Diversified Agriculture and Irrigation in Southern Alberta

Diversified Agriculture and Irrigation in Southern Alberta - June 26-27

What’s Included:

  • Hotel – Sheraton Cavalier, Calgary, Alta. – night of June 25;

  • June 26 – Breakfast, lunch, and dinner;

  • Hotel – Brooks, Alta. – night of June 26; and,

  • June 27 – Breakfast and lunch

Cost: $400

Schedule:

*Subject to change

June 26

  • Depart from Sheraton Cavalier in Calgary, Alta. — 8:15 a.m.

  • Arrive in Lethbridge, Alta. — Lethbridge College — Agriculture and Irrigation Research

  • Lunch — 12 p.m.

  • TBC Farm — east of Lethbridge, Alta.

  • Sugar Beet Farm — Taber, AB

  • Drive to Brooks — Barbeque dinner

  • Overnight in Hotel — Brooks, Alta.

June 27

  • Depart from hotel in Brooks — 8:15 a.m.

  • Aquaduct — Irrigation History

  • Farm visits — To be determined

  • Lunch – Pivot Spirits Distillery, followed by tour of facility in Rolling Hills —12 p.m.

  • Drive to Rainier, Alta. — South Slope Feedlots tour

  • Bassano Dam – Bassano, Alta. — 3 p.m.

  • Head back to Calgary, Alta. for main IFAJ congress