Brandon, Manitoba

Join us at our Winter Agronomy Meeting in Brandon, Manitoba! Please register before January 1, 2025, using the form below. The location will be shared with registered guests closer to the date. A detailed agenda is below. We look forward to seeing you there!

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AGENDA

9:00 amDoors open
9:30 amCorn 101: How to manage your corn crop for success
Henry Prinzen, Market Development Agronomist, Maizex Seeds
10:15 amSetting up your planter for success
Andrew Kippen and Callum Lawrence, Planter Experts, North Valley Precision Planting
11:00 amGet more out of your silage acre
Adam Parker, Market Development Agronomist & Silage Specialist, Maizex Seeds
11:30 amBunk Management
Renato Schmidt, Ph.D, Forage Products Specialist, Lallemand Animal Nutrition
12:15 pmLunch
1:15 pmMaizex corporate update
Stephen Denys, Director of Market & Product Development, Maizex Seeds
1:30 pmProfitability in 2025
Peter Johnson, Agronomist, RealAgriculture
2:30 pmMeeting concludes

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Andrew Kippen & Callum Lawrence
North Valley Precision Planting

Andrew Kippen and Callum Lawrence join us from Carman-based North Valley Precision Planting, Manitoba’s newest Premier Precision Planting dealer. North Valley Precision Planting was founded to address a gap in the Western Canadian marketplace. The importance of accurate seeding and planting operations, from singulation to down pressure to the impact of speed, has never been more important, especially with the shorter growing season in Western Canada. Farmers in the Red River Valley now have access to the combined benefits of market-leading planting technology with local service, support, and knowledge.

Dr. Renato Schmidt
Lallemand Animal Nutrition

Dr. Renato Schmidt has a dairy/beef cattle farm background and is originally from Brazil, where he obtained a B.Sc. degree in Agronomy and an M.Sc. degree in Animal Sciences. He then earned his Ph.D. in Animal Sciences from the University of Delaware with Dr. Limin Kung Jr. He has worked on innumerous experiments evaluating the effects of different additives on the fermentation of forage crops and specifically developed a methodology to study microorganisms during ensiling using molecular techniques. Dr. Schmidt has authored and co-authored 18 peer-review manuscripts, 34 scientific abstracts, and 55 technical articles. He joined Lallemand Animal Nutrition as Forage Products Specialist in February 2008 and has given technical/scientific talks in Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Scotland, Czech Republic, England, and throughout the USA.

Peter Johnson
RealAgriculture

For those who consume any kind of agricultural media, Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson should need no introduction. Peter is now the resident agronomist at RealAgriculture after a 30-year career as an extension specialist at OMAFRA in Ontario. His enthusiasm and energy in sharing his deep agricultural knowledge make him a riveting speaker who is well-known to national radio listeners, social media users, and anyone else paying attention to the farming world in Canada.