Agriculture in the Peace Country

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Agriculture in the Peace Country
Stefan Meyer
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Alpha To the Peace Country

• Geographical Information
• History
• Landmarks
• Climate
• Agriculture and the Peace
• Lets go farming

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Geographical Information

• Prairie land around the Peace River
• Northwestern Alberta to the Rocky Mountains in
  northeastern British Columbia
• Grande Prairie to Fort St. John to Chetwynd to
  Valleyview to Rainbow Lake
• 100,000 miles² to 150,000 miles²
• Leppard (January 1935)

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History

• Sir Alexander MacKenzie in 1789
• Peace River to Mackenzie River to Arctic Ocean
  and then Pacific Ocean
• Fur Trade
• Difficult travel Muskeg
• Railway in 1916
• Oil and Gas 1952

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Famous Landmarks
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The Peace River
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Rarities of the Peace

• Most Northern Latitudes of Agriculture in the
  World
• Summer Up to 22 hours Sunlight
• Winter Less than 6 hours sunlight
• Transportation Issues
• Train, Truck, Bus, Car
• Lack of People
• Approximately 300,000 people
• Alienation

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Alberta Frost Free Days PC 105 to 115
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Alberta Temperatures Jan and July
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Alberta Elevation and Annual Precipitation
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The Foundation of Civilization
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Threshold Temperatures

• Wheat 0.0
• General plant growth 5.0
• Canola 5.0
• Cabbage maggot 6.0
• Potatoes 7.0
• Corn and beans 10.0
• General insect development 15.0
• Adapted from Ash et al., 1999. Agricultural
  Climate of Manitoba and Cao and Moss, 1989.
  Temperature Effect on Leaf Emergence and
  Phyllochron in Wheat and Barley

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Seeding
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Germination and Growth
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Spike Development
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Senescence
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Harvest
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Omega Lets go Farming

• Severe Winter Climate
• Abundance of Water
• Cheap Land 85,000 to 130,000 per quarter
• Rapid Economic Activity
• Wheat is at 4.00/bushel
• Canola at 8.00
• Straw Berry and Potato Production

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QuestionsMore Information at www.ualberta.ca/sjm
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Bibliography

• Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development,
  1997. Agriculture in Alberta, Crop Production.
  Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development.
• Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development,
  in preparation. Beneficial Management Practices
  Environmental Manual for Crop Producers in
  Alberta. Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural
  Development.
• Adapted from Ash et al., 1999. Agricultural
  Climate of Manitoba and Cao and Moss, 1989.
  Temperature Effect on Leaf Emergence and
  Phyllochron in Wheat and Barley
• Discover the Peace Country. Peace Country Map.
  Retrieved on 2006-01-07.