Haskap Day 2015 Agenda, June 26 - Part 1

 Here is the agenda for Haskap Day 2015, which is sponsored yearly at the University of Saskatchewan's Horticulture Field Laboratory, Saskatoon, SK.

This year Haskap Day will be held on June 26...

8:00AM	Haskap Day Agenda, 2015
	8:30 - 9:00 Registration
9:00AM	9:00 – 9:30 Introduction to Haskap and Horticulture Field Facilities
	9:30 – 12:30 Tour of Haskap Fields We will visit various fields.  Bob Bors will point out plants of interest in each field.  There will be ample time to talk to growers and staff, and to sample berries.  This is a good opportunity to ask questions either about your own plants or the things you see in our fields.
10:00AM
11:00AM
12:00 NOON	12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
1:00PM
	1:30 – 2:30 U of S Haskap Research Updates Bob Bors: Haskap Breeding, New research Projects James Dawson: Haskap Nutraceuticals Bayartulga: Greenhouse Haskap, Nutrients for Haskap Plants
2:00PM
	2:30-3:30 Presentations by Growers & Groups Haskap Canada Update IRAP: 4 kinds of grants available for growers Various Propagators These will be 10 minute (or so) talks. Some will be impromptu interviews of growers. If you have a specific topic you want to present, email Bob.bors@usask.ca
3:00PM
	3:30 – 4:00 Growers Forum Open discussions, Questions and Answers. This portion may start earlier if not enough grower presentations occur.
4:00PM
	Note: our facility closes at 4:30, so everyone must leave before then

2014 Haskap Day - July 18

One week from today the University of Saskatchewan will once again host its annual Haskap Day at its Horticulture Field Lab located on 14th St. in Saskatoon, SK..  All seven haskap fields will be on the tour which leaves from the lab at 9:15 a.m..  Bob Bors will provide a research and breeding update at 1:00 p.m., and will be followed by James Dawson's presentation on the neutraceutical value of haskap fruit.  Then Bayartugla Lkhagvsuren will speak on the ecology of wild haskap and haskap plant nutrition.  A grower forum will end the afternoon session.

*Note: If it has rained in the past week please bring boots that are suitable for walking in heavy, wet clay in the field.  Park along the south side of 14th Street, please.  Registration is $25 and begins at 8:30 a.m..  Pizza for lunch will be available for a cost of $5.

http://www.fruit.usask.ca/articles/Haskap%20Day%202014.pdf