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Winter
2017
Grains
West
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GRAINSWEST
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WINTER 2017
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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The farmgate
New and interesting developments in ag
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Person, place and thing
Embracing variety
By Karin Olafson
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Market monitor
Market dynamics
By Jon Driedger
36
Future farming
Driverless tractors are driving progress for
producers
By Geoff Geddes
37
Head of the class
Sixth sense
By Kristina Polziehn
38
Ag research
Shi ing gears
By DougWalkey
39
From lab to field
Two heads are better than one
By Stan Blade
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Tech@work
Rocky ViewCounty takes to the sky to stop
spread of noxious weeds
By Griffin Elliot
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Against the grain
The history of Alberta’s United FarmWomen
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Carbon
compromise
Agriculture and climate policy in a
second-best world
By Tamara Leigh
Part of the
team
Recognizing the multitude
of roles women play in
agriculture
ByNatalieNoble
Blight at the end
of the tunnel
Dreaded cereal disease coming soon to
a field near you
ByGeoffGeddes
Subsidized
suds
Saskatchewan and B.C. cry foul as
Alberta government extends support
for local breweries
By Tyler Difley
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