Full Name
Autumn Barnes
Job Title
Agronomy Specialist
Farm Name / Company
Canola Council of Canada
Speaker Bio
As an Agronomy Specialist with the Canola Council of Canada’s Crop Production & Innovation team, Autumn works to build collaboration and innovation in the canola value chain. Autumn leads the CCC’s clubroot file and is the chair of the Clubroot Steering Committee. Over her past eight years with CCC, Autumn has lead the plant establishment file, refining plant establishment recommendations and creating the CanolaCalculator.ca and CanolaCounts.ca tools to drive the adoption of plant establishment targets, assessments, and improvements.

Autumn has a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from the University of Lethbridge and a Diploma in Agriculture Production & Management from Olds College. Before joining the CCC, Autumn worked as a Winter Wheat Agrologist for Ducks Unlimited Canada and on mixed farms in BC, Alberta and New Zealand.

Autumn lives in Lethbridge with her young family, and spends much of her free time hiking, biking, camping and skiing in the Oldman Watershed.
Autumn Barnes