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Winter
2018
Grains
West
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GRAINSWEST
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WINTER 2018
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
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Editor’s message
Renewal is a constant
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The farmgate
New and interesting developments in ag
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Person, place and thing
Enjoying the view from the heart of the
barley-to-beer chain
By Ellen Cottee
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Tech@work
The use of multiple, combinedmapping
technologies is a complex field
By Sarah Hoffman
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Head of the class
Diversity of crop protection tools is key to
healthy fields
By ErinWiese
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From lab to field
Generating support for agricultural
innovation
By Stan Blade
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Market monitor
The loonie and Prairie grain prices are
influenced by outside forces
By Jon Driedger
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Grain Science News
Breeding programs produce newwheat and
barley varieties
By Lee Hart
50
Against the grain
Supersizing seeding technology
/// Features ///
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Soil health
hat trick
Alberta farmers experiment with
improvement practices
By Ian Doig
Tax trauma
Proposed changes had farmers
seeing red (ink)
By Geoff Geddes
Smarter sales
Simple steps to becoming a better grain marketer
By Andrea Hilderman
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