GrainsWest Fall 2020

Fall 2020 grainswest.com 5 FALL 2020 RECOMMENDED READING 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 6-8 minutes 10-12 minutes MEDIUM READ LONG READ A surprising start First-year data for grain drying study finalized Crazy trains Longer, higher-capacity rail configurations move insane volume of grain Research reset RDAR takes a new results-driven direction 07 12 30 PUBLISHER Tom Steve EDITOR Ian Doig idoig@grainswest.com CONTENT MANAGER Tommy Wilson twilson@grainswest.com COPY EDITOR Trevor Bacque EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD David Bartlett Victoria Decker Jason Lenz Wade McAllister Jeff Nielsen Tara Sawyer Greg Sears CONTRIBUTORS Agreto, Erin Armstrong, Belay Ayele, Trevor Bacque, Ana Badea, Jennifer Barber, Barley Council of Canada, Cereals Canada, CP Rail, Cullen Bird, Stan Blade, Ellen Cottee, Ducks Unlimited Canada, Melanie Epp, G3, Geoff Geddes, Environment Canada, Bruce Fritz, Erin Gowriluk, Lee Hart, Anthony Houle Photography, Michael Interisano, John Deere, Lesley Kelly, Evan Lintick, Nicole Murray Photography, Carol Patterson, Daniel Ramage, Results Driven Agriculture Research, Shutterstock, David Simbo, Jaswinder Singh, SouthWest Terminal, Tom Steve, Neil Townsend, University of Calgary, Zoltan Varadi, Vecteezy, WorldWeather Inc. 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 7, Issue 4 Contents copyright 2020 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.