Reading Time: < 1 minute A disease expert is warning rural Albertans to take precautions in order to avoid a parasite commonly carried by coyotes, reports the e-newsletter from Alberta Beef Producers. The tapeworm doesn’t seem to affect coyotes but its feces contain the parasite’s eggs and when rodents ingest some of the droppings, they develop a growth on their […] Read more
Warning issued about coyote parasite
Prairie cattle offered a new home on the East Coast
Reading Time: < 1 minute It makes more sense to send cattle from Western Canada to the Maritimes than to send hay the other way, says the New Brunswick Beef Producers Association. The farm group is offering to match producers from the West with their counterparts in New Brunswick who want to buy or temporarily feed their cattle through a […] Read more
Farmers asked for views on research
Reading Time: < 1 minute What kind of Alberta research should get funding? That’s a question the province’s independent research funding body is asking farmers. “Our vision is to see Alberta’s agriculture and food sectors reach their full potential — we are inviting you to help shape what that full potential looks like,” RDAR chief executive Mark Redmond said in […] Read more
A classic scene from Alberta Open Farm Days
Reading Time: < 1 minute SherryAnn (on left in hat) and Kurtis Hoogland (on the tractor) transported visitors on a “tour trailer” to show off their operation in Lacombe County. The Hooglands produce grass-fed lamb and beef and raise pigs and poultry on pasture. The first-generation farm family was participating in Open Farm Days for the first time, one of […] Read more
AgCanada rolling out $200-million initiative to cut agricultural emissions
Cover cropping, reducing nitrogen use, and rotational grazing to be promoted by new program
Reading Time: 2 minutes The federal government is looking for partners to help farmers reduce their greenhouse gas emissions — and is putting $200 million on the table for three “target areas.” The three areas are cover cropping, nitrogen management, and rotational grazing practices, the government said in a release issued a few days before the federal election call. […] Read more
Foodgrains Bank has a new representative
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ary Vreeken is Alberta’s new representative for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. Vreeken had been teaching community development at the University of Calgary’s faculty of social work and has an extensive background with humanitarian organizations such as Samaritan’s Purse, World Renew and the Foodgrains Bank itself (including a stint as international program director from 2007-09). He […] Read more
There’s a mountain of plastic waste but Cleanfarms aims to conquer it
Organization says 62,000 tonnes of ag waste is created annually and only a tenth is recycled
Reading Time: 3 minutes A mountain of plastic waste comes off Canadian farms each year — nearly 62,000 tonnes annually. But even though Cleanfarms currently diverts only a small fraction of that pile into recycling, the organization wants to one day see all of it collected and recycled. That’s why it commissioned a study to identify the types and […] Read more
Scholarship season is a reminder to mark your calendars
Reading Time: < 1 minute With the return to school just around the corner, it’s the season of scholarship announcements — and a reminder that students planning to go to college or university a year from now should mark their calendars for when applications open again. For example, three Albertans (Catharina Brosinsky, Jessica Hadwin and Torann Mecham) are among the 15 […] Read more
Wheat producers join canola and corn growers in fertilizer survey
The Fertilizer Use Survey aims to show that farmers are practising good stewardship
Reading Time: 2 minutes A survey that tracks the fertilizer practices of farmers is being expanded to more crops — part of an effort to show that producers are employing management practices that are environmentally sound. “The survey shows us how agri-retailers and farmers across Canada are implementing 4R Nutrient Stewardship, which is an approach that has been demonstrated […] Read more
Young speakers event draws a crowd
Reading Time: < 1 minute They weren’t able to attend in person, but there was a record number of entrants in this year’s edition of the Alberta Young Speakers for Agriculture competition. It was the second virtual edition of the event for youth aged 11 to 24 who are passionate about agriculture and want to share that passion. “Youth from around […] Read more
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