Call of the Land turns 60
The Call of the Land radio program celebrated its 60th anniversary April 1.
The Alberta Agriculture show continues to publicize the department’s programs and policies, provide updates and advice and look at what’s going on in agricultural industries.
It is carried weekdays on 27 Alberta radio stations and two stations in British Columbia.
The audience and number of stations has grown over the years, and there have been 11 commentators since the program started in 1953.
The show was originally recorded on audiotape and copies were mailed to radio stations. It is now produced digitally and sent to the stations for same-day broadcast.
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New chair of Pulse Canada
Nick Sekulic has been elected chair of Pulse Canada.
Sekulic, who farms near Rycroft, Alta., has represented Alberta Pulse Growers on the Pulse Canada board and served as vice-chair last year.
He has farmed full-time in the Rycroft and Spirit River community for more than 25 years.
Before that he worked off the farm, including six years as a canola seed industry territory manager, business programs co-ordinator and instructor at Fairview College and a six year career in the information technology sector after graduating from the University of Calgary with a bachelor of commerce degree.
Rounding out the Canada Pulse board executive are vice-chair Lee Moats, a Saskatchewan Pulse Growers director from Riceton, Sask., and treasurer Randy Froese, a Manitoba Pulse Growers director from Winkler, Man.
Crocus photo contest entry due April 26
Hobby photographers are likely to have a narrow shooting window for this year’s crocus photo contest at Arden, Man.
More than half a metre of snow still covers local crocus patches, and it may be mid-April before the first crocus is fully open. That would give about two weeks to find the early crocus, photograph it and enter the contest.
Digital entries and prints are accepted.
The deadline for entries is April 26. Photos are printed, judged and put up for display a week later at Arden’s Crocus Festival on May 4.
Contest details can be obtained from the municipal website at www.ardenmb.ca, the Rural Municipality of Lansdowne office in Arden, local sponsors and Henry’s Photo stores in Winnipeg.
