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Winter

2018

Grains

West

4

GRAINSWEST

WINTER 2018

TABLE

OF

CONTENTS

6

Editor’s message

Renewal is a constant

7-15

The farmgate

New and interesting developments in ag

16

Person, place and thing

Enjoying the view from the heart of the

barley-to-beer chain

By Ellen Cottee

42

Tech@work

The use of multiple, combinedmapping

technologies is a complex field

By Sarah Hoffman

44

Head of the class

Diversity of crop protection tools is key to

healthy fields

By ErinWiese

46

From lab to field

Generating support for agricultural

innovation

By Stan Blade

47

Market monitor

The loonie and Prairie grain prices are

influenced by outside forces

By Jon Driedger

48

Grain Science News

Breeding programs produce newwheat and

barley varieties

By Lee Hart

50

Against the grain

Supersizing seeding technology

/// Features ///

20

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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