Stories by Greg Price

Ben Sherk, regional account manager at ATP Nutrition in southern Manitoba, points at a chart during a presentation at ATP’s booth at Ag in Motion 2025, near Langham, Sask.

Granular biostimulant finds fit with fertilizer

Award winner at AIM showcases increased use of the product in drought conditions

ATP Nutrition recently unveiled its new Synergro G3 as the first solid, granular biostimulant derived from a consortium of biological metabolites.

August 16, 2025

An aerial view of Alberta's Crop Development Centre South, near Brooks.

Crop Management, News

Alberta crop diversification centres receive funding

Upgrades and replacements to greenhouses, labs and administrative buildings supported in Edmonton, Brooks

$5.2 million of provincial funding pumped into crop diversity research centres

August 15, 2025

103-year-old Burns Wood, seated in an easy chair and wearing a collared short and suspenders, holds the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers' 50th anniversary celebration booklet from 1975.

Farm Living, News

Rich life took him from sky to ground

Burns Wood played role in history of Alberta Sugar Beet Growers, which celebrates 100th anniversary

World War II veteran Burns Wood shares some memories of his time on the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers board as the organization celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2025.

August 15, 2025

A large irrigation pivot waters a crop on a sunny day in southern Alberta.

Crop Management, News, Video

VIDEO: Potato video highlights importance of water conservation

Potato Growers of Alberta release the third of a five-part video series, highlighting the potato industry’s efficient use of water to tend to their acres producing the high-value crop during drought conditions.

August 15, 2025

Two large round bales sit in a field with holes from rat damage clearly visible on one of them.

Crop Management, News

Alberta marks 75 years of rat-free status

The province’s Rat Control Program has helped make it one of the few rat-free zones in the world

Alberta is one of the few places left in the world who can claim being rat free, saving farmers from the invasive pest through the Rat Control Program.

August 15, 2025

Dr. Andrew Dunlop, associate vice-president – research, left, and Alexis Buzzee, IATC business manager, CARIE, stand together in front of promotional banners during a funding announcement at Lethbridge Polytech on August 13, 2025.

Crop Management, News

Lethbridge Polytechnic receives research grant

The five-year, $1.75 million federal grant will be used for controlled environment agriculture

Lethbridge Polytechnic’s Centre for Applied Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship has had its Technology Access Centre grant renewed from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada for $1.75 million over five years

August 13, 2025

Menacing rain/storm clouds form over a field in rural Alberta.

Farm Living, News, Weather

Southern Alberta receives needed moisture

July sees severe drought continue among many Prairie regions

Canadian Drought Monitor Report for July shows severe drought continuing to grip farmers in Alberta and the Prairies

August 12, 2025

A screencap from the Alberta Open Farm Days website showing an irrigation pivot spraying water on a crop near sunset, and the caption,"2025 theme: Water, the lifeblood of every farm." There is an image of a oil painting in the middle of the page depicting a stream flowing through a valley with trees changing colour and green hills in the background.

Farm Living, News

Open Farms Days shows urban Albertans where food comes from

More than 150 agriculture producers to showcase their operations during the two-day event

Open Farms Days giving new perspectives to Albertans about agriculture

August 8, 2025

An aerial view of the battery energy storage system (BESS), part of the enhanced Battery and Renewables (eBAR) project near Raymond, Alberta.

News

Irrigation districts grow renewal power footprint

Solar arrays a viable option for orphaned well sites littering Alberta landscape

Irrican Power in Alberta helping generate tens of millions of dollars for two southern Alberta irrigation districts through various renewable energy projects that add to the province’s power grid

August 7, 2025