Agenda


Monday, January 23
4:00pm – 9:00pm FarmTech pre-registration at Westin – details
Centennial Room – Westin Hotel Edmonton
7:30pm-11:00pm
FarmTech reception – details
Centennial Room – Westin Hotel Edmonton
ALL FarmTech events from Tuesday, January 24 through Thursday, January 26 are at the Edmonton EXPO Centre at NorthlandsThe conference registration desk will be setup in the main hallway at the Edmonton EXPO Centre for all delegates and exhibitors checking-in on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday
Tuesday, January 24
7:30am Trade show opens (closes at 6:00pm) - Hall F
7:30-9:00 Breakfast: Showcasing Solutions by DuPont- Hall F
9:00-9:30 Grand Opening - Halls G & H
9:30-10:30 KEYNOTE - Halls G & H

Glen Hodgson
Canada and the Global Agri-Food Economy
11:00-12:00 CONCURRENT #1
Room 1 Emile deMilliano
Crop Symptom Investigation – A CSI Experience
Room 2 Richard Phillips
Federal Agriculture Policy – Do Farmers Make a Difference?
Room 3 Rick Taillieu
Twitter and Tech Tricks: Making the Most of Your Time Online
Room 4 James Camberato
Glyphosate & Micronutrients – Separating the Grain from the Chaff
Room 5 Sarah Foster
The Building Blocks for Complete Seed Quality – Setting you up for Success
Room 6 Jennifer Otani
What’s Bugging You – An Insect Pest Update for Agriculture in Alberta
Room 7 Blair Roth
Pulse Crop Market Outlook
12:00-1:30 Lunch - Halls G & H
1:00 -1:15 Special Guest Luncheon Remarks- Halls G & HDavid Anderson
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resource and to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food for the Canadian Wheat Board
1:30-2:30 Concurrent #2
Room 1 Dan Orchard
Canola Agronomy to Maximize Production
Room 2 Bob Cuthbert
Barley Markets and the End of the Single Desk
Room 3 Hugh Beckie
Global & Western Canadian Herbicide Resistance Issues & Management
Room 4 Julie Benci, Andrew Kittle, Lee Markert
Farm Succession Planning Panel
Room 5 Steve Jefferies
Cereal Breeding and End Point Royalties in Australia
Room 6 Eric Johnson
Minor Use & New Herbicides
Room 7 John DePutter
Cereal Crop Markets: Maximizing the Opportunities and Managing the Risks
2:45-3:45 ACPC Annual General Meeting - Room 1
4:00-5:00 Concurrent #3
Room 1 Murray Hartman
Canola Rotation Performance
Room 2 Tom Wolf
You Should be Spraying in the Wind – Where Drift Goes and How to Control it
Room 3 Les Creasy
Farm Tax Planning: Minimize Tax & Maximize Returns
Room 4 Richard Phillips
Federal Agriculture Policy – Do Farmers Make a Difference?
Room 5 Kelly Turkington
Plant Disease Issues in Alberta
Room 6 Brenda Robinson
Getting the Most Out of Who We Are and What We Do
Room 7 Jay Burrows
Feed Grain Marketing and Outlook
5:15-5:45 Innovators A
Room 1 Larry Bokenfohr
Farm Management Clubs
Room 2 Craig Shand & Grant Budgeon
Variable Rate Fungicide Applications
Room 3 Colin Bergstrom
Implementing a Controlled Traffic System in Alberta
Room 4 Bill Sinclair
Optical Sorting – Friend or Foe?
Room 5 Matt Enright
Operating a Shortline Railway
Room 6 Mike Kotelko
Going Green
Room 7 Garth Donald & Pat Kunz
Optimize RX and Why it is Not Just Variable Rate Technology
6:00-8:00 Bayer Special Event -Hall E
Wednesday, January 25
7:30 Trade show opens (closes at 6:30pm) - Hall F
7:30-9:00 AWWPC Event – Eggs & Enlightenment – Room 301
9:00-10:00 Keynote – Halls G & H

John Shmorhun
Agriculture in Ukraine
10:00-11:00 ABC Annual Event -Room 1
Dr. Max Moehs
GMO Barley: Where is it at and where is it going
11:00-12:00 Concurrent #4
Room 1 John De Pape
Marketing Grain Without the CWB Single Desk
Room 2 Tom Wolf
You Should be Spraying in the Wind – Where Drift Goes and How to Control it
Room 3 Hugh Beckie
Global & Western Canadian Herbicide Resistance Issues & Management
Room 4 Kelly Turkington
Plant Disease Issues in Alberta
Room 5 Les Creasy
Farm Tax Planning: Minimize Tax & Maximize Returns
Room 6 Jochum Wiersma
Hard Red Spring Wheat in Minnesota; Pushing Limits
Room 7 John DePutter
Cereal Crop Markets: Maximizing the Opportunities and Managing the Risks
12:00-1:30 Lunch - Halls G & H
1:00 – 1:15 Special Guest Luncheon Remarks - Halls G & H
The Honourable Gerry Ritz
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food & Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board
1:30-2:30 Concurrent #5
Room 1 Merle Good
Risky Programs…. Is Your Farm Playing Russian Roulette???
Room 2 James Camberato
Glyphosate & Micronutrients – Separating the Grain from the Chaff
Room 3 Rob Gulden
Harvest Losses in Canola
Room 4 Murray Hartman
Canola Rotation Performance
Room 5 Jennifer Otani
What’s Bugging You – An Insect Pest Update for Agriculture in Alberta
Room 6 Rick Taillieu
Twitter and Tech Tricks: Making the Most of Your Time Online
Room 7 Greg Kostal
Oilseed Market Outlook
2:45-3:45 APG Annual General Meeting -Room 1
4:00-5:00 Concurrent #6
Room 1 Todd Rowan
Growing Premium Pulse Varieties
Room 2 Drew Lerner
2012 Weather to Hinge on Fate of La Nina
Room 3 John Shmorhun & Ryan Young
Cropping Systems in Ukraine & Russia
Room 4 Eric Johnson
Minor Use & New Herbicides
Room 5 Bob Cuthbert
B
arley Markets and the End of the Single Desk
Room 6 Emile deMilliano
Crop Symptom Investigation – A CSI Experience
Room 7 Steve Jefferies
Cereal Breeding and End Point Royalties in Australia
5:15-6:15 Syngenta Special Event - Hall F
6:30-8:45 Monsanto Banquet -Halls G & H
Gerry Dee
9:00-11:00 BASF Special Event - Hall E
Thursday, January 26
7:30 Trade show opens (closes at 3:00pm) – Hall F
7:30-9:00 ACTS II Annual General Meeting & Breakfast – Room 301
9:00-10:00 Keynote - Halls G & H

James Peck
Running an Agribusiness in the UK
10:00-11:00 ASGA Annual Event – Room 1
Mark Hemmes
Western Canadian Grain Handling & Transportation System
11:00-12:00 Concurrent #7
Room 1 Julie Benci, Andrew Kittle, Lee Markert
Farm Succession Planning Panel
Room 2 Brenda Robinson
Getting the Most Out of Who We Are and What We Do
Room 3 Rob Gulden
Harvest Losses in Canola
Room 4 Sarah Foster
The Building Blocks for Complete Seed Quality – Setting you up for Success
Room 5 Dan Orchard
Canola Agronomy to Maximize Production
Room 6 Jochum Wiersma
Hard Red Spring Wheat in Minnesota; Pushing Limits
Room 7 Greg Kostal
Oilseed Market Outlook
12:00-1:30 Lunch - Halls G & H
1:30-2:30 Keynote- Halls G & H
General Rick Hillier
Keynote Address – Leadership in Tough Times
2:45-3:15 Innovators B
Room 1 Larry Bokenfohr
Farm Management Clubs
Room 2 Craig Shand & Grant Budgeon
Variable Rate Fungicide Applications
Room 3 Colin Bergstrom
Implementing a Controlled Traffic System in Alberta
Room 4 Bill Sinclair
Optical Sorting – Friend or Foe?
3:30-4:30 Concurrent #8
Room 1 Drew Lerner
2012 Weather to Hinge on Fate of La Nina
Room 2 Merle Good
Risky Programs…. Is Your Farm Playing Russian Roulette???
Room 3 John De Pape
Marketing Grain Without the CWB Single Desk
Room 4 James Peck
Nuffield Studies: Arable Farming – Where Next?

 

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resource and to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food for the Canadian Wheat Board.