Category Archives: Agriculture
Alberta Pest Monitoring Network seeking test fields
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- It's that time of year that the Alberta Insect Pest Monitoring Network is checking fields for invasive species.Bertha Armyworm traps are being placed in fields this week and the rep...
Jun 11, 2020
Alberta Beef Producers' host virtual meeting on June 11
CALGARY, AB. -- Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) will host a producer town hall on Thursday, (June 11) at 7 pm. This virtual event is intended for cattle and beef producers, to hear updates from the Alber...
Jun 10, 2020
No exemption for carbon tax on grain drying
OTTAWA, ON. -- The provinces were asked to submit their estimates of the cost of the carbon tax on grain drying back in November. Bibeau said the data the government received and analysed shows the im...
Jun 09, 2020
India reduces tariffs on Canadian lentils
OTTAWA, AB. -- Pulse Canada has received official word from India, on the fine details on a reduction in lentil tariffs. Pulse Canada CEO, Gordon Bacon, says Canada and all countries, excluding the Un...
Jun 08, 2020
Alberta beekeepers in line for COVID-19 government support
EDMONTON, AB. -- Agriculture and Forestry has introduced a new Canadian Agricultural Partnership program, in response to challenges faced by Alberta's beekeepers.Up to $1 million will help beekeepers ...
Jun 05, 2020
Alberta government modernizes rules regarding Fusarium
EDMONTON, AB. -- An industry-led Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) working group, has welcomed the provincial government's news that value chain partners will lay the foundation for better FHB management and...
Jun 04, 2020
Alberta Beef Producers want government action to stabilize the industry
CALGARY, AB. -- Alberta Beef producers are being asked to contact the government and let them know producers need to hear from provincial agriculture representatives now!There's concern among beef pro...
Jun 04, 2020
Don't allow your farm equipment to tangle with overhead power lines
CALGARY, AB. -- As it provides roughly 60 per cent of electricity distribution to Albertans in over 200 communities, Fortis-Alberta is concerned about the safety of those customers...particularly farm...
Jun 02, 2020
Alberta launches Food, Farming and Forestry emissions reduction challenge
EDMONTON, AB - The Alberta government will invest $40 million in Emissions Reduction Alberta's Food, Farming, and Forestry Challenge aimed at fast-tracking innovation in support of long-term competiti...
Jun 01, 2020
'It’s unsettling:’ Ranchers and feedlots worried about future impact of COVID-19
CREMONA, Alta. - A cacophony of bellowing cattle makes it hard to hear the other hoof drop, but rancher Bruce Bird knows that it's coming.Bird runs a cow-calf operation and had to shout to be heard du...
Jun 01, 2020