Olds College’s Technology Access Centre for Livestock Production will use the 10 Red Angus heifers for feed research
Old College has gone into the red — Red Angus, that is. Last week 10 Red Angus heifers stepped off the truck and onto Olds College property and entered a research project on residual feed intake and feed efficiency at the college’s Technology Access Centre (TAC) for Livestock Production. Ten Red Angus producers from Western […] Read more
Barb Glen
Stories by Barb Glen
New technology to change feedlots
Technology is already hard at work in the Canadian cattle feeding industry but there is potential for far more, says a global leader in feedlot management. Dr. Kee Jim, founder of Feedlot Health Management Services, said technology can lead the way to improved sick animal detection, enhanced use of ultrasound and better practical management aspects […] Read more
Alta. research agency looks for proposals
Results Driven Agriculture Research chair Dr. David Chalack made good on an earlier promise last week by announcing the initial call for research proposals to the new entity. RDAR plans to allocate $4 million in its call and has targeted four priorities: soil health and quality; water quality and efficiency; feed production; and plant and […] Read more
JBS contributes $2 million to Brooks
JBS Foods Canada, which operates the beef processing facility in Brooks, Alta., is providing $2 million to that community, the company announced Oct. 22. The funds are part of the company’s Hometown Strong initiative that has earmarked $50 million for use in communities within Canada and the United States where it has facilities. The money […] Read more
Alta. gives agriculture research a makeover
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 more
Alberta agency sets priorities for agricultural research
Productivity, profitability and competitiveness top the list of priorities for future agricultural research in Alberta. Last week, the Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR) entity released its list of four focus areas for research that were determined through consultation with producers, industry, academia and applied research organizations. The other three are: sustainable and responsible agriculture; market […] Read more
FCL opens new fertilizer terminal in Alberta
The terminal near Grassy Lake is the third such facility opened by Federated Co-operatives Ltd. in the last three years
GRASSY LAKE, Alta. — Speed and volume are key points of emphasis at the new fertilizer terminal that officially opened Oct. 6 in southern Alberta. The Federated Co-operatives Ltd. facility is the third it has opened within the last three years. The new terminal between Purple Springs and Grassy Lake, Alta., along Highway 3, can […] Read more
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
Executive takes top job at AFSC
The new chief executive officer at Alberta’s Agriculture Financial Services Corp. (AFSC) has had the job before. Darryl Kay, who began his job as CEO on Oct. 1, was interim CEO in 2017, has been with the corporation for nearly 10 years and most recently held the title of chief financial and innovation officer. “When […] Read more
