Program Agenda for December 12 and 13

 

Wednesday, December 12

8:00 Registration (foyer outside of Agriculture Auditorium, 172 Agriculture Bldg.)
8:25 Welcome - Michele Rogalsky, Director, School of Agriculture, University of Manitoba
8:30 2012 Crop Year in Review - Chairs - John Heard, Manitoba Agriculture,
Food and Rural Initiatives and Gary Martens, University of Manitoba
8:45 Soybean Production Challenges and Opportunities for 2013 - Dr. Hans Kandel, North Dakota State University
9:30 Coffee Break (Atrium) and Poster Session (138 Agriculture Bldg.)
10:00 Soybean Agronomy Panel - What are the impediments to further soybean
expansion and production?

        Moderator - Dennis Lange, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives
        Soybean breeder - Heinrich Wohleser, Monsanto
        Agronomist - Jason Voogt, Cargill
        Growers - Fred Greig (Reston, MB) and Andrew Knowles (Selkirk, MB)
11:00 The Changing Face of Manitoba Crop Rotations- Doug Wilcox, Manitoba
Agricultural Services Corporation
11:30 What drive$ Manitoba crop rotation$?- Anastasia Kubinec, Manitoba Agriculture,
Food and Rural Initiatives
12:00 Lunch - Marshall McLuhan Hall, University Centre, Room 204
1:00 My evolving understanding of crop rotations.- Dr. Dwayne Beck, South Dakota
State University
2:00 Crop Rotation Panel - Benefits, Challenges and Communication Back to Primary Producers.

    Moderator - Anastasia Kubinec, Manitoba, Agriculture, Food and Rural
    Initiatives
    Researcher - Dr. Steve Shirtliffe, University of Sasketchewan
    Agronomist - Wendy McDonald
    Producer - Ron Jeffries
2:45 Coffee Break (Atrium) and Poster Session (138 Agriculture Bldg.)
3:15 US Wheat Varieties?  The Grass is Not Always Greener. - Pam de Rocquigny,
Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives
3:45 Getting to the bottom of vertical tillage.- Jodi DeJong Hughes, Regional Extension Coordinator, University of Minnesota
4:30 Beer and Pretzel Reception (Atrium)

 

Thursday, December 13

8:30 Insect Mythbusters and Mysteries: The Research Behind Some Entomological Enigmas. - Dr. John Gavloski, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives
9:00 Understanding the 2012 Yellow Asters Outbreak.- Dr. Chrystel Olivier, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon
9:45 Manitoba Canola Disease Survey 2012: Results and Impact - Dr. Debra McLaren, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Brandon
10:15 Coffee Break (Atrium) and Poster Session (138 Agriculture Bldg.)
10:45 Fertility Management for Soybeans. - Dr. Gyles Randall, Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota
11:30 Phosphorus management for sensitive crops and rotational fertilization of previous crops.- Dr. Cynthia Grant, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Brandon
12:00 Lunch - Marshall McLuhan Hall, University Centre, Room 204
1:00 Soil Salinity; Causes and Cures.- Prof. Les Henry, retired from the University of Saskatchewan
Salinity Observations from North Dakota.- John Lee, AgVise Labs
2:00 New approaches to Variety Performance Analysis.- Dr. Anite Brule-Babel, University of Manitoba
2:45 Break (Atrium, shorter than morning)
3:00 Glyphosate Resistance and its Impact on Agriculture.- Dr. Jeff Stachler, North Dakota State University

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