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GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. -- A Valhalla farmer who serves as the chair of the Grain Growers of Canada is glad to see support for Bill C-206 and is hopeful it can be brought into law sooner rather than lat...

MELFORT, SASK - Farm groups are supporting passage of Bill C-206, which would exempt on-farm natural gas and propane use for grain drying and heating from the carbon tax.Opposition parties supported t...

Cereal Burnoff Products: 'More than just Glyphosate'Getting your cereal crop off to a clean start early in the season is very important as the crop, at this point, is the most vulnerable to weed compe...

RED DEER, Alta. - A Sylvan Lake area farmer has been elected as the new chair of the Canadian Canola Growers Association.Mike Ammeter has been elected for a two-year term."I am honoured to accept the ...

MELFORT, Sask. - A Saskatoon, Sask. based company is looking for quinoa growers across the prairies.Northern Quinoa Production Corporation (NorQuin) is offering fixed price contracts for red, black, a...

MELFORT, Sask. - The cold weather is being blamed for the poor performance by rail companies to provide grain car orders.Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to QGI Consulting's Milt Poirier about the...

RED DEER, Alta. - Agriculture and Forestry Minister Devin Dreeshen says the overall borrowing limit for Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC) will increase from $2.8 billion to $3.6 billio...

MELFORT, Sask. - A Quebec dairy farmers group called on milk producers to stop feeding palm oil or its derivatives to livestock as controversy churns over how these supplements affect the consistency ...

RED DEER, Alta. - Dr. Joy Agnew, Associate Vice-President, Applied Research, Olds College was named in the Top 50 most influential people in Canadian Agriculture by Canadian Western Agribition (CWA). ...

POUNDMAKER CREE NATION - After over 150 years, the bison have finally returned to the plains at a number of local first nations. Herds were recently released at Poundmaker Cree Nation and Onion Lake C...