Registration for the Ontario Agricultural Conference’s (OAgC) 2026 Planting Knowledge, Growing Prosperity series is open.
The in-person conferences in Ridgetown, Waterloo and Kemptville, or the virtual option, will offer courses that elevate agricultural knowledge and foster province-wide collaboration among farmers, agronomists, researchers and agri-food professionals.
“Our goal is to make leading-edge research and agronomic expertise available to every farmer in Ontario — regardless of where they farm,” said Crosby Devitt, Grain Farmers of Ontario CEO. “The virtual and on-demand options make it easier than ever to stay connected and informed.”
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Southwest Agricultural Conference (SWAC), Ridgetown Campus, University of Guelph, Jan. 6-7, 2026
Two days of expert insight, hands-on learning and networking featuring keynote speakers with “Under the Influence’s” Terry O’Reilly sharing Stories that Grow Trust, encouraging farmers to engage with the public through compelling storytelling and Dr. Jody Carrington with Reignite! a heartfelt appeal to reconnect, recharge, and rediscover passion and purpose.
Participants can choose between four one-hour concurrent sessions on agronomic and production, and a two-hour Sprayer Clinic offered twice daily by CASE IH and John Deere specialists.
January 6 offers a “Taste Ontario” event and tradeshow with the latest crop production innovations.
MidWest Agricultural Conference (MWAC) at RIM Park, Waterloo, Jan. 16, 2026
A full day of the latest field crop innovation and information, including interactive hot topic discussions for the 2026 growing season, such as Strip Till Show and Tell, Feeding the Soil and the Crop, I Robot, What’s happening, and are we ready?, along with networking opportunities and tradeshow.
Eastern Ontario Crop Conference (EOCC) at the Southgate Church in Kemptville, January 27, 2026
The EOCC emphasizes eastern Ontario issues such as Biocontrol Breakthroughs and New Pest Mysteries, From Stover to Stand, On-farm lessons for NoTill soybeans after corn, and Record-Breaking Wheat: Learnings from the Great Lakes YEN, with two concurrent sessions per hour and a vibrant tradeshow for networking.
Each participant will have access to 50 on-demand recorded sessions from the SWAC, MWAC and the EOCC, along with selected live-streamed sessions from Ridgetown and Waterloo, until March 31, 2026.
Additionally, TEC Talk Tuesday, an interactive, topic-focused virtual discussion series with conference speakers, returns throughout January and February at 7:27 p.m., with recordings available after the fact.
“We’ve seen incredible success with the hybrid format,” said Rob Miller, Regional Technical Service Manager, BASF Canada. “Attendees value being able to learn in-person, network with peers, and then revisit sessions later online. That flexibility keeps the information accessible long after the conference ends.”
Registration for the in-person and virtual options can be found at Ontarioagconferences.ca or through the partnering conference’s websites at Ridgetown’s southwestagconference.ca, Waterloo’s heartlandsoilcrop.org/mwac or Kemptville’s www.eocc.eastontcropconference.ca.
