Agriculture

Legislation to modernize ranch fees and grazing leases introduced in Alberta Legislature

EDMONTON -- The province has initiated modernization of the rent and fees ranchers pay for the use of public lands.The current grazing fee framework has been frozen since 1994 and the government says ...

Oct 16, 2019 Environment Minister Jason Nixon introduces Bill 16: The Public Lands Modernization Amendment Act along with representatives of Alberta’s ranching industry - Gov't of Alberta

Slow harvests could be a mental health concern for some area farmers

ALBERTA -- A lot of rain this summer and now the snow has made for a stressful harvest season and it's bad news for farmers who rely on quality crops for income. Alberta Agriculture says harvest progr...

Oct 11, 2019 Harvesting behind schedule - causing stress

Cool weather, then moisture, and now sprouting grain problems

CALGARY -- It's a double whammy for grain farmers. A cool summer hampered crop development and now, late season moisture is having an impact on grain quality all over western Canada.The Alberta Wheat ...

Oct 08, 2019 Sprouted grain - credit to "Growing Point" publication

Cargill completes $20-million rail capacity project in Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A project more than five years in the making, will allow Cargill to now have a significantly-higher capacity to ship crops out to the west coast.Regional Manager Allan Facchinutti say...

Oct 08, 2019 One of the new rail cars at Cargill's facility in Lethbridge. (Lethbridge News Now)

Expanded Alberta Livestock Expo set for Exhibition Park Oct. 9 and 10

LETHBRIDGE -- The third annual Alberta Livestock Expo is slated for Exhibition Park on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. (Oct 9 and 10).It's a popular event that has grown substantially with booth ...

Oct 04, 2019 Alberta Livestock Expo

Alberta premier promises new rules to crack down on farm trespassers

GRANUM, AB -- Premier Jason Kenney says legislation is coming this fall to crack down on protesters who trespass on farms and agricultural land.Kenney says free speech must be protected but not when p...

Oct 03, 2019 Premier Jason Kenney, Minister of Justice and Attorney General Doug Schweitzer, and Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Devin Dreeshen announce new protections for farmers

Agriculture producers urged to engage federal election candidates

CALGARY -- The federal election on October 21 is now less than three weeks away and the Senior Manager of Government and International Affairs with the Canadian Cattlemen's Association (CCA), is urgin...

Oct 02, 2019 Cattle in feedlot - LNN

Delayed grain crop due to wet summer dampens spirits of railways, farmers

TORONTO and EDMONTON - A delayed grain crop is causing headaches for railways, elevator operators and farmers following a dry spring and wet summer.Grain carloads at the two major Canadian rail compan...

Sep 25, 2019 Tractors during harvest -- photo credit to Glenn Miller

Two local students receive agricultural scholarships

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Two Southern Alberta students have received a significant scholarship from SouthGrow Regional Economic Development.Lethbridge's Aaron Lorenz and Taber's Rebecca Bylsma are each the re...

Sep 22, 2019 Rebecca Bylsma (left) and Aaron Lorenz have each received a $1,500 scholarship (Photo courtesy SouthGrow Regional Economic Development)

Pesticides aren't the only potential impacts for Canadian honeybees

NANAIMO -- As if beekeepers don't have enough to worry about when it comes to maintaining bee hives, now there's the potential for devastation coming from Asian Giant hornets.A nest of invasive Asian ...

Sep 20, 2019 Asian giant hornets - Photo credit to CBC