Gair Maxwell, Author, Keynote Speaker & Brand Strategist
More than anything, you will discover that without magic, it's just marketing.
As a recovering broadcast journalist, Gair racked up 10,000+ interviews and 30,000+ on-air appearances in an award-winning radio and television career. The son of a former pro golfer from St. Andrews, Scotland, Gair is a military history buff who prefers Jack Daniels on the rocks, a frosty Moosehead beer and as a life-long fan of Van Halen, he believes both versions of the band with David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar should be considered legendary. He resides in Cochrane, Alberta, with Dana and their brood of two cocker spaniels (Theodore & Sophie) and a beagle-mix rescue named Maggie.
Shaun Haney, RealAgriculture, Lethbridge, AB
Founder of RealAgriculture, Shaun manages one of the leading industry ag media companies for Canadian farmers and ranchers. RealAgriculture provides the latest in ag policy, agronomics, current events and farm management from their website, radio shows, and podcast streams. Shaun is the host of RealAg Radio which is broadcast across North America on Rural Radio Channel 147 on SiriusXM daily at 4:30 PM Eastern, and also makes regular appearances on RFD-TV, Agritalk and US Farm Report. Together with Justin Funk of Agri Studies, Shaun helms RealAgristudies, a market insights partnership formed in 2019.
David Kikkert
Canada Corn & Soybean Portfolio Lead
David Kikkert is the Canada Corn & Soybean Portfolio Lead with Bayer Crop Science. David joined the organization as a Marketing Communications Specialist and has since held positions including Portfolio Manager, Horticulture, Business Operations Manager, Soybean Seeds & Traits and Grower & Channel Marketing Manager, Soybeans & Pulses. Outside of his role at Bayer, David, his wife and five children run the family poultry farm. He also enjoys coaching and playing hockey and soccer.
Greg and Sarah Stamp
Greg and Sarah Stamp helped grow Stamp Seeds and Stamp Farms, a second-generation pedigreed seed farm and seed retail. Managed by three brothers: Nathan - CCA, Farm Manager, Matthew - Business Operations Manager, and Greg - CCA, Seed Sales Manager. They employ 20 full time staff and an additional 8-9 seasonal staff. They farm 6500 ac of irrigation and 2000 ac of dryland, growing 95% of their crops for seed. Their total seed production and retail amounts to about 11,000 ac of pedigreed seed crops a year.
After completing their degrees at the University of Lethbridge, Greg and Sarah moved back to the farm. New to farming, Sarah worked along side Greg and his parents to rebuild the business. With Sarah’s unique skill set, working in parish ministry and mental health, she worked on business governance and plans to transition with her father-in-law, and led family farm meetings. She has recently completed the Train-the-Trainer course to begin her own consulting business called Sarah Stamp Farm Consulting to help other families transition and excel on their farms.
Greg’s main roles on the farm include seed sales, marketing, customer support, and seed production management. Greg is currently a director with the Alberta Pulse Growers Commission and is on the board of Pulse Canada.
In 2023, Greg and Sarah were recognized as Alberta’s Outstanding Young Farmers and are co-winners of Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers.