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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Financial Support
Direct financial assistance to conduct the survey was provided by:
Alberta Crop Industry Development Fund
Alberta Canola Growers Commission
Alberta Pulse Growers Commission
and by the following herbicide manufacturers and distributors:
Arysta Life Science North America LLC
BASF Canada Inc
Bayer Crop Science
Dow AgroSciences
E.I. duPont Canada Company
Monsanto Canada Inc
Nufarm Agriculture Inc.
In-Kind Support
The 2009 weed survey in major irrigated crops in Alberta was a product of the hard work, support, and
encouragement of many people. The project was a collaborative endeavour of Alberta Agriculture and Rural
Development (AARD) and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC). More than 20 people from these two
organizations contributed to the project.
We want to thank the following people with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Saskatoon for facilitating the
expeditious summary of the survey results: Tyler Kuzma, Kara Deshaies and Stephanie Kelsey (data entry).
This project would not have been possible without the dedication of the many Agricultural Fieldmen, Assistant
Agricultural Fieldmen, Weed Inspectors and summer staff within each of the counties surveyed. In particular we
would like to thank the following Agricultural Fieldmen for agreeing to carry out this survey within their respective
counties or municipal districts:
County/MD
Ag Fieldmen
Surveyors
Cardston
Rod Foggin
Sarah Cook
Cypress
Chris Neeser
Forty Mile
Dave Matz
Blair Seward
Lethbridge
Don Bodner
Don Bodnar, Dwayne Rogness, Eli Calmar
Newell
Todd Green
Andrew Lester, Elan Jalbert
Taber
Jon Hood
Doug Jensen, Jared Pierson, Jason Bullock, Pete Hudson
Vulcan
Kelly Malmberg
Avery Brigden, Chris Neeser
Warner
James Meeks
Roberta Lindenen
Wheatland
Russel Muenchrat
Ron Bartholow, Sarah Schumacher
Willow Creek
Ron MacKay
Oscar Anderson
Rocky View
Tim Dietzler
Bowen Clausen
Producer Support
It is with special pleasure that we acknowledge the contribution made by 571 producers who agreed to co-operate in
the project by permitting survey staff to count weeds in their fields.
Julia Y. Leeson, Chris Neeser, Nicole Kimmel and Maureen Vadnais