Reading Time: 3 minutes Alberta farm marketing organizations are applauding the Province of Alberta for new amendments eliminating redundant paperwork-intensive regulations for agriculture marketing boards and commissions.
Province streamlines rules for ag marketing boards, commissions
Producer groups on board with ‘red tape cutting’ measure removing redundant regulations from foundational document
New crop insurance policy enables easier startup for faba beans
AFSC ‘normals’ updated to reflect growing production in Alberta
Reading Time: 4 minutes Agriculture Financial Services Corporation updated its normals for faba beans, which may open the door for more Canadian producers to feel comfortable growing the pulse crop in the future.
Don’t fear involvement in ag groups, say commission reps
There are more benefits than losses when you nominate yourself for a board
Reading Time: 5 minutes It’s election season for many of Alberta’s farm organizations but it can feel like pulling teeth to get farmers involved, say representatives of grower groups. The positions are not necessarily as time-consuming as farmers may think because there are many people to help and in many cases work-life balance is prioritized. “It has to be […] Read more
Alberta Pulse Growers seeks advisors
Reading Time: < 1 minute Pulse producers who want to grow the province’s pulse industry while developing their own leadership skills are invited to let their names stand for election as an Alberta Pulse Growers advisor at zone meetings this fall. “I strongly encourage any interested pulse farmers to join the APG team,” said chair Shane Strydhorst. “I started out […] Read more
Nominations sought for pulse innovation award
Reading Time: < 1 minute Nominations are now open for the Alberta Pulse Industry Innovator Award. The award is given to “a person or organization that has worked to help nurture and shape the pulse industry and has helped contribute to the success of the industry,” Alberta Pulse Growers said in a release. That can include production, marketing, research, extension, […] Read more
Alberta Pulse Growers seeking grower representatives
Reading Time: < 1 minute Pulse producers who want to grow the province’s pulse industry while developing their own leadership skills are invited to let their names stand for election as an Alberta Pulse Growers adviser in their zone this fall. “I started out as an adviser like most APG directors,” said chair Robert Semeniuk. “Becoming an adviser is a […] Read more
Alberta pulse pioneer honoured
Reading Time: < 1 minute Craig Shaw is the recipient of the seventh annual Alberta Pulse Industry Innovator Award. The fourth-generation Lacombe-area producer, who retired from farming in 2016, was the inaugural vice-president of Alberta Pulse Growers Commission in 1989, becoming the group’s president a year later. He began growing peas in 1984 (to feed his brother’s hogs) and became […] Read more
Trio of AGMs being held online
Meetings take place Jan. 26 and Jan. 27
Reading Time: < 1 minute You’ll have to bring your own coffee, but you can still participate in the annual general meetings of the three crop commissions normally held during FarmTech. With the conference cancelled this year, Alberta Wheat, Alberta Canola and Alberta Pulse Growers are all holding their AGMs online. Alberta Canola’s meeting is Jan. 26 (from 9:30 a.m. […] Read more
Some cattle producers have a beef with fake-meat labelling
Is it misleading to use words like burger and meat for veggie substitutes?
Reading Time: 6 minutes Plant-based protein. Simulated meat. Alternative protein. When it comes to labelling fake meat, what’s in a name? Well, it depends on who you ask. Some say using words like ‘burger’ or ‘sausage’ to describe vegetarian fare is misleading. “To me, it’s obvious we’re producing the best meat product, because everybody else wants to call theirs […] Read more
Video details pre-harvest timing for peas
Reading Time: < 1 minute Alberta Pulse Growers has posted a video on its website on pea staging. The video by the organization’s research manager, Jenn Walker, looks at desiccation and pre-harvest timing. It was shot last summer in a field that had some areas where plants were about 80 per cent brown and therefore ready for desiccation. But other […] Read more
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