Tag Archives COVID-19 virus

Producers pray Alta. hog plant re-opens quickly

Post-pandemic tax increases considered likely

Lines put forward for registration
CDC and Agriculture Canada unveil lines to be introduced at this week’s meetings held by the Prairie Grain Development Committee
Last year’s COVID-related restrictions challenged plant breeders across the West. Nonetheless, pedigreed seed growers and commercial grain growers will have access to new and improved plant varieties. In a Seed Talk Series presentation hosted by the Saskatchewan Seed Growers Association (SSGA) on Feb. 11, seed growers and grain farmers learned that numerous new crop lines […] Read more
COVID-19 sparks changes in how vaccines are developed
Learning how to speed up work during the pandemic emergency is expected to also benefit the animal health field
The process of vaccine development in both people and livestock has been changed forever by COVID-19. The urgent push to find a vaccine has shown companies and government regulatory agencies how to speed the process. That has addressed the human emergency and is likely to be good for livestock vaccine development in the future, said […] Read more
Sask. announces pandemic research funding

Pulse, soybean levies rise to fund Man. research

COVID puts ag societies in perilous position
Alta. government recently announced an additional operating grant to help societies weather the downturn in business
Agricultural societies in Alberta have been thrown a financial lifeline by provincial government changes to the funding formula, but they are not out of danger. Provincial funding only makes up about a third of the revenue the societies have lost due to the cancellation of events ranging from fairs to weddings, said Tim Carson, chief […] Read more
Tablet program saves the day during COVID
Grande Prairie Palliative Care Society loans iPads to seniors in long-term care homes to counter lockdown isolation
CAMROSE, Alta. — A program that loans iPads to people in hospice or long-term care has been a lifeline for Esther Horney. When the doors of her long-term care home slammed shut because of COVID-19, the spry 91-year-old felt isolated and was confined to her Grande Prairie long-term care facility. Through the Grande Prairie Palliative […] Read more
New report urges governments to safeguard country’s ag exports
