Feb 08, 2024 Unity: Top Notch Farming extension meeting
SaskCanola is hosting Top Notch Farming extension meetings this winter in partnership with SaskBarley, and SaskFlax.
Join us in Unity on February 8, 2024 at the Community Centre Hall!
This event is complimentary for farmers and agronomists to attend. Lunch will be provided.
Agenda:
9:30 AM Opening Remarks – SaskCanola Director
9:45 AM Results of SaskCanola’s NEW On-Farm Research Trials Program – Kaeley Kindrachuk, SaskCanola
10:30 AM Grain Contracts – Janelle Whitley, CCGA
11:15 AM Grain Marketing – Stan Jeeves
Noon Lunch
1:00 PM Flax Breeding Developments – Kade Kettenbach, SaskFlax
1:30 PM ADOPT Research – Kayla Slind, Western Applied Research Corporation
- Demonstrating the efficacy of foliar-applied nitrogen fixing bacteria for canola
- Reduction of cadmium uptake in flax using agronomic strategies
- Field scale research
2:00 PM Refreshment Break
2:15 PM The Latest Buzz on Pollinator Biosecurity – Graham Parsons, Saskatchewan Agriculture
3:00 PM Boosting Barley Beyond Expectations – Mitchell Japp, SaskBarley
3:30 PM Meeting Adjourned