Category Archives: Agriculture

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Alberta Government is reviewing legislation impacting water use and people in southern Alberta can voice their opinions.In recent years, population and economic growth, water vari...

Member companies of the Canadian Crop Hail Insurance Association (CCHA) paid out $230 million to Western Canadian grain farmers.With coverage in place, damaging storms resulted in nearly 11,000 claims...

The heat has been turned up on two Canadian frozen-potato giants who have been named in separate price-fixing lawsuits south of the border.McCain Foods Ltd. and Cavendish Farms are among those accused...

BOUNDARY CREEK, AB - The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) will work to protect an area of pristine grasslands near the Canada-U.S. border from development.Colleen and Dale Adams have signed an agree...

COALDALE, AB - A major agricultural producer has made a move in southern Alberta.Bayer CropScience Inc. has announced that it will be acquiring HyTech Production Ltd., a canola treating and packaging ...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Although it has been a challenging season for farmers in the region due to weather, many have experienced higher-than-average yields.That is according to the latest Alberta Crop Repor...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - An instructor and researcher at Lethbridge Polytechnic is gearing up to undertake a new multi-year research project.Dr. Adriana Morrell, Agriculture Sciences instructor and scientific...

Farmers in the region are hard at work getting crops out of the ground.According to the latest Alberta Crop Report, which details the conditions as of Aug. 27, approximately 37.8 per cent of all crops...

An international credit rating agency says Canada's canola industry could take a $1-billion hit in the wake of new Chinese trade actions.Morningstar DBRS says China's plan to launch an anti-dumping in...

It has been a mixed year for Canadian agriculture with much higher expected yields for some types of crops and lower for others.Statistics Canada says a range of weather-related challenges resulted in...