Category Archives: Agriculture
Saturday marks Ag. Societies Day in Alberta
Agricultural societies around Alberta are being saluted this weekend. Saturday, September 21 will mark Alberta Agricultural Societies Day. There are 292 of these groups across the province that organi...
Sep 20, 2024
Provincial government looking for new members for Alberta Agricultural Marketing Council
The Alberta government is looking for three people to fill upcoming vacancies on the Alberta Agricultural Products Marketing Council.A job posting on the government's website says the council usually ...
Sep 19, 2024
CFIA recommends against showing cattle in the U.S.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it is advising against Canadian farmers and ranchers taking cattle to the U.S. for shows.The federal government agency says this is because of outbreaks of hig...
Sep 19, 2024
Alberta Grains contributing to Cereals Canada project
Alberta Grains says it is contributing just over $4.3 million as its share of funding for the Global Agricultural Technology Exchange, GATE for short.A release from the organization says GATE is meant...
Sep 18, 2024
Harvest completion still ahead of five and 10-year averages says Alberta Agriculture
The September 10 crop report from Alberta Agriculture says 36.8 per cent of the crop in the Peace had been harvested as of that date.The five-year average for September 10 is 14.0 per cent and the 10-...
Sep 17, 2024
Above normal temperatures, near normal precipitation for the Peace says new Fall Forecast from Weather Network
The Weather Network has unveiled its new Fall Forecast.It is calling for above normal temperatures for the Peace, the same as in all of Alberta and the eastern part of British Columbia.Near normal pre...
Sep 11, 2024
Harvest completion ahead of historical averages in the Peace says provincial crop report
Harvest progress in the Peace was well ahead of the five-and-ten year averages as of early September, according to the most recent Alberta crop report.The report from AFSC dated September 3 says harve...
Sep 11, 2024
Springbrook flour mill approved for agri-processing tax credit
P&H Milling Group has qualified for the province's Agri-Processing Investment Tax Credit program, spurring the development of a wheat flour mill in the hamlet of Springbrook in Red Deer County.The...
Sep 06, 2024
GGC chair frustrated over anti-dumping probe by China over canola sales
Grain Growers of Canada chair and Valhalla farmer Andre Harpe says he feels frustration over recent news of an anti -dumping probe by China over canola sales."It wasn't too many weeks ago that we were...
Sep 05, 2024
Canadian canola industry could take $1B hit in wake of Chinese trade actions: Report
An international credit rating agency says Canada's canola industry could take a $1-billion hit in the wake of new Chinese trade actions.Morningstar DBRS says China's plan to launch an anti-dumping in...
Sep 05, 2024