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Agriculture Roundup for Friday August 21, 2020
SASKATCHEWAN - RCMP are investigating a theft at a farm equipment dealership at Humboldt, Sask.In the early morning hours of Aug. 11, a GPS receiver was stolen from a combine at the business on Highwa...
Aug 21, 2020
Listen: Artificial Intelligence to help create smarter agriculture practices
A group of organizations have partnered on a project to help lower crop pesticide use.Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to Protein Industries Canada CEO Bill Greuel about today's announcement.-alic...
Aug 20, 2020
Fifth-generation of farmers taking to the field for this year's bumper wheat crop
WALSH, ALTA., - The wheat crop looks good on the Neubauer farm north of Walsh as the family's two teens pull up to the hopper in a combine full of this year's harvest on a toasty southeastern Alberta ...
Aug 20, 2020
13 Red Deer Olymel employees test negative for COVID-19
Officials with Olymel say all 13 of the employees at their Red Deer pork processing facility who were sent for COVID-19 tests after another worker tested positive have been cleared to return to work. ...
Aug 20, 2020
Farmers in north west Saskatchewan ready to start 2020 harvest
SASKATCHEWAN - While farmers in south west Saskatchewan have 11 per cent of the crop combined, producers in the north west are just getting started.Less than one per cent of the crop is in the bin in ...
Aug 20, 2020
Red Deer area youth encouraged to enter 2020 'Youth for Agriculture Award' contest
Red Deer County would like to encourage local youth ages 6 to 25 to enter the 2020 Agricultural Service Board Youth for Agriculture Award Contest. The contest asks youth to submit one of an article, v...
Aug 20, 2020
The goats are back to work at Police Point Park
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Following a pilot project in June, the goats are back to work at Police Point Park this week.More than 150 goats will return to help control invasive weed species inside city limits...
Aug 20, 2020
Agriculture Roundup for Thursday August 20, 2020
New artificial intelligence will help farmers specifically target crop pests.Protein Industries Canada announced the development of this new technology that will increase efficiencies and providing ec...
Aug 20, 2020
Be alert - Be patient on highways during harvest
With harvest just nicely getting started it is the time of year when we'll be seeing a lot of very large farm equipment on highways.As producers are working hard to bring in the 2020 crop motorists an...
Aug 19, 2020
Olds College signs two new school divisions to dual credit program
Olds College has announced the signing of two new school divisions into its dual credit program offerings for Alberta high school students in the upcoming academic year. Prairie Rose School Division a...
Aug 19, 2020