Reading Time: 2 minutes The contract begins at the wheat board, which will negotiate a sales price with the domestic millers. Based on the sales price, a guaranteed farmer price for a specific delivery point is calculated. af contributor | lethbridge Southern Alberta soft wheat growers, on the verge of boycotting the crop over low prices, have won a […] Read more
Soft Wheat Industry Gets Cash Contract From CWB
SARA Elects New Board And Executive
Reading Time: < 1 minute AF CONTRIBUTOR | LETHBRIDGE Ron Lamb of Claresholm is the new president of the Southern Applied Research Association (SARA ), succeeding Greg Stamp of Lomond, who has resigned as president but agreed to remain on the board of directors. Stamp was one of two directors elected by acclamation to two-year terms during the SARA annual […] Read more
More Rain And Less Snow Will Affect Flow For Irrigation
Reading Time: 2 minutes AF Contributor lethbridge Alberta must drastically expand its water and snow monitoring information system in the Rocky Mountains to give managers a better chance to take optimum advantage of water, says a resource specialist. John Pomeroy, a researcher in water resources affected by climate change at the University of Saskatchewan’s Centre for Hydrology, says river […] Read more
Water Policy May Come By Year’s End
Reading Time: < 1 minute AF Contributor Alberta Environment will complete the first phase of its new cumulative effects policy by March 31. It’s designed to help meet changing conditions with integrated planning for water, land, air and biodiversity, says a department assistant deputy minister. Bev Yee told the Alberta Irrigation Projects Association annual conference that the Alberta Land Stewardship […] Read more
Entries Steady At Seed Fair
Reading Time: 2 minutes AF contributor lethbridge Weather played havoc with some southern Alberta crops last year, but farmers still entered 285 entries in the North American Seed Fair for judging March 5. Shad Milligan, seed fair committee vice-chairman, said seed quality was down for some entries, but most came in above average for the past few years. “It […] Read more
Earthquake Affects Delivery Of Hybrid Canola Seed
Reading Time: 2 minutes AF contributor The effects of Chile’s severe earthquake are being felt by HyTech Production Ltd., a canola seed multiplication company based in Lethbridge. HyTech contracts with Chilean growers to produce hybrid seed during the Canadian winter. President and owner Brian McNaughton says he’s confident Chilean farmers will get their job done, and his son Kevin […] Read more
Experience Pays Off For Sugar Beet King
Reading Time: 2 minutes AF contributor TABER The 2009 Lethbridge Herald-Taber Times High Tonnage Grower winner has had a lifelong relationship with the sugar beet industry. Joe Veres and his wife Mary sold their half section of land a few years ago, but retained their homestead that is a summer floral masterpiece, upgraded the farm home for eventual retirement, […] Read more
Students Turn Out For “Aggie Days” In Lethbridge
Reading Time: 2 minutes AF contributor Schools and the general public responded to an invitation to Aggie Days 2010 at Exhibition Park in Lethbridge, and exhibitors were only to happy to become teachers for a day. Dave Carlson, a Fort Macleod sheep-man and custom shearer, kept children spellbound with a running commentary while he pulled a perfect fleece off […] Read more
CWB Chair Says Public Breeding Research Vital
Reading Time: 2 minutes af contributor Western wheat and barley growers must get more vocal and active with the federal government to protect their interests, says the chairman of the Canadian Wheat Board. Larry Hill, who represents District 3 in southern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan, said dwindling federal spending on agricultural research is a good example. Speaking to the […] Read more
2009 Was A Tough Year For Southern Alberta Soft Wheat Growers
Reading Time: < 1 minute AF contributor Richard Huvenaars of Hays, chairman of the research and production committee for the Alberta Soft Wheat Producers Commission, said estimated soft wheat production was not achieved in 2009. The low price limited acres, yields were down, and fusarium and mildew caused some downgrading, he said. He told delegates to the commission’s annual meeting […] Read more
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