Grainswest - Spring 2019

Spring 2019 grainswest.com 5 SPRING ISSUE 2019 RECOMMENDED READING PUBLISHER Tom Steve ASSOCIATE EDITOR Ian Doig idoig@grainswest.com SALES &DESIGN LEAD Tommy Wilson twilson@grainswest.com COPY EDITOR Trevor Bacque EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Victoria Decker Todd Hames Jason Lenz Wade McAllister Jeff Nielsen Cole Siegle JohnWozniak CONTRIBUTORS Alberta Canola Producers Commission, Trevor Bacque, Stan Blade, Steve Boyko, Canadian Seed Trade Association, CANTERRA SEEDS, Ellen Cottee, Crop Sector Working Group, Jonathan Driedger, G3, George Clayton, GrahamCollier, Melanie Epp, Allison Finnamore, Timothy Fowler, Geoff Geddes, Darcy Goossen, Lee Hart, Anthony Houle, Michael Interisano, Alexis Kienlen, Lacombe Composite High School, Jason Lin, Bryce Meyer, RobMakowsky Travis Nesbitt, Rahr Malting Canada, Scott Photography, SeCan, SGS BioVision, Shutterstock, Sirroma Entertainment, Twitchy Finger Photography, United States Department of State, Shannon VanRaes GrainsWest magazine is a joint venture owned and operated by Alberta Barley and the AlbertaWheat Commission. GrainsWest is published four times per year by the GrainsWest Publications Society, an autonomous, incorporated body. GrainsWest is published at: #200, 6815 – 8 Street N.E. Calgary, AB T2E 7H7 Phone: 403-291-9111 Toll-free: 1-800-265-9111 Fax: 403-291-0190 Email: info@grainswest.com Web: grainswest.com I Twitter: @grainswest For subscriptions, email: subscriptions@grainswest.com Volume 6, Issue 2 Contents copyright 2019 by GrainsWest Publications Society, whose members include Alberta Barley and the Alberta Wheat Commission. No part of this publication may be reproduced without express written permission from GrainsWest Publications Society. Alberta Barley and the Alberta Wheat Commission co-publish GrainsWest , a farming quarterly dedicated to the interests of this province’s grain farmers. GrainsWest connects farmers, food and ideas. QUICK READ 3-4 minutes 5-6 minutes 10-12 minutes MEDIUM READ LONG READ Optimizing fertilizer dollars Price increases encourage efficient use Working toward consensus Establishing a value creation system is anything but simple Moisturemath Farmers are bullish on grain dryers, but have they run the numbers? 14 42 22