2010 Managing Excellence in Agriculture Conference

Managing Excellence in Agriculture 2010

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Agenda:

Please join us for a day of pre-conference tours on February 3rd, 2010! Click here for details.

Wednesday February 3rd, 2010
9:00AM-6:30PM	Registration
6:30PM	Opening Remarks
7:00PM	Smart is Beautiful - 21st Century Agriculture’s Revolution Opening Keynote Speaker: Dr. Lowell Catlett, New Mexico State University, United States of America
8:15PM	Networking Reception
Thursday February 4th, 2010
7:30AM	Breakfast
8:40AM	Opening Remarks
8:40AM	No Straight Road: how can family farm businesses seize the opportunities from volatility and change? Rob Napier- Director of Napier Agrifutures, Australia
9:40AM	Maximizing the Profitability of Each Production Unit Through Scenario Analysis Michael W. Bechtel, Director of Farm Business Programs, Farmers of North America, Canada
10:40AM	Break
11:10AM	‘Grow’ your emotional competences; ‘reap’ a successful business Pierrette Desrosiers- M.Ps. Industrial Psychologist, coach and speaker, Quebec, Canada
12:15PM	Lunch
1:30PM	2009 Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers: Grant & Colleen Dyck, Artel Farms Ltd., Manitoba, Canada
2:00PM	Will Agriculture have the Energy to Embrace the Future? Bruce Vincent- United States of America
3:00PM	2009 Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers: Greg & Tania MacKenzie, MacKenzie Produce, P.E.I., Canada
6:30PM	Western Development Museum Banquet
Friday February 5th, 2010
7:00AM	Breakfast
8:00AM	Opening Remarks
8:30AM	Workshop Session 1 (choice of 6)
10:00AM	Break
10:30AM	Workshop Session 2 (choice of 6)
12:00PM	Lunch
1:30PM	How climate change will affect how you, your children, and your grandchildren will manage your farm Bano B Mehdi, Ms
2:15PM	Producer Panel The panel will be composed of producers from different sized farm operations talking about their management techniques and styles. Patricia Bishop Andrew Bishop Leonard Yungwirth Clem Schraefel
3:30PM	Wrap up discussion with facilitator – closing session

Workshops

The workshops will each be held twice. Participants have the choice to attend two of the six workshops:

1. The 4 Key Cornerstones to Financial Planning
Greg Pearce- Chartered Accountant and licensed Financial Security Advisor, Ontario, Canada

2. Management Strategies for Small Scale Agriculture
Gwendolyn Simpson- Inspired Market Gardens, Alberta, Canada

3. Sustainability in the Marketplace
Matthew Buck – Assistant Director of Food Alliance, United States of America

4. Management Techniques for Large Commercial Farms
Joerg O. Zimmermann, Ph.D – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

5. Planning for Farm Succession
Gerry Holland, Ministry of Agriculture, Saskatchewan Government

6. How pricing carbon creates opportunities for agriculture
Bryan Gilvesy- Proprietor of the Y U Ranch, Ontario, Canada