Insights and Stories on Alberta

Agrico buys stake in Alberta input retail chain

Nov. 14, 2017 at 7:00 pm CST

The wholesale crop input arm of Quebec’s La Coop federee has expanded its retail reach further west on the Prairies with a stake in a central Alberta input retailer group. Agrico Canada, part of the Quebec federation of ag co-ops since 2011, last week announced a deal to buy a […]

Ex-Wildrose ag critic to handle file for merged Tories

Nov. 3, 2017 at 3:12 am CDT

By Staff

Alberta back in national chicken quota arrangement

Nov. 2, 2017 at 7:43 pm CDT

By Staff

Alberta malt barley quality looking good

Oct. 25, 2017 at 7:44 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

ICE weekly outlook: Canola enjoying broad-based support

Oct. 25, 2017 at 5:38 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

Climate FieldView data system ready for Prairies

Oct. 25, 2017 at 3:38 pm CDT

In beta testing in the region for much of this year, the Climate FieldView crop data system from Monsanto’s Climate Corp. has gone live on the Prairies. The Climate Corp. announced Wednesday the Climate FieldView platform is available for purchase in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta on a per-acre basis, allowing […]

By Staff

Alberta to reallocate veterinary school funding

Oct. 12, 2017 at 5:45 pm CDT

Alberta is set to gradually pull its $8 million in annual funding from the University of Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) and instead expand the vet school at the University of Calgary. The province announced Thursday it will expand enrolment for the University of Calgary’s Veterinary Medicine program […]

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Alberta, feds back Lethbridge potato processing plant

Sep. 18, 2017 at 8:12 pm CDT

The federal and Alberta governments are set to cover over $22 million in costs related to the construction of Cavendish Farms’ new potato processing plant at Lethbridge. The two levels of government on Monday announced $20 million for the City of Lethbridge for related municipal infrastructure developments, through the federal/provincial […]

By Staff

UFA to shut down outdoor outfitter business

Sep. 16, 2017 at 5:27 pm CDT

Alberta farmers’ co-operative UFA is set to get out of an “increasingly competitive” space in the retail sector by closing its outdoor supply chain Wholesale Sports. The co-operative, which bought what was then a seven-store chain in 2008, announced Thursday it would start inventory liquidation sales Friday at all 12 […]

By Staff

Richardson buying two Alberta crop input retailers

Aug. 28, 2017 at 6:45 pm CDT

Two independent crop input retailers in northeastern Alberta will become part of Richardson Pioneer’s ag retail chain starting Friday. Richardson on Monday announced it will buy Webb’s Crop Services Ltd. at Vermilion and Agro Guys Inc. at Forestburg, about 165 km southwest of Vermilion, for undisclosed sums. Both deals are […]

By Staff