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Taking the farmers’ market online

Arvo is a new website acting as an online farmers’ market for producers and consumers

Reading Time: 4 minutes Two Albertans, who have a cow-calf operation near McRae, had the idea to create Arvo, an online farmers’ market, after being unable to find beef from within their own community.

Auctioneer Casey Lawes at work. Screencap via Livestock Markets Association of Canada's Facebook page.

Auctioneering runs in Lawes family’s blood

Casey Lawes, the 2025 Canadian livestock auctioneering champion, comes from a long line of auctioneers

Reading Time: 3 minutes A genuine personality and respect for ranchers helped Casey Lawes of Provost, Alberta win the Livestock Markets Association of Canada’s auctioneering championship.


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Province streamlines rules for ag marketing boards, commissions

Producer groups on board with ‘red tape cutting’ measure removing redundant regulations from foundational document

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.