Information on Think Wheat! meetings in Regina and Prince Albert
Sask Wheat has partnered with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture to host two meetings aimed at providing wheat producers in the province with the most up-to-date and relevant information about producing and marketing their crops.
Prince Albert Meeting
Monday, February 29, 2016
8AM – 4:30 PM
Plaza 88
Regina Meeting
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
8AM – 4:30 PM
Salon A&B, Evraz Place
Agenda:
*subject to change
8:00 AM: Registration
8:30 AM: The Agronomy Behind High Yielding Wheat
Thom Weir, Farmer’s Edge
9:15 AM: PGRs & MRLs – What You Need to Know this Season
Stu Brandt, Northeast Agriculture Research Foundation
9:45 AM: Spray Timing and Application
Tom Wolf, AgriMetrix
10:15 AM: Coffee & networking break
10:45 AM: What’s New in Wheat Varieties: Selections from the Seed Guide
Jim Downey, SeCan
11:15 AM: Integrated Pest Management Panel
Disease Management: Randy Kutcher, University of Saskatchewan
Weed Management: Steve Shirtliffe, University of Saskatchewan
12:00 PM: Lunch
12:45 PM: Sask Wheat Update
1:00 PM: The Importance of Getting your Grain Graded
Jim Smolik, Canadian Grain Commission
1:30 PM: The Basics of Marketing Your Grain
Marlene Boersch, Mercantile Consulting Venture Inc.
2:45 PM: Coffee & networking break
3:15 PM: Market Export Basis and How it Affects Your Grain Marketing
Richard Gray, University of Saskatchewan
3:45 PM: Grain Market Outlook
Bruce Burnett, G3
4:30 PM: ADJOURN
Registration
Registration is now closed.