Crop Production Week AGMs & Meetings

Fertility Considerations for 2022 – Bill May, AAFC Indian Head

Progress on Canary Seed (alpiste) for Human Food – Kevin Hursh, CSDCS Executive Director and Adele Buettner, CSDCS General Manager

CSDCS Business Meeting Highlighting Commission Activities & Budget

Market Outlook: Canary Seed vs. Other Crops – Chuck Penner, Left Field Commodity Research

The Canary Seed Development Commission of Saskatchewan was established in 2006 following meetings and consultations that showed majority support for a producer levy on canary seed sales.

Governed by canary seed producers, the CSDCS has successfully achieved novel food approval for glabrous de-hulled canary seed in both Canada and the U.S. It’s hoped that human food usage will increase the overall market for canary seed in the years ahead.

The commission also funds canary seed breeding and agronomic work.

9:00 am Meet & Greet – coffee, tea & muffins

9:20 am Opening Remarks from SaskOats Chair Chris Rundel, Foam Lake, SK

9:30 am Harvest Foods Canada: Oat Milk and the Emerging Industry – Matt Degelman, President and David Maurer, CFO/Head of Farm Integration

10:00 am SaskOats Annual Business Meeting – Chris Rundel, Chair

10:20 am Oat Market Outlook – Brennan Turner, Independent Market Analyst

11:00 am Adjournment

11:00 am Social Hour with Free Saskatchewan Beer

1:00 pm Opening Remarks

1:05 pm Revival of Fall Rye – Dr Raja Ragupathy (AAFC Lethbridge)

1:45 pm SWCDC Business Meeting

• Call to Order & Opening Remarks – John Burns, Chair
• Approval of SWCDC 2022 Agenda of Annual Business Meeting
• Approval of SWCDC Minutes of 2021 Annual Business Meeting
• Financial Review 2020-2021
  • Approval Financial Statements
  • Auditor Appointment
  • Presentation of Budget
• Annual Report  2020-2021 – Report of the Chair
• Elections
• New Business

2:45 pm Adjournment

3:00 pm Welcome, Introductions & Opening Remarks– Spencer Staffen, SFSDC Chair

3:10 pm SFSDC Annual General Meeting

• Call to Order
• Approval of Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes
• Business Arising from the Minutes
• Directors
• Reports
• New Business
• Other Business
• Adjournment

4:00 pm Marketing Outlook – Forage Seed Crops including Alfalfa

4:30 pm Adjournment

8:30 am SSGA Annual Business Meeting

10:00 am Canadian Seed Growers’ Association Update

10:20 am Break

10:30 am Speaker (TBA)

11:15 am New Varieties Update – Dr. Richard Cuthbert and Dr. Hamid Naeem, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Dr. Bunyamin Tar’an, Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan

11:45 am Awards

12:00 pm Member-to-Member Session (attendance limited to seed growers)

9:00 am Call To Order & Opening Remarks

• Approval of Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes

9:15 am Financial Review – Lingered and Dreger

10:00 am Presentation & Approval of the Budget 

10:30 am Annual Report 2020 – 2021 and Proposed Activities 2021 – 2022

11:00 am Mustard Market Outlook – Chuck Penner, Leftfield Commodity Research

12:00 pm Adjournment

9:55 am Opening Remarks

10:00 am An Assessment of Various Crop Inputs in Oat Production – Brianne McInnes, Northeast Agriculture Research Foundation

10:25 am Cover Crops Under Organic Management – Robin Lokken, Conservation Learning Centre

10:50 am Canola Seed Safety & Yield Response to Novel P Sources in Sask Soils – Kayla Slind, Western Applied Research Corporation

11:15 am Sclerotinia Risk Assessment Tools for Spray Decision Support in Canola – Christiane Catellier, Indian head Agricultural Research Foundation

11:40 am Break

11:55 am Certified vs. Farm-Saved Seed: How does the quality compare? Mike Hall, East Central Research Foundation

12:20 pm Perennial Ryegrass Establishment with a Nurse Crop – Lana Shaw, South East Research Farm

12:45 pm Plant Diseases in a Dry vs. Wet Year: Overview – Gursahib Singh, irrigation Crop Diversification Corporation

1:10 pm An Assessment of Annual Forage Varieties in Saskatchewan – Amber Wall, Wheatland Conservation Area

1:35 pm Close