CAAR Connect sessions are an engaging online series designed to create a collaborative environment for anyone in the ag industry. Through interactive video sessions, participants can exchange knowledge, discuss industry trends, attend educational sessions, and learn directly from industry experts. CAAR Connect sessions provide a dynamic platform to connect, grow, and stay informed within the ag retail community.
March 12, 2026
Camelina Agronomy: Production Challenges and Yield Optimization Through Seed Selection – AAFC
March 5, 2026
Be Loyal To Your Soil: Soil Health Indicators for Prairie Cropping Systems – AAFC
February 26, 2026
HR That Works in the Real World of Agriculture – CAHRC
February 19, 2026
Prevention and Mitigation of Herbicide-Resistant Weeds – AAFC
February 12, 2026
The Prairie Crop Disease Monitoring Network: Turning Awareness and Risk Assessment into Sharper Disease Management Decisions – AAFC
February 5, 2026
Cash advance: Expanding farmers’ buying power through low-cost financing – CCGA
November 6, 2025
Bulk Fertilizer Labelling Requirements – CFIA
October 30, 2025
Privacy for Ag Businesses – Protecting Trust Like a Crop
October 16, 2025
FCC Input Financing Risk Management and Farm Financial Health
October 9, 2025
Uniting for Success – Advancing Supplier-Retailer Relationship
April 3, 2025
Mitigating the Risk of MRL Non Compliance in Export Markets
March 13, 2025
Growing Together – Uniting Agriculture for a Sustainable Future
February 20, 2025
Navigating AWSA’s New Inventory Management Requirements
Upcoming CAAR Connect sessions
Below is a list of upcoming CAAR Connect sessions. Session titles will be linked once registration opens. Sessions approved for CEUs are marked with (CEU)
Topics are subject to change, so please check back often for the most up-to-date information.
March 19: Seeing the Risk Before the Damage: Insect Scouting and Population Forecasting in Prairie Crop (CEU)
– Meghan Vankosky, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
March 26: TBD (CEU)
– Michelle, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
April 2: Variable Rate Applied Enhanced Efficiency Nitrogen Fertilizers and Soil Moisture on Majors Crops of the Canadian Prairies (CEU)
– Haben Asgedom Tedla, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
April 9: Sustaining Yield While Reducing Losses: Practical Nitrogen Insights for Ag Retail (CEU)
– Mervin St.Luce, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
April 16: Soil phosphorus forms and cycling- Barbara Cade-Menun, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (CEU)
April 23: Management practices to improve water use efficiency in tree fruit production (CEU)
– Kirsten Hannam, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
April 30: Challenges to sustain soil health and to increase nitrogen use efficiency in potato based systems in Atlantic Canada (CEU)
– Judith Nyiraneza, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
