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Agriculture

Harvest tour digs into sugar beet farming

Posted on October 24, 2024

By Cal Braid Vauxhall Advance Local Journalism Initiative Reporter  On Oct. 16, the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers held their annual harvest tour, and it was… Read More »

Old Farmer’s Almanac predicting wetter and colder winter in 2025

Posted on September 30, 2024

By Trevor Busch Westwind Weekly News editor@tabertimes.com “Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” Often attributed to Mark Twain, the famous… Read More »

Ag 2024: the taps stayed closed when the skies opened up

Posted on September 19, 2024

By Cal Braid Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Before the 2024 growing season kicked off, the St. Mary River Irrigation District announced that… Read More »

Fall harvest wrapping up in Cardston-Siksika: MLA Schow

Posted on September 19, 2024

By Heather Cameron Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Joseph Schow, MLA for Cardston-Siksika riding, has thoughts on the 2024 harvest season. “I’m glad… Read More »

Harvest 2024 pretty good despite early drought concerns

Posted on September 19, 2024

By Trevor Busch Westwind Weekly News editor@tabertimes.com For a growing season many had already written off before it even started due to ongoing drought concerns,… Read More »

Ag 2024: the taps stayed closed when the skies opened up

Posted on September 19, 2024

By Cal Braid Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Before the 2024 growing season kicked off, the St. Mary River Irrigation District announced that… Read More »

Fall harvest wrapping up in Cardston-Siksika: MLA Schow

Posted on September 19, 2024

By Heather Cameron Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Joseph Schow, MLA for Cardston-Siksika riding, has thoughts on the 2024 harvest season. “I’m glad… Read More »

Spring moisture a blessing for area fields and farmers

Posted on June 6, 2024

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Southern Alberta Newspapers With moisture being essential for farming the drought has put farmers’ schedules behind, but the recent precipitation has helped… Read More »

Varied strategies applied to novel crop production

Posted on May 31, 2024

By Heather Cameron Westwind Weekly News The 2024 Farming Smarter Conference and Trade Show, which was recently held at the Sandman Signature Lethbridge Lodge, included… Read More »

Canola seeding systems analyzed in Farming Smarter study

Posted on May 2, 2024

By Heather Cemeron Westwind Weekly News The 2024 Farming Smarter Conference, held at the Sandman Signature Lethbridge Lodge recently, involved Carlo Van Herk from Farming… Read More »

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