Officials at the MD of Taber know how difficult it has been this year. 

Please find attached the latest Cattle Market Update from Saskatchewan Agriculture. Highlights for the week include:

Please find attached this week’s Cattle Market Update. Highlights include:

Empress' Hayes Howe has a lot of reasons to smile these days. Sure it has been cold, but he is enjoying life on his mom's Two Rivers' black Angus ranch near Empress. Hayes rides horses, works cows with his mom and has done pretty well with showing livestock. 

Department of Plant Science PhD student at the University of Manitoba Callum Morrison has a keen interest in what farmers are doing on the prairies. 

The first harvest for a Grow Hope Saskatchewan project on a farm near Swift Current brought together local community members and those supporting this initiative to reduce hunger in the world.

The 13th annual Ranchman's Ridin' & Recitin' took place at Kinetic Exhibition Park in Swift Current, Sept. 25-26. The Swift Current Agricultural and Exhibition Association hosted this celebration of the ranching lifestyle. Barns were open for the arrival of animals on Sept. 25, and the l…

A community growing project in the Swift Current area successfully completed another season in support of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank.

Melody Garner-Skiba, executive director of Alberta Sugar Beet Growers (ASBG), is proud of her organization and all the hard work work of its members do in contributing to Alberta’s agriculture industry. She says the early harvest of sugar beets this year looks promising with 100,000 tonnes a…

Please find attached this week’s Cattle Market Update. Highlights include:

The Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede Beef Pen Show and Cowboy Christmas Tradeshow will not take place. 

A dedicated group of volunteer humanitarians help contribute in feeding those malnourished across the world. 

When Karen Beauchemin first started her career in agricultural research, she couldn’t have predicted what kind of career she would have and all of the beef producers she would assist.

Harvest is starting for the sweetest crop in Southern Alberta 

Cereals Canada announced recently the appointment of its senior leadership team. Effective August 17, Dean Dias will lead the organization as Chief Executive Officer, with Cam Dahl serving as Chief Strategy Officer.

More than $2.6 million in grant funding will support St. Mary River Irrigation District in managing and delivering water for irrigation in southern Alberta.

Putting the bad memories of a year ago behind them, local Taber corn growers opened their season in southern Alberta in recent weeks and saw brisk business throughout the day.

Government has granted the Raymond Irrigation a total of $271,432 as part of the Irrigation Rehabilitation Program (IRP).

Amendments to the Meat Inspection Regulation will cut red tape and provide Albertans with greater access to locally produced meat while maintaining food safety.

There is a niche market in Saskatchewan for beef production on native prairie that also protects species at risk, and the Prairie Provides logo can help ranchers to connect with those consumers.

The Exhibition Park Exolution upgrade got a super charge from the provincial government to help transform it into a world class agrifood hub right here in Lethbridge.

Nichole Neubauer was on the phone with this reporter to discuss the first face-to-face Champions of Agriculture meeting held June 25 when another call came in. 

With the summer brings some challenges for rural landowners whether for farming or livestock in the way of weeds. 

As part of any business, farming has a lot of paperwork and for those agriculture producers in Saskatchewan there is a lot to deal withThere are a lot of forms to fill out for farmers these days 

Please find attached this week’s Cattle Market Update. Highlights include:

This week’s Cattle Market update provides both some positive and not to so positive numbers for beef producers. Highlights include:

Canadian Western Agribition (CWA) announced today that, in response to restrictions and recommendations surrounding COVID-19, CWA's 50th show will be postponed until 2021.

With long time Alberta Beef Producers general manager Rich Smith retiring, ABP has given the reigns to Medicine Hat-area’s Brad Dubeau. 

In response to the recent challenges faced by Alberta’s beekeepers, Agriculture and Forestry is introducing a new Canadian Agricultural Partnership program.

On June 9 while hosting a videoconference with media, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, announced the launch of the second call for proposals under the Local Food Infrastructure Fund. This second call for proposals, valued at $43.4 million, will begin…

Precipitation in the last week both helped and hindered Alberta producers. In areas where seeding is complete moisture is helping with development of the crops.

Meghan A. Vankosky, Ph.D. a research scientist with Field Crop Entomology Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says it will be a challenging year in regards to the crop pest situation, but like most aspects of agriculture, future weather will predict a lot of the impact the insect pests will have. 

A significant portion of Canadian farmers have had an incident resulting in an injury or close call on their operation, but these accidents don't necessarily change behaviour, according to a recent survey by Farm Credit Canada (FCC).

On June 13, at the Medicine Hat Feeding Company and on its sales website, there will be a special, non-traditional sale.

AFSC has extended the purchase deadline for Western Livestock Price Insurance Program (WLPIP) calf insurance until June 18, 2020 and with the recent cattle market volatility, Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) is strongly encouraging producers to consider purchasing insurance to protect prices in …

For the period May 12 -18 in Saskatchewan, seeding is progressing quickly.

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Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, on behalf of Farm Credit Canada (FCC), announced May 14 the launch of a $100-million Agriculture and Food Business Solutions Fund to support proven, viable companies through unexpected business disruptions, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.