Ontario Precision Agriculture Conference Topics And Speakers Announced, February 26, 27 at the Lamplighter Inn, London, Ontario.

The Precision Agriculture Conference, being held February 26 and 27^th, 2014, at the Best Western Lamplighter Inn and Conference Centre, in London, Ontario has announced several more presentation topics and speakers.

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The Masters of Ceremony for the conference will be Steve Redmond, Precision Ag Specialist with Hensall District Co-Operative. A highlight of the conference will be the Farmer Panel discussion, led by Ken Nixon, entitled What is the Potential (and Benefits) of Precision Agriculture?

A farm machinery company precision agriculture update presentation (representatives from John Deere, CaseIH and AGCO) is being finalized. There will also be an Agronomy & Seed company session, where new products and services will be presented including Monsanto’s new FieldScripts, CropPlan Winfield R7 and others.

Leander Campbell, Remote Sensing Analyst from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada will be presenting on Space Based Crop Imagery.

OMAFRA ‘s Nicole Rabe will be leading a presentation on UAVs and the UAV Working Group where some of the operational/legal issues will be reviewed and discussed.

A series of breakout presentations on topics ranging from “Profit Maps”, “Partnerships between hardware and agronomy”, “Management zone development”, “Soil Optix”, “Greenseeker – variable rate nitrogen”, and “Precision Planting” will be featured. Precision Hawk Inc. will also be presenting – more details to come.

Check the website for more info on speakers and topics. On Twitter, the Conference will be using the official Twitter hashtag for Precision Ag Conference: PAG14 (PrecisionAg14).

The Conference includes a small tradeshow and networking event designed for agri-businesses, farm retailers and farmers interested in how precision agriculture will increase the productivity of crop farming. Exhibitors thus far include Stratford Agri Analysis, Devolder Farms, Practical Precision, Shea Ag Services, A&L Labs, Cargill, AgBusiness & Crop Inc., Veolia, CropPlan/Winfield Solutions, Thompsons, and Grand River Planters.

In addition to Farms.com, sponsors for the conference thus far include DEKALB, Hensall District Co-Operative, Innovative Farmers of Ontario, PRIDESeed, Farm Credit Canada, Stratford Agri Analysis, and Precision Hawk.

The Conference registration fee is $125/person.

Anyone looking for more information or who would like to register for the Precision Agriculture Conference can visit www.Farms.com/PrecisionAgriculture or email precisionag@farms.com. The Precision Agriculture Conference will take place following Innovative Farmers meeting.

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