GREY BRUCE FARMERS' WEEK
Grey Bruce Farmers' Week is an agricultural conference held annually in early January at the Elmwood Community Centre.
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The 2026 event will be Grey Bruce Farmers' Week's 60th anniversary!
We hope you'll join us to celebrate this exciting milestone!
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Each day of the conference focuses on a different commodity and features guest speakers delivering presentations, a tradeshow of agribusiness and a hot roast beef lunch. Information on the coming year's program will be updated to this site as it is available. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and X for updates as they come.
Announcing the dates for GBFW 2026:
Beef Day - Wednesday Jan 7th 2026
Dairy Day - Thursday Jan 8th 2026
Goat Day - Friday Jan 9th 2026
Sheep Day - Saturday Jan 10th 2026
Horse Day - Sunday Jan 11th 2026
Crops Day - Monday Jan 12th 2026
Where Did Ecological Day Go?
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You may have noticed that Ecological Day is not being offered in 2026. The GBFW organizing committee felt that producers would be better served by building ecologically themed topics into each day of the week rather than separating them onto their own day. As a result, our conference will run for six days in 2026 but presentations will be added to each of the remaining days which focus on farming their respective commodities with an ecological mindset.
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The removal of Ecological Day is done in acknowledgment that all producers are stewards of the environment and strive to do the best for their land that they are able. Each commodity has opportunity and incentive to put ecological practices to use in their production system, and we hope that exploring these best practices during the commodity day will provide a more holistic set of discussions than separating the topics out. Please feel free to reach out with any comments or concerns!
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Grey Bruce Farmers' Week Prize
June 25, 2025​
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Grey Bruce Farmers' Week has given an annual $1000.00 prize to an OVC graduate who will practice large or mixed veterinary medicine in Grey and Bruce County post graduation, each year since 2009. The 2025 recipient is Cole Radbourne. Click 'read more' below to see Cole's story, and that of past year's recipients.
Recordings of Grey Ag's 2023 Winter Course presentations are now available online.
Feb 18, 2024
Grey County Agricultural Services co-ordinates Grey Bruce Farmers' Week on behalf of the GBFW Committee. Grey Ag also co-ordinates a wintertime 'Agricultural Programs' series of courses. Use the link below to browse the recordings which have been released from last year's course program.
Our History
Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week (GBFW) has been a main stay for the agricultural industry in Grey County since 1966. The featured commodities have changed as our agricultural focus has evolved, but the mandate to educate farmers and agribusiness has remained firm. The Trade Show is filled to capacity on most days...