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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 17, 2020

Heat warning in effect for Medicine Hat, Cypress County
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

Red Deer farmers proving Alberta-grown hops a worthwhile endeavour
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

Agriculture Roundup for Monday August 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

Southern Alberta girl donates 4H steer to Lethbridge Soup Kitchen
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

Rest of Rodeo Canada's 2020 events cancelled
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

Large backlog of cattle remains
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

Agriculture Roundup for Friday August 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

Harvest underway in Saskatchewan
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 renew commitment to Canadian beef
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