Winter
2016
Grains
West
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GRAINSWEST
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WINTER 2016
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
8-15
The farmgate
New and interesting developments in ag
16
Person, place and thing
Trading places
By Victoria Paterson
19
Market monitor
Challenge accepted
By Jon Driedger
42
Face-off
Both sides of the offsets market debate
weigh in
44
From lab to field
Emission possible
By Stan Blade
45
Tech@work
Paying for pictures
By Benjamin Allen
46
Head of the class
Investing in tomorrow
By Erasmus Okine
48
Grain science news
Fertile ground
By Andrea Hilderman
50
Against the grain
Rolling down the track
By Lee Hart
/// Features ///
22
Grain-trade
triumph
Canadian agricultural
producers poised to reap
benefits of TPP deal
By Tyler Difley
26
Data dilemma
Making themost of
precision ag
ByMelanie Epp
32
Legacy
building
The rewards of getting
farmsuccession right
By Clare Stanfield
38
Carbon conundrum
Debate continues over themerits of
Alberta’s agricultural offsetsmarket
By Kelsey Johnson
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