Agronomists attending Manitoba Ag Days and wanting to cross off some of their certified crop advisor credits will be able to hit two birds with one stone later this month.
The 2025 show, which returns to Brandon’s Keystone Centre from Jan. 21 to 23, will have 33.5 CEU credits up for grabs over the three-day event.
Why it matters: Among the new technology highlights, expert panels and agricultural news announcements, crop advisors will be able to pick up some professional development credits at Manitoba Ag Days 2025.
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The credits will be offered across five different streams, including nutrient management (2.5 CEU), soil and water management (one CEU), integrated pest management (seven CEU), crop management (six CEU) and professional development (17 CEU).
Credits are derived from this year’s speaker lineup.
Teresa Hildebrand, show media co-ordinator, said offering sessions which provide certified crop advisor credits is an important feature of the event.
“We believe that offering the complimentary speaker lineup supports agriculture both in the stream of credit availability and the farmers who are not necessarily seeking credits. But in both cases, it gets current information out into the community for this growing season. These credits reflect the most current information we have,” she said.
“We also think it’s important to learn from each other about things that are working and not working, or what is working in different locations.”
Having an extensive list of speakers allows the schedule to include a bit of something for everybody, she added.
Partnerships with industry groups like the Manitoba Canola Growers Association, Manitoba Crop Alliance and Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers provide even more value to the speaker lineup, she noted.
Staff and researchers associated with those groups commonly take the stage at the event to share the latest local research or knowledge on best practices.
The speaker session schedule also features a theme of Prairie entrepreneurship on the afternoon of Wednesday, Jan. 22, and specific focus on livestock on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 23.
“We have over 60 speakers this year, and we’re very proud of the complimentary speaker lineup… Speakers will be talking about the challenges from the 2024 growing season and how we can plan for those going into 2025. So it is really timely information for our farmers to have,” Hildebrand said.
Tickets for the show are available in advance at www.agdays.com.
See the full lineup and the CEUs available for each session below.
Tuesday FCC Theatre
9:30 a.m. Tyler Wist – Canola Under Siege – integrated pest management, one CEU
10:20 a.m. The Balancing Act of Canola Variety Selection – crop management, one CEU
11:15 a.m. David Mielke – Price Outlook for Oils and Fats and Implications for Canadian Canola – professional development, one CEU
1:00 p.m. Crop Talk Panel: Your Questions Answered – integrated pest management, 1.5 CEU
2:30 p.m. Graeme Crosbie – Economic Outlook: Risks and Opportunities for Canadian Agriculture in 2025 – professional development, one CEU
3:30 p.m. Bryce Geisel – Why Doesn’t Your Nitrogen Stay Where You Put It? – nutrient management, one CEU
Tuesday MNP Theatre
9:30 a.m. Panel – Crop Talk – Are You Missing Out on the Carbon Revolution? – professional development, 1.5 CEU
1:00 p.m. Darren Bond – Managing the Extreme – crop management, 0.5 CEU
1:45 p.m. Jennifer Christensen – Passing the Torch: Succession Strategies for the Future – professional development 0.5 CEU
2:30 p.m. Tom Wolf – Is Your Water Good for Spraying? – integrated pest management, one CEU
3:30 p.m. Quick Dick McDick – A Bearded Perspective – professional development, one CEU
Wednesday FCC Theatre
9:30 a.m. Bryan Prystupa – Sustainability Isn’t New, Digital Tools Are – professional development, 0.5 CEU
10:00 a.m. Justine Cornelsen – Did Verticillium Knock You Down in 2024?? – integrated pest management, 0.5 CEU
10:30 a.m. 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 p.m. Mike Jubinville – A Tangled Trading World – professional development, one CEU
1:50 p.m. Scott Chalmers – What’s Happening in Those Research Plots? – professional development, 0.5 CEU
2:40 p.m. Lorne Grieger – Every Bushel Counts – crop management, one CEU
3:30 p.m. Ezra Aberle and Kristin Simons – Fertility? Tillage? Crop Rotation? How Do They Compare? – crop management, one CEU
Wednesday MNP Theatre
9:30 a.m. Markus Webber – Spot, Spray, Save: Precision Application by Drones – integrated pest management, 0.5 CEU
10:10 a.m. Tom Wolf – The Real Breeze on Drone Spraying – integrated pest management, one CEU
11:00 a.m. Patti Durand – Farm Transition – Start Where You Are – professional development, one CEU
1:00 p.m. Britney Toovey – Keep More of What You’ve Built – professional development, 0.5 CEU
1:30 p.m. Steve Langston – Small Town. Big Dream. And Produced on The Prairies – professional development, 1.5 CEU
3:30 p.m. Panel – Testing Ag Tech on a Commercial Farm – professional development, one CEU
Thursday FCC Theatre
9:30 a.m. John Heard – ROI and Balancing Your Nutrient Profile in Soils – soil and water management, one CEU
10:25 a.m. Tom Bruulsema – Enhancing Your Fertilizer Efficiency – nutrient management, one CEU
11:15 a.m. John Gavloski – Impacts of Weather on Insects – integrated pest management, one CEU
1:00 p.m. Panel – Brunell Sabourin – Data to Decisions: Benchmarking Agronomy – crop management, one CEU
2:00 p.m. Jacob Shapiro – Geopolitics: What Lies Ahead? – professional development, one CEU
3:00 p.m. Kristjan Hebert – Farming Roots to Corporate Suits: The Rise of the Farm CEO – professional development, one CEU
Thursday MNP Theatre
9:30 a.m. Laura Grzenda – Demonstrating Sustainability in the Ag Sector: Opportunity or Cost? – professional development, 0.5 CEU
10:20 a.m. Brian Innes – The Customer Connection – From Buyer Back to the Field – professional development, 0.5 CEU
11:10 a.m. Laura Schmidt – New Legume Crops: Farmers’ First Impressions – crop management, one CEU
1:00 p.m. Jodi Suchoplas – Dos and Don’ts of Banding Calves – professional development, 0.5 CEU
1:30 p.m. Patsy Hewitt and Peter Manness – Are You Exposed? – professional development, 0.5 CEU
2:00 p.m. Brian Perillat – Digging Into Cattle Market Data – professional development, one CEU
3:00 p.m. Kim Ominski, Mary-Jane Orr and Betty Green – Going Green With Implants – professional development, one CEU
See more news, previews and more on our Manitoba Ag Days 2025 landing page.
