Alberta Canola says applications are open for its Walter Paszkowski Farm Leadership Award. One canola farmer in Alberta will be given $5000 bursary to participate in the National Farm Leadership Program for 2025.It is meant to develop leaders and is meant to fit into what a release from Alberta Canola calls a "hec...

AFSC has a bunch of deadlines coming up by the end of the year.December 20 is the last day to submit requests for loan disbursements.The last day to buy livestock price insurance is December 19 while December 23 is the last day to request a claim. Online requests for revolving loan funding must be in by 6 a.m. on Chris...

A Grande Prairie man recently received a lot of attention for being the oldest competitor at a competition at Regina's Canadian Western Agribition.Gordon Frentz is 82. He wound up finishing third in Agribition's chore team competition."How I came to want to go there is I've been watching it on YouTube for the last...

The Northern Women in Ag. Conference will take place February 20 and 21 in Fairview at the Dunvegan Inn & Suites.Its theme is "Empowering Women in Agriculture Through Education and Support."Events will include a calving clinic at Northwestern Polytechnic and a marketing workshop.There are also four differ...

Farm Credit Canada has given out grants of up to $500 to 4-H clubs across Canada.The money comes from the FCC 4-H Club Fund.Of the 48 clubs in Alberta getting funding, three are located in northwestern Alberta.They are the Beaverlodge 4-H Club, the Prairie Rose 4-H Club in Valleyview and the Big River 4-H Club in La Cr...

Canola farmers and industry officials will gather in Red Deer in January for two events.The Alberta Canola Conference and AGM is set for January 22 while the Research Symposium will be held on January 23.The conference will feature various guest speakers from the Canola Council of Canada and other groups. The 35th annu...

Cleanfarms and the Agricultural Plastics Recycling Group have launched what they are calling `The Great Twine Round-Up'It offers cash prizes to 4-H members and individuals.They can pick up bags, fill them with twine, and drop off that twine for recycling.This will run until the end of May. There are several landfill tr...

Alberta Grains has named its new board of directors.Greg Sears of Sexsmith and Tasha Alexander of Brownvale will represent Region 6, which takes in the Peace Country. Both were on the first-ever board for Alberta Grains which was named in February. Austin Vavrek of Sexsmith and Jesse Meyer of Rycroft will serve as dele...

The Peace Country Beef and Forage Association will hold its annual general meeting Saturday, November 30 at the Chateau Nova Hotel in Peace River.Networking starts at 3:30 p.m., followed by the meeting and awards at 4:30 and supper at 5:30. There will be a presentation at 7:30 p.m. from the keynote speaker, rodeo annou...

Three 4-H Alberta programs are splitting over $730,000 in joint funding from the provincial and federal governments.The money going to the Intro to 4-H, Agriculture and Mental Health Workshop, and the Senior Spring Symposium will be spread over five years.Intro to 4-H is meant to build connections between city and coun...

Member companies of the Canadian Crop Hail Insurance Association (CCHA) paid out $230 million to Western Canadian grain farmers.With coverage in place, damaging storms resulted in nearly 11,000 claims this year.CCHA president Scott McQueen said with strong crop pricing to start the year and high input costs, producers ...

Alberta Canola is holding a Grower Engagement Meeting December 11 in Grande Prairie.The organization calls this a chance for producers to give feedback to the directors and staff of Alberta Canola.It adds there will be discussions about advocacy work and research.There will also be several guest speakers from the Canol...

The Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance says it approves of a proposed Senate amendment to a piece of trade legislation.Bill C-282 is meant to protect supply-managed sectors in future trade negotiations by barring any raising of quotas or lowering of tariffs for these industries.The alliance says in a release that it sup...

The heat has been turned up on two Canadian frozen-potato giants who have been named in separate price-fixing lawsuits south of the border.McCain Foods Ltd. and Cavendish Farms are among those accused of being part of a "potato cartel," conspiring with other large processors by sharing pricing data in an effo...

A pair of farming families in the County of Grande Prairie area were recognized at Tuesday's County Council meeting.Councillors Chrenek, Harris, and Rosvold presented the 100 Years of Farming Awards to the Lock and Richards families to highlight their dedication and resilience in helping shape the County.The Lock Famil...

Saddle Hills County has launched an agriculture events survey to learn what kind of ag events their residents would like to see.Previous events held by the County covered topics like tree care, invasive species management, and wildfire preparedness.Click here to take the survey.