Agriculture

Tonnes of baler twine, grain bag plastic being recycled

Cleanfarms is claiming its work to recycle agricultural plastics has resulted in tonnes of material being collected.It says through the end of last year, farmers had brought in almost 2,270 tonnes of ...

Apr 03, 2023

FarmCash advances now available

Farmers in the four western provinces can now receive their FarmCash advances.The program gives low-interest loans of up to $ 1 million with the first $ 250,000 interest-free. If the federal budget pa...

Apr 03, 2023

Tonnes of baler twine, grain bag plastic being recycled

Cleanfarms says its work to recycle agricultural plastics has resulted in tonnes of material being collected.It says through the end of last year, farmers had brought in almost 2270 tonnes of grain ba...

Apr 03, 2023

NWP-based bee research project receives funding from farm groups

One project, based in the Peace, is among 39 new research ideas in agriculture getting funding from the Agriculture Funding Consortium.Northwestern Polytechnic is getting $174,944 from this group to l...

Mar 29, 2023

Feds and province launch new Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership in April

A new $508 million funding partnership between the federal and provincial governments is set to replace the expiring CAP.The Sustainable Canadian Partnership will have funding over the next five years...

Mar 28, 2023

UFA paying out record patronage dividend

UFA has announced what it is calling a historic patronage dividend.The company says it is giving a total of $28 million back to its members.UFA says this is the sixth straight year it has given a patr...

Mar 22, 2023

Minister Horner denies "inaccurate claims" by NDP on crop insurance premiums raising 60 per cent

The Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation Nate Horner says claims made by the Alberta NDP regarding insurance premiums for crops on March 3 are inaccurate. Horner says the opposition stated that ther...

Mar 14, 2023

Some encouraging signs for farming and ranching says Toews

Grande Prairie -Wapiti MLA Travis Toews says farming remains "a high-cost environment."Toews says it welcomes news that prices for fuel and fertilizer are coming down."Commodity prices are also high. ...

Mar 10, 2023

Minister Horner denies "inaccurate claims" by NDP on crop insurance premiums raising 60%

The Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation Nate Horner says claims made by the Alberta NDP regarding insurance premiums for crops on March 3 are inaccurate. Horner says the opposition stated that ther...

Mar 09, 2023

Peace Country Classic Agri-Show goes Thursday through Saturday

People in the agriculture sector from all over the Peace will be at Evergreen Park for the 37th Foster's Peace Country Classic Agri-Show.It will start Thursday and run through Saturday.President Jason...

Mar 09, 2023