Canola Day @ Manitoba Ag Days 2017

Canola Day
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Keystone Centre Main Program Area
Brandon, MB

Agenda:

9:00 am – Canola Disease Dilemmas, Harvest Management and Mitigating Loss
Angela Brackenreed and Justine Cornelsen, Regional Agronomists
Canola Council of Canada
2016 proved to be a challenging year on several canola disease fronts. One disease that has been of increasing concern across the prairies is blackleg. This silent yield robber is frequently confused with other canola diseases. This results in lost opportunities to manage the disease in field, and allows losses to be misdiagnosed. This presentation will cover diagnostics of blackleg symptoms compared to other canola diseases, along with best management practices and a new resistance stewardship method to help reduce blackleg infections in canola

10:15 am – Canola Market Access – an update
Patti Miller, President
Canola Council of Canada
Patti Miller joined the Canola Council in April 2012. Under her leadership the CCC launched a new strategic plan called “Keep It Coming 2025”, made significant new investments in research and market development and addressed many international trade issues. She is Chair of the Canada Grains Council and was Co-Chair for the 2015 International Rapeseed Congress.

Prior to joining the Council, Patti’s work experience included Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) in Winnipeg where she managed large scale program delivery for several years. During her career with AAFC she was responsible for working with Canadian grains and oilseeds producers and industry on policy, trade, market development and research issues in order to facilitate sustainable, profitable market growth in the sector. Just prior to her executive work with AAFC, Patti was Communications Manager with a multi-national agri-food company in Winnipeg where she provided leadership and advice to senior managers on government relations and all aspects of corporate and employee communications.

Patti holds an M.Sc., Agricultural Economics from the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK.

11:00 am – Canola Market Forecast
Thomas Mielke, Executive Director Global Research and Analysis
Oil World – Hamburg, Germany
Thomas Mielke is Executive Director of ISTA Mielke GmbH in Hamburg (Germany), OIL WORLD, a leading research organization that provides global supply, demand and price analyses, statistics and forecasts for all the major oilseeds, vegetable oils & animal fats and oilmeals as well as for biodiesel and other products with clients in 100 countries. He joined the OIL WORLD team in the mid-1970s, after studying economics. Thomas Mielke is a frequent speaker at conferences and workshops all over the world. In 2014 he received a Lifetime Excellence Award of the Malaysian industry in recognition of his contributions and commitments. OIL WORLD was founded in 1958 and is recognized worldwide as a leading independent, authoritative and unbiased information provider. The WEEKLY and daily FLASH reports can be obtained from www.oilworld.de