Alberta farming

• Alberta hopes to attract investment through irrigation expansion projects

  "This act essentially enables the largest single time investment in irrigation to be become a reality," said Minister of Agriculture Devin Dreeshen.

  Economy

  Mar 12
• Alberta pork producers to receive government funding due to Olymel backlog

  While the Olymel Red Deer facility was temporarily shuttered, producers were left without anywhere to send their product for processing.

  Economy

  Mar 9
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• Foreign demand for Canadian barley brings spike in price

  Barley and other grains are seeing record high prices, but that means beef producers are dishing out more to finish feeder cattle.

  Economy

  Feb 24
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• Farmer-led coalition calls for federal funding to cut agricultural emissions

  A national farmer-led coalition is asking the federal government to include funding in the upcoming budget to help curb greenhouse gas emissions in the agriculture sector.

  Consumer

  Feb 23
• Lakeside Dairy expands horizons and opens up a cheese plant

  Lakeside Dairy added an on-site cheese factory during the rebuild from devastating 2017 fire, and is now selling their creations around Edmonton.

  Consumer

  Nov 21, 2020
• Alberta cutting 930 jobs in social services, agriculture, wildfire management: AUPE

  "These are public sector workers in a variety of fields... community disability workers as well as people who work in wildfire management as well as farm safety," the NDP said.

  Economy

  Oct 21, 2020
• 2020 harvest season lives up to low expectations on some northern Alberta fields

  After such a wet summer, expectations were low for this year's harvest on some northern Alberta fields.

  Environment

  Sep 22, 2020
• 2020 harvest begins in southern Alberta

  The long hot summer days mean harvest is here. Farmers in southern Alberta are seeing some of the best crops they’ve had in years.

  Canada

  Aug 12, 2020
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• Leduc County declares state of agricultural disaster amid wet conditions

  Due to excessively wet weather, Leduc County has declared a municipal state of agricultural disaster.

  Environment

  Jul 24, 2020
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• Some Alberta farmers bracing for worst harvest in 18 years: ‘The damage is done’

  Many farmers in Alberta are facing another difficult harvest: hail has battered crops and fields across the province look more like lakes than farm land.

  Environment

  Jul 14, 2020