09:00

Canada/Atlantic

09:00 - 10:00 AST
Halifax AB

Registration and Coffee for Joint CWSS/CSA Conference “Growers Day”

Novel Approaches to Weed Management & Biomass Production Crops

09:30

Canada/Atlantic

09:30 - 09:45 AST

Welcome

09:45

Canada/Atlantic

09:45 - 10:15 AST

Introduction to harvest weed seed control

10:15 Dr. Breanne Tidemann, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada – Lacombe Research and Development Centre, Lacombe, AB

10:15

Canada/Atlantic

10:15 - 11:00 AST
Nova Scotia AB

Herbicide carry-over and persistence in horticultural crops

Dr. Darren Robinson, University of Guelph – Ridgetown Campus, Ridgetown,ON

11:00

Canada/Atlantic

11:00 - 11:30 AST
Halifax AB

Autonomous weeding systems

Kristen Obeid, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Harrow, ON

11:30

Canada/Atlantic

11:30 - 12:00 AST

Novel cropping systems in Atlantic Canada

Dr. Aaron Mills, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada – Charlottetown Research and Development Centre, Charlottetown PE

12:00

Canada/Atlantic

12:00 - 13:00 AST
Nova Scotia AB

Lunch

13:00

Canada/Atlantic

13:00 - 13:30 AST
Halifax AB

Annual and perennial biomass crop production potential on marginal lands

Dr. J. Kevin Vessey, Saint Mary’s University and Dr. Yousef Papadopoulos,Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

13:30

Canada/Atlantic

13:30 - 14:00 AST

Developing and operating an anaerobic digester in Northern Nova Scotia

Terrence Boyle, T.E Boyle Farm & Foresty Ltd., Tracadie, NS and Lise Leblanc, LP Consulting, Lower Sackville, NS

14:00

Canada/Atlantic

14:00 - 14:30 AST

Producing, procuring & utilizing agricultural biomass in an emerging bioeconomy

Richard (Rick) Corradini, President of Sou’wester Exploration and TechnologyInc.

14:30

Canada/Atlantic

14:30 - 15:15 AST
Nova Scotia AB

Panelists and Speakers Discussion

15:15

Canada/Atlantic

15:15 - 15:30 AST
Halifax AB

Closing Remarks

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