Grainswest - Winter 2022

Winter 2022 Grains West 4 THE FARMGATE FEATURES COLUMNS Cover illustration: Matt Shipley Funding up for grabs Waste reduction tactics Barley makes the beef Duplication equals discontent Practical crop breeding NEW AND INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS IN AG 44 45 42 43 46 47 48 MARKET MONITOR Interprovincial trade barriers equal $92-billion in lost opportunity FROM LAB TO FIELD The human face of the agtech revolution HEAD OF THE CLASS Youth Ag Summit 2021 a forum for sustainable agrifood thought THE MALTHOUSE Maltsters and brewers face unbelievably low barley quality CEREALS CORNER Cereals Canada’s Combine to Customer program resumes POLICY PLACE Farmers can leverage federal government’s new climate focus GRAIN SCIENCE NEWS Project examines crop varieties for drought resistance Heat of the moment Agriculture assesses fallout from the worst growing season in two decades // BY TREVOR BACQUE // 27 38 40 New faces in winter wheat Western Canadian breeders pass the torch // BY JENNIFER BARBER // Ancestry DNA European and U.K. malting barley genetics underpin two Alberta breeding projects // BY SARAH WEIGUM // 22 Homeland security Cyberattacks a wakeup call for the agrifood industry // BY TREVOR BACQUE //