Speakers
Jim Hole
Cool Green Living
ATB Financial Hall
Conversation Corner
April 1-2 at 3:30 pm
Have you ever grown a garden in a truck bed? How about on a roof? Join Jim Hole, as he introduces you to the fun and fascinating world of growing living walls, microgreens and much more.
Anne Anderson
Our side of the story!
Hall B
April 1st, 2:30 pm
Anne Anderson has spent all of her professional life in the business of Beef. "Anne is one of the great innovative minds of the beef industry and her enthusiastic, can-do attitude gets results." Most recently she has accepted a position on the Board of the National Cattleman’s Beef Association which represents over 750,000 U.S. producers. Her presentation on the pressures activists put on industry, and industry’s response will be insightful for farmers and ranchers, and anyone in the food production chain in North America. Her presentation will address the unique threat posed to agricultural producers by the animal rights and environmental activists, and approaches to fighting back.
Dan Kulak
Summer Weather Safety on the Farm - Recognizing and Staying Safe from Thunderstorms
ATB Financial Hall
Conversation Corner
April 1 at 2:30 pm
This session will give you information on the climatology of summer thunderstorms in Alberta, with an emphasis on what to look for in the sky to recognize potential personal safety threats when working outdoors.
Tim Weis
Renewable Energy
Opportunities in Alberta
ATB Financial Hall
Conversation Corner
March 31 - April 2 at 11:30 am
Tim Weis, the Director of the Pembina Institute’s renewable energy policy program will discuss the renewable energy potential for the province of Alberta and how renewable electricity can become the backbone of Alberta’s electricity supply in the next 20 years, and how Albertans can be a part of the rapidly growing green energy industry.
Colin Bergstrom
Practical Precision
Agriculture: From Driving Straight to Variable Rate
ATB Financial Hall
Conversation Corner
April 2 at 2:30 pm
This seminar will cover the various implementations of precision agriculture in Alberta such as variable rate technology, RTK guidance and inter-row seeding. It will also cover some local results from 2010 with VRT and other uses of precision agriculture technology.
Kerri Buksa
The Do’s and Don’ts of Landscaping
ATB Financial Hall
Conversation Corner
March 31 at 3:30 pm
Most people when planning there landscape know how they want things to look but aren’t sure how to achieve it. I am going to discuss the basic do’s and don’ts in landscaping from tree placement, tree selection, soil, edging, hardscaping and a few other topics that frequently come up when people are planning there landscapes. I look forward to seeing everyone at the show.
Rusty Bellamy
BIG COULEE FARMS
Have Your Animals Work For You and Not You
Working For Your Animals
ATB Financial Hall
Conversation Corner
March 31 at 2:30 p.m.
This session will give you information on how to transition a traditional farm to a new model that relies on the sun and the soil to raise farm animals and not on the natural gas normally used to heat a barn. Over the past 15 years, Big Coulee Farms has developed special holistic methods and timing to pasture their animals in a whole management model that is environmentally friendly and yields healthy product for its consumers.
Jason Price
Growing Forward Energy Management Program
ATB Financial Hall
Conversation Corner
April 1 at 4:30 pm
This discussion will be about the Growing Forward Programs in the Energy Management area. Government grants are available to farmers to improve the energy efficiency of their operations.
AFSC – CPIP Sessions
Hall B, March 31 – April 2
Daily at 2pm
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC) will be holding one session each day on the new Cattle Price Insurance Program. The program is designed to help producers manage risks they face feeding cattle.
