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Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday November 25, 2020
MELFORT, Sask. - Canadian Western Agribition will host a sale this week despite cancellation of the 2020 annual show due to the pandemic. CEO Chris Lane said the Commercial Cattle Exhibitors sale will...
Nov 25, 2020
Fed Cattle Set-Aside Program adds nearly 15,000 head
GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB. - Alberta Beef Producers says 14,859 head were accepted into the Fed Cattle Set-Aside program for last week.That is up just over 10,000 head from the week before and is the highest...
Nov 24, 2020
Barley Technical Centre has new varieties available for production
MELFORT, Sask. - The Canadian Malt Barley Technical Centre (CMBTC) has released a list of recommended malting barley varieties for spring seeding.Managing director Peter Watts said each of the recomme...
Nov 24, 2020
Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday November 24, 2020
WESTERN CANADA - Prairie Cereals Summit (PCS) in Banff, Alta. has been cancelled and the Alberta Barley annual meeting will be held online.The Alberta Wheat and Barley Commissions made the decision ba...
Nov 24, 2020
Listen: Bigger farms could drive farm families off the land
MELFORT, Sask. - A new report is raising concerns about farmland ownership.Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to Darren Qualman, one of the authors of the report.alice.mcfarlane@jpbg.caOn Twitter: @...
Nov 23, 2020
Feds give nearly $10M to Horsefly spillway in Municipal District of Taber
TABER, AB - Enlarging 14 kilometers of existing irrigation canals to divert stormwater from the St. Mary River Irrigation District Main Canal to the Oldman River during storm events will better protec...
Nov 23, 2020
Ag ministers discuss risk management programs, labour and animal health
OTTAWA, Ontario - Canada's federal, provincial, and territorial (FPT) agriculture ministers held the first of two virtual meetings as part of their annual conference. The ministers reviewed and discus...
Nov 23, 2020
Agriculture Roundup for Monday November 23, 2020
MELFORT, Sask. - Canola futures reached contract highs last week.P.I. Financial senior commodity futures advisor Ken Ball said canola continues to follow the lead of the soybean market.Canola closed t...
Nov 23, 2020
Three Alberta Canola directors re-elected by acclamation, several events coming up
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Sask. - Three members of the Alberta Canola Producers Commission have been re-elected by acclamation.Valhalla Centre farmer Andre Harpe will continue to represent Region 2. Airdrie pro...
Nov 20, 2020
New funding formula approved for OKSIR program
VERNON, B.C. - A new funding agreement has been reached for the Okanagan Kootenay Sterile Insect Release program (OKSIR) by the four participating regional districts.The review was initiated by the Re...
Nov 19, 2020