Latest News Stories - Alberta Farmer Express
WEBSep 6, 2024 · Green Industry Show and Conference. Westerner Park — 4847A-19th St., Red Deer. More events →. Alberta Farmer Express provides Alberta farmers and ranchers the latest News stories and features. Read our News stories.
Latest Crops Stories - Alberta Farmer Express
WEBSep 9, 2024 · Alberta weekly crop report: Harvest yields are coming in lighter than expected. Combining of major crops in Alberta progressed 23 points during the week ended Sept. 10, reaching 54 per cent, according to the province's latest weekly crop report. While dry weather helped to advance the harvest, crop yields were not meeting expectations.
Humalite a made-in-Alberta success story - Alberta Farmer Express
WEBApr 5, 2024 · The university’s research found that humalite applications combined with urea resulted in 14 to 19 per cent higher grain yield, 23 to 30 per cent higher seed protein content, and 14 to 60 per cent higher nitrogen use efficiency. In laboratory experiments, the researchers applied humalite to a variety of crops including wheat, canola and field ...
Grain grower diversifies operation with fish farm
WEBJul 10, 2013 · Alberta and fishery aren’t words commonly used together, but Mark McNaughton grows nearly 50 tonnes of fish a year. Along with his 3,500 acres of wheat, canola and barley, the Trochu producer has anywhere from 50,000 to 60,000 tilapia in his a “big giant aquarium” housed on his farm. Just like the home version, you need to …
FarmCash now available across the West - Alberta Farmer Express
WEBMar 10, 2021 · Alberta Wheat is opening up its FarmCash Advance Payments Program to growers across Western Canada. The farm group began the program in the fall of 2018 and offers cash advances to producers of more than 50 agricultural commodities – including all major crops, livestock and honey. There are 33 “administrators” of the federal loan ...
Bruderheim to be home to continent’s biggest hemp-processing …
WEBFeb 22, 2021 · Photo: Supplied. [UPDATED: Feb. 22, 2021] The town of Bruderheim will soon be home to North America’s largest hemp-processing facility. Canadian Rockies Hemp Corporation says its under-construction plant in the community northeast of Edmonton is on track to be finished this summer. “Construction started last fall (in 2019), but it was put ...
Planning on building a barn or other farm building? Read this.
WEBJul 14, 2015 · The Alberta Building Code provides an exemption for most farm buildings, defined under the code as buildings of low human occupancy for the housing of livestock or the storage or maintenance of equipment, materials, or produce. In order to qualify for this exemption, the building must be associated directly and only with the farm on which it is ...
Massive new feedlot working out as planned, says owner
WEBJul 11, 2022 · The last two years have produced many hair-raising situations for Alberta’s cattle producers and that’s been the case for feedlot owner Kevin Serfas, who has undertaken a massive feedyard expansion. Based in Turin, about 50 kilometres north of Lethbridge, he runs Serfas Farms, a sizeable grain …
Latest Livestock Stories - Alberta Farmer Express
WEBSep 5, 2024 · For the week ending September 7, Western Canadian yearling markets traded steady to $5/cwt higher in Alberta but steady to $6/cwt lower in Saskatchewan and Manitoba compared to seven days earlier. Major feedlots in Alberta appear to be focusing on local cattle. The calf market is in price discovery mode with …
Is Piedmontese ‘the beef of the future?’ - Alberta Farmer Express
WEBAug 31, 2016 · Piedmontese cattle are a double-muscled breed, so the animals consistently yield higher — without any added input costs. “On a hanging weight compared to live weight, they’re probably about five per cent more yield,” said DenOudsten. “But the real gain is on salable cuts. That’s where you’re gaining on a five to seven per cent range.