Alberta Ranchers
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Hot and dry conditions could produce ‘catastrophic’ situation for Alberta ranchersSouthern Alberta ranchers are hitting a crisis point due to the continued hot and dry conditions this spring.CanadaJun 12, 2023
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Level playing field? Coal miners, environmentalists wrangle over Grassy Mountain hearing costsBenga Mining, on the hook for the costs from the Grassy Mountain project hearing, wants the amount trimmed drastically and claims some groups owe the company money.EnvironmentDec 22, 2021
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Alberta farmers assessing impacts of summer heat wave on crops, animalsDry conditions combined with more than a week of extremely hot temperatures have left an impact on Alberta producers.CanadaJul 6, 2021
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Alberta legislation aims to modernize ranch fees, grazing leasesAlberta is modernizing the rent and fees ranchers and cattle owners pay the province for use of public lands.CanadaOct 16, 2019
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Alberta beefing up penalties for those who trespass on farmers’ propertyAlberta Premier Jason Kenney says legislation is coming this fall to crack down on protesters who trespass on farms and agricultural land.CrimeOct 3, 2019
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U of A study finds predator compensation program for ranchers helps conservation effortsA University of Alberta study says a provincial program that uses hunting licence fees to compensate ranchers when cows, sheep or goats are killed by predators also supports conservation efforts.CanadaJan 17, 2018
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Alberta rancher calls Environment Lethbridge’s challenge to eat less meat ‘a slap in the face’Even after the social media controversy, Environment Lethbridge stands by its call to eat less meat.ConsumerJan 8, 2018
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Alberta government to provide interest-free loans to farmers hit by fall wildfiresInterest-free loans are being offered to ranchers and farmers who lost livestock and other property to October's wildfires across a vast region of southern Alberta.CanadaDec 20, 2017
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Alberta rancher recognized by Calgary Stampede for decades of community serviceIt’s been a wild ride for a Longview rancher who’s run a rodeo school, provided horses for the Stampede Parade and had great success involved in Academy Award-winning western movies.SportsNov 14, 2017
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Researchers developing new test for bovine TB that could help Alberta ranchersResearchers say they are developing a test for bovine tuberculosis they hope could someday spare ranchers and governments from costly quarantines and mass slaughters of cattle.CanadaApr 23, 2017
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