon rides, local entertainment, Farmers' Market, meals using locally grown food, musical entertainment, and the 45th anniversary of the Queen of the Furrows pageant, Dundas, P.E.I. For details contact Shelley Ployer, 902-583-2015 or visit www.dundasplowingmatch.com.

Aug. 27: Maritime Simmental Association's 4th Annual Salt Water Classic Sale, Truro, N.S. Contact Bill MacLeod, 506-459-7066 or Ralph Taylor, 902-895-2117 for details.

Sept. 29-Oct. 2: The 3rd International Gathering of Highland Breeders, Glasgow, Scotland. The event will be packed with seminars, fold visits, and everything Highland. Stirling Castle, one of Scotland's grandest castles, will host the delegates gala dinner on Sept. 29. All Highland breeders welcome! For details, contact hazel@highlandcattlesociety.com.

Oct. 3: Extravaganza VI Sale, Bar 5 Farms Ltd., Markdale, Ont. Contact 1-866-986-2275, email bar5admin@xplornet.com, or visit www.bar5.com for details.