Insights and Stories on Alberta

Alberta to pare slots cut for horse racing sector

Mar. 24, 2016 at 7:03 pm CDT

A renewed 10-year funding agreement for Alberta’s horse racing industry body will see its take from racetrack slot machine revenue cut from almost 52 per cent down to 40 per cent by 2018. The provincial government, in a release March 19, said its new agreement “will help ensure the viability […]

Mild winter, poor snow cover watched in Alberta, Saskatchewan

Mar. 2, 2016 at 8:37 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

More Alberta sheep producers needed due to high demand for lamb

Dec. 18, 2015 at 10:09 am CST

By Alexis Kienlen

Alberta’s farm worker bill passes, with tweaks

Dec. 12, 2015 at 3:33 pm CST

By Staff

Alta. farm bill applies to paid workers only, minister says

Nov. 27, 2015 at 11:04 pm CST

By Staff

Alta. names new deputy ag minister

Oct. 24, 2015 at 3:35 pm CDT

A former assistant deputy minister in municipal affairs is now Alberta’s chief agricultural bureaucrat. Beverly Yee was named Thursday as the new deputy minister for agriculture and forestry, replacing Jason Krips. Yee, who has worked for the province since 1994, has held several executive management positions, the province said. Her […]

By Staff

Livestock seen threatened as biting insects press north

Sep. 23, 2015 at 8:25 pm CDT

Bluetongue’s most recent appearance in the Canadian cattle herd may be a taste of what’s to come as insect species expand northward, a new study warns. Anna Zuliani, previously a graduate student in veterinary medicine at the University of Calgary (UCVM), recently published a paper on how geographical distribution of […]

By Staff

Malt barley prices strong despite ongoing harvest

Sep. 15, 2015 at 12:48 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Commodity prices typically buckle under harvest pressure, but malt barley has been acting as the shining star of cash markets. Influencers within Canada and globally have contributed to the climb, according to one industry expert. Cash prices for delivered elevator malt barley range between $5.25 and $5.75 […]

By Jade Markus

Western Prairies see low yields as harvest ramps up

Aug. 13, 2015 at 7:57 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– This summer’s erratic weather has taken its toll on plant development in Alberta and parts of western Saskatchewan, according to crop-watchers in those areas. “We have heard that dry conditions have caused plants (peas) to slough off or have the tillers dry off and have lost those […]

By Dave Sims

Alta. cuts ranchers’ water pump rental fees

Aug. 6, 2015 at 6:43 pm CDT

Ranchers and farmers renting the Alberta ag ministry’s pumps and pipes to move water for livestock watering and domestic use in dry areas may now get the equipment for half the going rate. The province announced Thursday it will cut the rental fees charged under its annual Water Pumping Program, […]

By Staff

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