Better Farming Prairies Magazine Archive April 2024 Better Farming Prairies April 2024 edition features Mia & Heath Fairley on the cover and the following articles: Carbon Sequestration - Managing Soil, A Full Family Effort - Fairley Bros AG Ventures, Available Nutrients - Crop Update, and Farm Machinery Showcase. May/June 2024 March 2024
Cdn. farmers can win a chance to brew their own beer Wednesday, October 30, 2024 A contest is giving Canadian farmers a chance to brew their own beer. Bayer and Origin Brewing & Malting Co., out of Strathmore, Alta., have teamed up for the FieldBrew contest. The contest is open to farmers from B.C. to Ontario who are at least 19 years old. Participants can earn... Read this article online
Four Rural Communities in Alberta and Saskatchewan to Share $100,000 Wednesday, October 30, 2024 The UFA Co-operative Ltd. (UFA) has officially announced the recipients of its inaugural Rural Communities Grant Program, distributing a total of $100,000 to support essential projects in four rural communities across Alberta and Saskatchewan. The selected organizations... Read this article online
Farmers and small businesses worried about Federal Debt Crisis Wednesday, October 30, 2024 Nearly 74% of Canadian small businesses express concern over the federal government’s lack of a concrete plan to balance the budget, as deficits and federal debt continue to rise, reports the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). These sentiments are also held by many growers... Read this article online
Alberta NDP asks Minister MacAulay to support canola farmers Tuesday, October 29, 2024 The federal government needs to come to the table with a financial support program for canola producers the same way it did for dairy farmers during CUSMA negotiations. That’s the message Heather Sweet, the Alberta NDP’s ag critic, conveyed in an Oct. 16 letter to Agriculture and... Read this article online
Setting the record straight on Bill C-282 and what it means for Canada Tuesday, October 29, 2024 An op-ed from Egg Farmers of Canada, Dairy Farmers of Canada, Chicken Farmers of Canada, Turkey Farmers of Canada, and the Canadian Hatching Egg Producers. Canada is an attractive trading partner for many nations. Arguing that countries would abandon trade talks simply because we... Read this article online