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Alberta invests $10M in innovative biorefinery
LACOMBE, AB - It's a substantial economic boost coming for the central Alberta region. The provincial government announced Thursday that it is providing $10 million from the Technology Innovation and ...
Oct 15, 2020
Farmers grateful for good weather as harvest wraps up
MELFORT, Sask. - Farmers across the province are finishing combining.The latest crop report says 99 per cent of the crop now in the bin, well ahead of the five-year average of 83 per cent for this tim...
Oct 15, 2020
Lethbridge College to operate two agricultural centres in Alberta
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The province has announced a boost for research at Lethbridge College.Details are being finalized for a $2 million agreement that will have the post-secondary institution manage the 2...
Oct 15, 2020
Agriculture Roundup for Thursday October 15, 2020
MELFORT, Sask. - The Prairie Cereals Summit is taking a different approach and will go ahead with its conference in Banff, Alta.The two-day event will use a different format with two rooms for present...
Oct 15, 2020
Percy Schmeiser, Saskatchewan farmer known for fight against Monsanto, dies at 89
Percy Schmeiser, a Saskatchewan farmer who became famous during his legal battle with biotech giant Monsanto, has died. John Schmeiser said his father died quietly Tuesday afternoon at the age of 89.&...
Oct 14, 2020
Calf prices holding as the fall run begins
MELFORT, Sask. - With the fall calf run moving into full gear, small price declines were reported last week.Feed grain prices, namely corn and barley, continue to rise, but there has not been a signif...
Oct 14, 2020
'Murder hornets' - bullies of the arthropod world are hard to track
Washington State, U.S. -- Washington state officials say they were again unsuccessful at live-tracking a "murder" hornet while trying to find and destroy a nest of the giant insects.The Washington Sta...
Oct 14, 2020
RCMP investigating livestock shootings in Lac Ste. Anne County
LAC STE. ANNE COUNTY, AB -- Parkland RCMP are asking for the public's help in identifying and locating suspects responsible for killing and injuring cattle in Lac St. Anne County. Mounties says that b...
Oct 14, 2020
Research on animal health at University of Calgary receives financial boost
CALGARY, AB - The governments of Canada and Alberta are teaming up on a boost to animal health research at the University of Calgary.The $3.44 million deal was finalized in March and will help staff a...
Oct 14, 2020
Latest Alberta Crop Report shows 90 per cent of crops have been harvested
LETHBRIDGE, AB- In the latest Alberta Crop Report, as of October 6, 2020, about 90 per cent of crops have been harvested across the province.That number is 29 per cent ahead of the five-year average a...
Oct 14, 2020