Agriculture

Alberta producers vote heavily in favour of amalgamated commission

Producers in the province have voted heavily in favor of amalgamating the Alberta Wheat Commission and Alberta Barley. The two plebiscites saw 89 per cent of wheat farmers and 88 per cent of barley fa...

Nov 02, 2022

Below-average yields for some Peace Region farmers in this year's harvest

A Sexsmith farmer who also serves as chair of the Alberta Wheat Commission says yields for this year's harvest were down from average.Greg Sears adds at the same time people are happy with how things ...

Oct 28, 2022

Sexsmith farm family saluted by the County of Grande Prairie

The Balderston Family from Sexsmith has been given a 100 Years of Farming Heritage Homestead Award by the County of Grande Prairie.Five generations have farmed the land that was the homestead in 1912 ...

Oct 27, 2022

Horse-drawn wagon rides returning to Northern Spirit light show

The Peace Draft Horse Club says in a Facebook post that there will be horse-drawn wagon rides at this year's Northern Spirit Light Show.Provincial COVID regulations meant the wagon rides could not be ...

Oct 27, 2022

AWG chair urging farmers to take part in amalgamation vote

The Chair of the Alberta Wheat Commission is urging farmers to cast a ballot in an amalgamation vote.The Commission and Alberta Barley are holding a plebiscite on the two organizations officially merg...

Oct 25, 2022

NWP gets $1 million grant for regenerative agriculture research project

Grande Prairie, AB - Northwestern Polytechnic has been given a federal grant worth $1 million over five years for a regenerative agriculture research project.It will be led by the National Bee Diagnos...

Oct 14, 2022

ABP looking for Peace Country ranchers for a living labs research project

Grande Prairie, AB - Alberta Beef Producers is looking for ranchers from the Peace Country to take part in its living labs research project.Living labs include producer expertise and ABP wants to look...

Oct 13, 2022

Regulator will not review decision on Pigeon Lake feedlot proposal

An Alberta regulator says it won't review its decision to reject a proposed cattle feedlot near a popular recreational lake. The Natural Resources Conservation Board says all issues surrounding the pr...

Oct 06, 2022

Harvest to be finished earlier than normal in Peace region

The Alberta crop report has been released for the last week of September. AFSC says the Peace region is behind most of the province for harvest, with only 81.1 per cent of major crops off as of Septem...

Oct 03, 2022

Frost advisories out, 47 mm of rain over the weekend!

Environment Canada has issued frost advisories for all the forecast areas in the Peace Country.The weather office is predicting a low of -1 for low-lying areas, and +1 elsewhere.It adds patchy frost d...

Sep 20, 2022