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Spring
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GRAINSWEST
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SPRING 2018
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
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Editor’s message
Ag Plays Moneyball
7-12
The farmgate
New and interesting developments in ag
14
Growing ideas
Alberta farmers share last year’s lessons
learned
16
Person, place and thing
Drought modeller Daniel Itenfisu helps
farmers manage climate risk
By Ellen Cottee
42
Tech@work
Weed-targeting technology another step in
the sensor revolution
By Sarah Hoffman
44
Head of the class
Agricultural work exchange provides valuable
perspective
By Ian Doig
46
From lab to field
Generating support for farm innovation
By Stan Blade
47
Market monitor
Don’t let off-grade grain leave you handcuffed
By Jon Driedger
48
Grain Science News
Economics will dictate Alberta’s overall crop
mix in 2018
By Lee Hart
50
Against the grain
Toomuch of a good thing
/// Features ///
20
Data
downpour
Improved information gathering
helps farmers cope with wild
weather
By Allison Finnamore
Puzzlepieces
Finding a fit for nitrogen-
stabilizing fertilizers
By Lee Hart
Water hazard
Dry grain questions bringwarnings
against rewetting
By Andrea Hilderman
Heeding the seed
imperative
Canada at a crossroads in cereals breeding,
new investment hangs in the balance
By Trevor Bacque
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