Coffee Shop Talks - Prince Albert

Sask Wheat

An informal event where we bring industry educators, researchers and you - the farmer - together to encourage communication.

Prince Albert Wildlife Federation

Not only will you have a chance to learn and network, but we also host these events at a location comfortable for you.These events will have no planned presentations, which will provide opportunities to cover the agriculture topics you are curious or concerned about by giving you direct access to your peers and industry experts. Great discussions lead to increased knowledge, a better sense of community, and an improved use of current on-farm agronomy research.

<h3>INDUSTRY EXPERTS: </h3> <ul><li>Dr. Jeff Schoenau, Strategic Research Program Chair , Soil Nutrient Management, Ministry of Agriculture </li><li>Dr. Meghan Vankosky, Agricultural Entomologist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) </li><li>Kim Leblanc, Sales Agronomist, Lake Country Co-operative</li><li>Carmen Prang, Agronomy Extension Specialist, Sask Wheat</li><li>Allie Noble, Crops Extension Specialist, Ministry of Agriculture</li><li>Robin Lokken, Research Manager, Conservation Learning Centre (CLC)</li><li>Zoe Galbraith, Research Assistant, Conservation Learning Centre (CLC)</li><li>Meagan Reed, Agronomy Manager, Saskatchewan Pulse Growers</li><li>Kaeley Kindrachuk, Agronomy Extension Specialist, Sask Canola</li><li>Lipu Wang, Research Officer, Crop Development Centre (CDC) University of Saskatchewan </li><li>Cory Jacob, Acting Provincial Specialist, Weed Control, Government of Saskatchewan</li><li>Seed Reps, Representatives from various seed companies</li></ul>

<h3>How the event works:</h3><h3> </h3>Attendees are asked to show up at 8:30 a.m. to grab coffee and locally made snacks before settling in! Producers sit at any table they want, but that will be their assigned seat for the remainder of the event. There will be 1-2 reserved spots for industry experts per table. Sask Wheat's Communication &amp; Events Coordinator, Montana Getty, and Agronomy Extension Specialist, Carmen Prang, will introduce the event and get it kicked off with a joke and some general event information. <h4>Start the Timer!</h4>After Montana and Carmen intro the event, a 15-minute timer will begin and producers get to chat with the 1-2 industry experts sitting at their table in a 15-minute round. With such a short window of time, these conversations are meant to be brief and continued more in-depth later on when the one-on-one portion of the event continues. Topics are open to producers, however, we do hope wheat is the main focus. Producers are encouraged to take notes on interesting topics with each expert they chat with throughout the day. Montana will give a five-minute warning and a one-minute warning to let everyone know how much time is left in that round to wrap up conversations. <h4>Table Shuffle!</h4>Ring ring! Once the timer goes off, Montana wil ask the experts to get up and move to the table to their left. Once the experts are seated, Montana will start another 15-minute timer and the next round begins again! There will be many 15-minute rounds so that each table of producers will be able to talk to each set of experts. There will be breaks in-between as well. <h4>One-on-Ones!</h4>At 11 a.m., once all the rounds are done, everyone is encouraged to grab another coffee, some mores snacks, and continue their conversations with the experts who interested them the most. This portion of the event is for networking and creating relationships between industry experts and producers before the morning wraps up at 12 p.m.!

Agenda

Table Talks

Coffee Break

One-on-One Conversations

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