2019 Crop Production Show

Jan 04, 2019

Visiting Crop Production Show? Stop by the SCIC booth in Hall B or take in our Guest Speaker Series in Hall E.

Visit Booth 36-37 in Hall B for an opportunity to chat one-on-one with members of the SCIC executive team.

Monday, January 14
12 pm - 4 pm
Shawn Jaques, President and CEO

Tuesday, January 15
10 am - 1 pm
Jeff Morrow, Vice President, Operations
1 pm - 4 pm
Darby Warner, Executive Director, Crop Insurance

Wednesday, January 16
10 am - 3 pm
Waren Ames, Executive Director, AgriStability

Thursday, January 17
10 am - 3 pm
Lorelei Hulston, Executive Director, Research and Development

Join us January 14 - 17 in Room 1 & 4 in Hall E as SCIC and the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture discuss a variety of topics that could benefit your farming operation.

Monday, January 14
2:00 pm - Herbicide Resistance: Can You Chance the Status Quo?
3:00 pm - Exploring Price Options & Crop Averaging
4:00 pm - Clubroot in Saskatchewan: Results of the 2018 Clubroot Survey

Tuesday, January 15
10:00 am - Herbicide Resistance: Can You Chance the Status Quo?
11:00 am - Crop Insurance 101
2:00 pm - AgriStability - Capturing Year-End Inventory & Explaining Margin
3:00 pm - CAP Program Overview
4:00 pm - Diversification & Management Experience Transfer

Wednesday, January 16
10:00 am - Herbicide Carryover Following Dry Conditions
11:00 am - Exploring Price Options & Crop Averaging
2:00 pm - Clubroot in Saskatchewan: Results of the 2018 Clubroot Survey
3:00 pm - CAP Program Overview
4:00 pm - Diversification & Management Experience Transfer

Thursday, January 17
10:00 am - Herbicide Carryover Following Dry Conditions
11:00 am - Crop Insurance 101
2:00 pm - AgriStability - Capturing Year-End Inventory & Explaining Margin

Source : Saskcropinsurance

Video: Designing a Robotic Berry Picker

Since blackberries must be harvested by hand, the process is time-consuming and labor-intensive. To support a growing blackberry industry in Arkansas, food science associate professor Renee Threlfall is collaborating with mechanical engineering assistant professor Anthony Gunderman to develop a mechanical harvesting system. Most recently, the team designed a device to measure the force needed to pick a blackberry without damaging it. The data from this device will help inform the next stage of development and move the team closer to the goal of a fully autonomous robotic berry picker. The device was developed by Gunderman, with Yue Chen, a former U of A professor now at Georgia Tech, and Jeremy Collins, then a U of A undergraduate engineering student. To determine the force needed to pick blackberries without damage, the engineers worked with Threlfall and Andrea Myers, then a graduate student.