| Welcome and Land Acknowledgement |
9 – 9:10 a.m. |
WATC 301/302 |
Speaker: Keith Friedlander
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| Session 1: Crops, Soil, and Sustainability |
9:10 – 10 a.m. |
WATC 301/302 |
Moderator: Keith Friedlander
- Jatinder Atwal, Anointed-Faith Afolayan, Stan Riazanov, Jingyi Zhang, Gustavo LorettiRibeiro, Soomin Lee, NaKyoung Kim, Clia Naig and Bosnin John Bosco — Evaluating Carbon Performance Across Canadian Crop and Livestock Enterprises: A Sustainability-Driven Approach
- Dr. Tahmid Huq Easher — Disaggregating Soil Series Information from the AGRASID 4.1 maps in the Red Deer River Basin, Alberta: A Digital Soil Mapping Approach
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| Break |
10 – 10:10 a.m. |
10 minute break |
| Session 2: Studies in Livestock Management |
10:10 – 11 a.m. |
WATC 301/302 |
Moderator: Nicole Zukiwsky
- Hailey Smygwaty, Anna Dau, Mackenzie Hunting, Sarah Dyckerhoff and Zeph Lajoie — Comparative Study of Bedding Options and Welfare Practices in Freestall and Pack Barns: A Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Samantha Kerr, Nicole McBride, Everett Derksen, Reuben Barnsdale and Garett Rice — Grazing with On-Ground Cameras and Satellite Imagery
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| Break |
11 – 11:10 a.m. |
10 minute break |
| Session 3: Social Science of Training and Labour |
11:10 a.m. – 12 p.m. |
WATC 301/302 |
Moderator: Lori Kemp
- Jasleen Kaur, Pawandeep Kaur, Harmandeep Singh and Lovepreet Kaur — Labor, immigration policy, and the future of Canadian livestock operations: Social and economic impacts on farm sustainability
- Jennifer Hainsworth — Exploring the MasterMind Method: a gamified experiential learning framework to teach critical thinking
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| Research Poster Fair |
12 – 1 p.m. |
WATC Lobby |
- Carli Miller and Lacey Miller — Cost analysis of agricultural sharps and disposal methods among Canadian cattle producers
- Dana Crinklaw, Paisley Bowman, Sydney Money and Brayden Vosper — Mental health in agriculture
- Emma Cromarty, Jenay Hyndman, Paisley Arnsten, Megan Conners and Eve Smith — Perception of digital tools in agriculture
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| Session 4: Integrating Transformative Technology |
1 – 1:50 p.m. |
WATC 301/302 |
Moderator: Sukhpreet Singh
- George Gaeke — Using Earth Observation, GIS, Python and ChatGPT for Vegetation Identification
- Vica Claussen, Ryan Reding, Charles White and Kassandra Dickie — Green Lightning: A Feasibility and Producer Adoption Study
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| Break |
1:50 – 2 p.m. |
10 minute break |
| Session 5: Crop Production — Risk and Expansion |
2 – 3:20 p.m. |
WATC 301/302 |
Moderator: Nicole Zukiwsky
- Jenna Meyers, Taylor Wessing and Katrina Boutin — Factors Influencing Crop Producers’ Participation in Government Business Risk Management Programs in Saskatchewan and Alberta
- Tina Ireland, Kristine Nene and Jeeyoung Jang — Barriers and Opportunities for Pulse and Specialty Crop Expansion in Alberta and Saskatchewan
- Nathan Alliet, Ameer Nizamani, SangJun Kim and Ciana Zweifel — Economic Marginal Cropland
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| Break |
3:20 – 3:30 p.m. |
10 minute break |
| Session 6: Monitoring Environmental Threats |
3:30 – 4:30 p.m. |
WATC 301/302 |
Moderator: Keith Friedlander
- Dr. Ken Fry — Alien Invasive Species Monitoring in Alberta
- Rohit Rohit, Anchit Kour, Mandeep Kumar and Ramanpreet Kaur — Adoption and Trust of Climate-Resilient Crop Practices Among Alberta Producers
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