What is WARC
Western Applied Research Corporation (WARC) is a non-profit organization that is governed by a Board of Directors consisting of northwest Saskatchewan producers. We are a part of the Saskatchewan Agri-ARM network and work in partnership with Agriculture and AgriFood Canada (AAFC) at the Scott Research Farm.
WARC's Mandate:
- Transfer technology from research to Saskatchewan producers
- Evaluate the economic implications of technology for Saskatchewan producers
WARC has 5 permanent employees. Along with our full time employees we have several seasonal and part-time employees and hire 4 summer students.
Our Team
Stacy Hawkins
Business Operations Manager
Office: (306) 247-2001
Cell: (306) 843-7400
Email: stacy.hawkins@warc.ca
Stacy lives east of Wilkie on their family grain farm. She has recently retired from a 32 year career in Municipal Government and has an extensive background in governance, administration and accounting.
Jessica Enns (Weber)
Research Manager
Office: (306) 247-2001
Cell: (306) 361-8703
Email: jessica.enns@warc.ca
Jessica grew up on a mixed grain and livestock farm outside Landis Sk. She completed her B.Sc. in Plant Science with a major in Agronomy and a minor in Agribusiness. She completed her M.Sc. in Plant Science, with a focus on weed-crop competition and weed control in Western Canada, at the University of Saskatchewan.
Kayla Slind
Lead Research Associate
Office: (306)247-2001
Cell: (306) 843-7984
Email: kayla.slind@warc.ca
Kayla has been with WARC for 5 years. She lives on a grain farm east of Wilkie, SK where she farms with her husband and family. Kayla holds a B.Sc. in Agronomy from the U of S and has her P.Ag with SIA.
Alex Waldner
Research Associate
Office: (306) 247-2001
Cell: (306) 438-7525
Email: alex.waldner@warc.ca
Alex grew up on a mixed farm near Swift Current, SK. She obtained her B.Sc. in Agriculture from the University of Saskatchewan in 2018. She is currently in the process of completing her M.Sc. in Plant Science from the University of Saskatchewan, focusing her research on establishing perennial forages in saline soils.
Koralie Mack (Huber)
Research Agronomist
Office: (306) 247-2001
Cell: (306) 951-8888
Email: koralie.mack@warc.ca
Koralie grew up on a mixed grain and cattle farm south of Landis, SK. She obtained her B.Sc. in 2022 from the University of Saskatchewan, College of Agriculture, with a Major in Agronomy and a Minor in Agribusiness Entrepreneurship. With some Ag-Retail experience backing her, she is now excited to start her career at WARC as a Research Technician.
Herb Schell
Seasonal Technician
Herb grew up in Scott, SK and has been WARC's seasonal technician for 10 years. He has previous experience with AAFC in Scott as a Weed Technician for 38 years.
Paige Schultz
This is Paige's third year as a summer student at WARC. She grew up on her family farm outside of Unity and they are participating in an on farm trial this summer. She is looking forward to participating in the process and seeing the results. She just completed her third year of Kinesiology at the University of Saskatchewan and plans to apply into physiotherapy in December. She is excited for another great summer at WARC.
Devyn McLean
This is Devyn's second year as a summer student at WARC. She grew up in Unity and just completed her second year of Kinesiology at the University of Saskatchewan with hopes to enter into a chiropractic program in the future. She is excited to build on her knowledge from last year and is looking forward to another great year!
Gracen Rewerts
This is Gracen's first year as a summer student at WARC. She is from a farm outside of Cut Knife and recently finished her business certificate at the University of Saskatchewan. She plans on continuing her education at the U of S through the agronomy program. She is looking forward to working here at WARC and receiving an introduction to agronomy.
Brooklyn Salewski
This is Brooklyn's first year as a summer student at WARC. She grew up on a mixed farm just outside of Wilkie. She just completed her first year of the Crop Technology Diploma at Lakeland College. While at Lakeland, she played on the college hockey team, part of the ACAC league. She plans to complete her agriculture degree at Lakeland and this summer she is excited to learn more about general agronomy specifically weeds, pesticides and diseases.
Research from our farm to yours
Fall, 2023
Board Members
Michael Palmier (Chair)
Plenty, SK
(306) 932-7733
Eric Charabin (Vice Chair)
North Battleford, SK
(306) 480-7974
Andrew Herle
Wilkie, SK
(306) 843-7696
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Michael Hicks Glaslyn, SK (306) 342-7732
Jayden Nachtegaele North Battleford, SK (306) 441-3713
Andria Roelens Battleford, SK (306) 843-8027 |
Mike Bender
Warman, SK
(639) 318-1679
Jason Veikle
Cut Knife, SK
(306) 398-7688
Jennifer Mundt
Biggar, SK
(306) 948-4622
Katie Donahue
Biggar, SK
(306) 948-4029
Justin Askildt
Wilkie, SK
(306) 918-7377