Program
8:30am, December 5, 2012
TCU Place, Saskatoon SK
Announcements
- Rakow Legacy Scholarship, Sponsor Recognition
Canola Breeding
- WCC/RRC report – Raymond Gadoua, Canola Council of Canada
- Canola Performance Trials – Shawn Senko, Canola Council of Canada
- High Oleic Oil and Industry Expansion - Lorin DeBonte, Cargill
Insect Situation
- The 2012 Aster Yellows Outbreak in Oilseeds – Chrystel Olivier, AAFC, Saskatoon
- Other Insects, Good and Bad – Scott Hartley, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture
Extending the Opportunities for Canola
- Canola Presents New Opportunities for Industry - Del Craig, Elevance, Renewable Sciences
Special Features
- Technology Innovation in Agricutlure- Robert Reiter, Monsanto
Diseases
Blackleg situation- "Is there an answer?" – Clint Jurke, Canola Council of Canada, Gary Peng , AAFC and Dilantha Fernando, Univiversity of Manitoba
- Clubroot Update – Murray Hartman, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development
- Advances in Sclerotinia Research – Lone Buchwaldt, AAFC
- Other diseases – Sean Miller, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture
Environment
- Canola Footprint on the Farm –Vern Baron, AAFC Lacombe
Meal Utilization
- Canola meal: Survey and current yellow canola research – Bogdan Slominski, University of Manitoba
- Canola beyond feed and suppositories - Vern Racz, Univiversity of Saskatchewan
Crop Reports
- Canadian Grain Commission – Véronique Barthet, CGC
- Eastern Canada – Hugh Earl, University of Guelph
- Manitoba – Anastasia Kubinec, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives
- Saskatchewan – Venkata Vakulabharanam, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture
- Alberta – Murray Hartman, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development
Reports
- Plant Biosafety and Biotech Risk Assessment Report –TBA, CFIA, Ottawa
Networking reception for delegates to the Canola Industry Meeting & Applying Genomics Workshop 5:00 PM in Salon C
