David Drozd, (Pronounced droh-zzz-d) is President and Senior Marketing Analyst of AgChieve Corporation. David is a graduate in Agriculture from the University of Manitoba, with more than 20 years of family grain farming experience in Fannystelle, Manitoba. His off-farm work as a commodity broker led him to found, in 2002, one of western Canada’s premier grain marketing advisory firms. AgChieve’s niche is charting and technical analysis, in which David has over 35 years of experience. His columns on marketing have appeared in agricultural industry publications including The Manitoba Co-operator, The Alberta Farmer Express and Crops Guide. He is also a frequent speaker at agribusiness events including FarmTech, Canada’s Farm Progress Show and Manitoba Ag Days.
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Anne Wasko has been a market analyst for over 30 years focusing on the Canadian cattle and beef industry. She is the market analyst for Gateway Livestock Exchange based in Taber, Alberta. Anne makes numerous presentations to conferences across the country and the U.S. She is a regular contributor to RealAgriculture.com and RealAg radio on Sirius. Prior to Gateway Livestock, Anne was the Senior Market Analyst for Canfax for 21 years. Anne is Chair of the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef and sits on the Saskatchewan Agriculture Development Fund Advisory committee. Anne keeps her feet on the ground working alongside her husband at their ranch in Eastend, SK.
Pam Iwanchysko is a Livestock Specialist with Manitoba Agriculture for over 20 years. She grew up on a mixed faming operation north of Dauphin where her family grew annual crops and perennial forages with beef cattle. This inspired her passion in agriculture, making it her career goal. She currently resides north of Dauphin with her husband and three children. She loves the outdoors, gardening and reading (when she has time).
John Guelly is a third-generation canola, wheat and malt barley farmer from Westlock, Alberta, where he was born and raised. John has been a Director of Region 5 for Alberta Canola since 2015 and is currently the Vice Chair as well as the Research Committee & Governance & Finance Committee Chair. John is the Alberta grower representative for the Western Canada Canola Rapeseed Recommending Committee (WCCRRC), the Canola Performance Trials (CPTs) where he is also the Chair of the Governance Committee. John is a Professional Engineer (B.Sc in Ag Engineering from the University of Alberta (1990)) and has previously worked in manufacturing while farming but now works winters consulting while operating the family farm. His passion is agriculture and specifically canola. He enjoys on farm research and trials, most sports as well as interacting on Twitter as @WheatGeerJJ.
Kevin Hursh is an agrologist, journalist and farmer. Kevin and his wife Marlene run Hursh Consulting & Communications based in Saskatoon. Kevin writes a weekly newspaper column for The Western Producer, and serves as editor for the bi-monthly magazine AgriSuccess, published by Farm Credit Canada. He also serves as executive director of the Saskatchewan Mustard Development Commission, the Canaryseed Development Commission of Saskatchewan and the Inland Terminal Association of Canada. Kevin and Marlene own and operate Hursh Farms Inc. near Cabri in southwestern Saskatchewan growing a wide array of crops.
Lance Stockbrugger Is a chartered accountant and a cash crop producer from Saskatchewan. With 20 years of public practice experience Lance brings an in depth knowledge of income tax, succession and corporate structure experience to his presentations. As an active grain producer, Lance has the practical ag experience to discuss grass root issues that affect producers on a daily basis. Lance has been doing public speaking across Canada for the past 15 years for Farm Credit Canada and other groups on a range of topics from income taxes, management accounting, transition and estate planning
