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Province developing new label for made-in-Alberta food products
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- The province of Alberta is supporting economic recovery by helping farmers more easily sell and market their products and there's a good reason for it. Food and beverage processing ...
Jul 12, 2021

Red Deer's Westerner Park unveils the 'Peavey Mart Centrium'
The home of the Red Deer Rebels and many other significant events on Westerner Park's calendar is now the Peavey Mart Centrium.Westerner Park unveiled the new naming rights on Monday.The deal is for f...
Jul 12, 2021

Listen: Farmers scouting fields for pests
MELFORT, Sask. - A variety of insects are munching their way through the 2021 crop. Most recently farmers have been dealing with grasshoppers.Saskatchewan's insect specialist James Tansey tells Alice ...
Jul 12, 2021

Agriculture Roundup for Monday July 12, 2021
MELFORT, Sask. - Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) is urging the government to provide drought relief.ABP said farmers and ranchers who are experiencing significant impacts due to extremely dry, or drought...
Jul 12, 2021

‘Safe enough:’ Thousands gather at Calgary Stampede’s live music venue
CALGARY, AB. -- A bird's-eye view of a popular live music venue on its first night at the Calgary Stampede showed hundreds of people standing close together, waiting for a swab or to hand over proof o...
Jul 10, 2021

Grande Prairie farmer's remote tractor tool earns award at Canada's Farm Show
GRANDE PRAIRIE, ALTA. -- A Grande Prairie area farmer's invention picked up an award at this year's edition of Canada's Farm Show.Vincent Pawluski submitted his RCFarmArm into the farm innovative prod...
Jul 10, 2021

Opposition parties pushing for help for farmers dealing with drought
GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB. - Opposition parties are calling on governments to help farmers dealing with drought.Alberta NDP agriculture critic Heather Sweet has written to Agriculture and Forestry Minister D...
Jul 09, 2021

Expect Taber corn to be ready for supper in early August
BARNWELL, AB - The warm sun is shining on acres of lush corn crops at Johnson Fresh Farms just outside of Taber.It's a later start than normal as a frosty, cold spring stunted the growth of the crop.B...
Jul 09, 2021

Agriculture Roundup for Friday July 9, 2021
MELFORT, Sask. - The Saskatchewan government is putting financial support behind Red Leaf Pulp (RLP) to develop wheat straw pulping technologies.The $395,000 from the Saskatchewan Advantage Innovation...
Jul 09, 2021

Battlefords Agricultural Society planning Northwest Territorial Days Parade, midway event
The Battlefords Agricultural Society is excited to announce it will be holding a number of events this summer with the province's COVID-19 restrictions lifting July 11. General manager Jocelyn Ritchie...
Jul 09, 2021