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.

The Supreme Court of Canada says the trustee for a bankrupt Alberta energy company cannot simply walk away from unprofitable wells on agricultural land without having to clean up.

Alberta Pork says the disease affects pigs but poses no risk to human health and has not caused any food safety concerns.

The co-owner and operator of a Calgary-area horse rescue farm says Alberta's economy has increased demand for her services.

Some farmers are worried as harvest progress slows down across Alberta due to cold weather and high precipitation.

Thanks to recent wet and soggy weather, many farmers near Edmonton are far behind where they typically should be with seeding.

According to the 2016 Census of Agriculture, fewer Canadian producers are planting more cropland on larger farms and are making stable profits.

RCMP in eastern Alberta are investigating after a truck was spotted driving erratically though a field and gunshots were fired from it towards a deer.

The unusually warm temperatures in Alberta over the past few days have been welcome news to several farmers who have struggled to harvest their crops because of wet summer weather and snow in October.

Agriculture Minister Oneil Carlier says he hopes stakeholder meetings into the contentious Bill 6 will begin by the end of February.