Learn more about fall/winter cereals and how they can benefit your operation and soil health. See how wetlands and riparian areas can be preserved in grain land and much more!
AGENDA
9:00 am Refreshments
9:15 am
Dormant Seeded Spring Crops (November Seeded)
Hybrid Fall Rye, Winter Wheat & Fall Triticale Demo Plots
-Blair Balog & Greg Stamp - Forage Testing, Pest & Disease Risk in Fall Crops
-Colette Prefontaine (FP) Juel Scott (KWS) - Hybrid fall Rye Varieties & Agronomy
-Jeff Jackson (SeedNet) - Winter Triticale
-Ezri Oatway (Secan) - Winter Wheat
Winter Triticale - AB Windchill: Reduced Awn Fall Triticale: New!
-Plant Breeder: Mazen Aljarrah (Western Crop Innovations)
Soil Moisture Sensors in Fall Crops
-Kyle Henderson & Kendra Schmidt: Crop Intelligence
Fall Crop Forage Research
-Dr. Bart Ladner (University of Saskatchewan) - How Winter and Fall seeded crops can work for
extending the grazing season (tips, tricks and things to consider).
Noon: Lunch In The Field
1:30 pm Habitat Tour - Alberta Conservation Association
-Phillip Rose - Alberta Conservation Association - Habitat Project Tour & Partnership
(Tour highlights constructed wetlands, shelterbelts, permanent cover to prevent soil erosion and marginal lands returning to wetlands.)
3:30 pm Wrap Up