2019

Edith Frison, CPA, CA is a Senior Manager for MNP’s Southern Manitoba region. Working out of the Brandon office, Edith practices in the areas of corporate and personal tax planning and compliance. Her focus is on succession and estate planning as well as tax reorganizations. Edith strives to help her clients understand all of the information and options available and helps them design a tax solution that reaches both their tax and succession goals.

Edith is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 2009. She has worked in speciality tax for over 10 years and has completed CPA Canada’s In-Depth Tax Course. Edith and her husband, Mark, live in Brandon with their 3 children Cole, Piper and Stella.

Andrew received his Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from North Dakota State University (NDSU). In 2013, he became the NDSU Cereal Crop Extension Plant Pathologist, and has developed an Extension driven research program on economically important cereal diseases. His current research focuses on developing management strategies for Fusarium head blight, stripe rust and fungal leaf spots of small grains. He has delivered over 175 Extension presentations pertaining to plant disease management in hard red spring wheat, barley, durum and corn.

Amy is currently a PhD student in the Dept. of Plant Science at the University of Manitoba, her project focuses on spring wheat management for improving yield efficacies and decreasing lodging potential. She grew up in Mariapolis, MB and did her undergraduate degree in Agronomy at U of M and her Master’s degree in Weed Science at the University of Alberta. Before starting her PhD, Amy worked as a Research Agronomist for Dr. Don Flaten on updating provincial spring wheat nitrogen recommendations.

John is an entomologist with Manitoba Agriculture in Carman. He conducts monitoring programs for some of Manitoba’s major insect pests and provides information on insects and insect management to farmers, agronomists and those working in the agriculture industry. John does numerous presentations and information updates for agronomists and farmers, and co-produces a weekly Manitoba Insect and Disease Update during the spring and summer. He has worked for Manitoba Agriculture since 1997.
John has a bachelor’s degree in environmental biology and a M. Sc. in entomology from the University of Guelph, and completed his Ph.D. in the department of entomology at the University of Manitoba.

Stuart has been involved in the organic sector in a variety of capacities for the past 25 years. He currently manages a 5,500 acre organic grain farm near the Duck Mountains in SK. The farm is part of the pilot for the Regenerative Organic Certification program.

Dr. Jeff Schoenau is a professor of soil fertility and professional agrologist who works in the Department of Soil Science at the University of Saskatchewan. He holds the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture Soil Nutrient Management Chair in the College of Agriculture and Bioresources, and is a fellow of the Agricultural Institute of Canada. He was born in Saskatchewan and completed his undergraduate and graduate degrees in the College of Agriculture at the University of Saskatchewan. His research, teaching and extension activities deal with soil fertility and fertilizer management, nutrient cycling, and practical approaches to soil conservation and improvement.

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