| | Wednesday, Februray 26, 2014 |
| | 3:00pm - 8:00pm | Precision Agriculture Conference Registration Desk Open | Atrium |
| | | Sponsored by Stratforf Agri Analysis & Grain Farmers of Ontario |
| | 4:00pm - 5:00pm | Precision Agriculture Tradeshow Open | Atrium / Regency |
| | | Sponsored by Aeryon Labs - A leading UAS technology provider (Cash Bar & Appetizers ) |
| | 5:00pm - 6:30pm | Conference Opening Session – What is the Potential of Precision Agriculture? |
| | | Sponsored by DuPont Pioneer | |
| | | An overview presentation which highlights the major technologies and trends that will influence how crops will be produced in the near future. This session will help prepare a vision for how farmers and agribusiness can quickly and productively adopt proven new IT systems to generate greater profits per acre. Precision Agriculture Specialists will briefly spotlight a number of new technologies, products and services that have been recognized to have significant potential to improve agriculture productivity. | Speakers: | Steve Redmond, Precision Ag Specialist, Hensall District Co-opertive | | | Ken Nixon, Innovative Farmer | | | Joe Dales, Farms.com |
- How do we get there? Integration between all of the IT systems, data and agronomy.
- Communications and Education: Innovation and on-farm practical Research & Development.
- How do we prove the Value to the Farmer $/Acre (Profit Maps)
- Introduction of the Precision Agriculture Specialists attending the Conference
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| | 6:30pm - 8:00pm | Networking | Atrium / Regency |
| | | Conference participants can continue networking, the cash bar will be open during this time. There will be no dinner served during the conference, participants may make their own plans for food at the hotel restaurant or local restaurants |
| | Thursday February 27, 2014 |
| | 7:00am - 10:00am | Registration Desk Open | Regency Ballroom |
| | | Sponsored by Stratforf Agri Analysis & Grain Farmers of Ontario |
| | 7:00am-8:30am | Breakfast / Networking | Regency Ballroom |
| | | Sponsored by: Monstano DeKalb | |
| | 7:30am-7:45am | Breakout Session: SoilOptix: High Resolution Topsoil Mapping System | Chelsea 1 | Barry Raymer, Practical Precision |
| | | Breakout Session: FieldScripts – Prescriptive Planting Tool: 2013 Results with Variable Rate Corn Planting in the US | Chelsea 2 | Derek Freitag, Monsanto DeKalb |
| | | Breakout Session: Variable Rate Nitrogen Application: 2013 Field Experience with Trimbles GreenSeeker | Canterbury | Paul Raymer, Practical Precision |
| | | Breakout Session: John Deere – Agricultural Management Systems | Oak Room | Joe Riedl & Jim Bright, Podlindky Farm Equipment, Rob Boyes, Hurson Tractor |
| | 8:30am - 9:00-am | Opening Session Presentations | Regency |
| | | Sponsored By: Aeryon Labs | |
| | | | | Welcome | | | | The Vision & Potential of Precision Agricultre | Steve Redmond, Precision Agriculture Specialist, Hensall Distric Co-operative & Ken Nixon, Innovative Farmer | | | Steve and Ken will provide an overview of the day’s agenda and challenge the group to network, share ideas and concerns and encourage practical plans for spring 2014 which will prove out technologies and increase the rate of adoption of Precision Agriculture. | | | Preicsion Agriculture: It is all About the DATA | Karon Cowan, AgTech GIS | | | Big Data is the term for the large amount of information that can be generated on the farm. The data being compiled in real time can provide producers with a clearer, more comprehensive picture of all facets of farming, whether this happens to be soil science, seeding rates, fertilizer optimization or weed and pest control. This growing body of data can help free producers of much of the day-to-day guesswork associated with farming. |
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| | 9:00am - 10:00am | Farm Machinery Update on Precision Agriculture Technology |
| | | Precision Agriculture Specialists from John Deere, Case IH and AGCO will provide presentations on what is new from the major equipment companies. |
| | 10:00am-10:30am | Coffee Break - Expo & Networking |
| | | Conference attendees are encouraged to visit the exhibitors and continue the information sharing |
| | 10:30am-12:00pm | Precision Agriculture Players: Agronomy and Software Services |
| | | Experts from the leading Life Science companies will discuss the potential of agronomic software/data management products and services. Speakers will provide overviews on some of the new agronomic products and being developed to help farmers produce greater crop profits: | | Overivew of Winfield Solutions’s R7 | Morgan Seger, Ohio R7 Specialist, Winfield | | | Update on DuPont Pioneer’s Field 360 services | Rachel Faust, DuPont Pioneer | | | Overview of Monsanto’s Integrated Farming Systems | Derek Freitag, Monsanto Dekalb | | | Within a single field, there is an enormous amount of variability in yield. A lot of factors influence yield including the genetics of the plant, the density and precision with which the seeds were planted, elevation, water availability, localized disease pressures and nutrient availability. In order to maximize yield within all of the micro-environments, you need to develop customized prescriptions for seed and other inputs that capitalize on the latest technologies and newest understanding about crop performance. | | | PRIDE SEEDS - Corn Breeding/Research to Support Variable Populations & Multi-Hybrid Systems | Steve, Denys, PRIDE SEEDS & Noah Freeman, AgReliant Genetics |
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| | 12:00pm-12:45pm | Lunch - Expo & Networking | Regency/Chelsea 1 & 2 |
| | | Sponsored By: BASF | |
| | 12:45pm-1:00pm | Introduction of Afternoon Sessions & Process | Steve Redmond, Hensall District Co-operative |
| | 1:00pm-2:00pm | The Agronomist/Farmer and New Crop Scouting Technologies to Improve Yields |
| | | Sponsored by: Farm Credit Canada |
| | | This session will highlight a range of new technologies such as UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) that can scout crops from above to detect problems. Integrating different Precision Agriculture technologies hardware, software and agronomy will be presented to highlight how crop production gains can be realized. | UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) – What are they? What is their potential in agriculture, today and in the future | Cameron Waite, Aeryon Labs | | Make Farm Management a Mobile Experience | Matthew Van Dijk, Farm Credit Canada Management Software | Mobile record-keeping can save you time and money on the farm. Update and keep detailed records from anywhere with your phone or tablet using FM PRO Mobile and AgExpert Mobile. With FM PRO Mobile you’ll learn how to make the most of GPS navigation, mapping, scouting, mobile data entry, and operation and inventory management. Using AgExpert Mobile will allow you to capture your income and expense transactions in real-time along with photos of your receipts, ensuring your financial records are up to date using your smartphone. | | Applying information obtained from above the crop. What can Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) do to help produce higher yields? | Ernie Earon, Precisoin Hawk |
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| | 2:00pm-4:00pm | Precision Agriculture Break Out Speaker Sessions |
| | | Participants will have the choice to attend a number of smaller breakout sessions on more specific topics, products and services. There will be fifteen breakout sessions in four rooms for people to select speakers they want to see. |
| | 2:00pm-2:25pm | Breakout Session: UAV Permitting in 2014 – Transport Canada Update | Regency | Stewart Baille, Unmanned Air Systems Canada |
| | | Breakout Session: What is New from Precision Planting 20:20 Seed Monitors | Chelsea 1 | Tom Synder, Grand River Planters |
| | | Breakout Session: FieldScripts – Prescriptive Planting Tool: 2013 Results with Variable Rate Corn Planting in the US | Chelsea 2 | Derek Freitag, Monsanto DeKalb |
| | | Breakout Session: Agriculture Canada’s Operational Satellite Space Based Crop Monitoring Imagery & Uses | Canterbury | Leander Campbell, Agriculture Canada |
| | | Breakout Session: John Deere – Agricultural Management Systems | Oak Room | Joe Riedl & Jim Bright, Podlindky Farm Equipment, Rob Boyes, Huron Tractor |
| | 2:30pm-2:55pm | Breakout Session: Images and Experience from 2013 UAV Flights in ON | Regency | Felix Weber, AgBusiness & Crop, Dale Cowan, AGRIS & Wanstead Coops, Danny Jefferies, Hensall District Co-operative |
| | | Breakout Session: SoilOptix: High Resolution Topsoil Mapping System | Chelsey 1 | Barry Raymer, Practical Precision |
| | | Breakout Session: R7 Tool – A Comprehensive Precision Farming Solution | Chelsey 2 | Morgan Seger, Winfield Solutions |
| | | Breakout Session: Corn Breeding to Support Variable Rate Corn Planting | Canterbury | Noah Freeman, AgReliant Genetics |
| | | Breakout Session: Case IH – Advance Farming Systems | Oak Room | Darryl Lacey & Shawn Redick, Delta Power |
| | 3:00pm-3:25pm | Coffee Break | Regency | |
| | 3:30pm-4:00pm | Breakout Session: How to Use a UAV to Increase Yields | Regency | Ernie Earon, Precision Hawk |
| | | Breakout Session: Variable Rate Nitrogen Application: 2013 Field Experience with Trimbles GreenSeeker | Chelsea 1 | Paul Raymer, Practical Precision |
| | | Breakout Session: Thompson’s 2012-2013 Field Success | Chelsa 2 | Mike Wilson & Chris Hunt, Thompsons Advance Agronomy Services |
| | | Breakout Session: AGCO – FUSE Technologies for Precision Ag | Oak Room | Jaap Kroondijk, AGCO Connect Equipment |
| | 4:00pm-4:30pm | Closing Session: Where are We Now & How Do We Make Precision Ag Work? |
| | | In this session we get snap shot of how some farmers and precision agriculture dealers are practically adopting and proving products and services? Innovative Farmer Ken Nixon will challenge the precision agriculture industry and farmers to work together to quickly and effectively. |
| | | Profit Maps - Field Success | Mike Wilson, Thompson Advance Agronomy Servies |
| | | Use of SoilOptix Tecnology on the Farm & How It Can Be Used in Precision Agricutlure | Ryan Marshall, Precision Farmer, Milton ON |
| | | Going Beyond Driving Straight " A Farmer Perspective" | Rick Willemse, Precision Farmer Parkhill ON |
| | | Variable Rate Nitrogen on Corn Study Based on Topographic Zones | Nicole Rabe, OMAF & Mike Strang, Precision Farmer, Exter ON |
| | 4:30pm-4:50pm | Question Period for Panel Memebers | Ken Nixion, Innovative Farmers, Steve Redmond, Hensall District Co-operative |
| | 5:00pm | Conference Closes |