Category Archives: Agriculture

Good times for beef business as Northern Classic Bull Sale on Friday at Peace Country Classic Agri-Show
One of the producers selling livestock at the Northern Classic Bull sale Friday at the Peace Country Classic Agri-Show says things are good in the cattle business right now. Jason McQuaig says it is "...
Mar 07, 2025

Peace Country Classic Agri-Show gets underway Thursday
Thursday March 6, is Day 1 of the 39th Peace Country Classic Agri-Show at Evergreen Park. President Jason Anderson says the exhibit space for the trade show sold out and there is a waiting list. "With...
Mar 06, 2025

Disrupting the Peace: On a B.C. ranch, fracking earthquakes rattle a way of life
Bo Hedges' parents have lived on their ranch north of Fort St. John, B.C., for close to 50 years, running the Dead Horse Creek Cattle Company on the property where a natural spring bubbles up near the...
Mar 04, 2025

Nine beef research projects to share $6 million in funding
Results Driver Agriculture Research, Alberta Beef Producers and the Beef Cattle Research Council say that $6 million will go into beef research projects in Alberta.Nine projects will get funding. The ...
Feb 21, 2025

Local ag. society wins provincial award
The Grande Prairie Regional Agricultural and Exhibition Society has earned a provincial award.They are one of four winners of the Alberta Agricultural Societies Innovation Awards.The Grande Prairie or...
Feb 14, 2025

New farm crisis line now available
The National Farmer Wellness Network Crisis Line is now available to producers who may be struggling with their mental health.The initiative from the Canadian Centre for Agricultural Wellbeing officia...
Feb 12, 2025

Forks up for Canada's Agriculture Day February 11
February 11 is Canada's Agriculture Day.People are being asked to "raise your forks and make some noise" for the ones that work so we can all have good food and for the contributions agriculture makes...
Feb 11, 2025

Saputo CEO doesn’t see supply management at risk in trade talks
Saputo president and CEO Carl Colizza says he doesn't think Canada's dairy supply management system will be up for negotiation despite the tense trade talks with the U.S."I think we've heard now two m...
Feb 07, 2025

2024 edition of Alberta Open Farm Days breaks attendance record
Organizers with Alberta Open Farm Days say attendance broke a record in 2024. They say Open Farm Days attracted 52,000 visitors in 2024 compared to 36,000 in 2023."We were very excited about Alberta O...
Jan 30, 2025

More organizations get funding from On-Farm Climate Action Fund
The federal government says another 13 organizations will share $300 million from its On-Farm Climate Action Fund.Alberta-based Results Driven Agriculture Research is getting over $60 million to, as i...
Jan 29, 2025