Extension courses offered
Olds College is offering an AgExpert Analyst training course for producers. This popular farm software program is designed to help farmers improve their management and financial reporting skills.
The program allows producers to stream their farm transactions into management and regulatory reports required by government and financial institutions.
Tuition fees for AgExpert Analyst training have been reduced thanks to support from the Canadian Farm Business Management Council.
The council will also provide the booklet Farm Financial Records free to participants.
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The course is offered in conjunction with the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science & Technology and Manitoba’s Assiniboine Community College and will cater to introductory and advanced users.
Olds College’s extension services department also offers certified crop adviser tutorials, aerial photography training for field scouting, equine courses, the Canadian pork school and a three-day Canadian beef school at the end of March.
For details, phone toll-free 800-661-6537 or visit the college’s website at www.oldscollege.ca.
Conservation funding
The Alberta Conservation Association will contribute more than $1 million this year to environmental conservation projects in Alberta. The funds will be distributed through the Grant Eligible Conservation Fund to organizations and individuals within the environmental conservation community.
The Grant Eligible Conservation Fund is an ACA program aimed at supporting the collective efforts to conserve, protect and enhance Alberta’s natural biological resources.
Steven Hull, the association’s managing director, said the announcement reflects a significant investment in addressing conservation needs in Alberta.
Now in its ninth year of conservation funding, ACA’s Grant Eligible Conservation Fund has contributed more than $4 million toward conservation efforts in Alberta. To date, 227 conservation projects have received funding.
For more information on how to apply to the ACA’s Grant Eligible Conservation Fund, visit www.ab-conservation.com.
