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Calendar of Events

Agricultural Economics and Business ClubVancouver Trip 2006

13 Agrologists in the News: 2006 Award Recipients15 Patricia Flaten, PAg, SIA President-Elect1 5 Professionalism and Ethics Seminar

Saskt hewa Profee ,ona! / g olog:s

SASKATCHEWAN AGROLOGIST

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GROLOGISTFEATURES

6 International Agriculture:Mongolia, Land of ChangeTf e /oflj 1o oe o Hr d a rte’s apd Fat y a ars ssrn or to tf e r s z a ft Ci ad a ora re a r aaten: 0 TO od a:oc1e r tester C a a an F a a: ra

7 International Agriculture:China Dairy Farm Project

SasC ‘c:ewar ata ct ta as Cr no s dan F raeanaacrner aad rc pa pWrt e1a idapt :b it FeCaraci p

9 International Agriculture: Agrologists in UkraineGoat ad s & e ra p p 2

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SIA 2006 - 2007 BRANCH PRESIDENTS

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President’sMessage

by Laurie Hayes PAg

SIA President

“60 years.

Sixty years. That rs a very short segc ent nthe story of agrculture srnce the f rst production began over 5000 years ago. But thechanges n these last sixty years, especa yhere in Western Canada, have been unprecedented. Just to name a few, we have seen sgsfcant advances in production systems(inc uding equipment), renewed domestication of wild fruits and livestock, the development of disease, drought and pestcide resistant variet es of annual crops, genetc selecton for larger carcass size n beef and swineand the v rtua e imnation of genetc stockwthin the poultry industry. And, who everdreamed that we could mass produce fish nsouthern Saskatchewan?. Hand-n-hand wththese has been the development of food andfeed processing which has continued toevove nto high techroogy areas such asbooroduchon, fract onahon and specie typrof e products. And, thnk about the products and processes that have yet to be dscoveredl

Producers have had to be wzards in theattempt to remair sustanable, The amount ofncormat on that they hove gathered ar d the

new techrologies that they ha e mp err er’edhas been overwhelrnrg, L ewse, as orofes

ona agrologists. we have contr ied to groorder to pro de the best ser cc rrs rbe tc

ur c ens. As a resu t our scope o”d entele Los exporded beyund prr ory ord +

ard the ord er to r I de rrort em f c’sof ogr t ‘e and f od r d sW up hi a’ a

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To ma ntan our rtegr ty as professiona st is essental that we contnue to be competent and fo r r our serv cc to o r customersT ey w expe t noth ng ess

Our belef system s Food for A I. As havementrored our industry and therefore our rolesare ever changrng. But the need for agrologiststo ensure that the public is protected and thatwe do this w th integrity and competence s asmp rtant and critical as it was when the SIAbegan n 946. Heres to the next 60 yearsl. El

Status Changes of SIA Members as of March 31, 2006

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The ExecutiveDirector’s Report

Ca’endar of Events

May 26-28 Canod or ar ulturu F onomics So 0r--“nua94eetina. Cor-co’da‘Jcnrrea QC.wwa.caes.ca conferen m ann atmeetings200ó Montreal c”m

May 28-30 L1PST -AFC ic.t Ccrerence Mon”eal.QC, www.cifst.co defa, t.asp2d 986

Jun 4 7 Working frorr the Source TowardsS stairable Water ManagerrentCanadic’ ‘iVare’ Resources Ccnference.Sr,eratori Certre. TororOo ONwow framtnesa rce Ca

Jun 7 Seedirg Trends 2006 Seager WheelerNational Historw Form. Rosthem, 5K,306-786-1526 or 306-647 2633.

Jun 14-15 Soskatcnewan Pasture School 2006Saskatcf ewan Forage Counc , Saskato r,5K, 306 966-2 48, www.sasUoroge a

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As the SIA celebrates 60 years, it is a chance to look back at what we have accomplished as a professional organization and what role the SIA wi! face durng the next number of yeas. When we look at the crigina memoership, it was very obvious who were thefirst agrologists. They were men who worked for the provincial and federal governments andthe University of Saskatchewan. This was the agricu tura ndustry at the end of the 40s andinto the 50s.

Today our members represent a I sectors of the agricultural industry with more than halfof our membershp worKing in the private sector. And who our agrologists are has changedas well. For instance, of the 12 members who became PAgs since January 1 of this year,eight are women. Of the 29 admitted as Articling Agrologists during the same period, tenwem women and tour members received their agricultural traning internationally. In addtion, the roles ou members now ploy go beyond orimarv agricultura! production. We ha-ieagrologists whose work nvolves them with wildlife management, environmental issues related to the oil industry and as individua business entrepreneurs and consu tants. This is thenew face of ogre ogy and I am pasitice there will be mav more changes with respect to theproNssion in the years ‘o come.

To help prcn,ete the SIA, i_s 60 sears and our members, the Public Awareness Committee worked with Kevin Hursh, PAg and Patty MorOn PAg to have three actvities developedths Spring, with more to follow. The first was an insert about the SIA and nine of our inemhers that apoea’ed in ‘‘a Apru 20, 2006 ssue e the -9ester” Producer. The enTire insertwas paid for by the adiedisers who sopported this endecor and on behalf 0+ the S A I wantto thank the advertisers for neir irivolve’nent. Secondly, these nne agralogists were profled; a seres of 30 secd !ip en the ar ‘ rad:o sta+as 9ra ghcut the praame, whmhwere aired over the first two weeks at May. I hope that you had a chance to hear them. Finally, Ke,’in and Potty developed an updated Power Pein presnr’totion that can be used by tneBranches, the College n,f AgrOultue onrl amer gr000s Tn showcase Ge Sb’, vl’a’ t mea”sto be an agralogist, areer oppcrtunites and Ne role the Institute plays in protecting thecubl re ated o agricultural oroducton and other related ssue Thi PowerPoint presentaa” will he avaiicble trsm h-re six branches rrnd the SIA Ofhce.

Qr a dOerea note oh e attending Gardenscape a Sastatac.’ o’ tI a beg ‘ning ofI, I happenad tc stop by a booM wnere ann of our members was wam no He wcrs pro

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International Agriculture:MONGOLIA, Land of Changeby Gordon Hultgreen PAg

\tongolio S Cr argo sparsel., pcoulaterj.lopdocked co,’n, s’y’o,”ded Dv Cr’ ‘cr or’

‘4ee sides cr”d RsUa trr ib r

the co’r, s usuafv rn rrrrrraR th’-ough Berig Chr’a or Seoul Korea Ulannbaa’ar is thecapital aSs ..m a copUatco a’ uoo.’750,000. The city is a cm’lrost o cderr mgn

rise Du ldir’gs and apa’tmer”s s.ro.nded bsdistricts v,bere people live in simp e one storyhomes or gers (round, feb covered tents alsoknovrn as yurtsi. Geography varies from theGoo desert in the sojtn to mountains n Thenortn with the majority of the country in ralnngsbortgrass prairie similar to the foothills ofsouthern Alberta. Except for a few paved roadsbetween large cities, transportation in ruralareas is typically by Russian military jeeps thatfollow dirt paths to most areas of the country.For thousands of years, the rural areas havebeen populated by nomadic herdsman whorose goats, sheep, cattle, yaks, Mongolanhorses and in some areas, camels. The hospitality of herdsmen is outstanding. Althoughthese famlies have little material wealth, visitors are treated like family members and whenever you vst their gers the food and drink flowswith warm generosity.

Pr,.r’r ‘a 1991. ‘he poloca system was

casea a ‘e omwun.s+ system ,vitn financial

and te’ ‘ cal ,.,ocort trom the So/eS Union.Du’irg nSe “ars ma ‘r pd.u ‘ion, primarilybeco .vas c’-duced by stateov.ned largeco!ieci e forms. Dab’g tacit oericd the country

,as seb-sufficiens v,nea c’odu Sian usingoP S wheat fa1o’i, roxokos. The tallow 00cr-

ator typ/alls used plav,ra and other extenye age eadng to .vind e’osion. In 1991

suppo$ fron me So.ie’ Union ended anddemocracy witn a market economy replciced‘ne Cormer system. The ,vithdrawol of Russian5aPDO’t resuCed in the collapse of the collec’ivea”-ina system and much of the land used forwaco’ proaucton was abandoned. Since that“e, i’rdrvdual farmers and more typically,

corporo’e farms, replaced the state farms butonly about one third of the original farmedland is currently in production. As a result,Mongola s not self sufficient in wheat production and cannot afford to purchase expensiveforeign supplies.

As the cl mate n Mongolia (long cold winters and hot dry summers) is similar to thebrown soi zone of the Canadian prairies thereis potential to adopt modern Western Canadian farming practices with the aim of self-sufficiency in wheat production. International andCanadian aid agences recognized the need to

improve and modernize theY forming

tillcige fci raring prom ces. vos given the opportunity of working v,n c ‘eo” of Canadian andMongolicrn crgro ags’s to aelve’ training programs to tarnr worke’s. ‘arm oHr’ers and extension personae n “c s,mrne’s of 2001 und2002. One of the areas needing assstance wasThe ,veea contra arec wnere ou’do’ed equipment and aap icaton methods v,ere ineffectivein control ing annual weeds. Mars of the oldRmsian tow-behind sp-ayers nod been upgraded to near modem standards out improperad usfmert and operohon often resjted in poorweed control. r adalo” spray t wing was alsoan issue as scare oco experts recommendedspraying 2,4-fl a ‘he flag lecf stage of wheatdevelopment to -0-000 eat weed control.Glyphosote was cisc cc ng introduced farchemical fallow Out product availability, poorsprayer performance and late crpolrcation oftenresulted in poor weed control.

The weed contra training program wasdelivered n rural areas and inc uded lectures,demonstratons of weed ident’{ication, herbicide informaton sprayer operation and safety.The program was delivered in partnershp withMongolian agronomist Delgarmoa Chuluunbaatar (Degi) who translated and contributedto the technical program. Degi became a casefriend and she is now workng on her PhD atthe University of Saskatchewan as port of aMango ian Agr’cultural University, University of

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International Agriculture:CHINA Dairy Farm Project

Shown above, Wafter Gumprich, PAg,with various individuals he workedwith during his time in China.

The Kuler (Quala) XinjiangChina Dairy Farm Projectby Walter Gumprich PAg

it is not to be found on most moos, but it

is a little Chinese village of 500,000 in the forwest/centre of Xinjiang Province. Most of itwas quite modern with many blocks of thepopulor six-story apartment buildings, whichhoused the majority of the populolion. didnot see any private houses at all. The popularity of six-story buildings is because thesecan be built without putting in an elevator system, It is certainly one way to keep the pooulotion fitl The roads in the new part of the citywere all concrete and wide, As the cityexpanded, they built parallel apartmentblocks behind the old shacks which weredemolished as their tenants and many otherpeople moved into the new accommodation.The old narrow road and the space formerlyaccuoied Ly the shacts rind tneir gcirdensformed the new much wider road. Nor th0’

the farmer shack dwellers hart any choice inthe mattep but it wns assumed that the modem tacrlr’res wi’h “controlled” flowrca .‘.‘cc”and toilers would he coorecicted rote” owhile.

This was an arid area with less than 200mm a! rain pe.r year. However, the snow on‘he reoroy mcc.r:rcr;ns melted’ rcrrnerin the Seine fhot was Ihere. The woter ‘nsstored in a large mountain lake. The numerous concrete dyf..e.s vedre witness to this waterhems cc”efriiv uded and used or te wres’

ccc! was aso. odeoucte roirrication sysrems to rnoi,e this o veoetabieend fruit growing centre. The area was abAself-sufficient in milk and it was a two-yeaf

from a high to a low of -.1 5C. Theoroup was hkorkina with was k.een to learn.

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mc o cite. 0y do current inccroblems, exp.iainina, translo,ting and answerinn. qorsstlons for roy hosts, The rnanaaer was.

lcd been os/ed to tocf/e breeding,monaaemen.t and feedino. Problems we.re

numerous in all areas, with breeding fromAustralian, Canadian and New Zealand Holstein herds. Adaptability of the Canadian Hal-stems was obvious and appreciated. It shouldbe noted that most exoenditure decisionscippear to be made by high level political functionaries, whose practical knowledge of theproducts they handle in agriculture, appear tobe strictly limited, judging by ther” purchases.This problen’r seems to be the rule but less soin some areas, such as Fukang, 500 m tothe north and east, where political decision-makers are being drawn from herdsmerr.

Balanced feeding was generally notappreciated as important as evident by thesubstandard milk production. Reasons forthis varied from: “We paid a lot of money fortbs breedina stack - now we have to provrdethem with special feed too?” and “You justspend a lot of money on feed because youare so wealthy.” My response was to gothrough their m:lk:ng reco”ds and comparethem to our producsion. They were quick tona’ice toot mere was on econ’omc o’Jcrntogeto proper feeding. h roust L e noted that theywere just feeding their own farm products.The concept o’ 0 0 ..n:,-.u...t,,

a”. ,‘-“et to pc”.

Arose beste.r ncaht’ feed ‘s cn set in placeend in their sfctc- a onio,d. l era not sure thatthey are ready for it.

Manogement is the biggest problem.mere. tn’ou,”

‘n’or’ro at ‘fe robiem sirooiy

does not “om, Pride rrd tare so ,‘ine Has olot to do with it end this is hard to solve, Religb n and culture are the tsvo subjects i refuse‘o become Irrolued “ and c’tr’.rde to -‘,‘kthe r8rin edae mA irds wer.ir.re. ‘Ound the’

cr585_crc work: was performed vn’r reluctantly by management arrd senior workers. All l00. n1,d 5cr, rvas ‘°ot “tn:s is Of.e Wor w r refer

is the stre., The Mongolians end their horseswere the obvio.; ç excis ption. Respect for ani

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ow rs nodother disconcforts.

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thos l kne.v.i there was o pipe break Also, whywas it esn.entie.i to fix i right owey nrnd dirt the

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line down to a m’nimum of 1 .5 metres? And

why did I want to use more expensive pipe than

the drip rrigation plastic they were using?

They assured me that they were carrying

sufficient water to their animals, even though

they had no dea how much water their cows

even required. I left them to contemplate their

“pre-aipe break’ milk yields and their “cost

ppe break” milk yie ds. It seemed that not

even the Chmese like carrying water in the

amounts requied by dairy cows.They were not denorning theii new-barns,

yet their pen and bunk space per animal was

the same as ours. The abortion rate was dra

matically higher than the norm. By spending

a couple of pleasant winter houis in their

bright sunshine sitting on stools in one of their

pens with the manager of that dairy herd, the

problem soon became apparent to my com

panion. It was most gratifying for both of us

to understand each other perfectly without a

word having to be spoken, other tnan explica

tives by the manager when the ideas finally

caught on.Their beef cattle housing costs were

exceptionally high. By their calculatons, beef

cattle fec lities were five times as high as ours,

providing poor damp conditions n a climate

where -1 SC felt like our -4CC, Again the

problem seemed to be associated with face

savingl i an sure they had as much pioblem

understandng my concern about their waste

of money and saving face as I had for their

reason for spending th’s money. Embryo

transplants and Art’ficial Insemination were

other areas with maior problems. On all my

assignments, there were so many problems I

needed to address that I looked forward to

down time as a real necessity.I want to state the hospitality offered by my

hosts was exceDhonal. The food was varied

anrl my earrlina cur,’e was steer. The work

ethc and deterr inaion to Iearr r odern

methods of coerat’ng a du; farm was a cst

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Vancouver Trip 20ü6 By Gtena Stacy

The Ag. Ec Trip for 2OO is now over, and by alt accounts everyone had ot in+oimotive and

good .tfme, Therp were 13 stadepts who made the tap to Varscopvep Oar jpumey began op

Thutdy Jrtnaary 19 atlhe Sas’katoan aBpart, as we boarded a W etfhght to take tts to our

desotioa We rrivad in Vancouver’ that night and most of us retired for the evening upon

checking in t.the t4dliday thn Vascsttwør Cerrtt-e.

On Frida’,r morning, our group left the hotel in two rental vans to tour the different venues

n oar 4gemdo. Wo ardvad er’triy ot the wrses. Richardson nrdktnpi RQ gtoin tøuttinf to

have a tour of this facility. The terminal is located on the North Vancouver side of Buri-ard Inlet,

right otat door toine Seekatche’ea Wheat Pool grain terminal. The facility bandIes. both groins

and oilseeds that have been shipped by rail fron-r the inland groin elevators. At the hate of dur

tuq molted barley was being directloaded iror’n the coil car right info the corga hold of a ship.

We had a very goodview of the loOdin area stnd the igps. cargo frbm tad iottop 01 tad

terminal,‘The nort fdcility we sedtect was the Vancouver Wharves, Thhthapd ogiddlity wps state p1

the art bulk handling facility for mineral concentrates, sulphur and potassium based fertilizer,

ftquid bulk chemfrds, and .petial cropsucitins ptsas ler*, canary seed rtnd alfalfa. peilels.

This, facility covered about 1 O acres on the tarth Vancouver share. It was a very clean foci!

ity having the only AAA ,clennknass rating in the part f Voncorwer.

Thh led us. to the third stop on the 1ut which was the Vancouver Port Authority. The Pørt

Authority pffice is located at Canada Place1 on the sopth shore of Burrard Inlet We were shown

a PowerPoint presentation on *hat was involved in rheopoif aothoriWs sinOis. Vopppover is

one of the largest ports in North America. It has five sectors in which it does business. These

irtclude: (I) Maritime cargo itihith is diinded into thrveosecfarh freak buik cargo (pulp apd

paper), bulk cargo (grain and fertilizer), and container cargo (auto parts, furniture). Also, there

ore t21 Cause Ship Tarminots., 151 Ship Sinldipg arid Mofttlenonce5l4apitat contruction and

(5) non-maritime activities, The pod is a very busy place that does rriillions of dollars in activi

ty every day. The pres.epfation was very infarmarive and enlightening. After’ the presentation, we

went far lunch’ cit a .dowritawn reetcerroaf.

After lpnch, we arrived at the University of British Columbia and the Faculty of Land and

Pond Systennc There; we were pritsea*d edita fectore art lire WT Effects on Syqapfy Mpm

agementc” This was given by professors Katherine Baylis and Richard Barichelle, bath of whon

ore faculfrrrsembers in’ the Paculty 01 Lcmd and Popd Systems,. There probesars ace invatntd iv

Economic Palicy. After the Jecture, the 13 of us were invited to attend a Social event put on

the USC Aggres The entertainment provided was a Mechanical &rH ride1 which several ski

dents fok pprt in,Sot,rrcksy was a day in which mast of us headed out on our awn or jn smoll groaps Say.

eral of us went shopping or bored Stanley Pink. Ott Sairdoy seven of as dacidedhfa take hit

ferry across frm Horshoe Bay terminal over to Nanaimo err Vancouver lsland We proceeder

from there art a drive itootit into the Wy of Victoriti, Th, view from the raod down woe foritar

tic and very enjoyable. The drive back culminated with a return ferry ride at Swain ftay nortl

of’V’clorip. The fatty tpkpr in to the 1kowaspn terminal tote icr the evening.

The return trip home occurred on Monday. Everyone that participated in the trip had a won

derfaf time. There were good cnemorias1it wa very educotional an$ we gil look forward to ne

years trip.

Wfth $myis asttde#tb teCo#e oAgfitfttste; oitet%iattfiaf

asslstnca tc the StudentAfflhiate members who part,cipated in this evenL

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COVER STORY

International Agriculture:Agrologists in UKRAINE

Berny Wiens PA9 President CUADGrant Wood PAg Secretary CUAD

Canada Ukraine Agrarian Development (CUAD)works in partnership with the Ukrainiancommunity to foster hope and enhance the livesolaf! Ukrainian people through agrarian andsocial development. CUAD was initiatedbecause a group of people. who were interestedin working in suppod of agriculture and ruraldevelopment in Ukraine. needed a place toshare thoughts, experience, energy andopportunity We suppose you could say it is athinking, learning, planning, teaching, workingand project Co-op. Our focus is agriculture. rurallife and rural development. CUAD has beeninvolved in 11 projects since its inception in2001. CUAD works in all regions of Ukraine. Weare an international development NGO open toanyone who believes in our mission statement.

In 1 999 Berny Wiens’ family (four sisters,two brothers-in-law, his wife Cheralyn and theirson Devin visited Ukraine to see the homelandof Berny’s parents. When he returned, threepeople who were to become very good friends(Norman Rebin, Willie Woikin and Alex Strehoff) approached Berny asking if he was interested in helping develop projects for small privote farmers and household producers inUkraine, The goal of these programs was to

help the farmers and household producersmake the transition to privatized agricultureand a market economy. Littler did Berny knowthat this partnership would eventually lead tothe formation of a grassroots-driven international development organization, known asCUAD.

Grant Wood’s involvement in Ukrainedates back to 1992 with a modular curriculumdevelopment program with various universitiesin the country. Grant has hosted several groupsfrom Ukraine who visited the University ofSaskatchewan for the purpose of increasingtheir knowledge and skills of agricultural extension processes. Grant became a member ofCUAD two years ago and brings with him anacademic approach to extension and adulteducation.

STEP (Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership) gave CUAD the first opportunity to visitand work in Ukraine. STEP had contracted withCIDA in 1999 to engage in the Canada,’Ukraine Beef & Forage Development projectwhich was the only Canadian agricultural project in Ukraine at the time. The program wasinitiated in five obiasts (provinces) to train thetrainers in beef management and to demonstrate Canadian technology and practices.CUAD’s first involvement was to conduct amid-term assessment of the project. Further

involvement resulted from an urgent call by theUkrainian Ag Ministry to assist in developing aNational Beef Strategy that had been requested by President Kuchma. Gerry Luciuk, PAgand Al Hingston, PAg, two other agrologistsfrom Saskatchewan, did much of the advancework in developing the strategy. With Gerry’sdeparture Berny joined Al in PeriaslavKchelminsky to continue the development andwriting of the strategy.

This program is worth a short paragraphbecause it describes the challenge, the opportunity and the success that motivated CUAD inplanning future projects. Berny and Al elicitedinformation from a group of senior academics,senior government policy leaders and farmmanagers. Even though Berny was able to provide the Canadian farm context and Al the policy context, having been the Director of theLivestock Branch for Saskatchewan Agricultureand Food, their reception was met with hesita-nce. Two factors were seen as a barrier. First,the group was not accustomed to inclusive andcollaborative planning. Being inclusive andbeing encouraged to collaborate was a newexperience for many, therefore ground ruleswere set. Everyone’s voice was to be heard.Everyone’s opinion was valuable. There wereno wrong answers, Collaboration was essentialfor the development of a national strategy.

Second, they had not met either Al or Bernyond they did not feel a connection to them.After a brief sharing of photos and discusson,it became apparent that Canadian beef producers and Ukrain’an beef producers were notthat dissimilar. Lesson learned it ‘s importantto develop a personal relat’onsh’p and to showa sense of connectedness between Canadaand Ufrraine, Even though the context is dOerent, there are many s milarities between us.

To make a long story short, four days laternumerous toasts rampaged through the ce ebration of their accomplishment, They wereamazed at what they had learned from theexperience and proud to Love co lectively created such an important document. They waited to share th s document natonally. Al andBerny suggested instead that they should sharethe experance and encourage others aroundrhe country to learn fran the experence of ccaborative pIano ng

CU rD’s most recent project also f ndedby STEP C DA focuses on comnun ties in tneZaporzhye Oblast, ‘n the sorth ertra pa° o

kroine abutt ng the Sea of Azov CU—ND ohbed hard o rrake sure that the FARM Foe it

for Agncul+uro Reforrr and Modernizo+ orprog am would focus on Cii’ Society Developmart and were pleased wher that p I or wasadded to the other two p lIars of Extens anDevelopment and Agr cultural Pa icy Developreck Mr sirs proyraiir.

Through prev’oos pro’ects, a good rcacnsh p F ad been deve aped Ph marry people

loge ‘n Pc Zopar’zhye region and withe era staff at the Taira State Agrotmhn al\ adeiy MM . al pr’ate farmers and

a o der xpressed a need o e r orr i

and agronomic information market’ng, business management, processing, storage andproduct’on.

It is important to note here that in the year2000 all the agr’cultural land was distr’butedto the indiv’duals who had worked on theirrespective state farms about f’ve to sevenhectares for each adult. n addition to this allvil agers have throughout the Soviet era,owned about one hectare of land adjacent tothe’r v’llage dwell’ngs. These small p ots havepreviously and to this day produced a largepercentage of the fruits, vegetables m’lk, eggsand meat that ‘s consumed in Ukra’ne. In spiteof their importance to the food supply ‘nUkraine, they have had minimal ‘f any accessto forma extens on nformation.

Tnese needs were brought to the attentionof the TSM and they ‘n ‘ted CUAD to workw’tb them n a prolect that was eventua y t tIedG’ving Vo cc ‘a the Smal Farmers and

Hooseho ders n the Zapai’zhye Oblast ‘ Theoo act yes of the pro’ect were to arrange c penneat rgs r three farming communiTes, toengage each of them in a needs assessmentprocess, and to have each common’tv estaf.I sh a work’ng group to cad their pursuit atmeeting these needs ‘n partnership with TS’eAand or other organ’zations. TSAA no r atfocused on the smal operat’ons becacsc if cyhave no state or national funding and there£ure hove ‘u work rr” rely uO 0 ros’ rC Ovary

has’s with farmers who can pay. These are bydefin’t’on the Forge Pgricultural EnterprisesLAE that ore the pr iota scctor iersior of the

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font to have the raion administration work’ngwith you, in order to ‘make things happen.’Meetings were held in the vil ages. Berny spokebr’efly about the agriculture ‘ndustry inSaskatchewan. Many of the issues foe ngSaskatchewan farmers are the same issues foe‘ng Ukrainian farmers, Also emphasized washow Saskatchewan farmers are workingtogether to address these concerns, Photoswere shown the relationship had been established. All partic’pants were asked to write onrecipe cards their five most pressing concerns,These were categorized and pasted on thewall. Par’t’cipants were then asked to vote onwhat they fe t were the three most pressingissues facing their farms households. Volunteers came forward who were willing to sit on aworking group that wou d take these mostorass’ng concerns to the TSAA or other organizations and to he p them develop extens’onpr grams that woo d meet these needs. Thefonctons and processes of a woreing groupwere explained to the ‘ndiv’doals. This was craw experience for mast part’cipants to haie

teir vo’ce recorded tc- see their vo’ce on theiol and bang able to see their vote recorded

was On ernpower’ng process.These work ng groups have been meeting

wPi tie TSAA and they have been ancooragedto a so seek he p elsewhere vihen they need oor are ab a. Somet’mes the necessary ski Is,veuwledge ur ‘ecHoloyy cores fror, Carudaand other ‘nternat’oral sources, but ideally,CU’VD wants to help local institutions acqo ath s inforriat on and bold their capac’ty toaddress ocal needs.

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COVER STORY

International Agriculture:Land Reclamation in EGYPT

Drainage Water Reuse for LandReclamation in Egyptby George Pearson PAg

Egypt is a notion of 70 million people, relying primarily on the Nile River as the source ofwoter for domestic consumption, industrial use,and food production. Egypt hos limited landoreo ond projections ore for shortages of waterin the future for food production. The Government of Egypt has embarked on a major initiative in the reuse of drainage water to increasethe amount of water available for irrigation.

I am involved as a Canadian Socia-Economic Consultant on the socio-economicaspects of a soil and water quality project inEgypt. In my role, I work with and advise asmall team of Egyptian socio-economic specialists as part of a larger multi-disciplinaryteam (Figure 1). The socio-economic team isresponsible for developir.g and implementingprocedures for monitoring changes in thesocio-economic conditions of farmers in threepilot areas in the northeastern area of the NileRiver Delta, about 40 km from Port Said and240 km from Cairo.

The farmers are settling land reclaimed byleaching salt from predominantly clay-loamsoils through reuse of low-quality irrigationdrainage water mixed with fresh water from theNile River via the El Salam Canal, which runsthrough the area. The Government of Egyptplans to reclaim and irrigate some 620,000feddans (one feddan is approximately equal toone acre) of new land in the El Husseinia Plainthat has high natural levels of soil salinity (the

land was long ago coveredby on extension of theMediterranean Sea).

The National WaterQuolity and AvailabilityManagement (NAWQAMjproject is a seven-year jointundertaking by the Government of Egypt through theMinistry of Water Resourcesand Irrigation (MWRI) aridthe Government of Canadathrough the CanadianInternational DevelopmentAgency (CIDA). The projectexecutin.g agencies are theNational Water Resec,rchCenter (NWRC) of theMWRI for Egypt arid forCanada, Agriculture aridAgri-Food Canada (MFC)through the Prairie FarmRehabilitation Administratian (FFRAj. Laurie Tollefson, PAg of the Canada-Saskatchewan Irrigation and Diversification Centre in Outlook, 5Kis the Canadian NAWQAM project manager.

Two long-term outcomes expected from theNAWQAM project are: 1) improved nationalpolicies far water resource management; and,2) integrated management and sustainable useof water within Egypt. The project consists offive components: 1) Component 1000National Water Quality Monitoring activities;2) Component 2000 National Water Availability Management activities; 3) Component3000 — Drainage V’Jater Reuse and Pilot

Schemes activities; 4) Component 4000 —

Information Communications activities; and, 5)Project Management and Information.

The project provides far 50cm-economicactivities under Component 3000. The purposes of conducting the activities are: to monitorsocM-economic changes of the pilot areafarmers over time, in conjunction withNAWQAM sponsored soil and water qualitymonitoring activities; and to provide advice onways of improving the social, economic, environmental and financial well being of the landholders and their families.

Shown here left, flgure I the Component 3000 Team Members Pictured centre, Ftgure 2, a small landholder harvestigwheat On the right, Figure 4, the leaching phase of land reclamation

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The chal enge of NAWQAM Component3000 is to determine through pilot studies andmonitoring of farmers’ fie ds how best to reusedrainoge water mixed w’th fresh water in amanner that ‘s sce for human health and theenvrronmen. Toe rnon;toring program collectsdata on soil a”d waer quality, and on thesoc ol and economic characteristics of thelandholders. The cata are used to help thefarmers better unders-and changes occurringduring leaching a—d zbat are best managernent practices fo reuse of drainage water.The NAWQAM project team holds workshopsregularly w th pilot area landholders and istesting and fina iz ng Operational Drainagev’Iater Reuse Gu’del’nes to guide Egyptianfarmers ‘r safe reuse of ow quality water forar d reclamation and irr’gation

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tiotve has several unique techn cal and socioeconomic features: 1 From a technca perspectve the scheme includes use of low qua1-‘ty water for irrigatror and the ‘nitial requirerr en’ to reduce soi1 salinity levels throughleach’ng ard other methods in order to realizethe inherent productivitj of the soil, 2) Theun cue soc’o ecorori c features are that the ElHusseinia P am cons’iiutes new and for ogrcc tura purposes prey ously the and was

non-arable andior used for fish farming), andthat ‘nvestors and graduates, primarily fromoutside the area are undertang settlementand development of the and.

The pilot areas, total’ng about 1500 feddans, consist of three d’stinc’ sccc-econorr iccategories, representing the tnee ma n categories of settlers on ‘-re new ands. Tire categories are: 1) young pemo-’o wi-n farmingexperience in other areas of the Deha mostlyvoth high school education Figure 2); 2)young persons with no farming experience, butwith university education in any field (not necessauly agriculture); and 3) o der investorswith previous farming business or professional experience. The Government of Egypt provides financial assistance and hous ng for theyoung farmers and graduates but investors usetheir own finonc’ol resources. The average s’zeof land holding of the young farmers is fivefeddans wh Ic the average size for investors isabout 100 feddans.

Included in the sonio econom’c studies ‘s“ompar son of the progress and challenges ofthe three categories of landholders in adopting ew so’l soter and cropping practices.The soc’o-ecc,nomi act v ties consist 0f abaseline study or the 1 998-99 crop year thenmonitoring surveys of selected soc o ecoro

ic parameters for each subsequent year up to2004-05 a total of seven years of data. AsCanadian consultant, I advise the socio-ecocomic team in developing the sample methodology for surveying landholders, developingquestionnaires for the baseline and monitoringsurveys, collecting, entering and analyzing thedata and preparing reports. The pilot-areabaseline study helped the sacio-econornicteam prepare recommendations to Government of Egypt agencies to improve credit andextension arrangements far farmers settling thenew lands.

Capacity building for socio-economicteam members occurred in Egypt and Canada. Dr. Suren Kulshreshtha, PAg, in theDepartment of Agricultural Economics, University of Saskatchewan instructed Egyptiansocio-ecanomic team members in statist’caland ana ytical methods (Figure 3).

Figure 4 illustrates land use conditions inthe pilot areas at the beginning of the four tofive-year leaching phase and Figure 5 illustrates land use after the eaching phase ar-rdnto the early cropping phase.

Figure 5 shows (right to left) the Canadicm Consultant George Pearson, PAg and theEgyptian socio-economic team leader (DrHamza El-Desukki) interviewing one o ‘hepilot-area investor landholders (Mr. HamedMeKawy( in February 2006. The landholderexplains that in 2000 this land grew nothing,i-rat even weeds, because of the high salt content of ti-re soil. By 2004 after four years ofleaching, tl-re wheat yield reached about 25bushels per acre. This year, he est’mates hiswheat in ti-re field behind will yield 60 bushelsper acre and in two years t’me, 2008 wily’eld 90 bushels per acre, approaching thegenet’c potential of the var’ety.

Wheat and herseem (Egyptian cover forlivestock feeding, in rotation, are two of therops grown during the winter season, while

rice is one of the main crops grown during thes n mer season Although Mr. Mekawy is alarger former in the area, F is situation ‘ ustrates the financial, econom’c ar-rd social valueof land reclamaton based on safe reuse ofdrainage water.

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George Pearson. PAg. is an agricultural

consultant who lives in Saskatoon.

H G H L G H T S

Agrologists in the News2006 AWARD Recipients

Honorary LifeMemberships

An SIA Honorary Life Membership is conferred out of respect and in recognition ofachievement in and service to the agriculturalindustry hut without the usual prerequisites,duties or obligations of membership.

The SIA was pleased to present MargaretSkinner with an Honorary Life Membership.Margaret is a strong community advocatewhose commitment to agriculture and ruralsustaiabilittiarrants this recognition Shebecame active in the Wilkie area after realizingrural communities were becaming victims oftheir own camplacency. Margaret, along withher husband Jim, and other members of theWilLie community had a vision to enhance theeconamic well being of Wilkie and area. As aresult of her efforts, West Central Pelleting Ltd.was barn in April 1996. The next 18 monthswas spent raising $800,000 through localinvestment. By 1999, West Central PelletingLtd. had completed its first year of operationwhich even included an expansion phase.Margaret has served on many boards and iscurrently Chair of the West Central Pelleting,Ltd. Board. She served as Economic Development Consultant of the Grainland EconomicDevelopment Authority (a body made up ofWilkie, Scott and the RMs of Redford and Buffalo). Margaret is also a member of the Advisory Board of Saskatchewan Agrivision Corpoation, Inc. Margaret’s success with West Cen

ral Pelleting Ltd was profiled as an example ofentrepreneurship in rural Saskatchewan in the2000 publication “Don’t Turn Out the lights”written by Al Scholz, PAg. Margaret Skinner,iermep wife and grandmother has been a drivnp force in rural economic development and is

o deserving recipient,SIA also presented Terry Pearse with

Honorary Lite Membership. Te’ry was born inT:sdale rind farmed n teat Northerst area acm

964 until 2001 . During the time, ne risc uaso con sultant for Ag Expert agricultural software.‘bore recen’ly, ne has ricer an insuranceoriiuster for Munici ai Hail. Terry has yrvedthe agricultural con.munity in. numerous ways.ae ms aeon a member of rhe Boa’d of Daemtars of the Saskatchewan Soil Conservation7ssoc’ahon end a Bom’d men-bar for the Con,ervci’ion Learning Centre near Pr:nce Albeb.

TerrE has been an active member of theSaskatchewan Winter Cereal Growers andWinter Cereals Canada (founding memberl,the Saskatchewan Canola Growers Associationand the Saskatchewan. Pulse Growers Association. Because of his efforts in soil conservation,Terry and his family were recognized with theSaskatchewan Soil Conservation AssociationFamily Farm Award. Terry and his wife Marilynnnow reside at Candle Lake where Terry continues to volunteer his time as a volunteer firefighter and is an active member of the CandleLake Seniors Club. Terry has always been willing to share his experiences and beliefs relatedto soil conservation. He and his family havebeen a guiding example for a number ofSaskatchewan producers attempting to put soilconservation into practice. Terry made directseeding work long before it was popular. Manyhave benefited from listening to Terry and hissoil conservation philosophy.

Outstanding YoungAgrologist Award

The Outstanding Young Agrologist Awardis presented to a young agrologist under theage of 40 who has provided outstanding service and made worthy contributions to the agrifood industry.

Kari Nicolas, PA9 has been an active member of the SIA since 1999 when she graduatedfrom the University of Saskatchewan. Kari wasraised in Duck Lake. She graduated from theCollege of Agriculture with a BSA mcijoring inEnvironmental Science. Upon graduation, Karijoined the Extension Division of the Universityof Sosimtchewan. She is currently tne Agricultural Programs Coordinator with the ExtensionDivision where she is responsible for a widerange of agricultural ‘oararns and e’,ents tha+ore offered to fEmers, agriculture industry persc.Tnel end uf’ofessionai. carciogists. She hasceen ;enf incoled tn the nationai programoffdred fhrough CropLife Canada (CertifiedCram Scien.:e C.ensi’ent Prrierem: end moerecently in the development of the Certificate inForensic A. robe’. f.ari has keen very active in

He CA servma on Arin’.. Covncil Sc.siraloon Branch Councilbor, where she was Chair

‘He 5, ,‘-f .. Motions Co ‘‘ee endrhed cboseiy with the students to promote

interest in the SIA and a connection with theInstitute. Also. Kari has helped deliver the Professionalism and Ethics Seminar for the Articling Agrobogists and Articling AgriculturalTechnologists. She is currently a member of theAdmissions Committee. Kari is also a rolemodel for lifelong learning, having taken theCertificate in Adult and Continuing Educationfrom the University of Saskatchewan end is currently completing her Masters in ContinuingEducation from the same Institution. Why KarlNicolas, PAg is deserving 0f this recognition ofthe Outstanding Young Agrologist Awaid canbe best summed up this way: Sonic of ourmembers join because they have to. Karibecame a member because she wanted to. Butnot only to be just a member; she wanted tocontribute. She is a professional not only inaction, but in heart. Ta do this at such a youngage shows 5cr commitment and passion thatwill carry her throughout the rest of her professional career.

DistinguishedAgrologist Awards

The Distinguished Agrologist Award is presented to a member cf SIA for professional distinction associated with an outstanding accomplishment in agriculture wfich is recognizedwithin the Province of Saskatchewan,

The SIA presented the Distinguished Agrologist Award to James Gorman, PAg. Jim graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in1978, majoring in agricultural economics, andjoined the SiA in 1 985. For over 25 years, Jimhas worked effectively in the area of agricultural financing, He is genuinely interested in h:sclients and their operations end strives to dowhat is best for them.. Jim is respected be bate.Hi5 clients and co-womers for Hs 1n.owledqe ofthe financing industry, of agriculture in general,end his sllnc,ness to. share infoneno.n. Jim’sLeen interest in the agriculture industry is evident to all who Cork with him. He is diligent inea to

‘“ a cc e a -eresearch’ and technology. In turn, his advicean.d incuS ore ofte” scuaht b his co.,vorke’a

beiieves tee imonOonoe of eriucatinafarmers and y.outh alike. He has organizedseminars for H. nJ:erts and encourages Stempioyer 10 s.uppcrt extension. activities offered

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to farmers. He s supportive of activities thateducate the youth about the agricultural indusmi. A strong promoter of the SIA, Jim has beeninvolved in the Yorkion Bronch for severalyears. He is prese’”iy serving as the Branch’sTreasurer. He nos e ci o number of amer positions on rho Eveciie, ond ‘las iolunteereo fortoe Hnsren g Coo lenge soansored bt theBranor Cer t”e toors, ‘e “as crgczeci seOOt ed, cotiano nents ‘or Ae men hers.

olsn oresc=’ed the D stincruisedogist ,v,orri to Bryan Harvey, PAg. Byor s C

nell Cno’nn ca e= cAnt breode’ ndcsc-cc tH0 cr5 re nonatiora ly, and r ter notional ly. Ho i ocer od hisBSrv ond ‘‘ degrees from tne Llnive’si’v ofSoskachooon and As PhD frem ice Urrivers tyof Colho a 4= Day s ‘ofos’ cf iris career sosbeen spurt or ftc University of Saskotcfewonwrere s research locused or the breedingand perches f s’o tog borey, dccc pirgmony c net es. He s espe a y hn or tor Horringtor molt j c riety that become thend Jstr\ srond no He os Feed rae Deportricer t ( np , er e onJ Plant Ecology ord,rectc, o tic Croo Dereloproont Centre. He‘as also fe Cmi u t ro Rene,jrnh Condi’rot yr

h - C e President Researh morate c s=c’chencr. —e has bee’ a

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irs’. e Corconr heat Bead, tht’ Coned anlntCnr=OOJ Groins sttuto, ‘se Cnrrcrd nnSeeo Gone’s Cssoc crton aria in tne tie d 0n

biodkers iv and biorechnology. Bryon hasserved the c Gerran as President of the CpAcuiturnl ins’’ut’ o Conodo and is cur cell,

Choir 4= the C Colleges ot nero JtureAmnredtO’cr Con tree. Fcr Fr s nor k andComm rmenr ft t e a Cure industry, Bryannas reneired numer us honou’s and awardsHe i o 0 f the rsgr cultural lrrstit te OF

Carodo t e Are non Soc ety of Agronomyned tm Cr p con c boc ety ot Crreri o He‘os re cued hor ( urs from the Soskot heiiomind Coned or Scee Crc ‘ie’ A.,sociot or Herecered He f S nor Roe ognri’cr. hv aidn 2005, Fe vies ouiorded ‘Fe bnskotchevier

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Food, frst in Estevan until 1985, and then until2004 in Swfi Current as an Extenson Agrologist. During +is kme, he served bom communites developing and organzing numerousextension events and training programs for therural community. Since 2004, Pat has beenwith Pro-Cert Organc Systems. Here he hasbeen iniolved in nspectino 150 organic farmsand various organic groin cleaning and process ng operations. Pat Gerwng has beenuctve in the SIA’s Southwest Branch as Presdent, servng on various committees and helping to agon ze previous SIA Annual Conferences that were held n Sv,iit Current. Withnthe agrculturol comr-unt, Pat has been astrong resource person to the 4-H movementand rum youth, agricu tura organ zations andADD Boards His superior computer and techology transfer sk Ils have proven to be invaluable to bs cI ents a”d fefat Agralogsts. isindeed a caring and responsible citizen. Hehas served his profession and commurrty tomake this world a befter place.

SIA also presented . withthe Distinguished Agrolagist Award. TheSaskatchewan Institute of Agrologists spleased to present the Dstingushed Agrologist Award to Craig Smith, PAg. Craig Smithwas born and raised in Hamiota Manitoba.He received hs degree in agriculture from theUniversi’v of Manitoba in 1976. For over 30yea’s, Craig has effectivey advised farmerson agrcultural endng. He has a strongknowledge of farm financial matters and isable to convey that to his many clients. Hisinterest in his clients and his desire to workwith them has earned him their resoect.Throughout his career with Farm Credt

Patncia Flaten. PAg,iPe or E-iet

Pat Platen, PAg was acclaimed asPresident-Elect at the SIA Annriaf Meetingin Yorkton on April 6, 2006. Pat is currently employed by SIAST where she isresponsible for develaptng various agricultural tra’ning programs.

She grew up on the family form nearWeybum and earned her Dip omo to Agr -

culTure, a 85A and a MSc in Soil Screncefrom the Uniiersty 0z Saseatchewan, Pathas worked for many d fferent organizatons in Saskatchewan incfudng theSaskatchewan Soi1 Conservation Association, the Conservakon Learning Centreand Ervrotest Labs and has beeninvaDed with he Sauthwest, Melfart alaSaskatoon branches of The S’A. Pat cillbecome Presider t o the SlA at ts 2007Anruoi ,Aeetirp Nar+ Bat4leford nexti,torcn.

Canada, Crag has been nvolved n mentornp and rainng iellow employees. Many of

the people he has trained over me years continue to seek his advice and expertise whenthey require assstarce. Crag has beendescdbed as a strong team player. Craig alsohas many computer skIls and these ne nasout to use in developing several of FCC’sriterrial programs, in turn, he Lms beenrespansib e for the tra ning of staff regardingthese programs. A strong promoter of the SIACraig has aeen invo yea in the YorktonBranch for aver 1 a years. He has served onthe Executive for several years, nas va uneered far the Einstein Ag Chc’lenge span

sored by she Branch, and has representea theBranch on Provincial Councl for a couple of‘erms. He is crIsp ache in the communitydevo+ing countless hours as a baseballumpire. He umpired mary pravincal andwestern Canadian champianshios, ‘ncludingthe 2004 Saskatchewan Summer Games.

Ag nc it Itu reEx all nc A ar

The SA recognized the- caor-rr c.’ -t

a - o with the Agriculture ExcellenceAward (AGEX) for 2006. The AGEX Award isnresented to argan’zations, agencies oragribusiness in recognition of outstandingcontribution to agr’culture by prav’ding professional services of agro’agists and agrcuhuraitecnnalagsts. The Saskatchewan Departmentof Agricu ture and Food SAP> has been astrong supporter of the SIA snce the inceptionof the Institute in 1946. Agralagists, who havebeen employed by SAb have made s gnificantcontributions to agriculture n Saskatchewanand ma the profession. Department staff haieserved an Provincal Caunci , the ndiidua’branches, on various SIA Comr- bees ard atse national level with tne Agricu’.acr s’uteof Canada. There nave been Presden’s o tneSIA and the AIC who haie been SF emplofees A ‘-umber of agrologists i1-o ..,ereemp1oyed by SiP ‘-u/c rece ied notional andoroiincial awards for the’ services to aprtue The Sriskarchev,an Dec artment o r0ccul’re .:on’,’ies tc oe the a pest en 0 0,’ 0

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Those wha successfully completed theProfessionalism and Ethics Seminar andexamination on March 18, 2006 are:

Allen Altwasser, MgTwyla Armstrong, MgAmy Arthur, MgTomas Arthur, MgNicole Baillargeon, MgHeather Boensch, MgMarkus Breitkreuz, AA9Joel Brimacombe, MgJennifer Bromm, MgScott Chalmers, MgRolamohan C’a”sdHasekaron, MgAmy Dahlen, MTMindy Doud, MgMichelle Friday. MgDan Hawkins, MgHarvey Joel, MTShelanne Wiles Langley, MgTrevor Mandziak, MgKylie McRae, MgBrian Rugg, MgRyan Saufert, MgTracy Wicksirom, Mg

Soskatcheoan Agralagistwas presented with the Outstanding

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