Alfalfa Seed Commission

2025 Fall Meeting
2025-11-17
Save the date! Alfalfa Seed Commission of Alberta’s Fall Meeting will be taking place on Monday, November 17th, 2025.
Doors open @ 8:30am, program to begin @ 9:00am. Lunch included. End time 1:30pm.
Season and research project updates.
We have a very exciting line up of guest speakers including:
Lunchtime keynote speaker Shaun Haney of RealAgriculture and Real Ag Podcast. Shaun Haney is the founder of RealAgriculture, a leading North American ag media platform delivering news and insights on policy, agronomy, and farm management. He hosts RealAg Radio on SiriusXM’s Rural Radio Channel 147 and RealAg on the Weekend across Saskatchewan and Alberta. Shaun is also a regular contributor to RFD-TV, Agritalk, and US Farm Report, and co-leads RealAgristudies, a farmer-focused market research initiative launched in 2019.
Guest speaker Joshua Rinehart. Josh is a PhD student working with the Alfalfa Leafcutting bee at North Dakota State University and will be graduating in May. Joshua always keep the farmers and managers in mind and has multiple studies published with implications for Alfalfa bee management. One of his many interests is how Alfalfa bee management practices can be modified to improve agricultural yields, bee health, and pollination services and he is excited to share his research.

2026 Spring Meeting & AGM
2026-03-31
Save the date!
The Alfalfa Seed Commission of Alberta’s Spring Meeting will be taking place on Tuesday, March 31st, 2026.
Doors open @ 8:30am, program to begin @ 9:00am. Lunch included. End time ~1:30pm.
Join us for a packed agenda including:

Season updates from the Cocoon Testing Centre
Alberta Plant Health Lab’s 2026 alfalfa survey
Prairie-wide weevil insecticide resistance survey
Weevil resistance management research
Leafcutter bee parasite control research
Commission business & AGM

Don’t miss our lunchtime keynote speaker, Eric Little of Edison Motors will be here to share about this incredible Canadian-born company.

ASCA Summer Tour 2026
2026-07-21
Save the date! Alfalfa Seed Commission of Alberta’s summer tour will be taking place July 21st, 2026.
Meet us at the Rosemary Rec Centre for coffee @ 8:30am. We welcome you to hop on the bus or drive yourself to each stop.
Stay tuned for further program details. Lunch to follow.
