Manitoba Agronomists' Conference
The Manitoba Agronomists' Conference (MAC) is an annual forum to discuss the latest developments and trends in crop production, crop protection and soil management in Manitoba. This conference is of interest to those working in research, extension, business, and consulting as it relates to the science and practice of agriculture.
Objectives of the conference are:
- To provide an update on pests, crop inputs, new crops, developments in crop and soil management.
- To review and discuss research results and their application to current opportunities and challenges.
- To provide a venue for building alliances between researchers, extension specialists and the crop advising community.
CONFERENCE DATES ARE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11 AND THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12.
Registration will open in mid-October. Event details and registration fees will be updated in the coming weeks.
Registration details
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
REGISTRATION IS CURRENTLY CLOSED
- In-person attendance registration will close @ 4:00 pm on Tuesday, December 5, 2023.
- Virtual attendance registration will close @ 4:00 pm on Monday, December 11, 2023.
- 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.
Early Bird Rate in effect until Sunday, November 26. | $185 |
Regular rate in effect from Monday, November 27 to Monday, December 11. | $225 |
GST included. |
Registration confirmation and conference details will be emailed to you within 72 hours of registration.
Privacy and refund policies
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. All personal information including names, billing addresses and credit card information is regarded as confidential. To ensure the protection of your privacy, all registration information is encrypted using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology. 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 through electronic mail 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 11, 2023 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 11, 2023. Send notification to: mbagconf@umanitoba.ca
CCA & CCSC credits
Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) CEUs |
Complete the following to claim your CEUs:
- Download the Certified Crop Advisor App (in the App Store or on Google Play) to have your CCA credits posted immediately. Sign-in with your CCA credentials and scan the QR codes for each session (displayed during the breaks).
- The deadline for submitting the form to claim your credits is December 31, 2023.
Note: Watching an archived version of the conference does not qualify for CCA credits.
AREA | DAY 1 | DAY 2 |
Nutrient Management | 2 | 0 |
Integrated Pest Management | 2 | 0.5 |
Crop Management | 4 | 2.5 |
Soil and Water Management | 0 | 1 |
Professional Development | 0 | 0 |
DAILY TOTALS | 8 | 4 |
TOTAL POSSIBLE CCA CREDITS | 12 | |
POSTER Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) CEUs |
See posters for the CCA quiz and answer submission form
AREA | Total Available | |
Nutrient Management | 0.5 | |
Integrated Pest Management | 0.5 | |
Crop Management | 0.5 | |
Soil & Water Management | 0.5 | |
TOTAL POSSIBLE CCA CREDITS for poster session | 2 |
**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.
Conference details
Program
PDF MAC 2023 PROGRAM
PDF MAC 2023 Proceedings
Day 1 - Wednesday, December 13, 2023
PLENARY SESSION
8:25 Welcome
8:30 Setting the Stage for MAC 2023
8:45 My Personal Learnings in Ag Tech: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Todd Ormann, Olds College of Agriculture and Technology
9:30 Assessing and Weeding Out New Ag Technologies for Agronomists
Dr. Brian Arnall, Oklahoma State University
10:15 Coffee Break & Poster Session
10:45 Outfitting your Agronomists and Farmers with Useful Technologies
Dale Cowan, AGRIS Co-operative Ltd.
11:10 AI and Agronomy - Is the Cart Ahead of the Horse?
Emile deMilliano (retired)
11:35 Plenary Speaker Q & A
12:00 Lunch
PEST MANAGEMENT SESSION
1:00 Farmer Panel: Implementing New Technologies in the Field
Moderator: Dennis Lange, Manitoba Agriculture
Fiona Jochum, Blue Diamond Farms
Reid Mazinke
Tyler Menold
1:45 Kochia Warrant our Full Attention
Dr. Brian Jenks, North Dakota State University
2:30 Coffee Break & Poster Session
3:00 Improving the Management of Foliar and Root Diseases in Field Peas
Dr. Michael Wunsch, North Dakota State University
3:30 Do you ‘Walk the Line?’
Marcie Schultz, Pesticide Compliance Program, Health Canada
4:00 The Diversity and Role of Native Bees in Field Crop Production
Dr. Jason Gibbs, University of Manitoba
4:30 Reception
Day 2 - Thursday, December 14, 2023
CROP MANAGEMENT SESSION
8:30 Multiple Herbicide-Resistant Waterhemp: The Ontario Experience
Dr. Peter Sikkema, University of Guelph
9:15 The Evolution of Soybean Production
Horst Bohner, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Dennis Lange, Manitoba Agriculture
10:00 Coffee Break & Poster Session
10:30 Agronomic Management to Maximize Spring Wheat Yield and Protein while Minimizing Lodging Risk
Dr. Amy Delaquis, Manitoba Canola Growers
11:00 Crop Diversification: What Works and What Hasn’t
Scott Chalmers, Manitoba Agriculture
11:30 Making Every Seed Count: Crop Management Effects on Canola Establishment
Chris Holzapfel, Indian Head Agricultural Research Foundation
12:00 Lunch
SOIL MANAGEMENT SESSION
1:00 Tuning Up Fertility with Fertilizer Rich and Omission Strips
Dr. Brian Arnall, Oklahoma State University
1:30 Nutrient Uptake and Removal in Prairie Crops
John Heard (retired)
2:00 What is a Plant Nutrient? Changing Definitions to Advance Science and Innovation in Plant Nutrition
Dr. Patrick Brown, University of California-Davis
2:30 Coffee Break & Poster Session
3:00 Fertilizer Management Challenges for Direct Seeding
Lyle Cowell, Nutrien
3:45 Soil Salinity Fixes: Quick or Patient
Dr. Tom DeSutter, North Dakota State University
4:30 Closing Comments
Speakers
Speakers presenting at the conference is by invitation only.
Invited speaker guidelines
Please follow the instructions below to assist the organizing committee in preparing the Program, Abstracts, Webinar and Conference Proceedings.
DEADLINES
Friday, November 17, 2023 | Abstract Biography, picture &, presentation title |
Friday, November 24, 2023 | Presentation slides Recorded video presentation (if applicable) |
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
BIOGRAPHY, PICTURE & TITLE
- For use on MAC website and online program
- Biography can be up to 100 words in length, following similar format as abstract
- Picture should be headshot (high resolution JPG file 500k-1MB minimum), preferably a landscape orientation.
- Title needs to be approved by the Chair of the respective session
PRESENTATION SLIDES
- For download by participants during the conference and for the proceedings
- Use simple background and colour schemes
- Use contrasting text and background
- Use large font, limit text on each slide
- Use simple tables, figures and graphs (all axis labelled!)
RECORDED VIDEO PRESENTATION
For any speakers presenting via Zoom Webinar a recorded presentation must be submitted ahead of the conference in case of unforeseen technical problems with the live-stream. You can use Zoom web client to record your presentation (instructions here).
Posters
Posters
CCA POSTER QUIZ
CCA POSTER QUIZ ANSWER SHEET PDF
CCA POSTER QUIZ ANSWER FILLABLE FORM
Soil Fertility
On-Farm Evaluation of Inoculation Strategies in Soybeans (Poster PDF)
Christopher Forsythe, Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers
Performance of Soybean-based Rotations in Manitoba: Soil P and K (Poster PDF)
Ramona Mohr, Yong Min Kim, Mohammad Khakbazan, Debbie McLaren (ret’d), and Byron Irvine (ret’d)
Farm-scale Research on Stabilization of Fall Anhydrous Ammonia in Manitoba (Poster PDF)
Muhammad Junaid Afzal, Mario Tenuta, University of Manitoba, John Heard (ret’d) Manitoba Agriculture
Effect of Nitrification Inhibitors on Nitrogen Transformations in Soils with Different Textures – An Incubation Study (Poster PDF)
Rida Sabirova, Muhammad Junaid Afzal, Mario Tenuta, University of Manitoba
Soil and Water Management
Meta-analysis of 4R Nitrogen Management on Direct N2O Emissions from Croplands in Cold Climate (Poster PDF)
Sakshi, Xiaopeng Gao, Mario Tenuta, University of Manitoba
The Prairie Precision Sustainability Network (PPSN): Can we identify marginal field areas using only satellite imagery and precision yield data? (Poster PDF)
Prairie Precision Sustainability Network
Comparing N2O Concentration with Surface Fluxes under Different Farming Practices During the Spring Thaw (Poster PDF)
Faezeh Parastesh, Xiaopeng Gao, Mario Tenuta, University of Manitoba
2023 Growing Season: How Dry Was It and Did Soil Health Matter? (Poster PDF)
Grace Thomson, Martin Entz, Sarah Wilcott, University of Manitoba
Update on Detailed Soil Survey Activities in Manitoba (Poster PDF)
Megan Westphal, Ronggui Wu, Manitoba Agriculture
Crop Management
Teff (Eragrostis tef) Intercrops for Forage Production in Manitoba (Poster PDF)
James Frey, Manitoba Agriculture
Leveraging On-Farm Research to Evaluate New Malting Barley Varieties for Production and Malting Selection in Manitoba (Poster PDF)
Li Yueshu, Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre, Ashley Ammeter, Morgan Cott, Daryl Rex, Andrew Hector, Manitoba Crop Alliance
Performance of Soybean-based Rotations in Manitoba: Yield and Quality (Poster PDF)
Ramona Mohr, Yong Min Kim, Mohammad Khakbazan, Debbie McLaren (ret’d), Byron Irvine (ret’d), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Agronomic Response of Pea to Preceding Crop, Tillage Strategy and Phosphorus Fertilization in Southern Manitoba (Poster PDF)
Brodie Erb, Kristen MacMillan, Joanne Thiessen Martens, Rob Gulden, University of Manitoba
Can Hairy Vetch be a Worthwhile Companion in Grain Corn & Grazing Corn Strategies, or is it just another Big Hairy Monster? (Poster PDF)
Scott Chalmers, Manitoba Agriculture
Plant Breeding to Increase Productivity of Organic Wheat: Results from the Glenlea Long Term Study (Poster PDF)
Sarah Wilcott, Martin Entz, University of Manitoba
Establishment of Annual Crop - Living Mulch System (Poster PDF)
Jessica Frey, Joanne Thiessen Martens, University of Manitoba
Agronomic Strategies to Intercrop Corn in Manitoba (Poster PDF)
Talyia Tober, Navneet Brar, Emma McGeough, Yvonne Lawley, University of Manitoba
Pest Management
Reducing Root Rots in Soybean through Better Understanding of Host Defense to Fusarium graminearum (Poster PDF)
Nadia Garma, Rhodesia Celoy, Mohammad Sayari, Mohamed El-Shetehy, Pawanpuneet Rehal, Fouad Daayf, University of Manitoba
Performance of Soybean-based Rotations in Manitoba: Root Diseases (Poster PDF)
Yong Min Kim, Debbie McLaren (ret’d), Ramona Mohr, Byron Irvine (ret’d), Mohammad Khakbazan, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Are Intercropped Cover Crops Compatible with Canola Weed Management on the Canadian Prairies? (Poster PDF)
Janelle Gawiak, Yvonne Lawley, University of Manitoba, Maryse Bourgault, University of Saskatchewan, Linda Gorim, University of Alberta
Manitoba Survey of Herbicide-resistant Weeds in 2022 (Poster PDF)
Charles Geddes, Mattea Pittman, Kim Brown-Livingston, Julie Leeson
Predicting Prairie Weed Community Emergence During Drought: A 1930’s Dust Bowl Case Study (Poster PDF)
S.M. Sharpe, J. Sandhu, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Comparative Fungicide Efficacy Testing for Managing Mycosphaerella Blight and White Mould in Peas in Manitoba (Poster PDF)
Baljeet Singh, Dustin Bauer, Nevaeh Witherspoon, Shreyas Gopi Venkatesh Prasad, Assiniboine Community College
Weed Suppression by Integrating Cultural Tactics in Western Canadian Soybean Production (Poster PDF)
Charles Geddes, Shamini Jayasekara, Mallory Anderson, Robert Gulden, Chris Holzapfel
Retirement Celebrations
The Effect of Nearly 27 Years of Service to Manitoba's Agriculture Industry
M. Riekman, K. Brown, M. Timmerman, Manitoba Agriculture, C. Cavers, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Poster Guidelines
POSTER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES |
DEADLINES
Monday, November 13, 2023 |
Title and 25-word summary |
Monday, November 20, 2023 |
Abstract |
Friday, December 1, 2023 |
Poster PDF |
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.
Webinar technical details
MAC ZOOM webinar Attendee Guide
MAC ZOOM Webinar Attendee Guide
ZOOM support page
Conference day problems?
Problems? Contact: mbagconf@umanitoba.ca
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School of Agriculture - Manitoba Agronomists' Conference
236 Agriculture Building
66 Dafoe Road
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada