Grainswest - Winter 2019

Winter 2019 Grains West 4 Branding the family farm Marketing packages go beyond logos and ball caps By Shannon VanRaes No more Neonics Three popular active ingredients on the government’s chopping block By Trevor Bacque Beating the bushels- per-acre barrier Industry experts weigh in on boosting barley yield By Geoff Geddes Going big in Japan CPTPP will give Canadian ag better access to this lucrative Asian market By Allison Finnamore 22 34 38 FEATURES TABLE OF CONTENTS 6 EDITOR’S MESSAGE Contentious issues demand action 7-15 THE FARM GATE New and interesting developments in ag 16 COMBINE TO CRAFT Pioneers of Canadian micro-malting 18 PERSON, PLACE AND THING The CMBTC’s Yueshu Li is invested in the malting industry 44 MARKET MONITOR Assessing early prospects for the next wheat marketing year 45 FROM LAB TO FIELD We have what it takes to become Canada’s Food Province 46 TECH@WORK Farmers take on the tech world one app at a time 47 HEAD OF THE CLASS Hands-on opportunities at Lakeland College’s Student-Managed Farm 48 GRAIN SCIENCE NEWS Soil testing cited as the key to optimizing yield 50 AGAINST THE GRAIN Keeping Alberta moving 42 COVER ILLUSTRATION BY KYLE METCALF