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MEDICINE HAT, AB - Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for much of Southern Alberta, including Medicine Hat and Cypress County. Temperatures are expected to soar to 36 degrees Celcius today a...
Aug 17, 2020
It's one of the key ingredients in many great beers one might find at their local microbrewery, and its stocks can grow up to a foot per day.Hops, in their many varieties, is an increasingly popular c...
Aug 17, 2020
All the agriculture commodity markets are trending and trading higher. Exceed Grain Marketing analyst Wayne Palmer said all U.S. grains were technically very strong and are now being fueled by threate...
Aug 17, 2020
LETHBRIDGE, AB - "I want people to know that, no matter how young or old you are, you can still make a difference in the world."Those were the world of Eva Ketchmark, 12, who decided that she wanted t...
Aug 15, 2020
A bull riding event in Claresholm back in February will end up being the last event on the 2020 Rodeo Canada scheduled to take place.The ones that were not already off are now cancelled because of the...
Aug 14, 2020
The beef industry heard about the continued backlog of cattle as a result of the pandemic at a recent online conference.Global Agri-Trends president Brett Stuart shared his thoughts on the challenges ...
Aug 14, 2020
There were no big surprises in the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand estimates.World corn stocks were up slightly at 317 million metric tonnes up two million metric tonnes while soybeans wer...
Aug 14, 2020
MELFORT, Sask. - The recent warm weather helped to mature crops. The latest crop indicated one per cent of the crop has been combined and two per cent swathed or ready to straight-cut with harvest mos...
Aug 13, 2020
McDonald's Canada will return to sourcing 100 per cent Canadian beef next month.The company has used 100 per cent Canadian beef since 2003 but temporary sourcing adjustments needed to be made back in ...
Aug 13, 2020
Organizers say there was a big community response to the Dawson Creek Exhibition & Stampede Spirit Week.It ran from August 5 to 11 as a substitute for the postponed weekend of rodeo, wagon racing,...
Aug 13, 2020