2025 Canadian Bison Association’s 42nd Annual Convention
Schedule | Nov 22 – 24, 2025
DoubleTree by Hilton
| Time | Main Ballroom | Room Across the Foyer |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | CBA Board Face to Face Meeting8am - 5pm | |
| 10:00 am | Animal load in time – John Deere Sales Arena10am - 6pm | |
| 7:00 pm | Opening Reception7pm - 9:30pm | |
| Time | Main Ballroom | Room Across the Foyer |
|---|---|---|
| 7:30 am | Exhibit Set-up in Trade Show Area | |
| 8:30 am | Opening Remarks with Brian Arnold, President, CBA | |
| 8:45 am | “CBA Industry Update”
Scott Yule
Executive Director, Canadian Bison Association
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| 9:15 am | U.S Industry UpdateJim Matheson | |
| 9:45 am | Dr. Scott Wright, Director and Jose Alcivar de Lucca, UofS Livestock and Forage Center of Excellence. Research Update | |
| 10:30 am | Nutrition Break / Networking / Trade Show Open | |
| 11:00 am | Breakout #1 – Advice – “Intergenerational Transfers”
Roxanne Olynyk
Partner, MNP
| Breakout #1 – Genomics
Merek Wigness
Director, Saskatchewan Bison Association
Alena De Acetis
Account Manager for Specialty Marekts, Neogen Canada
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| 11:45 am | Lunch and Trade Show | |
| 1:00 pm | Breakout #2 – Health: Sask Ag Reportable DiseasesTyra Dickson DVM | Breakout #2 – Indigenous and MetisColin Arlt - Buffalo Culture Collective- Reconnecting With The Herd |
| 1:40 pm | Breakout #3 – Product and Servicesbreanna Sentes, BeefSmart, Clayton Z. Pereira Fer Apease | Breakout #3 – Artificial Intelligence and Tech
Darcy Herauf
Senior Director, AgExpert Product, Customer & Sales, Farm Credit Canada
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| 2:20 pm | Nutrition Break / Networking / Trade Show Open | |
| 2:50 pm | “The Future of Indigenous Agriculture and Food”
Kallie Wood
President, National Circle for indigenous Agriculture and Food
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| 3:30 pm | “How the Past Shapes our Future”
Quick Dick McDick
Comedian
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| 6:30 pm | Taste Test Reception | |
| 7:45 pm | Entertainment
Quick Dick McDick
Comedian
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| 8:30 pm | Fun Auction | |
| Time | Main Ballroom | Room Across the Foyer |
|---|---|---|
| 7:00 am | Breakfast | |
| 8:00 am | ||
| 8:10 am | DES Sobool, FCC Deputy Chief Economist. Looking Forward at the Economy
Desmond Sobool
Director, Economics and Deputy Chief Economist, Farm Credit Canada
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| 9:00 am | ||
| 9:40 am | Breakout #5 – Sask. Bison Association 4HInformation and sign up session | |
| 10:40 am | Nutrition Break and AGM Registration | |
| 11:00 am | CBA Annual General Meeting (for Members only) | |
| 1:00 pm | Afternoon at Agribition | |
| 6:00 pm | Awards Banquet Reception | |
| 10:30 pm | Social | |
Schedule | Nov 25, 2025
Agribition, REAL District, Canada Centre Building
| Time | Stock Exchange Building | John Deere Sales Arena | CWA Lounge | Heritage Link | Everyday Kitchen | Exhibit Mall / Avana Centre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Coffee and pastries in the Stock Exchange Building8am - 9:30am | |||||
| 9:00 am | Agribition Media Scrum and Bison Day Kick Off in the CWA Lounge9am - 9:30am | |||||
| 9:30 am | Bison Judging Clinic at the Stock Exchange Building9:30am - 10:30am | |||||
| 10:00 am | Live Bison Viewing in the Stock Exchange Building10am - 4pm | Buff or Bluff Game and prizes at the John Deere Sales Arena10am - 1pm | Visit the CBA at booth #36 to ask about raising bison10am - 4pm | |||
| 11:00 am | Bison Cooking Demonstration11am - 12pm | |||||
| 11:30 am | Free Bison Brisket on a Bun11:30am - 1pm | |||||
| 12:30 pm | Presentation of Grand Champion Banners12:30pm - 1pm | |||||
| 1:00 pm | Canadian National Bison Auction Sale1pm - 2:30pm | Bison Cooking Demonstration1pm - 2pm | ||||
| 2:00 pm | ||||||
| 3:00 pm | ||||||
| 4:00 pm |