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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'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
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
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
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...
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Mar 21, 2022
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Even in the face of many challenges in 2021, Canada's agriculture sector contributed nearly $140 billion to the national economy, and was responsible for more than 2 million jobs ac...
Feb 24, 2022
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- The Canadian Agricultural Youth Council, motivated by the success of its first group of young people who made up the Council, is looking to build on that success. At Farm Credit Can...
Feb 23, 2022
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Alberta Farm Animal Care (AFAC) has opened the portal to registration for its annual Livestock Care Conference (LCC). With an improved format, the conference will be held on Zoom, T...
Feb 22, 2022
MEDICINE HAT, AB. - Local farmers and officials say conditions are so dry following this winter's parched months and last year's drought, 2022 could be a make-or-break year for some producers."The sub...
Feb 18, 2022
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Increasing populations of wheat stem sawfly in various parts of Southern Alberta last year are expected to have a greater impact in the coming growing season. The pests, and increas...
Feb 17, 2022