Reading Time: < 1 minute Alberta producers who are eligible for benefits under the Alberta Farm Recovery Plan (AFRP) II can now complete one of the requirements necessary to receive their second benefit. Participants received their first benefit in June. To receive the second installment in early 2009, cattle producers are required to age verify their 2008 calf crop and […] Read more
AFRP second payment application now available
Winter pulse research in Alberta
The advantages of growing spring types of pulses in cropping systems on the prairies are well known. Pulses include field pea, lentil, chickpea, dry bean, faba bean and lupin. These crops are unique in that they biologically fix atmospheric nitrogen N2 through a mutually beneficial relationship with rhizobium bacteria on the root hairs. The inclusion […] Read more
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