Alberta plans to complete the twinning of Highway 3 between Medicine Hat and Lethbridge to attract more agri-food processing.  |  File photo

Province aims to create food corridor in southern Alberta

Invest Alberta has a mandate to attract food processors to the region and support the expansion of existing businesses

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A few years ago, when Jason Kenney was premier of Alberta, the provincial government conducted a study on investors. The government wanted to understand global investors, how they perceived Alberta and how those perceptions affect the province. The result was a wake-up call — global players don’t think about Alberta; it’s not […] Read more

Potato production has jumped nearly 20 percent to 125 million hundredweight in 2022-23 from 105 million cwt. in 2017-19.  |  Greg Berg photo

Producers report favourable potato crop yields

Early results suggest the Canadian crop could be one of the largest on record and a dramatic increase from five years ago

WINNIPEG — Potato growers won’t duplicate last year’s record crop, but 2024 will likely be a solid year for yields and national production. Statistics Canada and United Potato Growers of Canada don’t have official figures because the harvest is still underway but early results suggest the crop will be smaller than the 128 million hundredweight […] Read more