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Spring
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Grains
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GRAINSWEST
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SPRING 2017
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
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The farmgate
New and interesting developments in ag
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Person, place and thing
Maps, tests, yields and inputs
By Lyndsey Smith
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Market monitor
2016 harvest can affect 2017marketing plans
By Jon Driedger
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Watching thewatershed
Mussel invasion poses serious threat to
irrigation in southern Alberta
By Sarah Hoffmann
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Grain science news
More objective grain testing and grading re-
quired to keep Canadian growers competitive
By Natalie Noble
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Tech@work
The science and art of variable-rate farming
By Peter Gredig
46
Head of the class
Sharing barley knowledge to advance
Canadian malt and beer
By Matt Hamill
47
From lab to field
Recruiting agriculture and agri-food’s next
generation of innovators
By Stan Blade
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Wheat evolution
Wheat watchers weigh in on years of
market changes
By Geoff Geddes
50
Against the grain
A “powerful” story
/// Features ///
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Here comes
the sun
Alberta farmers are harvestingmore
than crops
By Tyler Difley
Rocky roads
Is the anti-trade trend a
speed bump or a dead end
for Canadian agriculture?
By Geoff Geddes
The future is
now
The old guard passes the torch to
Canada’s new generation of ag
researchers
By Tamara Leigh
Staying the
course
Crop researchers hope to continue and
expand valuable work under new ag
policy framework
By Alexis Kienlen
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