Manitoba Agronomists' Conference

• In-person attendance registration will close @ 4:00 pm on Monday, December 2, 2024.
• Virtual attendance registration will close @ 4:00 pm on Monday, December 9, 2024.
• An individual email address is required for each participant to access the webcast.  Do not use the same email address for multiple registrations and complete all required fields.

Registration confirmation and conference details will be emailed to you within 72 hours of registration.

Registration will be considered complete once full payment has been received.

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• In-person attendance.
• Registration will close @ 4:00 pm on Monday, December 2, 2024.
• Student Rate:  $75 (GST included).

Registration confirmation and conference details will be emailed to you within 72 hours of registration.

Registration will be considered complete once full payment has been received.

REGISTER NOW!

Manitoba Agronomists Conference Privacy Policy

All personal information requested during registration or any other time is used only for internal business and administration purposes in order to facilitate the conference.  The MAC does not knowingly solicit, trade, sell, or otherwise deliver any personal information to any third parties.

By providing the necessary information required in the registration process, you agree to receive information regarding future MAC news and conference updates. If you prefer not to receive such updates, please contact our office at mbagconf@umanitoba.ca.

Manitoba Agronomists' Conference Refund Policy

Notification of cancellation must be received by email by 4:00 pm on Monday, December 9, 2024 in order to receive a refund of a paid registration fee, less an administration fee of $50.00 CAD.  No refunds will be given after the cancellation due date.  Registrations may be transferred without an administration fee on or before 4:00 pm Monday, December 9, 2024.  Send notification to:  mbagconf@umanitoba.ca

Complete the following to claim your CEUs:

Note:  Watching an archived version of the conference does not qualify for CCA credits.

See posters for the CCA quiz and answer submission form

**This event qualifies for CEUs towards CCSC certification but sign in sheets are not required to be filled in. Certified Crop Science Consultants wishing to collect CEUs for the Manitoba Agronomists Conference sessions may submit a CEU request through the CCSC Program self-reporting database at ccsctracking.ca.

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

PLENARY SESSION

8:25  Welcome 
8:30  Setting the Stage for MAC 2024
8:40  Power and Pitfalls of Genetic Resistance Testing
Dr. Martin Laforest, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
9:15  Herbicide Discovery and Herbicide Resistance: A Case of a Tail Wagging the Dog
Dr. Franck Dayan, Colorado State University
10:00  Coffee Break & Poster Session
10:30  Herbicide Resistance and Application Method
Dr. Tom Wolf, Agrimetrix Research & Training
11:00  Practical Organic Farming: Challenges and Techniques at Les Fermes Longprés
Matthew Dewavrin, Les Fermes Longprés
11:30  Integrated Weed Management in Dryland Wheat Production Systems
Dr. Drew Lyon, Washington State University
12:15  Lunch

PEST MANAGEMENT SESSION

1:15  TBA
TBA    
2:00  Monitoring Insecticide Susceptibility of Flea Beetle Populations Across the Prairies
Dr. Boyd Mori, University of Alberta
2:30  Coffee Break & Poster Session
3:00  Fine Tuning Your Fusarium Head Blight Management Toolbox
Dr. Kelly Turkington, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
3:45  Panel: Canola Diseases 2024 – Let’s Talk About It
Moderator: TBA
Evan Gillis, DL Seeds
Chris Manchur, Canola Council of Canada
Meghan Rose, New Era Ag Research
4:30  Reception 
 

Thursday, December 12, 2024

CROP MANAGEMENT SESSION

8:30  Field Pea and Soybean Breeding
Dr. Tom Warkentin, University of Saskatchewan
9:00  Designing Resource Efficient, Resilient Cropping Systems
Dr. Martin Entz, University of Manitoba
9:30  Tough Conversations to Have With Your Farmers
Ron Tone, Tone Ag Consulting
10:00  Coffee Break & Poster Session
10:30  Reseeding and Late Season Decision Making
Darren Bond, Manitoba Agriculture
11:15  Record Breaking Wheat: Learnings from the Great Lakes YEN
Joanna Follings, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
12:00  Lunch

SOIL MANAGEMENT SESSION

1:00  The Logistics of Having Fertilizer in Place for Seeding
Kevin Seavers, Federated Cooperatives Ltd
1:30  The Role of Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizers in Nitrogen Fertilization    
Dr. Rigas Karamanos (retired)
2:15  No One-Size-Fits-All: Strategies for Crop Residue Managment in Western Canada
Ashley Ammeter, Manitoba Crop Alliance
2:45  Coffee Break & Poster Session
3:15  Landscape Agronomy: Restoring Productivity on Eroded Hilltops
Curtis Cavers, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
3:45  Does Occasional Tillage Undo No-Till Benefits?
Dr. Humberto Blanco, University of Nebraska
4:30  Closing Comments
 

Coming soon

To submit a Poster for consideration at the 2024 Manitoba Agronomists Conference, please complete the form found HERE.  The deadline to submit this form is Friday, November 15th.  You will be notified by November 22nd if your poster has been accepted.  If accepted, we require your abstract and a pdf copy of your poster by December 2nd.  

DEADLINES

Please submit required items to mbagconf@umanitoba.ca.

 ABSTRACT

• Submit in a Word Document
• Use Calibri, 11 size font, 1 inch margins, single spacing
• Include title, names and affiliations of authors and email of corresponding author
• 100-200 words in length

POSTER PITCH

Each poster presenter will have an opportunity to address the entire audience at one of four breaks during the conference.  

POSTER Q/A SESSION

To allow for networking with conference participants, poster presenters are required to host a question and answer break-out session during one of the four coffee breaks. Check the conference program above and select a break you prefer to host your Q/A session. Please indicate your preference in your abstract and poster pitch submission, and we will try to accommodate the preferences on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Posters will be available to conference participants on the MAC website. Please ensure your content is legible and discernable using the following formatting requirements:

• Submit as a PDF
• Format for 8.5 x 11 inch paper
• Use Calibri, font size no smaller than 10, landscape orientation, page margins no less than 1/2 inch (1.27cm)
• Use simple tables, figures and graphs (all axis labelled) 

POSTER SIZE FOR POSTER SESSIONS

• All posters will be displayed on a half-size poster board for both days. Display space per poster can be no larger than 44.5" x 44.5".

CCA QUESTIONS

Certified Crop Advisor continuing education credits are offered to participants viewing the posters and completing a quiz based on the research content. If you would like your poster to be eligible for such credits (which will likely increase the traffic to your poster), please submit five multiple choice questions to mbagconf@umanitoba.ca.

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