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Alberta Next: Agribusiness

Panelists and Keynote Speakers

Alberta Next: Agribusiness will focus on our ability to produce diverse crops, dedication to sustainability and development of new technologies which give us the leading edge in the industry and address the challenges we face, including rural decline, labour shortages and volatility in global trade.

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Sowing Solutions: Navigating Market and Workforce Challenges in Alberta Agriculture

Cherie Copithorne-Barnes

Cherie is a 4th generation rancher and CEO of CL Ranches Ltd., a 138-year-old ranching operation consisting of cattle, a feedlot and mixed grain farming operations. In 2025, Cherie will be the incoming first Vice Chair of the Calgary Stampede and will be its first female President and Chair of the Board. She also sits on the Board of Governors for Olds College of Agriculture and Technology. She has held many roles in the past such as co-chair of the Government of Alberta’s Red Tape Reduction Panel for Agriculture, Food and Bio-Industrial, founding chair of the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef as well as a member of the Executive Committee for the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef as they developed global beef sustainability goals. She is passionate about not only telling her story about raising livestock in Alberta and Uruguay, but also about informing the public of the often-neglected, positive impact that agriculture accomplishes here in Canada.

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Harvesting the Future: Tech Innovations Shaping Tomorrow’s Agriculture Landscape

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