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Ag minister announces launch of Canadian food policy
Canada has its first food policy, an initiative to increase access to safe, nutritious and culturally diverse food, and to…
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Don’t let those drought-stressed forages go to seed
Determining the right time to cut a hay stand could mean the difference between harvesting a second cut or the…
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Alberta producers see incomes drop by $1 billion last year
No matter how you measure it, Canadian and Alberta farm income took a big, double-digit, hit in 2018. The two…
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Agricultural plastics not part of federal ban
The federal government's plan to halt Canada's consumption of single-use plastics such as shopping bags, straws and stir sticks over…
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Do crops really grow better in the north?
Some call it northern vigour. Others call it the northern advantage. And now, one group of Alberta researchers are setting…
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Seeding in Alberta complete, forage growers struggle with dry weather
With the exception of a few feed crops, seeding is essentially finished in Alberta. Producers are actively spraying and scouting…
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Long-running growing project finds land at last moment
It was a close call, but one of the country’s longest-running Canadian Foodgrains Bank growing projects has successfully seeded its…
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