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Agriculture

Harvest tour digs into sugar beet farming

Posted on October 24, 2024

By Cal Braid Taber Times Local Journalism Initiative Reporter  On Oct. 16, the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers held their annual harvest tour, and it was… Read More »

The dust settles on a year of misconceptions

Posted on September 19, 2024

By Cal Braid Taber Times Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Remember last spring when we told you that Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz was assembling a drought… Read More »

Old Farmer’s Almanac predicting wetter and colder winter in 2025

Posted on September 19, 2024

By Trevor Busch Taber Times editor@tabertimes.com “Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” Often attributed to Mark Twain, the famous quote… Read More »

Alberta Sugar Beet Growers: Good season so far

Posted on September 19, 2024

By Nerissa McNaughton Southern Alberta Newspapers Established in 1925, Alberta Sugar Beet Growers (ASBG) is a marketing board committed to supporting its farm families through… Read More »

How many cobs could a grower grow if a grower could grow cobs?

Posted on September 19, 2024

By Cal Braid Taber Times Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Molnar Farms near Barnwell is a family operated 1,000-acre farm, growing 75 acres of Taber corn,… Read More »

Farm succession plan road map for the future

Posted on September 19, 2024

By Heather Cameron Taber Times Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Farm Succession Planning is essential. “Farm Succession Planning is an ongoing process to prepare the next… Read More »

Ag 2024: the taps stayed closed when the skies opened up

Posted on September 19, 2024

By Cal Braid Taber Times Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Before the 2024 growing season kicked off, the St. Mary River Irrigation District announced that local… Read More »

Harvest 2024 pretty good despite early drought concerns

Posted on September 19, 2024

By Trevor Busch Taber Times editor@tabertimes.com For a growing season many had already written off before it even started due to ongoing drought concerns, 2024… Read More »

Oldman Watershed Council reflects on past 20 years of stewardship

Posted on August 22, 2024

By Heather Cameron Taber Times Local Journalism Initiative Reporter During the Oldman Watershed Council’s recent 2024 Annual General Meeting, Founding Director and Vice-Chair Andy Hurly… Read More »

Accumulation and allocation boost sugar beet growth

Posted on August 8, 2024

By Cal Braid Taber Times Local Journalism Initiative Reporter By late July, farmers that were bracing for the worst in the spring were in a… Read More »

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