SPEAKERS & TOPICS

Keith Gabert
Agronomy Specialist - Canola Council of Canada
 
2020 Canola Vision - Crop scouting tips for keeping the good while  avoiding the bad and ugly from 2019
What would your crop text as a scouting report picture each week?  Keith will present a series of “speed scouting photos” from across the canola growing  season.  If your crop could text you pictures of what might  keep it up at night worrying -  this presentation is what it would tell you! Keith will touch on stand establishment, insects, diseases (including blackleg and clubroot, plus liming for soil pH adjustment and clubroot suppression. 
Merle Good
Farm uccession Specialist - GRS Consulting
 
Understanding your financial and tax dashboard
Just as your vehicles have gauges, this presentation will discuss some of the indicators that your farm business needs to track in this upcoming cycle of financial and taxation uncertainty. Getting ahead of the "oil change" will become more necessary than ever..
 
 
Scott Meers
Insect Management Specialist - Alberta Agriculture & Forestry
 
2020 Vision - Insects to watch
Insect forecasts show many things, and not all have yet come to pass. Some may never come to be but that is the beauty of forecasts, we prepare and do our best with what we know.
Mike Jubinville
Senior Market Analyst - MarketsFarm, Glacier Farmmedia
 
Navigating grain markets in turbulent political times
Politically-inspired trade tensions have altered the natural flow of food commodities globally. Are we looking at the new reality in grain marketing or a temporary blip? We’ll review the market conditions for oilseeds, grains and pulse crops.
 
 
 
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