Reading Time: < 1 minute The Agri-Tourism and Farm Direct Marketing bus tour takes place Sept. 14 in the Strathmore region. The tour will visit three operations involved in agri-tourism and farm direct marketing. It will include a farm-to-table demonstration dinner, advice from an agri-tourism coach, and opportunities for peer networking. Stops are Seeds to Greens; Country Lane Farms; and […] Read more
Agri-tourism tour on offer
Bus tour takes place Sept. 14
Albertan one of six scholarship winners
Reading Time: < 1 minute David MacTaggart of Lacombe is one of six winners of scholarships from the Canadian Agri-Business Education Foundation. The scholarships, worth $2,500, are given to Canadian students entering their first year at an accredited agriculture college or university. The foundation encourages students to pursue their passion for agriculture and to bring their new ideas and talent […] Read more
Veterinarians needed for meat inspection program
Reading Time: < 1 minute Veterinarians are being sought to act as meat inspectors under the Appointed Inspector Program. Participants must be registered under the Veterinary Profession Act and licensed by the Alberta Veterinary Medical Association. “More participants are needed in many areas across the province. In some parts of Alberta, there are currently no appointed inspectors available in the […] Read more
Dispose of unwanted pesticides and livestock meds this fall
Reading Time: < 1 minute Farmers in the Peace Region and central Alberta can safely dispose of unwanted agricultural pesticides and equine/livestock medications at one of the designated collection sites this fall. Obsolete or unwanted agricultural pesticides (identified with a Pest Control Product number on the label) will be accepted. Livestock medications that are used by primary producers in the rearing […] Read more
There’s a lot of truth in many sayings about the weather
Ones that predict what’s going to happen in the next little while make a lot of sense, but long-term predictions are pretty iffy
Reading Time: 3 minutes There are a number of different weather sayings, and weather folklore, that have their base in sound weather principles. For example, one of the most well-known sayings is, “Red sky at night, sailors delight. Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning.” This saying works pretty well and makes sense if you live in the […] Read more
Devastating bird flu strain found in duck in Alaska
Chicago | Reuters –– The type of avian flu that led to the deaths of about 50 million U.S. chickens and turkeys last year has been found in the country for the first time in 14 months, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday. USDA said it detected the H5N2 strain of the disease in […] Read more
Fines now an option for pig traceability enforcement
Canadian hog producers who don’t follow the federal requirements for animal identification and tracking of animal movements could now be fined for non-compliance, though it’s expected such fines would be a “last resort.” The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Wednesday announced new amendments to the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations, allowing CFIA-designated officials […] Read more
Keeping tabs on your agricultural input prices
Reading Time: < 1 minute Alberta Agriculture and Forestry has released the June edition of Alberta Farm Input Prices, its monthly survey of prices for selected farm inputs. The prices are collected by the Alberta Federation of Agriculture in partnership with the Statistics and Data Development Section. The list of inputs, which is reviewed periodically, is designed to be consistent […] Read more
Passion and drive allow farmers to overcome any hurdle
Reading Time: 3 minutes Emily Ritchie of Turner Valley was the senior winner in the first annual Alberta Young Speakers for Agriculture competition at the Calgary Stampede for her speech on the challenges facing the next generation of farmers. How many of you have a cellphone in your pocket? This is a new phenomenon but as times change, technology […] Read more
Flu controls lifted on Ontario duck farm’s neighbours
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has lifted a three-kilometre avian flu control zone around a duck farm in Ontario’s Niagara region, freeing up traffic on and off neighbouring farms. All but one of the commercial and non-commercial farms in the control zone were released from quarantine effective Tuesday and will no longer need licensing for […] Read more
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