Charlie Pearson, M.Sc.

Provincial Analyst, Crops
Economics and Competitiveness Division
300 J. G. O' Donoghue Building
7000 - 113 Street
Edmonton, AB T6H 5T6
Phone: (780)422-4053
Fax: (780)422-9746
Email:  charlie.pearson@gov.ab.ca

Expertise

 

Commodity	Discipline
Cereal crops	Marketing
Oilseed crops	Marketing
Pulse crops	Marketing

Charlie Pearson is from a mixed farm (grain, registered cattle, and hay) south east of Calgary. His brother still operates the family farm. He has a B.Sc. (Agriculture) from the University of Alberta, a M.Sc. (Agricultural Economics) from the University of Manitoba and is currently a member of the Alberta Institute of Agrologists. Charlie has 22 years experience in the agricultural industry: 13 years with Alberta Agriculture (8 years in financial/agronomic management advice directly to farm managers and 5 years as a market analyst), 2 years in the Canadian Wheat Board’s sales department, 5 years as a market analyst at Growers Marketing Services, United Grain Growers and 2 years as a private consultant providing business planning services to farm families. A major focus of these positions has been in using marketing alternatives such as forward pricing in risk management strategies. He is currently working with Alberta Agriculture as the Provincial Crops Market Analyst.