2025 Canadian Bison Association’s 42nd Annual Convention

“Creating Our Future”
This is a NOT to be missed event!
New hotel, 18 presenters, and new this year…breakout sessions – more choices for attendees.
Favorite activities are returning such as the Fun Auction, Taste Testing, Producer Panel, Awards Banquet, fantastic presentations, and LOTS of time for Networking.
Convention Registration is closed Sunday Nov. 16 (Midnight)
Accommodations with DoubleTree by Hilton, Regina SK
- Call to book – 306-525-6767 (select option 2)
- Book Online – Book your hotel room
- Directions to Hotel
- Group Room List (.xls)
Full Registrations (Single / Couples / Child) include:
- All sessions
- Coffee breaks
- 2 Receptions:
- Sunday: Taste Test Reception
- Monday: Awards Banquet Reception
- 3 breakfasts and 2 lunches
Single Day Registrations include:
- All activities and sessions for the selected day
- Reception:
- Monday: Awards Banquet
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 | |
| 8:10 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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| 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 | |
| 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 Dicson DVM | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 |
