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Explore your Cropportunities in Swift Current

By Shannon Chant, MSc, PAg, Crops Extension Specialist, Swift Current

March 2025

Join us at Cropportunities 2025 in Swift Current on March 13, 2025. The event, held at the Sky Centre, Living Sky Casino, will offer valuable insights for farmers. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. To reserve a seat in advance, please visit EventBrite.  

Canola field

The day promises to be full of networking and knowledge-sharing with industry experts.

Topics and speakers are:

  • Saskatchewan Agriculture Programs Update from the Swift Current office with Jason Falk, Agriculture Program Specialist, and Alanna Jonson, Agri-Environmental Specialist.
  • Richard Dyck, a local Program Advisor with SCIC, will provide an update on SCIC programs
  • Wheatland Conservation Area will provide updates on their research and demonstration projects, offering a closer look at local results applicable to your farm or shareable with your clients. Detailed results can be found on Wheatland Conservation Area’s website.
  • Ken Wall with Federated Coop Limited will share his expertise on biological products in agriculture.
  • A research update on ultra-early seeding wheat from Kui Lui from AAFC’s Swift Current Research and Development Centre.
  • Drew Lerner with World Weather Inc in Kansas will provide attendees a look at the weather outlook heading into seeding and the upcoming growing season.

Cropportunities 2025 is proudly hosted by Wheatland Conservation Area, Pioneer Co-op Ag Team, the Ministry of Agriculture and SCIC. Thank you to our gold sponsors: BASF, Bayer Crop Science, FCC and NexGen Seeds.

For more information, contact Shannon Chant with the Ministry of Agriculture at 306‑778‑8291, by text at 306‑741‑1649 or email shannon.chant@gov.sk.ca.

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