Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show returns for its 25th year, as the gathering place for the industry and a centre of innovation information.
There’s more focus this year on sharing knowledge with the new Farmers Edge Knowledge Tent, presented by Glacier FarmMedia.
Farmers can visit the tent to learn about agronomy, precision agriculture, farm succession, farmer health issues and markets.
“Most of the things that we demonstrate at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show are best seen live in a field. But there is more to running a farm than can be seen in the field alone,” said Amanda Macfarlane, communications manager at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show.
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“Agriculture is based in science and business, and offering farmers a new education-based program will help to give them as much of an edge in the office as the field demonstrations do when they’re comparing field equipment.”
The Knowledge Tent gives farmers the chance to learn from speakers from across the country.
Farmers Edge will be providing several sessions on topics that range from increasing productivity using existing resources, scouting using satellite imagery, grids versus zones for soil sampling, building a digital strategy and how to choose a precision agriculture partner.
Bruce Burnett, Glacier FarmMedia’s director of weather and markets, will be speaking on how to manage your marketing decisions in the era of U.S. President Donald Trump, whose unpredictable trade policies can move markets with a Tweet.
Kathlyn Hossack, from Fit to Farm, will be speaking on shifting health on the farm away from a culture of toughness to one of care.
Well-known succession planning coach Elaine Froese will also be in the tent, but only once, at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 11.
“This year’s introductory program will give farmers new ideas to use digital agronomy, insight into volatile trade markets, considering their own health and dealing with difficult family issues like
succession planning,” said Macfarlane.
