A new event will make its debut January 14th and 15th 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 there will be keynote speakers, panels and the taping 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 as well,” 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 AGM’s and then four keynote sessions and plenty of networking opportunities.”

Day one will started with Retired General Rick Hillier and an agricultural research panel discussion. In between will be the AGM’s 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 on August 1st 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 three-hundred farmers and ag leaders in attendance and I suspect we’re going to reach capacity at the Western Development Museum quite quickly and 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 on November 1st.