Certified Crop Advisor Credits Available at Ag Days 2025

PRESS RELEASE - For Immediate Release

Brandon, MB

January 3, 2025

We are proud to announce that we have been approved for 33.5 CEU credits for the sessions offered at Ag Days 2025. Over the course of the three day show, credits will be offered in five streams:


Tuesday FCC Theatre
9:30 AM Tyler Wist - Canola Under Siege
Integrated Pest Management 1.0 CEU

10:20 AM The Balancing Act of Canola Variety Selection
Crop Management 1.0 CEU

11:15 AM David Mielke - Price Outlook for Oils and Fats and Implications for Canadian Canola
Professional Development 1.0 CEU

1:00 PM Crop Talk Panel: Your Questions Answered
Integrated Pest Management 1.5 CEU

2:30 PM Graeme Crosbie - Economic Outlook: Risks and Opportunities for Canadian Agriculture in 2025
Professional Development 1.0 CEU

3:30 PM Bryce Geisel - Why Doesn’t Your Nitrogen Stay Where You Put It?
Nutrient Management 1.0 CEU

Tuesday MNP Theatre
9:30 AM Panel - Crop Talk – Are You Missing Out on the Carbon Revolution?
Professional Development 1.5 CEU

1:00 PM Darren Bond - Managing the Extreme
Crop Management 0.5 CEU

1:45 PM Jennifer Christensen - Passing the Torch: Succession Strategies for the Future
Professional Development 0.5 CEU

2:30 PM Tom Wolf - Is Your Water Good for Spraying?
Integrated Pest Management 1.0 CEU

3:30 PM QuickDick McDick - A Bearded Perspective
Professional Development 1.0 CEU

Wednesday FCC Theatre
9:30 AM Bryan Prystupa - Sustainability Isn’t New, Digital Tools Are
Professional Development 0.5 CEU

10:00 AM Justine Cornelsen - Did Verticillium Knock You Down in 2024??
Integrated Pest Management 0.5 CEU

10:30 AM Brian Hefty - Pushing the Limits: More Bushels per Acre
Nutrient Management 0.5 CEU
Integrated Pest Management 0.5 CEU
Crop Management 0.5 CEU

1:00 PM Mike Jubenville - A Tangled Trading World
Professional Development 1.0 CEU

1:50 PM Scott Chalmers - What’s Happening in Those Research Plots?
Professional Development 0.5 CEU

2:40 PM Lorne Grieger - Every Bushel Counts
Crop Management 1.0 CEU

3:30 PM Ezra Aberle and Kristin Simons - Fertility? Tillage? Crop Rotation? How do They Compare?
Crop Management 1.0 CEU

Wednesday MNP Theatre
9:30 AM Markus Weber - Spot, Spray, Save: Precision Application by Drones
Integrated Pest Management 0.5 CEU

10:10 AM Tom Wolf - The Real Breeze on Drone Spraying
Integrated Pest Management 1.0 CEU

11:00 AM Patti Durand - Farm Transition - Start Where You Are
Professional Development 1.0 CEU

1:00 PM Britney Toovey - Keep More of What You’ve Built
Professional Development 0.5 CEU

1:30 PM Steve Langston - Small Town. Big Dream. and Produced on the Prairies
Professional Development 1.5 CEU

3:30 PM Panel - Testing Ag Tech on a Commercial Farm
Professional Development 1.0 CEU

Thursday FCC Theatre
9:30 AM John Heard - ROI and Balancing Your Nutrient Profile in Soils
Soil and Water Management 1.0 CEU

10:25 AM Tom Bruulsema - Enhancing Your Fertilizer Efficiency
Nutrient Management 1.0 CEU

11:15 AM John Gavloski - Impacts of Weather on Insects
Integrated Pest Management 1.0 CEU

1:00 PM Panel - Brunell Sabourin - Data to Decisions: Benchmarking Agronomy
Crop Management 1.0 CEU

2:00 PM Jacob Shapiro - Geopolitics: What lies ahead?
Professional Development 1.0 CEU

3:00 PM Kristjan Hebert - Farming Roots to Corporate Suits: The Rise of the Farm CEO
Professional Development 1.0 CEU

Thursday MNP Theatre
9:30 AM Laura Greznda - Demonstrating Sustainability in the Ag Sector: Opportunity or Cost?
Professional Development 0.5 CEU

10:20 AM Brian Innes - The Customer Connection - From Buyer Back to the Field
Professional Development 0.5 CEU

11:10 AM Laura Schmidt - New Legume Crops: Farmers’ First Impressions
Crop Management 1.0 CEU

1:00 PM Jodi Suchoplas - Dos and Don’ts of Banding Calves
Professional Development 0.5 CEU

1:30 PM Patsy Hewitt and Peter Manness - Are you Exposed?
Professional Development 0.5 CEU

2:00 PM Brian Perillat - Digging Into Cattle Market Data
Professional Development 1.0 CEU

3:00 PM Kim Ominski, Mary-Jane Orr and Betty Green - Going Green With Implants
Professional Development 1.0 CEU

What a speaking line up! To learn more about the program head to www.agdays.com/schedule The Manitoba Ag Days show is an annual three-day exposition of agriculture production expertise, technology and equipment that attracts exhibitors and visitors from across Canada and the United States of America held at the Keystone Centre in Brandon Manitoba. The speaking program will take place throughout the three-day event in the FCC and MNP theatres. The 2025 show dates are Tuesday, January 21 - Thursday, January 23.

For more show information and the latest updates please visit https://www.agdays.com/ or follow us on Facebook, X, Instagram or TikTok @mbagdays.

For all media inquiries please contact:
Teresa Hildebrand - Media Coordinator at (204) 526-0574 media@agdays.com 
Kristen Phillips, Manitoba Ag Days General Manager at (204) 728-4137 coordinator@agdays.com