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Article content Hannah Konschuh, a grain farmer growing wheat, canola, barley and yellow peas in Albertaâs Wheatland County, has been fighting with oil and gas companies that either havenât paid or are aggressively trying to reduce their leases for the wells that dot her land. Sheâs not alone. Further south toward Medicine Hat, Ron Huvenaars, a farmer growing barley, wheat and quinoa, and who is also president of the Alberta Surface Rights Federation, says heâs been helping a growing number of Alberta farmers deal with energy companies looking to cut costs by withholding payments to farmers. ....