Seed & Crop Technology Workshop

Get your CCA and Pesticide Applicator CEUs!!

Learn the latest in Seed Developments, Markets and Equipment Use at this annual workshop. Share learning, new ideas and exchanges with new and familiar colleagues! (formerly the Seed Technology Workshop).

This workshop will be of interest to;

Agronomists
Certified Crop Advisors
Producers
Seed Cleaning Plant Personnel
Seed Growers
Seed Marketers
and others interested and involved in the Seed and Agronomy Industries.

2011 Seed and Crop Technology Agenda

Wednesday Nov 16, 2011
8:45am-9:15am	Check in / Registration
9:15am-9:30am	Welcome
9:30am-10:30am	2011 Seed Quality Update Trevor Nysetvold, BioVision Seed Labs
10:30am–11:00am	Refreshment Break
11:00am-12:00pm	Utilizing RVT Data to Choose Varieties Rob Graf, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
12:00pm-1:00pm	Lunch
1:00pm-2:30pm	2011 Seed Industry Equipment Update Wayde Squires, Can-Seed Equipment Steven Chivilo, LMC Manufacturing Rod Cockerline, Cimbria
2:30pm-2:45pm	Refreshment Break
2:45pm-3:45pm	CropLife Seed Treatment Facility Standards Russell Hurst, CropLife Canada
3:45pm-4:30pm	Seed & Soil-borne Diseases – What’s New? Ted Labun, Syngenta
4:30pm-5:30pm	Regulations Update Philip Massier, Bullseye Environmental *NEW ADDITION
5:00pm-8:00pm	*Dinner and Social* Sponsored by Bayer Crop Science
Thursday Nov 17, 2011
9:15am-10:00am	Fusarium Survey Update Gayah Sieusahai, Alberta Agriculture
10:00am-10:30am	Refreshment Break
10:30am-11:30am	Weed Update Neil Harker, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
11:30am-12:30pm	Lunch
12:30pm-1:30pm	Improving Vigor and Emergence with Seed Nutrition Randy Saskiw, OMEX
1:30pm-2:30pm	Suppressing Seed Borne Disease with Seed Applied Nutrition Dr. Abdel El Hadrami, OMEX
2:30pm-3:00pm	Refreshment Break
3:00pm-3:45pm	Variety Update Trent Whiting, SeCan Christy Hambly, Canterra Seeds
3:45-4:00pm	Wrap Up

Registration Information

Location: Olds College
Date: Wed & Thur, November 16 - 17, 2011
Fee: $249 + GST