Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
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Province and feds provide combined $340M for ranchers after drought-laden summerAfter an extremely dry summer, the government of Alberta is offering a support program that will allow ranchers to apply for $200 per head in funding.EnvironmentSep 7, 2021
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Alberta farmers worried as cold weather hurts harvestsSome farmers are worried as harvest progress slows down across Alberta due to cold weather and high precipitation.EnvironmentSep 22, 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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‘It’s been a real trying time’: Alberta farmers behind on seeding after wet springThanks to recent wet and soggy weather, many farmers near Edmonton are far behind where they typically should be with seeding.CanadaMay 20, 2017
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‘We’d be better off if hail had wiped out the whole field’: 30% of Alta. crops waiting to be harvestedStubble is usually all that’s left in Alberta fields this time of year. But about 40 per cent of Justin Bell’s 9500 acres of wheat and canola crops east of Standard are still standing. His combines are stationary.EnvironmentNov 2, 2016
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Extreme Alberta weather coming at a huge cost to farmersWhile some might marvel at the storm images caught on camera in southern Alberta this summer, farmers in the area are now faced with adding up just how much Mother Nature has impacted their bottom line.CanadaJul 19, 2016
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‘Culture of entitlement’: Alberta Crown corporation board let go after review of executive expensesThe board of directors of Alberta's Agriculture Financial Services Corporation has been let go following an investigation into the expenses of senior executives and the corporation's procurement practices.MoneyJun 13, 2016
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