Insights and Stories on Alberta

Saskatchewan farmers to launch ag retail chain

Sep. 9, 2016 at 7:32 pm CDT

A Saskatchewan family farm and seed retailing operation is set to become the home base for a new chain of crop input and seed retail stores. Brad Hanmer, who farms and operates Hanmer Seeds at Govan, Sask., about 100 km north of Regina, on Wednesday announced the launch of SynergyAG, […]

Combining begins in drier sections of Western Prairies

Jul. 28, 2016 at 2:48 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

Alberta sacks AFSC board over top brass’ expenses

Jun. 13, 2016 at 7:49 pm CDT

By Staff

Alberta rain good news for farmers, bad news for grasshoppers

Jun. 2, 2016 at 5:25 pm CDT

By Erin DeBooy

Alberta lifts off-roading ban

May. 21, 2016 at 3:00 pm CDT

By Staff

‘Severe’ grasshopper numbers loom over northern Alberta

May. 12, 2016 at 3:56 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– A mild winter and a warm, dry spring have created some favourable hatching conditions for grasshoppers in Alberta, with the possibility of a severe outbreak in some areas. According to Mark Cutts, a crop specialist with Alberta Agriculture in Stettler, higher numbers of grasshoppers lie in a […]

By Dave Sims

Farming uses exempt from Alberta off-roading ban

May. 6, 2016 at 7:03 pm CDT

Alberta’s new provincewide ban on recreational use of off-highway vehicles (OHVs) in provincial parks and on other public lands won’t apply to their use in farm work. The provincial government announced the temporary OHV ban Friday as “another tool… to help prevent the spread of wildfires,” on top of Thursday’s […]

By Staff

Seeding underway in southern Alberta

Apr. 29, 2016 at 7:19 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Alberta farmers are in the early stages of seeding this year’s crop, with operations expected to become more widespread over the next few weeks. “Southern Alberta is the most advanced, and (farmers) have been plugging away for as long as two weeks in some areas,” said Mark […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Alberta to shut livestock, grain agencies in budget

Apr. 14, 2016 at 9:06 pm CDT

Alberta’s farmers will be spared the new fuel levy planned for next year in the province’s latest budget, but can expect a number of farm agencies to close in the meantime as the province moves to curb spending. Provincial Finance Minister Joe Ceci on Thursday announced a 2016-17 budget with […]

By Staff

Farmland fundamentals potentially bearish: FCC

Apr. 11, 2016 at 5:27 pm CDT

Having tracked more double-digit percentage increases in Canadian farmland prices through 2015, Canada’s federal farm lender sees factors lining up for those values to retreat. Farm Credit Canada’s latest Farmland Values Report, released Monday, logged a 10.1 per cent increase in average farmland values in Canada in 2015, down from a […]

By Staff