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Alberta Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation RJ Sigurdson does the ceremonial fire up of Farming Smarter’s new tractor it was able to purchase with the help of the province’s one-time capital grant of $3.2 million to Alberta’s 12 applied research associations. The boost to Farming Smarter’s equipment for potato research helps with the association’s operating costs as a non-profit association.

Farming Smarter receives financial boost from Alberta government for potato research

Jun. 26, 2025 at 1:23 pm CDT

Farming Smarter near Lethbridge got a boost to its research equipment, thanks to the Alberta government’s increase in funding for research associations.

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