2009 Canola Industry Meeting

December 9, 2009, 8:30a.m. - 5:00p.m.

Hilton Garden Inn Hotel, Saskatoon


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PDF presentations given at the 2009 Canola Industry Meeting are available below by clicking on the respective titles.

Program for the Applying Genomics to Canola Workshop is also available


Program
WCC/RRC Report
Raymond Gadoua, Canola Council of Canada
Canola Breeding
Breeding progress in B. carinata
Kevin Falk, Rong Zhou, AAFC Saskatoon Research Centre
Canola Research Program
Muhammad Tahir, University of Manitoba
Dow Agrosciences Breeding Program
Greg Gingera, Dow Agrosciences
New Research Initiatives
New policy on science funding at AAFC
Jeff Stewart, AAFC
Science clusters and canola research
Denise Maurice, Canola Council of Canada
Growing Great 2015 - a progress report
JoAnne Buth, Canola Council of Canada
Specialty Oils
The specialty oilseed market - opportunities and challenges
Wally Palm, Cargill Specialty Oils
Transgenics
Environmental impact of herbicide-tolerant Canola - what about environment stress-tolerant Canola?
Hugh Beckie, Saskatoon Research Centre
Other Oilseed Crops
Flax exports and Europe
Barry Hall, Flax Council
Camelina and its potential
Venkata Vakulabharanam, Oilseed Crops Specialist Sask. Ministry of Agric.
Special Item
WeatherFarm Project
Guy Ash, Canadian Wheat Board
Diseases
The Clubroot Situation
Faye Dokken, Plant Pathologist, Sask. Ministry of Agric.
Other diseases
Faye Dokken, Plant Pathologist, Sask. Ministry of Agric.
Processing
Biodiesel production and its potential
Zenneth Faye, Milligan Bio-Tech
Meal Utilization
Recent results from yellow seeded canola feeding studies
David Hickling, Canola Council of Canada
High fat canola meals
Vern Racz, U of Sask
Crop Reports
Canadian Grain Commission Canola Report
Véronique Barthet, Canadian Grain Commission
Provincial Crop Reports
Eastern Canada Hugh Earl
Manitoba Anastasia Kubinec
Saskatchewan Venkata Vakulabharanam
Alberta Ward Toma
Insect Pests
2009-10 Insect Situation
Scott Hartley, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture
Other Reports
Plant Biosafety Office
Jaimie Schnell, Gord Berg, CFIA
DNA Sequencing of the B. napus genome
Garth Hodges, Bayer CropScience