Reading Time: 3 minutes The 4-H four leaf clover logo is recognized throughout North America and across much of the globe. But, in our increasingly high-tech world and, specifically, in a province where the rural population is declining and fewer kids have access to traditional 4-H animals like cattle and horses, is 4-H still relevant? Absolutely, says Cameron Horner, […] Read more
For Rural Youth, 4-H Is Still “Front & Centre”
Participants Shine At 4-H On Parade
Reading Time: 2 minutes “It’s a bittersweet day. Selling an animal you’ve worked with for many months is hard on a lot of kids.” GRANT BIRCHALL JUMPING POUND 4-H It might have been snowing and blowing outside for much of the May 29-31 weekend, but inside Calgary Stampede grounds, more than 500 kids enthusiastically learned, bonded, competed and sold […] Read more
Province mulls whether to pay farmers to leave natural habitat
Reading Time: 3 minutes “In the past, various subsidies have been the root cause of environmental/habitat destruction… These types of supports must be eliminated before we consider other supports for environmental protection.” CLIFF WALLIS ALBERTA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION Risk vs. gain, productivity vs. debt, innovation vs. tried-and-true– farmers make tough decisions between conflicting priorities on a daily basis. One such […] Read more
Considerations for contracting camelina
Reading Time: 3 minutes “We are capable of handling up to 100,000 acres in Canada this year.” DAN KUSALIK GREAT PLAIN S–THE CAMELINA COMPANY Are you toying with the idea of giving camelina a try, but don’t know what your contract options are, who to contact, or how this crop might suit your diversification needs? There are companies who […] Read more
Barley Remains Off The “Bleeding Edge” Of Current Crop Science Innovation
Reading Time: 4 minutes “At the end of the day, this study might raise more questions than it answers, but at least it will start the kind of conversations that we need to be having.” CHARLIE PEARSON ALBERTA AGRICULTURE CROPS MARKET ANALYST If you are a barley farmer, you likely hold a strong view about whether you’d consider raising […] Read more
Technology Proves Less Feed Means More Money
Reading Time: 3 minutes We all know a guy who can eat triple portions at the dinner table, yet remains skinny as a whip. When it comes to raising cattle, he’s exactly what we don’t want to see in our stock: supreme feed inefficiency. It’s commonly known there is a wide variation between how individual beef cattle convert food […] Read more
GHG Aggregator Seeks More Farmer Credits
Reading Time: 2 minutes “If I Had A Million Tonnes Of Credits, I Could Sell A Million Tonnes.” Anthony Weisshaar, President of Terra Verde Emissions Credit Inc. (TVEC), looks at home sitting in his third-floor corporate office near the heart of downtown Calgary. But, being a longtime prairie farmer (he still runs 5,100 acres with his brother in Wilcox, […] Read more
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