Reading Time: 2 minutes Multimillion-dollar donation by Hranac family aids Lethbridge Polytechnic’s research in integrated food production systems, irrigation science and post-harvest technology in Alberta
Lethbridge Polytechnic receives major donation
The Hranac family’s $3 million gift will fund research in integrated food production systems and irrigation science
Rich life took him from sky to ground
Burns Wood played role in history of Alberta Sugar Beet Growers, which celebrates 100th anniversary
Reading Time: 4 minutes World War II veteran Burns Wood shares some memories of his time on the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers board as the organization celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2025.
Tributes soar for HALO founding pilot Grant Fletcher
Original HALO pilot remembered for lives saved in numerous rural southern Alberta farming communities
Reading Time: 5 minutes Former southern Alberta farmer/rancher remembered as first pilot for HALO Air Ambulance, flying numerous missions and saving lives in rural communities.
Open Farm Days giving new perspectives to Albertans about agriculture
More than 150 agriculture producers to showcase their operations during the two-day event
Reading Time: < 1 minute Open Farms Days giving new perspectives to Albertans about agriculture.
Outstanding Young Farmer named in Alberta
Sarah Weigum’s work with Alect Seeds earns her Alberta’s Outstanding Young Farmers award
Reading Time: 2 minutes Three Hills farmer earns Alberta’s Outstanding Young Farmers award through marketing of Alect Seeds to bring the best varieties and crop types to their customers and improve the quality of the land they farm.
Stripe rust confirmed in Alberta fields
Farmers are encouraged to scout their fields for stripe rust disease so that they know if fungicide applications are warranted
Reading Time: 3 minutes Confirmed sightings of stripe rust in Alberta have prompted experts to encourage growers in southern Alberta, along with those in the Drumheller and Calgary regions, to scout their fields for the disease.
Farming Smarter receives financial boost from Alberta government for potato research
Farming Smarter one of 12 research associations receiving part of one-time $3.2 million capital grant
Reading Time: 2 minutes Farming Smarter near Lethbridge got a boost to its research equipment, thanks to the Alberta government’s increase in funding for research associations.
Tara Sawyer, former Alberta Grains chair, wins provincial byelection
Sawyer far outpaces nearest NDP competitor for MLA seat
Reading Time: < 1 minute Tara Sawyer, former chair of Alberta Grains, has been elected to the provincial legislature in the riding of Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills.
Alberta research facility gets new lease on life
County of Newell takes over Crop Diversification Centre South and hopes to attract dozens of tenants for the $100 million facility
Reading Time: 4 minutes The County of Newell will spend the summer revitalizing the Crop Diversification Centre South in Brooks, Alberta, after signing a 10-year lease for the facility.
McCain Foods looks for new processing potatoes
Company works with the Farming Smarter Association as it searches for options other than the century-old Russet Burbank variety
Reading Time: 2 minutes McCain Foods has entered into a partnership with the Farming Smarter Association, using one of its commercial plots to do a trial growing four varieties, using six treatments. Hopes are best management practices can be adopted that have better efficiencies, water fertility and pest and disease tolerances than the commonly grown Russet Burbank potato.
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