Agriculture

Genomics project given over $2 million by RDAR

A genomics research and commercial organization based at the University of Alberta has been given $2.2 million by Results Driven Agriculture Research.A release from RDAR says the money for Livestock G...

Jun 07, 2024

Ranchers turn to top Alberta court in hopes of blocking Rockies open-pit coal mine

A group of southern Alberta ranchers are turning to the province's top court in a final bid to block applications for coal exploration in the Rocky Mountains.Ron Davis, reeve of the Municipal District...

Jun 05, 2024

Federal Conservatives attack Liberal government after cut to 4-H Canada funding

Federal Conservatives have been blasting the federal government after a funding cut to 4-H Canada.Grande Prairie-Mackenzie M.P. Chris Warkentin says the government reduced the group's funding from $1 ...

Jun 05, 2024

More than 86 per cent of the Peace Region crop seeded says Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation

The latest Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation crop report, dated May 28, says 86.2 per cent of major crops had been seeded in the Peace, ahead of the five year average and provincial average.Showers a...

Jun 04, 2024

Minister of Agriculture RJ Sigurdson to attend Alberta Enterprise Group event at Evergreen park June 10

The Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation will be in the County of Grande Prairie next week to attend a networking event for local businesses.RJ Sigurdson will be the keynote speaker at the Alberta E...

Jun 04, 2024

Two new members join AFSC board

Two new members, Ron Greidanus and Shelley Vandenberg, have joined the Agricultural Financial Service Corporation's (AFSC) board of directors.AFSC offers insurance and lending programs to rural and ag...

May 31, 2024

NFU calls on federal cabinet to stop proposed sale of Viterra to Bunge

The National Farmers Union says in an op-ed piece that; "it is not possible to mitigate the negative impacts" if Bunge is allowed to buy Viterra.The NFU is calling on the federal cabinet to not approv...

May 31, 2024

Dairy Innovation West (milk) shakes up western market

Currently undergoing construction, Dairy Innovation West (DIW), a milk processing facility, is poised to make groundbreaking impacts to the transportation and environmental footprint of the dairy indu...

May 28, 2024

Seeding in the Peace still ahead of the five-year average

The most recent crop report from Alberta Agriculture says that just over 70 per cent of the crop in the Peace had been seeded as of May 21.The five-year average for that time of year is just under 44 ...

May 28, 2024

Majority of Canadians in favour of more carbon tax exemptions for farmers

According to a recent online survey done by Leger, the majority of Canadians are in support of giving farmers a break when it comes to carbon taxes. The poll that was done from May 17-19 found that fr...

May 28, 2024