Seminars

February 19, 2025
Dr. Filiz Koksel, Associate Professor, Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences
Seeing the Unseen: Advancing Food Quality Control with Ultrasonics & X-Ray Tomography

January 29, 2025
Dr. Jason Gibbs, Associate Professor, Department of Entomology
The bees that no one knew were there and no one wanted

November 13, 2024
Dr. Christopher Henry, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science
"Harvesting Insights: Leveraging automated data collection and machine learning for digital agricultural applications"

October 23, 2024
Dr. Qiang Zhang, Professor - Department of Biosystems Engineering
"Bytes and Barns: How digital technologies are transforming livestock farming"

June 12, 2024
Julieta Frank, PhD - Department of Agribusiness and Agricultural Economics
Alankrita Goswami, PhD - Department of Agribusiness and Agricultural Economics
Justin Daniels, MSc - Department of Agribusiness and Agricultural Economics
Mehdi Arzandeh, PhD - Lakehead University
"The many tales of the limit order book: microstructure research in agricultural markets"

April 24, 2024
Dr. Kateryn Rochon, Acting Head, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Dr. Rob Currie, Professor, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Dr. Steve Whyard, Associate Dean (Research), Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science
Dr. John Gavloski, Entomologist, Manitoba Agriculture
"UM Knowledge Exchange - Insects: Friends and Foes"

April 24, 2024
Alejandro Costamagna, PhD, Professor, Department of Entomology
Hector Carcamo, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Science and Technology Branch, AAFC, Lethbridge
Keith Gabert, Agronomy Specialist, Central Alberta, Canola Council of Canada
"What bugs a farmer's crops? Assessing damage in canola"

March 14, 2024
Melissa Arcand, Department of Soil Science, University of Saskatchewan
Ted Poyser Lecture in Soil Health
"Depth of a plow: sharing soil health knowledge"

March 20, 2024
Martin Nyachoti Professor, Department of Animal Science
Anna Rogiewicz Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Science
Rob Patterson VP Innovation & Commercialization, CBS Bio Platforms Inc.
"Advancing animal nutrition and health: A spotlight on a successful industry-academia collaboration"

January 31, 2024
Dr. Francis Zvomuya, Professor, Department of Soil Science
"Pipelines and Agriculture: A contentious pair?"

December 7, 2023
Dr. Brent McCallum, Research Scientist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
"The contribution of the wheat leaf rust resistance gene Lr34 to multi-pest resistance"

October 24, 2023
Dr. Ian Thomas Baldwin, Dr. Victor Bendelow Memorial Lectureship
"How native plants manage complicated ecological interactions"

September 20, 2023
Dr. David Levin, Professor, Department of Biosystems Engineering
"Research Collaborations: Make friends, see the world and do great science"

May 4, 2023
Yvonne Lawley, Associate Professor, Department of Plant Science
Virginia Janzen, MSc Student, Plant Science; Regen Ag Program Coordinator, Seine Rat Roseau Watershed District
Callum Morrison, MSc Student, Plant Science; Crop production Extension Specialist, Manitoba Agriculture
Dale Penner, MSc Student, Plant Science
"Covering New Ground: Prairie Cover Crops Research"

March 29, 2023
Dr. Paul Bullock, Senior Scholar, Department of Plant Science
Mr. Taurai Matengu, PhD Student, Department of Soil Science
Dr. Timi Ojo, Agricultural Systems Modeller, Land Use and Ecosystem Resilience Branch, Manitoba Agriculture
"Weathering Risk: A New Tool for Fusarium Head Blight Disease Risk Management”

February 15, 2023
Danny Mann, Professor, Department of Biosystems Engineering
"Chasing the dream of the autonomous tractor … from a human factors perspective"

December 7, 2022
Chengbo Yang, Associate Professor, Department of Animal Science
"More than just chicken feed: Antibiotic alternatives in poultry diets"

October 28, 2022
Joyce Slater, Professor, Department of Food and Human Nutritional Food Sciences
"Exploring food and nutrition security in Manitoba youth: The FANS study"