Back and in-person, the Top Crop Summit runs Feb. 22-23 at TCU Place in Saskatoon, featuring a list of speakers providing insight into everything from fertilizer and barley production to weed and pest control.

Top Crop Summit speakers this year include:

Day 1

Soil fertility specialist from the University of Saskatchewan

• Dr. Jeff Schoenau, will address getting the best bang for your buck when it comes to nitrogen fertilizer.
• Dr. Don Flaten, recently retired soil fertility specialist, will summarize and update a recent review of P management research in the Northern Great Plains that provides the science base for 4R management of P fertilizer.
• Charles Geddes from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Lethbridge, Alta., will offer research on alternative methods to control kochia.

For our “2023 Insect Watch” session,

• Dr. Tyler Wist will provide a glimpse into what insect pests continue to keep entomologists up at night.
• Sheri Strydhorst will explore the trends in yield performance of various crop rotations, as well as ways to diversify rotations.
• Clark Brenzil of the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture will provide strategies to enhance crop diversity and management for 2023.

And, to close out Day 1,

• Alireza Akhavan from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture will share results from an ongoing research project and insights from the Verticillium Stripe Working Group.

Day 2

• Aaron Beattie of the University of Saskatchewan opens Day 2 with an overview of western Canadian barley production, various types of malting barley being bred, recent varieties released and current research traits.

Sticking with malt barley,

• Breanne Tidemann of Agriculture and Agri-Foods Canada in Lacombe, Alta., will show highlights from her research related to the crop, such as plant growth regulators, pre-harvest glyphosate and new project on competitive barley varieties.
• Aaron Mills, hailing from AAFC in Charlottetown, will give a perspective of malt barley production in Eastern Canada and discuss the findings of a national study on how previous crops can influence malt barley yield and quality.
• Doug Munro of Boortmalt, the world’s leading malting company, closes out the summit with his “maltster insights,” providing agronomic expertise to malt barley growers from his unique perspective.

CCA and CCSC credits will be available for each session. For more information, visit topcropsummit.com.