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Righting a historic wrong for Alberta ranchers
Posted on 22 October 2026Contributed Alberta is reopening a registration program so eligible ranchers can have their long-standing water rights recognized. For generations, Alberta’s ranchers have relied on water… Read More »
Alberta Grains to wind down FarmCash department
Posted on 22 October 2026Contributed Following a comprehensive review of our strategic direction, including the FarmCash program, the Alberta Grains Board of Directors has made the decision to wind… Read More »
Lac Pelletier community group asks province to cancel feedlot approval
Posted on 21 September 2026By Matthew Liebenberg mliebenberg@prairiepost.com The Friends of Lac Pelletier is asking the Ministry of Agriculture to cancel an intensive livestock operation (ILO) permit issued to… Read More »
Lethbridge Polytechnic researchers debut evapotranspiration measurement tool “Irrimap” for producers, researchers
Posted on 14 September 2026Contributed Lethbridge Polytechnic’s Mueller Irrigation Research Group (MIRG) has developed an easy-to-use, web-based program to measure evaporation and transpiration (evapotranspiration, or ET) in agricultural settings,… Read More »
Catastrophic flooding in Montana gifts water to Alberta
Posted on 24 June 2024By Justin Sibbet Alberta Newspaper Group A crack, a bang and a burst. Thousands of litres of water flowed freely from a pipe in the… Read More »
Aurora making way more money in vegetable seedlings than it did in cannabis
Posted on 24 June 2024Collin Gallant Alberta Newspaper Group Aurora Cannabis made more money on growing vegetable seedlings than on recreational cannabis over the last 12 months, but improved… Read More »
Saskatchewan Cattle Market Update (as of May 3)
Posted on 21 May 2024Saskatchewan Agriculture Please find attached the Saskatchewan Cattle Market Update based on the week ending May 3. Some highlights include: · Canfax reported 10,355 head… Read More »
Several SW Sask. water reservoirs unlikely to fill this year
Posted on 16 April 2024Alberta Newspaper Group Most reservoirs in Saskatchewan are at good levels ahead of an expectedly dry spring and summer, but six in the southwest of… Read More »
Four water deals for southern Alberta basins await licence holders’ OK
Posted on 16 April 2024Alberta Newspaper Group Four initial agreements on water sharing within southern Alberta river basins are complete and before water licence holders to endorse, the Medicine… Read More »
SE reaction reactions to renewables rules range from reverence to riled up
Posted on 4 March 2024By Collin Gallant Alberta Newspaper Group Local opponents of wind and solar projects are encouraged by an outline of new rules that will be applied… Read More »