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Despite blockades and COVID-19, record grain volume shipped by CN-CP in 2019-20
OTTAWA, ON. -- Canada's two major railways shipped record amounts of grain over the past crop year despite a gauntlet of obstacles.Canadian National Railway Co. hauled more than 30 million tonnes of g...
Aug 07, 2020
Province provides Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District with over $1 million for upkeep
LETHBRIDGE, ALTA.- Irrigation money continues to flow to Southwestern Alberta, as part of the province's $10-million Irrigation Rehabilitation Program.During the pandemic, the $1.1 million will improv...
Aug 07, 2020
Island farmers getting access to affordable farmland to grow food production
NANAIMO - A collection of young farmers on Vancouver Island are being given a leg up through a provincial program to share farmland.A total of 24 farmers on Vancouver Island have been matched through ...
Aug 07, 2020
Beef prices are up, but it's not cattle producers that are benefitting
Cattle producers say they are not benefitting from sharp increases in beef prices at the grocery store during the COVID-19 pandemic.Statistics Canada released an update yesterday (Wed), which shows be...
Aug 07, 2020
Crop quality down in most recent Alberta Agriculture crop report
The July 28 crop report from Alberta Agriculture says 60.8 per cent of the crop in the Peace is rated in good to excellent condition. That is down from the 65.2 per cent reported in the July 14 report...
Aug 07, 2020
Canadian Pacific records biggest crop-year haul in its history
It's been a record year for Canadian Pacific.The rail line announced today it hauled more grain and grain products in the 2019-2020 crop production year than any year in the 139-year history of CP. Th...
Aug 07, 2020
Over $2.6 million in grant funding will support St. Mary River irrigation district
RAYMOND, AB- Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Devin Dreehen made this announcement and says this particular grant is part of Alberta's $10-million Irrigation Rehabilitation Program. Through a ser...
Aug 07, 2020
Four irrigation projects worth almost $40 million announced for Taber area
TABER, AB- Alberta's Infrastructure Minister Prasad Panda announced three new irrigation-based projects are on the way for Taber and one for the Raymond area.The new projects are part of the $10 billi...
Aug 07, 2020
Agriculture Roundup for Friday, Aug. 7
Harvest operations have just started in some portions of the province.The latest crop report is showing the warm weather helped crops progress, and most farmers are estimating their crops are at the n...
Aug 07, 2020
Root rot appearing in Saskatchewan, traces back to 2016 growing season
SASKATCHEWAN - Two wet growing seasons, four years apart, have contributed to root rot appearing in some pea and lentil crops.Sherrilyn Phelps is the agronomy manager with the Saskatchewan Pulse Growe...
Aug 06, 2020