Photo: Ed White

Ag in Motion Innovation Awards handed out

The competition was made up of five categories, each including three contestants. Their innovations ranged from a giant manure bio-gas tank-trailer to a simple plastic calf castration card, from analytical management systems to hand-held leaf-scanning apps.




A construction crew confers this summer at the entrance to Lethbridge’s Agri-Food Hub and Trade Centre, which is set to host Ag Expo later this month.

Ag Expo settles into new home

The Agri-Food Hub and Trade Centre gives the annual event opportunity to grow

Reading Time: 2 minutes Organizers of Ag Expo in Lethbridge are using a new venue for the first time this year, for what they hope will be a banner year for the show. The Agri-Food Hub and Trade centre is a 268,000 square foot facility that opened its doors this summer, replacing three outdated pavilions at the Exhibition Park […] Read more


Rachael Wheeler of Australia said her Canadian cattle genetics have resulted in cattle that can thrive in a rang e of environments.

International buyers take Canadian cattle genetics worldwide

Farmfair and its inbound buyer program made these two international operations boosters of Canadian cattle

Reading Time: 4 minutes Farmfair International has driven major changes in the way two international beef producers grow cattle. And it all comes down to Canadian genetics. Just ask Colette Masterson of South Africa. She and her husband, Andrew, first visited the Edmonton event five years ago. They’ve never looked back. “When we visited Farmfair for the first time […] Read more



The quality of the livestock draws buyers and sellers to Farmfair International.

Farmfair anticipates robust cattle shows

Honey show, youth career fair and other facets to round out the 2023 event

Reading Time: 2 minutes Farmfair International is poised to return to Edmonton Nov. 8-11.  Organizers say the event has been Alberta’s largest beef cattle show for nearly 50 years, at which exhibitors from across Western Canada gather to show their top livestock genetics to purebred producers, local ranchers and international buyers.  Boasting the largest purse in Canada, Farmfair International […] Read more

An overhead shot of the Lethbridge and District Exhibition’s new, 268,000 square foot Agri-food Hub and Trade Centre.

Lethbridge Exhibition goes big time with huge new facility

$80 million Agri-food Hub a platform for new ag opportunities, say developers

Reading Time: 3 minutes Lethbridge’s new, 268,000 square foot facility is more than just a place to hold popular agricultural events, say its developers. It’s a platform to show southern Alberta’s agriculture sector to the world and grow the local economy in the process. In that sense, the Agri-food Hub and Trade Centre, which opens to the public Aug. […] Read more