Tuesday, January 28th

10:00 a.m.  Saskatchewan Forage Council Board Meeting

4:00 p.m.    SK Livestock Finance Cooperative Annual General Meeting

7:00 p.m.    SBIC 2020 Opening Reception. Sponsored by SK Livestock Finance Co-operative

Wednesday, January 29th

8:30 a.m.   Registration

9:00 a.m.  Welcome and opening remarks:  Greetings from the Honourable David Marit, Minister for Agriculture, Province of Saskatchewan

9:15 a.m.  Ben Stuart: Prairie Land & Cattle Co. Hardisty, AB

“Regenerative Agriculture: Cost-Saving Production Methods”

10:00 a.m.  Sean McGrath, Roundrock Ranching, Vermilion, AB

“Technology in Context: Picking the Winning Tools”

10:30 a.m.  Networking Break: visit the trade show

11:00 a.m.  Keynote Speaker Kevin Stewart AgVision Media

“Food Trends: Disruptive Value Shifts of Gen Y & Z that Will Help Us Manage the Future of Food”

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Buffet Lunch & Update from the Ministry of Agriculture

Paul Johnson, Deputy Minister

1:30 p.m.  Cattle College

                  presented by Saskatchewan Beef & Forage Symposium

  AC Saltlander: A Saline-Tolerant Forage

  Alan Iwassa, AAFC Swift Current

  Producing Forage in Saline Areas

  Bill Houston, AAFC Regina

  Breeding Perennials for Resiliency

  Dr. Sean Asselin, AAFC Swift Current

  Tales of a New Beef Geneticist

  Dr. Mika Asai-Coakwell, U of S

2:35 p.m.  Networking Break: visit the trade show

3:00 p.m.  Deworming Dividends: Saskatchewan-based Survey

Murray Jelinski, WCVM

Do Multiple Forage Species pay Multiple Dividends?

Jillian Banaird, AAFC Swift Current

Producer perspectives from:

Duane Thompson, Tee Two Land & Cattle Company, Kelliher

Sarah Sommerfeld, Outlook

Diverse beef production: Exploring Opportunity

Janelle Smith  & Dr. Gabriel Ribeiro, U of S

On the Road Again: Transportation Regulations and Research

Dr. Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein, AAFC Lethbridge

Industry meetings on this date will include:

10:30 a.m. Saskatchewan Verified Beef Production AGM

11: 00 a.m. Saskatchewan Angus Association Board Meeting

12:00 p.m. Saskatchewan Cattle Feeders’ AGM

4:00 p.m.   Saskatchewan Livestock Association AGM

Evening Program: SBIC Awards Banquet

5:30 p.m. Cocktails in the Trade Show Area

6:30 p.m. Awards Banquet in the Saskatchewan Ballroom

7:30 p.m. SBIC Scholarship presentations

                Saskatchewan Livestock Association Honour Scroll presentations

                Live Auction in support of the SBIC Scholarship Program

Thursday, January 30th

7:00 a.m. Registration & Buffet Breakfast sponsored by Alltech in the Saskatchewan Ballroom

8:00 a.m.  Dr. Shelby Roberts, Calgary, AB

“Gut Health in the Cow-Calf Herd”

8:45 a.m.  Joyce Parslow  Executive Director Marketing & Communications, Canada Beef

                  “Messaging to the Consumer: Your Investment at Work”

10:00 a.m.  Networking Break: visit the trade show

10:30 a.m.  Canadian Cattlemen’s Association update: Dennis Laycraft, CEO

11:00 a.m.  Beef Cattle Research Council update: Andrea Brocklebank, Executive Director

11:30 a.m.  Canada Beef update:  Ron Glaser, Vice-President Corporate Affairs

12:00 p.m.  CLOSING LUNCHEON

                    Keynote Speaker: Brett Stewart, VP Global Marketing Planning Global

                    AgriTrends

Industry meetings on this date will include:

8:30 a.m. Saskatchewan Stockgrowers Association semi-annual meeting

9:00 a.m. Livestock Marketers of Saskatchewan AGM (members only)

11:00 a.m.  Saskatchewan Angus Association AGM

1:30 a.m.  Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association AGM, followed by SCA Board of Directors meeting

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