Agriculture

Alberta Beef Producers GM provides latest drought update

LETHBRIDGE, AB - During the first week of August, Brad Dubeau, general manager of Alberta Beef Producers (ABP), took time to provide the latest update on the drought situation, as it impacts farmers a...

Aug 05, 2021

Diversifying Alberta agriculture through hemp fibre processing

DRAYTON VALLEY, AB - The Alberta government is underscoring its focus on building a strong agriculture section, with an eye to creating jobs and attracting investment in value-added processing. To tha...

Jul 08, 2021

Seedmaster to expand to Coaldale and Medicine Hat

LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- SeedMaster, the company that develops and manufactures leading edge no-till seeding technology , is moving a little closer to Lethbridge.The company, based at Emerald Park, east of ...

May 12, 2021

Federal agriculture program to create 2,000 youth jobs

OTTAWA, ONT. -- The federal Agriculture and Agri-Food minister hosted a virtual event on Wednesday (May 5) morning, to announce a $21.4 million investment in youth job creation. Marie-Claude Bibeau in...

May 10, 2021

200 producers to benefit from new sugar beet deal in Taber

TABER, AB. -- Sugar beet refineries used to be spread across Canada, but have since dissolved, with the last remaining one right here in Southern Alberta. Sugar beet farmers, around Lethbridge and Tab...

Apr 08, 2021

Feds reveal details of $35M fund to help make farms safer in COVID-19 pandemic

OTTAWA - Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says some Canadian farmers can now apply for emergency funding to protect their workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The program will subsidize farms...

Oct 05, 2020

Cattle, multiple vehicles involved in collision on highway

MEDICINE HAT, AB - A collision between two semi-trucks that saw a cattle liner rear ended saw a section of the westbound lanes of the Trans-Canada Highway shut down for much of Monday afternoon.The co...

Sep 21, 2020

Harvest begins early for Southern Alberta's sweetest crop

TABER, AB. - With the memory of Southern Alberta's early start to winter last fall still upper-most in the minds of sugar beet growers, they've decided to move up the harvest this season.The 2019 harv...

Sep 04, 2020

Chicken, eggs both go first as feds roll out COVID-19 food surplus program

OTTAWA - More than one million dozen eggs will be redistributed via an emergency federal program designed to help farmers faced with too much food and nowhere to sell it. The $50-million surplus food ...

Aug 13, 2020

Liberals announce $18 million in funding for small food producers

OTTAWA - The federal government is rolling out $18 million in support for projects they say will help strengthen Canada's food supply chain. The funds are going everywhere from an Alberta company...

Aug 12, 2020