After sitting out the 2020 tradeshow and conference season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Saskatchewan’s Crop Production Show is full steam ahead this January, with doors opening to a live tradeshow and conference schedule in Saskatoon next week.
All systems are go for the Jan. 10-13, 2022, event, which was first launched nearly 40 years ago, says Lori Cates, show manager.
“After a lot of things have been shut down for the better part of two years due to COVID, I think everyone is just excited to be back,” says Cates. All visitors will need to follow provincial COVID protocols, which requires them to show proof of full vaccination (or a negative test) and face masks must be worn while at the event.
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In this 39th year of the show’s history, the Crop Production Show, held at the World Trade Center Saskatoon at Prairieland Park, hopes to attract about 22,000 farmers and visitors over the four days of the show. Nearly 350 exhibitors are expected to fill the four main halls of the exhibition facility.
Along with many of the major and regional farm equipment manufacturers, the show also features hundreds of displays covering a wide range of crop input and production products and services.
Nufarm theatre speakers
Along with the trade show area, there are several information sessions and agriculture industry meetings during the three days of the show. At the Nufarm Information Theatre, farmers will be able to attend five different speaker presentations on several topics.
Graham Collier, who oversees new product concepts and developments for a wide range of Nufarm crop protection products, will give a daily talk on managing kochia. Collier, who also farms near Alliance in east-central Alberta, will present the topic, “Kochia sucks! Integrating soil active herbicides into your weed management program.”
Also at the Nufarm Theatre, there will be an update on work carried out on the Lake Diefenbaker Irrigation Project announced in 2020. There will also be a video presentation developed by the Resistant Wild Oat Action Committee, featuring farmers talking about how they manage wild oat resistance.
Keith Willoughby of the University of Saskatchewan will give a presentation on supply chain management and how to improve efficiencies between the farm, field and factory. And Chris Baker, with the Global Institute for Food Security, will talk about using innovation to advance sustainable food security. A detailed schedule on all of these presentations can be found on the Crop Production Show website at www.cropproductiononline.com.
And along with the presentations at the Nufarm Theatre, the Crop Production Show also hosts two other programs, Crop Production Week and CropSphere, which offer a full schedule of commodity group annual general meetings, as well as market outlook sessions on most of those commodities. Some of those meetings will be held at Prairieland Park, some will be held downtown at TCU Place and some will be virtual, online presentations. Again, for times and locations of these meetings, visit www.cropproductiononline.com and click on “Schedule.”
The 2022 Crop Production Show is open Jan. 10 from 12 p.m. until 6 p.m. On Jan. 11-12 the show is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. And on Jan. 13, the show runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission for a one-day pass is $18 per person and $32 per person for a two-day pass and group rates are also available. Parking is free at Prairieland Park, and if anyone needs a ride or it is a cold day for walking, heated shuttle bus service is available from the parking lot to the front door.
