POGA's 22nd Annual AGM and Conference, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

"Location: Delta Hotel, Winnipeg, MB
Date: Thursday, December 5, 2019

Thanks to our Sponsors!"

(Click here to download agenda - pdf 754KB)

8:00am
Registration and Free Hot Breakfast

8:40am
Welcome and Introduction – Jenneth Johanson, POGA President

8:45am
Secrets of The Old Farmer's Almanac Prairie Forecasts, What's Predicted for Weather in 2020, and Other Stuff He probably Shouldn't Be Telling You - Jack Burnett, Managing Editor, The Old Farmers Almanac

9:30am
POGA Annual General Meeting – Jenneth Johanson, POGA President

10:00am
GHG Emissions and Carbon Capture in Canadian Agriculture - Fraser McPhee, P.Eng. in Bio Systems Engineering and a Manitoba farmer

10:30am
Coffee Break

11:00am
Agricultural Trade Opportunities and Challenges in the Current Global Context - Fred Gorrell, ADM International Affairs, Canadian Food Inspection Agency & Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

12:00pm
Soup and Sandwich Lunch – Tour the Sponsors' Displays

1:00pm
Regenerative Agriculture: What Does it Really Mean and Does it Have Real Value for Farmers? - Kris Nichols, PhD, Soil Microbiologist for KRIS Systems Education & Consultation

1:45pm
Know GMO: Will Agriculture be ALLOWED to Feed 9 Billion People? - Robert Saik, CEO, Saik Management Group/AGVisorPROInc

2:45pm
Intensive Agronomy, Intercropping, and Everything In Between to Maximize Profits with Oats - Jessica Pratchler, Research Manager, Northeast Agriculture Research Foundation

3:30pm
Coffee Break

4:00pm
The Canadian Oats Market: What to Expect in 2020 - Brennan Turner, CEO, Farmland

5:00pm
Wrap-up and Adjourn – Jenneth Johanson, POGA President

5:45pm
Social Hour at the Winnipeg Delta Hotel

6:30pm
Dinner and Speaker: "If You Can't Laugh, You Can't Farm!" - Steve Stublejumpski

8:00pm
Adjourn

Event_date: 
Thursday, December 5, 2019