Sask Crop Forum debuting next year in Saskatoon

SASKATOON — A new event will make its debut Jan. 14 and 15 at the Western Development Museum in Saskatoon.

The Sask Crops Forum is being organized by SaskOilseeds, Sask Pulse Growers, SaskWheat and SaskBarley. Each organization will hold its annual general meeting, plus keynote speakers, panels and airing of well-known political podcast.

“I think there was a desire to return to more of a leadership-oriented event where there would be some professional development included,” said Ellen Greuter, communications manager with SaskOilseeds. “So, we put our heads together and we’ve come up with a new name – Sask Crop Forum – so the agenda will include the commission AGMs and then four keynote sessions and plenty of networking opportunities.”

Day one will start with retired general Rick Hillier and an agricultural research panel discussion. In between will be the AGMs for Sask Wheat and Sask Barley. The day two agenda includes a global economic outlook with Nutrien’s Chief Economist Jason Newton and the well-known political podcast “Curse of Politics”.

This will be the first annual general meeting for SaskOilseeds since SaskCanola and SaskFlax amalgamated Aug. 1 and that will take place on the second day. Greuter says it will feature activity reports and financial reports from 2023-24 for the two former development commissions.

There will be no admission charge for the Sask Crops Forum but pre-registration is strongly advised.

“We’re anticipating over 300 farmers and ag leaders in attendance and I suspect we’re going to reach capacity at the Western Development Museum quite quickly, so if you are interested in taking part in the AGMs or seeing some of the speakers we have in the lineup, please register early,” she said.

The pre-registration will open Nov. 1.