Reading Time: 4 minutes The MD of Taber faces a Feb. 24 deadline on a contentious grazing lease policy, as residents debate the future of 81,355 acres of native grassland.
Clock ticking on Alberta grazing lease controversy
Grazing leases on tax-recovery land set to expire at end of February as Municipal District of Taber residents look for long-term resolution
Invasive species council lending a helping hand to Alberta agricultural producers
Invasive species cause billions in damage each year in the province
Reading Time: 3 minutes Alberta Invasive Species Council unveils the huge economic effect of keeping invasive species unchecked to agricultural production in the province.
Irrigators jumping with joy over Alberta snowpack predictions
Reservoirs expected to get boost from decade-best snowpack for Alberta’s irrigated crops
Reading Time: 3 minutes Alberta irrigated farmers gets good news with snowpack shaping up to be the best the area has seen in a decade to fill the reservoirs for the thirsty crops for the growing season.
Grazing lease controversy in southern Alta. municipality reaching critical juncture
Use of tax-recovery lands for grazing continues to have agricultural producers at odds in southern Alberta municipality
Reading Time: 4 minutes A southern Alberta rural municipality continues its years long process of balancing the needs of native grassland preservation and economic development on its tax-recovery lands.
Lethbridge Polytechnic researcher helps unlock the economics of farming
Virtual tool designed in Lethbridge to determine economic feasibility in controlled-environment agriculture
Reading Time: 2 minutes Lethbridge Polytechnic researcher Selin Karatepe is helping agriculture producers with decision-making tools in economic feasibility.
Alberta announces new studies to account for future water needs in southern Alberta
WSP Canada hired to conduct study on whether to build dam or reservoir on Belly River in southern Alberta
Reading Time: 2 minutes Alberta’s government is undertaking a review of potential sites for dams and other infrastructure to prepare for future water needs.
Irrigation capacity questioned
Some data shows there is sufficient water to increase irrigated acres
Reading Time: 3 minutes Some are highly skeptical that Canada could massively expand irrigation in Saskatchewan and Alberta so that 10 per cent of Canada’s farmland is irrigated.
Conservation groups enter grazing lease debate
Five Alberta groups ask for halt of proposed project to convert native grasslands to irrigation
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Municipal District of Taber in southern Alberta remains at a political crossroads, weighing the interests of generating revenue for public services with conserving native grasslands.
Conservation groups enter grazing lease debate
Five Alberta groups ask for halt of proposed project to convert native grasslands to irrigation
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Municipal District of Taber in southern Alberta remains at a political crossroads, weighing the interests of generating revenue for public services with conserving native grasslands.
Petition launched over grazing lease controversy
Battle for grazing and irrigated land continues for rural residents of southern Alberta municipality
Reading Time: 4 minutes Battle continues between the need for generation of tax revenue from irrigation and the preservation of native grasslands in southern Alberta rural municipality.
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