SaskCanola is hosting Top Notch Farming extension meetings this winter in partnership with SaskBarley, and SaskFlax.

Join us in Unity on February 8, 2024 at the Community Centre Hall!

This event is complimentary for farmers and agronomists to attend. Lunch will be provided.

Agenda:

9:30 AM        Opening Remarks – SaskCanola Director

9:45 AM        Results of SaskCanola’s NEW On-Farm Research Trials Program – Kaeley Kindrachuk, SaskCanola

10:30 AM     Networking Break

10:50 AM Advocating for Farmers, an Update on Policy Issues - Dale Leftwich, SaskCanola

11:15 AM     Risk Management Tools for Grain Marketing – Stan Jeeves, farms at Wolseley, SK

Noon        Lunch

1:00 PM        Developments in Flax Research – Kade Kettenbach, SaskFlax

1:30 PM        ADOPT Research – Kayla Slind, Western Applied Research Corporation
- Demonstrating the efficacy of foliar-applied nitrogen fixing bacteria for canola
- Reduction of cadmium uptake in flax using agronomic strategies
- Field scale research 

2:00 PM        Refreshment Break

2:15 PM         The Latest Buzz on Pollinator Biosecurity – Graham Parsons, Saskatchewan Agriculture

3:00 PM        Boosting Barley Beyond Expectations – Mitchell Japp, SaskBarley

3:30 PM         Meeting Adjourned

This event qualifies for CEUs towards CCA certification:
Nutrient Management CEUs: 0.5
Crop Management CEUs: 2
Professional Development CEUs: 0.5
Certified Crop Science Consultants wishing to collect CEUs for this meeting may submit a request through the CCSC Program self-reporting database