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Agriculture

Members at Lantic Sugar earn gains in new contract agreement

Posted on June 21, 2017

UFCW Canada Local 401 members working at Lantic Sugar in Taber, Alberta recently ratified a new and improved collective agreement that was achieved through mediation.… Read More »

District grand champion steer crowned

Posted on June 14, 2017

By Trevor Busch Taber Times tbusch@tabertimes.com Bon Ayr 4-H Beef Club member Sayge Turcato’s steer ‘Chuck’ stole the show earlier this month taking district grand… Read More »

4-H heifer show champs

Posted on May 31, 2017

The Taber Agri-Plex was busy on Saturday, May 20 with 4-H beef members from across southern Alberta. In the morning, it was a beef learning… Read More »

Hard work of youth highlighted at 4-H Show and Sale

Posted on May 24, 2017

By Trevor Busch Taber Times tbusch@tabertimes.com Across the district, local 4-H clubs are gearing up for the premier event of their season. The Taber and… Read More »

MP Shields hopeful in upcoming ag season

Posted on May 24, 2017

By Trevor Busch Taber Times tbusch@tabertimes.com Growing conditions throughout southern Alberta have been favourable early on, and Bow River MP Martin Shields is optimistic for… Read More »

Ag speaking competition in Calgary

Posted on May 24, 2017

The Alberta Young Speakers for Agriculture has announced the date for its second annual public speaking competition for Albertan youth to share their passion about… Read More »

Ripple effect large for carbon tax; Shields/Hunter

Posted on May 10, 2017

By Trevor Busch Taber Times tbusch@tabertimes.com The impact on value-added agricultural processing and other manufacturing in the area due to the province’s carbon tax could… Read More »

Bovine tuberculosis crisis update

Posted on May 10, 2017

By Trevor Busch Taber Times tbusch@tabertimes.com The bovine tuberculosis crisis in southeastern Alberta has largely abated, but a post-mortem of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s… Read More »

Sweet start to sugar beet season

Posted on April 26, 2017

By J.W. Schnarr Southern Alberta Newspapers — Lethbridge The arrival of spring means seeds for the fall sugar beet harvest will soon be going into… Read More »

Irrigation districts wary of mussel infestation

Posted on April 19, 2017

By Trevor Busch Taber Times tbusch@tabertimes.com Keeping rats out of Alberta has been an epic battle waged with deadly seriousness over the years. But with… Read More »

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