About Us

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. 

The event usually takes place in Elmwood Ontario, at the Elmwood Community Centre, located approximately 1 mile west of the flashing amber light.  However, with the event presented virtually over the past two years, participants were able to view it from the comfort of their office chair, sofa, tractor seat – anywhere they chose. January snowstorms were also not an issue with this new online option!

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Over the years, interest in the conference has continued to grow and our reach is extending well beyond our county borders. Most years there are roughly 1300 people in attendance over the course of the seven day event. Typically, Crops Day accounts for 22% of the attendance, Beef Day - 22%, and Dairy Day - 20%. About three quarters of the audience are from Grey-Bruce, and the remainder come from outside that area. Interestingly, the latter number continues to grow.

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2018, 2019 and 2020 marked exciting years of technological advancement. 2018 was the first year that GBFW live streamed all 7 days of this fantastic educational content to producers across the province and beyond. Producers were able to watch content live and for several weeks following the event. Here’s an example of the Live Stream content https://youtu.be/sMRfmJv1sg8  

In 2021 and 2022 the conference moved to an entirely virtual format in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The GBFW committee would like to thank technology sponsors for our virtual event: Trillium Mutual Insurance, and FCC, as well as the producers and other agribusiness who continued to show support through two years of virtual programming.