Greg Adelman has been practising agrology since 2004. Summer experience prior to 2004 included work in agricultural research as well as in retail crop supplies. Experience after 2004 included 3 years in retail agricultural sales and 6 years as a business representative with BASF Canada. In 2013 Greg started Crop Command Agronomy Ltd. which provides full service agronomy to agricultural clients. In 2014 Greg partnered with two of his clients to start a drone and remote sensing beusiness. That business specializes in on demand imagery and interpretation of aerial imagery. In 2016 Crop Commnad Agronomy started work in forensic agrology through training offered by SIA. Past experience in retail and with BASF prepared Greg for agrology consulting and forensic agrology.

Assay of soil biodiversity, organic matter decomposition in agroecosystems, sustainability study.

Ms. Aitken has been a self-employed environmental consultant since the summer of 2008. She is involved in numerous consulting projects including hydrocarbon and salinity contamination at upstream oil and gas facilities in southeast SK. These projects involve innovative, multi-disciplinary approaches to planning and project completion. Sheena has gained a substantial understanding of contaminant behavior, its effects on the environment, and mitigative responses. Her understanding of contaminant liability issues relative to the oil and gas industry allows her to respond in a safe, timely, and cost-effective manner. She also manages reclamation projects.

Meridith Ball has twenty years of oil and gas industry experience 15 of which has been with Husky Energy overseeing teams of up to 200 field and office personnel for abandonment, reclamation and remediation programs in Western Canada. Meridith has experience with oil sands developments including OSE programs as well as pipeline planning and regulatory approvals. With a Bachelors degree in Soils and Biotic Geography together with Project Management training and experience, Meridith is able to deliver results on a variety of projects from pre-development including wetland assessment and classification to site closure.

Own and operate Prairie Ag Business Management. Primary services provided include Project Management/Development, Event Management, and Administration/Association Management. This includes over 5 years of experience in project & event management. Work has been focused on non-profits, boards/associations, and companies on projects throughout the prairie provinces.

Advisory experience is based on 30+ years of business ownership, senior management and management consulting with a national financial institution. Positions held include President, Interim Chief Financial Officer, General Manager, and Senior Consulting Manager. Several instances involved start-up and turnaround situations. The postings were often through overlapping directors and included businesses with revenues of up to $46MPA. He has also been a member of several larger consortiums evaluating various association and institute

With 18 years of environmental consulting experience, Timothy Chidlaw has worked on environmental impact assessments, pre-disturbance assessments, ecological land classification, regulatory compliance inspections, emergency spill response, environmental site assessments, soil and groundwater remediation, site-specific risk assessment and reclamation.  Tim’s educational background includes a Bachelors degree in Geography from the University of Calgary with a specialization in soil and vegetation management, a Certificate in Environmental Technology from Mount Royal College and a Masters Certificate in Project Management from the University of Lethbridge. He has been registered as a Professional Agrologist with the Alberta Institute of Agrologists for 11 years and the B.C. Institute of Agrologists for 4 years. He has worked at sites throughout Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Manitoba and the Northwest Territories and enjoys working as a liaison between landowners, special interest groups, regulators, and industry clientele.

Kelly Cochrane has over 8 years of environmental consulting experience for the oil and gas sector within southeast Saskatchewan. My current areas of practice at Matrix Solutions Inc. include Acknowledgement of Reclamation (AOR) applications; detailed site assessments; vegetation/weed surveys; wildlife surveys; Phase 1, 2, & 3 environmental site assessments (ESAs); predevelopment assessments; environmental monitoring; initial spill response; landowner consultations and project management. I have an excellent understanding of workplace safety, job-site personnel, equipment management and reclamation issues that combine to offer a competent, independent client representative. I carry a Bachelor’s degree and two diplomas in the environmental field.

Matrix Solutions Inc. is a multi-service environmental consulting and engineering company providing a wide range of services such as; Environment Impact Assessments, Soil and Groundwater Remediation, Reclamation, Environmental Risk Assessments & Modelling, Liability Management, Wildlife & Vegetation Assessments, and Hydrology & Hydrotechnical Engineering.

Environmental career began in 1993, experience of environmental consulting includes remediation, land reclamation, construction inspections and project management.  Projects involved environmental assessment phases, remediation, reclamation and inspections, coordinating, safety and supervision.  Expertise included following provincial and federal environmental guidelines and criteria to meet regulations.  Experience in design and management of remediation and reclamation programs and activities including the creation and cost tracking of budgets for short and long-term projects, assisting in environmental impact assessments, mitigation, natural restoration techniques, bio-engineering techniques, soil assessments and vegetation identification for natural restoration projects.

Matrix Solutions Inc. is a multi-service environmental consulting and engineering company providing a wide range of services such as; Environment Impact Assessments, Soil and Groundwater Remediation, Reclamation, Environmental Risk Assessments & Modelling, Liability Management, Wildlife & Vegetation Assessments, and Hydrology & Hydrotechnical Engineering.

Larry Durand was born and raised on a seed farm in southern Manitoba. Larry began providing professional agronomic services in the Humboldt area in 1998 while working with United Grain Growers. In 2001 he started his own agronomic consulting business, Field Good Agronomics Ltd. Today, FGA provides a suite of agronomic consulting services including field scouting, crop planning, pest management planning, fertility planning, and forensic agrology services. Clients include farmers, ag input manufacturing companies, insurance agencies, and law firms.

Matrix Solutions Inc. is a multi-service environmental consulting and engineering company providing a wide range of services such as; Environment Impact Assessments, Soil and Groundwater Remediation, Reclamation, Environmental Risk Assessments & Modelling, Liability Management, Wildlife & Vegetation Assessments, and Hydrology & Hydrotechnical Engineering.

Consulting Services Include: Business performance analysis, succession planning, sales & marketing strategies, revenue, profitability, turn-around strategies, strategic planning, business consulting, business sustainability, growth strategies, business and/or market assessment & planning, project management, business plan creation and grant proposal writing services.

Chris Evans is a Project Manager and Senior Soil Scientist with Triton Environmental Consultants Ltd. in Calgary, Alberta. Chris has over 15 years of progressive experience in environmental consulting with technical expertise in soil science, terrain science, remediation, and reclamation. Chris completes and manages Environmental Planning, Pre-Disturbance Site Assessments, Soil Salvage and Construction Monitoring, Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs), and Reclamation/Restoration projects across Western Canada. He also has strong knowledge of municipal, provincial, and federal regulations guiding oil and gas, pipeline, electrical transmission, aggregate extraction, and agricultural sectors.

He is committed to the quality and timeliness of technical environmental assessments and reporting deliverables to support regulatory permitting, compliance, and liability requirements. Chris incorporates strong technical capabilities with effective communication, organization, and leadership skills to meet client needs and ensure project success.

After many years as the managing partner in a multi-outlet farm inputs business, Mr. Evans negotiated the sale of the company. Subsequent to the sale, he established a consultancy specializing in farm business management.  The consultancy focuses on succession, expansion, finance and exit strategies for primary producers as well as small to mid-sized farm enterprises.  Mr. Evans also did some tenant assessments for farmland investors and in that capacity, has worked to facilitate drainage projects.  More recently the consultancy has been assisting with the creation of a new grain export business with a focus on exporting to the mid-East.

He specializes in field management including nutrient planning and field scouting.

A freelance organic specialist. She writes the Organic Matters column for the Western Producer and teaches the University of Saskatchewan Organic Weed Management Course. She edited and authored significant portions of the organic production manual Organic Farming on the Prairies, 2nd edition. She has a Ph.D. in weed ecology and 25 years of experience with organic production, connecting organic research with experience.

Various aspects of environmental consulting. Heavy focus on the following areas:

• oil and gas industry integration with agricultural practices
• waste management
• water resource management
• soil and water sciences
• spill response and mitigation
• ecology and site assessments
• experience with First Nations and various stakeholder engagement
• education in biochemistry and education
• experience in policy development and framework consultation

Insight Plant Health specializes in consultation on biological product testing, development, scale-up and launch. We run a full service lab with equipment and expertise for agricultural product testing and development and plant disease identification. Insight Plant Health can also supply plant pathogen inoculum for field trials.

Laurie Hayes has 30 years of experience managing organizations and projects, as a business owner, senior management, and contractor. She has managed more than 100 projects with budgets up to $12M and multi-location (national) teams. She is an astute financial manager, providing business development and project management expertise to support the growth of businesses, including start-up companies.

She understands and balances the needs of multiple stakeholders with diverse perspectives to ensure operational stability and sustainability or project completion. She has led strategic planning, business transitions, policy development and enterprise risk assessment for volunteer, non-profit and government agencies. She has broad expertise in plant and animal sciences in the public and private sectors.

Dave has achieved his professional designation in the field of agrology with the Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists and his Project Management Professional certification with the Project Management Institute. Dave has 11+ years of experience in environmental consulting and project management. Dave has provided project management for various impacted site clean-up projects, conducted pre-disturbance and detailed site assessments, as well as Phase I, II, and III environmental site assessments in accordance with environmental regulatory guidelines. Dave has also consulted on numerous small- and large-scale spill response projects and problem site investigations, including Site-Specific Liability Assessments and Site-Specific Risk Assessments, with close liaison with regulating bodies within the Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources and Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment.

• Business writing
• Communication
• Strategic Planning
• Projection Management
• Education and Teaching
• On Farm Auditing
• Speaking Engagements

• Nutrition programming
• Strategic cattle sales
• Cattle selection
• Strategic ingredient purchasing
• Rangeland assessments
• Herd management programming
• Technology transfer

• Insurance claims/investigations pertaining to herbicide drift, herbicide residue; seed quality; equipment malfunctions plus valuation of crop damage claims.
• Field crop scouting (season long)
• Crop agronomy, production, and management
• Soil sampling and fertility recommendations

• Rangeland conservation and management
• Sustainable rangeland systems
• Species at Risk Habitat project implementation
• Stockmanship
• Environmental consulting
• Livestock management and selection
• Seedstock selection
• Ranching systems
• Project management
• Applied research management and implementation
• Communications
• Land use planning
• First-generation agricultural startup
• Extention and teaching

• Insurance claims/investigations pertaining to herbicide drift, herbicide residue; seed quality; equipment malfunctions plus valuation of crop damage claims.
• Field crop scouting (season long)
• Crop agronomy, production, and management
• Soil sampling and fertility recommendations

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A Farm Management Consultant (FMC) with 15 years of experience working one-on-one with clients, assisting with agrology and crop consulting, crop input sales, grain merchandising, and inoculant and canola research. MNP clients rely on her background and advice in all areas related to running and growing an operation, such as business strategy, human resources, finance, succession planning, business structure, and production economics. There are offices located throughout the prairie provinces, where the FMC team can help producers keep their agricultural businesses current, competitive and profitable.

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An environmental consultant with over a decade of experience in working with native plants and habitats, specifically restoration/reclamation, grazing/grassland management, native plant horticulture, rare plant surveys, rangeland health assessments, weed surveys and management, and other botanical surveys. He designed custom native seed mixes and have helped to interpret seed certificates. He has written many scientific reports, land management plans, and have helped to develop and implement best management practices for grasslands.

Employed with Bayer CropScience approximately 30 years until early retirement 2011, in various capacities in marketing, sales and distribution in crop protection and seed. He was Director of Marketing Canada Cereals and Specialty Crops at time of retirement.

He brings experience in business planning, marketing and sales coaching, budgeting and product development plans. Managed various Marketing and Development Projects both large and small projects some under confidentiality agreements.

Example of larger projects included:

• STORM Seed Treater – Bayer CropScience Project (Project length approximately 2.5 years) Project covered prototype testing, focus groups, business plan development, production contracts, royalty agreements, and initial product launch.
• XiteBio Technologies – Biological Company (Project length, contracted for a maximum of 3 years) Business and Product Development for a new biological product for use in Canola Western Canada. Responsibilities also include the establishment of retail network and demonstration trials in Western Canada for the current line of inoculants for Pulse and Soybean.

Michael obtained an M.Sc. in Soil Science in 1997 and then worked at the University of Saskatchewan for 12 years in both Soil Science and Hydrology. Experiences as the U of S included soil survey, experimental design and implementation, installation, and maintenance of remote meteorological/hydrological monitoring stations, as well as data management, data synthesis, and report writing. Following the U of S Michael worked as a consulting company prior to setting out on his own. For the past 9 years, working as an independent consultant, Michael has provided services in soil surveys, hydrological monitoring, and meteorological station installation and maintenance.

The Pathfinders Research & Management Ltd offers clients innovative solutions to technological challenges in the food and natural health product industries. The company specializes in providing scientific, research, quality assurance and regulatory services to small and medium-sized businesses in the agri-food sector. Product and services include assessment, development, management, and evaluation of strategic research plans to meet product development, regulatory and business needs, research coordination and management, critical analysis of functional, health and safety characteristics of agri-based products, regulatory consultation and preparation of scientific dossiers for submissions to regulatory agencies.

Sixteen years of reclamation/remediation experience in Alberta both in mining and in conventional oil and gas. For the past 4 years, he has been in private practice as an independent consultant. He obtained dual membership over 2 years ago and was sub-contracted to conduct a 30 Site Phase I ESA program in SE Sask, and providing provincial sign-off. He worked with the AOR application guidelines, performed DSAs across SASK and have been dispatched as an initial spill responder into the Kindersley area. In Alberta, his current scope of practice includes Phase 1 & Phase 2 reporting, preparing Site Assessments – RoO worksheets and applying for Rec Certificates. He is competent in reclamation guidelines, best practices on my lands: Special Areas, Irrigation Districts, C.F.B, Grazing Reserves, Public lands and Native Prairie-land.

Own and operate a professional Agronomy consulting business- Parkland Agronomy. Helping growers make informed decisions through soil testing, crop scouting, herbicide recommendations and variable rate fertility management. He provides unbiased valuable science-based information to growers that help them profit on their own farms.

Through his early years of employment, he worked in agronomic, marketing and organizational management positions with Federated Cooperatives, the Royal Bank, Monsanto and Green Valley Fertilizer a subsidiary company of JR International. Since founding Aurora Consulting Inc. In 1991 he has provided his consultancy services through Aurora to farmers, insurance companies, lawyers, Ag Supply and Retail businesses, government and small to medium-sized companies involved in the agricultural industry and energy sectors.

Primary Services Provided

• Forensic Agrology related to Crop yield and economic damage assessment
• Farm business strategy and plan development
• Farm Succession and Transition planning
• Farmland value and rental assessment
• Farm Business risk and financial assessment

He has many years’ experience working in the organic agricultural environment. As an organic inspector, he has inspected numerous farms and processing facilities. He also published and co-edited a quarterly magazine dedicated to organic agriculture (Synergy). Gary co-edited Agro-alternatives and Organic Farming on the Prairies, publications dedicated to the prairie organic farming movement. From 1997 until 2003 he prepared and delivered short introductory organic farming courses throughout Saskatchewan under the auspices of the Agriculture Institute of Management in Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool. Gary is training to become a certified organic agronomist through the Prairie Organic Grain Initiative.

Owned and operated Sustainable Agronomics L.S. Ltd. since 2010, which is an unbiased
Agricultural Consulting company focused on farm -direct delivery of Agronomic soils, plant and production economic services to both conventional and organic farm production systems, primary services include:

• Overall farm production management, sustainability, and general preventative or strategic planning,
• Fertilizer / Nutrient Use Efficiency (NUE) and Water Use Efficiency (WUE) planning and implementation,
• Soil and plant tissue analysis/classification/recommendation,
• Rotational analysis, lntegrated Pest Management (lPM) planning / monitoring / implementation,
• Chemical pesticide planning / recommendation,
• Production economics / Return On investment (ROl) and production data planning /tracking,
• Forensic Agrology consulting

Experienced a wide range of situations and scenarios, crops, pests, and worked with a variety of farm managers and industry professionals. Looking forward to the future of Agriculture in Western Canada and look forward to furthering my skill-set to address challenging scenarios and meet more of the great professionals he has been fortunate to surround myself with to tackle anything that the future holds for my clients and the Agriculture industry.

Providing private agronomy with special interest in the following:

• Integrated pest management practices
• Crop rotation and herbicide planning
• Season long crop monitoring and diagnosing
• Plant disease and tissue sampling
• Soil sampling and soil properties
• Yield estimating

Tatonga Consulting provides the Agricultural industry with professional management consultants to assist owners with the development of sustainable business management strategies.  Our team provides expertise in the areas of Environmental Management, Health, Safety and Strategic Business Risk Management.  

Our clients are across western Canada where we have provided value to their operations by exploring risk within and external to the organization, and then subsequently establishing risk management strategies to protect people, assets and the environment.

Our professionals are also available to provide training seminars, customized training curriculum, online multi-media based training and digital promotional marketing materials.

Agri-Care provides full package agronomy services for Southwest Saskatchewan. We specialize in profitable crop planning, crop scouting with recommendations and nutrient planning. Agri-Care provides these services as true independents who partner with growers to make the farm profitable and sustainable. 

Agrimetrix Research & Training has over 50 years combined experience in the area of sprayer technology through its owners, Tom Wolf and Brian Caldwell.

Scientific research is conducted in areas such as pesticide efficacy, spray drift, tank cleanout, adjuvant performance, droplet sizing, and canopy deposition and penetration. The emphasis is on nozzle technology. Agrimetrix is available to deliver presentations and demonstrations on issues pertaining to spray application, and also offers half-day and full-day courses for sprayer operator training.

In addition, registrants are given assistance with the pesticide regulatory process in the US and Canada through calculations of buffer zones and drift mitigation label language. We also develop smartphone apps for agriculture, with an emphasis on spray application issues such as calibration, spray quality, field records, etc.

I possess extensive contracting expertise in Saskatchewan, excelling in the creation and organization of comprehensive environmental reports. My proficiency lies in adhering to provincial regulations, skillfully crafting project reports for site inspections and assessments, and delivering meticulous technical reports and environmental assessments with a deep understanding of the local regulatory framework.

Accredited Appraiser (AACI) and Professional Agrologist (P. Ag.) with over 10 years of experience specializing in complex land and valuation matters across MB, SK, AB & BC to assist clients in linear right of way acquisitions & expropriations, surface lease acquisition and rent reviews, agricultural damage claims, First Nation land claims and land assemblage projects. I has extensive experience preparing reports for litigation at various levels and has been accepted as an expert witness before the AB Land & Property Rights Tribunal (LPRT), SK Surface Rights Board (SRB), the BC SRB, the BC Oil and Gas Appeal Tribunal (0GAT) and the Alberta Court of King’s Bench, Formal education and training includes range and pasture management, crop agronomy, agricultural economics, environmental science, surface rights, and real property valuation.

Melanie Larson has owned and operated her Environmental Consulting company Zerr Environmental Inc. since 2005. Melanie has an Environmental Assessment and Restoration Diploma from Lethbridge College and achieved a professional designation of Technical Agrologist with the Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists in 2023. She has extensive experience in both the upstream and downstream oil and gas industry performing Detailed Site Assessments, Reclamation & Remediation, Environmental Monitoring and Environmental Site Assessments.

Range Management, Range Use Plans, Rangeland Health Assessments, Ecological Inventories (Vegetation, Wildlife, Species at Risk), Restoration Plans

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No biography is available.

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Karen works directly with clients on strategic farm planning, soil testing and crop scouting. She is a consultant to Western Ag and independently markets grains bags, net wraps, and silage tarps.

Karen was raised in Birch Hill, SK. She has a degree from the U of S College of Agriculture with a major in agronomy and a minor in soils. She worked with BASF for 20 years, with prior experience with the Farm Debt Review Board and Simplot Canada.

No biography is available.

No biography is available.

Larry Durand was born and raised on a seed farm in southern Manitoba. Larry began providing professional agronomic services in the Humboldt area in 1998 while working with United Grain Growers. In 2001 he started his own agronomic consulting business, Field Good Agronomics Ltd. Today, FGA provides a suite of agronomic consulting services including field scouting, crop planning, pest management planning, fertility planning, and forensic agrology services. Clients include farmers, ag input manufacturing companies, insurance agencies, and law firms.

No biography is available.

Carla has a rewarding career providing nutritional and ration services to both major livestock and minor specialty species. She works from the Federated Coop Feed Plants in Moosomin, SK providing on-farm consulting in both Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Carla was born in Theodore, SK. She graduated with a diploma from SIAST in Animal Health followed by a degree from the U of S College of Agriculture and Bioresources in Animal Science.

No biography is available.

No biography is available.

George was raised on a grain farm near Prince Albert and still lives there. He has a U of S degree in Agriculture majoring in crop science with a double minor in horticulture. He is a certified forensic agrologist providing investigative services and reporting in crop and livestock as well as orchard and vegetable production. George is an Instructor for Saskpoly Tech Pesticide Applicator Courses.

On his own farm (Paintball Paradise Prince Albert) he raises pumpkins and has a corn maze and loves teaching children about agriculture, conservation and environmental protection of our natural resources

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Through his early years of employment he worked in agronomic, marketing and organizational management positions with Federated Cooperatives, the Royal Bank, Monsanto and Green Valley Fertilizer a subsidiary company of JR International. Since founding Aurora Consulting Inc. In 1991 he has provided his consultancy services through Aurora to farmers, insurance companies, lawyers, Ag Supply and Retail businesses, government and small to meduim sized companies involved in the agricultural industry and energy sectors.

Primary Services Provided:

• Forensic Agrology related to Crop yield and economic damage assessment
• Farm business strategy and plan development
• Farm Succession and Transition planning
• Farmland value and rental assessment
• Farm Business risk and financial assessment

No biography is available.

Bob helps farmers use their own information to make better decisions. While profitability is important, considering other priorities of the business is critical for success, such as the personal needs and desires of everyone involved in the business.

Bob comes from a family dairy farm in Northern Ireland. He has a First Class Honours Degree in Agriculture from the University of Wales and is a certified Family Enterprise Advisor.

No biography is available.

Kale assists farmer clients in making the best production decisions to maximize profit and minimize risk. His integrated planning advisory service includes selecting the best crop rotations, varieties, fertility rates, crop protection products, equipment calibration, and other critical production decisions.

Kale was raised on a mixed family farm which is currently organic with 350 cows. Kale has a Bachelor’s degree from the College of Agriculture and Bioresources at the University of Saskatchewan. He has been an agronomist for six years and is working with CPS.

No biography is available.