| 8:00 a.m. |
Registration Opens
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| 8:45 a.m. |
Welcoming & Opening Remarks |
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| 9:00 a.m. |
Climate Change and Crop Risk Management - Keynote Speaker
- Dr. Paul Bullock,
- Departmnet of Soil Science, U of Manitoba
- Sponsored by Farm Credit Canada
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| 10:00 a.m. |
Refreshment and Networking Break |
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| 10:30 a.m. |
Lowering Carbon Footprint by Diversifying Cropping Systems
- Dr. Yantai Gan, AAFC, Swift Current
- Sponsored by Monsanto
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| 11:15 a.m. |
Improvement on Soil Fertility for Sustainable Agriculture
- Dr. Masayuki Tani, Obihiro University of Agriculture, Japan
- Sponsored by University of Saskatchewan
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| 11:35 a.m. |
Carbon credits – Policy and Legislation
- Doyle Weibe, Saskatchewan Soil Conservation Association
- Sponsored by SSCA
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| 12:00 p.m. |
Luncheon and Awards Presentations
- Sponsored by Ducks Unlimited Canada |
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Platinum Sponsor
Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission
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| 1:30 p.m. |
Farming with Social Media and Smart Phones
- Ian Boyd, Saskatchewan Soil Conservation Association
- Sponsored by SSCA
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| 1:30 p.m. |
Inter-row Seeding
- Mike Bevans, AgTech Centre, Lethbridge
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| 2:00 p.m. |
Precision Agriculture and Variable Rate Technology
- Ty Faechner, ARECA, Edmonton
- Sponsored by Seedmaster
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| 2:30 p.m. |
Refreshment and Networking Break |
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| 3:00 p.m. |
Glyphosate Resistant Weeds
- Dr. Hugh Beckie, AAFC, Saskatoon
- Sponsored by Bayer CropScience
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| 3:30 p.m. |
Beneficial Microorganisms
- Dr. Chantal Hamel, AAFC, Swift Current
- Sponsored by Dupont
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| 4:00 p.m. |
Longterm Crop Rotations
- Dr. Reynald Lemke, AAFC, Saskatoon
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| 4:30 p.m. |
SSCA AGM |
