Tag Archives: Agriculture
This B.C. farm can grow softball-sized peaches. This year they'll rely on vegetables
One of the first indicators of how bountiful a fruit harvest will be in British Columbia comes months before any peaches, apricots or nectarines start fattening on trees. Like many other farmers, Jenn...
Mar 13, 2024
Canada concerned as final rule for 'Product of USA' meat labels announced
Canada's federal government and organizations representing some of the nation's beef producers warn a decision south of the border about "Product of USA" labels on meat, poultry, and eggs could disrup...
Mar 13, 2024
Canadian Grain Commission repeals changes to wheat grading
The Canadian Grain Commission said it is repealing some changes to tolerances for weight and foreign materials it announced last week. This includes changes announced for all grades of wheat in the fo...
Jul 28, 2023
FarmCash advances now available
Farmers in the four western provinces can now receive their FarmCash advances.The program gives low-interest loans of up to $ 1 million with the first $ 250,000 interest-free. If the federal budget pa...
Apr 03, 2023
Tonnes of baler twine, grain bag plastic being recycled
Cleanfarms is claiming its work to recycle agricultural plastics has resulted in tonnes of material being collected.It says through the end of last year, farmers had brought in almost 2,270 tonnes of ...
Apr 03, 2023
Minister Horner denies "inaccurate claims" by NDP on crop insurance premiums raising 60 per cent
The Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation Nate Horner says claims made by the Alberta NDP regarding insurance premiums for crops on March 3 are inaccurate. Horner says the opposition stated that ther...
Mar 14, 2023
Canada shares expertise on moving grain from Ukraine, but faith in Russia 'nil'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is working to help get much-needed grain out of Ukraine to famine-threatened parts of the world now that the embattled country and Russia have signed...
Jul 22, 2022
The Great Government Free Cheese Movement
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! What comes to mind when you hear the term "government cheese"? If you're a child of the 1980s, it likely involves recollections of a salty, pale-orange sub...
Mar 21, 2022
Crop and farm cash receipts up in first three quarters of 2021
LETHBRIDGE, AB. - With the majority of western farmers having to deal with higher-than-average temperatures, drought conditions throughout the growing season, and forest fires, it might be expected th...
Dec 07, 2021
Cargill workers accept new contract, avoid strike
HIGH RIVER, AB - A strike has been avoided at Cargill Inc.Cargill's High River plant processes about 35 percent of Canada's beef production. Union workers have accepted a new labour contract, averting...
Dec 06, 2021