Agriculture

Some Peace Region ranchers may have to sell herds because of drought-caused feed shortage

A Beaverlodge rancher who sits on the Alberta Beef Producers Board of Directors says feed supplies have been "stretched very thin" after the drought.Mike Nadeau says some ranchers may have to sell the...

Nov 28, 2021

ABP looking at why meat prices are going up while cattle prices are going down

Alberta Beef Producers says it is worried about what it terms "a growing disparity in the supply chain."In other words, beef prices for consumers are going up while the prices ranchers are paid for th...

Nov 25, 2021

Calf prices down this fall

Prices are down during this year's calf run.Beaverlodge rancher and Alberta Beef Producers board member Mike Nadeau says there has been a gradual decline this fall."Largely due to the challenging feed...

Nov 24, 2021

Alberta issues last crop report of year, over 95 per cent of Peace region harvest completed

Alberta has issued its final provincial crop report for this year.It says 95.4 per cent of the Peace Region crop had been combined by October 12. The five-year average is 65.2 per cent, the 10-year av...

Oct 19, 2021

Harvest wrapping up at some Peace Country farms

Some farmers in the Peace Country are wrapping up harvest.Valhalla producer and Grain Growers of Canada chair Andre Harpe, says it looks like people are into the last few days of combining after good ...

Oct 15, 2021

Alberta RCMP warning of hay selling scam

Alberta RCMP have sent out a warning about online scams for selling hay.This involves scammers listing hay for sale on places such as social media and demanding payment before the hay is delivered, or...

Oct 14, 2021

Nearly 90 per cent of Peace Region crop combined

The province's crop report dated October 5 says 87.8 per cent of the Peace Region crop had been combined as of that date. The report was compiled before the rain earlier this week.Environment Canada s...

Oct 08, 2021

Peace Region harvest more than half done

The September 21 crop report from the province says 56.9 per cent of the Peace Region crop had been combined as of that date.That compares to 44.3 per cent in the September 14 report.The five-year ave...

Sep 28, 2021

Peace Region farmers making progress on harvest

The province's September 14 crop report says 44.3 per cent of the crop in the Peace Country had been combined as of that date.That compares to the 23.4 per cent reported in the September 7 report.The ...

Sep 23, 2021

Dreeshen says province doing "everything it can to help farmers"

Alberta Agriculture Minister Devin Dreeshen said during a visit to Grande Prairie last Wednesday that only about 20 per cent of the Alberta crop is in good shape because of the drought."It's obviously...

Aug 16, 2021