Category Archives: Agriculture

RED DEER — This year's Agri-Trade show was the best ever for some exhibitors. The four-day show ran November 8-11, utilizing every square inch of available indoor space at Westerner Park, plus m...

LETHBRIDGE – The Southern Alberta region has a key role in helping Canada maintain its position as an exporter of food and agricultural products, Farm Credit Canada’s principal agricultura...

OTTAWA – Farmers around the world are eyeing Canada's superior livestock breeds to help them raise cows and goats that produce more milk, and sheep, which produce more meat. To that end, the fed...

LETHBRIDGE – Lethbridge County reeve Lorne Hickey says the tax on feedlots implemented in 2016 is the best way to keep up with the demand for infrastructure maintenance. A report from the School...

LETHBRIDGE – Farm Credit Canada is hosting a number of learning opportunities in the province during November. Called the Ag Knowledge Exchange, they will offer practical advice from industry ex...

LETHBRIDGE – Lethbridge County’s business tax on feedlots is coming under criticism in a new report from the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy. The tax, implemented in ...

WINNIPEG – Richardson International Limited has expanded its retail crop inputs network across the Prairies, with the acquisition of 10 full-service retail crop inputs locations from CHS Canada ...

LETHBRIDGE – With a hot, dry summer and limited precipitation Alberta Environment has had Water shortage Advisories in effect for a number of areas in Southern Alberta since the middle of Octobe...

EDMONTON – The provincial government is looking for input on how occupational health and safety rules could apply to farms and ranches. The Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act, wa...

LETHBRIDGE – For the first time, evidence of the zebra chip pathogen has been found in potato fields in southern Alberta, but the University of Lethbridge's Dr. Dan Johnson cautions against pani...