Reading Time: 4 minutes Grazing/cultivated lease controversy continues in southern Alberta municipality with residential landowners weighing in over taxes.
Southern Alberta lease policy changes offer tax relief hope
M.D. resident cites exorbitant residential/non-residential tax rates compared to farm land
Irrigators jumping with joy over Alberta snowpack predictions
Reservoirs expected to get boost from decade-best snowpack for Alberta’s irrigated crops
Reading Time: 3 minutes Alberta irrigated farmers gets good news with snowpack shaping up to be the best the area has seen in a decade to fill the reservoirs for the thirsty crops for the growing season.
Western Irrigation District and Langdon Waterworks sign water management agreement to ensure long-term water supply and management
Water agreement will address the future of water access for Langdon and areas east of Calgary
Reading Time: < 1 minute The WID and Langdon Waterworks Limited have come to an agreement which will address the future of water access east of Calgary
Alberta’s Bill 7 proposes amendments to Water Act
Changes to the Water Act will cut red tape, increase transparency, and make more water available to Albertans
Reading Time: 5 minutes Alberta has proposed an update to the Water Act for the first time since 1999
Alberta announces new studies to account for future water needs in southern Alberta
WSP Canada hired to conduct study on whether to build dam or reservoir on Belly River in southern Alberta
Reading Time: 2 minutes Alberta’s government is undertaking a review of potential sites for dams and other infrastructure to prepare for future water needs.
Alberta Agriculture First: A new mandate for Alberta’s ag minister
Minister RJ Sigurdson’s new directives focus on reducing bureaucratic barriers, improve irrigation
Reading Time: 5 minutes The Minister for Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation, RJ Sigurdson, received his new mandate letter from the premier. The suggestions in the letter are a blueprint to driving agriculture in the province ahead.
Irrigation capacity questioned
Some data shows there is sufficient water to increase irrigated acres
Reading Time: 3 minutes Some are highly skeptical that Canada could massively expand irrigation in Saskatchewan and Alberta so that 10 per cent of Canada’s farmland is irrigated.
Conservation groups enter grazing lease debate
Five Alberta groups ask for halt of proposed project to convert native grasslands to irrigation
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Municipal District of Taber in southern Alberta remains at a political crossroads, weighing the interests of generating revenue for public services with conserving native grasslands.
Petition launched over grazing lease controversy
Battle for grazing and irrigated land continues for rural residents of southern Alberta municipality
Reading Time: 4 minutes Battle continues between the need for generation of tax revenue from irrigation and the preservation of native grasslands in southern Alberta rural municipality.
Alberta irrigators put power of the sun to work
Harnessing solar energy for irrigation in southern Alberta
Reading Time: 3 minutes An early adopter of using solar power to operate irrigation equipment says after several years, he’s convinced the system is a win for farmers.
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