Reading Time: 2 minutes Cereal growers will have almost the entire month of October to say yay or nay to the proposed merger of Alberta Barley and Alberta Wheat. Those who grow both crops and have paid a checkoff in the last two years will get to cast two votes because each crop commission is required to have its […] Read more
Long-contemplated merger of cereal groups comes to a vote
Voting will be held online during October, plebiscite info and voting PIN should be in your mailbox soon
Pulse customers are calling but transport a worry
Pea and lentil production is rebounding but shipping woes continue
Reading Time: 2 minutes While some areas of Alberta struggled with a lack of precipitation and heat, pulse growers are faring much better overall than in drought-stricken 2021. But there’s been no turnaround when it comes to transportation woes. “We already know (there’s) going to be greater production this year, thanks to some timely rains we had earlier in […] Read more
Rising canola seed costs a familiar story
Reading Time: < 1 minute It’s no surprise to growers, but canola seed is getting more expensive every year. “Upward annual price change for canola seed has been an ongoing trend for some time,” Alberta Agriculture market analyst Ryan Furtas said in a recent Agri-News note. During the most recent September-May period, the average price for Roundup Ready canola rose […] Read more
It’s showtime for BCRC webinars
Reading Time: < 1 minute There’s a ‘show me the money’ theme to the Beef Cattle Research Council’s upcoming webinar season. It begins Sept. 7 with a look at the latest numbers from the Canadian Cow-Calf Cost of Production Network, which has data from 42 farms that allows insights into the difference between “top, medium and low profitable farms.” It […] Read more
Does a $1,000 for your burger recipe sound tasty?
Reading Time: < 1 minute This year’s Alberta Beef Producers ‘Young Guns’ contest offers three prizes to young beef producers who can describe their burger-eating style. Entries may be a written piece, presentation, video, social media campaign, blog post or media pitch. The contest is open to those between eight and 21 and involved in 4-H beef, junior cattle shows […] Read more
Funding available for animal welfare initiatives
Reading Time: < 1 minute Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is spending nearly $3 million to enhance animal welfare and tracking. Animal Health Canada in Elora, Ont. will receive up to $2.9 million to update national livestock codes of practice, including the code for safe and humane transportation. The Canadian Cattle Identification Agency in Calgary will receive up to $52,140 to […] Read more
Grants available for adopting 4R
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canola Council of Canada has launched a new program, called the Canola 4R Advantage, that will offer up to $12,000 per farm for implementing 4R stewardship practices. The funding (from Ottawa’s On-Farm Climate Action Fund) will reimburse growers for up to 85 per cent of their costs in four areas: soil testing, enhanced efficiency […] Read more
Growers urged to leave hail-damaged samples
Alberta again hit hardest in late-June storms
Reading Time: < 1 minute Members of the Canadian Crop Hail Association are asking hail-affected growers to leave adequate samples for adjusters. The CCHA said storms damaged crops with hail as large as baseballs across Western Canada in late July and member companies are investigating more than 1,500 claims. In a release, CCHA president Scott McQueen of Palliser Insurance said […] Read more
AFSC and Olds College form partnership
Drone assessment of hail damage is among the research projects
Reading Time: < 1 minute Olds College and Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC) have created a formal partnership in which AFSC will support applied research on the Olds College Smart Farm. In 2021 the Olds College research team worked on a proof of concept with AFSC to see if drone imagery in hail-damaged fields could assist assessment, with promising initial […] Read more
McDonald’s and McCain support regen ag potatoes
McCain pledges to implement the practice on 100 per cent of acreage by 2030
Reading Time: < 1 minute McDonald’s Canada and McCain Foods Limited have announced the Future of Potato Farming Fund, a joint initiative that will offer $1 million to support the implementation of regenerative agricultural practices and technology by Canadian potato growers. The fund will be open to more than 130 farmers with more than 76,000 acres of potato farmland, and […] Read more
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