Grow Academy Media Gallery

Colleen Murphy’s team, the Bin Busters, in group discussion. From left: Colleen Murphy, Lyndon Jacobsen, Brian Woodard, and John Rathgeber.

Monsanto’s Dr. Bruce Murray, the Canola Council’s Denise Maurice, and Bayer’s Troy Basaraba sit together to judge Grow Academy student presentations at Winnipeg session.

Curtis McCullough from Blair’s and Wendland Ag’s Colleen Murphy and John Rathgeber watch their team member present at the Saskatoon session.

Andrukow Group’s Dylan Helgeland presents to the group at the Saskatoon session.

Jeremy German’s Germanators prepping for a presentation. From left: Judy Burt, Kirk Heape, Trevor Sheehan, Sheena McKelvie, Jeremy German, Kendell Kohinski, Steve Schmidt, and Grant Russell.

Double Diamond’s Jeff Vanrobaeys and Mike Currie dress up as doctors to present the prescription campaign for pre-seed burndown products at Winnipeg session.

Wendland Ag’s John Rathgeber and Andurkow Group’s Greg Nyberg act as dealer and customer for presentation at Saskatoon session.

Cavalier Agrow’s Martin Detillieux sits attentively in the front row at Winnipeg session.

Webb’s Crop Services’ Sheena McKelvie and Wendland Ag’s Bethany Wyatt work together to create a presentation poster at Saskatoon session.

Munro Farm Supplies’ Taralea Simpson presents at Winnipeg session.

Wendland Ag’s Taylor Wallace and G-Mac’s AgTeam’s Janelle MacDonald present together at Saskatoon session.

North Star Fertilizers’ Tim Bank stands for team leader recognition at Winnipeg session

Industry Professionals - Winnipeg Comments

Throughout the week at Grow Academy in Winnipeg, industry professionals assisted our students by working with them through problems and case studies. We were impressed with the level of professionalism and knowledge they brought to the learning experience and are grateful they gave up their time to be with us. We asked some of them what they thought of the Grow Academy and the learning/teaching format of the event. Here is what they said:

Greg McDonald & Curtis Kolibab Video Diary - Part 1

As a part of documenting this event in Grow's history Greg McDonald and Curtis Kolibab recorded some of their thoughts and feelings from Day 1 of the Grow Academy.

Industry Professionals - Winnipeg - Part 1

Part of the learning experience at the Grow Academy is interacting with industry and academic experts. Grow Academy invited experts from fields relating to the topics for that day to work with break out teams in engaging the problems they were asked to solve and helping them brainstorm realistic solutions. Some experts were also asked to judge the group presentations and provide their feedback on content, creativity, and presentation. We are thankful to all our guest experts! Our guest professionals on Day 2 of Grow Academy were:

(from left) Jarrett Chambers (ATP Nutrition), Daren Bryant (Taurus Technology), Shaun Evenson (Novozymes), Reinhard Bachmeier (Nexus Ag), Neil Yelland (Agrotain), Dr. Abdel El Hadrami (Omex), Brandon Green (NutriAg Ltd.), Dr. Cynthia Grant (Agriculture Canada),  John Heard (Manitoba Agriculture).

Guest experts not in picture include: Dr. Ismail Cakmak (Sabanci University)

Industry Professionals - Winnipeg - Part 2

On Day 3 in Winnipeg we had another group of industry professionals join us at Fort Garry where the Grow Academy students tackled another set of questions to challenge their knowledge and experience. Thanks to all of our guest professionals! Our guest professionals for Day 3 of the Grow Academy were:

(from left) Piran Cargeeg (Becker Underwood), Danielle Fletcher (Becker Underwood), Frances Boddy (Dupont), Denise Maurice (Canola Council of Canada), Dr. Bruce Murray (Monsanto), Troy Basaraba (Bayer)

Guest professionals not in picture include: Shaun Evenson (Novozymes), Doug Lindberg (Syngenta), Derwyn Hammond (Canola Council of Canada), Brad Hamblin (Canterra)

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Grow Academy Inaugural Event

Grow Academy began its inaugural event on February 28, 2011 at the Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg, MB. Layne Erickson started the event off by sharing his comments about how the Grow Academy came to be and the road getting there. He expressed his excitement for what this week would hold and then introduced Greg Andrukow, elected president of Grow Community of Independents. Greg Andrukow shared his excitement for agriculture and expressed his hope for what the Grow Academy with mean to their customers, and their staff. Both introductory videos are below. Enjoy!

Grow Academy Logo

Grow Community of Independents has released the logo for the Grow Academy. Have a look.

Grow Academy Launch

On September 8, 2010 Grow announced its inception at TCU Place in Saskatoon, SK. Part of that days events included a video presentation about Layne Erickson and the Grow Academy. He described the Grow Academy and what Grow hopes to accomplish through it. Check out his video below!