Business Development Centre

9:00 – 9:45 a.m.

OPTIONAL: Pre-Workshop One-on-One Tech Support

Computer assistance with:

• Loading or troubleshooting AgErosion

• Loading the new Rock Chute Spreadsheet

• Installing QGIS

• Installing HY-8 Culvert Design Software

Time available to complete 2026 Certificate Renewal Survey

OFFICIAL START!

9:45 – 10:10 a.m.

Welcome and Summary

Summary of 2026 erosion control cost share opportunities for landowners across Ontario.

10:00 – 10:10 a.m.

New Products

Including: 

• Online design information sheets

• Rock chute and rock sizing algorithms

10:10 – 11:00 a.m.

Practice Using AgErosion in AgriSuite

Hands-on Exercises:

• Grassed waterways

• WASCoBs

• Rock chutes (including practice using new rock chute and rock sizing spreadsheet)

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Appendix E in Pub 832 – Floodwater Storage

Discussion & Practice

• Field situations where these calculations may be valuable

• Practice using the floodwater storage design info sheet

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

LUNCH

1:00 – 1:30 p.m.

Invasive Species Control Measures

Presented by Nature Conservancy.

1:30 – 1:45 p.m.

Using QGIS & Provincial LiDAR

1:45 – 2:45 p.m.

Hands-on QGIS & LiDAR Exercise

Delineating watersheds.

2:45 – 3:15 p.m.

Introduction to HY-8 Culvert Design Software

Video introduction.