Agriculture

Petition launched to get Highway 3 twinned

MEDICINE HAT, AB - A petition has been launched advocating for Highway 3 to be twinned just as the province is considering new targeted capital spending to help stimulate the Alberta economy.The petit...

Mar 10, 2020

Health Canada to ban strychnine to kill Richardson's ground squirrels

EDMONTON - Health Canada is moving forward with a ban on the use of the deadly pesticide strychnine to kill gophers.The Health Canada website says an evaluation of scientific information confirms ther...

Mar 05, 2020 Richardson's Ground squirrel AKA gopher -photo credit to U-of-L

Dreeshen says budget lays out growth strategy for agriculture and forestry

RED DEER, AB. -- Alberta's minister in charge of agriculture is confident Budget 2020 sets up his industry in a good way moving forward."We have a very ambitious, value added growth strategy," says De...

Mar 04, 2020 Devin Dreeshen, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry - File photo

Regional flood mitigation program taking small step to realization

DUNMORE, AB - A nearly $170 million flood mitigation project for southeastern Alberta is nearing the start of its first phase with Cypress County councillors voting Tuesday to support funding for the ...

Mar 04, 2020 One of dozens of farms and ranchers left under water following flash flooding in Cypress County in the spring of 2010. (CHAT News file photo)

Ag Expo underway at Exhibition Park

LETHBRIDGE -- The weather is pleasant right now and we may see an early spring. But, for the time being, it's still too early for seeding. That works out just fine, as the Lethbridge Ag Expo and North...

Feb 27, 2020 Ag Expo at Exhibition Park -- LNN

New regions added to Livestock Tax Deferral Provision for 2019

OTTAWA - The final list has been released for designated regions where 2019 federal livestock tax deferrals have been authorized due to extreme weather conditions.On July 22, 2019, the government anno...

Feb 19, 2020 Calves in the field -- LNN

New greenhouse development proposed for Holsom Road

CYPRESS COUNTY, AB - A new proposed greenhouse development along Holsom Road will be discussed at Tuesday's Cypress County council meeting.The new development comes on the heels of a previous land-use...

Feb 16, 2020

Climate change could open new land to farming, but caution needed: study

Climate change could open a whole different area in Canada to farming, says newly published research. But Evan Fraser of the University of Guelph, a co-author of the international study, warns that si...

Feb 12, 2020

Risk management key as Alberta ag producers start 2020 behind the eight ball

After a difficult 2019, agriculture professionals in the province are asking producers to take risk management seriously with the 2020 growing season upcoming.Some of the sector's top minds, including...

Feb 03, 2020 (farmnewsNOW file photo)

Alberta Canola farmers eligible for 2019 tax credit

EDMONTON -- The Alberta Canola Producers Commission has announced that provincial growers who don't request a refund of their check off will qualify for a tax credit for the 2019 tax year. The Scienti...

Jan 28, 2020 Canola field - LNN