Alberta’s mandatory cattle age-verification regulations will be under the microscope, said John Brown, executive director of the Livestock Research and Extension Branch of Alberta Agriculture. Brown said results-based budgeting means […] Read more
Alberta’s mandatory cattle age verification under review
Alberta’s farms escape worst of flooding
The impact of historic-high flooding on Alberta’s agriculture industry isn’t expected to be severe. “It is early. I would say at this point we don’t have any reports of catastrophic […] Read more
Ag players find Kazakhstan, Russia open for business
Industry representatives from Alberta and throughout Canada have told the federal and provincial agriculture ministers they’ve been having a successful mission in Kazakhstan. “The industry people who I’ve been travelling […] Read more
Alta. growers catching up on seeding
Producers across Alberta are thoroughly taking advantage of warm, dry mid-May weather to catch up on seeding. The first provincial crop report was issued May 6, and at that time, […] Read more
Calgary Co-op weighs stall-free pork
Calgary Co-op is the latest food company casting a critical eye on the use of gestation stalls in the pork sector — but the company is working with Alberta Pork […] Read more
Alta. chicken producers poised to exit national system
A Feb. 22 deadline has come and gone for Alberta Chicken Producers to withdraw its letter of intent to pull out of the national chicken supply management system without a […] Read more
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