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Agriculture

Potato crop projected slightly above average in 2025: Hochstein

Posted on September 18, 2025

By Trevor Busch Westwind Weekly Newspapers editor@tabertimes.com As regional potato growers enter their fields for the harvest season, everything appears to be going well so… Read More »

Agricultural producers face most difficult growing seasons in decades

Posted on September 18, 2025

By Heather Cameron Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Alberta Federation of Agriculture Executive Director Aaron Stein says that Alberta’s agricultural producers have faced… Read More »

Wild Vegetation and Pesky Pests 

Posted on September 18, 2025

By Nerissa McNaughton Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Being a farmer has always been a noble pursuit – if not a difficult one. In… Read More »

AFA supports producers by tackling cross-commodity issues

Posted on September 11, 2025

By Heather Cameron Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Alberta Federation of Agriculture Executive Director Aaron Stein describes the Federation  as an organization that… Read More »

Harvest season shaping up well for Taber-Warner: MLA Hunter

Posted on September 11, 2025

By Trevor Busch Westwind Weekly News editor@tabertimes.com With a somewhat unusual year in terms of mid-summer precipitation and cooler temperatures than average at different points… Read More »

Highway 3 food corridor grows wider by the day

Posted on September 11, 2025

By Cal Braid Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Highway 3 is currently under construction between Taber and Burdett to turn it into a… Read More »

Fresh off the stalk, certified Taber cob season arrives

Posted on August 15, 2025

By Brendan Miller Southern Alberta Newspapers The summer days start early for Dave Johnson and his team from Johnson Fresh Farms as they beat the… Read More »

Ag safety group raising awareness of the dangers working around grain

Posted on August 7, 2025

Southern Alberta Newspapers The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association is sharing some information ahead of its fifth annual BeGrainSafe week, to raise awareness about prioritizing safety… Read More »

Unusual summer precipitation levels impacting ag operations

Posted on August 7, 2025

Al Beeber Southern Alberta Newspapers A year after July saw virtually no rain in the area, the skies opened up this year with Lethbridge alone… Read More »

New resource encourages Albertans to explore crops across the province

Posted on July 24, 2025

Ag for Life Whether you’re driving down a busy highway or taking a scenic backroad, Alberta is bursting with fields full of growing crops. But… Read More »

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