Spring
2016
Grains
West
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GRAINSWEST
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SPRING 2016
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
7-14
The farmgate
New and interesting developments in ag
16
Person, place and thing
Whole wheat
By Alexis Kienlen
19
Market monitor
Head start
By Jon Driedger
42
Grain co-ops
Forming a large grain co-operative inWestern
Canada could be a challenge
By Milton Boyd
44
From lab to field
Finger on the pulse
By Stan Blade
45
Tech@work
Riding shotgun
By Benjamin Allen
46
Head of the class
Where possibility meets reality
By Rex Newkirk
48
Grain science news
Paper test
By Karin Olafson
50
Against the grain
Pioneers of the beer business
By Lee Hart
/// Features ///
20
Co-opportunity
Conditions could be right for a
return of farmer-owned grain
companies to the Prairies
By Lee Hart
26
The cash
harvest
Growing investment in
farmland creates difficult
decisions for farmers and
governments
By Tyler Difley
32
Raising the bar
Partnership between
brewers and barley
farmers takes cra beer
to the next level
By Tamara Leigh
36
Knowyour limits
Missing or mismatchedMRLs in export
countries can cause trade headaches
By Lyndsey Smith
