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Dairy farm milk price drops for 2025 - Alberta Farmer Express
Nov 1, 2024 · The Canadian Dairy Commission announced Nov. 1, 2024 that a decline in feed prices and the stabilization of other costs on dairy farms across the country means that the benchmark on-farm price for milk will decline by 0.0237 per cent starting in February 2025.
TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION: A ‘found generation’ of farmers
Sep 24, 2024 · There’s an important distinction to be made between self-identifying as Métis and being formally recognized as part of the Métis Nation.. This past summer, then-Manitoba cabinet minister Kevin Klein took fire for claiming Métis heritage when the Manitoba Métis Federation said he hadn’t met their criteria for Métis citizenship, CBC reported in July.
Alberta releases new antimicrobial resistance strategy
Dec 25, 2024 · The provincial ministries of Health, Environment and Protected Spaces, and Agriculture and Irrigation are all involved in the effort. Within those ministries are representatives who sit on the advisory council, including Lehman, chief medical officer Mark Joffe and chief scientist Jonathan Thompson.
They’re crushing it: Canola plants seeing big-time profits
Nov 14, 2022 · Crush plants are riding a wave of demand and processed about 794,000 tonnes of seed in September, the most in a year. And with crush margins well above $200 per tonne for futures contracts (more than triple what they were a year ago), demand for canola is forecast to remain high.. Although demand from crushers is robust, the impact on prices is hard to know, said John Guelly, a producer from ...
Crown insurer expands loan for younger and new farmers in Alberta
Aug 9, 2024 · A major insurer and lender is expanding eligibility and incentives for a loan dedicated to young and new agricultural producers in Alberta.
Taylor Ranches win 2024 Environmental Stewardship Award
Aug 9, 2024 · It’s an honour for the family, said Rob Taylor, who owns and operates the ranch with his wife Audrey and their children. Rob, Audrey, and their two youngest children, Courtney and Clayton, live along the Milk River Ridge southwest of Warner.
Bayer to acquire canola processing plant - Alberta Farmer Express
In a news release Oct. 3, Bayer said the addition of the HyTech plant, located west of Lethbridge near Coaldale, will enable a “more seamless transition” of product from Bayer’s canola parent seed production site in Cranbrook, B.C., and its seed cleaning facility in Lethbridge.
Tariff fears trigger Chinese buying - Alberta Farmer Express
Nov 5, 2024 · In early September, China announced it would conduct an anti-dumping investigation into Canadian canola imports covering the entire 2023 calendar year, likely in retaliation to Canada’s plans to impose hefty tariffs on electric vehicles made in China, as well as its steel and aluminum.
Albertans alarmed about dangers to agriculture in pandemic bill
Oct 30, 2024 · Bill C-293- An Act respecting pandemic prevention and preparedness, contains provisions regarding anti-microbial resistance and could regulate commercial activities that can contribute to pandemic risk, including animal agriculture.The bill has been introduced by Toronto MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, an advocate for animal welfare who has written about his veganism and the importance of social ...