Agriculture

Clubroot spreading in the MD of Greenview

The canola disease clubroot is spreading in the MD of Greenview.Recent testing turned up 16 new fields with the infection, all of them west of DeBolt.The disease was first found in some fields near Su...

Oct 30, 2019 Photo credit: Lesley L. on Flickr

Crop update from Alberta Agriculture: combining 53 per cent complete

More rain and snow is not what farmers in the Peace wanted to see. The latest crop report from Alberta Agriculture, dated October 22, says close to 53 per cent of the crop is now in, compared to 49.5 ...

Oct 25, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

Local ABP delegate wants the organization to do more to stick up for ranchers

One local Alberta Beef Producers delegate wants his own organization to fight back.Fairview rancher John McArthur says ranchers have been asking about fast food chains promoting plant-based foods."The...

Oct 25, 2019 Photo by Muriel Lasure from www.dreamstime.com

Hubert to continue as Saddle Hills County Reeve

Saddle Hills County will have the same Reeve and Deputy Reeve for the coming year.Ward 2 Councillor Alvin Hubert was picked for another term as Reeve by Saddle Hills County Council at its organization...

Oct 23, 2019 Alvin Hubert has been picked for another term as Saddle Hills County Reeve on Tuesday. Photo supplied by Saddle Hills County.

Local farmers still making harvest progress despite wet weather

Alberta Agriculture says Peace Region farmers have been making progress on the harvest, despite continued wet weather. In its latest crop report dated Tuesday, the province says 49.5 per cent of the c...

Oct 18, 2019

Province to update crown land grazing regulations and fees

The provincial government says it is bringing in what it calls "much-needed modernizations" to the legislation governing fees ranchers pay to graze livestock on public land. Environment and Parks Mini...

Oct 16, 2019 Photo credit ID 152961823 © Jasmin Toffoli | Dreamstime.com

Peace Region farmers making progress on harvest

Alberta Agriculture says as of Tuesday, 16 per cent of the Peace Country crop had been combined. That is nearly double what was harvested the week before. The newest crop report says 41 per cent of th...

Oct 04, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

RCMP investigating mysterious animal deaths in the BC Peace

Fort St. John RCMP are investigating a pair of mysterious livestock deaths.Mounties got a report of a horse being found dead on October 1 after getting one about a bull being found dead September 22. ...

Oct 03, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

Wet weather continues to interrupt harvest

The latest crop report from Alberta Agriculture says farmers in the Peace have been able to do some swathing over the past week, but not much combining because of continued wet conditions. In the repo...

Sep 20, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

Peace Region elevators included in sale

A pair of grain terminals in the Peace Region are part of an agribusiness transaction. Parrish & Heimbecker is buying 10 locations from the Louis Dreyfus Company, including the ones in Rycroft and...