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COVID-19 increases e-commerce demand in the food market
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- The Alberta Government Consumer Corner has complied information on how COVID-19 affected the demand for e-commerce. It found many more consumers tried online food shopping for the f...
Oct 25, 2021
Agri-Trade to be held safely at Westerner Park next month
RED DEER, Alta. - Agri-Trade 2021 will go ahead safely, according to organizers with Westerner Park.The annual event is set for Nov. 10-12, with hundreds of exhibitors and thousands of attendees. It f...
Oct 25, 2021
Final crop report of 2021 yields good and bad news
RED DEER, Alta. - The final Alberta Crop Report for 2021 indicates significantly lower yields -- about 37 per cent below the five-year average.Despite this, the Government of Alberta notes in a releas...
Oct 25, 2021
Listen: World wheat market uncertain due to supply shortages in key exporting nations
MELFORT, Sask. - There was drought in the United States and Russia as well as Western Canada this year.Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to Bruce Burnett with MarketsFarm about the volatile wheat m...
Oct 22, 2021
Seed shortages added to farmers concerns for next growing season
MELFORT, Sask. - The dry conditions on the prairies have hurt seed production.Short supplies of seed and the rapid escalation of grain prices should have farmers rushing to line-up their planting seed...
Oct 22, 2021
Agriculture Roundup for Friday October 22, 2021
MELFORT, Sask. - Waste products from pulse processing will have a new life.Lucent BioSciences and AGT Food and Ingredients have created a novel fertilizer out of the co-products of Canadian-grown puls...
Oct 22, 2021
Input costs, seed supplies concerns for 2022 growing season
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - Now that a lot of farmers have finished harvest, they are looking towards next year.Valhalla producer and Grain Growers of Canada chair Andre Harpe says rising input costs are ...
Oct 21, 2021
Survey finds cover cropping is increasing across the prairies
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - It was originally difficult for prairie farmers to get enough information but, it's now known that on-farm cover cropping is well established on the prairies.Cover crops help preve...
Oct 21, 2021
Listen: Protect your farm from theft
MELFORT, Sask. - Saskatchewan RCMP responded to numerous thefts of agriculture-related items. Losses were in the thousands of dollars so far in 2021.Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to Saskatchewa...
Oct 21, 2021
Listen: Sask. Pulse Growers directors share their goals for the next term
MELFORT, Sask. - Three nominees have been acclaimed to the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers' (SPG) Board of Directors. The new and returning directors share their thoughts on the key issues they will face d...
Oct 20, 2021