Agriculture

Local sunflower seeds being sold to benefit Ukrainian refugee families

Grande Prairie producer Ken Drysdale of Kendal Farms now has the seeds from his scenic sunflower field in 2022 on the shelves of local businesses, with all proceeds going to settled Ukrainians that fl...

Jan 12, 2023

County of Grande Prairie looking for Farm Family of the Year nominees

The County of Grande Prairie is looking for nominations for this year's Farm Family of the Year Award.The deadline for nominations has been extended to January 30.The County says in a release that the...

Jan 10, 2023

Peace Country Beef Congress set for Friday and Saturday

The Peace Country Beef Congress is back for 2023 after not being held the last two years.This year's edition will go Friday and Saturday at Evergreen ParkCongress President Colby Klassen says organize...

Jan 05, 2023

Grande Prairie RCMP investigating shooting death of a horse

Grande Prairie RCMP say they are investigating after a horse was found shot to deathPolice say they got a report at around 9:20 pm on December 13 that horse had been found dead by its owner in the are...

Dec 21, 2022

People being encouraged to shop local places this Christmas

The CEO of the Alberta Association of Agricultural Societies and Alberta Open Farm Days is encouraging people to shop locally this Christmas.Tim Carson wants people to check things like farmer's marke...

Dec 18, 2022

Registration open for Alberta Open Farm Days hosts

Registration is now open for any operations that want to be host farms for the 2023 edition of Alberta Open Farm Days.The annual event where people can go to host farms and see how they operate and, m...

Dec 13, 2022

Local sunflower field harvested in snow, profit to go to Ukrainian refugees

It's not every day a combine is in the field in the midst of December in the Peace Country, but Kendal Farms Ltd. has taken their sunflower crop off later than usual thanks to the heatwave during the ...

Dec 09, 2022

Info sessions planned regarding Livestock Emergency Response plan

After being approved by council earlier this month, the County of Grande Prairie has a pair of events this week to unveil details about their Livestock Emergency Response Plan. The sessions are set fo...

Nov 27, 2022

Provincial award for Bezanson Agricultural Society

The Bezanson Agricultural Society has been given a provincial award.It was given an Innovation Award at the local office of Grande Prairie-Wapiti MLA Travis Toews on Friday.The award recognizes the th...

Nov 23, 2022

Century Farm and Ranch Award to Valhalla Tofteland family

A Valhalla area farm family has been given an award by the province.GP Wapiti MLA Travis Toews recently presented a Century Farm and Ranch Award to the Tofteland family.They have farmed the same land ...

Nov 10, 2022