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Vahalla producer and Grain Growers of Canada Chair Andre Harpe was among the speakers at the 15th Growing the North Conference at Evergreen Park on Thursday.Harpe spoke on the challenges the agricultu...
Feb 24, 2024
The Municipal District of Greenview and the Greenview Agricultural Service Board want to address some of the agricultural challenges they faced in 2023 and why certain steps were not taken.A challengi...
Feb 23, 2024
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says its farm income forecasts shows that despite challenges like drought, it looks like overall farm income went up in 2023.The federal ministry says Net Cash Income ...
Feb 16, 2024
The province is celebrating individuals in the agriculture industry.Nominations are open for the 2024 Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame.It honours those who have advanced the province's agriculture ind...
Feb 15, 2024
Canada's agriculture industry will have a domestic labour gap of more than 100,000 jobs by 2030, according to a new report.The Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council said the forecast represents...
Feb 15, 2024
KELOWNA, B.C. - A new report says British Columbia's wine industry is anticipating "catastrophic crop losses" of up to 99 per cent of typical grape production due to January's intense cold snap. A Feb...
Curtis Galbraith Feb 15, 2024
The president of the group representing British Columbia cherry growers says this season will be the most challenging in their lifetimes after a cold snap swept over the province last month. In a stat...
Curtis Galbraith Feb 14, 2024
Saddle Hills County residents are invited to attend a webinar set for mid-April centred around invasive plant management.The webinar is being organized as a partnership between the County's Agricultur...
Feb 12, 2024
The federal government is giving over $11 million to Pulse Canada for research.The government says in a news release the money, a total of $11,017,979, is for work on reducing nitrogen fertilizer use,...
Feb 12, 2024
Alberta Canola says canola producers are eligible for a 12.49 per cent Scientific Research and Experimental tax credit for the 2023 tax year.Farmers pay a service charge and can get this credit for an...
Feb 09, 2024