Government provides funding as its moves work and staff to colleges and universities that have agriculture departments
A flurry of funding announcements last week and early this week left no doubt about the direction of agricultural research in Alberta. The provincial government is getting out of the research business, shifting its work and some of its staff to colleges and universities that have agricultural programs. The department’s Field Crop Development Centre operating […] Read moreIrrigation
Alberta irrigation expands
Another 200,000 acres of southern Alberta farmland will be irrigated in coming years as a result of an $815 million injection into the region’s agricultural industry. That will add to the existing 1.5 million acres already under irrigation in the south. The funds will be used to build four new off-stream water storage reservoirs, adding […] Read more
Taps turn on to fill Milk River in Alta.
Flow of the Milk River was expected to be running bank to bank on Thanksgiving Day, following repairs to water diversion infrastructure on the Montana side of the border. The Milk has been relying on natural flow since May, when structure failure south of the border put a halt to the usual water diversion from […] Read more
Alberta irrigation gets major financial boost
Another 200,000 acres of southern Alberta farmland will be irrigated in coming years as a result of an $815 million injection into the region’s agricultural industry. That will add to the existing 1.3 million acres already under irrigation in the south. The funds will be used to build four new off-stream water storage reservoirs, adding […] Read more
Feds target irrigation in new program
Saskatchewan’s proposed irrigation plan will benefit from a $10 billion Canada Infrastructure Bank program announced Oct. 1. The CIB intends to spend $1.5 billion for agriculture infrastructure. According to a backgrounder issued with the federal government’s news release, that includes “transformative irrigation infrastructure” in Western Canada. “The benefits of this new initiative include the addition […] Read more
Federal government makes good on throne speech promises
The governing minority Liberals are making good on recent promises made to those living in rural communities. Cautious optimism was the feeling among many in the agricultural sector following the recent throne speech. The optimism largely came from Ottawa’s commitment to enhance rural broadband access, pay compensation for supply-managed industries impacted by trade deals and […] Read more
Diversion into Milk River unlikely this fall
Work to repair damaged diversion infrastructure in Montana isn’t expected to be completed before freeze-up this winter
Water flow in southern Alberta’s portion of the Milk River remains minimal as construction work continues on failed and fragile structures in Montana that prevented water diversion into the Milk from the St. Mary River. The Milk River has run nearly dry this summer due to system failures in May on the U.S. side of […] Read moreAmple rain in India boosts crop planting
NEW DELHI, India (Reuters) — Plentiful monsoon rains spurred Indian farmers to plant summer crops across a record swath of farmland seven percent bigger than last year, promising a bumper harvest in Asia’s third-biggest economy, despite the rapid spread of coronavirus. Farm ministry data shows growers sowed 267.4 million acres with crops such as rice, […] Read more
Friction works miracles with well water
No electricity required, no chemical additives, just pure clean water free of minerals, gases and odour
Water passing through a pipe-like tube loses minerals and gases. The system requires no salts or chemical additives, nor does it require electricity. Force of water makes it all happen. Obviously, this is no ordinary hunk of pipe. It’s called a Turbulator and it’s designed and manufactured by Magnation Water Technologies. Magnation inventor and co-founder […] Read more
WED endorses Sask. irrigation plan
A report to the federal government recommends it support developing irrigation infrastructure in Saskatchewan. Prairie Prosperity: A Vision for the Management of Water across Saskatchewan and the Prairies has been prepared by Western Economic Diversification after 18 months of study. It was released Aug. 31. The report said constructing the Westside Irrigation and Qu’Appelle South […] Read more
