Agriculture

Peace Region celebrating World Water Day

March 22 is World Water Day.The theme this year is "Groundwater - Making the Invisible Visible."Adam Norris with the Mighty Peace Watershed Alliance says people don't often think about groundwater unl...

Mar 22, 2022

Toews optimistic about agriculture's future

Grande Prairie-Wapiti MLA and Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews says farmers and ranchers are hopeful for a normal weather pattern this year."We're hoping for enough rain up here (but) not too muc...

Mar 20, 2022

Evergreen Park officials pleased with latest edition of the Agri-Show

Evergreen Park officials are calling the most recent edition of the Foster's Peace Country Classic Agri-Show a success.General Manager Dan Gorman says they are "very, very pleased" with how the show t...

Mar 15, 2022

March 13-19 marks Canadian Agricultural Safety Week

This week is Agricultural Safety Week across Canada.The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association is calling on farmers, ranchers, hired hands and others involved in agriculture to create farm safety p...

Mar 14, 2022

Bull sale, Farm Family of the Year tribute to highlight Friday at the Agri-Show

The Northern Classic Bull Sale will be among the highlights on a busy Day 3 Friday at the Foster's Peace Country Classic Agri-Show.JayDawn Farms and Willow Creek Simmentals will have 68 head on offer ...

Mar 11, 2022

Agri-Show organizers glad to be back

Organizers at the 36th Foster's Peace Country Classic Agri-Show are glad to be back after being shut down for two years.The 2020 edition was cancelled after Day 1, and there was no show at all last ye...

Mar 10, 2022

Agri-Show returns to Evergreen Park

March 9 is the first day of the Foster's Peace Country Classic Agri-Show.It runs through Saturday, March 12.The show was not held at all last year and cancelled after the first day in 2020 because of ...

Mar 09, 2022

GGC chair welcomes Canada joining Sustainable Productivity Growth Coalition

Grain Growers of Canada is welcoming a decision from the federal government to join the Sustainable Productivity Growth Coalition.Nineteen countries are now part of the group started by the US, as are...

Mar 06, 2022

GGC President expects Russian invasion of Ukraine to push up grain prices but "not in the way we wanted"

The chair of the Grain Growers of Canada says he "can't imagine" what is going on in the countryside in Ukraine.Valhalla farmer Andre Harpe says this will impact world markets, both on the supply side...

Mar 03, 2022

Wildfire season starts March 1

March 1 marks the start of wildfire season in Alberta.Grande Prairie Forest Area wildfire information officer Kelly Burke says this means permits are now required for burning."That is residential burn...

Mar 01, 2022