Agriculture

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 »

TID reviews year that was 2016

Posted on April 12, 2017

By Trevor Busch Taber Times tbusch@tabertimes.com Providing an overview of the Taber Irrigation District’s (TID) myriad operations in 2016, board chair Tony Machacek noted water… Read More »

Due diligence needed in solar agreements; M.D. council

Posted on April 5, 2017

By Nikki Jamieson Taber Times njamieson@tabertimes.com With the recent surge of solar companies vying to get into southern Alberta, the Municipal District of Taber council… Read More »

Potato market expanded

Posted on March 22, 2017

Member of Parliament Dan Vandal on behalf of Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Lawrence MacAulay, was in Winnipeg recently to provide remarks at the Canadian… Read More »

Wild west for environmental regulation with oil wells; Boychuk

Posted on March 15, 2017

By Trevor Busch Taber Times tbusch@tabertimes.com The problem of just who should be responsible for cleaning up abandoned oil and gas wells has had a… Read More »

Proving sustainability is sugar beet industry’s focus in 2017

Posted on March 1, 2017

By Trevor Busch Taber Times tbusch@tabertimes.com The year 2016 was a year of transition for the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers (ASBG), with significant turnover on… Read More »

MLA Hunter speaks on Bill 6 to beet growers

Posted on February 22, 2017

By Trevor Busch Taber Times tbusch@tabertimes.com Cardston-Taber-Warner MLA Grant Hunter gave an update on the implementation of farm labour legislation during the recent Alberta Sugar… Read More »

Beet crop outlined at growers AGM

Posted on February 15, 2017

By Trevor Busch Taber Times tbusch@tabertimes.com Alberta’s 2016 sugar beet yields averaged a record 28.68 metric tonnes per acre as part of a high-quality crop… Read More »

M.D. council concerned about boundary reviews

Posted on February 9, 2017

By Nikki Jamieson Vauxhall Advance njamieson@tabertimes.com Redrawing the local provincial electoral boundaries could have Little Bow or Cardston-Taber-Warner grow even bigger. During their regular Jan.… Read More »

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