With Alberta's carbon levy increase to $30 per tonne from $20 at the start of this year, energy-related operating costs on the farm, particularly grain drying, are likely to negatively affect the farm...

EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES AND A STABLE BEEF SECTOR ADD UP TO OPPORTUNITY BY NATALIE NOBLE The rising prices and growing export opportunities of the 2017/18 crop year demonstrated that there is excellent po...

AgSafe Alberta has now transitioned into an industry-led farm and ranch safety association featuring a board composed of 10 producers representing crop and livestock groups....

Daniel Itenfisu, a drought modeller with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry’s (AF) AgMet unit, collects data on weather and soil conditions from around the province, which is used to create drought repo...

The province’s uniquely variable meteorological movements have forced climate scientists to continually beef up their data-gathering, information-interpretation and prediction powers....

Crop pests are like party crashers: If you can’t get rid of them, at least limit the damage they do. While farmers would be lost without pest control products, they understand the need to regulate the...

Though nitrogen-stabilizing products are among the newest “old-technology” fertilizers on the market, they are still regarded somewhat cautiously by western Canadian farmers....

Already established in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Fusarium head blight is now spreading across Alberta, where tight regulations leave some farmers scrambling to source clean seed. Prevention and rotat...

It took many years for Canada to become aligned under UPOV 91, the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. The international framework allows nations to build an environment...

With the world closely watching agricultural practices, WEEDit has the potential to demonstrate farmers’ commitment to applying the minimum spray required to maintain the highest productivity....