Strawberry handbook
Alberta Agriculture has published a new production manual for strawberry growers.
Commercial Strawberry Production on the Prairies (Agdex #232/20-1) provides information about starting and maintaining a commercial strawberry farm. It lists cultivars available, equipment needed and food safety guidelines to be implemented.
The publication costs $20 plus GST and can be ordered on-line at Alberta Agriculture’s website at www.agric.gov.ab.ca/app21/rtw/index.jsp or by calling toll-free in Alberta 800-292-5697.
The department also has several fact sheets on berry and small fruit pro-duction. They can be found on Alberta Agriculture’s website by scrolling to free publications and clicking on horticulture publications.
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Veterinarians’ program
Support is available for Alberta veterinarians dealing with unusual or challenging livestock health problems.
The Livestock Pathology Consultation Program provides support services such as telephone consultations and necropsy examinations, depending on the nature of the disease.
Also, through the Livestock Disease Investigation Network, experts can provide consultations, suggest diagnostic approaches and conduct field investigations on significant disease problems.
The program is a component of the Alberta Veterinary Surveillance Network, designed to quickly detect and disseminate information about emerging disease problems.
For more information, contact veterinary pathologist Janet Bystrom at 403-912-3309. For more information on the network, contact veterinary epidemiologist Sylvia Checkley at 780-427-8228.
Pork for food banks
For the ninth year, Big Sky Farms Inc. of Humboldt, Sask., and Mitchell’s Gourmet Foods of Saskatoon have delivered 10 tonnes of fresh pork to Saskatchewan food banks.
Big Sky Farms contributed the pork and Mitchell’s processed and wrapped it for distribution.
The Regina and Saskatoon food banks each received five tonnes of pork, while food banks in Canora, Wadena and Humboldt each received 500 kilogram donations.
