CHINOOK, Alta. — Growing grain in the heart of Alberta’s special areas is not a game for the faint of heart. With an annual average rainfall of about 200 millimetres, the hilltops in some areas are as adept at producing cactii as they are at producing wheat. But if you ask cereal and oilseed producer Charles Schmidt, there is no better place in Alberta to grow a crop. In an average year, yields are relatively low but so are production costs and land prices. And if the land is managed properly, the only wild card left is the weather. “This is the land...MORE