Crop Production Week: Saturday, January 9 to Saturday, January 16, 2010
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Saskatchewan Fruit Growers Association: Celebrate the Past - Grow the Future
Location: Saskatoon Inn
| 8:30 a.m. | Registration/Coffee |
| 9:00 a.m. | Opening Remarks |
| 9:10 a.m. | Minister’s Address |
| 9:30 a.m. | Apple Growing & Processing in Quebec Steve Levasseur, CHC President, |
| 10:30 a.m. | Coffee Break/Booth Displays |
| 11:00 a.m. | Becoming Profitable Through Innovation &
Cooperation: Is There Life After Jam? Keith Jorgenson & Carmen Dyck, Fruition Orchards |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch Served/Silent Auction |
| 1:00 p.m. | CanadaGap On-Farm Food Safety Program Murray Gray, SVGA OFFS Coordinator |
| 1:45 p.m. | Agri-Tourism at Treasure Valley Markets Linda Metke, Treasure Valley Markets |
| 2:30 p.m. | Coffee Break/Booth Displays |
| 3:00 p.m. | Making “It” Work at Prairie Dome Tonia Vermette & Kirk Flaman, Elwyn & Marie Vermette, Prairie Dome Strawberries & Saskatoons |
| 3:45 p.m. | Starting a Cottage Winery Sue Echlin & Vance Lester, Living Sky Winery |
| 5:00 p.m. | Happy Hour |
| 6:00 p.m. | Past Presidents’ Banquet Honorary Life Membership Induction |
| 7:30 p.m. | Social/Displays |
| 9:00 p.m. | Conference room closes for the evening |
| 8:15 a.m. | Registration/Coffee |
| 8:30 a.m. | The Year in Review Forrest Scharf, Provincial Specialist, Fruit Crops, SK Ministry of Agriculture |
| 9:30 a.m. | Diseases & Fungicides on Fruit Crops Faye Dokken-Bouchard, Provincial Specialist, Plant Disease, SK Ministry of Agriculture |
| 10:15 a.m. | Coffee Break/Booth Displays |
| 10:30 a.m. | Research Updates Dr. Bob Bors, U of S, Plant Sciences |
| 11:45 a.m. | Lunch Served |
| 1:00 p.m. | Annual General Meeting |
| 2:45 p.m. | Coffee Break/Silent Auction Windup |
| 3:15 p.m. | Rural Escapes & Local Bounty |
