Date: November 27
Time: 9:00am – 3:30pm
Location: Gallagher Center, Yorkton, SK
AGENDA:
9:00 AM • Tradeshow & Coffee
9:45 AM • Welcome & Presidents Address
– Myles Thorpe, President SaskFSA
10:00 AM • Policy Impact & “Drainage Management” (Drainage is
-Not a Bad Word) – Candace Mitschke, Executive Director SaskFSA
10:30 AM • Field Efficiency Drainage Research
– Partners: SaskFSA, Phillip Harder w/ Croptimistic, Kyle Henderson
w/ Crop Intelligence, Dakota Odgers w/ Covers & Co
NEW! SK Drainage Extension Network (SK DEN) & Partners
11:00 AM • WSA – Top 5 Priorities for 2025
– Krystal Tendler, Executive Director WSA
– Naomi Paley, Drainage Extension Manager WSA
11:30 AM • Optimize Farm Productivity & Water Quality
– Blake Weiseth, Saskatchewan Polytechnic
12:00 PM • Lunch Sponsor – Armtec
Made in SK Water Infrastructure – Mark Bergen, Armtec
12:45 PM • WSA – AG Water Stewardship (Wetland Retention)
1:15 PM • Lidar You Can Use! Field Elevation + Ideal Drainage
Mapping – Simon Knutson, President Northern Plains Drainage
1:45 PM • Phosphorus in AG Water Management Systems
– Merrin Macrae, Professor University of Waterloo
2:15 PM • Soil Health, Soil Saturation & Why it Matters
– Elston Solberg, Senior Agronomist Crop Intelligence
2:45 PM • “Anything AG Water Management”
– Panel Discussion with all speakers
3:30 PM • Wrap Up & Social Hour
Registration: Online via Website: www.saskfsa.ca
** Register by Nov 22, 2024